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Jags HQ | The Most Important Game in Franchise History · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Welcome to jags HQ, presented by Fresh from Florida. JP
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Speaker 1: Shadrick and former Jaguar Jeff Logman sit down each week
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Speaker 1: with the decision makers of your Jacksonville Shaguars.
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Speaker 2: We're going to bring you a product that you all
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Speaker 1: Jaggs HQ presented by Fresh from Florida starts right now.
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Speaker 3: And welcome in.
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Speaker 4: It is jags HQ presented by Fresh from Florida from
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Speaker 4: Jeff Loganan today, EVP Tony Vasselli is in. We're awaiting
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Speaker 4: General Manager James Gladstowe who joins us right on Q
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Speaker 4: like he's done this before.
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Speaker 3: All Right, here we go in the week eighteen.
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Speaker 4: The Jaguars a win or a tie away from a
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Speaker 4: division title of Texans Lobster.
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Speaker 3: Tie could do it as well.
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Speaker 4: With the Jags rule right now, trying to finish this
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Speaker 4: regular season strong, guys, and the focus is one game
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Speaker 4: at a time in that one game this Sunday, one o'clock,
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Speaker 4: the Tennessee Titans in town.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, huge game.
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Speaker 6: I mean it's a division rival. I mean, everybody knows
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Speaker 6: the history of this, uh, this game, this team, the
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Speaker 6: Tennessee Titans, and and what it's meant to the organization.
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Speaker 6: What big game has been on the line, divisions have
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Speaker 6: been on the line, chances to go to the Super
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Speaker 6: Bowl ben on the line again, the chance to win
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Speaker 6: the Divisions on the line against the Titans.
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Speaker 5: And it's a It's a team that has a really good.
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Speaker 6: Defense and has been playing a lot of really good
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Speaker 6: football lately, scoring a lot of points on offense with
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Speaker 6: the young quarterback running the ball with Tony Pollard. So
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Speaker 6: they're coming in here. They made it clear, their coach
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Speaker 6: said it. They're coming in here to beat us and
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Speaker 6: make sure we don't win the division, as you would expect,
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Speaker 6: no different than we would be doing if we were
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Speaker 6: going there and trying to do the same thing. So
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Speaker 6: it's gonna be a great game, the biggest game in
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Speaker 6: the history of the franchise coming up, and it's another
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Speaker 6: opportunity for us to go out and prove who we
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Speaker 6: are as a team. And the style of play that
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Speaker 6: we have and put it out there and go see
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Speaker 6: what happens.
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Speaker 4: We had another biggest game in the history of the franchise, James,
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Speaker 4: and this one certainly does qualify division titles out there.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think at this stage our group understands the
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Speaker 2: weight of this well. At the same time, I think
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Speaker 2: there's focus on the idea that it's just want to know,
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Speaker 2: it's no different than any other that we played. In reality,
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Speaker 2: We've got to do our part, come through one play
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Speaker 2: to the next and see how after sixty minutes things unfold,
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Speaker 2: be happy with the result, knowing we can look in
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Speaker 2: the mirror and say we did what we needed to,
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Speaker 2: did what we could and go from there. So I'm
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Speaker 2: looking forward to obviously the remainder of this week and
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Speaker 2: the preparation that we have in front of us, knowing
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Speaker 2: that Sunday is going to be a great product for
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Speaker 2: our fan base to see in real time and be
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Speaker 2: able to, you know, hopefully see what we all want
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Speaker 2: at the end of it.
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Speaker 4: Division title certainly out there. The Jaguars can be any
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Speaker 4: seat except the four seed in the playoffs depending on
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Speaker 4: what happens in Week eighteen, but a win secures at
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Speaker 4: least the number three seed, and some other things have
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Speaker 4: to happen. We can go all kinds of directions with
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Speaker 4: the way the Jags have been playing lately, but let's
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Speaker 4: start with the quarterback play last week. Two turnovers in
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Speaker 4: the red zone, one on a fumble and the hooking
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Speaker 4: later will play. And then in the red zone two
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Speaker 4: minute drive before halftime, throws the interception but then finds
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Speaker 4: away with his legs and keeps scoring touchdowns. Two on
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Speaker 4: the ground last week for Lawrence, they're moving the ball
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Speaker 4: down the field, over four hundred yards of offense again
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Speaker 4: and he just continues to find ways James to get
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Speaker 4: his team down the field and into the end zone
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Speaker 4: more often than not.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been extremely impressive to watch, and you got
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Speaker 2: to appreciate just the zoomed out vantage point here of
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Speaker 2: our team winning in different ways and knowing that we
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Speaker 2: got into a deficit against the Colts, know not panicking.
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Speaker 2: The look in everybody's eyes remained fierce. You know, the
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Speaker 2: efficiency on both sides of this ball was there from
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Speaker 2: starting to finish. It was finishing, it was capping drives
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Speaker 2: the right way and luckily, by the time the clock
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Speaker 2: went down to zero. It was, in fact the case
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Speaker 2: more often than not, but to not flinch and to
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Speaker 2: see his poise, his toughness continue to show through. I mean,
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Speaker 2: there were throws throughout the course of that game where
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Speaker 2: he's stepping up into contact and delivering the ball in
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Speaker 2: places where only our wide receivers could get it, in
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Speaker 2: the instances where it was a challenge. Wide receivers are
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Speaker 2: coming through in some really big moments, and you know,
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Speaker 2: our offensive line being in position. You know, we've had
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Speaker 2: eight starting offensive line combinations throughout the course of this year,
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Speaker 2: and you know, to be able to continue to put
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Speaker 2: ourselves in positions to feel like we're not getting too
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Speaker 2: far behind the sticks consistently, and we're able to open
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Speaker 2: up running lanes and we're able to protect developed some
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Speaker 2: intermediate and third level concepts. You know, it's a really
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Speaker 2: impressive thing to see unfold here. And I think, as
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Speaker 2: I want to say we've alluded to a couple different
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Speaker 2: times throughout the course of this season on this show,
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Speaker 2: is look what we came into the season looking like
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Speaker 2: has evolved. And that's really inspiring, right, That's what you
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Speaker 2: want to see because what we were the first quarter
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Speaker 2: of the season wasn't who we were the next quarter
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Speaker 2: and who we were in the third quarter, and it's
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Speaker 2: not here who we are in.
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Speaker 5: The fourth quarter.
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Speaker 2: And I think that will continue to be the case
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Speaker 2: as we inch into the postseason, knowing that there's still
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Speaker 2: iterations of this team that we have yet to see
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Speaker 2: in different levels that we still have yet to breach.
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Speaker 4: Is there anything Jags trailed ten nothing last week's game?
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Speaker 4: There have been other games this year where the Jags
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Speaker 4: have trailed and rallied to come back and win, but
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Speaker 4: this was on a run of games where the Jaguars
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Speaker 4: are dominating opponents and winning by a large margin. Is it,
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Speaker 4: in any way a good thing that they had to
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Speaker 4: rally from ten last week?
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Speaker 7: Yeah?
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Speaker 5: I don't know if it's good or bad.
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Speaker 6: I think I think what showed up and what continues
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Speaker 6: to show up in credit to our coaching staff and
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Speaker 6: our players, is what James alluded to early is like, Hey,
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Speaker 6: we're gonna approach it. We've got to go win this game.
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Speaker 6: We want to zero and worry about how we play
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Speaker 6: the game, about us and the effort, the competitiveness, the toughness,
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Speaker 6: the style of play, and let the outcome be the outcome.
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Speaker 6: And I think the team showed that you know, we've
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Speaker 6: done We've won games a lot of different ways. We've
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Speaker 6: had a lot of different iterations this season. Is how
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Speaker 6: games have gone.
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Speaker 5: And this was a case where it did not go
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Speaker 5: our way.
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Speaker 6: Early, they got the lead, we had some turnovers that
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Speaker 6: put us behind the ball a little bit. But I
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Speaker 6: think what James said and kind of what Liam has
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Speaker 6: been preaching to this team and what this team believes
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Speaker 6: and who they are is they're just going to keep.
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Speaker 5: On playing, keep competing.
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Speaker 6: And because of that, you don't see a team that
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Speaker 6: panic at the game, didn't feel like, oh no, you
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Speaker 6: know we're behind, let's start pressing, let's trying to do
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Speaker 6: too much, Let's try to get you know, make the
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Speaker 6: big player, whatever that is. And instead of just hey,
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Speaker 6: let's go play the next down, let's play the next series,
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Speaker 6: Let's just keep on going and play our style and
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Speaker 6: see what happens when the clock's on triple zeros and
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Speaker 6: I think that needs to be approached this week against
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Speaker 6: a good Titan team coming to town, a good defense,
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Speaker 6: they got, you know a lot of people say, well
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Speaker 6: what do they have to play.
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Speaker 5: For, Well, they got a lot of good players, playing
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Speaker 5: for pride.
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Speaker 6: They got a Pro Bowl probably the best defensive player
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Speaker 6: or defensive linement in football, and Jeffrey Simmons. They got
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Speaker 6: electric putt return, they got a young quarterback. These are
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Speaker 6: guys that have pride and you can see it the
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Speaker 6: way they've played lately, and so we know that they're
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Speaker 6: going to come out and so our job is whether it's.
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Speaker 5: The Titans or the Colts or whoever we're.
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Speaker 6: Playing, understanding especially these division games are going to be
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Speaker 6: much more intense. We got to just come play our
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Speaker 6: style football and worry what happens when the clock's at
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Speaker 6: triple zero at that moment, until then to go play
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Speaker 6: each down and see what happens.
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Speaker 4: We'll get into the matchups coming up in a little bit,
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Speaker 4: the Jaguars and the Titans in Week eighteen. But James
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Speaker 4: Gladstone Tony Boselli with us on JAG's HQ. James, you
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Speaker 4: touched on it, and you can really make that case.
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Speaker 4: On the offensive line, these guys step it in. You said,
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Speaker 4: eight different lineups. Similar in the secondary. Early in the season,
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Speaker 4: they had a bunch of guys step in there. Jordan
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Speaker 4: Lewis is now down for the year. They're having to
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Speaker 4: do it a little bit again on the back end,
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Speaker 4: but having yeah, a full fifty three roster plus some
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Speaker 4: practice squad guys contribute week over week, and Tony on
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Speaker 4: the offensive line, especially the degree of difficulty of that
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Speaker 4: and maintaining consistency, it's huge.
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Speaker 5: It's credit to the guys.
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Speaker 6: It's credit to our coaches, whether you talk about the secondary,
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Speaker 6: what they've done our offensive line with the different combinations
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Speaker 6: of starters. You look at both cases, guys that you know.
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Speaker 6: I'll look at a guy like Walker little start of
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Speaker 6: the season, his left tackle gets injured, cold Van Landon
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Speaker 6: goes in there, starts playing very well, and next thing
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Speaker 6: you know, hey, Walker, we need you to play right
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Speaker 6: right guard. Did not blink, did not question it, said hey,
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Speaker 6: ready to go, jumps in and goes out mid game
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Speaker 6: and then comes in to start the game against Indianapolis
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Speaker 6: and gets the job done. You can do the same
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Speaker 6: thing at secondary. You look at the secondary guy like
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Speaker 6: Jarion Jones playing a lot of reps early, other guys
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Speaker 6: start playing, playing more of a special team's role. All
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Speaker 6: of a sudden, because of injuries opportunities, his performance is
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Speaker 6: now elevated into a more of a starting position, and
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Speaker 6: what does he do, goes out making plays, getting his
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Speaker 6: hands in the ball, big plays, big tackles, interceptions. It's
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Speaker 6: credit to those guys. And you can go down the
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Speaker 6: list on this team of guys who've come up, been
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Speaker 6: elevated from the practice squad, making impacts practice squad to
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Speaker 6: actor rock roster like a Matt Diggerson started the season
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Speaker 6: giving us great looks, earn the opportunity to be on
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Speaker 6: the fifty three. Now is playing significant STAPs and he's
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Speaker 6: doing a great job helping him stop the run. And
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Speaker 6: it's a credit to our coaches and our players that
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Speaker 6: it's an unsell this group that has become very close
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Speaker 6: knit and are playing together and playing for each other.
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Speaker 6: And when you do that, man, that's what that's what
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Speaker 6: being the team's all about. And we keep on seeing
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Speaker 6: it show up, and it's going to need to show
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Speaker 6: up for the rest of the season because you just don't
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Speaker 6: know what's going to happen in the course of any
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Speaker 6: game and who's going to need to be called upon
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Speaker 6: to make that play.
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Speaker 4: James, was there a point in the season where you
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Speaker 4: really saw that maybe turn It was happening early in
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Speaker 4: the season too, even though the results may not have
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Speaker 4: been there all the time, but is there a certain
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Speaker 4: part of the season where you're like, Okay, this.
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Speaker 3: Is where we're a pretty deep team.
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Speaker 4: We have guys that can contribute from all different parts
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Speaker 4: of the team, and then all of a sudden the
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Speaker 4: winning results come to When was that.
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Speaker 7: For you or was there a specific point?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's hard to There are so many things within
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Speaker 2: this space, right within a football space where there's there's
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Speaker 2: not necessarily a singular moment, but rather a gradual build.
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Speaker 2: Now you think back to our offseason approach and you
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Speaker 2: probably remember the phrase of raising the floor of the
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Speaker 2: football team. I remember it was a priority. And obviously,
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Speaker 2: through the core of any given football year, Uh, most
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Speaker 2: teams are gonna experience some version of attrition. There are
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Speaker 2: positions that typically experience a higher volume than most year
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Speaker 2: over year. But obviously we saw it across every single
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Speaker 2: position group, uh this season, with the exception being that
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Speaker 2: of our specialists.
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Speaker 3: Uh.
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Speaker 2: Now, if you think back to our Tennessee Titans.
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Speaker 3: Game, we did we did have to fill the gap
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Speaker 3: there for a.
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Speaker 2: Quarter, maybe a quarter and a half, but uh, you know,
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Speaker 2: cut he come back from from our guy there a
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Speaker 2: long snapper. But you know, Ross was definitely having a
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Speaker 2: fun day that day, battling through some stuff. He had
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Speaker 2: a warriors mentality, Uh, there's no question. But nonetheless, I think, uh,
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Speaker 2: a lot of the time it's opportunity. Uh, and I
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Speaker 2: think the belief, uh, the understanding that, look, there's gonna
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Speaker 2: be some leadership on the front end of a lot
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Speaker 2: of these groups, and guys are gonna have to be
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Speaker 2: accepting to that leadership been being the waiting for when
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Speaker 2: their opportunity strikes. And you know, we can mention a
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Speaker 2: ton of people as a part of this. But Antonio
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Speaker 2: Johnson has been playing some really good football and it
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Speaker 2: wasn't that he had starting spot labeled heading into this season,
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Speaker 2: but at this stage, I mean, every week he seems
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Speaker 2: to show up in a real way. I think that
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Speaker 2: that's pretty clear and evident. And you know when you
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Speaker 2: look across the other side of the ball and what
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Speaker 2: safeties typically line up against our tight ends. Quintin Moore
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Speaker 2: started on a practice squad as well and earned his
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Speaker 2: path through special teams and then I think most everybody
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Speaker 2: saw what he did against the Chargers as a starting
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Speaker 2: tight end and really solidified his place within the team.
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Speaker 2: So those contributors that allow us to endure a long
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Speaker 2: season have really shown shown up throughout the course of
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Speaker 2: not only the back end of the season, but really
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Speaker 2: when we hit our biggest injury bug in the middle
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Speaker 2: of the season the most, and that's just allowed for
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Speaker 2: as people began to get back in health. You feel
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Speaker 2: like there's quality depth behind those that we're seeing play
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Speaker 2: a high volume of snaffs and not being afraid of
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Speaker 2: what lies in front of us should somebody go down.
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Speaker 6: And I think so much of this it shows up
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Speaker 6: on game day, There's no doubt about that. And I
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Speaker 6: think that's where everybody can see at our fans as
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Speaker 6: you guys are watching JP. But I think what jumps
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Speaker 6: out of me is you watch the preparation. Because to
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Speaker 6: have the ability for multiple guys to step up into
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Speaker 6: multiple different roles, it takes a lot of work from
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Speaker 6: the individuals and the coaches, and I think one of
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Speaker 6: the things that this group has done throughout the season
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Speaker 6: is put the extra work in. I mean, you can
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Speaker 6: go look out and see our guys on their owns
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Speaker 6: on the practice fields, communicating, working together, calling their own meetings,
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Speaker 6: getting time in the meeting room together, going through it,
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Speaker 6: players helping players, not just the coaches are doing a
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Speaker 6: great job, but then these veteran players working with younger guys,
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Speaker 6: the communication being at a very high level throughout the week,
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Speaker 6: trying to prepare for the opponent that is coming up.
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Speaker 6: And that's where you're able to have multiple guys step
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Speaker 6: up on a Sunday when something happens where someone has
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Speaker 6: to be put into a position that maybe they aren't
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Speaker 6: used to playing or haven't got as many reps. But
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Speaker 6: because of that communication, because of the the unselfish nature
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Speaker 6: of these guys working together throughout the week and with
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Speaker 6: our coaching staff, that's the thing that jumps out, and
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Speaker 6: that's the thing that's fun. And the fun part is
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Speaker 6: when you see it be paid off and when you
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Speaker 6: see guys have success, and that's what we need to
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Speaker 6: continue to do.
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Speaker 5: We have a lot of work ahead of us.
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Speaker 6: We have accomplished nothing at this point, and so in Sundays,
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Speaker 6: the next test to go in the next opportunity, more
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Speaker 6: than anything, to go show that.
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Speaker 7: We'll come back and take a look at that opportunity.
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Speaker 4: And some of the matchups, including a guy that you
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Speaker 4: just mentioned a while ago, Jeffrey Simmons.
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Speaker 6: Pretty good player, pretty des Yeah, he's a good one,
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Speaker 6: pretty dee.
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Speaker 3: We'll take into how to block him when we come back.
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Speaker 3: It's jar that work Welcome back.
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Speaker 1: Jaggs HQ, presented by Fresh from Florida continues right now.
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Speaker 3: It is jags HQ.
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Speaker 5: Happy New Year to you.
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Speaker 4: We're on the Jaguars Radio Network. JP Shadwick, Jeff Logoman
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Speaker 4: is out this week. Tony Busselly and James Gladstone are in.
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Speaker 4: It's a workday. The Jaguars and the Titans coming up
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Speaker 4: week eighteen, EverBank Stadium. The game presented by Ticketmaster. There
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Speaker 3: Though.
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Speaker 4: The Titans come to town, they're out of the mix,
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Speaker 4: but they've got some players. As Tony you alluded to
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Speaker 4: earlier that I really want to play at a high level.
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Speaker 4: Jeffrey Simmons is a Pro Bowl selection at defensive tackle,
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Speaker 4: a career high ten sacks this year.
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Speaker 3: He's had a sack or more in all six.
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Speaker 4: Of his road games this year. Of both things, and
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Speaker 4: to fifty eight quarterback pressures. He leads all defensive tackles
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Speaker 4: and all those categories.
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Speaker 3: So how do you block him?
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Speaker 6: Well, Number one, he's the he is the best interior
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Speaker 6: defensive lineman in football. And it's not just rushing the passer.
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Speaker 6: He's outstanding versus the run as well. Him and Sweat
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Speaker 6: they're one technique and there make it very difficult. One
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Speaker 6: of the best rushing defenses really the back half of
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Speaker 6: the season in the NFL. They've done an outstanding job.
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Speaker 6: And so you got a guy who can play both
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Speaker 6: runner pass. He's a three down defensive lineman. And the
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Speaker 6: way you block him is you want to get four
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Speaker 6: hands on him as much as much as possible, and
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Speaker 6: so you want to make sure you identify where he
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Speaker 6: is and try to get as much of you know,
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Speaker 6: as many people and populate the area around him. You know,
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Speaker 6: we talk about all the time, you know, populating when
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Speaker 6: you have a great back and making sure you can
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Speaker 6: tackle him. Well, when you have a great defensive tackle
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Speaker 6: like Jeffrey Simmons, you got to account for him and
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Speaker 6: make sure you have a body on him and sometimes
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Speaker 6: two to make sure he can't wreck the game. And
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Speaker 6: got so much respect for him the way he's played
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Speaker 6: the game, you know, sometimes you see veteran players back
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Speaker 6: half of the season, the teams out of it, maybe
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Speaker 6: take the foot off the pedal, a little bit off
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Speaker 6: the gas and kind of slowed down a little bit.
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Speaker 6: Not this guy. I mean, this guy's playing last week.
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Speaker 6: He turned on the tape the first three plays of
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Speaker 6: the game. He's absolutely just wrecking the entire series. And
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Speaker 6: so it's something that we're aware of. Got a lot
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Speaker 6: of faith in our guys. The good news is they
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Speaker 6: played them a handful of weeks ago, so they understand
17:22
Speaker 6: the task at hand and the challenge that he's going
17:24
Speaker 6: to bring and and I believe our guys will be
17:27
Speaker 6: up to it. But it's not going to be an
17:28
Speaker 6: easy day. And you just gotta you gotta respect the player,
17:31
Speaker 6: get to respect who he is, and you have to
17:33
Speaker 6: understand what's in front of you and just account for
17:35
Speaker 6: it and go play ball.
17:36
Speaker 5: But boy, he's a fun one to watch when you're
17:38
Speaker 5: not playing it.
17:39
Speaker 4: When it's not we can't see it at the bank, James,
17:41
Speaker 4: I mean, you don't want to see him on the
17:42
Speaker 4: other side. So Tony thinks he's the best, is he
17:46
Speaker 4: He's right there at the top right in terms of
17:47
Speaker 4: defensive tackles in the league. What what stands out about. Yeah,
17:52
Speaker 4: it's just energy that he brings. It's not just it's
17:55
Speaker 4: talent during the game, but he's barking at people. I mean,
17:58
Speaker 4: he kind of brings life to that.
18:00
Speaker 2: Defense, undoubtedly, and he also brings, you know, power. So
18:05
Speaker 2: it's hard not to at least see the torque show
18:09
Speaker 2: up once or twice where an NFL offensive lineman is
18:13
Speaker 2: in fact being launched across the line of scrimmish public
18:21
Speaker 2: that's right, that's right. So that shows up quite frequently.
18:24
Speaker 2: But aside from from Jeff, you got sweat next to him,
18:30
Speaker 2: who is playing his best ball of his two year
18:33
Speaker 2: career to date. And so that rush defense is in
18:35
Speaker 2: fact a real problem for us to try to work through. Obviously,
18:42
Speaker 2: we have our work cut out for us, but like
18:44
Speaker 2: Tony alluded to, certainly feel good about this crop of
18:48
Speaker 2: guys that we have going into the game and the
18:50
Speaker 2: coaching staff developing the right plans to you know, try
18:53
Speaker 2: to attack it in the ways that it will allow
18:56
Speaker 2: us to see positive results. But beyond it, it's is
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Speaker 2: just going to require a group effort and all eleven.
19:03
Speaker 2: If we're thinking specifically about what our run game looks
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Speaker 2: like and how that can bear fruit here on Sunday.
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Speaker 4: What about the rest of the defense for the Titans.
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Speaker 4: There's some guys in lands and report this week the
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Speaker 4: back end, But what else stands out?
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Speaker 2: You know what that linebacking group, right, they're leading their
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Speaker 2: team in tackles, and Barton, who has been with a
19:22
Speaker 2: couple of teams, is getting his hand on the football.
19:24
Speaker 2: And you know, Sedric Gray, who's still on his rookie contract,
19:27
Speaker 2: is leading the team in tackles and is somebody that
19:30
Speaker 2: they should feel really good about moving forward because he's
19:32
Speaker 2: all over the field. And you know, obviously, when you
19:35
Speaker 2: have not only the front level, but the second level
19:37
Speaker 2: of the defense provide an impact and supporting the run,
19:42
Speaker 2: it can be a challenging aspect for the offensive line
19:45
Speaker 2: who's trying to take care of the first level but
19:47
Speaker 2: has to account for the second level as well as
19:49
Speaker 2: those guys scrape and create disruption. So obviously not an
19:52
Speaker 2: easy task, but certainly one that we're looking forward to.
19:56
Speaker 2: And you know, this, this team that we're facing, just
19:59
Speaker 2: like we've mentioned about us, right, has evolved over the
20:02
Speaker 2: course of the season. Well, this team has evolved over
20:04
Speaker 2: the last handful of weeks, right, we're about the face
20:07
Speaker 2: is a much different operation than what we did five
20:11
Speaker 2: weeks ago, and so not only defensively, when you look
20:15
Speaker 2: at the offensive side of the ball, the way that
20:17
Speaker 2: cam Ward's playing is much improved. It's much more efficient
20:21
Speaker 2: than when we last saw him. You know, the way
20:23
Speaker 2: he's taking care of the ball looks quite a bit
20:25
Speaker 2: different from both passes and pocket manipulation and where he's
20:31
Speaker 2: placing that ball in his hands. And you got to
20:33
Speaker 2: give those guys a ton of credit, in particular him
20:36
Speaker 2: because he looks like a matured quarterback and obviously has
20:41
Speaker 2: a really good feel for what he wants to get
20:44
Speaker 2: accomplished on each play at this point in comparison to
20:47
Speaker 2: many of the rookies that you see in the early
20:49
Speaker 2: going of the season, and with Poward running the way
20:52
Speaker 2: that he is and if he's able to find his footing,
20:55
Speaker 2: it can be a tough pair to really wrangle, especially
20:57
Speaker 2: when you got tight ends that they're really featuring as well.
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Speaker 4: What is the best part Awards game the last five
21:03
Speaker 4: weeks or so?
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Speaker 7: What stands out the most?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think because there was such a notable piece
21:08
Speaker 2: of it at the beginning of the season. It's his
21:10
Speaker 2: ball security, and it's not only as a passer, but
21:13
Speaker 2: like I said, went in the pocket and I think
21:16
Speaker 2: it was eight through the first half of the season
21:19
Speaker 2: on the fumble count. It's only been one since. Right,
21:21
Speaker 2: that's a big shift. So clearly he's not risking it
21:26
Speaker 2: as frequently or being as loose with it as he
21:28
Speaker 2: once was, and he's being very mindful while at the
21:31
Speaker 2: same time remaining a passer, and that's a dangerous combination.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think when you look at camra Ward, what
21:37
Speaker 6: he's doing in the pocket is he still extending plays,
21:41
Speaker 6: but he's being smart with the football. There's a better
21:43
Speaker 6: awareness as he's buying time. He's a natural guy. He
21:46
Speaker 6: has a natural ability just to find space in the pocket,
21:49
Speaker 6: and he's not necessarily going to be.
21:52
Speaker 5: A guy who wants to run first.
21:53
Speaker 6: He can run, he's athletic, but he's really a guy
21:56
Speaker 6: trying to use that harm and find someone down the
21:58
Speaker 6: field on an extended play. By watching the tape, you
22:01
Speaker 6: can see more awareness as he grows and gets more
22:04
Speaker 6: comfortable throughout this rookie season, and I think that's a
22:07
Speaker 6: big reason why you have better ball security from him.
22:11
Speaker 6: But also I think a big part of that is
22:13
Speaker 6: you got Tony Paller going. I mean, he's running the
22:16
Speaker 6: ball really good the last four or five.
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Speaker 7: Weeks, has three hundred yard games in that stretch.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, he's playing I mean in that offensive line is
22:21
Speaker 6: doing a good job of playing physical getting to the
22:24
Speaker 6: next level. And Tony Pollard, you know, he's a natural,
22:28
Speaker 6: he sees it very well, good vision between the tackles,
22:32
Speaker 6: and they're doing a great job there. And they've had
22:34
Speaker 6: a little bit of an RPO to their game as
22:36
Speaker 6: well with Cam Wore. That's really opened up some things
22:38
Speaker 6: for in both the run and pass. So the way
22:41
Speaker 6: what Mike McCoy's doing in their coaching staff with that
22:45
Speaker 6: young with the young quarterback in that office, and how.
22:48
Speaker 5: They continue to learn and continue to.
22:49
Speaker 6: Evolve to really fit what he does best and what
22:52
Speaker 6: their their players do best. Hats off to them because
22:56
Speaker 6: be easy just to be stuck in you know who
22:58
Speaker 6: you are, and hey, this is what we do and
23:00
Speaker 6: they got to figure it out. And no, this is
23:01
Speaker 6: a good coaching staff that's saying, hey, we're gonna evolve
23:04
Speaker 6: and put our players in the best position. And because
23:05
Speaker 6: of that, they're having success. They're moving the ball, they're
23:07
Speaker 6: scoring points. I believe since we've played them, I think
23:11
Speaker 6: they've scored over twenty five points almost every game.
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Speaker 5: Yes, every game too. And so they're putting points on
23:16
Speaker 5: the board.
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Speaker 6: And with that defense that has the ability to shut
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Speaker 6: the run down and make life difficult for it. It's
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Speaker 6: a tough matchup and we're gonna have our hands full.
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Speaker 6: It's gonna be a challenge this Sunday.
23:26
Speaker 4: Let's come back in a moment. We'll take a look
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Speaker 4: at week eighteen one more time. And yes, the moment
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Speaker 4: is here, the division title on the line, and does
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Speaker 4: that change any of your pregame tightness?
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Speaker 3: Go again?
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Speaker 7: How do you avoid all that? We'll get to that
23:42
Speaker 7: coming up.
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Speaker 3: Food for thought, Tony, I can tell the wheels are
23:45
Speaker 3: turning well.
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Speaker 5: I got some thoughts for you on that.
23:47
Speaker 7: I figured you probably did.
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Speaker 4: It's JAG's HQ on Jaguars Radio.
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Speaker 1: Welcome jags HQ presented by Fresh from Florida continues right now.
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Speaker 3: Welcome back.
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Speaker 4: It is jags HQ presented by Fresh from Florida. Final
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Speaker 4: moments with Tony Wceelly and James Gladstone J P. Shadwick
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Speaker 4: with you, No Jeff flagman this week Titans Jaguars.
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Speaker 3: The division title on the line in Week eighteen.
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Speaker 4: A win or a tie for the Jags in their
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Speaker 4: division champs or a Texans lost in tie. Don't worry
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Speaker 4: about that game. They are at the same time, of course,
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Speaker 4: on Sunday.
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Speaker 3: But it is finally here week eighteen, and hats and shirts.
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Speaker 7: Are on the line this week.
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Speaker 3: But they've I.
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Speaker 4: Mean technically they've kind of been on the line the
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Speaker 4: last month and a half. Ever since the game in Houston,
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Speaker 4: there's been really no room for error.
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Speaker 7: In the division.
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Speaker 6: I mean, as well as Houston Texans are playing, they've
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Speaker 6: been winning every week. And I mean, honest with you,
24:48
Speaker 6: you don't worry about it because the reality is is
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Speaker 6: the message we've had since day one is like, hey,
24:54
Speaker 6: we're gonna worry about us. It's about us. Let's go
24:57
Speaker 6: play our style. It's Week eighteen. It's the same approach
25:02
Speaker 6: we've We've operated the same way, we have the same schedule,
25:05
Speaker 6: we have the same practice, it's the same message. It's
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Speaker 6: about how we approach the game and how we play
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Speaker 6: the game. And Liam has said it multiple times, we'll
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Speaker 6: worry about the outcome at the end of the game.
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Speaker 5: Let's go.
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Speaker 6: Let's go play the game the right way. James said
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Speaker 6: it earlier in the show tonight. He says, like, let's
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Speaker 6: play the game in a way that when you look
25:27
Speaker 6: yourself in the mirror at the end of it, you
25:29
Speaker 6: can be happy with the effort. You can be happy
25:31
Speaker 6: with how you competed, how you play, type of teammate
25:35
Speaker 6: you were.
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Speaker 5: We go do that.
25:37
Speaker 6: We'll let the rest kind of take care of itself.
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Speaker 6: So with that, if you can, you have that, add Toude,
25:42
Speaker 6: this is the next opportunity, next chance to go one
25:45
Speaker 6: to zero, and then we'll worry about all the hoopla
25:48
Speaker 6: when whatever happens afterwards. Because if you start worrying about
25:51
Speaker 6: that now, JP, and you start going into the game
25:54
Speaker 6: and you know hat and T shirt game or the
25:56
Speaker 6: divisions on the line or whatever, well, now and you
26:00
Speaker 6: have distracted yourself when you're thinking about something outside of
26:03
Speaker 6: the very task that is in front of you, the
26:06
Speaker 6: very opportunity that's in front of you. And I think
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Speaker 6: our guys have done a great job this week the
26:12
Speaker 6: way they've approached it, because it's been no different than
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Speaker 6: any other week. And just like we went to Indy
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Speaker 6: last week, Hey, we got to go go, want to know,
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Speaker 6: win that game, and it's gonna be the same approach
26:24
Speaker 6: this week.
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Speaker 7: How's your feeling on it, James?
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Speaker 3: No typness here, right, nothing to add, fair enough love it?
26:32
Speaker 2: I tony to laugh because that's a yeah, we go
26:36
Speaker 2: off script a little bit.
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Speaker 5: So JW. Jordan one of our.
26:43
Speaker 2: Executives in player personnel. He long was so he came.
26:50
Speaker 2: He started his career in Indianapolis when they had their
26:53
Speaker 2: long run with Peyton Manning. He ends up joining the Rams,
26:57
Speaker 2: starting in Saint Louis, transitioning over to LA But over
27:01
Speaker 2: the course of the years that he was in the NFL,
27:04
Speaker 2: he would hear evaluations and people would follow each other
27:09
Speaker 2: up and just repeat the same thing one after the
27:13
Speaker 2: other about describing a player's skill set, and oftentimes it
27:17
Speaker 2: would be, hey, do you see it any differently than
27:20
Speaker 2: what was just described?
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Speaker 8: And person would respond with.
27:23
Speaker 2: No, and then repeat the same thing. But you know,
27:26
Speaker 2: I see the exact same thing, And so JDub would
27:30
Speaker 2: jokingly say, you know what I'm actually going to commit
27:34
Speaker 2: to when I hear something that I've aligned myself with
27:37
Speaker 2: or agree with and I want to say no, but
27:41
Speaker 2: and then fill in the blank with the exact same thing.
27:43
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna in fact stop it. Nothing to add, sure,
27:46
Speaker 2: close it right there. And so it's not an easy
27:49
Speaker 2: thing to do in the space. I can tell you
27:50
Speaker 2: that the best thing.
27:51
Speaker 6: Is it's become infectious throughout the attire. So we do,
27:56
Speaker 6: you know, evaluating players, whatever it is. And you constantly
27:59
Speaker 6: see the system in on calls and everything else. People
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Speaker 6: now going after someone says something nothing to add.
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Speaker 7: It's so efficient.
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Speaker 2: That way becomes much more efficient if it ends in
28:08
Speaker 2: fact true.
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Speaker 5: Now that that was a.
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Speaker 2: True moment, you don't except for a story.
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Speaker 3: I'm glad I got it.
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Speaker 5: Chuckle out of Tony, love.
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Speaker 3: It, Love it, Tony James, thanks for the time.
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Speaker 7: As always, guys, we appreciate it much appreciate it.
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Speaker 4: Tony Maselli, James Gladstone with us here on jags HQ.
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Speaker 4: Coming up in about ten minutes, we'll hear from Pride
28:31
Speaker 4: to the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor and his thoughts
28:34
Speaker 4: on this division matchup.
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Speaker 3: It's Jags HQ on the Jaguars Radio Network. Welcome Back.
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Speaker 1: Jaggs HQ presented by Fresh from Florida continues right now.
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Speaker 4: Jeff Flagaman Tonight our thanks to James Gladstone, the GM
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Speaker 4: of the Jaguars, Tony Bucelli, the EVP their weekly Thursday
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Speaker 4: appearance for half an hour or a little longer on
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Speaker 4: this program. And it's come down to week eighteen. The
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Speaker 4: Jaguars will win or a tie away from a division title.
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Speaker 4: They faced the Tennessee Titans this Sunday at one o'clock.
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Speaker 4: A Texans loss or tie could also do it. And
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Speaker 4: the message has been consistent, just go Wan to know
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Speaker 4: every week, not worry about all the hats and T
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Speaker 4: shirts and the banners and things that come with a
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Speaker 4: division title, because basically he's been on the line every
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Speaker 4: week since the game down in Houston when the Jaguars
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Speaker 4: blew the nineteen point lead in the fourth quarter. Both
29:48
Speaker 4: the Texans and the Jaguars seasons turned at that moment.
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Speaker 4: Jaguars haven't lost since, neither have the Texans, and the
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Speaker 4: Jaguars have had no room for error at all and
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Speaker 4: tried to handle and they've been able to handle their
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Speaker 4: own business, not truly worrying about what Houston's been doing.
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Speaker 4: Though both teams have been winning. We've been able to
30:09
Speaker 4: look at the standings and see it, of course, that
30:11
Speaker 4: they really have had no room for air. It's all
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Speaker 4: about from the Jaguars perspective, the next week's opponent, how
30:16
Speaker 4: do you get better as a team, And they've been
30:19
Speaker 4: able to do that in a lot of different ways.
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Speaker 4: Certainly defensively, they're playing really well against the run, number
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Speaker 4: one in the NFL this season. In run defense, they're
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Speaker 4: starting to get a little more pressure in the quarterback.
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Speaker 4: They could use a few more sacks, and they're one
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Speaker 4: of the best takeaway teams in the NFL this year,
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Speaker 4: number two in the league. I think they've tied the
30:38
Speaker 4: franchise record for interceptions already in a season. And then
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Speaker 4: on the offensive side of the play, the quarterback, Trevor Lawrence.
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Speaker 4: I mean, these guys talked about it just a moment ago.
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Speaker 4: He's been able to find ways to do it different
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Speaker 4: ways and get this offense down the field. Last week, No,
30:52
Speaker 4: they were moving the football and then had two red
30:55
Speaker 4: zone giveaways, the hook and lateral play and then the
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Speaker 4: throat of the end zone and the two minute drill
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Speaker 4: before halftime was intercepted. But then Lawrence found a way
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Speaker 4: with his legs and scored two touchdowns on the ground
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Speaker 4: last week, continuing his great run. So two or more
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Speaker 4: offensive touchdowns now in seven straight games. It's the Jaguars
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Speaker 4: record long reek streak for Trevor Lawrence. Of course, the
31:16
Speaker 4: Jags are on a seven game win streak so far
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Speaker 4: this season. They've scored twenty three or more nine straight games.
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Speaker 4: That's one short of the team record back in two
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Speaker 4: thousand and seven, and that's after averaging just under twenty
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Speaker 4: one points a game in the first seven weeks of
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Speaker 4: the year, and of course after the bye week, totally
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Speaker 4: different team thirty two points per game. So a lot
31:36
Speaker 4: going right for the Jaguars, but they needed to go
31:38
Speaker 4: right at least one more week in the regular season
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Speaker 4: and then it's onto the playoffs and we'll figure out
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Speaker 4: the location, winning, where and who coming up Sunday night,
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Speaker 4: after all the games are done.
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Speaker 7: We've got plenty ahead.
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Speaker 3: We're back in a moment.
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Speaker 4: We'll hear from prior to the Jaguars running back Fred
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Speaker 4: Taylor caught up with him earlier this week. A preview
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Speaker 4: of the conversation that will run on count to kickoff
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Speaker 4: It is Jags h Q JP Shadwick with you know
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Speaker 4: Jeff Logoman. This week our thanks to James Gladstone, the
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Speaker 4: us each and every week. We've had Liam Coleen a
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Speaker 4: handful of times on this program throughout the season, and
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Speaker 4: now we're into Week eighteen. The division title on the
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Speaker 4: line as the Jaguars hosts the Tennessee Titans. A winner
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Speaker 4: a tie for the Jaguars secures the fifth division title
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Speaker 4: in franchise history. In the thirty first season of Jaguars Football,
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Speaker 4: Sixty Minutes Away, one o'clock kickoff time this at EverBank Stadium.
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Speaker 4: Prior to the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor joins us
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Speaker 4: each week on Countdown to kick Off here on the
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Speaker 4: network an hour before kick and of course on Jaguars
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Speaker 4: postgame radio after the game for Instant Analysis. Caught up
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Speaker 4: with them earlier this week, and the Jaguars, of course
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Speaker 4: are facing a division rival for a second time, always
33:19
Speaker 4: an interesting challenge.
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Speaker 8: The prep is the prep.
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Speaker 9: Obviously, you come to work and a lot of things
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Speaker 9: will be you know, repetitive, and you'll do a lot
33:29
Speaker 9: of the same stuff, but there are also going to
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Speaker 9: be opportunities in that you know, three or four week
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Speaker 9: span film study. You want to keep your your core system,
33:40
Speaker 9: you know, intact, but you want to do those things better.
33:43
Speaker 9: You want to your dress rehearsal, that part is going
33:46
Speaker 9: to be more important to shift the motions, you know,
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Speaker 9: being able to take advantage of certain situations that they
33:52
Speaker 9: give you. In it's a tougher you know, chess match,
33:56
Speaker 9: because guys are going to be able to call out
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Speaker 9: things you do it just three weeks ago. That's why
34:02
Speaker 9: you know, he's dress rehearsal, making things look one way,
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Speaker 9: different formations from the offense, different disguises from the defense.
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Speaker 9: You know, who can tricker who the most, and who's
34:14
Speaker 9: paid the most attention, you know, and that span of time.
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Speaker 8: So in that JP, you don't always account for turnovers.
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Speaker 9: Right you go and you say, all right, this is
34:26
Speaker 9: what we have to do, this is what we have
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Speaker 9: to be good at.
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Speaker 8: We're going to run our system.
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Speaker 9: But you don't always account turnovers in that So taking
34:34
Speaker 9: care of the ball is probably going to be the
34:36
Speaker 9: most important thing when you play each other, you know,
34:39
Speaker 9: within just a few weeks.
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Speaker 4: Fret Taylor with us I have a question about Trevor Lawrence,
34:44
Speaker 4: and he's I think he's running this offense really efficiently overall.
34:49
Speaker 4: They moved the ball a bunch last week. But he's
34:51
Speaker 4: using his legs when he needs to a lot too.
34:54
Speaker 4: I mean, he's closing in on four thousand passing yards.
34:58
Speaker 4: It's like two hundred and sixty yards away. And if
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Speaker 4: he gets a rushing touchdown, he's like the third quarterback
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Speaker 4: in league history to have four thousand passing yards and
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Speaker 4: ten rushing scores in one season. That's pretty remarkable. And
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Speaker 4: they figured out a way. He knows how to utilize
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Speaker 4: his legs.
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Speaker 8: Hey, JP.
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Speaker 9: I love the question first and foremost because I love
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Speaker 9: the fact that they're finally finding a way to utilize
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Speaker 9: his full ability. We've always thought that he had the potential.
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Speaker 9: Did he maximize it?
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Speaker 8: No?
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Speaker 9: Did some of the coordinators hold him back? Maybe so,
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Speaker 9: because I remember, I wish I could go back and
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Speaker 9: pinpoint some of the interviews or postgame moments where you know,
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Speaker 9: I asked for Trevor to be seen more in the
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Speaker 9: boot game, you know, the RPO game, you know those
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Speaker 9: sort of things, because this is what he did great
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Speaker 9: at Clemson. You know, you go back and look at
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Speaker 9: some of those highlights, you know you would see Trevor
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Speaker 9: just running down the field and not short runs, but
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Speaker 9: long runs in those highlights. So they're at a point
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Speaker 9: where you know, they're not just they've taken off the
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Speaker 9: training wheels. They're not thinking, let's just protect our quarterback.
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Speaker 9: They're leaving that up to the quarterback to be smart,
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Speaker 9: knowing when to get down, knowing when not to take
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Speaker 9: the big shots. You know, you look at a year ago.
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Speaker 9: I believe it was a year ago versus the Texans
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Speaker 9: when he took that big shot in Jacksonville. I can't
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Speaker 9: think of the linebacker's name right.
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Speaker 3: Now, Shire as he's out shir correct.
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Speaker 9: And I think since then, Trevor's been a much smarter
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Speaker 9: player and what he's doing when he's out of the
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Speaker 9: pocket and running the ball, and that's been an asset
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Speaker 9: for the offense. When you look at a boot game,
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Speaker 9: the naked game, he's made tremendous throws on the run, throwing,
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Speaker 9: getting the ball to the tight end, which a lot
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Speaker 9: of times being out of the pocket, cross the routs,
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Speaker 9: these different things by design, he's taken full advantage of it.
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Speaker 8: The screen game, it's the tight end screen game.
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Speaker 9: So Liam, I think again, he just took the training
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Speaker 9: wheels off and say I'm gonna call it this way.
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Speaker 9: I'm gonna trust you to be smart in your pros, Trevor,
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Speaker 9: and they're maximizing his full potential.
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Speaker 8: Man, it's a great thing to witness.
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Speaker 4: That's part of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. The
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Speaker 4: full conversation soon on the Jaguars Podcast Network and on
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Speaker 4: Countdown to Kickoff Sunday ahead of the Titans Jaguars matchup.
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Speaker 4: As we mentioned there, Lawrence needing two hundred and forty
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Speaker 4: eight or more passing yards and one rushing touchdown to
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Speaker 4: become the third player in NFL history to have four
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Speaker 4: thousand passing yards and ten or more rushing touchdowns in
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Speaker 4: a season. The other two twenty twenty three, Josh Allen
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Speaker 4: of the Bills, twenty eleven, Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers.
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Speaker 4: Elite company. There, Lawrence can get it done this week.
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Speaker 4: Most importantly, they need a winning result for the division
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Speaker 4: title winner. A tie over the Titans and the Jags
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Speaker 4: would win the AFC South. We're back in a moment
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Speaker 4: plenty ahead as the Jaguars prepare for Week eighteen. It's
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Speaker 4: Jags HQ on Jaguars Radio.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back, Jaggs HQ, presented by Fresh from Florida. Continues,
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Speaker 1: right now.
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Speaker 10: Is just stopping a run, you know, playing our playing
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Speaker 10: our running a defense, stopping and run. I think that
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Speaker 10: first drive they kind of went all the way down
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Speaker 10: the field running the ball. They came out, big personnel
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Speaker 10: ran the ball. So for us understanding that, so obviously
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Speaker 10: you know we stopped the run. You know, find opportunities
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Speaker 10: to get after the passer.
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Speaker 1: Uh.
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Speaker 10: He's been doing a head with a job as well,
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Speaker 10: escaping and making big plays for the play, making big
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Speaker 10: place for that team. So again, this is a good
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Speaker 10: team and you know we're excited for the challenge and
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Speaker 10: just closing it the way we're supposed to.
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Speaker 4: Josh heinz Allen, Jaguars Defensive End, Welcome back. It's Shaggs HQ,
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Speaker 4: presented by Fresh from Florida, JP Shadwick with you Jeff
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Speaker 4: log him out this week. Our thanks to James Gladstone,
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Speaker 4: Tony Boselli, the GM and the E v P respectively
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Speaker 4: joining us in the first half.
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Speaker 3: Hour each and every week.
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Speaker 4: And heinz Allen, they are talking about cam Ward and
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Speaker 4: this Titans offense that in the last meeting back in
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Speaker 4: week thirteen, on their opening possession, went down the field
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Speaker 4: eleven plays, seventy yards and just under six minutes, had
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Speaker 4: to settle for a twenty eight yard field goal, and
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Speaker 4: they were dashing the Jaguars in the run game.
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Speaker 7: On that opening drive.
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Speaker 4: Tony Pollard had thirty six of his sixty rushing yards
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Speaker 4: for the day in the first quarter and much of
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Speaker 4: that on that drive. Jags made the adjustment defensively and
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Speaker 4: they've been fantastic, as heinz Allen there alluded to against
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Speaker 4: the run. They're number one in the league in run defense.
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Speaker 4: Of course, they've allowed just under sixteen points per game
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Speaker 4: since Week eleven. That's tied for the fewest in the
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Speaker 4: NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, and twenty or fewer points
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Speaker 4: in five straight games. So this Jags defense has been suffocating.
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Speaker 4: They have thirty takeaways this year, second most in the league,
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Speaker 4: and that's now three shy of the Jaguars record Back
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Speaker 4: in twenty seventeen, that Saxonville team had thirty three takeaways
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Speaker 4: that year.
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Speaker 3: Wow.
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Speaker 4: Of course, last year only nine takeaways for the Jaguars defense.
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Speaker 4: That turnaround has been remarkable in so many ways. So
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Speaker 4: many new faces on the back end of the Jaguars
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Speaker 4: defense this year and the secondary and of course the
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Speaker 4: new scheme Anthony Evanelli really getting this team together on
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Speaker 4: the defensive side of the football. And this time they're
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Speaker 4: facing cam Ward, who's got the Titans rolling a little
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Speaker 4: bit over the last four games.
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Speaker 3: Or two and two.
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Speaker 4: They were one and eleven after that Week thirteen loss
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Speaker 4: to the Jaguars, but now the Titans have scored twenty
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Speaker 4: four more points in each of those four games, and
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Speaker 4: a lot of that is cam Ward. He has taken
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Speaker 4: a bunch of sacks this year. He had some issues
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Speaker 4: early in the season, but now he has two touchdowns
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Speaker 4: passing in three straight games and is starting to find
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Speaker 4: a little bit of a stride late in the season.
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Speaker 4: Can't let him hit the stride on Sunday, of course,
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Speaker 4: and can't let that run game get going to give
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Speaker 4: him a balance at all. Chigakonquo, the tight end is
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Speaker 4: the leading receiver for Tennessee this year. That kind of
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Speaker 4: tells you what's been going on most of the season.
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Speaker 4: But they're finding some kind of life offensively and a
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Speaker 4: little bit of something with cam ward the number one
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Speaker 4: overall pick last year out of the University of Miami.
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Speaker 4: So it's up to the Jaguars to keep him contained.
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Speaker 4: He can move the pocket and move out of the pocket,
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Speaker 4: extend plays and the pass rush certainly stopping the run,
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Speaker 4: as key assigins Allen said, but that gives you the
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Speaker 4: opportunity to go rush the passer, which you'll have to
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Speaker 4: do this week against cam Warden and another win for
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Speaker 4: the Jaguars, they would be division champs. We're back at
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Speaker 4: the moment. We'll look at the playoff scenarios and wrap
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Speaker 4: it up. What a show it has been. It's jaggs
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Speaker 4: HQ on Jaguars Radio.
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Speaker 1: Welcome Back jaggs HQ presented by Fresh from Florida continues
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Speaker 1: right now.
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Speaker 4: Welcome back final moments of jaggs HQ on this New
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Speaker 4: Year's I'm glad you're along with us. Happy New Year
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Speaker 4: to you, JP Shadrick, No, Jeff Blagovan, thanks to James Gladstone,
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Speaker 4: Tony Boselli. It's week eighteen, so of course the AFC
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Speaker 4: South comes down to the final day. A Jaguars winner
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Speaker 4: tie over the Titans would secure the division title for
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Speaker 4: the Jaguars and a thirteen win season, which is remarkable.
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Speaker 4: It could also use a Texans loss or tie in
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Speaker 4: their game against the Colts for the Jaguars to secure
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Speaker 4: to the division title. And they put the games at
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Speaker 4: the same time one o'clock on Sunday, so you cannot
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Speaker 4: have different game times of games that could affect each other.
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Speaker 4: There are other clinching scenarios. Denver clinches the number one
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Speaker 4: seed with a win over the Chargers, which the Chargers
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Speaker 4: are not playing their quarterback and some other starters, a
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Speaker 4: New England loss and a Jaguars loss or a tie
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Speaker 4: against the Chargers and a New England loss, so Denver
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Speaker 4: is closing in on that number one seed.
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Speaker 3: A'll win and they can get it.
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Speaker 4: Patriots could clinch the number one seed with a better
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Speaker 4: result than Denver a win and a Denver loss, or
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Speaker 4: a tie and.
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Speaker 3: A Denver loss.
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Speaker 7: New England would be the number one seed.
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Speaker 4: The Jaguars still could be the number one seed if
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Speaker 4: both the Broncos and Patriots lose and the Jaguars win,
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Speaker 4: The Jaggs would be the number one seed. Three percent
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Speaker 4: chance of that happening according to next Gen Stats, but
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Speaker 4: as possible. Jaguars actually have the most possible seed scenarios
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Speaker 4: of NFL team of any team in the league entering
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Speaker 4: Week eighteen, so the Jags could still be the one, two, three, five, six,
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Speaker 4: or seven seed based on the outcomes in Week eighteen.
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Speaker 4: Other AFC clinching scenarios, of course, Houston would clinch the
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Speaker 4: division with a win.
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Speaker 3: Anna Jacksonville loss.
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Speaker 4: The Steelers would clinch the AFC North with a win
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Speaker 4: or tie against Baltimore. That's on Sunday Night Football, the
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Speaker 4: final game of the season.
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Speaker 3: Baltimore wins the division with.
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Speaker 4: A win at Pittsburgh in that game, so that's the
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Speaker 4: AFC scenarios We've got some of the NFC as well.
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Speaker 4: Seahawks would clinch the division and a number one seed
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Speaker 4: with a win at San Francisco that Saturday night. San
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Speaker 4: Francisco would win it and the number one seed if
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Speaker 4: they get the win. The NFC South up for grabs
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Speaker 4: as well. Panthers wouldn't get it with a win. If
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Speaker 4: the Bucks win, they need a Saints win over the
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Speaker 4: Falcons to get the job done. Thanks to our entire
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Speaker 4: crew or thanks to Tony Basseli, James Gladstone, Joe Fortunado,
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Speaker 4: Brent Reever, David Choe.
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Speaker 3: Thanks to you for listening and watching.
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