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Kenny Albert on Doug Pederson, Anthony Richardson First Impressions | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues ahead of Week one, the Jacksonville
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars and the Indianapolis Colts coming up at Lucas Oil
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  Speaker 1: Stadium with the call of the game on the NFL
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  Speaker 1: on Fox, the only broadcaster handling all four major US sports.
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  Speaker 1: It's the great Kenny Albert. And it's nice to talk
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  Speaker 1: to you, Kenny. What's up.
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  Speaker 2: Great to be with you, JP.
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  Speaker 1: Here we are. NFL season is back. I'm curious how
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  Speaker 1: difficult is it to manage all these sports at one time.
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  Speaker 2: Well, September it's only football, So get started this Sunday
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  Speaker 2: with the Jaguars and the Colts. Worked about eight baseball
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  Speaker 2: games over the summer, and then the overlap does start
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  Speaker 2: in October when the NHL season gets underway, and then
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  Speaker 2: I work some basketball as well. But September is football
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  Speaker 2: only and great to be chatting with you as we
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  Speaker 2: get set for the game this weekend. Along with my
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  Speaker 2: partners Jonathan Vill, Mishan and Speake. We'll be heading to
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  Speaker 2: Indy on Friday as we tape this on Wednesday. It
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  Speaker 2: is year thirty, which is crazy with the NFL on Fox.
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  Speaker 2: Hard to believe. The other day was the anniversary of
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  Speaker 2: the first ever Fox NFL regular season games back on
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  Speaker 2: nine to four, ninety four, and I had the LA
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  Speaker 2: Rams and the Arizona Cardinals before the Rams moved to
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  Speaker 2: Saint Louis. It was their last year in LA prior
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  Speaker 2: to the move. And that seems like yesterday and here
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  Speaker 2: we are, thirty seasons later. Couldn't be more excited to
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  Speaker 2: get started. And you know, similar with what you do.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure the preparation for a Sunday game starts on
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  Speaker 2: a Monday, usually watching prior games, doing a lot of reading,
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  Speaker 2: putting together charts and spotting boards, and pouring through statistics
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  Speaker 2: and press releases. And then Friday, we'll head over to
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  Speaker 2: the Colts practice in Indie and sit down with four
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  Speaker 2: or five players and coaches afterwards, and then we'll meet
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  Speaker 2: with the Jaguars Saturday when they get into Indianapolis. So
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  Speaker 2: it's here, it's week one and couldn't be more excited.
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  Speaker 2: Albert with us.
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  Speaker 1: What's the greatest moment game memory of the first thirty
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  Speaker 1: years for you of the NFL on Fox. It's hard
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  Speaker 1: to pick one.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure, well, it is hard to pick one. There
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  Speaker 2: have been a lot of memorable games. Back in January,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twelve, a playoff game Saints and forty nine Ers,
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  Speaker 2: four touchdowns in the last four minutes, Alex Smith and
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  Speaker 2: Drew Brees back and forth. That's certainly up there. More
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  Speaker 2: so than full games. There are probably memorable moments from
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  Speaker 2: those games. Just last year, our crew had the Raiders
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  Speaker 2: Patriots game, the crazy ending with the laterals and Chandler
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  Speaker 2: Jones with the interception taking it back for a game
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  Speaker 2: winning touchdown. But then when I think back and I
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  Speaker 2: chronicle a lot of this in my new book, which
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  Speaker 2: is coming out next month, they actually list about fifteen
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  Speaker 2: of the big moments that I remember from football games.
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  Speaker 2: I work everything from Terrell Owens stomping on the Cowboys
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  Speaker 2: star after scoring a touchdown with the forty nine Ers
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  Speaker 2: is back in the early two thousands. I had the
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  Speaker 2: Michael Vick forty six yard touchdown running overtime early in
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  Speaker 2: his career in Minnesota, zigzagging his way up the field
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  Speaker 2: and then right through the tunnel. The Victor Cruz ninety
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  Speaker 2: nine yard touchdown reception from Eli Manning which propelled the
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  Speaker 2: Giants into the playoffs in twenty eleven and they wound
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  Speaker 2: up winning the Super Bowl. Some crazy memories. You're probably
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  Speaker 2: too young for this, but in ninety five, right before halftime,
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  Speaker 2: Bill Cower shoving a polaroid photo into the shirt pocket
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  Speaker 2: of referee Gordon McCarter. They were called for twelve men
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  Speaker 2: on the field prior to a field goal. They really
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  Speaker 2: only had eleven. So I worked that game, the first
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  Speaker 2: ever punter kicker, touchdown pass and reception Miami Dolphins a
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  Speaker 2: couple of years ago on a fake field goal, and
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  Speaker 2: so many more. Those are the ones that stand out.
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  Speaker 2: But like I said, it's a lot of moments, more
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  Speaker 2: so than full games.
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  Speaker 1: The new book out a mic for all seasons. Kenny
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  Speaker 1: Albert is with us. I don't know what Bill Kawer
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  Speaker 1: would have done today with a tablet, do you like
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  Speaker 1: shove the tablet to the shirt pocket. That's tough, right,
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  Speaker 1: That's a real tough one, Kenny. What was your last
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars game?
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  Speaker 2: I actually looked it up this week. It was the
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  Speaker 2: opener in twenty eighteen against the Giants up at MetLife Stadium. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: not many players remaining from that one?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I mean that was that twenty eighteen season. Was
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  Speaker 1: coming off the playoff run for the Jaguars, right, and
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  Speaker 1: had a similar feel to what this Jaguars team's going
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  Speaker 1: through off the playoff run last year. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: anticipation going into that eighteen season, and hey, right now,
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars turned this thing around quick. From those years, right,
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  Speaker 1: they had the back to back number one overall picks,
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  Speaker 1: They've had coaching changes all of a sudden, they rally
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  Speaker 1: in December and win the division last year. Now it's
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  Speaker 1: it's amazing how fast you can turn around an organization
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  Speaker 1: in two three years time, and they on it here
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  Speaker 1: in Jacksonville at least, it feels like, what do you think?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, and it's sort of reminiscent. I remember doing a
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  Speaker 2: couple of games early on around ninety five, ninety six,
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  Speaker 2: ninety seven when the Jaguars first came into the league,
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  Speaker 2: and I specifically remember a game I'm pretty sure it
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  Speaker 2: was ninety five, meeting with Tom Coughlin for the first time,
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  Speaker 2: and then the next year they have the great success
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  Speaker 2: in the playoffs, as did Carolina, the two expansion teams
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  Speaker 2: from ninety five. So I've always been a big fan
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  Speaker 2: of Doug Peterson did many Eagles games during his tenure there,
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  Speaker 2: and he's done a terrific job in Jacksonville, watching the
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  Speaker 2: progression of Trevor Lawrence and the entire team. Haven't worked
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  Speaker 2: a game, like I said, since twenty eighteen involving the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 2: but watched the playoff games last year in preparing for
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  Speaker 2: this game. Very excited to sit down with Doug and
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  Speaker 2: Trevor and a couple of the others on Saturday and
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  Speaker 2: then call the game on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: What is it about Doug Peterson in his style that
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  Speaker 1: relates that wins over a meeting room, a locker room.
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  Speaker 2: Well, first of all, at least in the production meetings
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  Speaker 2: with the television crews. He's just a regular guy, you know.
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  Speaker 2: He walks in and some of these coaches, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I remember back in my early years, my first game
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier, it was Buddy Ryan and Chuck Knox.
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  Speaker 2: Now I was really young at the time and they
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  Speaker 2: were in their late fifties early sixties, but they were
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  Speaker 2: such intimidating presences and you kind of had that same feeling,
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  Speaker 2: you know, early on with Tom Kaughlin, Bill Parcel, some
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  Speaker 2: of those old school coaches. But Doug just makes you
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  Speaker 2: feel comfortable, makes you feel at home, you know. I
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  Speaker 2: remember calling his games when he was a backup quarterback
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  Speaker 2: with the Eagles. Well he was the starter actually until
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  Speaker 2: Donovan McNab took over. I had a number of their
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  Speaker 2: games back in the ninety nine season when when Andy
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  Speaker 2: Reid was in his first year as head coach and
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  Speaker 2: Doug started I think the first six or seven games
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  Speaker 2: and then they made the move to Donovan. So I
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  Speaker 2: do remember him as a player as well. But he's
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  Speaker 2: just a gentleman. I mean, he's a guy who was
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  Speaker 2: coaching high school football not too long before he won
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  Speaker 2: a Super Bowl as a head coach. So he's done
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  Speaker 2: a great job, and I know, you know, he's looking
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  Speaker 2: to become the first to win a Super Bowl as
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  Speaker 2: a head coach of two different franchises. So the Jaguars
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  Speaker 2: are certainly on their way and you know, should certainly
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  Speaker 2: be a contender for a playoff position this year.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, Kitty Albert NFL on Fox with US Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: Colts coming up. Well, you know what helps the head
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  Speaker 1: coach has great success as a franchise quarterback, and they
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  Speaker 1: seem to have one here in Jacksonville and Trevor Lawrence
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  Speaker 1: and we all know what happened his rookie season, not
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  Speaker 1: an ideal start for him, but a reset last year
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  Speaker 1: and about halfway through he really started to figure it
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  Speaker 1: out and calm him down and not throw these awful
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  Speaker 1: interceptions he was early in the season. But that growth
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  Speaker 1: can continue. Now everybody's back. This is this is a
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  Speaker 1: rare moment that everybody almost is back from an offense
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  Speaker 1: and a defense for that matter, from last season before
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  Speaker 1: all the contract things happened in the next year or two,
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  Speaker 1: and that can help the quarterback continue to grow. But
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  Speaker 1: what can that growth do. Yeah, for the football team,
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  Speaker 1: but for the organization as a whole. When you have
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  Speaker 1: a franchise guy.
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  Speaker 2: You're right jp that continuity having just about every starter
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  Speaker 2: back is huge. You know, we've seen teams that have
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  Speaker 2: had success in the past just get decimated in free agency,
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  Speaker 2: lose players along the way. But when you talk about
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  Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence, you know, I think back to so many
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks who didn't necessarily have that success right away or
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  Speaker 2: even play much the first year. You know, Drew Brees
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  Speaker 2: sat his first year out in San Diego. Aaron Rodgers
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  Speaker 2: sat for three years in Green Bay behind Brett Farr
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  Speaker 2: before he got an opportunity. And you think back to
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  Speaker 2: Troy Aikman and Eli Manning and Peyton Manning their first years.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the stats weren't that great. It was a
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  Speaker 2: learning experience. So it does take time. And when you
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  Speaker 2: look at what Trevor did last year during the second
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  Speaker 2: half of the season, you could tell just the confidences building,
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  Speaker 2: you know, working with with Doug p You're sitting the
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  Speaker 2: coaching staff, you know for the first time, and just
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  Speaker 2: growing each each week. And it's certainly plateaued up during
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  Speaker 2: the latter stages of the regular season last year into
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  Speaker 2: the postseason, and the Jaguars certainly hope that it carries
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  Speaker 2: over to the start of this season.
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  Speaker 1: Henny, how do you defend this Jaguars offense? His weapons everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: They've got a running game if they want it, they
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  Speaker 1: can throw it around. They've got a tie end or two.
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  Speaker 1: They've added Calvin Ridley. Overall across the board, there might
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  Speaker 1: be better star players a skilled positions around the league, but
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  Speaker 1: pound for pound, they can hang with almost anybody.
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  Speaker 2: No, you're right, and defensive coordinators are going to have
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  Speaker 2: some tough choices as far as who to a double team.
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  Speaker 2: For example, I saw Calvin Ridley play so many games
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  Speaker 2: in Atlanta and he's obviously a top talent in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: So I can't wait to watch them on Sunday. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, the Cults are a team that headed in
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  Speaker 2: the other direction during the second half of last season,
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  Speaker 2: losing their life seven games. They made the coaching change
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  Speaker 2: from Frank Bright to Jeff Saturday. Now they bring in
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  Speaker 2: Shane Steichen from the Eagles. So again, Cults are gonna
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  Speaker 2: have some decisions to make defensively and it should be
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  Speaker 2: a lot of fun to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Final thought with you in speaking of the Colts, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of changes. Their new head coach as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: but new quarterback as well, running back issues. There's a
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  Speaker 1: lot going on in Indianapolis. But just the unknown of
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  Speaker 1: Week one can be a challenge. What is that going
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  Speaker 1: to look like with Anthony Richardson, What are the Colts
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  Speaker 1: actually roll out there on Sunday? In terms of a scheme,
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  Speaker 1: you don't really know. So Week one has a lot
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  Speaker 1: of surprises most years.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm sure the Jaguars and I've read it, they've
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  Speaker 2: been watching a lot of Eagles tape, which is where
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  Speaker 2: the head coach, Shane Stikeen, as we just talked about,
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  Speaker 2: came from excited to watch Anthony Richardson to sit down
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  Speaker 2: with him on Friday and hear his thoughts. I watched
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  Speaker 2: their last preseason game against Philadelphia, and you could just
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  Speaker 2: see the size, the strain, the athleticism from all accounts,
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  Speaker 2: he's so smart both on and off the field. Only
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  Speaker 2: thirteen starts in college, so not a lot of experience.
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  Speaker 2: But at the running back position, you know, you mentioned
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  Speaker 2: some flux with Jonathan Taylor missing at least the first
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  Speaker 2: four games. They do have some young wide receivers and
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  Speaker 2: some weapons around Richardson, so we'll see what happens. But
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  Speaker 2: you're right week one. You know, we get these assignments
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  Speaker 2: months in advance for week one, and you spend so
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  Speaker 2: much time focusing on week one, and then the game's
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  Speaker 2: over and all of a sudden, you have another one
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  Speaker 2: in seven days. And I'm sure it's the same way
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  Speaker 2: for the players and coaches. But everybody's record is even.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody's zero and zero at this point, you know, at
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  Speaker 2: least until the Chiefs and Lions kick off on Thursday night,
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  Speaker 2: and a lot of optimism. I'm sure in all thirty
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  Speaker 2: two NFL cities.
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  Speaker 1: It's the thirtieth year of the NFL on Fox. The
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  Speaker 1: only game broadcasters that's been there for all thirty is
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  Speaker 1: Kenny Albert and it's great to visit with you. Appreciate
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  Speaker 1: the time.
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  Speaker 2: Kenny, and Howie Long and Terry Bradshaw in the studio
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  Speaker 2: as well. They'll be out in now, but great to
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  Speaker 2: chat with you.
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  Speaker 1: JP.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy the game this weekend and hopefully we'll see you
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  Speaker 2: there along the way.