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Jags Drive Time: Thursday, August 9 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Jaguars. Did you don't Jack what Jack Warris did you?
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Speaker 1: Jaguars Drive Time? Ryan Sex steps that, John Oz Ashley
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Speaker 1: Jaguars Drive Time starts right now here we go Game
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Speaker 1: Day at t I A A bank Field Jaguars and
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Speaker 1: Saints in the preseason opener coming up at seven o'clock
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Speaker 1: this evening. Until then, though, Jags Drive Time kicks off
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Speaker 1: your day, brought to you by the Fields Auto Group,
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Speaker 1: To find members of that automotive group. Bringing you our
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Speaker 1: show this morning, Brian sexon along with Ashlyn Sullivan, and
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Speaker 1: we have a expansive shows because say big, but I
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Speaker 1: thought we should use some different expansive show. John de Chaesier,
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Speaker 1: the senior writer from STS dot Com, will join us
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Speaker 1: coming up about a fifth or so. And then Fred Taylor,
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Speaker 1: who makes his debut this evening on the jag Wors
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Speaker 1: Television Networks broadcast of the game with myself and Ashlyn
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Speaker 1: is going to join us a little bit after nine
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Speaker 1: o'clock and share some thoughts as well. How are you
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Speaker 1: excited to make your television debut debut. I'm excited a
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Speaker 1: lot of debuts around here since you arrived. Yeah, there's
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Speaker 1: been a lot, but this is a big one. But
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Speaker 1: I'm excited. It is a big one. And it's here's
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Speaker 1: the thing about the preseason. We're all so eager for football,
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Speaker 1: especially this team, because it ended so suddenly in New
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Speaker 1: England last year and we all want to taste it again,
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Speaker 1: and so we'll be really excited from the get go
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Speaker 1: to see it. And then midway through the first quarter
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Speaker 1: you're like, yeah, when's the regular season because they're gonna
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Speaker 1: be moving guys in and out. There's there's guys and
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Speaker 1: nothing's official, but there are guys who won't play this
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Speaker 1: evening right for both squads, And but it's that taste
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Speaker 1: of it, and we have a taste of something new tonight,
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Speaker 1: and that's the new uniforms. Um. I think I said
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Speaker 1: this the other day. When I first saw them on
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Speaker 1: paper more than a year ago, I thought, I don't
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Speaker 1: really like these. I want to see poor right. It's
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Speaker 1: the classic example of when you see something static right,
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Speaker 1: you can't tell what it is. And then they brought
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Speaker 1: them out and I held him, I went I liked
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Speaker 1: this better. Then we we debuted them and showed them
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Speaker 1: on mannequins. I was gonna say dummies, but that seems insensitive,
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Speaker 1: right And then and then the players wore them and
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Speaker 1: I went whoa. That's when I truly saw it and thought, wow,
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Speaker 1: this is awesome. When the players came and they were
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Speaker 1: in pads and it looked like a real life thing,
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Speaker 1: that's when they said, Wow, these look cool. So I
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Speaker 1: can't wait to see them. This evening. Jimmy Luck, the
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Speaker 1: equipment manager extraordinaire, brought them in and showed them unhappy
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Speaker 1: or do we have any video that we're gonna show that?
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Speaker 1: Did we decide not to do that? Is that it
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Speaker 1: not to do that? See this is some behind the
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Speaker 1: scenes production detail. I went to Ashland about fifteen minutes ago.
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Speaker 1: I said, Hey, what if we did this? And she said,
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Speaker 1: I don't think that's a really good idea. Settle down, Brian,
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Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. So she's the one that has to cut
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Speaker 1: the video anyway. Yeah, right, get back in your place.
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Speaker 1: But tonight they're gonna wear teal on white, which is
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Speaker 1: the classic Jaguars look. And I just kind of went
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Speaker 1: back through and try to remember the last time they
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Speaker 1: wore that combination. Uh, it would have been in the
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Speaker 1: two thousand early in eleven, right before they went to
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Speaker 1: the black jersey on white, which they switched to midway
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Speaker 1: through two thousand and eleven or sometime late in two
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Speaker 1: thousand ten. So it's at least been twelve thirteen, fourteen, sixteen,
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Speaker 1: seventeenth gap, counting now seven years since we've seen this
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Speaker 1: teal on white. It's hanging in the whole way out here.
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Speaker 1: You see it in that Pro Bowl wall. Guys that
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Speaker 1: used to wear it, and I know it seems like
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Speaker 1: it's just teal and white. Yeah, but it's great to
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Speaker 1: see the teal on white back it is. I'm just
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Speaker 1: excited they went with Tea after talking to so many fans.
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Speaker 1: They love the teal, they love the Teal uniforms. I
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Speaker 1: know so many people are buying Teal Journey, so I'm
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Speaker 1: happy they went with some form of Teal. Said it
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Speaker 1: over and over and over. Teal is the heartbeat, It's
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Speaker 1: the personality of this team. You can have the black
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Speaker 1: look if you'd like, you can go with you all white, which,
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Speaker 1: by the way, the all white was the one I
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Speaker 1: was probably the most dubious of it. That looked too plain.
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Speaker 1: Boy does it look sharp? And I mean, they nailed
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Speaker 1: this and I can't wait for Pope folks to see
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Speaker 1: it tonight. Absolutely. Speaking of nailing it, how about big things.
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Speaker 1: Let's nail that, see all right? Big thing Number one?
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Speaker 1: Marone and Sean Doug in New Orleans Saints had coached
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Speaker 1: Sean pay and they have a relationship. Doug was the
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Speaker 1: offensive quartering through two thousand six through two thousand eight
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Speaker 1: with the Saints and they have a mutual respect for
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Speaker 1: each other. Doug Maroon reflects earlier this week on his
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Speaker 1: time in New Orleans. The resiliency, you know, the people,
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Speaker 1: not just in New Orleans but of that region, you know,
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Speaker 1: to come back was amazing. And I give credit to
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Speaker 1: Mickey Loomis and Coach Payton. You know, we actually went
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Speaker 1: out in the community and tried to build the community.
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Speaker 1: We so we didn't. And the thing is we didn't
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Speaker 1: go out there, take a picture with a shovel with
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Speaker 1: the team right and have the media out there and
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Speaker 1: say okay, we're done, and then get on busses and
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Speaker 1: go back or drive back. We actually went went to work.
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Speaker 1: So Doug came to New Orleans right after Hurricane Katrina.
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Speaker 1: What something to walk into like that? Not only the
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Speaker 1: town rebuilding, but the football team as well. They all
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Speaker 1: went through it and Doug had to come into that
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Speaker 1: and go with this team and go rebuild a city well,
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Speaker 1: and and he's talked about that on Drive Time before.
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Speaker 1: That thing that stands out the most as he was
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Speaker 1: going into a new situation as a football coach, right
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Speaker 1: with a team that was on the rise. So there's
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Speaker 1: a lot of energy there. And yet the opposite side
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Speaker 1: of the spectrum was there was this city that was
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Speaker 1: hurting right, that was trying to get back up on
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Speaker 1: its feet, and the Saints were an integral part of
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Speaker 1: that um And he tells a lot of stories about that,
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Speaker 1: and he talks he was in Syracuse, he was with
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Speaker 1: the Jets. He doesn't talk about his time in Syracuse,
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Speaker 1: uh or with the Jets as much as he talks
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Speaker 1: about his time with Sean Payton. And I think we
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Speaker 1: have his comment on Sean Payton, he is, well, let's
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Speaker 1: just run it and you decide for yourself. The admiration
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Speaker 1: that Doug has for Sean, very organized, very good with personnel.
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Speaker 1: But I think for me, um, Sean helped me the
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Speaker 1: most communication amongst the staff, because you know, I had
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Speaker 1: ran some of the meetings and and and he really
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Speaker 1: helped me along the way of you know, building a staff,
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Speaker 1: what he looks for in a staff, and things of
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Speaker 1: that nature. So you know, I owe a great deal
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Speaker 1: to Sean. I think the term that comes to mind
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Speaker 1: most is genuine admiration. You know, sometimes when you listen
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Speaker 1: to Doug, it seems like he's kind of monotone, right,
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Speaker 1: unless he's cracking a joke or busting on somebody, at
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Speaker 1: which point you see the smile kind of start to build,
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Speaker 1: like like a sunrise. You know, he's thinking about it. Yeah, exactly,
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Speaker 1: but but he can kind of get into his lost
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Speaker 1: in his thought. Um. But with Sean, you can just
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Speaker 1: see in his eye, and this is a coach who
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Speaker 1: he genuinely admires and respects because not because they won
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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl together, but because of the way that
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Speaker 1: he worked, the way that he built the staff, and
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Speaker 1: the impact and the influence he had on him. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And you know that Doug isn't an extremely outspoken person,
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Speaker 1: and he's not the most social guy, but he does
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Speaker 1: so well of diving up task and always being respectful
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Speaker 1: to his entire staff. He always gives credit where credits
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Speaker 1: to and I think that's why he respects Shawn so much. Right.
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Speaker 1: You know when people go around the national footballing and
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Speaker 1: they talk about great coaches, you know they talk about
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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick. I mean obviously what Bill has done, and
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Speaker 1: there's some other guys who gets some credit. And but
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Speaker 1: when you talk to the football coaches, right, not the media,
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Speaker 1: not the fans. When you talk to football coaches, Sean
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Speaker 1: Payton is always up there for his innovative approach on offense,
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Speaker 1: for the way that he pulled the team and helped
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Speaker 1: the team be a beacon as as Doug mentioned for
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Speaker 1: that town back when Katrina was still you know, ravaging,
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Speaker 1: I mean after the storm. Obviously, it's still an impactful. Um.
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Speaker 1: I'm kind of excited to watch the dynamic between the
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Speaker 1: two guys, and I am I'm excited for pregame to
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Speaker 1: see if they give each other a hug, a hand chicken.
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Speaker 1: I'm so sure it's so cool for Sean to see
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Speaker 1: Doug come so far, to see this team be so successful,
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Speaker 1: and a few years ago for Sean to have Doug
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Speaker 1: on his staff and now look across the field and
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Speaker 1: see him there, I'm sure that's a pretty cool moment.
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Speaker 1: It should be fun thing, too big thing to Louisiana legends.
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Speaker 1: For two Jaguars, New Orleans Saints are the hometown team
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Speaker 1: of course Leonard for Nett and new rookie d J. Shark.
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Speaker 1: Now we don't know Leonard for Nett, that's his hometown,
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Speaker 1: New Orleans, and he went back this summer and hosta
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Speaker 1: you football camp. Their former Jaguars running back Marie Jones
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Speaker 1: Drew caught up with Letton for Net and Leonard is
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Speaker 1: saying how excited he is for this season. I always
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Speaker 1: like to go back in these interviews and talk about
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Speaker 1: the last time I saw you, and it was in
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Speaker 1: the locker room after the ANFC Championship game. You were
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Speaker 1: visibly upset, right, and the reason was that you guys
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Speaker 1: had it right there, a chance to go to the
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, do all those things. It was that kind
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Speaker 1: of part of that motivating factor getting back in the
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Speaker 1: all season is getting ready to have a great camp
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Speaker 1: in a great season. Yeah, most definitely, man, I mean,
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Speaker 1: nobody's working hard to come a second. You know, uh,
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Speaker 1: you know that game is out the way now, but
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Speaker 1: you know it still leaves that number feeling and tasting
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Speaker 1: them out and this motivation for us to come back
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Speaker 1: this year and uh, winn it off. You know. I
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Speaker 1: went and read with the interest some of the stories
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Speaker 1: when he was doing his camp back there this summer,
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Speaker 1: because I'd heard that he was a legend right as
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Speaker 1: a high schooler at St. Augustine High. But it goes
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Speaker 1: back beyond that, from when he first stepped foot on
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Speaker 1: the field as a middle schooler, right in this park
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Speaker 1: where he did his camp, everyone knew he was special.
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Speaker 1: And then of course I read the stories as he
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Speaker 1: was in high school and went to l s U.
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Speaker 1: He was so highly recruited. Here's this schoolboy phenomenon who
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Speaker 1: was a man among boys, literally what had the body
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Speaker 1: of a man as a high schooler and could run.
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Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen what he can do against NFL players.
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Speaker 1: Can you imagine that? I mean you've never played tackle football,
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Speaker 1: have you? Okay? But can you imagine getting in front
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Speaker 1: of that time? You're not ruling it out. I like
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Speaker 1: that answer. Write that down. We're gonna need to come
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Speaker 1: back to that sound boyd uh at some point this season. Um,
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Speaker 1: that's like stepping in front of a runaway train at times.
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Speaker 1: So he is a legend. He's going against the New
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Speaker 1: Orleans Saints, his hometown team. This evening. You know, the
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Speaker 1: Saints broadcast will feature him for as long as he's
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Speaker 1: you know what's he gonna get to three carries? Maybe
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Speaker 1: played the first two series. Whatever Doug has scripted out
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Speaker 1: for the starters, what he wants to see from them. Um,
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Speaker 1: he's proud of his hometown. The whole town is immensely
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Speaker 1: proud of him as well. So the connection between the
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Speaker 1: Jaguars and the Saints with Doug and with Sean Payton
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Speaker 1: exists with Leonard and New Orleans. So the Jaguars Saints thing,
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised at all if you don't see
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Speaker 1: us next year, Uh maybe over in New Orleans to
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Speaker 1: play preseason game, right that connection and practicing for a
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Speaker 1: couple of days, kind of like we're going to Minnesota
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Speaker 1: next week, like we went to New England last year.
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised at all because of the connections
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Speaker 1: that we've detailed here in Big Thing. Wanted Big Thing too.
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Speaker 1: If that's not if that's not something we do are
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Speaker 1: now going back to that sound bite with Maurice Jones, Joe,
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Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting one the second place thing
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Speaker 1: I love that no one works hard enough to go
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Speaker 1: in second place. But Maurice mentioned earlier in the interview
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Speaker 1: about the sophomore slump and how Leonard he doesn't have
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Speaker 1: that coming back fifteen pounds lighter, there's no slump at all. Well,
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Speaker 1: he understands it. Look Um. We had a chance last
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Speaker 1: night to talk to Telvin Smith in preparation for the
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Speaker 1: broadcast tonight, and the fire in his eyes, the fire
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Speaker 1: in that defensive meeting room has been driving that defense
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Speaker 1: to be the best they can possibly be, which they
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Speaker 1: know is better than last year, which which is almost
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Speaker 1: inconceivable to a lot of us. But there are certainly
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Speaker 1: ways they can be better. But that's also pushed this
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Speaker 1: entire team, guys like Leonard who's very very tight with Telvin,
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Speaker 1: and Jalen Ramsey and a j boy. They're trying to
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Speaker 1: build that on the offensive side of the ball, and
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Speaker 1: even though Blake is the quarterback, Leonard is the personality.
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Speaker 1: He's the strong personality on that side of the ball.
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Speaker 1: So he went lost the weight and his coming back
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Speaker 1: with the intensity, the desire to be his very very best.
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Speaker 1: There there was no I got this right. When Gus
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Speaker 1: Bradley was the coach here. You know, the thing that
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Speaker 1: he left me with was I got it is the
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Speaker 1: worst attitude you can have in professional football. You can
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Speaker 1: never have it. Leonard clearly doesn't think he has it,
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Speaker 1: even though he's a legend. Absolutely, And I think it's
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Speaker 1: great that Leonard is using it as an example coming
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Speaker 1: back fifteen pounds leader. He's not, you know, being arrogant
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Speaker 1: and talking and he's a came and came back fifteen
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Speaker 1: pounds lighter. Is using it as an example for the
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Speaker 1: entire offense. Hey, I'm here to work. I can't wait
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Speaker 1: to ask Fred about that tonight on the broadcast. Because
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Speaker 1: had Fred had seventeen touchdowns as a rookie, he came
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Speaker 1: in second place in Rookie of the Year balloting behind
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Speaker 1: Randy Moss, who had one of the great rookie seasons
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Speaker 1: Hall of Famer obviously in NFL history. So he came
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Speaker 1: back the next year and he had a hamstring injury
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Speaker 1: that lingered and cost him six games. His second year
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Speaker 1: was nowhere near what he thought it was going to be.
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Speaker 1: So I'm anxious to get his perspective on Leonard for
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Speaker 1: NET tonight. Yeah, preparation wise, it seems like Leonard is
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Speaker 1: going to have maybe even a bigger year than he
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Speaker 1: did last year. If he does, I think I've been
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Speaker 1: really clear on what what's going to happen here. If
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Speaker 1: he does, this is going to be a special season. Absolutely,
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Speaker 1: even a super one, maybe even a superman. Okay, that's
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Speaker 1: a nice tease, alright, big thing three. It's different this time,
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Speaker 1: it's different this year. We look back to a year
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Speaker 1: ago today, first preseasons, priest, I can't speak, first preseason,
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Speaker 1: and we knew that there was a huge quarterback battle.
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Speaker 1: Quarterback Blake Bortles was competing with Chad Henny right after
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Speaker 1: a practice, right through five interceptions. Now we look back
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Speaker 1: to a year ago day and we look here. Now,
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Speaker 1: this is Blake's team, without a doubt, without a doubt.
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Speaker 1: Blake feels as if And again we chatted with him
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Speaker 1: last evening in preparation for the broadcast, and you know,
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Speaker 1: it wasn't what he said. It was it was his
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Speaker 1: body language. I have a big body language. Relax. Relax absolutely.
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Speaker 1: Um wasn't offended by the question, right, which sometimes young
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Speaker 1: players are, but just rolled with it and you can
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Speaker 1: just see in his being his aura is I get it.
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Speaker 1: I know what they want from me. I think getting
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Speaker 1: the pay day that he got. Uh, absolutely, Um. There's
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Speaker 1: just so much about Blake that is good right now,
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Speaker 1: He's a father for the first time. He is uh,
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Speaker 1: financially secure right and and but more than that, because
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Speaker 1: he was financially secure before the contract. The other side
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Speaker 1: of the coin is is that he knows that this
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Speaker 1: team trusts him, counts on him. Um, and he likes
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Speaker 1: that he It was I really enjoyed the conversation with
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Speaker 1: him last I always enjoy listening to Blake. He always
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Speaker 1: comes about in a very calm, relaxed manner. Is always
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Speaker 1: very professional, which I think I respect. On NFL Network
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Speaker 1: yesterday he spoke with two analysts and talked about what
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Speaker 1: we've talked about for a really long time. Being in
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Speaker 1: a system for the second year. Yeah, it's nice to go.
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Speaker 1: You know, I'm not going out. We weren't in O
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Speaker 1: t A is going out and all of us are
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Speaker 1: learning the playbook together and not out there trying to
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Speaker 1: figure out, you know, the routes and the adjustments and
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Speaker 1: everything together. You know, we as quarterbacks, you know, I
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Speaker 1: know it mean And Nathaniel Hacket has spent a lot
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Speaker 1: of time together and there's still obviously a lot more
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Speaker 1: to learn, but have a good grasp of it. So
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Speaker 1: it's it's more of a coaching. Guys were in the
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Speaker 1: system for a whole year last year. They understand everything,
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Speaker 1: so we can kind of take everything to the next
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Speaker 1: level and start worrying about, you know, what defenses are
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Speaker 1: doing and how we can you know, make the play
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Speaker 1: better and have better adjustments and things like that. He's
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Speaker 1: now dictating to the defense. Yes, he has reached that point. Now, Um,
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Speaker 1: one more quick thing and then we'll take a break,
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Speaker 1: and we've got lots more on the show. Um where
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Speaker 1: he's at. Right, So he had sixteen games with one
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Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, Jet Fishes first year, and then he got
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Speaker 1: twenty two games with the second offensive coordinator, Greg Olsen. Right,
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Speaker 1: it couldn't build the kind of continuity that he now
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Speaker 1: has twenty eight games and now counting counting with Nathaniel Hackett.
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Speaker 1: Those two men like each other, first of all. They
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Speaker 1: understand each other and they trust each other. That is
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Speaker 1: a formula for success. So throw out whatever preconceived notion
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Speaker 1: you have about Blake Bordles, if he didn't already erase
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Speaker 1: that last year and get excited about what he's capable of,
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Speaker 1: because he has, because he is all right, speaking of
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Speaker 1: a chance, We're gonna take this opportunity to take a
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Speaker 1: quick time out when we return to Jags Drive Time
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Speaker 1: on a Thursday morning, brought to you by Fields Auto Group,
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Speaker 1: four our big broadcast, myself and Fred Taylor in the booth,
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Speaker 1: Brent Martineau and Ashland Sullivan on the sidelines. Are you ready?
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Speaker 1: I am ready, I'm I'm excited. I'm excited for football.
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Speaker 1: I think we talked about that desperately, but to finally
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Speaker 1: see the team on the field again, not playing each other. Okay,
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Speaker 1: So what kind of stories can we expect from you
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Speaker 1: this evening. We're going to have a look at d J. Chark.
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Speaker 1: Of course, he's had a great training camp. I'm actually
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Speaker 1: gonna get the opportunity to talk to his mom, which
17:52
Speaker 1: I'm really excited for because that's probably going to be
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Speaker 1: a huge moment for her. Her sitting in the sands
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Speaker 1: watching her son's per cent game. I can only imagine
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Speaker 1: that she is equal parts nervous and excited. But if
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Speaker 1: she's been paying attention to what we've been talking about
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Speaker 1: here for the last couple of days. She has a
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Speaker 1: lot of reasons to be excited because he has just
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Speaker 1: gotten better every single day as we have gone through
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Speaker 1: the course of camp, and as as I have said, gosh,
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Speaker 1: anytime anyone's asked me about him. When he walked in
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Speaker 1: the door the first day he arrived here, you saw
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Speaker 1: the makings of professional receiver. He is tall, he is long,
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Speaker 1: he has big hands, He's highly competitive, he's incredibly intelligent. Uh.
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Speaker 1: He is a guy to whom this matters. He's a
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Speaker 1: lot like Leonard in his approach to the game. He
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Speaker 1: yeah played in the Southeastern Conference, obviously at l s
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Speaker 1: U and has been around high level football for a
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Speaker 1: long time. So we're excited to see that rookie. Let's
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Speaker 1: shift gears now and talk a little bit about the Saints,
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Speaker 1: and we welcome on the phone John duches here, who
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Speaker 1: is here in Jacksonville with the Saints. He's the senior
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Speaker 1: writer for Saints dot com and John, good morning are
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Speaker 1: you today? Um? Great? How you guys doing good? Thanks
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Speaker 1: so much for getting up and spending a little time
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Speaker 1: with us today. I know you guys are probably excited
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Speaker 1: to get to see the group you've watched for the
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Speaker 1: last two weeks. Um, As I look at this Saints team,
19:13
Speaker 1: you know, a year ago, I'm not sure that I
19:15
Speaker 1: thought Drew was approaching forty his cap number was huge,
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Speaker 1: and until those two rookies sparked everything, I'm not sure
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Speaker 1: that the expectations for the Saints were they were going
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Speaker 1: to challenge for the NFC. Now, all of a sudden,
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Speaker 1: Drewid looks like he's twenty nine again, and a big
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Speaker 1: reason is Alvin Kamara and Marshawn Lattimore. Can you give
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Speaker 1: us a sense of how things have changed in a
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Speaker 1: year from training camp seen to today. Yeah, that rookie
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Speaker 1: class last year really invigorated the entire franchise. I mean,
19:49
Speaker 1: who knew they were going to play that way? And
19:51
Speaker 1: you just mentioned the two guys who won Defensive Rookie
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Speaker 1: of the Year an offensive Rookie of the Year. But
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Speaker 1: also they had Ryan ran Chick come in and play
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Speaker 1: left tackle and right. They had Marcus Williams, who had
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Speaker 1: a fantastic season at safety safe for that last play,
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Speaker 1: and then they also got some helps at linebacker from
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Speaker 1: Alex Anzaloni and on there's a sense of line from
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Speaker 1: Trade Hendrickson really having to rookie class, and I think
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Speaker 1: it really reinfigerated everybody because the expectations were not a
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Speaker 1: team that was going to challenge for the NFC, And
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Speaker 1: yet here they are a year later. And I mean
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Speaker 1: yet those two started at Marshawn Lattimore and at the Camara,
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Speaker 1: But they really had a great rookie class and that
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Speaker 1: lifted the team a ton. I'd love to tell you
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Speaker 1: I knew this, but I don't. So do you know
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Speaker 1: have have Has one team ever had the offensive and
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Speaker 1: defensive rookies of the year on the same squad before?
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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it's the first. It is the first.
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I am in era. There was
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Speaker 1: a Detroit Lions team like a billion years ago, right
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Speaker 1: in the offensive rookie, the offensive rookie I think was
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Speaker 1: Mill far Senior, and I think the defensive rookie was Limbarney.
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Speaker 1: You have to check. I have to check on that,
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Speaker 1: but I remember doing the research a long time Yeah,
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Speaker 1: a long time ago. So they're the second team to
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Speaker 1: have done it. But certainly nowadays, the expectation is that
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Speaker 1: you don't you don't have that kind of rooky class.
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Speaker 1: So we know, we know the numbers, you know, fifteen
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Speaker 1: hundred plus total yards, more than ten touchdowns for Camara,
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Speaker 1: five interceptions for Lattimore. Tell us something about each guy
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Speaker 1: that they did that surprised you or that made a
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Speaker 1: huge difference that's gone unnoticed. Well, I don't know if
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Speaker 1: anyone knew Alvin's true athleticism and toughnice. He's a guy
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Speaker 1: who can also run between the tackles. He's tough. He
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Speaker 1: wants the extra carries that he might get this year
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Speaker 1: with with mark Ingram being suspended for the first four games.
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Speaker 1: He wants that challenge. We saw him really smooth. And
21:48
Speaker 1: the thing about Alvin is, you know, he's a he's
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Speaker 1: really fluid and you don't realize how fast he's moving
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Speaker 1: until he goes by. People don't catch him from behind.
21:57
Speaker 1: He doesn't like he's moving fast before you know he
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Speaker 1: might hurt somebody. But he is extremely, extremely fluid and
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Speaker 1: those of you know. I think the toughness, though, was
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Speaker 1: the thing that nobody really knew about him until you
22:09
Speaker 1: until you put him out there. And I remember running
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Speaker 1: backs coach last year said that he's a kid who'll
22:15
Speaker 1: stick his nose in the briar patch. He doesn't mind
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Speaker 1: getting in there, and we got a chance to see
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Speaker 1: it during the games. And Marshawn, the thing with him
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Speaker 1: is he's competitive as all get out. He doesn't like
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Speaker 1: the loose. He will fight and he will scrap and
22:28
Speaker 1: you know that that whole you know cliche defend every
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Speaker 1: blade of the grass. Marshawn takes that literally. You can
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Speaker 1: see him going at it one on one against Michael
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Speaker 1: Thomas the receiver and practice and he'll lose some and
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Speaker 1: he'll win some. But he does not can see any ground.
22:43
Speaker 1: He does not like losing on any play and you
22:47
Speaker 1: can see it every time he's aft there. John, we
22:49
Speaker 1: know from on the Jaguar side of the ball, we're
22:51
Speaker 1: looking to find out a few things tonight. What are
22:53
Speaker 1: you looking for a night to figure out about your team? Well,
22:56
Speaker 1: I mean I think mostly we're looking to see some
22:58
Speaker 1: minus things because of the starting lineup for the same
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Speaker 1: pretty much set. But you want to see something like
23:03
Speaker 1: you know, SAME's just trying to find a decent kick return.
23:05
Speaker 1: They've been looking for a kick returner, probably since Barren's
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Speaker 1: rolled was traded to Philly a couple of years ago. Um,
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Speaker 1: they need to find out what they have a right
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Speaker 1: the sensive end a little bit death wise, because Alex
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Speaker 1: opel Floor is coming back from an injury and Market
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Speaker 1: Tavenport in the first round there, he's probably not gonna
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Speaker 1: play a lot he's been injured. So they got to
23:24
Speaker 1: find out what they had behind those guys. They need
23:26
Speaker 1: to figure out their rotation a linebacker, and they have
23:29
Speaker 1: more talented linebackers on the team than they've had during
23:33
Speaker 1: the Sean Payton era, but they've got to figure out
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Speaker 1: what their rotations. They're gonna be right there. They've got
23:39
Speaker 1: to figure out something that running back because as I mentioned,
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Speaker 1: mark Ingram it's gonna be suspended the first four games.
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Speaker 1: So we know Alvin Kamare is gonna be a guy
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Speaker 1: who's gonna work in the backfield alongside Alvin Kamare and
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Speaker 1: take toose carries when Alvin's got to go to the sidelines.
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Speaker 1: And I think receiver, we know the top two receivers
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Speaker 1: that will be Michael Thomas and Kick and Junior. We
23:58
Speaker 1: have some unknowns behind those guys. Tray Kuan Smith looks
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Speaker 1: like the truth, but until you put him out there
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Speaker 1: on the field and put him in a competitive situation
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. Just don't know exactly what's gonna happen there.
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Speaker 1: And another minor thing is back up quarterback Tom Savage
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Speaker 1: or Tastom Hill. You know they've got to make a
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Speaker 1: decision there. Now. Looks if if number nine goes down
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Speaker 1: and Drew Breese gets hurt and goes down, then you
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Speaker 1: pretty much figure the season is not going to be
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Speaker 1: exactly what you wanted to be. Okay, if something, yeah,
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Speaker 1: but you've got to figure out who's gonna be the
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Speaker 1: second guy. I think it's gonna be time Savage. To
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Speaker 1: be honest with you, takes Hill will still be on
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Speaker 1: the fifty three man because he's such a valuable part
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Speaker 1: of special teams. But I would assume Tom Savage, just
24:41
Speaker 1: based on experience, will be your number two. Guys. The
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Speaker 1: great ones don't play much in the early preseason games.
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Speaker 1: Last year, the Jags opened with the Patriots, and we
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Speaker 1: didn't see Tom Brady. Will we see Breese tonight? I'm
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Speaker 1: not sure he might go a series and too. Personally,
24:55
Speaker 1: I would probably just put him in bubble wrap and
24:57
Speaker 1: now allow him towards the field. He's competitive, he I'm
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Speaker 1: sure he wants the reps he wants it. Uh, they
25:03
Speaker 1: have not been in a contact situation this entire preseason,
25:07
Speaker 1: I mean this entire training camp so far, so they
25:10
Speaker 1: might want to get out there and knock the rust off,
25:12
Speaker 1: but he really does not need the work. Now he
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Speaker 1: hadn't looked fantastic and practiced against this defense. Its defense
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Speaker 1: much improved. But this defense also knows what this offense
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Speaker 1: is doing. They've been seeing them think, you know, March,
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Speaker 1: and they know everything this offense doing. So they've got
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Speaker 1: a couple of picks off Drew and you know, he's
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Speaker 1: type who he wants to get out there and he
25:32
Speaker 1: wants to extract some revenge of pound the flesh on somebody. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I personally probably wouldn't have him out there, but I
25:38
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised to see him going a series to two.
25:40
Speaker 1: I wish this was the third preseason game because I'd
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Speaker 1: like to see this Jaguars defense that it has such
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Speaker 1: great expectations for itself after last year. See this quarterback
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Speaker 1: maybe the most efficient quarterback I have ever witnessed um,
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Speaker 1: But we're not gonna get to see that this year,
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Speaker 1: only in the super Bowl. So let's maybe we can
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Speaker 1: get there right I'd love to hope some teams that
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Speaker 1: does seem to have seemed to have some ingredients. So
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Speaker 1: let's see what happens. John one more for you. I
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Speaker 1: saw on ESPN yesterday Alvin Kamara said we beat the
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Speaker 1: crap out of the Eagles because we were rolling. If
26:12
Speaker 1: we won versus Minnesota, I know nobody was gonna stop us. Now,
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Speaker 1: the Jogs of a ton of confident individuals on their team,
26:18
Speaker 1: how do the Saints respond to confidence like that they're
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Speaker 1: gonna back. He's a confident kid and not not necessarily cocky,
26:27
Speaker 1: but Alvin is you know, he's one of those guys
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Speaker 1: who he will tell you what's on his mind. You
26:31
Speaker 1: get him in some unguarded moments, and he has a
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Speaker 1: lot of unguarded moments, he will he will tell you
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Speaker 1: exactly what song is mine. Marshall Adamore is the same way.
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Speaker 1: Michael Thomas is that way, but Mike Thomas will more
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Speaker 1: likely say something like that on Twitter or he might
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Speaker 1: not see it publicly. But they've got this young group
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Speaker 1: of guys they have, and I know there might seem
26:51
Speaker 1: to be a generation gap between them and Breeze. You know,
26:54
Speaker 1: they keep Breeze a little bit younger than probably he
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Speaker 1: he really is. But these guys are confident. Um, I
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Speaker 1: don't I guess you could board. I guess you know,
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Speaker 1: some people might call it cocky, whatever you want to
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Speaker 1: call it. These guys have it and they're not afraid
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Speaker 1: to express it. They'll let you know on the field,
27:09
Speaker 1: sometimes they'll let you know off the field. Uh. They
27:12
Speaker 1: feel like they're capable of beating anybody. And that's the
27:14
Speaker 1: attitude they came in with last year and then really
27:17
Speaker 1: again it helped this team on clearer hurdles that they
27:20
Speaker 1: hadn't been able to clear. They had been seven and
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Speaker 1: nine for three consecutive seasons and had not looked good
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Speaker 1: in the process, and then to jump up and win
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Speaker 1: the division at eleven and side we win the playoff game.
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Speaker 1: That was not solely because of those young players, but
27:34
Speaker 1: and do in large part due to those young guys
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Speaker 1: because of what they added. You know, it's not ridiculous
27:39
Speaker 1: for us to talk Super Bowl for both of these teams,
27:41
Speaker 1: which makes it fun. Hey, thanks John for getting up
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Speaker 1: this morning. We certainly appreciate it. Big day, I know,
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Speaker 1: preseason opener. Look forward to seeing you tonight. Hey, thank
27:49
Speaker 1: you guys for having me. I appreciate it. John Chaser,
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Speaker 1: we're excited, Fred. What do you think you ready? You
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Speaker 1: feel like game day for you? Hey, it definitely feels
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Speaker 1: like game day, ms man. I'm ready to something that
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Speaker 1: I've been looking forward to. So I'm gonna go out
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Speaker 1: there and tackle with the same passion that I've had
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Speaker 1: as a player, and then we'll see what happens. I'm
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Speaker 1: just gonna get out of your way then, because the
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Speaker 1: passion that you had as a player was fast and powerful,
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Speaker 1: and I don't want you to run me over any
30:24
Speaker 1: Let me let me backtrack a little bit because I'm
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Speaker 1: just leave that one alone. Okay. I just want to
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Speaker 1: say this, um, this is, this is and I don't
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Speaker 1: want to offend any other former players. This is the
30:44
Speaker 1: guy that I enjoyed most watching in his time in Jacksonville.
30:47
Speaker 1: Every time Fred Taylor had the ball in his hands,
30:50
Speaker 1: he was a threat to score. This was his second
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Speaker 1: carry in a game as the starter, right because James
30:56
Speaker 1: Stewart went down. I'm showing the fifty two yard touchdown
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Speaker 1: run against balls More in Week three, Fred James Stewart
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Speaker 1: was the starter when the game started. Three plays into it,
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Speaker 1: he's out. Fred's second carry as a starter goes for
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Speaker 1: fifty two yards in a touchdown. There's the big Monday
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Speaker 1: night er against the Miami Dolphins. Seventy seven yards. The
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Speaker 1: stadium erupts. So Fred, no no pressure, But we're expecting
31:18
Speaker 1: you to be like John Madden. Here's the touchdown run.
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Speaker 1: We're showing the touchdown run against Miami, the seventy seven
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Speaker 1: yard and the thing that makes it stand out, it's
31:26
Speaker 1: just the the guys you ran away from it was.
31:31
Speaker 1: That was a good night right there. That that was
31:34
Speaker 1: a great night. Uh, first Monday night game. And I
31:38
Speaker 1: remember being stretched by our old trainer, Joe yep and
31:42
Speaker 1: I told Joe, you know what, let me get off
31:44
Speaker 1: the ground real quick on score test. Now I'll be
31:46
Speaker 1: back right. The beautiful the beautiful part about this is
31:51
Speaker 1: is we're talking about the Jags all time leading rusher
31:55
Speaker 1: obviously prior to the Jaguars member with Fred here, but
31:58
Speaker 1: tonight we're gonna talk about the net generation like we're
32:01
Speaker 1: gonna talk about Leonard for that a lot. And you
32:04
Speaker 1: know you've had a chance to talk with him, to
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Speaker 1: watch him. What do you think the most important thing
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Speaker 1: for him as he enters his second season? What should
32:11
Speaker 1: he be working on and focused on as we start
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Speaker 1: the preseason, Fred, you know what I think, Leonard he
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Speaker 1: has all the twols. He's showing that he's dedicated by
32:20
Speaker 1: going out and dropping about twenty pounds, and that just
32:23
Speaker 1: shows once. I think this year he just has to,
32:27
Speaker 1: you know, work on the small things, uh, you know,
32:29
Speaker 1: trying to show everybody that he can be every down
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Speaker 1: back because last year, you know that they pulled him
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Speaker 1: out a few times and on a few occasions on
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Speaker 1: third down. Uh, So he has an opportunity to go
32:39
Speaker 1: and show that he has great hands, that he can't
32:42
Speaker 1: pick up the blitch and and then every down back.
32:45
Speaker 1: And really, uh, I think that was the only thing
32:47
Speaker 1: that he didn't do last year. I like to see
32:49
Speaker 1: him play sixteen games and uh and and and push
32:53
Speaker 1: push my record, push my season mark, or out rush
32:58
Speaker 1: me and my league and and take advantage and get
33:01
Speaker 1: the single season record. So since you bring up sixteen games, Um,
33:05
Speaker 1: he had that nagging ankle injury last year that just
33:08
Speaker 1: it slowed him down. And in your second year you
33:11
Speaker 1: had that hamstring that costs you six games. Luckily, James
33:14
Speaker 1: Stewart was here, so the two of you guys could
33:16
Speaker 1: kind of go back and forth. We're talking about this earlier.
33:19
Speaker 1: What's important for him physically? I mean, he lost twelve
33:22
Speaker 1: fifteen pounds, you know, what else would you tell him
33:24
Speaker 1: he needs to do over the course of the season.
33:26
Speaker 1: What what did you do to get to that point
33:28
Speaker 1: where you were consistently on the field. Well, you know what,
33:32
Speaker 1: I again, I got with and uh then I just
33:37
Speaker 1: decided to myself, I'm tired of being injury. I'm gonna
33:40
Speaker 1: do what I know. You kind of totally avoid injuries,
33:42
Speaker 1: but you can do all that you can to try
33:45
Speaker 1: and minimize those. And and for me, it was waking
33:49
Speaker 1: up at five thirty in the morning. You know, we
33:51
Speaker 1: had eight o'clock team meetings, but I would be in
33:53
Speaker 1: the stadium, you know, no later than six thirty, you know,
33:57
Speaker 1: just doing my maintenance. So maintenance is gonna be the
33:59
Speaker 1: key for him. You know, he's gonna want to make
34:01
Speaker 1: sure anytime he feels threatened by anything, you know, whether
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Speaker 1: it hurts a lot, or it doesn't hurt, whatever it
34:08
Speaker 1: may be, he has to get in there and say, look,
34:10
Speaker 1: I stubbed my toe last week. So because the stuff
34:15
Speaker 1: token turned into a calf strain or a a sore
34:19
Speaker 1: lower back, So he wants to get in there and
34:21
Speaker 1: make sure they're doing treating them with tom so it
34:24
Speaker 1: doesn't get worse. So a little things like that. I mean,
34:26
Speaker 1: that's just so it's that you're dedicated, you know, because
34:29
Speaker 1: some guys overlook it. I don't have the time, They
34:32
Speaker 1: feel that they have something more important to do. But
34:35
Speaker 1: if if he can just take advantage of the small
34:38
Speaker 1: things and take care of those small things, he's gonna
34:40
Speaker 1: be totally fine. Fred. Looking at the matchup tonight against
34:44
Speaker 1: the Saints, you mentioned last night that this was gonna
34:47
Speaker 1: be You're gonna find out a lot whether this team
34:48
Speaker 1: was going to play a sloppy game or a clean game.
34:51
Speaker 1: What else would make this a successful game for the Jaguars.
34:55
Speaker 1: You know, I think the thing about the think about
34:59
Speaker 1: the Treat season is, you know, there are a lot
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Speaker 1: of new guys, you know, the starters from a year ago.
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Speaker 1: They're excited to be back. They want to get out
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Speaker 1: there and get there a couple of snaps. They know
35:10
Speaker 1: they're not gonna play a lot, but they do want
35:12
Speaker 1: to get out there and get their snaps and and
35:14
Speaker 1: be as clean as that they could possibly be, and
35:16
Speaker 1: to other minimize errors. And that's you know, that's what
35:19
Speaker 1: the coaches are looking for. That's gonna be a sign
35:21
Speaker 1: of these guys have been paying attention throughout training camp,
35:25
Speaker 1: and it's gonna show you how far along. Uh, not
35:27
Speaker 1: only the returning players are, but the new guys and
35:30
Speaker 1: the and the better and faster of the new guys,
35:32
Speaker 1: and with the less messing us that they play, they'll
35:36
Speaker 1: get the younger guys in much quicker because the coach
35:38
Speaker 1: is gonna be, you know, satisfied with what they've seen
35:41
Speaker 1: out of the returning guys. And for the young guys,
35:44
Speaker 1: you know, it's gonna be one of those things that
35:46
Speaker 1: if they run too fast, they'll trip, you know, because
35:48
Speaker 1: they're gonna try their best. I remember those days were
35:51
Speaker 1: wound trip over my own feet by simply trying my heartiest.
35:54
Speaker 1: And it's gonna be some of that. So they're gonna
35:56
Speaker 1: mess up, but you want to just try your best
35:58
Speaker 1: to minimize it. And uh, you know, look at the
36:02
Speaker 1: film and get ready to try and do better the
36:04
Speaker 1: next game. Fred, you you displayed your attitude. You played
36:08
Speaker 1: with great attitude. Mike does can attest to that. I
36:10
Speaker 1: think he still feels tread marks that you placed with
36:13
Speaker 1: your foot in his mouth as you ran over him
36:15
Speaker 1: here on a Sunday night in two thousand three. I
36:18
Speaker 1: remember a throat slash or two back when that was
36:20
Speaker 1: you know, uh you you played with it right, Um.
36:23
Speaker 1: These guys talk the game now they play with it too.
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Speaker 1: They talk with their attitude during the week, and they
36:28
Speaker 1: feed off of it. What are your thoughts on a
36:30
Speaker 1: team who swagger is as verbal as it is physical
36:35
Speaker 1: in favor that the confidence, I'm okay with it, you
36:38
Speaker 1: know now, and then I'll give the team bullets and
36:40
Speaker 1: board material in I knew I was going to go
36:43
Speaker 1: out there and back it up long time ago in
36:44
Speaker 1: college coach Thursday, Freddy, You're giving them bullets coaching goods,
36:50
Speaker 1: you know. And as long as you go out there
36:51
Speaker 1: with that Mohammed Ali attitude, because that's what made Muhammad
36:55
Speaker 1: Ai great. I'm not saying these guys or Ali or anything,
36:58
Speaker 1: but you know, just that swaggering that the me there.
37:00
Speaker 1: You want to go out there and if you put
37:02
Speaker 1: something out there, just go back it up, then you
37:04
Speaker 1: look like you're the greatest. You know. It looked like
37:06
Speaker 1: all I just got knew what he was talking about
37:08
Speaker 1: all alonger and and it's as simple as that. But
37:11
Speaker 1: when you go out there and you can't back it up,
37:13
Speaker 1: then I mean you open up a can of worms,
37:17
Speaker 1: and you know, the media comes after you and other
37:20
Speaker 1: teams than your last thing, stock and all this other stuff.
37:23
Speaker 1: But you have a lot more opportunities backing up a game.
37:26
Speaker 1: Anyone else that you're watching for tonight, any guy that
37:29
Speaker 1: you know, as you've talked to people and done your homework,
37:31
Speaker 1: that stands out, You're like, Yeah, I want to see
37:33
Speaker 1: this guy in game action. You know, talking to a
37:37
Speaker 1: few guys I would have loved to see a month creef.
37:40
Speaker 1: You know, he's been a little banged up and and
37:42
Speaker 1: but prior to that he was having an excellent camp
37:44
Speaker 1: b J. Chart. I'm ready to see chart people. He's
37:47
Speaker 1: gonna do a long, lanky guy Berner can get behind
37:51
Speaker 1: the secondary. So I'm looking forward to see him get
37:53
Speaker 1: out there and uh hopefully and Cody Kessler, they can,
37:57
Speaker 1: you know, connect to our time or two and we'll
38:00
Speaker 1: see what the future hold for him. Alright, So, um
38:03
Speaker 1: as the VET of this conversation here right, you guys
38:05
Speaker 1: making your debut analyst sideline analyst, Here's here's the advice
38:09
Speaker 1: I would give you. You know what, you know what
38:11
Speaker 1: the key to a great Game day broadcast is a nap. Yeah,
38:17
Speaker 1: a nap. Find an afternoon nap. Fred, find about thirty minutes,
38:22
Speaker 1: get off your feet, get a little nap in, and
38:24
Speaker 1: come in ready to go. All right, I'm looking forward
38:27
Speaker 1: to that nap. As a player, I did the same thing. Yeah,
38:31
Speaker 1: it's the same game. It's the same game. We're just
38:34
Speaker 1: gonna talk greatness as a players. Do you playing great?
38:37
Speaker 1: Looking forward to it, Brian? All right, Fred, we'll see
38:39
Speaker 1: this afternoon and get ready for a big broadcast on
38:42
Speaker 1: Fox thirty night. That's Jaguar great friend Fred Taylor, who
38:46
Speaker 1: makes his debut as a television analyst this evening, and
38:49
Speaker 1: you can see all the action starting at seven o'clock.
38:52
Speaker 1: Brent Martin knows on one sideline, Ashlyn Sullivan's all over
38:55
Speaker 1: the stadium this evening. We'll tell you the story of
38:57
Speaker 1: the evening and give you all the news and analyst
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39:02
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Speaker 1: for rough football, exciting preseason football. Okay, that might be hyperbole, um,
40:48
Speaker 1: because there's gonna be some guys that don't play on
40:50
Speaker 1: both sides that will tamper it down. But it'll be
40:52
Speaker 1: fun and I'm sure the fans will feel the same
40:53
Speaker 1: way to be back in the stadium. This was a
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Speaker 1: winning environment last year, especially in December when the games
41:00
Speaker 1: matter the most November and December for that matter. So
41:02
Speaker 1: people are excited all over town. And even though it's
41:05
Speaker 1: only a preseason game, we're excited to Yeah, just back
41:09
Speaker 1: to being Jaguars. Not the only game this evening. Twelve
41:12
Speaker 1: games I think in the NFL and a couple in
41:14
Speaker 1: the a f C South. So let's get some thoughts
41:17
Speaker 1: here real quick. On the a f C South, the
41:19
Speaker 1: Titans are playing at the Packers. Probably won't see much
41:23
Speaker 1: of Aaron Rodgers, but that's the debut for Mike Rabel
41:26
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of optimism there. He is, you know,
41:28
Speaker 1: from the Belichick tree and did a nice job with
41:30
Speaker 1: the Texans the last couple of years. And I think, um,
41:34
Speaker 1: I think there's some belief that the Titans team that
41:37
Speaker 1: went to the divisional round got beat in New England.
41:40
Speaker 1: UH can do what the Jaguars did, and that is
41:42
Speaker 1: take a step right, get over that other hump um.
41:45
Speaker 1: They've got a lot of talent. They've got some young
41:47
Speaker 1: new talent on the defensive side of the ball. Again,
41:50
Speaker 1: don't know how much we'll say. I don't. In fact,
41:51
Speaker 1: I don't think Sean Evans is playing. He's their first
41:53
Speaker 1: round pick from from Alabama. But they have the kid
41:56
Speaker 1: that they drafted from Boston College, the pass rusher, Harold
41:59
Speaker 1: Landry show um watch for that. And of course Derrick Henry,
42:03
Speaker 1: the kid from you Les for inandina Um is the
42:06
Speaker 1: feature back this year. So they have the taste of
42:09
Speaker 1: the Patriots. They went out and signed Malcolm Butler on
42:12
Speaker 1: defense and Dion Jordan's on offense. So there's that one.
42:16
Speaker 1: Let's see what else have we got. The Texans are
42:18
Speaker 1: at the Chiefs. We talked Texans earlier this week with
42:20
Speaker 1: deep do but Shahn Watson will play tonight and well,
42:25
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Uh. He was exciting last year,
42:28
Speaker 1: but people have him as the best quarterback in the
42:31
Speaker 1: a f C South. The samples a little small, let's
42:34
Speaker 1: be I mean exciting for sure, uh and and has
42:38
Speaker 1: the potential. You're talking about a guy that's coming back
42:40
Speaker 1: from an a c L. So take a deep breath.
42:43
Speaker 1: And by the way, especially with just preseason, you don't
42:45
Speaker 1: want to risk that. Yeah, I mean, the a c
42:47
Speaker 1: L is not what it used to be. When I
42:48
Speaker 1: first started in this league twenty five years ago. That
42:50
Speaker 1: could be a career ender. Now it's hardly even a
42:53
Speaker 1: year for technology. Watson has torn both left in college.
43:00
Speaker 1: Right now in the NFL, I think it's wise to
43:02
Speaker 1: give him a step back. Probably won't see much of J. J.
43:05
Speaker 1: Watt this evening either, but you know he's a guy
43:07
Speaker 1: they're counting on. I mean he he wrecks offensive game plans,
43:10
Speaker 1: just totally wrecks them. And I remember last year early
43:13
Speaker 1: in the ballgame and what didn't look like the same J. J. Watt. Course,
43:18
Speaker 1: he missed a lot of two thousand six team with
43:20
Speaker 1: the back and then you know, midway through the season
43:22
Speaker 1: he breaks his leg in a in a horrible way
43:25
Speaker 1: and misses that season. So Texans fans are excited to
43:28
Speaker 1: see him after two years in which they don't have
43:30
Speaker 1: the best defensive player of his generation. That is not
43:33
Speaker 1: an exaggeration, NFL Defensive Player of the Year, a couple
43:36
Speaker 1: of times, highest paid defensive lineman in football for a
43:39
Speaker 1: long time rhythmic player. And then probably the biggest story
43:42
Speaker 1: in the a f C South is the return of
43:44
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck, who admitted that even though he has been
43:48
Speaker 1: out of the game for more than a year with
43:50
Speaker 1: the shoulder, hell, he's excited to play, but he'll be
43:53
Speaker 1: nervous a year break. How much has changed in a
43:57
Speaker 1: year to now? Do you know who's going to be
44:00
Speaker 1: more nervous? Probably Frank Roich the first hit that he takes,
44:05
Speaker 1: the first time he lands on that shoulder, right, Yeah,
44:09
Speaker 1: that's a lot to ask that, And and maybe the
44:11
Speaker 1: Say family will be a little bit nervous. I mean,
44:13
Speaker 1: this is a guy they have committed a huge chunk
44:16
Speaker 1: of their financial future too. And obviously, look, if he plays,
44:19
Speaker 1: he gives them a chance. Their defense is terrible, they're well, no,
44:23
Speaker 1: but it's true, right, their defense has a long way
44:26
Speaker 1: to go. But if Luck plays, their offense can give
44:29
Speaker 1: their defensive break and that's just that's what would Jalen
44:32
Speaker 1: say there? Their defense is a long way I used
44:37
Speaker 1: chill yesterday in our meeting. Yeah, no, I'm getting there. Yeah,
44:40
Speaker 1: that's what Doing the show a couple of days without
44:41
Speaker 1: John gives me the chance to, you know, absorb a
44:44
Speaker 1: little bit of the hip nous that you bring to
44:46
Speaker 1: the show. Um. But luck if he's back this season
44:49
Speaker 1: makes them a competitive team, even though their defense has
44:52
Speaker 1: who ways to go. I mean, let's face it, last
44:54
Speaker 1: year was a lost year for them. This year they
44:56
Speaker 1: went out and spent some money in free agency. Uh,
44:59
Speaker 1: not a lot, but enough, and they had a great draft. Um,
45:03
Speaker 1: so we'll see a ton of it. Yeah, it's so
45:06
Speaker 1: that's the storyline to follow there. And of course tonight
45:08
Speaker 1: we'll have all the storylines for the Jaguars and the
45:10
Speaker 1: Saints Saints Saints seven o'clock on Fox thirty here in Jacksonville.
45:15
Speaker 1: Fred joins me in the booth. Ashland joins Brent Martineau
45:18
Speaker 1: on the sidelines, all the storylines, all the action. Will
45:22
Speaker 1: recap camp and open the preseason this evening here at
45:25
Speaker 1: t I A A. Bank Field as we wrap up
45:29
Speaker 1: the last of our Jags drive times this week. No
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Speaker 1: show tomorrow morning, but I'd say pretty successful first week
45:36
Speaker 1: thanks to Joe Fortunado and Max Hochman all week. Daved
45:40
Speaker 1: Candice and Patrick Kavanaugh for helping put this show together
45:44
Speaker 1: and get it up and off. Nice Shop Ago. A
45:48
Speaker 1: long way to go, but it's fun so that a
45:51
Speaker 1: lot will be with you. Tonight on TV IS the
45:53
Speaker 1: Jaguars go on to the game field for the first
45:56
Speaker 1: time in eighteen with high hopes and expect aans for
46:00
Speaker 1: where tonight will eventually leave them. Maybe Atlanta, we'll find out.
46:04
Speaker 1: Have a great day, everybody,