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Jaguars Happy Hour | How Jaguars Can Keep Momentum in Denver · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It is Thursday, September 17th.
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  Speaker 2: This is Jaguars Happy Hour. And now, a guy who
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  Speaker 2: knows that the difference between cigarettes and the Denver Broncos
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  Speaker 2: is Trevor Lawrence doesn't smoke cigarettes, Brian Sexton.
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  Speaker 1: Joe, beautiful, right? Jaguars don't smoke. Remember that sign used
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  Speaker 1: to hang here in the stadium forever and ever and ever?
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  Speaker 1: The Marlboro Man left the back of NFL programs because
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  Speaker 1: of the Jaguars Foundation's anti-smoking efforts.
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  Speaker 3: I remember that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I was a big fan of the movie. What was it?
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  Speaker 3: The Marlboro Man and....
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  Speaker 1: Gosh, it was Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.
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  Speaker 3: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: How would I even know that? I don't even know
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  Speaker 1: how I know that. You did good there, Brian. Well, listen.
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  Speaker 3: Completely unimportant trivia there.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, yep.
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  Speaker 3: Did you ever see that movie, Jeff?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, I did.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I asked him about my time on Who Wants to
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  Speaker 1: Be a Millionaire.
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  Speaker 3: Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I got the name right. Don Johnson?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, from Miami Vice.
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  Speaker 1: From Miami Vice, yeah. Don Johnson. How do we get
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  Speaker 1: started on this?
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  Speaker 5: Joe?
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  Speaker 1: Nice, absolutely. Welcome in. Jaguars happy hour. Brian Sexton along
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  Speaker 1: with Jeff Lagerman and Coach Mark Duffner. Here we are,
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  Speaker 1: week two. We've got a 34-10 victory to look back
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  Speaker 1: on briefly because what a showdown in week two in
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  Speaker 1: Denver against the Broncos. Five regular season games apart, right?
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  Speaker 1: Because they played there in week 16 last year and
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  Speaker 1: it's week two this year. And they're putting it right
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  Speaker 1: back center stage for the Broncos home opener. and they're
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  Speaker 1: coming home with their tail dragging from Kansas City.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, they got embarrassed in that game. We're going to
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  Speaker 6: get their best shot for sure. They're kind of a
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  Speaker 6: wounded animal right now, and they've got something to prove,
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  Speaker 6: that's for sure.
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  Speaker 3: And it's not center stage, Brian. 4-0-5.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, center stage for us, but I know the point
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  Speaker 1: you're about to make, so please do.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I mean, look, Liam Cohen uses everything that he
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  Speaker 3: possibly can to motivate his football team with the level
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  Speaker 3: of disrespect, and You know, when you don't get some
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  Speaker 3: primetime media coverage with the football game that it is,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, this is a big-time matchup. I mean, two
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  Speaker 3: of the best football teams that there is in football,
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  Speaker 3: the number one, number three seed from last year, and
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't even get any more kind of market share
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  Speaker 3: than Denver and Jacksonville. Are you kidding me?
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  Speaker 1: Do you know there's only one other game between two
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  Speaker 1: playoff teams from last year in week two? And it's
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  Speaker 1: the 1 o'clock primetime game, the Steelers and the Patriots.
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  Speaker 3: I don't get it. Yeah, I don't get it.
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  Speaker 6: I don't get it either. That's for sure. Now, again,
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  Speaker 6: playing playoff teams is what we're all about.
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  Speaker 5: Let's do it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, listen, you're bringing me to our big things, right?
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  Speaker 1: The big storylines that we're going to talk about tonight
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  Speaker 1: and that we'll travel through till Sunday. And the first
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  Speaker 1: is prove it because the Jaguars came out with as
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  Speaker 1: good an opening day performance, Jeff, as I've seen this
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  Speaker 1: team have. 2017 was really good. But this was like closer,
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  Speaker 1: I thought, to 1999 when they just took apart San
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  Speaker 1: Francisco and 41-3 on a rainy day. Offense scored, defense scored,
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  Speaker 1: special teams scored that day. And yet, most of the
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  Speaker 1: national media and observers, for whatever that's worth, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it was the Browns. We're talking about the Browns with
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  Speaker 1: some talent on defense, and the Jaguars had them down
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  Speaker 1: 31-0 at one point.
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  Speaker 6: No question about it. I mean, you couldn't have started
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  Speaker 6: the game any better. They defer, we play defense, go out,
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  Speaker 6: get a stop with an interception field position, then we
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  Speaker 6: score a touchdown. I mean, sudden change at its best.
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  Speaker 6: Great start to the game.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think of, I mean, besides that game
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  Speaker 3: you're talking about, Brian, San Francisco, I don't think there's
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  Speaker 3: been a better opening day performance, in my opinion.
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  Speaker 1: Well, 17, they had the 10 sacks, and they jumped
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  Speaker 1: on the Texans pretty quick.
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  Speaker 3: But, I mean, at home.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, at home.
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  Speaker 3: Because that was road game Houston. But, I mean, to
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  Speaker 3: be in complete control from beginning to end where you're
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  Speaker 3: essentially running a four-minute offense to start the second half.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And I thought Liam did a really good job of coaching.
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  Speaker 3: And the part that I'm referring to is that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he had an opportunity to go fourth and one or
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  Speaker 3: take the points there to make it 17 to nothing.
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  Speaker 3: And he took the points, which. I was kind of
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  Speaker 3: surprised because he likes to be aggressive. But at the
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  Speaker 3: same token, when you're playing a team that doesn't really
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  Speaker 3: seem to have the ability to do much, take the points.
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  Speaker 3: And I thought that was really good by Liam in
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  Speaker 3: that instance because you don't want to give them even
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  Speaker 3: a sniff or a possibility of positivity.
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  Speaker 6: No question about that. It was 14-0 at that point
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  Speaker 6: when he decided to do that. Our offense starts off touchdown, touchdown,
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  Speaker 6: field goal, touchdown. How do you start any better than that?
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  Speaker 6: I mean, hard to do that. And then defense, 95
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  Speaker 6: yards in the first half total.
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  Speaker 1: Good golly.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, two sacks, two takeaways already. The contagion of
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  Speaker 6: takeaways back in force.
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  Speaker 3: Excellent.
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  Speaker 1: Always people want to see more. They want to see
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  Speaker 1: more from the Jaguars. They don't necessarily need to see
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  Speaker 1: more from the Houston Texans or more from the Denver
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  Speaker 1: Broncos or whoever. But from the Jaguars, they need to
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  Speaker 1: see more. So the Jaguars take that little burr up
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  Speaker 1: under their saddle, as you mentioned, 4-5, not 4-25, which
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  Speaker 1: would be the nationally televised. 4-25 would be the big show.
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  Speaker 3: But have you ever seen, Duff, a team come out
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  Speaker 3: for pregame warm-ups without their shoulder pads on?
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  Speaker 5: I have not.
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  Speaker 1: I had never seen that before.
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  Speaker 5: I have not.
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  Speaker 3: Did you guys notice that? I mean, the Cleveland Browns
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  Speaker 3: come out for pregame warm-ups and they don't have their
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  Speaker 3: shoulder pads on.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Because they didn't want the heat?
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  Speaker 6: No, and by the way, they were wearing white anyway.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, we could care less. We're going to wear
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  Speaker 6: our teal, heat or no heat, you know, anywhere, anyplace, anytime.
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  Speaker 3: When I saw that, I was like. And if I'm
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  Speaker 3: on the Jaguars on the field, I'm looking across the
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  Speaker 3: field going, they've got no chance.
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  Speaker 5: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: They've got no chance.
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  Speaker 5: That's exactly right.
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  Speaker 3: The mindset.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's game day. Okay. I don't care if it's,
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  Speaker 3: you know, 150. You got to have your pads on
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  Speaker 3: for warmup. And if you don't, it's a clear signal that.
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  Speaker 6: No, that can be taken a couple of ways. I'm
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  Speaker 6: with you on that one. Remember that when. Jaguars came
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  Speaker 6: to Green Bay. I'm coaching in Green Bay.
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  Speaker 5: In 2004, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: They come out to Green Bay, and they come out,
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  Speaker 6: and they got their gear on, full pads on, but
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  Speaker 6: no heavy coats, no nothing. You know, everybody was cut
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  Speaker 6: real tight, hardly wearing much as far as just regular uniform.
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  Speaker 1: Do you recall who won that game?
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  Speaker 5: I think you won.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And I said to our guys, Take a look over there.
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  Speaker 5: We better be ready. Them cats, they mean it today.
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  Speaker 1: Fred Taylor had 165 yards rushing and three touchdowns that day.
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  Speaker 5: Tell me about it. Most of the gray on this
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  Speaker 5: side came from that game.
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  Speaker 1: 100%. All right, so the Jaguars have to prove it.
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  Speaker 1: Here's number two, and it brings us to Trevor. Because
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  Speaker 1: Trevor has been proving it. Are you ready for this?
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, this is our quarterback preview brought
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  Speaker 1: fast delivery. Just throw some numbers at you here. And
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  Speaker 1: there are lots of them. When you talk about Trevor,
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  Speaker 1: over the last nine regular season games, the Jaguars are 9-0.
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  Speaker 1: Trevor has 28 touchdowns, Loggie, the most thrown over that
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  Speaker 1: span in the National Football League. His passer rating, 111.5,
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  Speaker 1: highest over that span. Nine consecutive games with two or
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  Speaker 1: more touchdown passes. And then here's this little nugget for you.
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  Speaker 1: In six of those nine games, he has sat in
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  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's on a roll. And the biggest question mark
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  Speaker 3: that I had in my mind entering the season was,
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  Speaker 3: where would Trevor Lawrence pick up at? Would he pick
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  Speaker 3: up where he left off from last year? Or would
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  Speaker 3: he do like he had done in the past and
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  Speaker 3: not really start off where he left off? And he
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  Speaker 3: answered all the questions fully. He was on his game completely.
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  Speaker 3: And I think some of the best things that he
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  Speaker 3: did were the things that didn't show up on the
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  Speaker 3: stat sheet. which were taking a sack, live to play
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  Speaker 3: another down, throw the ball away, command of the offense.
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  Speaker 3: How many times did they have a delay of game
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  Speaker 3: or any kind of illegal motion penalty or anything? I mean,
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  Speaker 3: because a lot of that falls on the quarterback. I
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  Speaker 3: thought he was in complete control.
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  Speaker 6: He orchestrated beautifully. He utilized cadence, pulled them off sides twice.
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  Speaker 5: They used tempo.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, distribution to, I think, nine different receivers, 78% completion.
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  Speaker 3: Are you kidding me? On fire. Which, I mean, you
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  Speaker 3: go back and you look at, and I've got the
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  Speaker 3: numbers here with Trevor, you go back to his season-high
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  Speaker 3: completion percentage was back in 22, which was the first
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  Speaker 3: year with Doug, and that was right at 66%, 66.3
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  Speaker 3: to be exact. Last year he was only at 60.9.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he was a legitimate MVP candidate at 60.9
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  Speaker 3: for the entire year. So imagine if all of a
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  Speaker 3: sudden the completion percentage jumps from last year. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: what kind of a performance is that going to be?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's not going to be a top five MVP.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to be like. A legitimate MVP.
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  Speaker 1: 100%. I thought he thrust himself into that category. It's
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  Speaker 1: just one game. I get it. But nine games, a sample,
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  Speaker 1: we've got, and he has been playing at such a
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  Speaker 1: high level. You're talking about Josh Allen territory there. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you're talking about the very best of the very best.
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  Speaker 1: And can he sustain it?
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  Speaker 5: I think he can.
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  Speaker 6: He's demonstrated consistency the last eight games through the spring
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  Speaker 6: and in the first game so far.
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  Speaker 1: So that's the key word. On Fridays, I sit down
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  Speaker 1: with Liam and we tape an interview that airs just
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  Speaker 1: before kickoff. And I said, coach, what is the next
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  Speaker 1: step for your quarterback? He said, consistency. So on Monday
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  Speaker 1: at his post-game news conference, I said, all right, analyze
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  Speaker 1: it for me. Was he as consistent as you want?
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  Speaker 1: Here's the head coach.
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  Speaker 4: I thought it was a really good start to building
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  Speaker 4: off of the things from last year that we really
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  Speaker 4: liked and some of the areas in which we wanted
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  Speaker 4: to continue to improve and thought he took care of
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  Speaker 4: the football as well on Sunday, which was a huge
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  Speaker 4: deal for us. And to see him use his legs,
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  Speaker 4: as I mentioned, this early on is also very encouraging
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  Speaker 4: to see and to let him just go play free.
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  Speaker 4: And if we can continue to see that, that's the
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  Speaker 4: consistency that we're all looking for.
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  Speaker 1: Spoken like a coach.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 1: He wants more.
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  Speaker 3: Well, look, you always want more. And I think the
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  Speaker 3: thing that impressed me the most with Trevor was how
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  Speaker 3: many different weapons he utilized. And we sometimes don't appreciate,
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  Speaker 3: and we were having a conversation earlier, and you were
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  Speaker 3: a part of this, Brian. And I made the statement
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  Speaker 3: that this might be the best selection of weapons in
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  Speaker 3: the National Football League.
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  Speaker 1: I totally agree with you.
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  Speaker 3: That this offense has. And not many people really kind
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  Speaker 3: of look at it from that perspective because it's Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 3: and Jacksonville just doesn't get a lot of attention. And yes,
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  Speaker 3: I've got teal-colored glasses. I get it. But name me
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  Speaker 3: another team in the National Football League that has the
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  Speaker 3: number of weapons that is in the arsenal here in Jacksonville. Duff,
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  Speaker 3: you watch the league wide. I mean, is there anybody
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  Speaker 3: that's better?
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  Speaker 5: No, I don't think so. Not at all. When you
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  Speaker 5: look at the tight ends, the wide receivers, the running backs,
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  Speaker 5: are you kidding me?
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  Speaker 6: No, I think he's got weapons across the board, personnel
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  Speaker 6: group usage across the board.
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  Speaker 4: Excellent.
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  Speaker 1: You know, someone could come back to you and say, well,
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  Speaker 1: how about Cincinnati, right? I mean, Cincinnati lines up with
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  Speaker 1: those two receivers, Jamar Chase.
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  Speaker 3: I'm talking about the entirety, you know, and, and, And, Brian,
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  Speaker 3: I know you know what I'm talking about, but, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you talk about from the receivers top down, going all
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  Speaker 3: the way back to even Josh Cameron.
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  Speaker 1: That's where I was going. You're including the rookie Josh Cameron. Yes, absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm including all four tight ends that the Jaguars have.
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  Speaker 1: We haven't seen Koziel yet.
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  Speaker 3: I'm including the backs, which I think all have some
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  Speaker 3: type of unique skill set to bring to the table.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, this is a legit– I mean, I guarantee
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  Speaker 3: you the defensive coordinators– get into a huge quandary, where
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  Speaker 3: do we start?
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  Speaker 5: It's called a nightmare.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, who do we start?
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  Speaker 1: Who do we focus in on stopping?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, if you try to stop Parker, okay, BTJ
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  Speaker 3: can run by your defense. Jacoby's going to have a
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  Speaker 3: million catches underneath. And, oh, by the way, if you
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  Speaker 3: shut the wide receivers down, Brent Strange is going to
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  Speaker 3: chew you up underneath.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, no, no.
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  Speaker 6: The application they have against defense is just unbelievable in
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  Speaker 6: terms of the deployment of players right now.
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  Speaker 5: Who are you going to double?
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  Speaker 6: And if you double him, like Jeff said, we'll go
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  Speaker 6: to the other guys. I mean, there are multiple guys.
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  Speaker 3: As a coach, if you're the Denver Broncos and you're
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  Speaker 3: getting ready to face the Jaguars, what are you focusing
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  Speaker 3: in on stopping? Who?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you can't. Go ahead, yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Well, he certainly, the game he just had, but go
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  Speaker 6: ahead if you stop him, look what else you've got
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  Speaker 6: to defend.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, that's the, I think that's the.
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  Speaker 3: Beauty of the team. And the one thing, though, that
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  Speaker 3: the common denominator in all of these weapons is the
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  Speaker 3: offensive line. And they played really well. And they're kind
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  Speaker 3: of an afterthought, I think, to some extent after that game.
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  Speaker 3: They played really well.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, golly.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff, they're an afterthought league-wide. Most people look at that
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  Speaker 1: offensive line and say, that's the thing that will hold
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars back this year. Now, we're talking about people
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  Speaker 1: who aren't here on a daily basis. They don't know
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  Speaker 1: Anton Harrison. They don't understand what Cole Van Lannen is
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  Speaker 1: all about. I would think that after that performance, eyes
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  Speaker 1: would be open around the league. Ooh, that unit's not weak.
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  Speaker 6: Well, let me say this to you. Four guys in
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  Speaker 6: different positions, four of the five. Hainsey, the only one
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  Speaker 6: that stayed in the same position a year ago. We
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  Speaker 6: got a rookie left guard who did a heck of
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  Speaker 6: a job. You look at Anton Harrison, the effort that
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  Speaker 6: he had against Jared First, their best rusher.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't have a pass.
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  Speaker 6: He didn't touch him. It's the worst effort he's had
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  Speaker 6: rushing a quarterback in any game. And then you look
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  Speaker 6: at Van Linden, 36 snaps. I think he had 20.
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  Speaker 6: Pass protections, no quarterback pressures.
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  Speaker 5: Un-flippin' believable.
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  Speaker 1: You like verse. This is the first game that verse
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  Speaker 1: in his NFL career didn't have a pressure.
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  Speaker 3: I thought it was cool, too, that at the beginning
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  Speaker 3: of the game, as the Jaguars are coming out for
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  Speaker 3: the announcement, and I believe they announced the defense. So
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  Speaker 3: the offense is first out of the tunnel, or at
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  Speaker 3: least the ones that aren't going to get announced. The
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  Speaker 3: first two guys out of the tunnel, well, the first
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  Speaker 3: one was Anton Harrison. And the second one was Jarrion Jones.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm sitting there going, I don't think I've ever
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  Speaker 3: seen Anton be the first guy out of the locker
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  Speaker 3: room all fired up. And he played like it in
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  Speaker 3: that game. I mean, he was. His finish in pass
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  Speaker 3: protection on Jared Verse was exceptional, and I think it's
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  Speaker 3: a great matchup this week with Benito because Benito's a
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  Speaker 3: movement guy. He's not a power guy.
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  Speaker 1: 6'3, 240.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think Anton can do really well because
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  Speaker 3: he's got the athleticism to match.
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  Speaker 1: And they're both Oklahoma guys, so they probably won't be
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  Speaker 1: each other.
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  Speaker 3: There's going to be plenty of motivation. Boomer Sooner, baby.
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  Speaker 2: Good call.
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  Speaker 3: There'll be some Boomer Sooner.
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: Boomer Sooner, baby.
• 14:51
  Speaker 3: But give Cole Van Landen a lot of credit. I mean,
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: he was seven months. I talked to him before the game,
• 14:58
  Speaker 3: and I was like, you know, how long are you
• 15:00
  Speaker 3: from your surgery? He goes, seven months and three weeks.
• 15:03
  Speaker 3: Seven months and three weeks.
• 15:05
  Speaker 6: That's less than anybody I've heard. I mean, normally that's
• 15:08
  Speaker 6: a nine-month or ten.
• 15:10
  Speaker 3: Typically like nine is the magic number.
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: I hate sounding like the old guy, but listen, when
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: I got in this league and you guys were both there,
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: that was a year long, and you weren't even yourself,
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: and you had train tracks up the leg. I mean,
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: what they've done– in terms of medical technology and advancement,
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: to get a guy back on in seven months. It's like,
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: Rod Woodson tore his ACL in the year that the
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: Steelers played in the Super Bowl, in 1995, and he
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: was the first player to come back and play in
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: the season in which he tore his ACL. He wasn't
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: the same, but it had never really been done. Now
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: you're talking about guys routinely being able to come back
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: the next year.
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: And I don't think that, I don't think this is,
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: I think this is still at normal. I don't think
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: it's become normal at seven months and three weeks. You know,
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: and I give a lot of credit to Cole. I
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: also give a lot of credit to the medical staff
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: here with the Jaguars. And then also the coaching staff
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: for having a plan because, you know, they played them
• 16:04
  Speaker 3: in half. And then after a half, he was out
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: and then Walker Little was in. And he played really well.
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: My favorite play, when it comes to Cole Van Lannen,
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: was early in the game, and I think it was
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: on Parker Washington's diving touchdown reception. Because if I'm a
• 16:21
  Speaker 3: defensive end, you know where I'm going here. If I'm
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: a defensive end, my mindset is I'm playing a guy
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: that's got a significant knee injury and he's coming back, okay?
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I'm going
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: to put the hammer down. I'm going to put the
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: bull horns on. I'm going to bull rush him, and
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: I'm going to see how he's going to hold up
• 16:39
  Speaker 3: against Powell.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: That's called being an entrepreneur. You are pushing your advantage.
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: It's a mind game, right? So you're going to attack
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: the guy. You're not going to go, oh, I'm going
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: to dance and make a power move or pass rush
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: move and swim him or anything. No, I'm putting the
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: bull horns on about the first six rushes on this guy, okay?
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: And then see how he likes it. See how good
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: that knee really is. First time Cole Van Lannen gets
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: bullrushes on the Parker Washington touchdown, Ezra Cleveland is sitting there,
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: and he doesn't have a guy right on top of him,
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: and so he's looking in and out to look to help.
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: He sees Cole getting bullrushed, and he immediately comes and
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: just hammers the guy.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: Cleans him up. And I'm sitting there thinking.
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: To myself, that's what a teammate should do.
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 17:23
  Speaker 5: Perfect.
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: Absolutely perfect.
• 17:25
  Speaker 5: The best in terms of combo, and that's a rib
• 17:27
  Speaker 5: breaker that he wound up playing.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: Beautiful play. All right, we've got much more ahead, including
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: our third big thing, which is on defense, so we'll
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: save it for after this break. Folks, see you Sunday,
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• 17:45
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• 17:50
  Speaker 1: are back on Jaguars Happy Hour with Mark Duffner and
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: Jeff Lagerman right after this. All right, let's turn our
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: attention to defense, and you know what that means. Our
• 18:07
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• 18:09
  Speaker 1: friends at GEHA, Government Employees Health Association. I mentioned our
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: big things, just recapping those. Prove it, right, which is
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: what the Jaguars have to do on Sunday, the rest
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: of the league, who still doesn't believe. Trevor has been
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: doing that. We covered that in offense. Now defense, 41
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: plus 44 equals pain. To quote Clubber Lang, those two
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: guys played great football last week. Each of them had
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: a sack and a half, multiple pressures. Josh had a
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: fumble recovery.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Close fumble. And a fumble recovery.
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: Had both. Didn't mean to short him whatsoever. I mean,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: these two guys playing off the end, playing their best
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: football on opening day.
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah, these two guys are real physical, which, you know,
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: there's not a lot of teams in the league that
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: can claim two defensive ends that play the run and
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: the pass equally well. And I'm looking forward to the
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: matchup this week, not to just brush past last week,
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: but Trayvon against McGlinchey. Last year, the matchup, Trayvon had
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: a little bit of an issue with his wrist and
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: was beat up a little bit. I think Trayvon's going
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: to rip that guy.
• 19:15
  Speaker 6: Well, I'm going to tell you now, there's a lot
• 19:17
  Speaker 6: of high talk about the offensive line in Broncos. You know,
• 19:20
  Speaker 6: one of the best in the league. Now, they were
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: inconsistent the other night against Kansas City.
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: I like the matchup.
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: The performance that those two guys, I think they're really
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: tone setters in a lot of ways for that defense,
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: how physical that they play. It's cool, too, to watch
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: Trayvon this year kick down a little bit on the inside.
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: He had some really good rushes with Josh, and Josh
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: and him were actually rushing together, and they combined on
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: that one sack where Trayvon actually was working a game
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: with Eric Armstead and has a little TT. And then
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: Josh ends up winning. Trayvon loops underneath and wins, and
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: they both meet at the quarterback. I mean, these two
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: guys are big. They're powerful. They're strong. And I think
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: the best thing that they have is an attitude. And
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: I'll never forget the press conference last week when Josh
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: Allen was asked about the expectation of them running the ball.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: He said something like, that ain't happening. And it wasn't
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: meant to be funny. I mean, he was almost like
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: he took offense to it in that, hey, look, that
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: ain't happening. You know, because I guess what, pass rushing
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: numbers that the Jaguars allowed.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: When Todd Munkin was the offensive coordinator in Baltimore a
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: few years ago, they had a big night against this team.
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that ain't happening.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: Let's hear what the head coach had to say about
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: Trayvon and all of the things that Trayvon Walker can do,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: especially in combination with Josh.
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: I thought he wreaked some havoc, especially early on in
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: the game. I think those guys all were doing a
• 20:53
  Speaker 4: nice job rushing and affecting the quarterback at times. Yeah,
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: like he can be a savage when he really wants
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: to be, right? And like when he's going and he's
• 21:04
  Speaker 4: staying low and coming off the rock and not hesitating or,
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: you know, kind of waiting for the set, like in
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: just going and causing havoc and He can be that way,
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: and I was pleased to see that show up in
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: week one especially.
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: Listen, I don't care if you work in the bakery
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: at Publix or you're a mailman. If anybody ever describes
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: you as a savage, beam with pride. It's the highest
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: compliment anyone can pay you. Savage. I loved it.
• 21:31
  Speaker 6: I'm going to tell you right now, again, we've talked
• 21:33
  Speaker 6: about his ability to set the edge, to force and
• 21:36
  Speaker 6: affect the quarterback, but he made some pursuit.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: Plays where the range was– That sack?
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: I mean, unbelievable.
• 21:41
  Speaker 6: I mean, on that sack play, and actually somebody got
• 21:44
  Speaker 6: into his legs and he continued to finish.
• 21:46
  Speaker 5: It was all about 100% effort. Well done.
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: I think the point that Liam brings up about when
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: Trayvon just goes, that he can create havoc. Sometimes Trayvon,
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: in his approach as a pass rusher, sometimes he kind
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: of almost stands up a little bit too much. and
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: then wants to kind of hand fight, power push a
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: little bit. And that's not when he's at his best.
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: When his pads are down, he's one of the most
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: powerful defensive ends, if not the most powerful defensive end
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: in the league, when he's got his pad level down.
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: And there's not very many guys that possess the power
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: that he does.
• 22:29
  Speaker 6: Well, I like what you said earlier about when Trayvon
• 22:32
  Speaker 6: gets in there next to Armistead and they make him
• 22:35
  Speaker 6: come down. And, of course, you've got Josh Hines out
• 22:38
  Speaker 6: there and the games that they can operate with, the
• 22:40
  Speaker 6: TT you talked about. Now you present that to an
• 22:42
  Speaker 6: offensive line. They see those guys and they know what
• 22:45
  Speaker 6: they've got. That's tough sledding.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: Just one thing. B.J. Green didn't finish the game just
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: because it's kind of a note here because of the
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: defensive end room. Opening kickoff, he's covering down the field
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: and he reaches out to try to tackle the returner,
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: and just you can see that the arm just got,
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: you know, he comes in, bam, and hits it, and
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: an arm flies backwards, and he didn't finish the game.
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: And so I don't know how long he's going to
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: be out for.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: They put him on IR, yeah.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: Okay, not good. But I was so disappointed for him
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: after the game when I found out kind of what
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: had gone on because there was not a guy that
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: had worked harder than BJ green throughout the off season
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: and training camp. And I hope he comes back better
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: than ever, but, uh, you.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: Like this guy. They signed in this place, BJ.
• 23:42
  Speaker 5: Oh, yeah, I sure do.
• 23:43
  Speaker 6: I think, uh, a guy that was a second round pick, uh,
• 23:46
  Speaker 6: out of, uh, uh, LSU by the Arizona Cardinals, a
• 23:50
  Speaker 6: guy that's athletic. That's got length about him. That's got, uh,
• 23:53
  Speaker 6: special teams and pot pass rush skills, a good value
• 23:56
  Speaker 6: right now to have him on our practice squad.
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: Excellent.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Let's stay with the defensive line for a minute. Last
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: year when the Jaguars went out there, um, Trayvon Walker
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: had a cast on his hand, and Eric Armstead had
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: a club on his hand. Now these two guys are
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: playing at full strength. We've got to see something from
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Eric Armstead this week. He had a tremendous camp. Everybody
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: who watched him said, that guy's been unblockable. They've got
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: to have that this week, don't they?
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: Well, he didn't have the performance that I was expecting
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: last week, Armstead. And I think this is a great
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: opportunity this week if he can get matched up on
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: the opposite side of Quinn Miners, who is the right
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: guard for the Denver Broncos. He's a really good player.
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: But if he can get some reps on the other guy,
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: I think he can absolutely rip him. He's a big, long,
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: tall guy and for whatever reason didn't have his best game.
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: But they're going to need him this week. And, you know,
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: if you go back to last year, you're talking about
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: Trayvon with the thing on his wrist, hand, and then
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: the club for Armstead. You know, Josh played really well
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: in that game. I thought Trayvon played solid. But the
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: guys that really stood out or the guy that really
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: stood out in that game, I thought Foye Luecken had
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: a monster game in that particular game because he had
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: so much of an impact and a run in the past.
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: And they're going to need that kind of an impact
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: from him in this game as well because I think
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: the Broncos are going to have some balance about them.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: Let me give you two other guys I think that
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: give you reason to think that this defense can play
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: better out there this year. We just talked about two.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: Travis Hunter and Jordan Lewis didn't play. I mean, he
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: wasn't nowhere near being at the end of last season.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: He was struggling to be on the field, and he
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: looked pretty good last week. So now all of a
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: sudden you've got two guys in the secondary, and I
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: think Antonio Johnson's just– He's the energizer bunny, the straw
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: that stirs the drink.
• 25:51
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I really like the play of our back end
• 25:54
  Speaker 5: as far as that's concerned. I mean, they're well coached.
• 25:56
  Speaker 5: They communicate well.
• 25:57
  Speaker 6: They're active in terms of running pass, sticking coverage. Again,
• 26:01
  Speaker 6: an excellent group right now. They're going to get tested.
• 26:04
  Speaker 6: They didn't operate much with their wide receivers the other night.
• 26:08
  Speaker 6: Jeff just talked about balance. We'll see more run in
• 26:11
  Speaker 6: their attack. I think they're going to try to get
• 26:13
  Speaker 6: to some balance. They only had six runs in the
• 26:15
  Speaker 6: first half, but with waddle with sutton uh with mims
• 26:19
  Speaker 6: if he's healthy they've got some explosive players on as
• 26:22
  Speaker 6: far as receivers and then rj harvey out of the
• 26:25
  Speaker 6: backfield another explosive player again question on his health a
• 26:28
  Speaker 6: little bit but they've got they've got weapons.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah the uh the addition of waddle in the off
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: season eight they gave up some some equity to get
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: him the former miami dolphins player and uh didn't really
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: have much productivity on monday night had one catch for
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: two yards with Three targets, and I'm looking at what
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: they gave up. They gave up a first, a third,
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: and a fourth. Wow.
• 26:51
  Speaker 6: Then Sutton has two catches for 11 yards. So I
• 26:54
  Speaker 6: think that's all going to be revised.
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: Not a whole lot.
• 26:56
  Speaker 5: That's for sure.
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: Much more ahead here on Jaguars Happy Hour. And then,
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: of course, at the top of the hour, we will
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: bring in Tony Buscelli and James Gladstone. We'll flip the
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: script and go to Jags HQ on the Jaguars Radio
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: Network this break. And more with Mark Duffner and Jeff
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: Lagerman here on 1010XL 92.5 and all the Jaguars channels,
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: including our YouTube page. Welcome back. Jaguars happy hour on 1010XL,
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: 92.5 on all the Jaguars channels. Brian Long with Mark
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: and Jeff. We will not have the injury report during
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: this hour because they're playing Denver. Has to be out
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: by 4 o'clock. Denver doesn't have to release it until
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: 6 o'clock hard time. But this is a fairly healthy team.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: I mean, BJ Green notwithstanding. Losing him hurts because of
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: his camp and his special teams. But a fairly healthy team,
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: wouldn't you say?
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: I can't remember. I think Brian Thomas Jr. ended up
• 27:52
  Speaker 3: having the shoulder but returned. I mean, I don't really
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: remember anything else in the game that was of significance
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: for this football team.
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: I don't either at this point.
• 28:00
  Speaker 5: Medical staff's doing a great job here.
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: Are you knocking on wood?
• 28:02
  Speaker 5: I am, yes. Got to stay healthy.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: Well, listen, that's the key every single year. One other
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: defensive player that we should mention, and we will, is
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: Ventrell Miller. Nine tackles, interception. What else did he do?
• 28:17
  Speaker 5: Quarterback sack.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: Calls fumble.
• 28:19
  Speaker 5: Calls fumble.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, what else could you ask for?
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah, we had a big game.
• 28:22
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, the effort, we talked about it here
• 28:25
  Speaker 6: in the break, but on the interception that Foye got,
• 28:28
  Speaker 6: which was a great interception, a great field position, tone
• 28:31
  Speaker 6: setter for the defense, really that interception caused by Ventrell Miller.
• 28:36
  Speaker 6: Anthony had a blitz where he had him interior rushing
• 28:39
  Speaker 6: as far as that's concerned. He gets to the back.
• 28:42
  Speaker 6: Oftentimes they try to cut the linebacker. He demonstrated.
• 28:47
  Speaker 5: Great athleticism to stay on his feet.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: He cartwheeled.
• 28:49
  Speaker 5: Cartwheeled is about right.
• 28:51
  Speaker 6: Got his hands up in the face of Deshaun Watson,
• 28:54
  Speaker 6: throws the ball, and then, again, we catch the ones
• 28:56
  Speaker 6: we're supposed to. Great job by Foyer. But Ventrell was
• 28:59
  Speaker 6: the guy that made that happen.
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah, one of many plays that he made. There was
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: another where he had to punch out, you know, that
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: Josh Heinz Allen recovers. If Josh doesn't recover it, it
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: might be a touchdown. Travis Hunter, he's getting ready to
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: scoop and score, but– But my favorite play that Ventrell had,
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: and it was probably one that most people didn't even
• 29:22
  Speaker 3: take a second look at. It's a run play, guard
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: comes off, and he literally comes up and just, because
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: he's a hammerhead. I mean, Ventrell is a hard-headed linebacker,
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: and Duff, you coached the position for a long time.
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: There are some guys that when they hit you, they
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: don't fall. like they weigh as much as what they do.
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: And that there's other guys, and I'll never forget my
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: first experience with this, and this was my freshman year
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: in college.
• 29:48
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: And there was a guy that we had on our
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: offensive line, and his name was John Burns. And he
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: was a guard. You told me this story before. And
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: his name, we called him John Trash Can Burns because
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: he was built like a trash can. He was one
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: of those block guys.
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: Yeah, big steel.
• 30:04
  Speaker 4: Right?
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: And so I take a counter step, false step, because
• 30:09
  Speaker 3: it's a counter. And when I turned and come back,
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: John Trash Can Burns just hit me right in the midsection,
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: and all I was doing was going– trying to catch
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: my breath. And I finally caught my breath, but I
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: just remember getting hit by him. And I said, that
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: wasn't normal because I don't, I don't ever feel like
• 30:28
  Speaker 3: I ever got hit by somebody like that. Tony Brackens
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: was one of those guys that hit when he hit.
• 30:32
  Speaker 5: You, you were hit.
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: It felt like you were getting hit by a 300
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: pound truck. Ben Trell is the same thing. I mean,
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: he's one of those guys that he attacks offensive linemen.
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: And there was a play He came up, smacked the guard,
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: I mean, like right in the face, under the chin,
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: and then throws him aside without losing any ground. Now,
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: with a 320-pounder, smacks him, stones him in his tracks,
• 30:59
  Speaker 3: shucks him aside, and then makes the tackle. He makes
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: people go back to the huddle adjusting chin straps and helmets.
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: And I love that about him.
• 31:09
  Speaker 6: Yeah, that's clinic, the way you just described that in
• 31:11
  Speaker 6: terms of block destruction and strike and shed.
• 31:14
  Speaker 5: It's awesome.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: Well, and even when he doesn't make the tackle, he
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: affects the play. I mean, he's always running in that direction,
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: creating a pileup of bodies that forces a running back
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: to cut it outside or try to cut it back
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: inside where guys are waiting. Because he's a one-man wrecking machine.
• 31:28
  Speaker 5: Yeah, he's a productive player.
• 31:29
  Speaker 6: And I'll tell you, the other guy, when Combs got
• 31:31
  Speaker 6: in there, he was productive too now. He had about
• 31:33
  Speaker 6: four tackles and had a sack too. When you add
• 31:36
  Speaker 6: up their cumulative production. What a game those guys played.
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: So what Duff is trying to say is, who's Devin Lloyd? Yeah.
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: Who's that Devin Lloyd?
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: No, I'm just trying to be honest.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: We like Devin.
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: I like Devin Lloyd.
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: They gave up 59 points.
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 31:51
  Speaker 5: These two guys played their tails off.
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they're good players. They each bring something that's, I think,
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: different to the table. If you're playing a team that
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: is downhill, that likes to run the ball, I want
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: Ventrell on the field. And if it's a team that
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: comes out and wants to throw the ball all over
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: the place and, you know, a lot of kind of
• 32:12
  Speaker 3: keep you off balance trickery kind of stuff, I want
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: Branson Combs out there. I think they're both good players
• 32:17
  Speaker 3: and both have something to offer.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: I talked to Tim Lubaku, who is the linebackers coach,
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: and he is going to be featured in the first
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: and third hours of pregame radio on Sunday. Guy's a stud.
• 32:29
  Speaker 5: Oh, he does an excellent job.
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: And 13 tackles, two sacks, an interception, a forced fumble,
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: a fumble recovery, and a couple of quarterback pressures from
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: those three guys.
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: Yeah, unbelievable.
• 32:39
  Speaker 6: I worked with Tim at Cincinnati. He's a heck of
• 32:42
  Speaker 6: a coach and doing a great job with these guys.
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: All right, so let's talk about the running game that...
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: we will see the Jaguars' face in Denver. What are
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: your thoughts on the Broncos? Obviously, they've got J.K. Dobbins,
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: who's a really good back. Behind him, though, the young
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: man from Central Florida has a hamstring. I saw that
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: on the injury report yesterday.
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: R.J.
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: Harvey.
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: R.J.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: Harvey, right. What do you think about their offensive line
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: and their running game in combination?
• 33:07
  Speaker 6: They've got to get the running game going. I mean,
• 33:09
  Speaker 6: they really didn't attempt to do that in the game
• 33:12
  Speaker 6: against Kansas City. They had six runs, I think, in
• 33:14
  Speaker 6: the first half. struggled mightily in the run game as
• 33:18
  Speaker 6: far as that's concerned. And I think last year as
• 33:21
  Speaker 6: we were preparing for Denver, we always looked at somehow
• 33:24
  Speaker 6: somebody saw Peyton's call sheet and it says, run the ball,
• 33:27
  Speaker 6: run the ball. Well, they didn't run the ball. They've
• 33:30
  Speaker 6: got to get balance as far as that's concerned. And
• 33:32
  Speaker 6: that's going to be a key for us, stopping the run,
• 33:35
  Speaker 6: getting them off track, much like Kansas City did, where
• 33:38
  Speaker 6: they didn't even really try to run the ball. If
• 33:40
  Speaker 6: we follow that game plan, we'll be in the.
• 33:42
  Speaker 5: Shape we want.
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: Just a big story in Denver this week about, you know,
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: their offensive game plan, their play calling, you know, Davis Webb,
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: their offensive coordinator, which is a new offensive coordinator. Was
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: it Lombardi that they released last year? Mike Lombardi, their
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: offensive coordinator they released from the end of last year.
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: And there's some questions about should Sean Payton be calling plays?
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: I'm kind of surprised that he's not calling plays. I mean, if,
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: If I'm the Penter Group, which is the ownership in Denver,
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: and I've got Sean Payton as a head coach, I
• 34:17
  Speaker 3: want to call him plays.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: I do.
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: Fred Taylor told me earlier today, and you may disagree
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: with this, Fred's opinion is he was essentially there on
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: the sideline, dialed into what was going on.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: I disagree. If you watch the game, you never saw
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: Sean Payton talk into his headset when they had the ball.
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: He was just hands-off. And I think as a head coach,
• 34:40
  Speaker 3: once you make that decision to allow somebody else to
• 34:44
  Speaker 3: be the play caller, you've got to let them be.
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: I mean, you can't interfere the first game. I think
• 34:49
  Speaker 3: that's just the wrong thing to do. But I wouldn't
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: be surprised if Sean Payton writes on the call sheet
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: for his offensive coordinator, Davis Webb, this week, run the
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: ball at the top of the sheet.
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: He really can't switch him out this week, can he?
• 35:04
  Speaker 3: No, no, you can't do that after week one. But,
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: I mean, here's the reality. If ownership tells you you're
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: calling plays, you might be calling plays.
• 35:15
  Speaker 6: Yeah, they only had 19 yards after contact in their
• 35:18
  Speaker 6: run game as far as that was concerned against Kansas City. Again,
• 35:22
  Speaker 6: I know that will be a major focus for them. Now,
• 35:25
  Speaker 6: the health of the running backs will be a key.
• 35:27
  Speaker 6: We might also see a rookie named Coleman who a
• 35:31
  Speaker 6: lot of positive news came out In their training camp,
• 35:33
  Speaker 6: we'll see what happens. But I say we're going to
• 35:36
  Speaker 6: see a good dose of Dobbins, I would think, in
• 35:38
  Speaker 6: their attack.
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: And he didn't play in the game last December. R.J.
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: Harvey had seven carries for 50 yards. Shaleel McLaughlin had
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: five for 37. And then Nix and Mims, a wide receiver, did.
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: So they didn't run. Of course, the Jaguars got a
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: big lead and forced them to abandon the run, which
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: is always a pretty good way to help teams abandon
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: the run.
• 35:56
  Speaker 3: Always a good way.
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: I think we'll see.
• 36:00
  Speaker 3: A much different focus out of Denver this week, you know,
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: home opener, run the ball a little bit more, have
• 36:07
  Speaker 3: some balance because look, the reality is, is that not
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: having balance at Kansas city, you didn't have any success.
• 36:14
  Speaker 3: I mean, so I think they get, they got to
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: get back to a little bit of that.
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: How well did Devon Hamilton play last week? I had
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: some rumbles around the building. He really had a nice game.
• 36:23
  Speaker 3: Really well. I mean, Cleveland had really, I mean, everybody
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: played up front. I mean, when you, Control a game 34-10. Basically,
• 36:31
  Speaker 3: it was a 34-3 game, which is a long ball
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: completion at the end. There's not many areas of your
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: football team that you played poorly. And Devon Hamilton continues
• 36:40
  Speaker 3: to just control the middle. I mean, that's the great
• 36:42
  Speaker 3: thing about him. He just controls and dominates the middle.
• 36:46
  Speaker 6: And the other guy I got to mention is Matt Dickerson.
• 36:48
  Speaker 6: I mean, he played well, too. And that's why you're
• 36:50
  Speaker 6: seeing the activity and the production by those linebackers. Dickerson
• 36:54
  Speaker 6: was knocking back the line of scrimmage, you know, getting
• 36:57
  Speaker 6: great knockback. I saw him have great quarterback hit in
• 37:00
  Speaker 6: the second half. Again, Armstead, Devon, Dickerson, boy, that's the
• 37:06
  Speaker 6: strength and interior for us in allowing our players to
• 37:09
  Speaker 6: make plays.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: One more thought on the running game from Denver. They
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: wanted to run some 12 and 13 personnel like most
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: teams do, but... In my opinion, Evan Ingram's your number
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: one tight end. We know Evan's not a blocker. Evan's
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: just a different size wide receiver.
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: He's a wide receiver. Yeah.
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: So do you look at their tight ends and think
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: that that's a threat, that multiple tight end heavy formations
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: is something that they can do to force the run?
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: I don't think the tight ends are an area of
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: strength for Denver, and I don't think any of them
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: put fear in you as blockers. I think Evan's a
• 37:44
  Speaker 3: capable receiver, but... Again, if you treat him like a
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: wide receiver, he's not a special wide receiver. So that's
• 37:53
  Speaker 3: why the Jaguars have tight ends that can block and
• 37:56
  Speaker 3: catch both because that's what stresses defensive coordinators is when
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: you have tight ends that can do both. And I
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: don't think that the Denver Broncos have a tight end
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: group that's even close to what the Jaguars have.
• 38:10
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I like our matchup against their tight ends for sure.
• 38:12
  Speaker 6: And as Jeff just said, you know, Some of those
• 38:15
  Speaker 6: tight ends that are pass happy or run happy, those
• 38:17
  Speaker 6: are tells. Right now we've got guys that can do both.
• 38:20
  Speaker 6: You don't have a tell. They can catch and block.
• 38:22
  Speaker 6: So I like our situation there.
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: You just look at the matchup with 41 and 44.
• 38:28
  Speaker 5: I like it.
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: I mean, if a tight end, if one of their
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: tight ends has to block 41 or 44, those two
• 38:36
  Speaker 3: guys are going to dominate those tight ends of the
• 38:38
  Speaker 3: Denver Broncos. They will.
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: You guys ready to dominate the final segment of Happy Hour?
• 38:43
  Speaker 5: Let's go get them.
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: And we'll do that when we come back. Jaguars Happy
• 38:47
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• 38:58
  Speaker 1: We're back on the other side. We'll talk about the
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: special teams. More preview of Sunday's matchup at Empower Field
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: at Mile High on 1010XL and 92.5 FM, plus all
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: the Jaguars channels online. Final segment of Jags Happy Hour
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: presented by Mr. Chubby's Wings. Before the game, after the game,
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: and during the game. And in halftime. And in halftime, yeah.
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: Loggie would like them at halftime. If you could get
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: them to Denver, halftime is probably what, like? 3.30, 3.45?
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, that's a long way to get Mr. Chubby's
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: wings to.
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: But at home games, we're– You don't get it if
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: you don't ask.
• 39:37
  Speaker 3: We're very thankful for home games having Mr. Chubby's at halftime.
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: And we had wings in the booth this past week
• 39:44
  Speaker 3: at halftime. So I was taking the burger and dipping
• 39:47
  Speaker 3: it in the Carolina barbecue-sauced wings. That's pretty good. Got
• 39:51
  Speaker 3: to say.
• 39:51
  Speaker 5: Spoken like a vet.
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: A total pro move. If you go to dinner with
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: Loggie before a game and get asked to put your
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: card down, make sure you set some parameters.
• 40:01
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 40:02
  Speaker 5: Right?
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: You and I got this one? Yeah, absolutely. All right,
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: let's have four appetizers, all of them. Wait, four appetizers?
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: Which four?
• 40:07
  Speaker 3: Well, typically I go one of everything. Just bring one
• 40:10
  Speaker 3: of everything. If the group's large enough.
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: Keep bringing one of everything. I'll tell you about Atlanta sometime,
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: the first year we worked together and what that cost me.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: Players to watch. Let's go with you right out of
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: the gate. Mark, who are you watching on Sunday?
• 40:22
  Speaker 6: I want to continue to watch the dominant play of
• 40:25
  Speaker 6: Josh Heinz-Allen. Boy, I mean, he came out of camp
• 40:27
  Speaker 6: as one of the most dominant players I've seen, really,
• 40:29
  Speaker 6: in a training camp, especially against Tampa Bay. And then
• 40:32
  Speaker 6: what he did in this game the other day with
• 40:34
  Speaker 6: a sack, with a fumble recovery, a fumble force, going
• 40:37
  Speaker 6: against this offensive line, I'm looking forward to seeing him
• 40:39
  Speaker 6: take over.
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: Garrett Bowles is the starting left tackle.
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: And Mike McGlinchey's starting right tackle.
• 40:45
  Speaker 3: I think the Jaguars have a really good matchup.
• 40:48
  Speaker 5: I like it.
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: Josh is in arguably the best condition maybe of any
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: defensive end at this point of the season.
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: He's always ripped. He is rocked up.
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: His conditioning is exceptional, and McGlinchey is in for a
• 41:05
  Speaker 3: Trayvon he hasn't seen yet.
• 41:07
  Speaker 5: Oh, boy.
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: McGlinchey's not as powerful yet. And last year he got
• 41:12
  Speaker 3: a somewhat weakened Trayvon and still had trouble holding off
• 41:16
  Speaker 3: the edge, the power edge of Trayvon. Wait until he
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: gets it this Sunday.
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: McGlitchy's length, because he's a big guy, 6'8, that doesn't
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: hamper Trayvon, make it more difficult for Trayvon.
• 41:28
  Speaker 3: Trayvon's going to just power through him, I think, on Sunday.
• 41:32
  Speaker 3: It's one of the matchups that I think is going
• 41:36
  Speaker 3: to be fun to watch because 44– is at a
• 41:39
  Speaker 3: different level now than he was last year. Fully healthy.
• 41:42
  Speaker 6: He's way more, I think he's more advanced in his
• 41:44
  Speaker 6: rush plan, the tools and the way he's going to
• 41:46
  Speaker 6: attack people in his studies.
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: Dislocated elbow week four. What did he miss, a game,
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: two at tops?
• 41:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, he wasn't the same. He had multiple
• 41:55
  Speaker 3: injuries last year.
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: Well, then he had the MCL. He had the knee, he.
• 41:58
  Speaker 3: Had the wrist. I mean, at the beginning of the season,
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: he had this cast thing on it, which took away
• 42:04
  Speaker 3: some of his power. So he kind of battled through,
• 42:07
  Speaker 3: I mean, three and a half sacks, and I think
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: he really earned a lot of respect last year just
• 42:12
  Speaker 3: because how he battled through and kept playing.
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 42:15
  Speaker 3: Who are you watching this week? For me, it's the
• 42:18
  Speaker 3: offensive line. I mean, and one guy in particular, Anton Harrison,
• 42:21
  Speaker 3: because he's got a great matchup with a guy that's
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: one of the best pass rushers in the league. They've
• 42:27
  Speaker 3: had like 70 sacks, I think, since last year as
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: a defense. That's their strength. That's their superpower. But, I mean,
• 42:35
  Speaker 3: the offensive line as a whole, I think, has got
• 42:38
  Speaker 3: to have a really strong game because the hardest thing
• 42:41
  Speaker 3: to do at Denver is to contend with the excitement
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: and the noise as an offense. And as an offensive line,
• 42:49
  Speaker 3: you've got to deal with silent counts. You've got to
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: deal with guys having a very quick first step because
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: of the silent count. And then you've got to be
• 42:58
  Speaker 3: able to communicate without communicating. And that's not easy to
• 43:01
  Speaker 3: do with a group of five. They have to have
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: a big day, and if they can run the ball effectively,
• 43:07
  Speaker 3: it takes the crowd out of it a little bit.
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: And manageable second downs and third downs are critical.
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: Benito's the big name, but Zach Allen had two sacks.
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: He's a heck of a pass rusher.
• 43:19
  Speaker 6: How about led the league last year with 47 quarterback hits?
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think they give him a little bit
• 43:25
  Speaker 3: of leeway on his hits.
• 43:27
  Speaker 6: Two sacks the other night against Kansas City, Zach Allen,
• 43:30
  Speaker 6: so count on him. He had no missed tackles when
• 43:33
  Speaker 6: About eight others had multiple misses.
• 43:35
  Speaker 3: I think he needs to get flagged. I mean, some
• 43:38
  Speaker 3: of these hits that he gets on the quarterback, I mean,
• 43:41
  Speaker 3: according to my count, you know, like when you're two-stepping
• 43:45
  Speaker 3: and getting a quarterback, it's late. And I thought there
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: were some hits that he had on Trevor last year
• 43:50
  Speaker 3: that should have been called as late. And, look, I
• 43:54
  Speaker 3: appreciate and know that he's a good player, but let's
• 43:57
  Speaker 3: not give him– extra grace because he does have a
• 44:01
  Speaker 3: lot of hits on quarterback.
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: How much does this defense miss Jonathan Cooper, the linebacker
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: who's on the commissioner's exempt list right now for some
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: off the field indiscretion?
• 44:10
  Speaker 3: Imagine our defense without Josh or Trayvon. I mean, that's
• 44:15
  Speaker 3: kind of what he is to them. I mean, he's
• 44:17
  Speaker 3: a good football player and you take one of your
• 44:20
  Speaker 3: key defensive ends out of the equation. I mean, look
• 44:23
  Speaker 3: at their productivity this past Monday. I mean, it wasn't great.
• 44:27
  Speaker 3: And not having him on the field, that's an impact.
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: All right. Let's talk about coverage. Not the secondary, but
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: kickoff coverage because that was an issue last week. Listen,
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: the Jaguars special teams have been so good around here
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: as long as Heath Farwell has been on the job
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: along with Luke Thompson. So the question is what happened
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: and how did they fix it?
• 44:45
  Speaker 6: Well, in my mind, that was a blip on the radar.
• 44:48
  Speaker 6: Every once in a while if something happens in a
• 44:50
  Speaker 6: game and it gets away from you a little bit, I–
• 44:53
  Speaker 6: Fully believe they'll fix that as far as that's concerned,
• 44:55
  Speaker 6: but they've.
• 44:55
  Speaker 5: Got a great challenge ahead of them.
• 44:57
  Speaker 6: Probably one of the bright spots for sure that Denver
• 45:00
  Speaker 6: had against Kansas City was their return game, both punt
• 45:03
  Speaker 6: returns and kickoff returns. If Harvey plays, he's an explosive
• 45:07
  Speaker 6: kickoff returner, had excellent returns against Kansas City. And Marvin Mims,
• 45:12
  Speaker 6: the wide receiver, he's the all-time NFL punt return average best.
• 45:17
  Speaker 6: So they've got returners that can do it right now.
• 45:19
  Speaker 6: That'll be our challenge. I look for us to fix it.
• 45:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and with Harvey having that hamstring, wouldn't be surprised
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: if Marvin Mims goes to handling the kick returns as well.
• 45:31
  Speaker 3: Two-time Pro Bowler in the return game. So you better
• 45:35
  Speaker 3: buckle up.
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: Is there ever a point where you just kick it
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: and say, take the 35?
• 45:39
  Speaker 3: Might do that this week. I mean, you're talking about
• 45:43
  Speaker 3: arguably the best returner in the AFC.
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 45:47
  Speaker 3: And you had some issues in the preseason with your
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: kickoff coverage. And you definitely had some issues with your
• 45:54
  Speaker 3: kickoff coverage against Cleveland. So I would be more likely
• 45:59
  Speaker 3: to do that and give them the ball on a 35.
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: Either you put your finger on what, how, where?
• 46:06
  Speaker 3: Well, you can't blame the rookies. It's not preseason anymore.
• 46:09
  Speaker 3: I mean, you look across the board and the guys
• 46:12
  Speaker 3: that are out there are Monteric Brown, Rayon Lane. Branson Cohn,
• 46:16
  Speaker 3: Ventrell Miller, B.J. Green, which got replaced by Caleb Ransall, Gardak,
• 46:26
  Speaker 3: Josh Cameron, Eric Murray. I mean, these are not rookies now.
• 46:30
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, all those guys are guys that we
• 46:32
  Speaker 6: have high regard and high respect for. I look forward
• 46:34
  Speaker 6: to seeing that they'll fix that. I'm confident they will,
• 46:38
  Speaker 6: and I look forward to seeing it happen.
• 46:41
  Speaker 3: Tavi and Quentin Morris are the other two guys. I mean,
• 46:43
  Speaker 3: it's not like that's a rookie group.
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: No. And both of those are good special teams performers.
• 46:48
  Speaker 5: Yeah. No doubt about it.
• 46:49
  Speaker 3: Need to be better.
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: Blip on the screen. I hope you're right. Would you
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: try a 71-yard field goal this week?
• 46:55
  Speaker 3: Depends on the circumstance. But end of the half, game winner, obviously.
• 47:01
  Speaker 3: End of the half, yes. It has to be something
• 47:05
  Speaker 3: of that nature. Now, if it's... Part of a drive
• 47:09
  Speaker 3: in the midway in the first quarter, midway in the
• 47:11
  Speaker 3: second quarter? No, not going to do it.
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: Because the thin air up there.
• 47:16
  Speaker 6: Oh, no, no.
• 47:17
  Speaker 5: It's attractive now.
• 47:18
  Speaker 6: It's an attractive thought for sure, but I like Jeff's
• 47:21
  Speaker 6: thinking on application.
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: In 98, Jason Elam broke the long stand. He was
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: the first guy to break 63, and he had a
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: 65-yarder against the Jaguars last week of October in 1998.
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: And I remember thinking, he might get this. And boy,
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: did he. And it's just gone up from there.
• 47:39
  Speaker 3: He made, I think last year in pregame, a 73-yarder
• 47:44
  Speaker 3: last year.
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: Cam Little did.
• 47:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, there in Denver. But again, it's got to be
• 47:52
  Speaker 3: that unique circumstance, end of the half, end of the game,
• 47:55
  Speaker 3: much like Vegas. Vegas, the end of the half, last play.
• 48:00
  Speaker 3: It's like, okay, might as well.
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: Same thing out here against the Titans when he hit
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: the 67-yarder.
• 48:04
  Speaker 6: Yeah, but the positive thing is what that presents for
• 48:07
  Speaker 6: our offense against their defense, that threat, I love it.
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: You're just sitting right there. How far do you have
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: to go to have a shot at putting three points
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: on the board?
• 48:16
  Speaker 6: It's a pain for you to think about and defend
• 48:18
  Speaker 6: that possibility as the game goes.
• 48:20
  Speaker 5: On, for sure.
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: Got any great Denver stories?
• 48:23
  Speaker 5: No, not really.
• 48:24
  Speaker 6: I just know this. I'm imploring our defense to pressure
• 48:27
  Speaker 6: Bo Nix. He struggled mightily the other night against pressure.
• 48:31
  Speaker 6: I mean, across the board, never could really get set.
• 48:33
  Speaker 6: get any kind of rhythm going. I think that'll be
• 48:36
  Speaker 6: a big, big factor for us. And we were fifth
• 48:38
  Speaker 6: in the league this past week in terms of percentage
• 48:40
  Speaker 6: of pressure.
• 48:42
  Speaker 5: So bring it on.
• 48:42
  Speaker 4: All right.
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: Well, let me tell you a Denver story real quick.
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: Go ahead.
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: It's January of 1997, and the Jaguars are at the
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: Renaissance Hotel out by the old Stapleton Airport. I'm an
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: early guy. I got up early, went downstairs, was getting
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: ready to get breakfast. I stopped and picked up an
• 48:55
  Speaker 1: edition of the Denver Post. And I started reading Woody
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: Page's article while I'm standing in line.
• 49:01
  Speaker 5: Oh, Woody Page.
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: I turn around, and I'm looking at my newspaper, and
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: I bump right into Lagerman, who's standing right behind me
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: getting a newspaper of his own. He goes, what you reading?
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: And I said, read that article. And Jeff did the rest.
• 49:15
  Speaker 1: He bought every paper and dropped one in everybody's locker.
• 49:20
  Speaker 3: I might have stirred the pot a little. I think
• 49:21
  Speaker 3: that was good ball. A little?
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: Sounds like good ball.
• 49:24
  Speaker 3: I went to everybody. I said, you read this, what
• 49:26
  Speaker 3: they're telling about us? Can you believe that?
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: Waffle House, UFL.
• 49:31
  Speaker 5: Was that right?
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: USFL, right?
• 49:34
  Speaker 3: I'll give you a quick one in Denver.
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: That's a great one.
• 49:35
  Speaker 3: You've got about 30 seconds. 96, we acquire Clyde Simmons. Yes. Halftime,
• 49:41
  Speaker 3: Coughlin comes in, preseason game. He's so mad, he stakes
• 49:44
  Speaker 3: his arm and he rakes it across a whole table
• 49:47
  Speaker 3: of water and Gatorade cups, and they all go on
• 49:49
  Speaker 3: Clyde Simmons, who just flew in that day to be
• 49:52
  Speaker 3: a part of our team. Clyde looked at me and
• 49:54
  Speaker 3: he says, is it like this all the time? And
• 49:56
  Speaker 3: I went, yep, pretty much.
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: Welcome to Jacksonville. Actually, welcome to Denver. You'll see Jacksonville
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: coming up shortly. Duff, thanks so much. We'll see you
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: next week.
• 50:05
  Speaker 5: Love it.
• 50:05
  Speaker 1: Lots to do here. Jags at Broncos on Sunday. Tony
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: Buscelli and James Gladstone are up next. So go nowhere
• 50:12
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