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Press Pass | Doug Pederson Recaps Win Over Falcons in Preseason Finale · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I thought, uh, I thought both.
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  Speaker 2: Offensively and defensively, the starters did did a nice job,
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  Speaker 2: you know, coming in and and it's always tough, i
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  Speaker 2: know when when you know, on those guys too, because
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  Speaker 2: you just don't know how long you're gonna play. But
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  Speaker 2: for them, especially offensively, to come in and and and
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  Speaker 2: get the two scores like they did and put some
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  Speaker 2: good drives together early, it was good to see. And
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  Speaker 2: then defensively the same way, being able to get those
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  Speaker 2: stops and and you know, come off the field. And
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  Speaker 2: I just thought it all night was and even when
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  Speaker 2: the when the backups and the young guys played, they
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  Speaker 2: played hard and fast and you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, proud of proud of everybody for uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the way they compete it tonight, first time did a
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  Speaker 1: look at the offensive line together, what'd you think? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I thought I thought it was good.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think there's some still some things we
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  Speaker 2: can we can improve on and continue to work.
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  Speaker 1: But I thought overall they did.
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  Speaker 2: They did a nice job, you know, and in Atlanta
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  Speaker 2: through through some pressures at us that you know, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we were run blocked, which you know, which is which
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  Speaker 2: is gonna happened one extra and Trevor did a nice.
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  Speaker 1: Job, you know, getting the ball out of his hand.
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  Speaker 1: But overall I thought they played well good.
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  Speaker 2: Have you hit the benchmarks that you needed to hit
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  Speaker 2: you think to be ready and where you want to be.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I I think we're on on track.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that we're we're a finished product or
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're still working on some things, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in all three phases and and but but it was
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  Speaker 2: it was a good preseason. It was it was tough,
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  Speaker 2: it was physical on them. I thought they handled it
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  Speaker 2: extremely well. You know, it showed obviously in their in
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  Speaker 2: their play, you know, these these three games. And but
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  Speaker 2: now quite honestly that it doesn't matter, right, it's, uh,
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  Speaker 2: we have to get ready for Miami injury wise. I
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  Speaker 2: know he kept some guys at home, but it looks
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  Speaker 2: like it come out of this game pretty clean.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, there wasn't.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, we didn't have any issues tonight, which
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  Speaker 2: is good. I read obviously teams that are taking different philosophies,
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  Speaker 2: they're not playing any starters.
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  Speaker 1: At all, and you guys live with it. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: how is it hard to judge or how do you
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  Speaker 1: kind of yeah, I.
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  Speaker 2: Mean it you know what, I don't look at it
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  Speaker 2: as far as like you know, us versus them that way.
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  Speaker 2: I look at it as just like us right our
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  Speaker 2: execution Are we executing? Are we targeted the right way?
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  Speaker 2: You know, especially in the offensive line? Are we are
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  Speaker 2: fitting gaps in the defense?
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  Speaker 1: You know? Think are we in the right you know, coverage, leverage,
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  Speaker 1: things of that. You know, it's we're still working on things.
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  Speaker 2: And and then you know, at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: when the ball is snap, yeah, there's a man over
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  Speaker 2: you and you got to do your best to to
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  Speaker 2: win that matchup.
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  Speaker 1: But it's more about assignment football.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, when your starters don't play a ton,
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  Speaker 2: games like this matter because because you want them to
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  Speaker 2: feel like they came away feeling good about themselves.
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  Speaker 1: And execution was was good for three years in the system.
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  Speaker 1: Are you guys where you need to be operationally? Especially
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  Speaker 1: feel that these guys know what.
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  Speaker 2: You are looking for, press and and and what they
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  Speaker 2: need to be doing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I believe we're we're in We're in a good
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  Speaker 1: place there.
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  Speaker 2: We can we can you know, It's it's still all
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  Speaker 2: about communication, right, I mean it starts with me and
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  Speaker 2: I got to communicate with the entire team, but offensively
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  Speaker 2: with our quarterback and understanding, you know, what we're asking
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  Speaker 2: of him and then and then what we're asking of
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  Speaker 2: the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think there's some.
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  Speaker 2: There's some the last couple of years of really we've
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  Speaker 2: benefited from from being together, you know, all of us,
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  Speaker 2: and and it just I think it did show a
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  Speaker 2: little bit tonight.
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  Speaker 1: In the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he and I we got a couple of weeks,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we'll discuss that and go from there.
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  Speaker 1: Six and other the last two pre seasons, do you care. Nope, Nope,
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  Speaker 1: we're sitting here. Oh no, one hundred yards rushing. There's
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  Speaker 1: different groups. Do you like that? I do? I do?
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  Speaker 2: You know, and that matters, you know that that's that's
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  Speaker 2: good to see. And and I think that uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: playing with a healthy offensive line and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: keeping those guys together and even our backups. I thought
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  Speaker 2: in the in the you know, all three games, really
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  Speaker 2: have done a great job running the football and and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, coach Rauscher has done an excellent job getting
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  Speaker 2: those guys prepared, and and you know, keep just keeping
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  Speaker 2: it keeping.
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  Speaker 1: It simple too, you know, keeping the scheme simple.
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  Speaker 2: So We're running a lot of the same schemes over
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  Speaker 2: and over, makes it makes a difference as well. Enter
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  Speaker 2: pressures different during the regular season on a kicker little
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  Speaker 2: I guess it's showy everything.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he was disappointed.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't put him out there again for that long
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  Speaker 2: one at the end, but I wasn't gonna do that.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I think I think you come away from
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  Speaker 2: preseason feeling feeling good about about our situation there and
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know, and and right now, it's it's.
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  Speaker 1: Just got to carry over.
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  Speaker 2: It's gotta it's got to carry over to the regular
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  Speaker 2: season here in a couple of weeks. What do you
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  Speaker 2: think about Matt Obviously Trevor looked great, but what would
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  Speaker 2: what'd you think? You know, Mack has played extremely well
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  Speaker 2: in the last couple of weeks and and really, you know,
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  Speaker 2: has bought into what we do.
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  Speaker 1: And and you know, he'll still revert back to his
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  Speaker 1: his his patriot.
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  Speaker 2: Ways every now and then, and we got to remind
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  Speaker 2: him he's in Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 1: But he's done a good job.
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  Speaker 2: He's done a good job managing and running the offense,
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  Speaker 2: getting everybody involved. You know, he sees the field well,
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  Speaker 2: throws a good ball, so you know he's he's done,
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  Speaker 2: done a good job.
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  Speaker 1: Season, coach, but two touchdowns for having England nine.
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  Speaker 2: Could you please just speak to how the chemistry they
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  Speaker 2: had a trader one development. I just think it comes
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  Speaker 2: with the three years that they've been together, honestly, and
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  Speaker 2: the time that the time spent they Trevor knows exactly
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  Speaker 2: where he's going to be and and Evan runs, you know,
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  Speaker 2: extremely good routes.
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  Speaker 1: And he's very disciplined there and detailed. So it's just
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  Speaker 1: a it's a it's a it's
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  Speaker 2: A complimentary piece to our offense and it was good
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  Speaker 2: to see them connect tonight.