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Andrew Catalon on last pieces Jags need for putting it all together | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Andrew Catalan is back in the building this week to
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  Speaker 1: call this game for CBS Sports. Its great to talk
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  Speaker 1: to you again. It's just been a week or two.
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  Speaker 1: How are you, JP. It's good to see you and
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  Speaker 1: talk with you and looking forward to a good game here. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So the Jaguars haven't had a full good game in
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  Speaker 1: a while. They've had pieces of good games, they haven't
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  Speaker 1: been able to finish those good outings in key moments.
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  Speaker 1: And last week it was gold to ghost situation again
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  Speaker 1: to a couple of weeks back, it was against the Texans.
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  Speaker 1: Trevor throws one against Houston and the end zone inexplicably,
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  Speaker 1: and then he does it again in London last week
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  Speaker 1: on a first and gold play rolling right and instead
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  Speaker 1: of throwing it I don't even know if London had
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  Speaker 1: popcorn vendors, but instead of throwing it to that guy,
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  Speaker 1: he throws it to Justin Simmons instead on the goal line.
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  Speaker 1: You just gotta keep fighting through these things, and at
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  Speaker 1: some point, as Bucky Brooks said this week, when the
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  Speaker 1: kid touches the stovetop, you'll realize, oh wait a minute,
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  Speaker 1: it's hot, and that's how you learn. Yeah. So the
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  Speaker 1: last time I was with the Jaguars, was in Indianapolis
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  Speaker 1: a few weeks ago when they I thought played a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good game until the end when the touchdown from
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  Speaker 1: Matt Ryan to to Alec Pierce. But I remember talking
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  Speaker 1: with Trevor and the big buzz words that week were
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  Speaker 1: don't make a bad mistake, worse, make edit in completion
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  Speaker 1: instead of an interception. And clearly he's still learning that.
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  Speaker 1: As we saw in London with the fish and chip vendors,
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  Speaker 1: we can use that can't wait instead of popcorn um
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  Speaker 1: and I think that's just part of it. You know.
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  Speaker 1: Last week I was with the Detroit Lions and they
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of talent, but as Dan Campbell, their
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  Speaker 1: head coach, told us, these guys just don't know how
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  Speaker 1: to win. They haven't won, and he said that Bill
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  Speaker 1: Parcels used to tell him, you know how you win
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  Speaker 1: close games by winning close games. There's no secret formula
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  Speaker 1: and you just have to kind of go through some
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  Speaker 1: stages like this where you're not gonna be able to
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  Speaker 1: get it done until you do get it done. And
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  Speaker 1: that's what we're all waiting for with the Jaguars. The
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  Speaker 1: Jacks are doing good things on offense. They're top ten
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  Speaker 1: offensive group. So between the twenties, yeah, okay, they're they're
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  Speaker 1: moving the ball pretty well. Travis etn broke out had
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  Speaker 1: a great game last week. Of course, on the grant
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  Speaker 1: was not broke out. He's had four streat weeks over
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  Speaker 1: hundred scrimmage jars, but a great rushing day. But that
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  Speaker 1: red zone and gold of ghost stuff has has got
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  Speaker 1: to cap it off each time. So there are some
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  Speaker 1: positive things. So Trevor is great. Between the twenties, they're
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  Speaker 1: running the ball. Okay, that's a that's a good start.
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  Speaker 1: At least not every team has that. Yeah. I think
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  Speaker 1: you look at Zack Wilson in New York and he
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  Speaker 1: is just turning the ball over at an alarming rate. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: kind of playing that same style he did in college,
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  Speaker 1: and it's costing him. I don't think Trevor is to
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  Speaker 1: that point. I don't think that he's making egregious interception throws. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: the one by the goal line that hurts, but it
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  Speaker 1: means it seems like there's one of those a game,
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  Speaker 1: maybe not four like Zack Wilson's making. So I think
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  Speaker 1: that is encouraging. I think Evan Ingram is playing well
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  Speaker 1: and he's in a good groove here where he's got
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  Speaker 1: at least four catches in each of his last four games.
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  Speaker 1: E T. N is a budding star. Uh, there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot to like, and I think this offense will put
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  Speaker 1: it together. I believe in the plan that Doug Peterson
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  Speaker 1: is laid out. In the meantime, I get it because
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  Speaker 1: I've been in Jacksonville a lot over the last ten years.
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  Speaker 1: It's very frustrating to have to go through this again,
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  Speaker 1: and I totally understand that. Andrew Catalan with a CBS Sports.
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  Speaker 1: The defense has been pretty good in some of the metrics.
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  Speaker 1: You know, their middle of the pack overall, but they
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  Speaker 1: have some issues down around the goal line as well
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  Speaker 1: on the red zone. And you know, they can play
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  Speaker 1: a pretty good game and then when it matters in
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  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, more than once this year, they've given
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  Speaker 1: up a big throw or a big moment in a game,
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  Speaker 1: they can't make a play and it costs them a game.
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  Speaker 1: The Jaguars have lost multiple fourth quarterly this year and
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  Speaker 1: the defense is the issue with that. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: it feels like the other teams will take the whole
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  Speaker 1: game to figure it out and then, oh wait a minute,
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter we can finally hit this guy over the
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  Speaker 1: top against ex cornerback, right, Um, somehow you gotta patch
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  Speaker 1: that up in the fourth quarter. Yeah, I saw that
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  Speaker 1: in Indianapolis firsthand. Looked like they were in a good
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  Speaker 1: spot there late and then the Colts with that last drive.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, Denver going three for three in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone was a problem because the Broncos are not
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  Speaker 1: a good red zone team. So it does seem like
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  Speaker 1: there's just one thing off. I think some of that
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  Speaker 1: goes back to youth and not knowing how to close
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  Speaker 1: out games. I think that's easier said and done than done.
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  Speaker 1: I am really encouraged by the play of Tyson Campbell.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's been fantastic. I think that's a really
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  Speaker 1: good sign for Jacksonville. But again, yeah, there's like a
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  Speaker 1: loose end here or there, and it's all adding up
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  Speaker 1: to uh to losses and and that's what they're trying
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  Speaker 1: to correct. Andrew, when the Jaguars were two and one,
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  Speaker 1: they had just beaten the l A Chargers, and I
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  Speaker 1: think I predicted on one of our radio shows. I
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  Speaker 1: guess half jokingly, but either way, I said it that
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars would sweep the A f C West. Well,
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  Speaker 1: that prediction is down the drain. Since the Denver Broncos
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  Speaker 1: got it done last week, the Raiders are coming in
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  Speaker 1: now though they're two and five. They started over, but
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  Speaker 1: now two and two cents. They got shut out last
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  Speaker 1: week in New Orleans and Superdome. What's up with the
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  Speaker 1: shutout last week? First of all, is this Raiders team
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  Speaker 1: better than that? And how do they get off the
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  Speaker 1: map this week? You can make the case that the
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  Speaker 1: Raiders performance last week in New Orleans was the worst
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  Speaker 1: game any team in the NFL has played this year.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it was that bad. And there was some
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  Speaker 1: momentum too, because you know, they had played really well
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  Speaker 1: and Arrowhead against the Chiefs just came up a little
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  Speaker 1: bit short and had a bye week blew out the Texans. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: they were feeling pretty good against the Saints team that
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  Speaker 1: hasn't done much and they completely laid an egg. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the interesting thing with them this week is they've been
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  Speaker 1: training down in I. M. G and sarah Sota, So
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  Speaker 1: maybe some team bonding, maybe getting away from home and
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  Speaker 1: families will kind of galvanize them a little bit. Um.
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  Speaker 1: If you're a Jaguars fan, you're hoping that's not the case.
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  Speaker 1: But I think they're gonna come out with a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a chip on their shoulder because there wasn't one
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  Speaker 1: player that played well in that game for the Raiders
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  Speaker 1: last week, and the head coach took the responsibility for
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  Speaker 1: an apologize to the fans. And they got a lot
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  Speaker 1: to play for here against Jacksonville. So I'd expect to
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  Speaker 1: see a better Raiders team than we saw a week ago,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and when you put out a performance like
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  Speaker 1: that the next week, a lot of times you go
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  Speaker 1: back to what you've been doing the best, what's the
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  Speaker 1: easiest route to success, and that for them, at least
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  Speaker 1: as of blade has been running the football was Josh Jacobs.
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  Speaker 1: You might see a healthy dose of him. Jaguar has
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  Speaker 1: been pretty good against the run this year overall, except
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  Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, but the most part. But Jacobs is a
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  Speaker 1: real deal. He was on a little run there before
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  Speaker 1: last week's game. Two. Yeah, he's been running the ball great,
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  Speaker 1: He runs the ball hard. Uh, he does not get tired,
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  Speaker 1: it appears, And you're right. The Jacks have played some
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  Speaker 1: pretty good run defense for the most part this year,
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  Speaker 1: so that'll be a big matchup. And I also expect
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  Speaker 1: them to get Davante Adams is involved. He only had
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  Speaker 1: one catch last week in New Orleans. That's not why
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  Speaker 1: they brought that guy in there. He's in there to
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  Speaker 1: get seven to ten catches, and I think him and
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  Speaker 1: maybe Darren Waller coming back if he's healthy. They are
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  Speaker 1: a talented team. I mean, they scored twenty nine points
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  Speaker 1: in Kansas City. Not that the Chiefs have a great defense,
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  Speaker 1: but you know they can score points. The big surprise
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  Speaker 1: to me has been on the defensive side, where Chandler
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  Speaker 1: Jones has done nothing. He's got a half a sack.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously Max Crosby's leading the way, but I think you
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  Speaker 1: want to make sure if you're Jacksonville, that this is
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  Speaker 1: the game that Chandler Jones does not wake up. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: this is the middle of the tour of the a
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  Speaker 1: f C West. The Jaguars visit Arrowhead next week in
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  Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs Okay Andrew Candalo with a CBS
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  Speaker 1: Sports a f C South Power rankings entering week number nine,
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  Speaker 1: go well, you know, look, Tennessee's got to be at
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  Speaker 1: the top. I saw them a couple of weeks ago
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  Speaker 1: against the Colts. Somehow they find ways to win, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's almost the opposite. They don't look good
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  Speaker 1: on paper and then they figure out a way in
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  Speaker 1: the end to get it done. And credit to them,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Rabel has done a heck of a job. To me,
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  Speaker 1: the Colts are one of the biggest surprises in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: I really thought they were gonna be a talented playoff team.
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  Speaker 1: They don't look that way right now. I'm shocked they
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  Speaker 1: bench Matt Ryan. Just shocked. I mean the way that
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  Speaker 1: they talked to us about him, the coach and even
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  Speaker 1: the owner saying how much he respects him as a leader.
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe they benched him. Um. Their offensive line
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  Speaker 1: hasn't been good to me, that's the bigger problem. So
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  Speaker 1: that's a team in disarray right now. They fired their
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  Speaker 1: off pensive coordinator this week. You know, I think the Jaguars, uh,
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  Speaker 1: if they can put a couple of wins together, have
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  Speaker 1: a chance to get ahead of the Colts in my
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  Speaker 1: quote unquote power rankings, and then I would put the
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  Speaker 1: Texans at the bottom. All right, Andrews, great to see again, Jags,
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  Speaker 1: Raiders coming up and have a great call. We'll see
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  Speaker 1: you this weekend. Thanks pal. Looking forward to it,