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Press Pass | Jaguars HC Liam Coen Talks Roster, Staff at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Well, first and foremost super excited to be here. I
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  Speaker 1: mean it's been a couple of years since I've been
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  Speaker 1: able to get here. Uh, this has been a great
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for our staff to really kind of get in
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  Speaker 1: the weeds with each other. We just really kind of
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  Speaker 1: finalized this staff, and it's been a great op for
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  Speaker 1: us to be able to get into the weeds. We're
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  Speaker 1: really just we're working from Indy. That's we've taken our
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  Speaker 1: whole process what we would be doing in Jacksonville right
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  Speaker 1: now and taking that to Indy and so man, we're
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  Speaker 1: doing obviously some of the free agent meetings, going through
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  Speaker 1: the draft, and then also obviously doing some scheme, some
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  Speaker 1: football and getting with the coaches. So it's been a
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  Speaker 1: great transition so far. And really kind of really happy
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  Speaker 1: to be here. Rookie regular and kind of constantly by
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  Speaker 1: press shot right, we're shot three hundred rogins game. Did
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  Speaker 1: you see that? There's not many better, you know, people
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  Speaker 1: than Bucky in terms of the way his process went.
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  Speaker 1: I mean he was first one one of the first
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  Speaker 1: guys in the building five am meeting with Tom Moore
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  Speaker 1: on our staff. In terms of just getting some of
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  Speaker 1: that experience he was one of the last guys to leave,
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  Speaker 1: So you saw a player that was already mature beyond
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  Speaker 1: his years, and then okay, he comes in and has
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  Speaker 1: the impact that he had both in the run, the
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  Speaker 1: pass got much better in the past, protection as the
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  Speaker 1: year went on, dynamic in space. Just have so much
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  Speaker 1: respect for Bucky, both as a competitor and as a person.
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  Speaker 1: Wish him nothing but the best, and hopefully we can
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  Speaker 1: continue to get some of that production out of the
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  Speaker 1: guys we have because there are a lot of similarities there.
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  Speaker 1: More fact, wow, that's a great one. The time you
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  Speaker 1: look at these quarterbacks specifically coming out in the last
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  Speaker 1: few years, Well, you're in Pop one or football and
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  Speaker 1: you're in a no huddle shotgun system, and then you're
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  Speaker 1: in high school and you're in a no huddle shot
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  Speaker 1: gun system. Okay, you go to college, that may have
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  Speaker 1: the same been the case. We've got to have patience
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  Speaker 1: with these guys because the communication piece that you miss
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  Speaker 1: with the no huddle offenses, not the knock it, it's just, hey,
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  Speaker 1: we have to take that into consideration when we're going
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  Speaker 1: through the longevity of a quarterbacks career. I think when
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  Speaker 1: you're ready to move on I think that it's pretty
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  Speaker 1: clear to a lot of people in terms of the building,
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  Speaker 1: the staff, the players. If the cliff is falling off,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's typically uh, you know, something you can see
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  Speaker 1: with the with the naked eye, but it's more the development,
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  Speaker 1: the fundamentals, the technique. If that's all still there, then
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  Speaker 1: you can continue to win with that player too. When
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  Speaker 1: you went through all those quarterback yeahs change. That's a
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  Speaker 1: great question because it really came up last year in
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  Speaker 1: a different way, right. We were decimated in twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: Last year we lose two of our best receivers in
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  Speaker 1: Tampa and credit the process to just kind of, hey,
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  Speaker 1: put our heads down. It's our job as coaches to
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  Speaker 1: go play with the best the players that we have
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  Speaker 1: and be able to pivot. That was the learning experience
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  Speaker 1: that we had there that we have to be able
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  Speaker 1: to pivot, be able to supplement that production. Maybe with
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  Speaker 1: a different group of players. It might be you know,
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  Speaker 1: Mike and Chris's production ended up having to become a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more uh, you know, developed through the receiver,
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  Speaker 1: the running back room, the tight end room, obviously the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback being able to playoff schedule. So we learned so
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  Speaker 1: much from that year, and it was really just do
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  Speaker 1: we have the ability to pivot and be able to
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  Speaker 1: kind of supplement some of that production through different avenues
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  Speaker 1: and different players. Yeah. Grants a guy that I've followed
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  Speaker 1: now for for the last few years. Obviously being very
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  Speaker 1: close with Kevin in that process, understanding that it's a
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  Speaker 1: similar process and the way we do things, the way
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  Speaker 1: that we want to operate, the things that we're looking
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  Speaker 1: for throughout the work week, getting ahead of those things.
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  Speaker 1: He's an elite communicator really obviously high level intelligence football
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  Speaker 1: i Q. He's all ball. Grant is all ball, uh
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  Speaker 1: no ego, rides around the Hana, the CRV and just
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  Speaker 1: wants to live as close to the building as he can.
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  Speaker 1: And and that's what's always stood out is the ability
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  Speaker 1: his passion for the game. And you all you've ever
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  Speaker 1: heard is positive things about him. And you see in
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  Speaker 1: this past cycle how much he got and how much
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  Speaker 1: he was in There was no surprise to me there
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  Speaker 1: and getting yeahs receiver and bringing your offer. Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: a great one. He he's so dynamic, being able to
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  Speaker 1: move him around where you saw him in LSU, maybe
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  Speaker 1: not do some of those things right where he was
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  Speaker 1: mostly outside running more linear routes, vertical posts, some overs
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  Speaker 1: and then this stop. You know, so the ability for
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  Speaker 1: him to snap down, get in the slot, be able
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  Speaker 1: to run some of the choice routes lookie routes, and
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  Speaker 1: then oh, by the way, you can throw him a
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  Speaker 1: screen and he can go do something with it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: our pass game will run through him. And super excited
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  Speaker 1: to get to work with him. I know it's on
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  Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball in Tampa, but do
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  Speaker 1: you have any insight on Casey Rodgers as a coach? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I have a ton of respect for Casey first and
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  Speaker 1: foremost as a man. As a leader, he had phenomenal
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  Speaker 1: communication skills within the building, just a steady eddie really
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  Speaker 1: just never too high, never too low. I know there
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  Speaker 1: was a ton of respect in that room for him.
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  Speaker 1: And then just upfront, I mean he's he's done a
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  Speaker 1: nice job over the course of the last few years
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  Speaker 1: and having to again pivot with some injuries that we
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  Speaker 1: did have at the position. Up front, I think Casey's
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  Speaker 1: going to do a really good good job in Detroit.
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  Speaker 1: You're planning to mild your roster, you and power to
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  Speaker 1: kind of speak and let you know what ehings about me. Absolutely,
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  Speaker 1: we want to have Trevor's input. He is he is
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  Speaker 1: our guy, He's the franchise and as much as we
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  Speaker 1: can involve him in the process without maybe putting too
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  Speaker 1: much on his plate. He's a new father, now, a husband.
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  Speaker 1: He's just getting into it, and you know he's but
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  Speaker 1: he's hungry. He's hungry. He wants to be playing at
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  Speaker 1: the highest level possible. And how do we include him
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  Speaker 1: in some of those conversations, specifically with some of the
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  Speaker 1: skilled players and obviously on the offensive line. So he
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  Speaker 1: will definitely be involved in some of that will while
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  Speaker 1: just being mindful of not putting too much on him
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  Speaker 1: because he's going to be learning a completely new system
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  Speaker 1: and having to go through a new transition again and
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  Speaker 1: just another Baker. How does that he compare Baker to
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  Speaker 1: Trevor and what your process will be to help getting
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  Speaker 1: in their different player, right, a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: different player. But when you look at the experience of
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  Speaker 1: kind of pivoting in a developmental stage where he Baker
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  Speaker 1: was at a pivotal moment when after he left LA
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  Speaker 1: in twenty two and went to Tampa in twenty three, Right,
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  Speaker 1: I thought Dave did a phenomenal job of really kind
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  Speaker 1: of onboarding him, getting his confidence back, allowing Baker to
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  Speaker 1: truly be himself, and then you get into Okay the
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  Speaker 1: next year in the system, it's a similar one that
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  Speaker 1: Dave was running, so there was a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: familiarity there. The development of Baker will be different than Trevor.
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  Speaker 1: It just will be because of the different type of player.
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  Speaker 1: But you see a lot of the same in tangibles
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  Speaker 1: in terms of the work ethic, the want to he
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  Speaker 1: wants to be great, he wants to be coached hard,
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  Speaker 1: and the process, like how do we get him on
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  Speaker 1: a schedule, a process every single day that he can
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  Speaker 1: follow to get him to the point that he feels
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  Speaker 1: like he's playing at a higher level. Yeah, Josh is
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  Speaker 1: going to do a phenomenal job. He's got a really
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  Speaker 1: unique way about him to be able to connect with
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  Speaker 1: a lot of different people, coaches, pass He's got a
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  Speaker 1: great sense of humor. But he's he's up there in
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  Speaker 1: terms of the IQ, the football knowledge, the ability to
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  Speaker 1: see it, design it and also be able to communicate
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  Speaker 1: it to the guys. You know, I think this he's
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  Speaker 1: primed for this. He's ready for this, and I think
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  Speaker 1: he's going to do a really nice job obviously, so
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  Speaker 1: rams ties between you Jay, Shane Waldron. Just how much
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  Speaker 1: did that franchise really influence you guys and what you're
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  Speaker 1: wanting to build here? Yeah? Very much though that's what
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  Speaker 1: we all came up within that organization. I think there's
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  Speaker 1: a north star that we are looking at in terms
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  Speaker 1: of how do we want to operate? Right? Is it
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  Speaker 1: going to be identical? No, this is going to be ours,
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  Speaker 1: But we can take so many different things that we
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  Speaker 1: learned from there, from both personnel, scheme, people, the way
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  Speaker 1: that we talk to one another, the way that we
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  Speaker 1: communicate and treat one another. I think that those are
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  Speaker 1: kind of the foundational pieces that we took from LA
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  Speaker 1: and then now, hey, how do we make it ours
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  Speaker 1: and how do we put this thing all together to
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  Speaker 1: truly move forward. I really don't have a strong opinion,
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  Speaker 1: I'll be honest. I haven't had a ton of experience
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  Speaker 1: with it. It hasn't really affected me personally as a coach.
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  Speaker 1: It hasn't like won or lost games for me. So
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  Speaker 1: I really don't have a strong opinion. I know that's
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  Speaker 1: out there. I know that's a conversation. You know, just
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  Speaker 1: haven't had a lot of experience with it and just
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  Speaker 1: don't have a huge opinion on it right now, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: But he hasn't had the stability that is something that
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  Speaker 1: similar to Baker, you guys asked about in terms of
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  Speaker 1: that stability. It's it's important, but he's gonna learn. He's
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  Speaker 1: learned so much from his different experiences, right for good
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  Speaker 1: and for bad, and he can take those experiences to
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  Speaker 1: really dive into this new process. But I think what's
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  Speaker 1: critical is how do we get him to that standard
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  Speaker 1: and that structure and that schedule throughout his process once
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  Speaker 1: he gets here, So now we truly focus on him
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  Speaker 1: not as much where he's been. What he's had. He
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  Speaker 1: can take and log those experiences, but now, how do
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  Speaker 1: we create a little bit of sameness? Give them a schedule? Hey, mondays,
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  Speaker 1: this is what we want, you know, look for your
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  Speaker 1: daily rhythm tuesdays within the season with third downs as
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  Speaker 1: we start to move towards red zone. How do we
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  Speaker 1: kind of connect with him to have a schedule. I
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  Speaker 1: think that's the consistency that we're going to try to
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  Speaker 1: create for him. Quarterback quarterback, Yeah, well, I actually had
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  Speaker 1: a you know, a not so positive experience with one.
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  Speaker 1: We Uh it was more just I ended up going
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  Speaker 1: into one at Kentucky and kind of got a little
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  Speaker 1: bit looped out while I was in there. It kind
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  Speaker 1: of made me a little physically ill, so, uh, it
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  Speaker 1: was It's cool, though, I think it's to each his own. Really,
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  Speaker 1: I really believe that if that's something that's going to
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  Speaker 1: help our guys, and you want to make that tool available,
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  Speaker 1: we have the benefit of being kind of at the
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  Speaker 1: forefront of some of those things with with TK, Tony
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  Speaker 1: and shod wanting to be able to provide every opportunity
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  Speaker 1: that we can have. I don't have a very strong
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  Speaker 1: opinion on it, but I do think it's something i'd
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  Speaker 1: be open to for sure. We have kind of a
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  Speaker 1: virtual walkthrough room in Jacksonville that I've never had in
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  Speaker 1: any of the buildings I've been in, So I'm really
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  Speaker 1: excited about kind of being able to utilize some of
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  Speaker 1: those rooms. Get into that for for some of the
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  Speaker 1: VR training, but not maybe with the goggles on. But
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  Speaker 1: then get through your staff. You work with a lot
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  Speaker 1: of younger guys. You know you could have gotten older,
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  Speaker 1: but what would the benefits of that and then if
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  Speaker 1: you leave with your your situations. Yeah, Hunger, hunger want
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  Speaker 1: to Guys that are trying to prove it, Guys that
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  Speaker 1: want to, you know, continue to ascend throughout the profession.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think we have plenty of experience to
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  Speaker 1: get this thing done. I believe in the staff that
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  Speaker 1: we built. You know, I got Sean McVay, I've got
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  Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connor. I've got a lot of guys that we
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  Speaker 1: can go and call in times of crisis that are
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  Speaker 1: going to be h more than welcome to some of
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  Speaker 1: those conversations. And then you know, you've got experience throughout
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  Speaker 1: the staff, and we do have experience. We have a
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  Speaker 1: lot of guys that have been in the trenches in
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  Speaker 1: some really productive organizations. There's not one coach that we
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  Speaker 1: hired that didn't have another opportunity to Tony about that. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: TK and I were just talking about this, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a couple of days ago, just how that ended up
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  Speaker 1: coming for him. He was a fan of wrestling his
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  Speaker 1: entire career. I was an ultimate Warrior fan. Although I
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  Speaker 1: you know, did not look the part by any means,
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  Speaker 1: I was a fan. I have a ton of respect
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  Speaker 1: for it. It's entertainment, it's athleticism. He's got a strong
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  Speaker 1: passion for it, and uh, I just hope it continues
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  Speaker 1: for him. I know they just signed a new deal
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  Speaker 1: I think or you know, something to be able to
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  Speaker 1: kind of get some uh more buzz. But it seems
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  Speaker 1: like it's going in the right direction. I'm an excited
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  Speaker 1: for him. No, absolutely not. I My time's well passed again. Mentality,
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  Speaker 1: It's what you said, it's the adaptability, right. We will
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  Speaker 1: have a core foundation in principles of how we want
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  Speaker 1: to you know, operate right, our modes of operation, the
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  Speaker 1: way that our culture is going to be set, the
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  Speaker 1: non negotiables right, that's the foundation of what we believe.
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  Speaker 1: But like I've said of multiple different conversations about players
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  Speaker 1: not plays, right, we will have the core principles and
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  Speaker 1: how we want to play, our style of play, but
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  Speaker 1: ultimately it's our job to pivot and be able to
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  Speaker 1: adapt to players, especially when it comes to the draft,
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  Speaker 1: because you want to be able to fill your holes
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  Speaker 1: but also take the best players available, and it's our
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  Speaker 1: job to be able to adapt to some of those players.
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  Speaker 1: Direct you out to shame. What was exciting about Shane
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  Speaker 1: Walder worial. Yes, so Shane got me into this profession, right,
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  Speaker 1: So shamee was somebody that you know, Sean McVay lean
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  Speaker 1: non heavily when he took the first job in LA
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  Speaker 1: that was one of his first hires and brought Shane there.
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  Speaker 1: Had unbelievable experience obviously working in New England in prior years,
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  Speaker 1: has won super Bowls, has been at a high level
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  Speaker 1: for a long time. He's got a great kind of
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  Speaker 1: overall big picture all eleven extreme kind of situational football
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  Speaker 1: ideas going from you know, coach Belichick and the Patriots system.
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  Speaker 1: He'll be great for a big picture ideas and be
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  Speaker 1: able to, hey, how do we tie in some of
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  Speaker 1: these things and also some of the developmental pieces within
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff. Worried about anything been having in Chicago
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  Speaker 1: left zero zero Portland nil has affected players NFL readiness
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  Speaker 1: to come in. I don't know if it's the readiness,
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  Speaker 1: but it's definitely something we have to be aware of.
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  Speaker 1: Right it's it's not going anywhere, and it's absolutely something
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  Speaker 1: that we have to be aware of when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to how do we onboard our players the individual development
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  Speaker 1: program that we have, whether it's through strength the athletic training,
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff, the personnel. It's the onboarding process that
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  Speaker 1: we have to be really detailed about and make sure
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  Speaker 1: that we're vetting the right players right, Why did they move?
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  Speaker 1: Why were they going from place to place, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of guys are just trying to climb and go get
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  Speaker 1: for you know, better for themselves. So, uh, it's more
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  Speaker 1: about the onboarding process and the in really kind of
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  Speaker 1: how do we uh you know, evaluate these players, not
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  Speaker 1: more so where they've been. Thanks. Thanks, guys, I appreciate