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Press Pass | Ryan Nielsen on Aaron Rodgers, Stopping the Run Game & Young Players · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Plays with his legs and he can make every throw,
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  Speaker 1: balls coming out quick. You know, it's it's it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be a huge challenge, as it is every time you
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  Speaker 1: play them. So uh still playing at a high level.
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  Speaker 1: Sees the game extremely fast and gets the ball out.
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  Speaker 1: And we've got to do a good job in our
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  Speaker 1: rush not letting them extend. And then our coverage playing
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  Speaker 1: Ti covers you know, no easy throw, so nothing cheap,
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  Speaker 1: nothing deep, and and keep him in the pockets.
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  Speaker 2: And Garrett Wilson DeVante Adams put on the secondary a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, two really good wide outs. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they got a ton of weapons. I mean, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: a it's gonna be a really good test. Look, we
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  Speaker 1: just got to play our game like that's that's We've
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  Speaker 1: got to be aggressive with them, you know, can't let
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  Speaker 1: them get off, get going, easy throws, easy completions, make
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  Speaker 1: it tough on them, make them earn every yard, those
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  Speaker 1: type of things.
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  Speaker 3: And and we got to do a good job in
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  Speaker 3: the run game.
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  Speaker 1: Don't don't give them third and shorts, you know, convert
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  Speaker 1: and keep the drive going. So you know, guess you
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  Speaker 1: know they'll be up for the challenge for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Last week I think was Darnell and Antonio starting in safety,
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  Speaker 2: Cisco start on the bench, and it rotated in. Is
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  Speaker 2: that kind of what you're gonna do going forward? And
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  Speaker 2: what was the reason for the change?
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  Speaker 1: So maybe all right, so we're gonna continue the rotations
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  Speaker 1: just kind of how we're we've always done, and then
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  Speaker 1: the reasons just you know, another guy opportunity, been playing
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  Speaker 1: good football, and just keep the keep it fresh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: keep moving that. There's no it's not good bad or
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  Speaker 1: in different just.
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  Speaker 3: You know what we're what we're gonna do.
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  Speaker 1: And I think you guys seen that with just about
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  Speaker 1: every position we've had, is you know, keeping guys moving
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  Speaker 1: in and out and and a lot of guys playing.
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  Speaker 3: So we'll continue that trend.
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  Speaker 2: An Tony Umproof over the course of maybe the end
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  Speaker 2: of the year to now.
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  Speaker 1: I think recently the last four or five games, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's he's playing a lot better football, really do.
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  Speaker 1: He's seeing the game slowing down for him a little bit. Look,
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  Speaker 1: this is a guy who hasn't played a lot of football.
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  Speaker 1: National Football League, didn't play a ton last year and
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  Speaker 1: kind of threw him in early in the season, and
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  Speaker 1: and you know, he went through a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: growing pains, but give the guy a lot of credit.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's worked hard at it. He studied a
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  Speaker 1: lot with Chris and Corey. You know, he spent the
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  Speaker 1: extra time, who's coming in, extra meetings, things like that.
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  Speaker 3: Starting to pay off for him. You know.
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  Speaker 1: So really last four or five games playing, I thought
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  Speaker 1: he played really well last game. You know, he was
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  Speaker 1: all over the place. A couple of things we still
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  Speaker 1: need to clean up, but it's trending in the right direction. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he just continues to get better. Like that's
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  Speaker 1: what I mean. He just shows he continues to get
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  Speaker 1: a couple of PBUs had a really good series at
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  Speaker 1: a sack, you know, PBu in.
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  Speaker 3: A sack back to back.
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  Speaker 1: This is a guy that is the ceiling is continues
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  Speaker 1: to rise.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 1: We we think that he's going to be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for many years of very good pro you know. And
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  Speaker 1: so it's just with him, it's, hey, display you know,
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  Speaker 1: the next play in that game, and just stay in them,
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  Speaker 1: just stay on course with that type of mindset and
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  Speaker 1: and that growth and just one kind of the one
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  Speaker 1: play at a time deal. And he just keep putting
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  Speaker 1: good plays together, like that's kind of defensively, that's where
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  Speaker 1: we're at.
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  Speaker 3: But with him, I mean he he he played really good.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we're looking forward it again. Play was that sad?
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  Speaker 2: It seems like he's really able to be.
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  Speaker 3: Under attack on different on the edge.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was really good, you know we I mean
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  Speaker 1: he saw him come off the edge and then his
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  Speaker 1: dip and get low and turn and and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: get the quarterback down as is pretty impressive.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of young guys, how about Mason Smith. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he was inactive a couple of times, kind of healthy
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  Speaker 2: stradu earlier in the year. Now looks like he's giving
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  Speaker 2: me some pretty good snaps out there.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, you know, a rookie, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And and he did have the injury, you know, so
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  Speaker 1: that that kept him down for a couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: But another guy that's continued to get better and and
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  Speaker 1: uh he's made some place last couple of games, so
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  Speaker 1: he'll be up doing it again.
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  Speaker 3: Last week.
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  Speaker 2: That he really needed to approve in his run defense.
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  Speaker 3: Just where have you seen him grow? Probably in that area.
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  Speaker 1: You know, really his block recognition and reaction, you know,
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  Speaker 1: seeing it faster. I mean, that's such a it's such
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  Speaker 1: a big thing that that he you know, when you
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  Speaker 1: see the block, how you react to it and go
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  Speaker 1: attack it?
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 1: And so you know, started out in OTAs in camp
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  Speaker 1: and then working all the way through, he's gotten a
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  Speaker 1: lot better using his hands, getting off blocks, things like that.
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  Speaker 2: A touchdown last week. How do you build off that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks for jinxing us. Yeah, so look the next drive,
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  Speaker 1: really play one, you know, P and ten against the Jets,
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  Speaker 1: you know on Sunday, Like that's what we gotta win
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  Speaker 1: that rep.
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  Speaker 3: And that's what we was just talking to our guys.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, look just just play play you know, fundamentals technique,
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  Speaker 1: play hard, you know, be tough, you know, fly around, tackle,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we got to tackle a little bit better
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  Speaker 1: this week, you know, and take the ball away. But
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  Speaker 1: you know we're going to focus on the first play
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  Speaker 1: of the game and that drive and let's get off
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  Speaker 1: the field and and and get this game started.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, one play at a time.
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  Speaker 1: Defense as a whole is kind of coming together more
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  Speaker 1: of the last month and playing more consistent football.
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  Speaker 3: We feel like, you know, since we've been back from London.
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  Speaker 1: You know that that game in London and look there's
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  Speaker 1: a couple of games in there that you know, wasn't
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  Speaker 1: really I don't think who we are, but I think
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  Speaker 1: as a whole, we're we're starting to play better a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, a little bit maybe understanding of the guys
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  Speaker 1: on the field and making calls and checks. That last
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  Speaker 1: game we communicated really well. I think that was a big,
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  Speaker 1: big part of it. Last couple of games communicated really well.
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  Speaker 1: We still have a couple of things we need to
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  Speaker 1: clean up. Obviously, it's never going to be perfect, but
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  Speaker 1: we're getting better. Guys are getting better and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hopefully continue that trend.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks guys. Okay,