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Jaguars Happy Hour | Analyzing Success Factors Ahead of Preseason Week 2 vs. Panthers · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: It is Thursday, August twentieth.
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Speaker 2: This is Jaguars Happy how and now.
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Speaker 2: have cats. What am I saying? You probably are glad
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Speaker 2: that you have cats? All right? So you know who
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Speaker 2: I am, Brian Sexton. I am the cruise director. Here
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Speaker 2: the two gentlemen who are here to talk Jags football
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Speaker 2: with you for Jaguars Happy Hour. Jeff Logman, Hello, Jeff, Hello, Hello,
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Speaker 2: and coach Mark Ducknor. How are you?
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Speaker 1: I'm doing great, Glad to be with both of you guys.
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Speaker 1: Really nice to have for me.
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Speaker 2: Thrill. Wow, we all hit the closed music. You don't
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Speaker 2: get any better than that. Done. Show over, folks, we
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Speaker 2: have a big show for you. Let's start with this.
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Speaker 2: Let's hear from the head coach about his thoughts on
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Speaker 2: the joint practice session. Both of you guys were there.
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Speaker 2: We're going to talk about that extensively here between four
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Speaker 2: and five o'clock and then Tony BISSELLI will join us
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Speaker 2: for JAG's HQ. But here's head coach Liam Cohen with
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Speaker 2: his initial thoughts at his press conference following yesterday's joint
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Speaker 2: practice session.
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Speaker 3: I thought today was a good step in the right
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Speaker 3: direction in terms of running the football and getting stuff
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Speaker 3: targeted and communicated the right way. I was pleased with
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Speaker 3: the way the backs were hitting the holes. You know,
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Speaker 3: still tough to evaluate the second and third level, like
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Speaker 3: if what the yards actually come out to be, but
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Speaker 3: I was pleased with at least the line of scrimmage
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Speaker 3: at times. You know, They've got some guys up front
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Speaker 3: that I have a lot of respect for on their
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Speaker 3: D line, and I thought our guys played hard.
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Speaker 2: Listen, he did not say he was pleased with anything
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Speaker 2: after the joint practice in New Orleans. So for him
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Speaker 2: to come out so quickly and say I liked what
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Speaker 2: I saw, well, the right word is response, Jeff. We
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Speaker 2: talked about it in the hotel in New Orleans last week.
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Speaker 2: How do you get this team to respond well?
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Speaker 4: I mean that's exactly what you're looking for as a coach,
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Speaker 4: you know, is a response in a positive fashion. And
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Speaker 4: you know, thank goodness you had another joint practice. I mean,
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Speaker 4: if you didn't have that opportunity as a player. You know,
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Speaker 4: you're sitting there scratching your head going where we had,
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Speaker 4: you know, and to go against Carolina to come out
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Speaker 4: and do pretty well. And I'm not saying that they
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Speaker 4: dominated the practice, but they had a very physical even
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Speaker 4: battle at times, and at times they got the best
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Speaker 4: of the Carolina Panthers. I thought it was a really
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Speaker 4: good day Duff. Overall.
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Speaker 1: Oh, I thought it was excellent. And again I'm sure
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Speaker 1: that coach challenged these guys coming off. I wasn't there
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Speaker 1: at the New Orleans joint practice. You guys were. But
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Speaker 1: you know, whatever it was, I know this much. They
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Speaker 1: came out fast, they came out physical. I think they,
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Speaker 1: as you said, responded properly as far as that's concerned.
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Speaker 1: I'll tell you one real quick thing. I thought the
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Speaker 1: work they got, live work they got in special teams
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Speaker 1: that he farwell set up. In terms of the punt
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Speaker 1: coverage live turn live, A dozen reps each superb. I mean,
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Speaker 1: you can't beat You're not going to get that in
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Speaker 1: the preseason game. You may not get it in three
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Speaker 1: preseason games. The number of snaps, the quality of effort,
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Speaker 1: the repetitions, I thought it was exceptional. It's Heath Farewell's drill.
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Speaker 1: I guess it was even better than what they opted
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Speaker 1: to do in New Orleans.
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Speaker 4: Superb New Orleans. The special teams was kind of an afterthought, yeah,
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Speaker 4: you know, but then again, they had like ninety snaps
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Speaker 4: on offense and ninety snaps on defense. Where's the room
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Speaker 4: for special teams? Right?
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Speaker 2: Not much?
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Speaker 4: There wasn't a whole lot. And you know, how do
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Speaker 4: you know that Liam was not pleased with the performance
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Speaker 4: in New Orleans quite simply. I mean, after the New
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Speaker 4: Orleans practice in the game, he started talking about, you know,
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Speaker 4: we'll probably going to see the stars a little bit
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Speaker 4: this week.
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Speaker 3: You know.
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Speaker 2: And and that's a shot across the bottom.
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Speaker 4: Well, I mean, it's not necessarily shot across the bouts promise. Look,
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Speaker 4: I mean, hey, look what we did down there in
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Speaker 4: New Orleans is not good.
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Speaker 2: Now we're going to get the work done somehow, either
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Speaker 2: on the practice field or on the game.
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Speaker 4: Oh, it's not about just work, about punching that time card.
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Speaker 4: It's about punching the time card and making it damn good,
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Speaker 4: you know, making it, making it to the point where
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Speaker 4: you go, that's who we are, that's who we want
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Speaker 4: to be, because what you saw in New Orleans. That's
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Speaker 4: not what this team wanted to be.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he's all about being fundamentally sound and
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Speaker 1: physically and mentally tough. And that's what I saw in
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Speaker 1: the field yesterday and really all the drills that they
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Speaker 1: had right now. I was very excited about it. I mean,
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Speaker 1: we talk about the run game coming alive, Geesel Pete.
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Speaker 1: We saw a number of big runs. Was I think
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Speaker 1: Baseil Touton's best afternoon, our best morning as far as
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Speaker 1: that's concerned. I mean a lot of big things. The
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Speaker 1: red zone, They're dominant in the red zone, dominated that period,
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Speaker 1: I thought, with Trevor being very successful, great throws, great catches,
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Speaker 1: so a lot of positives I think.
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Speaker 4: I think the biggest difference, you know, and you might
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Speaker 4: guess this because he's an offensive minded head coach, okay,
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Speaker 4: and this obviously has a lot to do with this
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Speaker 4: was on the offensive side of the ball. And it
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Speaker 4: was the performance of the offensive line.
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Speaker 2: And we're going to talk about them a lot coming
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Speaker 2: up here.
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Speaker 4: That that was the biggest thing before we do.
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Speaker 2: He opened the door on Monday to starters playing, and
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Speaker 2: he didn't slam it shut yesterday after the practice session.
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Speaker 2: He talked about wanting to see the tape see where
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Speaker 2: the team was. My inclination after was he doesn't need
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Speaker 2: to see anymore. What do you think?
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Speaker 1: I think. I think you're accurate based on the practice
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Speaker 1: they had yesterday. But I like the fact that that
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Speaker 1: first and foremost, he's going to tell you exactly what's
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Speaker 1: on his mind. There's no fooling around. He's direct as
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Speaker 1: far as that's concerned. I know he challenged the team
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Speaker 1: to practice like they did yesterday. They came out and
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Speaker 1: responded in a big, big way. We've talked about that.
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Speaker 1: And then hey, after he sees the film, he'll make
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Speaker 1: the best decision for the team and for the players.
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Speaker 1: I love that about it. It's not well, we're going
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Speaker 1: to do it this way and we're stubborn about it.
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Speaker 1: He wants to be good. He wants to be better.
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Speaker 1: Whatever it takes, that's what he's going to do.
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Speaker 4: I'm not sure what he's going to do, but I mean,
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Speaker 4: if if you go and you and you look at
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Speaker 4: the statements that he makes in the body language, Okay,
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Speaker 4: you know after New Orleans they're playing, oh yeah, okay,
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Speaker 4: and then and then after the joint practice and you see,
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Speaker 4: you know, we've got to look at the tape, you know,
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Speaker 4: and uh, if I had to guess, I would say
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Speaker 4: there may be leaning towards not playing them.
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Speaker 2: Okay, I think it's probably accurate just based on what
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Speaker 2: we saw yesterday. I want to talk about the offensive
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Speaker 2: line and the news that we have seen the last
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Speaker 2: couple of days before I do, how about a look
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Speaker 2: at the UF Health injury report. UF Health is the
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Speaker 2: official healthcare provider of the Jaguars. Chu Ydoga and Wyatt Milm,
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Speaker 2: the two offensive linemen who are on that list where
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Speaker 2: it is both of them could probably be back at
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Speaker 2: practice next week.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it looks like maybe an e end
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Speaker 4: and maybe a risk, I mean, just based on observation,
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Speaker 4: But we'll see.
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Speaker 2: And then Lequin Allen is out for the rest of
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Speaker 2: training camp. Parker Washington could be back next week as well.
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Speaker 2: Both of those guys have what have been termed soft
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Speaker 2: tissue injuries, which.
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Speaker 4: Which you know, I mean a lot of things by peck,
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Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know.
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Speaker 1: It covers a multitude of areas, that's for sure, And
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Speaker 1: and hey, they're going to do what they got to
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Speaker 1: do to get back.
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Speaker 4: Well, they don't They don't have to talk about injuries.
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Speaker 4: Is time of year and I think a lot of people,
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Speaker 4: some fans might get upset and.
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Speaker 1: Hey, why don't you just tell us what it is?
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Speaker 4: Well, I mean, they don't have.
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Speaker 2: To, and why share information?
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Speaker 4: And the reality is is that, you know, look, this
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Speaker 4: time of year, every organization is watching what other organizations
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Speaker 4: are saying exactly okay, trying to get a gauge on hey, look,
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Speaker 4: might this guy be available from that team because they're
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Speaker 4: dealing with that injury and trying to get a good estimate,
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Speaker 4: guestimate on what they may be able to acquire from
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Speaker 4: a team, and so giving the littlest possible clues is
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Speaker 4: the best course of action.
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Speaker 1: And your perception of that and what you just gave
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Speaker 1: the audience, our listeners is exceptional. I know that this
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Speaker 1: personnel group by James Gladstone is keenly studying that across
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Speaker 1: the board, if you will, and that's why they're acting
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Speaker 1: and adding players as they have.
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Speaker 2: Why share information that doesn't benefit without a doubt, not
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Speaker 2: at this point, it certainly doesn't. That's your UF health
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Speaker 2: Injury Report. You have health the official healthcare provider of
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Speaker 2: the Jaguars, the news today is the Covian Lannon is
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Speaker 2: off the physically unable to perform list. From both of
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Speaker 2: your perspectives, what does that tell you?
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Speaker 4: Well, I'll say this, I think it tells me that
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Speaker 4: he's done everything he can that's not on a practice
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Speaker 4: field doing football stuff, and that they're comfortable with where
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Speaker 4: he's at at this stage in his recovery, and they're
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Speaker 4: ready to cut them loose to do some football activities
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Speaker 4: on the field with the team. But you know, it's
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Speaker 4: not like he's off the pup and now he's going
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Speaker 4: back to practice and he's going to step in and
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Speaker 4: be your starting right guard next week. There's still a
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Speaker 4: process that's involved in recovery from an aco because you
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Speaker 4: have to remember his surgery was I think like mid
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Speaker 4: January or something like that was me, you know, and
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Speaker 4: so you're talking, you know, he's not that nine months
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Speaker 4: is kind of a magic window, and I don't know,
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Speaker 4: I mean.
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Speaker 2: It's so ready he'll be ready to go, Okay, I
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Speaker 2: asked if he's on track, but there.
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Speaker 4: Are steps to take. Yeah, he's you know, he said,
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Speaker 4: he feels great. You know, So I believe that he'll
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Speaker 4: be ready to go when he's ready to go. And
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Speaker 4: the great thing is is that you got guys that
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Speaker 4: can play in the meantime.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and those guys have had opportunities to make March,
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Speaker 1: make movement progress in terms of making this club or
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Speaker 1: being perhaps a full time starter. I think they've done
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Speaker 1: an excellent job of bringing him along. We've watched him
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Speaker 1: through the practice routine, going through the mechanics of movement
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Speaker 1: and rehabbing JOODI and actual football work during the practice routine.
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Speaker 1: And if I'm a player here, the way they've handled Cole,
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Speaker 1: they've seen that they brought him along at the pace
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Speaker 1: that he's required medically and under the supervision of our
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Speaker 1: train superbly. So that's a commitment to we're going to
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Speaker 1: take care of our players. So the players have seen that.
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Speaker 1: I'm glad he's back. I think he'll go through acclimatization.
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Speaker 1: It'll taking, like Jeff has properly said, a step like
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Speaker 1: process before he gets back into really full time football.
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Speaker 1: They'll bring him along. But good news today.
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Speaker 2: So your perspective on the offensive line as a whole,
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Speaker 2: knowing what you know that Cole van Landon is perhaps
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Speaker 2: on track right, he's off the pup list. You have
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Speaker 2: Emmanuel Pregnant who emerged as a very talented, very capable
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Speaker 2: left guard in New Orleans. And then they made a
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Speaker 2: trade for a very large human being, Daniel fa Alele.
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Speaker 2: We've confirmed the pronunciation on that six eight three eighty,
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Speaker 2: the largest Jaguar ever, and it brings you to a
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Speaker 2: point where you now have numbers. The one guy that
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Speaker 2: you don't know anything about is at this point is
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Speaker 2: at Patrick.
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Speaker 4: McCarry and where he's at well, and I think my
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Speaker 4: guess is is that maybe he's headed to IR start season.
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Speaker 2: So how were feeling about the offensive line?
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Speaker 4: Well, I mean, look, I think it's a it was
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Speaker 4: a position last year that you addressed it aggressively in
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Speaker 4: free agency and you haven't stopped addressing it since. And
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Speaker 4: I think that's what it takes to be a good offense.
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Speaker 4: And you know, look, all of a sudden, now you're
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Speaker 4: when we were going into this training camp, we were
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Speaker 4: sitting there talking about possibilities about where guys were going
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Speaker 4: to be playing at and all of a sudden, here
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Speaker 4: we are, and the possibilities are still open, you know,
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Speaker 4: and they were talking about making these competitive across the board,
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Speaker 4: and you know, the best guys are going to play well.
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Speaker 4: The reality is in the NFL. And and and let
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Speaker 4: me just make one mention of this year real quick.
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Speaker 4: There's been some past general managers and I'm not going
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Speaker 4: to name any names. I don't think you have to, Okay,
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Speaker 4: that would not have have orchestrated this trade from for Filele, Okay.
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Speaker 4: And here's why. Because there's some guys that are on
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Speaker 4: the roster that are his draft picks. And there's also
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Speaker 4: some guys on a roster that were his free agents. Okay,
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Speaker 4: And then you don't want to interrupt that right because
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Speaker 4: it makes you look bad. Well, let's fast forward to
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Speaker 4: James Gladston. Look, he's got draft picks on this roster too, okay,
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Speaker 4: and at that guard position, and and Monheim is a
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Speaker 4: center that could play guard. I don't want to make
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Speaker 4: myself look bad. You know, I can't bring in a
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Speaker 4: guy of trade because I mean, I drafted Monheim and
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Speaker 4: I drafted Mielam. I don't want to bring anybody in
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Speaker 4: to compete with them because they don't make me look bad.
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Speaker 4: James Gladston said, I don't care. I want to be
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Speaker 4: a better football team. I mean to me, I mean,
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Speaker 4: and if you're a Jaguar fan. Just just take that
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Speaker 4: little tidbit of information and feel proud of what our
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Speaker 4: general manager is about. It's not about him. It's about
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Speaker 4: being a good football team and making the roster better.
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Speaker 1: Let me tell you should open the front door of
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Speaker 1: your house, go out and yell as loud as you can,
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Speaker 1: horay or do vault you want. But I as a coach,
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Speaker 1: and I'm sure these coaches love this environment because nobody's
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Speaker 1: sitting still. They're going to go out and canvas the
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Speaker 1: world to try to find the players that can help
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Speaker 1: us win. And I like this one. I like it
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Speaker 1: a lot. The guy has shown that he's got good running,
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Speaker 1: run blocking ability, struggled some perhaps in the pass. There's
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Speaker 1: all kinds of evaluations right now. The valuation on this
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Speaker 1: player I care about is what are people do with it?
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Speaker 1: And what I've seen them do with players here in
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Speaker 1: terms of multiple positioning inflection as far as that's concerned,
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Speaker 1: is superb. So I got I'm confident and positive about it.
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Speaker 4: If Lele they traded what a late round pick, six
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Speaker 4: or six six, sixth round pick, You're not trading a
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Speaker 4: sixth round pick for a guy that you don't expect
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Speaker 4: to make your football team, right, you know so? And
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Speaker 4: here's the reality. I mean, it's not going to be
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Speaker 4: an easy decision. I mean he's he's been a right guard, yep. Okay, Well,
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Speaker 4: Ezra Cleveland was moved from left guard over to the
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Speaker 4: right guard because of the performance of the manual Pregnant
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Speaker 4: at left guard. Well, Ezra Cleveland just had arguably his
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Speaker 4: best week of practice this week at right guard. And
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Speaker 4: so these are good problems to have. You know about
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Speaker 4: who's gonna play and who's going to play where.
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Speaker 2: And there's the point, because I think for the last
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Speaker 2: week or two, as the injuries have mounted along that front,
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Speaker 2: the concern has been uh oh, right. They went from
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Speaker 2: sixteen players to nine and they were thin. And Ricky
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Speaker 2: Lee and nothing against Ricky Lee from Riverside High, but
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Speaker 2: he's not a frontline guy. And now all of a
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Speaker 2: sudden you're having to perhaps move him into the number
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Speaker 2: two's and it just doesn't go where you want to
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Speaker 2: go at this point. And now, all of a sudden,
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Speaker 2: at least here on Thursday evening before preseason game number
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Speaker 2: two Jaguars fans, you can feel pretty good about where
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Speaker 2: your offensive line is headed. Let's take our first break.
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Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll keep the conversation going about
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Speaker 2: yesterday's practice session between the Jaguars and the Carolina Panthers.
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Speaker 2: of the Jacksonville Jaguars. We talked a little bit about starters,
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Speaker 2: just in case folks did not connect with that. Didn't
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Speaker 2: hear the head coach yesterday? It is post practice news conference.
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Speaker 2: Here's Liam Cohen after the jaguars strong performance against Carolina
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Speaker 2: talking about whether or not he plays starters on Friday
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Speaker 2: evening against the Panthers.
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Speaker 4: Nice, sir.
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Speaker 3: I got to see how we came out of today,
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Speaker 3: you know, I want to I don't want to say
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Speaker 3: either way yet. I really got to go look at
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Speaker 3: this tape see how we kind of come out of it.
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Speaker 3: I'll make a probably decision, you know, over the next
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Speaker 3: twenty four hours, keep.
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Speaker 2: The fellow sharp, So Vegan, I might want to be
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Speaker 2: ready for Friday night just in case. Although if I'm
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Speaker 2: putting a dollar in the middle of the table and
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Speaker 2: I'm not, it would be on the fact that we're not,
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Speaker 2: we'll see fewer starters rather than more. Well, we saw
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Speaker 2: two last week.
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Speaker 4: Well, and I think you you played well against the
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Speaker 4: Carolina Panthers in the joint practice. So I would likely
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Speaker 4: lean to not playing some. But there's some guys that
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Speaker 4: you got to play, you know, some guys who want
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Speaker 4: to play, yeah, well, and some that need to play.
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Speaker 4: So I mean there's some guys that might be younger
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Speaker 4: and need the reps, and you might need it from
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Speaker 4: a number standpoint, So we'll have to just wait and see.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, And that was the thought he had early in
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Speaker 1: the week, that that would help the current climb, if
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Speaker 1: you will, the offensive line health if we played them
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Speaker 1: a little bit. Now that's changed a little bit, both
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Speaker 1: in the way they play played in the practice and
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Speaker 1: as sending health of our players.
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Speaker 2: Let's cover the defense a little bit here, and it's
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Speaker 2: brought to you by g e Ha. The defensive coverage
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Speaker 2: of the game Government Employees Health Association. So I spent
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Speaker 2: most of yesterday watching the defensive side. I know you
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Speaker 2: were over on the offensive side, Duff. I saw you
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Speaker 2: didn't stop moving. You saw everything.
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Speaker 1: Well, I tried. I tried to move around right now
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Speaker 1: and love the ability to see it.
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Speaker 2: So two guys who stood out for plays that they made.
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Speaker 2: First is Travis Hunter, and you know we can talk
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Speaker 2: about him. And the other is Antonio Johnson, whose energy
17:29
Speaker 2: level really drove the defensive performance. Go where you'd like
17:33
Speaker 2: from here, fellas.
17:34
Speaker 1: Well, I'm going to tell you right now. First of all,
17:36
Speaker 1: I thought our guys did a real good job of
17:38
Speaker 1: stopping the run, and we were knocking back the offensive line.
17:42
Speaker 1: I mean I felt those guys on defense yesterday Walker
17:46
Speaker 1: was making plays, Eric Armstead knocking him back and causing
17:49
Speaker 1: tackles for loss. So I thought our ones played pretty
17:52
Speaker 1: darn good. And then, as you said, I saw Antonio Johnson.
17:55
Speaker 1: I like the physicality that guy brings now our safety.
17:58
Speaker 1: He's not afraid to hit and then some and he
18:01
Speaker 1: demonstrated that Husky did too. I saw Husky bring the
18:04
Speaker 1: wood as far as that's concerned in terms of hits.
18:06
Speaker 1: The physicality was good. I mean across the board, so
18:10
Speaker 1: I mean whether it was four ya in a tackle
18:11
Speaker 1: for loss, we had a number of sacks. I mean,
18:15
Speaker 1: I liked what I saw in terms of her run
18:16
Speaker 1: defense and really the pressure we put on the quarterback.
18:20
Speaker 4: I watched offense all day and then watched film on
18:23
Speaker 4: the defense, and I thought that you mentioned Travis Hunter.
18:28
Speaker 4: I thought he did some good things, but also there's
18:30
Speaker 4: some things he needs to do better. I think that
18:33
Speaker 4: that's still a process. He could have come up one
18:35
Speaker 4: time and run support on goal line when his guy
18:38
Speaker 4: blocks down, you got to come up and fill. He
18:40
Speaker 4: was really late doing that. Lost a guy in coverage
18:43
Speaker 4: one time. But defensively, the guys in the middle, which
18:48
Speaker 4: are Devon Hamilton and Matt Dickerson just a big, strong,
18:52
Speaker 4: you ain't moving them anywhere guys, and it's fun to
18:55
Speaker 4: watch them, especially when you have two defensive ends that
19:00
Speaker 4: are proud of playing the run like Josh and Trayvon.
19:04
Speaker 4: I mean, there's not every defensive vent in the world
19:06
Speaker 4: likes to sit there and you know, be a really
19:09
Speaker 4: good run player, and those two guys are really good.
19:12
Speaker 4: I expected Josh and Trayvon to play well Caroline has
19:15
Speaker 4: got issues at tackle and it showed, and that's it
19:19
Speaker 4: should show itself when you're playing that type of situation.
19:23
Speaker 4: I want to see the defense get their hands on
19:25
Speaker 4: the ball more. That's something that's hasn't been great yet.
19:30
Speaker 4: It's been good in the in the practices with themselves,
19:34
Speaker 4: but in the joint practices. I don't know if they've
19:36
Speaker 4: gotten a takeaway yet.
19:37
Speaker 2: They don't. They don't have one yet, So an.
19:39
Speaker 4: Area that that needs to be better there on defense.
19:43
Speaker 2: How about the linebackers.
19:45
Speaker 1: Well, shoot again, I saw all over the field.
19:50
Speaker 2: He had a tremendous day.
19:52
Speaker 1: He did, he did, and and and Jeff just described
19:55
Speaker 1: if you're a linebacker, this is paradise with the Von Hamilton,
19:59
Speaker 1: uh you know, and Deckerson and again those two edge
20:02
Speaker 1: setters right now, guys that want to set the edge
20:04
Speaker 1: take pride. In the very first stretch play, perimeter play,
20:07
Speaker 1: they ran Josh Eines Allence tackled for loss. But at
20:10
Speaker 1: any rate linebackers, I thought they they rolled those two
20:13
Speaker 1: ventral and Brandon Combs as far as you know, alternating
20:16
Speaker 1: them with the first group, and I thought both of
20:19
Speaker 1: them showed up as far as that's concerned, Combs had
20:21
Speaker 1: a couple of real good triggers. What I mean by
20:23
Speaker 1: a triggers. He saw a pass, he read the quarterback's eyes,
20:27
Speaker 1: read his direction and delivery of the quarterback, put his
20:30
Speaker 1: feet in the ground, and then you know, sprinted to
20:33
Speaker 1: the to the play. So he drove it again. Ball
20:36
Speaker 1: out break. We talked about. I like what I saw
20:38
Speaker 1: as far as that's concerned. So linebackers showed up and
20:41
Speaker 1: then you know, when they needed him, Dennis Dennis Gardak
20:45
Speaker 1: on the edge, summoned dime personnel, but as an edge
20:48
Speaker 1: player outside linebacker was able to present real good cover,
20:52
Speaker 1: real good pressure on the quarterback.
20:54
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's he's a good football player. Yes, all. I
20:57
Speaker 4: had this about the linebackers, and it's kind of fun
21:00
Speaker 4: to watch because you know when you watch them and
21:03
Speaker 4: you watch Foyer. Okay, So let's say Foyer and oh
21:09
Speaker 4: heck Branson Combs are on the field the same time, okay,
21:12
Speaker 4: or it doesn't even matter, could be Ventrel. Just say
21:14
Speaker 4: Foyer and one of the other linebackers. The ball snapped, okay,
21:19
Speaker 4: and Foye is already going where he where he needs
21:22
Speaker 4: to go, and he literally almost runs over the other
21:26
Speaker 4: linebacker because the ball's going to the other linebacker's side, right,
21:30
Speaker 4: and so he passes the linebacker up almost completely. And
21:33
Speaker 4: then the other linebacker goes, oh, yeah, it's going to
21:37
Speaker 4: the left, and then he takes off, but then Foyer
21:40
Speaker 4: has already passed him. I mean, that's how how fast
21:43
Speaker 4: he is diagnosing plays. And it's crazy to watch. And
21:47
Speaker 4: so you got two young linebackers and Branson Combs and
21:50
Speaker 4: Brent Benrel Miller. You want to get to the point
21:53
Speaker 4: where Foyer is taking maybe only two steps in that
21:57
Speaker 4: direction and then the other guy is already starting to go.
22:00
Speaker 2: The two starters who played last week, and those are
22:02
Speaker 2: the two starters who are going to play this week.
22:04
Speaker 2: I'd heard we could see the two of them on
22:05
Speaker 2: the field at the same time.
22:08
Speaker 4: The Colmes I think you could.
22:12
Speaker 2: I mean, does does Ventre translate to Foyer's backup pretty much?
22:17
Speaker 4: Because you know, Jack Kaiser's out with an injury. I mean,
22:20
Speaker 4: so he's he's the guy. Uh. And you know, here's
22:24
Speaker 4: the reality. When you played the mic, things get a
22:27
Speaker 4: little louder at the mic position than it does the
22:30
Speaker 4: will position, And Branson Colmes does better in space, Ventro
22:36
Speaker 4: Miller does better when things get a little noisy or
22:39
Speaker 4: you know, in traffic, or you've got to be physical,
22:41
Speaker 4: you know. And and vn Trell thumps guys when he
22:44
Speaker 4: goes to this, you know, so I think he's more
22:46
Speaker 4: of a natural mic probably anyway.
22:49
Speaker 1: Very much agreed with Jeff on that as far as
22:50
Speaker 1: that's concerned. And that's a great situation to have where
22:53
Speaker 1: a guy like Ventro has ebody played Mike and Will
22:56
Speaker 1: but has a lot of the mic traits that Jeff
22:58
Speaker 1: just talked about. And and boy, like you said, I
23:01
Speaker 1: just love the ability Foyer's ability to key and diagnose.
23:06
Speaker 1: I mean, he is off the spot. We talked about
23:08
Speaker 1: how quick can you get off the spot where they
23:10
Speaker 1: line up when they can keen, diagnose and get downhill downhill,
23:14
Speaker 1: mean to the line of scrimmage, there's no wasted steps.
23:17
Speaker 1: Now he's a productive player, one of the best in
23:20
Speaker 1: the league. Those other guys are learning from him, and
23:22
Speaker 1: it's going to take him a little time, but they're
23:24
Speaker 1: I think in the right right lane.
23:26
Speaker 4: Right now, let me say this about Foyer. I don't
23:29
Speaker 4: think he had a particularly strong start camp. You know,
23:32
Speaker 4: he needed this, you know, he needed this week, you know,
23:35
Speaker 4: because the first you know week or two is like, Okay,
23:39
Speaker 4: come on, let's go. Let's get it going a little bit.
23:41
Speaker 2: Let me redirect you guys back to Antonio Johnson for
23:43
Speaker 2: a minute. A year ago. He was a special teams guy,
23:48
Speaker 2: uh and an edge of the roster guy. Today you're
23:51
Speaker 2: here coaches say things like what we want to do
23:54
Speaker 2: with Antonio right when they're talking about getting other safeties involved,
23:58
Speaker 2: because what we want to do. You hear the term
24:00
Speaker 2: dime linebacker. It's really remarkable what he's done in just
24:04
Speaker 2: a year's time.
24:05
Speaker 1: And that's a credit to him and the coaches because
24:07
Speaker 1: again when I was I came aboard last year at
24:10
Speaker 1: this time, Yeah, he was a good special teams guy,
24:12
Speaker 1: and he's a great looking athlete and so forth. Well,
24:14
Speaker 1: now you're talking about, wow, what this guy can add
24:17
Speaker 1: and implement to the defense. He's going to give Anthony
24:20
Speaker 1: so many more options right now, just as you talk
24:23
Speaker 1: a dime linebacker. He can pressure, he can cover, he's physical.
24:27
Speaker 1: You don't worry as much about putting in six DB's
24:30
Speaker 1: to stop the run of people up to do that
24:32
Speaker 1: against your dime personnel, which is what dime is. It's
24:36
Speaker 1: six defensive backs, one linebacker, four down linemen likely, So
24:39
Speaker 1: I love what he brings, a versatility and his confidence
24:43
Speaker 1: right now. I heard him say after after the scrimmage yesterday,
24:47
Speaker 1: the joint practice, we're coming downhill with bad intention, and
24:51
Speaker 1: he demonstrated that. And that's kind of a contagion that
24:54
Speaker 1: those guys in the back end have a love it.
24:56
Speaker 4: I remember when he came in as a rookie and
24:59
Speaker 4: was watching him and just on special teams, and I
25:02
Speaker 4: was like, Wow, guy's got a skill set. Yeah, you know,
25:05
Speaker 4: and I'm like, how does a guy like that kind
25:07
Speaker 4: of size, speed range?
25:10
Speaker 1: Laughs?
25:10
Speaker 4: Until what fifth round? Yeah, I couldn't quite understand it.
25:14
Speaker 4: And then all of a sudden he had a pretty
25:16
Speaker 4: good year and then he had a flunky year two
25:20
Speaker 4: years ago. I mean, it was a terrible year under
25:22
Speaker 4: Ryan Nielsen, but then we didn't really understand who Ryan
25:25
Speaker 4: Nielsen was and now we do, so now you understand
25:28
Speaker 4: that a little bit more. And then how he rebounded
25:30
Speaker 4: last year. Uh, you got to give him a lot
25:33
Speaker 4: of credit because it takes a lot of hard work
25:37
Speaker 4: and a lot of self confidence to bounce back from
25:40
Speaker 4: the year like he had going back in twenty four.
25:44
Speaker 4: That's not easy to do.
25:45
Speaker 2: No, and there are a lot of people who will
25:48
Speaker 2: get credit rightfully so or be tagged with, you know,
25:52
Speaker 2: the identity of that defense. I'm just telling you yesterday
25:55
Speaker 2: he was Antonio Johnson. His energy level was off the charts.
25:58
Speaker 2: He was playing so and so fast and people were
26:02
Speaker 2: rallying around him.
26:02
Speaker 4: Well, and I give credit to Anthony Campanile, the defensive coordinator.
26:07
Speaker 4: And because you know, let's let's look at two guys
26:10
Speaker 4: that didn't exactly have exemplary years going back into twenty four. Yeah,
26:14
Speaker 4: which was Devin Lloyd and Antonio Johnson. Look at him now, okay,
26:18
Speaker 4: and Duff. What's the job of a coach. It's to
26:20
Speaker 4: put the player in the best position to use a
26:23
Speaker 4: skill set. Am I right?
26:24
Speaker 1: Without a doubt, without a doubt? And did they do that?
26:27
Speaker 4: And that's exactly what they did with those two guys.
26:30
Speaker 2: Ten interceptions between the two.
26:32
Speaker 4: Of them, and if if ten, if Anthony Campanile is
26:35
Speaker 4: not our defensive coordinator last year, I don't think those
26:39
Speaker 4: guys reached the heights of their abilities like they did.
26:43
Speaker 4: Because here's the reality. Players can can excel when they
26:47
Speaker 4: do what they do best, and the coaches Campanile made
26:51
Speaker 4: sure that those two guys as much as he could
26:53
Speaker 4: possibly do it, were in a position to do what
26:56
Speaker 4: they do best.
26:56
Speaker 1: And that's the job. Just as you said of coaches,
26:59
Speaker 1: I got to determine what are your strengths, and now
27:02
Speaker 1: how can we apply that to our defensive scheme? Not
27:05
Speaker 1: make the scheme fit the player, make the players, you know,
27:07
Speaker 1: in other words, make make sure that you take advantage
27:10
Speaker 1: of their strengths. And what you just talked about, he
27:12
Speaker 1: played fast. He's playing fast because he knows what he's doing.
27:14
Speaker 1: He's confident. They've instilled that in him. They've made it
27:17
Speaker 1: simple enough for or made it where they're not thinking
27:19
Speaker 1: too much. That's how you can play fast.
27:21
Speaker 2: Right time for a time out.
27:23
Speaker 4: I'm just going to say that Campanili made Devin Lloyd
27:25
Speaker 4: a lot of money, a lot of money, and let
27:27
Speaker 4: me just let me say this, He's about to make
27:29
Speaker 4: Antonio Johnson a lot of money because I put Antonio
27:33
Speaker 4: Johnson and Parker Washington in the same tier.
27:37
Speaker 2: That is high praise, my friend.
27:38
Speaker 4: Two excellent players that are guys that you want to
27:42
Speaker 4: have as building blocks and you want to resign.
27:44
Speaker 2: Somewhere in this building. Antonio Johnson is blushing right now
27:48
Speaker 2: at that high praise, we'll take a time out in return.
27:50
Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll go back to the offense.
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28:26
Speaker 2: from the quarterback? After practice yesterday, Trevor Lawrence spoke as
28:30
Speaker 2: he does weekly so good with the media, and he
28:34
Speaker 2: offered his thoughts on the offense. Where they were post
28:37
Speaker 2: Carolina Joint practice day.
28:40
Speaker 5: I'm not satisfied with, I said, where we're at, but
28:42
Speaker 5: where we're heading. I really believe that we're getting better.
28:45
Speaker 5: I think we were a lot better today than we
28:47
Speaker 5: were last week when we went against the Saints. I
28:49
Speaker 5: thought we had a lot more energy. We got after it.
28:51
Speaker 5: I thought just brought the juice every play we ran
28:53
Speaker 5: it really good. We were really physical, So there were
28:56
Speaker 5: some big improvements. But there's football is such a I mean,
29:00
Speaker 5: there's such a fine line, there's so many details, So
29:02
Speaker 5: I think that there's going to be plenty on the
29:03
Speaker 5: tape to learn from. And I know, you know, I
29:05
Speaker 5: need to get better. So it's not necessarily satisfied, but
29:07
Speaker 5: definitely believing. And I know that these guys, all our
29:11
Speaker 5: guys out here, are getting better every day and that's
29:13
Speaker 5: what we're working towards.
29:14
Speaker 2: So gentlemen, before we talk quarterbacks, allow me to tell
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29:24
Speaker 2: You love your thoughts on Trevor to start things off,
29:28
Speaker 2: how he looked yesterday.
29:30
Speaker 1: I thought it was one of his best days. I
29:32
Speaker 1: was so pleased for him. I mean, jay Z, I
29:35
Speaker 1: love this confidence when he took the field, he came out,
29:37
Speaker 1: I could feel his energy, I could feel his confidence.
29:40
Speaker 1: You saw it in the way that he would. I
29:41
Speaker 1: think we scored five out of six touchdowns in the
29:44
Speaker 1: red zone. I mean his throwing. I think he wound
29:46
Speaker 1: up being I don't know, twelve m nineteen maybe and
29:49
Speaker 1: four touchdowns, but more than just a stats. You could
29:53
Speaker 1: just feel his confidence. It's the way he ran that
29:55
Speaker 1: got him in and out of the huddle, the way
29:57
Speaker 1: he ran the ball club. I thought he had a
29:59
Speaker 1: heck of a day.
30:00
Speaker 4: I thought he was he was playing loose and free
30:04
Speaker 4: and that was really good to see. And I think
30:06
Speaker 4: the offensive line play helped him do some of that.
30:10
Speaker 4: And when he got down around the red zone he
30:12
Speaker 4: was really sharp. Had one bad interception I thought was
30:17
Speaker 4: a misread, but he had command and I thought it
30:21
Speaker 4: was a real strong outing for him. Good to see
30:25
Speaker 4: the backup quarterbacks.
30:26
Speaker 2: Now, let's go because that's who we're going to see
30:29
Speaker 2: tomorrow night.
30:30
Speaker 4: You know, we saw mostly Nick Mullins, and I think
30:35
Speaker 4: he's such a cerebral guy.
30:37
Speaker 2: I think is the way that you're smart, right, he's smart.
30:40
Speaker 1: Smart guy Virginia.
30:42
Speaker 4: He's not a Virginia guy. He's actually a Southern mist guy,
30:45
Speaker 4: which you know they're not known for their high level
30:46
Speaker 4: of education there in Mississippi, the whole state, to be honest.
30:49
Speaker 2: So Doug, you're William and Mary right, that's a smart
30:51
Speaker 2: school too.
30:53
Speaker 4: But yeah, I think the reality is is that you're
30:57
Speaker 4: very happy with Nick Mullins's mind. And where he's at
31:01
Speaker 4: as a backup, because a lot of backups have You've
31:03
Speaker 4: got to be smart because you're not going to get
31:05
Speaker 4: the reps. That's the reality. But I think also part
31:09
Speaker 4: of that reality is is that with Nick Mullen's arm,
31:13
Speaker 4: which is not the strongest in the world, I would
31:17
Speaker 4: say that thirty percent of the field is maybe closed
31:22
Speaker 4: just because of some of the limitations with his arm strength.
31:25
Speaker 4: And that's not to be mean, I mean, it's just
31:28
Speaker 4: but here's the reality. As a coach, you're going to
31:32
Speaker 4: know that, and so then you're going to cater things
31:35
Speaker 4: to stay away from some of those parts of the
31:37
Speaker 4: field that won't be open.
31:39
Speaker 1: And that's what's so good about what you just said,
31:41
Speaker 1: because now when you look at the weapons that Nickel
31:44
Speaker 1: have to him right now, the running game, twelve personnel,
31:46
Speaker 1: thirteen personnel, the offensive line in a running game are
31:49
Speaker 1: going to be critical to his success, protecting him getting
31:54
Speaker 1: the running game going, so that the passing game, the
31:57
Speaker 1: short passing game, screen game, all those things will be
31:59
Speaker 1: at his command if you will. So I think it's
32:04
Speaker 1: a really smart way that you presented that that you
32:07
Speaker 1: know you're going to taper your attack based on the
32:10
Speaker 1: skills of the player.
32:11
Speaker 2: So from a coaching perspective, right fans will hear that
32:15
Speaker 2: a third of the field, as Jeff just mentioned, is
32:17
Speaker 2: probably off the table when you've got a guy like
32:19
Speaker 2: Nick Mullens. So why is he your guy?
32:22
Speaker 1: Why is he my guy? Because again, he's got the
32:25
Speaker 1: he's got the leadership, he's got the poise, he's got
32:28
Speaker 1: the I think confidence to move the team.
32:29
Speaker 2: But how does he I know, they really value him
32:33
Speaker 2: for all the things he does that you wouldn't think
32:35
Speaker 2: that a player would do that. He can coach running backs, quarterbacks,
32:39
Speaker 2: tight ends. I mean he can go and do that
32:41
Speaker 2: as a coach. That's a security blank is probably not
32:44
Speaker 2: the right term, but you get what I'm saying. To
32:46
Speaker 2: have someone else who can help you allows you to
32:49
Speaker 2: do more things. What is that the case?
32:50
Speaker 1: I think that's the case, absolutely. And I think the
32:52
Speaker 1: connection he's got with Grant Yudinsky, he's been with him
32:55
Speaker 1: before they were together. Yeah, they understand each other. I
32:59
Speaker 1: think they're going to play off of one another. And
33:01
Speaker 1: if I'm grant that having the guy, he's really like
33:03
Speaker 1: a coach on the field, and I think that's gonna
33:05
Speaker 1: again that's part of how we can teach together and
33:08
Speaker 1: make everybody better.
33:10
Speaker 4: And you know when I say there's limitations as far
33:12
Speaker 4: as parts of the field that are open, I mean
33:15
Speaker 4: their every backup quarterback has limitations of some kind, right,
33:19
Speaker 4: is it parts of the field? Is it? Is it
33:21
Speaker 4: the the amount of game plan you can put in?
33:24
Speaker 4: Is it the system itself that he's limited in? I
33:28
Speaker 4: mean most guys are a backup for a reason. And
33:30
Speaker 4: the reality is is that. Look, if you you lose
33:32
Speaker 4: your starter in this league.
33:34
Speaker 2: You're in trouble.
33:35
Speaker 1: Sure screwed.
33:35
Speaker 2: Any I was going to say the exact same thing.
33:37
Speaker 2: You said something yesterday when we were talking that made
33:39
Speaker 2: a lot of sense. That's a position, backup quarterback that
33:43
Speaker 2: you sign in February. You don't sign them in August.
33:46
Speaker 4: No, well, I mean you would sign a third you know,
33:49
Speaker 4: a guy that maybe you know for the third quarterback. Yeah,
33:51
Speaker 4: but you're two for the backup though. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
33:54
Speaker 4: You you want to have your backup that's completely immersed
33:57
Speaker 4: in the system. Now, that's not to say that a
33:59
Speaker 4: fall all of a sudden. The Kansas City Chiefs cut
34:02
Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes. You would sign him as a backup immediately right.
34:05
Speaker 2: Now, Yeah, that's not going to happen.
34:07
Speaker 1: No, but what you said earlier is dead on. He's
34:10
Speaker 1: not going to get the reps. So you've got a
34:12
Speaker 1: guy that's been there, who is smart, who can take
34:16
Speaker 1: mental reps and translate them as best as possible. And
34:19
Speaker 1: let me say this to you about Nick mouhnin I've
34:21
Speaker 1: coached against him in this league. He is a competitive
34:23
Speaker 1: sucker and he's won ball games. I like having a
34:26
Speaker 1: guy in the bullpen that's done that.
34:28
Speaker 2: He started eight games in eighteen for San Francisco, absolutely
34:31
Speaker 2: and one he's twenty twenty.
34:33
Speaker 1: It was cold, well he's one, And I like the
34:36
Speaker 1: competitive iss I didn't know who he was except competing
34:40
Speaker 1: against him. But I like the fact that how competitive
34:42
Speaker 1: I felt about him at that time. And now coupled
34:44
Speaker 1: with the fact is familiar familiarity with the coaches, I
34:48
Speaker 1: think it makes a good good situation.
34:50
Speaker 2: What does success look like for Carter Bradley tomorrow night?
34:53
Speaker 4: Just continue to grow to look to start out looking
34:56
Speaker 4: like he did in the second half from the beginning
35:00
Speaker 4: that he steps on the field. And so it took
35:02
Speaker 4: him a little while to kind of get going, but
35:04
Speaker 4: there were a couple of throws in that game that
35:07
Speaker 4: Carter Bradley made that Nick Mullins wishes he could throw.
35:11
Speaker 4: I mean that I'm not trying to be critical. But
35:15
Speaker 4: then there's also decision making in reeds that Carter Bradley
35:19
Speaker 4: wished that he could make that Nick Mullins is making,
35:21
Speaker 4: you know. So I mean there's you know, kind of
35:24
Speaker 4: have that with the quarterbacks, right.
35:25
Speaker 1: You know, the experience he got against New Orleans, you know,
35:28
Speaker 1: I mean adversity was all around. You know, we had
35:31
Speaker 1: offensive linemen go down, Schuma goes down, and we're behind,
35:34
Speaker 1: all this kind of stuff. And to move and have
35:37
Speaker 1: the second half that he had the ball he threw
35:39
Speaker 1: to Penia in the end zone, it was right on
35:42
Speaker 1: the button that Penya dropped. Was a heck of a throw.
35:45
Speaker 1: And I just like the fact that he didn't panic.
35:49
Speaker 1: You know, things were looking a little shaky, they got
35:51
Speaker 1: settled down, We scored eighteen points. He helped, you know,
35:55
Speaker 1: lead that through so all but turns into a good thing.
35:58
Speaker 4: Yeah. The one thing that we really haven't seen with
36:00
Speaker 4: Carter Bradley is he's pretty athletic. You know. I remember
36:04
Speaker 4: going back to last year the playoff game, getting ready
36:06
Speaker 4: for the Buffalo Bills, and they're trying to get ready
36:09
Speaker 4: for Josh Allen. And who's the guy that's simulating Josh
36:12
Speaker 4: Allen Carter Bradley, you know, and gave him a great
36:16
Speaker 4: look in practice, I mean, because he has that type
36:19
Speaker 4: of athleticism, so and you know it's something his dad
36:22
Speaker 4: didn't have and obviously got it from his mother. Right.
36:29
Speaker 1: So, No, when I heard from Jeff last year during
36:31
Speaker 1: the season was hey, you ought to see you know,
36:33
Speaker 1: Bradley's making some plays and really helping the defense. Is
36:36
Speaker 1: a look offense quarterback? Well yeah, And when you have
36:40
Speaker 1: a guy like that and practice plan to help prepare
36:42
Speaker 1: week to week, just as he said, simulating Josh Allen,
36:45
Speaker 1: that's that's helpful as Heck.
36:47
Speaker 2: Listen, if you watched the game last week or listened,
36:51
Speaker 2: you saw the running game takeover in the second half.
36:53
Speaker 2: And Liam has said it two or three different times
36:55
Speaker 2: this week. We got the running game going. So by
36:58
Speaker 2: your estimation, because you guys know what it was at
37:00
Speaker 2: the end of last year, is it on track to
37:02
Speaker 2: be what they expected to be? Did you see that
37:04
Speaker 2: yesterday against Carolina?
37:05
Speaker 4: Yeah? I think and especially with some of the offensive
37:09
Speaker 4: line things were starting to see right now. I'm hopeful
37:16
Speaker 4: that it can be maintained like it was at the
37:18
Speaker 4: beginning of last year, you know. And the reality is,
37:21
Speaker 4: at the beginning of last year, you did it more
37:23
Speaker 4: out of need, because I don't think there was a
37:27
Speaker 4: belief that the quarterback was ready to be unleashed, and
37:30
Speaker 4: then once he became unleashed, the quality of the running
37:35
Speaker 4: game fell off. It would be great if the quarterback
37:38
Speaker 4: is hitting the ground, rolling and your running game is
37:41
Speaker 4: what it was at the beginning of last year, and
37:43
Speaker 4: then you stay committed to it, then it makes it
37:45
Speaker 4: really easy on a quarterback. So I think that I
37:49
Speaker 4: believe that that's Liams talked about it extensively about being
37:53
Speaker 4: a football team that can run it when they want
37:55
Speaker 4: to run it, and it'll make it better.
37:58
Speaker 1: Also run it when they have to run when we want.
38:01
Speaker 1: We are ahead four minute drug, we got to run
38:03
Speaker 1: this game out. In other words, we're ahead, we're going
38:06
Speaker 1: to not give the ball back, so we're gonna be
38:07
Speaker 1: able to run and sustain drives and run out the clock.
38:11
Speaker 1: So I think, uh, that's what I think is really good.
38:13
Speaker 1: And I think the running game his fault. I love
38:15
Speaker 1: his focus on a run game, because again, a lot
38:17
Speaker 1: of teams are going to try to with our receivers
38:19
Speaker 1: and our weapons, our tight ends try to play a
38:22
Speaker 1: too deep shell and mix cover for or covered to
38:25
Speaker 1: whatever you want. Well, we got to now run on
38:28
Speaker 1: those things. Get that safety back in the box. Then
38:31
Speaker 1: we're going to get the matchups, the one on ones
38:33
Speaker 1: on our receivers that are going to put that defense
38:36
Speaker 1: in stress.
38:36
Speaker 4: And here here's another reason why you want to run it.
38:39
Speaker 4: There's a team in Houston that's pretty good, yes, and uh,
38:44
Speaker 4: going out there and trying to throw the ball around
38:46
Speaker 4: the yard against those guys, it ain't gonna work. If
38:51
Speaker 4: that's all you can do, you better you better find
38:53
Speaker 4: a way to be able to run it against that team.
38:55
Speaker 5: All right.
38:55
Speaker 2: One thought from yesterday that I saw from the running
38:57
Speaker 2: game was Chris Rodriguez was gassed at the practice. You
39:01
Speaker 2: suppose that's going to be his Well, not that he's
39:04
Speaker 2: not in great shape, but you get what I mean.
39:06
Speaker 4: They're going to use it. It was so hot, and uh,
39:08
Speaker 4: you know, I was kind of glad that you know,
39:12
Speaker 4: it was actually cooler in New Orleans than it was
39:16
Speaker 4: yesterday in practice. I thought, you may be right, and
39:19
Speaker 4: in New Orleans there was ninety reps for the offense,
39:22
Speaker 4: ninety reps for the defense, and yesterday there were about
39:27
Speaker 4: sixty reps for the offense and about sixty for the defense.
39:30
Speaker 4: And it was a couple of times in the joint
39:34
Speaker 4: practice to where the coaches had to holler over and say, hey,
39:38
Speaker 4: get those guys out of the ice box. Oh yeah,
39:40
Speaker 4: you know, because there's a trailer that they have on
39:43
Speaker 4: the fields and cool. A lot of fans don't know
39:45
Speaker 4: it's a it's literally it's like a cooler. It's got
39:49
Speaker 4: super cold air in there and the players can go
39:51
Speaker 4: in there cool off.
39:52
Speaker 2: And I heard you tried to get in there. At
39:54
Speaker 2: one point, I.
39:54
Speaker 4: Was actually considering watching the second part of the offense
40:00
Speaker 4: of practice from inside there because they do have some
40:02
Speaker 4: nice windows.
40:03
Speaker 2: Yeah, use your shirt to try and create a whole.
40:07
Speaker 4: I had a shady spot over there, which, by the way,
40:10
Speaker 4: I don't know if we've talked about this. They've got
40:12
Speaker 4: a really cool thing and I want to get your
40:14
Speaker 4: thoughts on this stuff. On the practice field this year,
40:17
Speaker 4: they have something new and it's a big giant TV
40:22
Speaker 4: screen and when a play is run, right after it
40:26
Speaker 4: happens it Literally, you can look up to the board
40:30
Speaker 4: and you're watching film of the previous play almost immediately
40:34
Speaker 4: after the conclusion of the play. From a coaching and
40:38
Speaker 4: a player standpoint, the two of those working together, that's
40:43
Speaker 4: got to be a phenomenal coaching tool.
40:45
Speaker 1: It's a fantastic tool. And I watch their players as
40:48
Speaker 1: soon as that plays over there. I see eyes and
40:52
Speaker 1: heads turning, the coaches and players looking at that place
40:54
Speaker 1: saying it again. You can see what went well, what
40:57
Speaker 1: didn't go well. It's the best teaching tool you can
40:59
Speaker 1: have when it's right in your mind. I think it's tremendous.
41:02
Speaker 1: I wish, like the heck I had that along the way.
41:06
Speaker 2: You couldn't have seen it from the cooling zone.
41:08
Speaker 4: Well, I was actually in the shade of that big teachy,
41:12
Speaker 4: So I never watched it yesterday because I knew that
41:14
Speaker 4: I was going to be watching the film later on.
41:16
Speaker 4: But I mean, for getting better, I think it's brilliant
41:21
Speaker 4: to have something like that, because I remember there was
41:23
Speaker 4: a moment in practice, going back into training camp a
41:26
Speaker 4: little bit, one of the defensive backs was kind of
41:29
Speaker 4: complaining about an interference call and he was kind of
41:34
Speaker 4: venting to Liam a little bit, and Liam said a
41:36
Speaker 4: couple of things to him. Then he pointed out the screen.
41:39
Speaker 2: It's right there.
41:41
Speaker 4: Okay, film doesn't lie, right, I mean, you know now
41:44
Speaker 4: the TV screen doesn't lie. I think it's a phenomenal
41:46
Speaker 4: teaching tool. I mean, so now you can actually teach
41:50
Speaker 4: right then and there, and the players can see it
41:53
Speaker 4: right then and there, and then later on you can
41:56
Speaker 4: also have time to watch the film and even go
41:59
Speaker 4: in for their death. But for the immediacy of it,
42:01
Speaker 4: a tremendous tool.
42:02
Speaker 2: All right, let's take our final break for our number
42:05
Speaker 2: one Jaguars Happy Hour. Brian Sexton sitting in with head coach,
42:08
Speaker 2: head coach. You're the head coach now he wasn't Mark Dunner,
42:11
Speaker 2: Yeah he was. You are you're a coach and of
42:13
Speaker 2: course everybody knows. Will take this break and he's our
42:17
Speaker 2: head coach. You are right now here. It's a promotion,
42:19
Speaker 2: duff without a pay raise. When we come back, players
42:23
Speaker 2: to watch. We got all that more right after this
42:26
Speaker 2: on Jags Happy Hour on Jaguars Radio, We're back for
42:32
Speaker 2: the tail end of Happy Hour. At the top of
42:34
Speaker 2: the hour, we switch gears and go to Jags h
42:38
Speaker 2: Q and Tony Piselli. We'll join us right here in
42:41
Speaker 2: the Hyundai studios. How about mister Chuffy's wings. I don't
42:47
Speaker 2: have them for you, but mister Chuffy's wings before the game,
42:50
Speaker 2: after the game, and during the game is our proud
42:53
Speaker 2: partner to present players to watch.
42:56
Speaker 4: You know, they always have been really gracious about bringing
42:59
Speaker 4: us wings at halftime of the games. And I hope
43:02
Speaker 4: that the stadium construction is not with our groove at
43:08
Speaker 4: halftime because I just want mister Chubbies to understand that
43:11
Speaker 4: that's part of the reason we won thirteen games. If
43:13
Speaker 4: you can.
43:14
Speaker 2: Get to the booth, so can they, is what you're
43:15
Speaker 2: saying exactly.
43:17
Speaker 4: Let's it's and it's imperative tradition to the success of
43:21
Speaker 4: the organization on game day.
43:23
Speaker 2: Well, the television booth is just two doors down, so
43:26
Speaker 2: you can stop there as well. Which brings us to
43:28
Speaker 2: the point that this broadcast tomorrow night on radio starts
43:31
Speaker 2: at four point thirty with the Public's Tailgate Show, follow
43:35
Speaker 2: by count tend to kickoff and then seven thirty kickoff,
43:37
Speaker 2: and we'll of course have the television broadcast on Fox
43:40
Speaker 2: thirty at seven thirty as well. Did you write that down?
43:42
Speaker 2: I have, although you're going to be here, yeah, will
43:44
Speaker 2: We'll all be excited, and mister Chubbies can find you
43:47
Speaker 2: in the press.
43:48
Speaker 1: I think he's had a hard time finding me up
43:50
Speaker 1: to this point, so hopefully I'll do it tomorrow.
43:52
Speaker 2: All right, how about players to watch? Why don't we
43:53
Speaker 2: start with the tight ends, because those were two guys
43:57
Speaker 2: that Liam talked extensively about after practice yesterday. Different types
44:02
Speaker 2: of players, but both of them are really promising.
44:05
Speaker 4: Well, I like him, and here's what I like yesterday.
44:10
Speaker 4: There were some really tough catches that they made. In particular,
44:16
Speaker 4: Cozy Old had one where he had three guys on
44:19
Speaker 4: them and Nick Mullins threw it in there and somehow
44:23
Speaker 4: got it in there and he caught it. This was
44:28
Speaker 4: like something that you would have expected from a Jacoby Myers. Okay,
44:32
Speaker 4: I'm not joking now, I mean that's the Jacoby Myers
44:35
Speaker 4: type of catch.
44:38
Speaker 2: Gret Disky called him a garage door. I said, garage door.
44:40
Speaker 2: He goes, just took the ball at the garage door.
44:42
Speaker 2: You can't miss it.
44:42
Speaker 1: Well, here what I liked too. I saw that catch,
44:45
Speaker 1: and they made another catch where he got a little
44:48
Speaker 1: catch and run and the safety from Carolina showed up
44:51
Speaker 1: and he ran him over. I mean, he freaking put
44:54
Speaker 1: his shoulder down and ran over the guy. And I'm
44:57
Speaker 1: going whoo. I mean that was big time.
44:59
Speaker 2: He led the country among all tight ends last year
45:01
Speaker 2: with seventy four catches and he had seven hundred and
45:04
Speaker 2: twenty seven receiving yards, which was second.
45:08
Speaker 1: I went up to him after the practice and just say, hey,
45:11
Speaker 1: I love that catch, and I love that physicality after the.
45:14
Speaker 2: Catch, and Jeff, something you said just resonates when I
45:16
Speaker 2: look at him. He is a willing blocker. Liam has
45:19
Speaker 2: said it. You didn't see him do a lot of that,
45:21
Speaker 2: and why would you at Houston when he's that long
45:24
Speaker 2: and catches that many passes. But he wants to prove
45:26
Speaker 2: that he can do.
45:27
Speaker 4: It well, and he's got some work to do, and
45:30
Speaker 4: I think he's got a really good coach and Richard Angulo,
45:32
Speaker 4: who's the tight ends coach, to be able to accomplish
45:34
Speaker 4: that because he's very willing. But his technique it's something
45:41
Speaker 4: that needs to be improved. A lot of times he's
45:43
Speaker 4: a little over aggressive and goes in with a narrow
45:48
Speaker 4: base and doesn't come in under control, and so some
45:52
Speaker 4: of those things are very fixable. But the one thing
45:55
Speaker 4: that you can't fix. If the willingness is not there,
45:59
Speaker 4: it's hard to put the fight in the dog, you know.
46:02
Speaker 4: And that's the one thing that I appreciated about Coziol
46:05
Speaker 4: is that he hasn't and he wants to, and he's
46:07
Speaker 4: willing and he's not willing to back away from anybody.
46:11
Speaker 4: But he doesn't have the polished technique or anything like
46:14
Speaker 4: Porkersher has. And let me just add this. Porkersher had
46:18
Speaker 4: that one grab in the end zone his hands, and
46:21
Speaker 4: when the ball's gone his way, he's making every catch.
46:25
Speaker 4: And there's a lot of times he's open where I'm
46:27
Speaker 4: going throw to that guy eighty seventy's open, and I
46:31
Speaker 4: think that that will come in time. And just last thing,
46:34
Speaker 4: with tight ends, those two guys are going to allow
46:37
Speaker 4: eighty five Breton Strange to do a lot of really
46:41
Speaker 4: fun things with Trevor in the passing game.
46:45
Speaker 1: Absolutely, I think they give such versatility what Jeff's saying
46:48
Speaker 1: right now for unleashing Strange, but also the wide receivers.
46:52
Speaker 1: But when you look at the link that those two
46:54
Speaker 1: guys height and the ability to go out and pluck
46:57
Speaker 1: the ball give the quarterback, especially in the red zone. Oh,
47:00
Speaker 1: I love it.
47:00
Speaker 2: We'll about two and a half minutes. How about a
47:03
Speaker 2: thought on the sam position at linebacker. We didn't talk
47:05
Speaker 2: about that earlier. There's three guys competing for maybe two jobs, right,
47:10
Speaker 2: I mean, you've got Dennis Gardak and then you see Abdulah,
47:13
Speaker 2: who Jeff has extolled the virtues of on special teams
47:16
Speaker 2: and we haven't seen Rashan McCleod, last year's draft choice.
47:19
Speaker 1: Well, first of all, I want to compliment this man, Jeff,
47:22
Speaker 1: in terms of he's he looks at special teams and
47:24
Speaker 1: he's able to see players, guys that are productive players
47:28
Speaker 1: and you know, project them into the defensive role or
47:31
Speaker 1: offensive role. He's got a great eye for talent. So
47:33
Speaker 1: I want to start off with that. But Gardak right
47:36
Speaker 1: now is having a heck of a camp. He's showing
47:38
Speaker 1: up a lot in pressure, whether it be off the
47:40
Speaker 1: edge or interior. And he had an interception the day
47:44
Speaker 1: before on a tip pass that he got and scored
47:47
Speaker 1: on in practice, So he's showing up actively in that
47:49
Speaker 1: same position. And then Abdulah, shoot man the game he
47:53
Speaker 1: had the other day and he went down a tremendous
47:55
Speaker 1: kickoff tackle, again quantifying his special teams expertise. But then
48:01
Speaker 1: a couple of guys Wesley Williams two got involved in pressure.
48:04
Speaker 1: He gets the big sack fumble in the game, a
48:06
Speaker 1: critical thing, gives field position on I think the eight
48:09
Speaker 1: yard line. Awesome stuff. So I think we've got a
48:12
Speaker 1: pretty good combination of two players right now competing for
48:15
Speaker 1: that spot. I like to see McCloud in there because
48:17
Speaker 1: I've seen some things that I think he can add too,
48:20
Speaker 1: So we'll see how it comes out.
48:21
Speaker 4: It's the old saying he can't make the club in
48:23
Speaker 4: the tub, you know, and McLeod's been in the tub
48:27
Speaker 4: all of last year and then this year, in and
48:29
Speaker 4: out of it, you know. I mean it's and that's
48:31
Speaker 4: not criticize him at all. I mean, injuries happen.
48:34
Speaker 2: It can't stay healthy.
48:35
Speaker 4: But you know, and Gardak gives you, I think, positional
48:38
Speaker 4: versatility because he can do some edge rushing. He can
48:41
Speaker 4: play sam in a pinch. I guarantee he could probably
48:44
Speaker 4: move to one of the inside linebacking positions. But and
48:48
Speaker 4: I think Jayalen McLeod has some positional versatility to the
48:51
Speaker 4: ability to edge rush and all that kind of stuff.
48:53
Speaker 4: He just can't stay healthy. And you serve Doula, he's
48:57
Speaker 4: he's a fifty three man roster guy because of his
49:00
Speaker 4: ability on special teams. If it's not here, it'll be
49:03
Speaker 4: somewhere else.
49:04
Speaker 1: That I agree with. I think right now the rest
49:06
Speaker 1: of the league, those special teams guys are talking about
49:08
Speaker 1: him right now should he show up on the wire.
49:11
Speaker 1: But Gardack, like coach talked about, I mean, they're able
49:14
Speaker 1: to utilize the DB's and this dime packets that they've got,
49:17
Speaker 1: which I really love in terms of the matches. They
49:20
Speaker 1: can get and get him in the ballgame. Move Trayvon
49:22
Speaker 1: down inside where he can be a three technique. Put
49:25
Speaker 1: Gardic outside where he's got I've heard the players talk
49:28
Speaker 1: about his suddenness, his ability to win at the top
49:30
Speaker 1: of the rush, his get off, so valuable player for us.
49:34
Speaker 2: Just say everything you need to say, because Basselli's about
49:37
Speaker 2: to come charging.
49:37
Speaker 1: What they do. When he does, I'm going to charge
49:39
Speaker 1: right out too. That's all good, All right.
49:41
Speaker 2: Here we go Jaguars and Panthers tomorrow night, four thirty
49:46
Speaker 2: for the public's tailgate show seven to thirty. Kickoff, Jeff
49:49
Speaker 2: and frankl have that broadcast. Bucky Brooks and i'lly on
49:51
Speaker 2: Fox thirty and then Mark Dufner will be right here
49:55
Speaker 2: for the postgame show, trying to keep Mike Dempsey in line.
49:59
Speaker 2: Good luck to you, sir.
50:00
Speaker 1: No, Mike does a terrific job. I'm trying to learn
50:03
Speaker 1: from him. He's awesome. Doesn't like that.
50:06
Speaker 2: Mister Vasselli has made his way into the room, and
50:08
Speaker 2: we will take this quick ten second or so pause
50:12
Speaker 2: and pick up JAG's Happy Hour with JAG's HQ.
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Speaker 5: I want You