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Interview: Andrew Catalon, CBS Sports · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's always good to talk to you, Andrew. Thanks for
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  Speaker 1: the time, Hey JP, thanks for having me on Man
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  Speaker 1: here we are Jags and the Broncos. You would think
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  Speaker 1: the biggest national news around the Jags would be Minshu Mania,
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  Speaker 1: But Jalen Ramsey's kind of taking over the conversation over
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. After the the sickness earlier
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  Speaker 1: in the week, they sore back. Now he's away from
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  Speaker 1: the team with the birth of a second child. That's
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  Speaker 1: after the trade request and everything has happened. What's your
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  Speaker 1: view of Jalen Ramsey and what's gonna happen next. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I've been a nice quiet week for you guys down there.
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  Speaker 1: I know, unbelievable with with Jalen Ramsey. Look, my view
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  Speaker 1: is that, uh, he loves to play football. Um. I
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  Speaker 1: know that that sounds a little weird, but in this
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  Speaker 1: day and age, I don't know if everyone loves being
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  Speaker 1: out there, he does. Uh, he lives it. He respects
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  Speaker 1: his teammates, he respects the game, and he's an elite cornerback.
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  Speaker 1: So this whole thing is kind of crazy to me
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  Speaker 1: in a way that he's away and you know, the
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  Speaker 1: back and the sickness, and I thought Doug Marone really
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  Speaker 1: couldn't even, uh, you know, keep a straight face talking
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  Speaker 1: about it earlier this week. So I think it's a
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  Speaker 1: crazy scenario. I don't know how it ends, but I
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  Speaker 1: do know that Jalen Ramsay is a guy that I
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't want on my football team any day of the week.
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  Speaker 1: I don't, you know, some of the sideline stuff, some
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  Speaker 1: of the the armored truck. You know. I he loses
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  Speaker 1: me a little bit there, but I know that that
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  Speaker 1: guy wants to win more than anything, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that's that's the best thing you can say about him. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we'll find out if he's available. I'm moving ahead here.
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  Speaker 1: He hasn't missed a game for the Jaguars in his career.
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  Speaker 1: Here now the story on the offensive side of the ball,
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  Speaker 1: Minshew Mania. After everything that happened in the first week
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  Speaker 1: of the season, everybody around here thought, oh gosh, here
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  Speaker 1: we go. What's gonna happen now? The offense is gonna stink,
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  Speaker 1: the quarterbacks hurt, the seasons over Well, here comes Gardner
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  Speaker 1: Minshew with a huge performance, near comeback win in Houston.
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  Speaker 1: And then last week I went on Thursday Night Football
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  Speaker 1: what's left for this guy to do. He's done pretty
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  Speaker 1: much everything so far unbelievable. And in getting a chat
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  Speaker 1: with him prior to the Houston game that we did
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  Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, I mean, you guys, know,
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  Speaker 1: what you see is what you get. He is just
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  Speaker 1: he is who he is, and he's not afraid to
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  Speaker 1: to live it and enjoy it. And yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you could talk all you want about the off field,
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  Speaker 1: the mustache and all the care free attitude, but he's
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  Speaker 1: a good football player. I mean, some of those throws
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  Speaker 1: he made Thursday night against Tennessee, I mean you go
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  Speaker 1: back and look at those tape. I mean at that tape.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, those are some really tough throws that he made.
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  Speaker 1: And the other thing you hear about him is is
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  Speaker 1: how smart he is. Um, you know, his ability to
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  Speaker 1: take what he learns in the classroom out onto the field.
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  Speaker 1: And when you think back to week one, did not
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  Speaker 1: have any reps with the first team and then goes
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  Speaker 1: out and goes twenty two or twenty five. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think that it's great that it's become such a
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  Speaker 1: national story because of his personality, but really, we wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: be talking about him if he was to playing such
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  Speaker 1: good football and for the Jaguars, I think that's uh,
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  Speaker 1: that's been a huge boost here early in the season
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  Speaker 1: after losing falls. We're getting away ahead of ourselves here, Andrew.
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  Speaker 1: But if the Jaguars win a bunch of games with
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  Speaker 1: him at the quarterback position and Nick comes back healthy
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  Speaker 1: and the Jags are five hundred or better or whatever
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  Speaker 1: it is at that point, is there even a question
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  Speaker 1: as foals coming back no matter what? Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's a great question and one that I'm I'm happy
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  Speaker 1: I don't have to make, you know, I I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen it go both ways, right, You've seen the
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  Speaker 1: starter come back in. You've seen teams ride the hot hand.
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  Speaker 1: I guess it would have to kind of be uh
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  Speaker 1: see where they're at it's and when it gets ready
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  Speaker 1: to play. But um, but that would be a good
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  Speaker 1: problem to have, you know, if if they're if they're
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  Speaker 1: rolling off some wins and he's playing, well, you take that.
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  Speaker 1: You want that if you're a Jaguars fan. We're putting
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  Speaker 1: the cart before the horse, is there a little bit? Though?
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Cattle on CBS Sports with Us the Broncos defense
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  Speaker 1: this year. You know, they're obviously for that pass rush,
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  Speaker 1: but they have no takeaways on defense, they have no
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  Speaker 1: sacks on defense and three games and they're facing a
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  Speaker 1: fairly young tackle group here. Obviously, Jalan Taylor is a rookie.
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  Speaker 1: Cam Robinson's coming off the knee injury. We'll see how
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  Speaker 1: he progresses as the season goes on. Here. You know,
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  Speaker 1: this is a big task for the tackles in this
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  Speaker 1: offensive line this week to stop those guys Chub and
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  Speaker 1: von Miller. Yeah, no question, if you're Jaguars coach or fan,
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  Speaker 1: you're you're hoping that this isn't the the game where
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  Speaker 1: Denver wakes up, because you've got a feeling it's coming
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  Speaker 1: with the guys you just mentioned, especially with Vick Fangio
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  Speaker 1: now coaching them in the way that he gets after
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback in his career. So I think you're right.
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  Speaker 1: I think that offensive line really needs to do its job.
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  Speaker 1: You also heard when h Doug Maron was asked about
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  Speaker 1: learn four Nette. You know, he didn't put it all
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  Speaker 1: on letter and he kind of said the offensive line's
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  Speaker 1: got to get going as well. So I think this
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  Speaker 1: is a really big challenge for them. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what type of crowd it'll be, um, but
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  Speaker 1: if it's loud, you might have to use some silent
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  Speaker 1: count like they did in Houston. And you know, all
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  Speaker 1: all that gets kind of folded into the mix a
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  Speaker 1: little bit if the crowds into it. So I'm anxious
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  Speaker 1: to see how they respond, because you know that Denver
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  Speaker 1: defense is going to be hungry. All right. Andrew the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars defense, on the other side of things here, put
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  Speaker 1: together a fantastic performance on Thursday Night Football. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: amidst all that Ramsey stuff, he went out there and
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  Speaker 1: played well, But the defensive line was really the star
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  Speaker 1: of that show on Thursday Night Football. And is there
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  Speaker 1: a better group in the league right now up front?
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  Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean, you put up nine sacks. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: They're certainly right at the top of the list. And
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  Speaker 1: as far as I'm concerned, I love the way that
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  Speaker 1: Alan is starting to get after a little bit. I've
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  Speaker 1: always had an incredible amount of respect for Unique and
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  Speaker 1: gok Way. I know we're talking about the line, but
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  Speaker 1: Leon Jacobs played a great game. I thought that was
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  Speaker 1: a great couple of games. Now I think that he's
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  Speaker 1: starting to flash a little bit, and I think that's
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  Speaker 1: a nice little peace to add into the defense. So
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  Speaker 1: did the line look great? You know, if Ramsey does
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  Speaker 1: not play, then you know, what does that do? Do
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  Speaker 1: they have to, you know, have send some help. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know that that that could certainly change the dynamic.
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  Speaker 1: But when things for sure, those guys up front are
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  Speaker 1: going to be trying to get after Joe Flacco.