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Countdown to Kickoff: Fred Taylor, Jaguars at Cowboys · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's time for our weekly pregame conversation with Pride of
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. And here we are
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  Speaker 1: back for another football season. Fred pivoting if you will,
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  Speaker 1: to twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: It's a constant pivot, JP man, how's it going. It's
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  Speaker 2: football season, brother. We go through the spring only to
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  Speaker 2: get back past the summer, just so we can say
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  Speaker 2: it's football season.
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  Speaker 3: All over again. And based off where we left a
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  Speaker 3: year ago, the excitement is certainly in the.
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  Speaker 1: Air in doo ball.
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  Speaker 3: It's time to get it done. Though. It's time to
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  Speaker 3: get it done.
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  Speaker 1: And in preseason week one, Doug Peterson said he's going
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  Speaker 1: to play the starters a little bit in this game.
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  Speaker 3: Well how long? Maybe not that long.
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  Speaker 1: If they have a pretty good drive on offense and
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  Speaker 1: everybody gets some touches, you might not see them again.
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  Speaker 1: But when you played, did you want preseason time or
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  Speaker 1: what does that mean to an offensive player? Especially in
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  Speaker 1: a scheme like this, You know who you have. It's
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  Speaker 1: not like they're fighting for starting gigs.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Times had changed tremendously, first and foremost so these different
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  Speaker 2: setups and now they have three preseason games. Which was
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  Speaker 2: which is much different than you know, what I had
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  Speaker 2: when I played, and but you're still able to develop
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  Speaker 2: a routine to answer your first question first and foremost. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: that was my reward for going through hell for two
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  Speaker 2: or three weeks of training camp before we had an
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to play against anyone else.
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  Speaker 3: So that was my reward. That's what I worked hard for,
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  Speaker 3: even if it were.
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  Speaker 2: Just five plays, you know, that first preseason game, just
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  Speaker 2: to get back in that football field.
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  Speaker 3: To smell the grass out there.
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  Speaker 2: Most preseason games back then again were at night, seven
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  Speaker 2: pm starts, seven thirty starts, a lot of them, just
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  Speaker 2: to be under the lights, fans in the stadium. You
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  Speaker 2: look forward to that just to try to get that
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  Speaker 2: adrenaline pumping. For me, it was going through that pregame routine,
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  Speaker 2: the same routine I will have to go through when
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  Speaker 2: the season would when the regular season would take place.
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  Speaker 2: And then the second week comes and you're better prepared.
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  Speaker 2: You understand how to come out the locker room, how
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  Speaker 2: much time you have your own individual warm ups, and
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  Speaker 2: then the team warm up. So there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: advantages that come with you know, this first preseason game
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  Speaker 2: and guys wanting to be a part of it.
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  Speaker 3: Now, some guys aren't going to be able to go,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and some.
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  Speaker 2: Guys won't be able to play an extended period of
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  Speaker 2: time because now you go from ninety to fifty three
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  Speaker 2: and coaches need an opportunity to see these other guys
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  Speaker 2: who might be bubble guys, but they need to see them.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't expect the starters to play more than
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  Speaker 2: two series at most, and that's just my own personal prediction.
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  Speaker 3: But whatever it is.
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  Speaker 2: Go out there, play hard, play fast. That's how you
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  Speaker 2: avoid injuries, and you know, hopefully all the guys come
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  Speaker 2: out injury free so they can get ready to continue
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  Speaker 2: to build throughout the preseason for the next game.
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  Speaker 1: Bret Taylor with us this offense added Calvin Ridley. We've
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  Speaker 1: known that obviously this whole offseason. The training camp has
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  Speaker 1: been really fun to watch with him in it. What
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  Speaker 1: can this offense do with all these weapons in the
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  Speaker 1: passing game and a running game to go with it.
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  Speaker 3: They're balanced.
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  Speaker 2: They are so balanced, man, and they look so fast
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  Speaker 2: just seeing the really highlights you know, visiting our camp practice.
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  Speaker 2: Just the intensity, you know, they're flying off the ball
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  Speaker 2: on both sides of the ball. You know, the offense
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  Speaker 2: has been the highlight of conversation. With the addition that
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  Speaker 2: really with you know, the expectations for Trevor Lawrence, who's
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  Speaker 2: just as excited as anyone else to see that combination
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  Speaker 2: do their thing.
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  Speaker 3: We asked Trevor, you know, we sat.
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  Speaker 2: Down with him on the pivot and we asked, how
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  Speaker 2: excited are you to have number zero?
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  Speaker 3: And he's like, man, is such a professional. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he's finding his.
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  Speaker 2: Way, he's getting used to everything, but he's more excited
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  Speaker 2: than anyone in the building to be able to have
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to throw to a guy like Kevin Ridley.
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  Speaker 3: He's so dynamic and his route running.
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  Speaker 2: But what's best, what I like best about really is
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  Speaker 2: his run after catch.
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  Speaker 3: He lights up and he gets it down the field.
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  Speaker 2: And not a lot of receivers have that, but he's
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  Speaker 2: one that has it, which is a gift.
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  Speaker 3: And I can't wait to see these guys put it
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  Speaker 3: together again this year. Bred.
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  Speaker 1: We know what Travis Etn Junior did in the run
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  Speaker 1: game last year over eleven hundred yards. They go out
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  Speaker 1: and draft Tank Bigsby to go with him, and he's
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  Speaker 1: had a really good camp, looks like so far, we'll
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  Speaker 1: probably see a lot of him against the Dallas Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, Doug Peterson the other week talked about
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  Speaker 1: Travis Etn and what he could do to maybe take
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  Speaker 1: the next step, and he talked about squaring his shoulders
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  Speaker 1: and he would kind of give away where he was
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  Speaker 1: going and line back will get a jump on him,
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  Speaker 1: or he was trying to break it outside. And that's
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  Speaker 1: been an adjustment for Travis Etn. What does that mean
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  Speaker 1: and what kind of difference can that make for Travis
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  Speaker 1: and his running style.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you want to listen to your head coach,
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  Speaker 2: but not so much to where you become a robot,
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  Speaker 2: you know, running back, you just have to be a natural,
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  Speaker 2: instinctive runner and go where your mind says go. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you see it, you go get it, you know, without hesitation.
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  Speaker 2: The moment you you you slow down to think about
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  Speaker 2: what I'm going to do or how I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: attack it, that's when you lose. So for Travis, he's
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  Speaker 2: such a great instinctive runner. And coach Peterson they've watched
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  Speaker 2: the film. He went back and he replayed the entire season.
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  Speaker 2: You have your pros and your corns, and really it's
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  Speaker 2: just a suggestion Travis, this is how you can elevate
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  Speaker 2: your game. Now it's up to Travis to go out
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  Speaker 2: there with each and every rep to try and hone
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  Speaker 2: in on that muscle memory, you know that teaching and
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  Speaker 2: develop that muscle memory. So when he does get in
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  Speaker 2: the games or game situations, he's.
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  Speaker 3: Still able to go fast. He's still able to.
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  Speaker 2: Recycle those things from practice, carry him over to the
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  Speaker 2: game and go fast. That's all it's ever really about
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  Speaker 2: for a running back to have success on the field.
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  Speaker 2: And if he can do that, if it translates to
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  Speaker 2: being able to take it from the drills to the
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  Speaker 2: practice field, from the practice field to the game, he
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  Speaker 2: can be successful, more successful. He had success, but he
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  Speaker 2: can be more successful. You know, he was running with
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  Speaker 2: his pad level down. He had great explosives, explosives. We
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  Speaker 2: saw the long run, ability to break the home run balls.
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  Speaker 2: He has great vision. He's shown that maybe a few
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  Speaker 2: yards here and there, but I think overall, I think
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  Speaker 2: he will build on the fact that the line has
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  Speaker 2: gotten better. The passing game will be more of a threat,
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  Speaker 2: so that should create more too high opportunities, which will
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  Speaker 2: create more opportunities for Travis in the run game.
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  Speaker 3: It was his first year of field as well.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, so that obviously kind of took a little time.
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  Speaker 3: Here.
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  Speaker 2: Your awareness, your awareness, I apologize, goes from here to here,
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  Speaker 2: and that's what you anticipate these guys maturing to and
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  Speaker 2: develop or developing too, and then I think that'll create
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  Speaker 2: bigger opportunities as well.
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  Speaker 1: Fret Taylor with us the defense, All the starters are back.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's back on defense. They didn't make any major changes
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  Speaker 1: in free agency. They drafted some guys, but a little
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  Speaker 1: deeper in the draft on defense, right, So it's improvement
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  Speaker 1: by development. Where do you start on defense?
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  Speaker 3: That's what I love.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you look at these teams that have been
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  Speaker 2: successful or the organizations that have been successful throughout the
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  Speaker 2: last thirty years. You know, I think it's safe to
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  Speaker 2: say about thirty years. Pittsburgh Steelers is one who jumps.
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  Speaker 3: Out immediately at me.
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  Speaker 2: Every year you look at their defense, you can name
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  Speaker 2: at least eight starters that return. And what that does
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  Speaker 2: is it gives those guys an opportunity to communicate better.
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  Speaker 2: They're confident with knowing who's next to them and knowing
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  Speaker 2: just how loud I got to talk to get his
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  Speaker 2: attention or if we're going to study it away from
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  Speaker 2: the field, I can trust this guy.
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  Speaker 3: It's about accountability. You know this guy's.
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  Speaker 2: Attitude, you know his demeanor, you know who's going to
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  Speaker 2: show up. Uh, And I think these guys will fall
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  Speaker 2: in love with.
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  Speaker 3: Each other, you know.
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  Speaker 2: It's a real brotherhood and just having those that same
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  Speaker 2: group on the field.
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  Speaker 3: It's about trust. On defense. You have to have more trust.
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  Speaker 2: On defense, more so than you have to have on offense,
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  Speaker 2: because if one guy's out of place and not doing
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  Speaker 2: their job on offense, we can make up for it
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  Speaker 2: for the most part, you know, unless it's just a
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  Speaker 2: blindside hit on the quarterback. But I digress. On defense,
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  Speaker 2: if one guy's out of position, you can you can
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  Speaker 2: you can burn big.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: So trust accountability, the sense of awareness. Where guys are
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  Speaker 2: Troy and Ryan Clark back in the day. They knew
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  Speaker 2: how to communicate, They knew where each person was going
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  Speaker 2: to be. And these guys will know and understand their
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  Speaker 2: leverage and who's next to them. And it all goes
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  Speaker 2: by starting with the front four. The defense will be
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  Speaker 2: as good as the front four led by Josh Allen obviously,
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  Speaker 2: and we want to make sure we see the other
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  Speaker 2: guys come around and come to play on each level.
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  Speaker 1: Bred, it's always a pleasure. Excited to do this again
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  Speaker 1: with you each and every game week on Jaguars Radio
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  Speaker 1: and Jaguars dot Com and Jaguars YouTube.
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  Speaker 3: And we'll talk to you again next week. Bred. I'm
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  Speaker 3: always looking forward to it. JP. You know how it go. Man.
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  Speaker 2: Football season is back, trying to attack. We gotta get it, man,
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  Speaker 2: we gotta get it in. I'm looking forward to it.