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Mac & Bone Show - Ryan Green Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Ryan Green's been part of the Jacksonville radio scene for
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  Speaker 1: a long long time. The big sports station is ten
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  Speaker 1: ten XL and he is on the air weeknights and
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  Speaker 1: he joins us here after taking in joint practice yesterday
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  Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. Ryan, what's going on, brother? How you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Hey? MATC? Good morning, Bo? How are you man?
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  Speaker 1: We're doing good, Man, We're doing good. So it sounds
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  Speaker 1: like the start of the practice was ugly for our
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  Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. Would you would you agree? What did it
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  Speaker 1: look like in the first half hour or forty minutes?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no doubt, guys.
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  Speaker 3: It was a glorious hard for the Jaguars, particularly the
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  Speaker 3: red zone, the Jaguar red zone offense. I mean, they
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  Speaker 3: were putting touchdown after touchdown on the board. It was
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  Speaker 3: a great start for the first thirty to forty five minutes,
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  Speaker 3: maybe even the first hour to you guys, credit to
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  Speaker 3: the Carolinas credit. I thought they maybe even the score
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  Speaker 3: a little bit in the second hour. I think both teams, though,
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  Speaker 3: can leave that practice yesterday Mac thinking, you know, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think we did some good things. There's some things to
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  Speaker 2: clean up.
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  Speaker 3: No question, but I think both teams probably pretty happy
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  Speaker 3: with the way it ultimately turned out.
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  Speaker 4: One of the big question marks that we had ryan
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  Speaker 4: about this team was the offensive line. After what happened
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  Speaker 4: against the Bills first team the other day, how did
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  Speaker 4: the Panthers offensive line hold up against a very good
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  Speaker 4: Jaguars front.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Bone, good to be with you as always, man. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: No, the offensive line, I thought for Carolina held their own. Now, look,
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  Speaker 3: Jaguars have a really, really solid starting unit with heinz
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  Speaker 3: Allen and Trayvon Walker, and honestly, I think those guys
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  Speaker 3: were kind of held in check a little bit yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: We were curious about the guys behind them, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the bj Greens, the Danny Strigaus of the world here
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  Speaker 3: in Jacksonville. I almost thought they made more of an
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  Speaker 3: impact than heinz Allen and Walker. Heinz Allen Walker got
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  Speaker 3: to the quarterback a little bit, But I thought Carolina
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  Speaker 3: is offensive line, by and large held their own. I
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  Speaker 3: know there's some injury problems you guys are dealing with,
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  Speaker 3: so you have to take that into account, but to
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  Speaker 3: see it lopsided one way or the other, I know
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  Speaker 3: from our perspective, we were pretty happy with the second
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  Speaker 3: and third team guys that got pressure yesterday. That was
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  Speaker 3: maybe the bigger story that came out of that as
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  Speaker 3: opposed to what Walker and heinz Allen did.
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  Speaker 1: With our O line depth currently that tracks. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like that is understandable with our situation now, y'all got
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  Speaker 1: a ton of injuries on the O line. It's I
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  Speaker 1: have been big Ryan really hyping up this Panther defense.
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  Speaker 1: We added your guy, Devin Lloyd added Jalen Phillips. I've
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  Speaker 1: we've been really hyping up this defense. It sounds like,
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  Speaker 1: especially considering all the Jags O line injuries and Parker
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  Speaker 1: Washingt receivers hurt, it sounds like it wasn't a great
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  Speaker 1: day for the Panthers defense. Is that fair to say?
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  Speaker 3: The first hour? Yeah, I think the two minute drill
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  Speaker 3: towards the end, Carolina did some nice things. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: the first hour, the Jaguar offense, particularly in the red zone,
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  Speaker 3: took it to Carolina and Mack You're spot on. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: Parker Washington was out, Quinn.
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  Speaker 2: Allen Junior was out.
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  Speaker 3: The Jags are without four of I would say their
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  Speaker 3: top nine offensive linemen. It's kind of a missmash unit
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  Speaker 3: on the offensive line, which is why I would actually
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  Speaker 3: be pretty surprised if Trevor Lawrence plays tomorrow night. I
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  Speaker 3: know Liam Cohen earlier in the week had trended towards
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  Speaker 3: playing the starters. I think some injuries are now going
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  Speaker 3: to maybe change that mindset. But obviously yesterday it controlled environment.
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  Speaker 3: Quarterbacks weren't getting hit, they felt comfortable having Trevor out there,
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  Speaker 3: and behind a mishmash offensive line, they were still able
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  Speaker 3: to get the ball to Jacobe Myers, get the ball
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  Speaker 3: to Brian Thomas Junior, and a lot of the Jaguar
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  Speaker 3: rookies kind of stood out yesterday too, including the two
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  Speaker 3: tight ends Nate Borcizier and Tanner Koziel, which we were
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  Speaker 3: happy to see down here.
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  Speaker 2: Ryan.
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  Speaker 4: How did Bryce look overall yesterday?
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  Speaker 3: I know you guys have probably talked about this a bunch,
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  Speaker 3: so that Bryce young the team at combination, man, that
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  Speaker 3: was pretty impressive. There were a couple of plays where
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  Speaker 3: McMillan was covered. I mean, the Jaguar defense had good
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  Speaker 3: coverage on him and he has won up and most
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  Speaker 3: couple of guys quite frankly, So that's a nice combination,
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  Speaker 3: no question about it. It's weird for us guys, and
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  Speaker 3: I don't mean to say this, you know, in a
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  Speaker 3: bad way. But when we're used to seeing six foot
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  Speaker 3: six Trevor Lawrence out there every day during practice and
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  Speaker 3: you actually see Bryce Young, it's the first time I've
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  Speaker 3: seen him in a while, I'm thinking, Holy cow, man,
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  Speaker 3: how does this guy see over the offensive lineman? How
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  Speaker 3: does he do this? And to his credit, he finds
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  Speaker 3: the cracks, he finds the crevices, and he made a
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  Speaker 3: couple of really nice plays yesterday, particularly to McMillan, who
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  Speaker 3: had a big day down here.
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  Speaker 1: I thought you were going to make some short QB jokes. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you kept the classy You kept the classy brother. But yes,
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  Speaker 1: that has to be a shock to the system when
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  Speaker 1: you have a six to six quarterback, no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen him stand next to Cam. That's a shock
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  Speaker 1: to the system here in Charlotte. Is far as far
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  Speaker 1: as the practice on the whole, I feel like in
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  Speaker 1: reading a lot of y'all's media down there, I feel
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  Speaker 1: like part of the storyline is that the way Jacksonville
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  Speaker 1: started it was welcome because it sounds like the Saints
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  Speaker 1: gave it to y'all pretty good last week in the
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  Speaker 1: joint practice are you guys kind of viewing this as
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  Speaker 1: like they responded like they had a rough week last
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  Speaker 1: week in respond that's kind of what it sounds like.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Mac, there's no doubt about that. That spot on
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  Speaker 3: William Cullen. Let's be honest. It was a little pissed
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  Speaker 3: about the New Orleans practice last week and the Jaguars
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  Speaker 3: didn't come out and respond. Now to the Jaguars and
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  Speaker 3: the Panthers credit, I mean I saw that nonsense out
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  Speaker 3: there with the Cowboys and the Saints. You had Scott
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  Speaker 3: Steiner's kid, you know, giving a German souplex to a guy.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, giving me a break. We're out here at
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  Speaker 3: practice football and not do WWE Although I didn't think
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  Speaker 3: that was hilarious. Son was involved there, but there were
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  Speaker 3: a couple of skirmishes. There was one early where the
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  Speaker 3: offensive line for Jacksonville kind of got involved a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: And Mac, I told you this on my show, Man.
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  Speaker 2: I told you Travon Merrick. I remember, we knew it
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  Speaker 2: was coming.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, when Britain Strange annihilated him in the opening day,
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  Speaker 3: I told you, I said, you watch, he's going to
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  Speaker 3: be involved in something. And sure enough, Marek kind of
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  Speaker 3: decleted one of the Jaguar wide receivers. I wasn't looking
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  Speaker 3: that caused the other little skirmish. But aside from those two,
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  Speaker 3: it was good work. But yeah, the Jaguars felt like
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  Speaker 3: they needed to respond. They thought the Saints took it
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  Speaker 3: to him a little bit last week, and I think
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  Speaker 3: Liam Cohen was pretty happy at some of the attitude
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  Speaker 3: and physicality the Jaguars had yesterday.
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  Speaker 4: Iran, Obviously we have a lot of Clemson fancier, so
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  Speaker 4: I want to ask you about Trevor Warrens specifically. What's
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  Speaker 4: the fan vibe around him right now? I know it's
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  Speaker 4: sort of been an up and down journey for him.
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  Speaker 4: He gets the big contract there, he was on a high,
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  Speaker 4: then he got injured on a well last year, Jacksonville
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  Speaker 4: wins thirteen games. What's the overall thought right now from
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  Speaker 4: the fan perspective on Trevor Warrence as the franchise qb Oh.
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  Speaker 2: They're really high.
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  Speaker 3: They're really high on him if you take into account
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  Speaker 3: his last year at Clemson. I mean, he's had four
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  Speaker 3: head coaches and four offensive coordinators in six years. It's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of turnover. Man, that's a lot of new playbooks,
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  Speaker 3: that's a lot of new terminology. But now with Liam Cohen.
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  Speaker 3: You really saw it towards the end of last year
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  Speaker 3: when the Jaguars went on that eight game winning streak,
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  Speaker 3: Trevor was probably playing the best football of his career.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's looked pretty good this offseason as well.
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  Speaker 3: And we're pretty happy down here with the wide receiving corps.
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  Speaker 3: I know Mack was here in the days of McCardell
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  Speaker 3: and Smith. Oh yeah, I don't know if it's going
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  Speaker 3: to be that necessarily, but when you have Brian Thomas junior,
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  Speaker 3: Jacoby Myers, I think Parker Washington, he's in a contract year.
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  Speaker 3: I think he could have a big year. Travis Hunter
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  Speaker 3: is going to be a factor on offense to some extent.
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  Speaker 3: With Britain Strange at tight end. I think Jaguar fans
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  Speaker 3: down here, guys are really intrigued at what this passing
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  Speaker 3: game could become. In year two of the Liam Cohen system.
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  Speaker 1: I think y'all are in a similar situation like whereas
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  Speaker 1: like the Panthers won the division last year, albeit with
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  Speaker 1: an eight to nine record. All Right, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: beat you to it, Ryan before you can throw that
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  Speaker 1: in there, But you look around and they're the third
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  Speaker 1: choice in Vegas to win their division, And it seems
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  Speaker 1: like a lot of new national media, you know, is not,
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  Speaker 1: you know, favoring them to repeat With the Jags, I
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  Speaker 1: wonder are y'all dealing with similar areage? You know, y'all
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  Speaker 1: won freaking thirteen games. That's a different ballpark of win total.
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  Speaker 1: But I almost feel like you look around, people are
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  Speaker 1: trying to pick right other teams in the South and
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  Speaker 1: maybe questioning can the Jaguars do it again? Are you
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  Speaker 1: feeling that from the national media and are you confident
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  Speaker 1: that they can follow up last year's season?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, there's no doubt.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Trevor Lawrence was a top five MVP finalist
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  Speaker 3: and Mack you look at the rankings for quarterbacks coming
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  Speaker 3: into the year, some rankings have him outside the top twelve.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, how do you finish top five MVP voting,
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  Speaker 3: you know, nine months ago, and now in your own position,
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  Speaker 3: you're considered outside the top dozen coming into the following year.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, that's preposterous. I mean, Liam Cohen really dives
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  Speaker 3: in to that lack of respect card, But I think
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  Speaker 3: it's played perfectly because there is a lack of respect
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  Speaker 3: when it comes to Jacksonville. The Houston stuff drives me crazy.
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  Speaker 2: And I understand that.
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  Speaker 3: Unfortunately hit Agains is out for the year, and that's
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  Speaker 3: a tough blow for them. But CJ. Stroud was horrifically
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  Speaker 3: bad in the playoffs last year. Can you imagine if
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  Speaker 3: that would have been Trevor Lawrence throwing four picks in
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  Speaker 3: a playoff loss last year, the ridicule he would have
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  Speaker 3: had for the last eight months. And for whatever reason,
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  Speaker 3: Stroud has gotten a pass and oh he's going to
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  Speaker 3: revert back to rookie form.
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  Speaker 2: Well we'll see.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, they have a great defense. For the
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  Speaker 3: last time I checked, you actually need to score points
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  Speaker 3: to win games. I'm pretty confident Jacksonville was going to
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  Speaker 3: repeat in this division because I do not believe in
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  Speaker 3: c J. Stroud of that Texan offense at all.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you bring up a good I think
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  Speaker 1: it is similar. I almost feel like the league views
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  Speaker 1: these teams kind of similar, like, ah, let me find
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  Speaker 1: someone else, right, they're not sexy enough, Let me find
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  Speaker 1: someone else, all right?
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  Speaker 2: Brother?
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  Speaker 1: Well, hey, we appreciate your getting rave reviews for your
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  Speaker 1: fairness on this interview. I thought you may come to
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  Speaker 1: come on and spike the football and say we obliterated
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars. That was a very fair breakdown from.
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  Speaker 2: You, Ryan.
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Check out here Ryan and ten ten
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  Speaker 1: xl if you're ever in Jacksonville, Org. You know you
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  Speaker 1: want to hear some Jacksonville stuff.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: He's on weeknights, does a great job. Thank you so much, brother,
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, mac Bone, it was a pleasure anytime. Guys. Awesome