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Manhertz on peaking at the right time | Jaguars Happy Hour: Thursday, January 5 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: It's Thursday, January five. This is Jaguars Happy Hour. And
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Speaker 1: now a guy whose motto is it was always the
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Speaker 1: pork butt j Peace shad Rick, you got that right.
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Speaker 1: Welcome in. It's Jaguars Happy Hour. It is Thursday, it
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Speaker 1: is week eighteen. There's a lot going on around t
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Speaker 1: I A bank Field. We've got a busy two hours ahead.
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Speaker 1: We'll here on Jaguars Happy Hour. It's analyst Jeff Lockman
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Speaker 1: coming out. We're here from tight End. Chris man Hurt
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Speaker 1: jointing us in studio in just moments. The de facto
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Speaker 1: a f C South Championship game this Saturday night, eight fifteen.
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Speaker 1: Kickoff time at t I A bank Field, and then
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Speaker 1: at five o'clock it's the Doug Peterson Show. We'll hear
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Speaker 1: from the Jaguars head coach on his thoughts of the
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Speaker 1: week leading up to this game. Let's start with the
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Speaker 1: head coach earlier today, big Bowl game of course, Saturday night.
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Speaker 1: But it's important to pace yourself business as usual, you know,
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Speaker 1: mentality and you know we understand it's still it's you know,
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Speaker 1: it's a regular season week, a team game. It's the
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Speaker 1: last game of the regular season, and you know, obviously
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Speaker 1: a lot of steak um, but at the same time,
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Speaker 1: you know, you just just say, hey, listen, you know
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Speaker 1: what got us here, and you just got to lean
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Speaker 1: on that right and lean on the positive there and
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Speaker 1: and um, you know again it goes back to the
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Speaker 1: you know, the turnover battle. You know, you just can't
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Speaker 1: you can't give the ball up and you try to
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Speaker 1: take them all the way the best you can, and
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Speaker 1: but you know, really you just you just stay stay
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Speaker 1: with what got you here. You know, trust that, trust
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Speaker 1: the players, um, put a great game plan together and
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Speaker 1: then go play. Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars quarterback. Earlier this week,
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Speaker 1: after this Jaguars team was two and six to start
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Speaker 1: the season, they turned the corner and there now and
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Speaker 1: even eight and eight, he knew that head coach to
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Speaker 1: do it all along. I mean, we've known that that
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Speaker 1: this game was coming for a while and that this
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Speaker 1: is where we wanted to be Week eight team. I mean,
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Speaker 1: coach coach Peterson said it a few weeks ago. You know,
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Speaker 1: He's like, I got a crystal ball. It's gonna the
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Speaker 1: thing's gonna come down a Week eight team, and we're
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Speaker 1: gonna have a shot. And we we just all we
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Speaker 1: jumped on board, we believed it, we kept in the
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Speaker 1: work and look we're here now. So that's Trevor Lawrence
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Speaker 1: of course. And then today the defense in the locker
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Speaker 1: room discussing the matchup against Derrick Henry. You better bring
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Speaker 1: more than one to tackle him. That's that's any back
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Speaker 1: man are a number one responsibility of the defenses to
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Speaker 1: stop the run, and then that can open up opportunities
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Speaker 1: for us to get to the passer. But the easiest
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Speaker 1: thing to do, and I just feel I learned it
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Speaker 1: Earlie just to turn around and hand the ball on.
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Speaker 1: So if they'd continue to do that, they can get
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Speaker 1: the pops with the laws. You no matter what we do,
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Speaker 1: we was gonna stop the run. We're not gonna be
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Speaker 1: able to you know, the finals opportunities. Um so he
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Speaker 1: had a problem, numb more to stop the run. I
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Speaker 1: think all know that. I think dav par already Number
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Speaker 1: one is to run the ball. Uh So, you know
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Speaker 1: we wanted to be physical front were not to get
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Speaker 1: to the glenna back then we got to Hey Hart,
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Speaker 1: it sounds simple to me. Not as simple as it sounds, though,
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Speaker 1: And all the press conferences and locker rooms sound available
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Speaker 1: on Jaguars dot Com and Jaguars Social media. It's Jaguars
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Speaker 1: Happy Hour. It's Thursday. That means Jeff Loghaman is with
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Speaker 1: us Jaguars analyst, and it means tight end. Chris man
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Speaker 1: Hurts joining us in studio as well. Good afternoon, Chris
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Speaker 1: doing great. Good to see it. It's Week eighteen, big
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Speaker 1: ball game, a f C South Championship. All that's the
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Speaker 1: big that's hot, the lights are on, it's prime time.
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Speaker 1: But it's still just another football game, right, You guys
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Speaker 1: have to go execute it like you've done the last
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Speaker 1: month or so or back half of the season. And
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Speaker 1: that's the tough challenge this week. Right, It's it's all
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Speaker 1: the excitement combined with just having to go play exactly that. Um,
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Speaker 1: we know it's a big week. It is just another game,
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Speaker 1: but at the same time we realized that, you know,
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Speaker 1: it's either you win or you go home. Um, and
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Speaker 1: you know we've put together a great week of work
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Speaker 1: of practice and and feeling prepared for that. So we're
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Speaker 1: heading and feeling good about it. So I was gonna
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Speaker 1: ask you about playing under the lights Friday night, but
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Speaker 1: you didn't do that, right. I think you were a
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Speaker 1: basketball player. But uh, night games national TV always have
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Speaker 1: a little extra something, and that extra something is is
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Speaker 1: that everybody's watching, everybody in the country. Stadium is gonna
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Speaker 1: be packed, and most importantly, the guys that you play
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Speaker 1: in the league with her watching, And that's something does
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Speaker 1: not make it more important. Yeah, it makes it way
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Speaker 1: more important. Um, but we know that during the week,
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Speaker 1: especially having a late game, I think it's also equally
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Speaker 1: as important for guys to I guess, peek at the
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Speaker 1: right time, whether that be physically emotions are gonna be high,
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Speaker 1: but regulating our emotions throughout the week, making sure that
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Speaker 1: you know, obviously we're excited, we're gonna be prepared, but
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Speaker 1: we're not going to peek at the wrong time. And
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Speaker 1: I think that that's important a lot of times with
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Speaker 1: a night game, to build up a big game, and
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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you get into like play ten
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Speaker 1: of the game, and it feels like play fifty because
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Speaker 1: you're emotionally drained. And so I'm sure that your head
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Speaker 1: coach has been teaching, Hey, let's just remember it's just
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Speaker 1: a game. Let's make sure that we're not doing too
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Speaker 1: much before the game, make sure that we're getting our rest,
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Speaker 1: making sure that we're keeping our emotions in check. All
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Speaker 1: of those things right, absolutely, and you know overall, you know,
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Speaker 1: you you you think about that going into the game,
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Speaker 1: but once the game starts, you know, the butterflies get
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Speaker 1: out your system. It's just a ball, you know. So
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Speaker 1: we're just focused on doing the simple things better, uh,
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Speaker 1: continuing to stick with our process and uh, you know,
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Speaker 1: be prepared to win this game. You don't need guys
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Speaker 1: like running down the hall of the hotel coming out
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Speaker 1: of the tunnel at like two in the afternoon. That
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Speaker 1: would be peaking too earlier. No need, no need for that.
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Speaker 1: Save that for the run out of the tunnel. Let's
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Speaker 1: focus on a couple of key players for this Titans defense.
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Speaker 1: This is a group it's really good against the run obviously,
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Speaker 1: and you know, Lugs. I don't know if you agree
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Speaker 1: me on this and Chris, but I mean, Jeffrey Simmons
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Speaker 1: is really one of the top guys at that position
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. Chris, what stands out when you see
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Speaker 1: we saw him just a few weeks ago, but what
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Speaker 1: stands out when he pops out on tape? I mean
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Speaker 1: for him as an interior d lineman Um obviously pretty athletic,
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Speaker 1: um heavy handed, stout in the run game, and is
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Speaker 1: a great pass rusher as well. So obviously, you know,
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Speaker 1: on a week to week basis, we have to prepare
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Speaker 1: and have a plan for guys like this, So, um
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Speaker 1: we we definitely will be prepared for that. Yeah, he's
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Speaker 1: kind of that guy, kind of the rare blend of
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Speaker 1: good against the past as far as being a pass
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Speaker 1: rusher and then also really strong against the run. A
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Speaker 1: lot of the defensive tackles that get a lot of
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Speaker 1: the notoriety of the guys that rushed the pass rushed
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Speaker 1: the passer. But this is a real balanced guy. And
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Speaker 1: the guy that plays alongside next to him, Tierre Tart,
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Speaker 1: is a big, strong dude as well. And those two
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Speaker 1: in the middle, they make it pretty tough on offenses
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Speaker 1: because they can control the lot of scrimmage absolutely right. Um,
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Speaker 1: And that I assume you're talking about his Oultrey number
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Speaker 1: ninety is it ninety eight or ninety six. I know
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Speaker 1: that he's been Simmons Simmons. I know that he's been
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Speaker 1: out for quite a role while due to due to
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Speaker 1: an injury. But he's another guy that stands out. He's big,
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Speaker 1: he's long, he's strong, he's stouted in the run game.
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Speaker 1: So we have to bring our lunch payer for him.
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Speaker 1: One of the guys that didn't play the last matchup
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Speaker 1: that you probably might see his din ego autry. Uh,
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Speaker 1: their best probably edge player. UM, a guy that you
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Speaker 1: may end up seeing on the outside of the line
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Speaker 1: of scrimmage. What does this what does this player bring? Uh,
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Speaker 1: he's been in the league for quite a role. But
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Speaker 1: like I said, he's he's he's pretty big, he's probably
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Speaker 1: two hundred seventy pounds, stout in the run game. UM,
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Speaker 1: and as a tight end. Preparing for that matchup, we
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Speaker 1: have to do everything right. You know, the margin for
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Speaker 1: error is very limited. Our our technique has to be right,
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Speaker 1: our hands have to be right, and more importantly, our
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Speaker 1: physicality at the point of attack, if needby, has to
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Speaker 1: be right as well. It's crazy to watch the Titans.
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Speaker 1: I mean, they're one of the top defenses in the
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Speaker 1: league against the run. The last time that you guys
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Speaker 1: faced him, it was tough sledding, you know. And then
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Speaker 1: that's Look, that's the reality when you play the Tennessee Titans.
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Speaker 1: That's kind of a you know, what's the best way
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Speaker 1: to put a kind of the backyard brawl game, I
8:22
Speaker 1: guess you could say against the Tennessee Titans. And that's
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Speaker 1: just the way that they've played ball and that's and
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Speaker 1: I think part of that is personnel driven, but also
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Speaker 1: part of that is the mentality of their head coach,
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Speaker 1: Mike Ravell, because he's an old linebacker, played in the
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Speaker 1: league and you know, tough guy, you know, kind of
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Speaker 1: that same mentality. Yeah, we always know coming into games
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Speaker 1: like these, you know it's gonna be at pretty physical game.
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Speaker 1: So you know, getting ready for the game a couple
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Speaker 1: of days before the game, night before the game, we
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Speaker 1: we already had that mindset that, you know, we have
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Speaker 1: to be the more physical team to uh give give
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Speaker 1: ourselves a chance to be successful in at the end
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Speaker 1: of the game. By the way, Jeffrey Simmons was on
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Speaker 1: the report again this week with an ankle but limited
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Speaker 1: all he's off the report, he's he's clear to play.
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Speaker 1: Niko Aultrey biceps injury full all week, not on the
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Speaker 1: report either. So those guys are good to go. They're playing.
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Speaker 1: They're gonna play for sure. Hey, and we mentioned it.
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Speaker 1: You know, this is a really good group against the
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Speaker 1: run their second in the league against the run this season. Well,
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Speaker 1: last week, the Jaguars offense did pretty well in the
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Speaker 1: run game logs and put together a great outing in Houston,
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Speaker 1: and this guy sitting between us led the way and
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Speaker 1: in a big way, certainly on the big touchdown run logs. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: sixty two yard run that Travis et N had the
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Speaker 1: way we can show it here up on a video
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Speaker 1: screen because when it happened, Chris, you're essentially a wing
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Speaker 1: on the left side and you're gonna be blocking or
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Speaker 1: or concrow. Did I say that right? JP? Its orty five. Okay,
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Speaker 1: let's the defensive Then for the Texans you collapse them
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Speaker 1: all the way down and that really allows a much
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Speaker 1: bigger hole for E. T N to hit two great
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Speaker 1: blocks to the outside. Also, I know that you appreciated
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Speaker 1: Christian Kirk and z A. Jones on the outside, but man,
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Speaker 1: this is a thing of beauty. Nice job blocking. I
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Speaker 1: appreciate that. And um, I have to give a lot
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Speaker 1: of credit to Travis as well. Um, this is not
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Speaker 1: an easy thing to do as far as being as
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Speaker 1: instinctive as he is in the run game. His biggest
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Speaker 1: key in that particular play was reading the mike um
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Speaker 1: and and whichever way the mike went, he obviously has
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Speaker 1: to make a read and go opposite. So he made
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Speaker 1: a quick move red all blocks pretty well and it
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Speaker 1: was a well executed play. Yeah, when I did this
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Speaker 1: play with Phil Rauscher, defensive line coach, in the film
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Speaker 1: room this week for some Jaguars television it's on Jaguars YouTube,
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Speaker 1: and he pointed to what you just talked about about,
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Speaker 1: how the quick decision by e t n because he
10:45
Speaker 1: actually they're showing like an inside zone going the other way,
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Speaker 1: and the two linebackers literally, you guys don't have to
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Speaker 1: block him at all because the action itself pulls them
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Speaker 1: into where Phil called it Davy Jones locker, which means
11:00
Speaker 1: they were going to the line of scrimmage and they
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Speaker 1: couldn't get out, you know, they couldn't find a way
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Speaker 1: to get back to the outside. But then the blocks
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Speaker 1: by you, Christian Kirk and Za Jones on the outside
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Speaker 1: were exceptional. But then the thing that always impresses me
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Speaker 1: is what speed does to tackling, because when when Travis
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Speaker 1: hits that, he hits it with such authority and speed.
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Speaker 1: Now you've got two guys that are coming in one
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Speaker 1: of them a cornerback, and one of them the safety.
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Speaker 1: Safety is Petrie the cornerback makes a total business this
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Speaker 1: decision and says, I don't want any part of this
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Speaker 1: running back running full speed. But then Petrie the safety
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Speaker 1: ends up not having the angle just because of the
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Speaker 1: speed in which Travis runs that play through there. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: and he's one of those guys that he's as good
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Speaker 1: as I've seen once he puts his foot in the
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Speaker 1: ground and just hits it. So, um, kudos to him.
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Speaker 1: Great play. Um, I'm probably sure that you know that's
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Speaker 1: not gonna be the last time we're gonna see something
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Speaker 1: like that. Now you had he had another longer run
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Speaker 1: in the ball game and it was the same exact
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Speaker 1: play and you were also a big part of that
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Speaker 1: as well, And so a good job and that was nice. Man.
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Speaker 1: The guy gets over hundred yards again. Now he's over
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Speaker 1: eleven hundred yards rushing in his first really the first
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Speaker 1: year of his career. I mean, that's outstanding. Yeah, that's good.
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Speaker 1: So as a running back, you know, back in the day,
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Speaker 1: and if you talked to I'm gonna ask you if
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Speaker 1: you've talked to Travis about this back in the day.
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Speaker 1: When running backs used to get a thousand yards, they
12:22
Speaker 1: would buy the block or something. You know, the offensive lineman,
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Speaker 1: the tight ends, and so you know any gifts coming
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Speaker 1: your way from the first round pick running back, Well,
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Speaker 1: the season is not over yet, so I assume there's
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Speaker 1: probably something in the works unless you know something more
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Speaker 1: than I do. I mean it's something like Trevor gave
12:40
Speaker 1: golf clubs out I think last year to the offensive lineman. Right,
12:43
Speaker 1: they all got big watches a while back to you
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Speaker 1: one of those and I don't make the cut. Didn't
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Speaker 1: make the cut. You know, he's a young player, Chris,
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Speaker 1: so you need to you need to kind of instruct
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Speaker 1: him on how things are in the National Football League
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Speaker 1: and that when you hit a thousand yards, okay, then
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Speaker 1: there needs to be gifts coming to those who block.
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Speaker 1: Take care of you, guys, tell him take him getting
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Speaker 1: the recognition is just enough for me to feel the
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Speaker 1: sense of pride and and and what we do as
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Speaker 1: lineman tight ends. What have you got a little more
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Speaker 1: on the one more run thought on this and we
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Speaker 1: talked about the plays there and and what it took
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Speaker 1: on your part of the play. But I think you
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Speaker 1: touched on it loogs. It's everybody combining, you know, wide
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Speaker 1: receivers down the field getting blocks. I mean, Christian Kirk's
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Speaker 1: not the biggest guy in the world, but he's down
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Speaker 1: there getting his head in there and doing business. I
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Speaker 1: mean that that tells you what it means to everybody
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Speaker 1: on this offense that hey, I'm if I'm not getting
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Speaker 1: the ball, I'm going down to block. And that's what
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Speaker 1: it takes on this offense, right, And it's encouraging to see, uh,
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Speaker 1: seeing plays like that um result in touchdowns and points
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Speaker 1: on the board. It kind of gives you a little
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Speaker 1: bit added motivation into you know, sometimes you're just one
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Speaker 1: block away from getting that big, big play, and you know,
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Speaker 1: our wide receivers, like you said, do a great job
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Speaker 1: of that. All Right, I got one more question for
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Speaker 1: you know, and I don't want to go back in
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Speaker 1: time a little bit, but Monday night football. Okay, I'm
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Speaker 1: watching the game. Everybody's watching the game. I know you're
14:08
Speaker 1: watching the game, and and uh, having played the game
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Speaker 1: and you playing the game, when you see something like
14:14
Speaker 1: that that happened on Monday night, and this is it's
14:17
Speaker 1: good to talk about it now because the words are
14:19
Speaker 1: encouraging the reports that we're hearing about it is much improved.
14:23
Speaker 1: But uh, the situation with tomorrow Hamlin and how that unfolded.
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Speaker 1: Did you see it live and what was your reaction
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Speaker 1: to that? I saw a live and you know, immediately
14:31
Speaker 1: my heart dropped. You know, I've never seen a game
14:34
Speaker 1: delay for that long, so obviously seeing that it, you know,
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Speaker 1: I figured something you know, detrimental happened. But um, you know,
14:43
Speaker 1: it's just a constant reminder that you know, in this game,
14:47
Speaker 1: this is this is a you know, we we wearing
14:49
Speaker 1: a fragile game. You know, sometimes you're one play away
14:52
Speaker 1: from you know, you don't know if you're ever gonna
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Speaker 1: play again. So it just put a lot of things
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Speaker 1: into perspective. Just being grateful, uh to play this game
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Speaker 1: and understand that, you know, every time you strap up
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Speaker 1: your helmet and go out there, you know, you don't
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Speaker 1: take one thing for granted. I think I think sometimes
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Speaker 1: too when that happens. You know, your wife, Okay, your mom,
15:13
Speaker 1: I mean people that are around guys that play the
15:16
Speaker 1: game sometimes also will make a phone call to you
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Speaker 1: and say, you know, and talk to you about what
15:21
Speaker 1: they saw because in their mind they're thinking that could
15:24
Speaker 1: be my husband next, that could be my son that
15:27
Speaker 1: is next, And I mean that's pretty scary stuff now,
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Speaker 1: just it's certain most certainly scary. And I've had a
15:34
Speaker 1: plethora of people reach out to me just to see
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Speaker 1: how I'm doing, and um just just sending their regards
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Speaker 1: for for everything and praying over me, keeping me safe,
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Speaker 1: everything like that. But you know, it isn't assumed risk
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Speaker 1: that comes with this job. I'm sure you know that
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Speaker 1: you know, at any moment, anything can happen, but hopefully
15:52
Speaker 1: you know you do the things that you can control
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Speaker 1: and and hopefully you you come through unscathed. Chris manherts
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Speaker 1: with his final moments with you here, So all right,
16:00
Speaker 1: moving ahead, You guys were two and six this season,
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Speaker 1: six and two cents then to get to five. But
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Speaker 1: you gotta go finish it right to to make all
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Speaker 1: that matter. Is this team ready for the spotlight? Absolutely,
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Speaker 1: We're ready for the spotlight, no, no question. Um. Our
16:16
Speaker 1: preparation has been outstanding in the past couple of weeks.
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Speaker 1: And uh, like I said earlier, we don't really have
16:22
Speaker 1: to do anything special to to be special. We just
16:24
Speaker 1: have to continue to do our jobs, do the simple things.
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Speaker 1: Better and uh, execute at a high level and you
16:30
Speaker 1: know the rest usually takes care of itself. Consistency. Yeah,
16:35
Speaker 1: and that's the beauty of football is that, you know,
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Speaker 1: it's it's not something that you can turn on and off.
16:39
Speaker 1: I mean, it's you you have to have already put
16:41
Speaker 1: the work in before leading up to this week, and
16:45
Speaker 1: you guys have put in the work and and just
16:47
Speaker 1: stay confident and hopefully he's right there. Right. Consistency and
16:51
Speaker 1: you know, let it roll for sure. This is a
16:54
Speaker 1: hat and shirt game. I'll add is that, uh, you know,
17:00
Speaker 1: my first like really playoff experience was year and we
17:03
Speaker 1: got on a role at the very end of the
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Speaker 1: year and we got in the playoffs and it was
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Speaker 1: it was magical. And one thing I always remember is
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Speaker 1: that when you experience moments like this, you gotta have
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17:20
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17:23
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17:26
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17:29
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17:30
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17:33
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Speaker 1: come to town for the winner take all the Facto
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Speaker 1: Are you excited? I'm kind of excited. Yeah, it's it's
19:03
Speaker 1: cool it uh. I was texting a friend of mine
19:06
Speaker 1: earlier today and I said, you know, this is the
19:08
Speaker 1: biggest game in Jaguars history. You think so well, I mean,
19:12
Speaker 1: biggest regular season game in Jaguars history. I mean you can't.
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Speaker 1: I mean you can't sit there and say that this
19:15
Speaker 1: is bigger than the two a f C Championships that
19:18
Speaker 1: you went to. Okay, the one in ninety six and
19:20
Speaker 1: the one, but it will be the closest one the
19:23
Speaker 1: Falcons game in ninety six. Yeah, I mean that that's
19:26
Speaker 1: you know, the the n f C championship games, okay,
19:30
Speaker 1: or right there at the top. Just as far as
19:32
Speaker 1: you're talking about the results, okay, I'm just talking about
19:35
Speaker 1: going into the game, how big they were, and obviously
19:39
Speaker 1: the f C championship games are right there at the top,
19:41
Speaker 1: and then winning you're in against the Atlanta Falcons. That
19:45
Speaker 1: that I was a part of the ninety six is
19:46
Speaker 1: right there, and this one I think goes a step
19:49
Speaker 1: above that. And the reason why and that it's the
19:52
Speaker 1: same scenario winning in But now you've been around in
19:57
Speaker 1: the league for a number of years and you've established
19:59
Speaker 1: a rivalry and your nemesis has been the Houston Owner
20:03
Speaker 1: slash Tennessee Titans, and so now that that's established, it's
20:08
Speaker 1: against them at home. This is for all the marbles,
20:11
Speaker 1: for a division title winning record, the crown of the
20:15
Speaker 1: a f C South. It's a primetime game Saturday night,
20:20
Speaker 1: National TV. You're gonna be seventy thousand people here to
20:23
Speaker 1: see it, and uh and it also sets up for
20:26
Speaker 1: a home playoff game next week. I mean, all of
20:28
Speaker 1: those things considered. I mean that to me, this is
20:31
Speaker 1: the biggest regular season game in Jaguar's history, and the
20:35
Speaker 1: loser goes to Cancun most likely. I mean, honestly that
20:38
Speaker 1: your season's over. Tennessee's out. Jaguars have a back door chance,
20:41
Speaker 1: but they need other things to happen. It would be
20:43
Speaker 1: a lot to happen to be a lot. So it's
20:46
Speaker 1: all everything's on the line, and I'm with you, it's
20:48
Speaker 1: certainly the biggest in recent memory, if if not the
20:52
Speaker 1: entire Jaguars history. Well, it's really about is it more
20:57
Speaker 1: about the Jaguars offense setting the tone or is it
21:01
Speaker 1: about slowing down Derrick Henry and the defense doing that
21:04
Speaker 1: to give them the opportunity, Which which way? I guess
21:07
Speaker 1: it's the perspective of who you're asking. No, it could
21:10
Speaker 1: be how the game's going. Okay, If the offense is
21:13
Speaker 1: is kind of struggling to gain some footing, then it's
21:16
Speaker 1: up to the defense to do a great job against
21:19
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry just to prevent Tennessee from scoring some points.
21:23
Speaker 1: If the offense is is ripping the Titans and scoring points,
21:28
Speaker 1: you know, then it's about them because then they take
21:31
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry out of the equation a little bit by
21:33
Speaker 1: them scoring points and putting a quarterback that has been
21:37
Speaker 1: with the Titans on Saturday night, it will be seventeen
21:40
Speaker 1: days that Dobbs has been with the organization. It will
21:44
Speaker 1: put him in a tough situation. But you've got to
21:46
Speaker 1: stop Derrick Henry because that is the engine of the
21:49
Speaker 1: Titans right now. That's the one high end operating component
21:54
Speaker 1: that they still have. He's a premium back. He's got
21:58
Speaker 1: an offensive line that right now is nowhere near what
22:00
Speaker 1: they expected to have when they started the season. They
22:03
Speaker 1: have one remaining starter from their expected opening day starting lineup,
22:08
Speaker 1: and that's Petite Forever the right tackle. Everybody else is out.
22:12
Speaker 1: Ben Jones is out. He actually played against the Jaguars
22:16
Speaker 1: the last time. Nate Davis, the starting right guard, is out,
22:19
Speaker 1: the starting left guard is out. They got a two
22:21
Speaker 1: d seventy three pound left guard in the lineup, and
22:23
Speaker 1: then Taylor Lawan is on. I R. I mean, this
22:25
Speaker 1: is this is not the same offensive line. But the
22:28
Speaker 1: crazy thing is is that Derrick Henry still been really
22:31
Speaker 1: good with an offensive line that hasn't been the same
22:34
Speaker 1: or what they expected at the beginning of this year.
22:36
Speaker 1: And that's that's what makes him special. You know, we
22:39
Speaker 1: had a conference call earlier in the day and then
22:42
Speaker 1: JP you remember Tony was talking about how Derrick Henry
22:45
Speaker 1: doesn't wear a cape. Well, if he doesn't wear a cape,
22:47
Speaker 1: he's wearing something that's pretty pretty damn close to a cape.
22:50
Speaker 1: Because he's that good. He is third in the league
22:53
Speaker 1: and rushing guards this year for nine yards, second most
22:57
Speaker 1: rushing attempts over three hundred this year, and thirteen touchdowns.
23:01
Speaker 1: That's tied for second in terms of rushing touchdowns this
23:04
Speaker 1: season in the league. And he for the last the
23:08
Speaker 1: all time, will be the all time leading rusher against
23:11
Speaker 1: the Jaguars in their history when he gets three yards
23:15
Speaker 1: and he will surpass Eddie George. It's like fifteen percent
23:18
Speaker 1: of his career rushing yards are against the Jags all time,
23:21
Speaker 1: and he's played twelve percent of the games in his
23:23
Speaker 1: career against him. So he's had some big games. He's
23:26
Speaker 1: got something over that, really big games. I mean the
23:28
Speaker 1: stiff arm game maybe, who can forget that? A couple
23:30
Speaker 1: two hundred yard games that his second two hundred yard
23:33
Speaker 1: game against the Jags was the start of what is
23:35
Speaker 1: now a three game stretch for Henry over a hundred
23:38
Speaker 1: yards against the Jags. But if you just look at
23:41
Speaker 1: the stats last time they were off and running early
23:43
Speaker 1: in the game in Nashville back in Week fourteen, first quarter,
23:47
Speaker 1: he had nearly a hundred yards, was at a hundred
23:49
Speaker 1: nineteen in the first at the end of the first half,
23:52
Speaker 1: but that thing flipped around when he lost the football
23:54
Speaker 1: and shot quarterman hit him. That opened a lot of
23:58
Speaker 1: eyes I think on the defensive out of the ball
24:00
Speaker 1: in that locker room. That's what Josh Allen said. That
24:02
Speaker 1: was the point. Oh wait a minute, he's not invincible.
24:05
Speaker 1: We can get the ball from this guy that we
24:07
Speaker 1: go down and score, and then after halftime they double
24:10
Speaker 1: up again score, put the game out of reach and
24:13
Speaker 1: they had to get away from the running game. That
24:14
Speaker 1: changed the whole dynamic and that was the start of
24:17
Speaker 1: the current run there on. That was that play right
24:20
Speaker 1: there at Quarterman's head, the run that the Jaguars run.
24:23
Speaker 1: It's just continued the tough road that the Tennessee Titans
24:26
Speaker 1: have been on. And that's look, no doubt about it.
24:29
Speaker 1: That's what you gotta stop Derrick Henry. And you know
24:32
Speaker 1: there's there a few years ago when Todd Walsh was
24:36
Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator here, they actually had a Derrick Henry
24:40
Speaker 1: drill in practice. You remember that. Okay, they had a
24:45
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry tackling drill work It did somewhat, but they
24:51
Speaker 1: literally had a drill that was designed to show the
24:55
Speaker 1: traits that Derrick Henry had when he ran the ball,
24:59
Speaker 1: and they were coaching up the players how to combat
25:02
Speaker 1: some of those tools that Derrick Henry uses. And obviously
25:06
Speaker 1: the stiff arm is one of the big ones, and
25:08
Speaker 1: so they had a drill that helped allow them to
25:11
Speaker 1: knock the arm down or to lift the arms to
25:13
Speaker 1: not come in and just be reaching for body and
25:16
Speaker 1: have the stiff arm end up in your face. And
25:19
Speaker 1: that's the That's the only time I've ever heard in
25:23
Speaker 1: my experiences in the NFL, going all the way back
25:26
Speaker 1: to that, I've ever heard I've never had one, and
25:30
Speaker 1: nobody ever had an Eric Dickerson tackling drill. No we
25:34
Speaker 1: I've never known of a of a Derrick Henry tackling
25:39
Speaker 1: drill or any other running back tackling drill in the
25:43
Speaker 1: history of the game. Now, there might have been moments
25:46
Speaker 1: where they would coach up, hey, look, you know, you
25:47
Speaker 1: gotta be aware of this, but they literally had a
25:50
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry tackling drill, and so that makes the guy
25:54
Speaker 1: pretty special in my mind. And he's gonna be a load.
25:57
Speaker 1: He's big, he's strong, he's fast, and you would think
26:00
Speaker 1: that a big, strong, fast guy like that would be downhill,
26:03
Speaker 1: kind of like Christian Koya, But he's probably more talented
26:06
Speaker 1: getting out on the perimeter then a lot of the
26:09
Speaker 1: other scatbacks, the smaller guys that have greater movement skills,
26:13
Speaker 1: because when he bounces to the outside, that's where he
26:16
Speaker 1: gets to use his size, his length, and his speed
26:20
Speaker 1: to help get big yardage. And that's what makes him special.
26:24
Speaker 1: If the Jaguars can plug up the running game and
26:28
Speaker 1: slow it down at least for Tennessee. And as you said,
26:31
Speaker 1: put it in Josh Jobs hands. We thought we might
26:33
Speaker 1: have a chance to see Traylon Burke's wide receiver, but
26:35
Speaker 1: he's come up with a groin injury starting on Wednesday,
26:38
Speaker 1: was limited, did not practice Thursday. He is questionable officially
26:42
Speaker 1: for the game. He did not play back in week fourteen,
26:44
Speaker 1: the wide receiver rookie out of Arkansas. So I mean,
26:49
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see what they have to offer on
26:51
Speaker 1: the outside, but it's really about Dobbs just getting it
26:53
Speaker 1: to who's out there. First of all. Well, look, if
26:56
Speaker 1: if Burke's can't go, that's a big loss. And the
27:00
Speaker 1: reason I say that is that he's the big play guy.
27:02
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys that you can send him
27:04
Speaker 1: on a go route throw the ball up in the
27:05
Speaker 1: air and then he might come down with it just
27:07
Speaker 1: because he's a big physical presence that can win the
27:12
Speaker 1: jump ball. Kind of kind of got a deal, and uh,
27:16
Speaker 1: they really don't have anybody else that has it. The
27:18
Speaker 1: one guy that's got some great speed is Racy McMath,
27:21
Speaker 1: but he's not consistent enough and he's kind of down
27:25
Speaker 1: the pecking or, but he's got great speed. Robert Woods
27:27
Speaker 1: is a guy that they ended up getting into trade
27:30
Speaker 1: with the Rams, and that was kind of after the A. J.
27:33
Speaker 1: Brown trade. And and he's a good player Robert Woods is,
27:36
Speaker 1: but he's not a great player and he's I don't
27:38
Speaker 1: think he's anybody that scares defensive coordinators. So this is
27:43
Speaker 1: about stopping Derrick Henry. That's why they didn't play him
27:46
Speaker 1: against the Dallas Cowboys. They wanted to get him completely
27:49
Speaker 1: rested up to be able to come back near his
27:51
Speaker 1: home and have a monster game and lead the Titans
27:53
Speaker 1: of victory. That's the only way that they win, is
27:56
Speaker 1: that if he controls the ball game and the Titans
27:59
Speaker 1: are able to get some takeaways against the Jaguars offense.
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Speaker 1: standing room only arias and that's about it. They're going fast.
29:20
Speaker 1: You better get them away again talking. I think like
29:22
Speaker 1: seventy thousand could be at the end of the day,
29:25
Speaker 1: which is impressive. It'll be it'll be uh and I
29:28
Speaker 1: can tell you this, It'll be seventy thousand Jaguar fans. Yeah,
29:34
Speaker 1: that's the difference. There are a lot of cowboy fans,
29:36
Speaker 1: he lets be honest. So this is gonna feel a
29:38
Speaker 1: lot different. Totally, totally, totally, totally get that. But this
29:42
Speaker 1: is like, I think people realize the magnitude of this game,
29:45
Speaker 1: and they're excited about a football team. And look, it's
29:48
Speaker 1: always more exciting I think when the expectations for your
29:51
Speaker 1: team are not there. I mean, look, we felt good
29:54
Speaker 1: about this team, We felt that they would make significant progress.
29:57
Speaker 1: But did anybody really think besides Doug P. Peterson who
30:00
Speaker 1: had a crystal ball, okay, did anybody really think that
30:03
Speaker 1: this game would come down to a winner take all
30:06
Speaker 1: Division crown. I mean, I don't think anybody really thought
30:09
Speaker 1: that because it took the Jaguars turning it around, which, okay,
30:13
Speaker 1: that can happen. It certainly did. They played better football,
30:15
Speaker 1: quarterback played better, they executed, they did a lot of
30:18
Speaker 1: things well. But it also took the Titans collapsing on
30:21
Speaker 1: top of that too. For who was seeing that coming
30:24
Speaker 1: um from the middle of the season they were on
30:26
Speaker 1: a roll. Well, I would say that Amy Adams Strunk
30:30
Speaker 1: saw that coming because she fired John Robinson, the general manager,
30:34
Speaker 1: prior to the jaguars last meeting against the Titans. True, Okay,
30:38
Speaker 1: are you right? I guess so, Yeah, maybe she knew
30:41
Speaker 1: something we all didn't well don't know. Kind of interesting
30:44
Speaker 1: and that uh and a lot of people may look
30:47
Speaker 1: at that and go, well, you know, that probably led
30:49
Speaker 1: to the lack of concentration. That and why the Titans
30:53
Speaker 1: went on a losing skid. No, that's started before that,
30:56
Speaker 1: by the way. Yeah, that that that was just kind
30:59
Speaker 1: of one of the reasons as to why she did
31:02
Speaker 1: what she did. But it will be an exciting game
31:06
Speaker 1: and looking forward to seeing Troy and and Joe the
31:10
Speaker 1: two broadcasters for ESPN, which is a little different for
31:13
Speaker 1: them now. Right Monday Night Football slash Saturday Night Football
31:17
Speaker 1: broadcast crew are Peyton and Kneelin doing a simulcast. I
31:21
Speaker 1: don't know, I doubt it. Hey, I couldn't watch that anyway.
31:26
Speaker 1: By the way, it's pretty fun, you don't look look.
31:30
Speaker 1: I like Troy and I like Joe Buck. I like
31:33
Speaker 1: listening to those guys. I think they're doing an amazing job.
31:36
Speaker 1: If I want to sit around on the couch and
31:39
Speaker 1: listen to a couple of dudes talk football, then I'll
31:42
Speaker 1: invite you over and mean you will have a conversation
31:45
Speaker 1: on my couch. Okay, well, I mean we we're watching
31:48
Speaker 1: Monday night football. Yeah, I mean it's different. I mean
31:51
Speaker 1: those guys won Super Bowls. Quarterbacks, I don't know. I
31:56
Speaker 1: mean you also have Their interviews are good, though, I
31:59
Speaker 1: will say that. See I'm the other way. I'm not
32:01
Speaker 1: a big fan of the interviews. I like it when
32:02
Speaker 1: it's just them talking ball. Well no, I mean I
32:06
Speaker 1: do like some of the insight that Peyton gives, just
32:09
Speaker 1: from a quarterbacks perspective. I'm not saying that it's terrible.
32:12
Speaker 1: I'm just saying that I would rather listen to the game,
32:16
Speaker 1: but I like the interviews because I don't like there
32:19
Speaker 1: some of the other stuff. Well let's say this, if
32:21
Speaker 1: if the game is not quite you know, the Marquee game,
32:25
Speaker 1: which can happen on Monday nights, and maybe I'll go
32:27
Speaker 1: watch Peyton Eli. Yeah. Maybe, But like I said, it
32:31
Speaker 1: depends on the guest. Uh. This Jaguars offense this week
32:35
Speaker 1: and they're facing the Titans, defense, that's number two in
32:37
Speaker 1: the league against the run. They've been there all year,
32:40
Speaker 1: near the top against the run. It starts with the
32:42
Speaker 1: front seven there, So I think it really starts with
32:45
Speaker 1: two guys. Okay. I brought that up to Chris Manherts
32:48
Speaker 1: and and I really believe that Jeffrey Simmons, Okay, who
32:53
Speaker 1: wears number he is the most complete defensive tackle in
32:59
Speaker 1: the game today, number one, well as far as like
33:03
Speaker 1: being a dominant force against the run and and and
33:05
Speaker 1: he's been a little slowed with the ankle, okay, but
33:08
Speaker 1: when he's rolling, I don't think there's anybody that come
33:12
Speaker 1: and look, I mean, come on, there's a guy I
33:15
Speaker 1: know has a ram horn on his helmet. I know,
33:18
Speaker 1: and he's still the best, okay, But like far as
33:21
Speaker 1: like the traditional defensive tackles, and Chris Jones is right
33:24
Speaker 1: up there, but this guy is right with him. I'm
33:26
Speaker 1: just telling you he this guy is right there with him.
33:29
Speaker 1: He's that good. And he's been getting production this year
33:33
Speaker 1: on a bum ankle. That's why they didn't play him
33:35
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys game. They wanted to get him more
33:39
Speaker 1: healthy for this game on Saturday night, much like they
33:41
Speaker 1: wanted to get Derrick Henry healthy. Derrick Henry is the
33:45
Speaker 1: motor that drives the offense. Jeffrey Simmons is the motor
33:49
Speaker 1: that drives this Titans defense. Him and Tierra Tart, who
33:53
Speaker 1: is the more traditional nose tackle one technique, whereas Simmons
33:57
Speaker 1: is more of that three technique. Those two guys are
34:01
Speaker 1: really stout in the middle. And that's the reason why
34:04
Speaker 1: it's so hard to run against the Titans because of
34:06
Speaker 1: the job that those two guys do. And and if
34:08
Speaker 1: you need maybe a comparison to Jaguars history, think Stroud
34:13
Speaker 1: and Henderson. I mean, that's how good these two guys are.
34:18
Speaker 1: You know, Stroud and Henderson won. And I used to
34:20
Speaker 1: call these guys three gap defensive tackles because they would
34:24
Speaker 1: play their gap that they were lined up in, they
34:27
Speaker 1: would play the gap that was on the other side
34:30
Speaker 1: of them, and then they were so good they could
34:32
Speaker 1: cover the gap that was between the two of them.
34:35
Speaker 1: That was really for a linebacker. These guys were special. Well,
34:38
Speaker 1: these guys in Tennessee are just at that level, alright.
34:41
Speaker 1: So if the Jaguars try to run and for some
34:45
Speaker 1: reason aren't being able to execute, so um, what's there
34:51
Speaker 1: gotta have. Trevor's gotta have a big day. And the
34:53
Speaker 1: last time that Trevor face the Titans, he was the
34:57
Speaker 1: FC Offensive Player of the Week, I believe, And so
35:01
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that he has to have that level
35:04
Speaker 1: of performance because it was unbelievable against the Titans. The
35:08
Speaker 1: last time he was tremendous. Four touchdowns he was His
35:12
Speaker 1: numbers were just ridiculous. We have four touchdowns and you
35:16
Speaker 1: know he was precision, his accuracy and and and really
35:19
Speaker 1: what was best is that he was just decisive with
35:22
Speaker 1: the ball and that's what made these guys like Evan
35:27
Speaker 1: Ingram Okay have a great day because they were getting
35:30
Speaker 1: the ball in a timely fashion, allowed the yak the
35:33
Speaker 1: yards after catch. And so if Trevor sharp, I think
35:36
Speaker 1: they can have a really solid day. And it's not
35:40
Speaker 1: gonna be a game that you come out and say, Okay,
35:41
Speaker 1: you know what, we're gonna come out. We're gonna establish
35:43
Speaker 1: the run. That'll soften them up and then we can pass.
35:48
Speaker 1: I think it's kind of the opposite. You're gonna come
35:49
Speaker 1: out and you're gonna throw the ball a little bit
35:51
Speaker 1: and then you're gonna loosen them up and then you
35:53
Speaker 1: can hit some things with E T N. And I'm
35:55
Speaker 1: not saying you're gonna hit a lot, but you're gonna
35:57
Speaker 1: hit some things. Hopefully with E T N. Evan Ingram
36:01
Speaker 1: gonna have as big of a day it's hard to have.
36:03
Speaker 1: Was a career high day. Well, the Titans have have
36:07
Speaker 1: been one of the worst teams in the league at
36:10
Speaker 1: allowing tight end success. I mean that's a fact. And
36:14
Speaker 1: even though they have a Pro Bowl caliber safety and
36:17
Speaker 1: Kevin Byard, look the linebackers that have, uh, they've had
36:22
Speaker 1: a linebacker problem in Tennessee a little bit because they've
36:25
Speaker 1: had a lot of guys that have been in and
36:26
Speaker 1: out of the lineup. They lost that cunning hand, the
36:29
Speaker 1: talented former Houston Texan that they scoffed up off of
36:33
Speaker 1: the waiver wire when he was let go from the
36:35
Speaker 1: Texans roster. He's been unavailable. They've played some musical chairs
36:40
Speaker 1: there with some other guys, and that's been one of
36:43
Speaker 1: the reasons why the tight ends have had success. And yes,
36:47
Speaker 1: I think Evan Ingram can have another big day. I
36:50
Speaker 1: really believe that. But I also think that you can
36:52
Speaker 1: also have success with Christian Kirk in the slot. I
36:56
Speaker 1: think you can also have success was the Jones on
36:59
Speaker 1: the out side. I think that there's opportunities there, but again,
37:03
Speaker 1: it all depends on Trevor. If Trevor has kind of
37:07
Speaker 1: a game similar to what he had in Houston, wasn't great.
37:11
Speaker 1: The numbers were okay, and he's like seventeen of twenty one,
37:13
Speaker 1: which you're like, okay, that's that's pretty good, right that
37:17
Speaker 1: the impactful throws that he had weren't there so much
37:20
Speaker 1: in Houston. He had a couple of misses. Why is
37:23
Speaker 1: that you think? I don't know. I mean, it's uh,
37:27
Speaker 1: it was kind of weird watching him in pregame in
37:29
Speaker 1: Houston was like, yeah, you're kind a little off, you know,
37:33
Speaker 1: he's a little high, a little off the off the
37:35
Speaker 1: target and kind of a little a little that way
37:38
Speaker 1: in the ball game. But uh, I don't know. I mean,
37:41
Speaker 1: who knows. I'm just looking forward to watching him perform.
37:45
Speaker 1: This is a big game. It's a big game atmosphere.
37:47
Speaker 1: There's a lot of eyes on his football game, and
37:50
Speaker 1: Trevor's got great experience with big games. You know, he's
37:52
Speaker 1: been there. He's done that in college, he's done in
37:55
Speaker 1: high school. And so if there was ever a young
37:58
Speaker 1: quarterback that's in the league that was ever prepared for
38:00
Speaker 1: a game on Saturday night in front of the national
38:03
Speaker 1: audience with a winner take all everything on the line.
38:06
Speaker 1: It will be Trevor. We'll come back in a moment.
38:09
Speaker 1: We'll take a look at the injury reports. It has
38:12
Speaker 1: just come out officially from the Jaguars. Will get that update.
38:16
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Speaker 1: the weather forecast as we speak here, and Saturday night
40:04
Speaker 1: we're looking at round kickoff right around fifty degrees, a
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Speaker 1: little over logs. Can you ask for anything better than that?
40:11
Speaker 1: A little over right around the fifties and clear skies
40:15
Speaker 1: should be just perfect conditions. I think, yeah, I think
40:18
Speaker 1: as a player of those are what we call play
40:20
Speaker 1: all night games, you know, I mean, you can feel
40:22
Speaker 1: like you can run forever you've got great energy, the
40:25
Speaker 1: weather is perfect, and so let's go, you know. And
40:29
Speaker 1: the best part is is that to night games, you
40:31
Speaker 1: got ample opportunity to tailgate, get prepped and ready. Yeah,
40:36
Speaker 1: it could be a scene. I think, um let's tow
40:38
Speaker 1: its leather. Be a long day leading up to that,
40:42
Speaker 1: I think for a lot of people. Let's go to
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Speaker 1: the injury report presented by Baptist Health and the Jacksonville
40:47
Speaker 1: Orthopedic Institute, the official sports medicine provider of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
40:52
Speaker 1: We start with the Jaguars, and the Jags have seven
40:56
Speaker 1: players on the list this week. They are all questionable
40:58
Speaker 1: for the game. Officially. Let's put out today. Trevor Lawrence
41:03
Speaker 1: was limited the last couple of days. That's not abnormal.
41:06
Speaker 1: I heard he's not gonna play though, Well, he's questionable.
41:11
Speaker 1: I'm just trying that would that would work, by the way.
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Speaker 1: Andrew Winkers shoulder issue limited all three days, limited all
41:20
Speaker 1: three days with his ankle issue. Ross Madison with a
41:23
Speaker 1: back issue, didn't practice Tuesday, Wednesday, limited today. Brandon Sheriff
41:28
Speaker 1: has been banged up for about two months. Abdomen an
41:31
Speaker 1: ankle issue limited Wednesday, Thursday, he's a tough guy, fully fought.
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Speaker 1: Akassi with an ankle issue limited all link and ray
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Speaker 1: Sean Jenkins shoulder limited all week. All are questionable for
41:43
Speaker 1: the Jaguars officially. And then the Titans we mentioned a
41:46
Speaker 1: few already. They have five players listed as questionable for
41:49
Speaker 1: the game. Linebacker Dylan Cole, cornerback Christian Fulton, safety and
41:53
Speaker 1: Monty Hooker, tackle Nicholas Petite Frere and wide receiver Traylon
41:59
Speaker 1: Burke's everybody else they've got, Well, one guy's out. Davonte Harris,
42:03
Speaker 1: the cornerback with a hamstring issue, did not practice all week.
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Speaker 1: There are five other players that were on the list
42:08
Speaker 1: this week in some capacity. They are all cleared to play,
42:12
Speaker 1: and then includes Jeffrey Simmons and Denico Autry, Derrick Henry
42:15
Speaker 1: of course, Josh Thompson, the defensive back who had a concussion,
42:19
Speaker 1: was full all week long, and Terrell Basham with a
42:23
Speaker 1: back issue is a full go for the Titans. Yeah.
42:27
Speaker 1: I think this is a game, you know, because it's
42:30
Speaker 1: a win and in type situation, all these guys are
42:33
Speaker 1: gonna find a way to suck it up. All hands
42:35
Speaker 1: on deck. Yeah, this is there is no tomorrow so
42:38
Speaker 1: you're willing to risk a lot for a game like this,
42:41
Speaker 1: and that's that's the gladiator warrior mentality, and that's what
42:46
Speaker 1: it takes to be able to win in a game
42:48
Speaker 1: like this. Everybody's got to play. The Jaguars in their
42:51
Speaker 1: history have had only three division championships, two of those
42:54
Speaker 1: in the a f C Central and then of course
42:56
Speaker 1: in the a f C South title for the first
42:59
Speaker 1: time since the division split away, and there was the
43:02
Speaker 1: expansion and all that, and now the chance for the
43:05
Speaker 1: Jaguars to get their fourth division title and franchise history.
43:08
Speaker 1: A win or a tie gets to done this Saturday night,
43:11
Speaker 1: eight fifteen against the Titans. A loss for the Titans
43:14
Speaker 1: sends them home. The Jaguars do still have an outside
43:17
Speaker 1: chance with a losing result, but they need three things
43:21
Speaker 1: to happen on Sunday, and you just don't want to
43:24
Speaker 1: deal with that. So handle the business those things so
43:28
Speaker 1: that I know. The Bills have to beat the Patriots,
43:30
Speaker 1: the Steelers have to lose, and the Dolphins have to lose.
43:33
Speaker 1: Who do the Steelers Dolphins? Steelers play the Browns, Dolphins
43:37
Speaker 1: play the Jets. Jets. That ain't so there you go.
43:42
Speaker 1: There ain't happening. So just win the game. Just win
43:44
Speaker 1: the game, and then you're in. Pretty simple. I'm looking
43:48
Speaker 1: you know. The one thing that I am looking forward
43:49
Speaker 1: to is what are the Tennessee Titans gonna ask Josh
43:54
Speaker 1: Dobbs to do? Yeah? How much can you really ask
43:58
Speaker 1: him to do? Right? I mean, you saw little bit
44:00
Speaker 1: last week, but that was so new. How much more
44:03
Speaker 1: can you really add in a week like this. I'll
44:06
Speaker 1: never forget when he was acquired here, okay, because the
44:11
Speaker 1: Jaguars gave up a fifth round pick to acquire him.
44:13
Speaker 1: Remember that was right after Nick Foles practice collar bone,
44:18
Speaker 1: and then she was the starter they traded for Josh
44:21
Speaker 1: Dobbs as the backup. He never touched the field here anyway,
44:24
Speaker 1: never touched the field, and and I remember watching him
44:27
Speaker 1: in practice going we gave up a fifth round pick
44:31
Speaker 1: for this? I mean it was like, wow, not that good, right?
44:35
Speaker 1: And I was like, can I talk to the guy
44:39
Speaker 1: that gave up a fifth round pick for this? But
44:41
Speaker 1: anyway it happened. I was very surprised. And uh didn't
44:46
Speaker 1: have particularly great arm. Very smart guy though some of
44:51
Speaker 1: his decision making was good, but just the armed talent
44:54
Speaker 1: wasn't there. And I think what they had in Tennessee
44:59
Speaker 1: was a guy that had some arm palette but just
45:01
Speaker 1: didn't have the decision making and and Patrick Willis, and
45:05
Speaker 1: so they go with the guy that's gonna be with
45:09
Speaker 1: the organization on Saturday, will be seventeen days. Seventeen days?
45:16
Speaker 1: I think about that? Has there everyone shoused me, but
45:19
Speaker 1: I said, Patrick was Has there ever been a guy
45:24
Speaker 1: that's that's gone to a team and has been in
45:28
Speaker 1: a last game, season finality, season finale winning in scenario,
45:34
Speaker 1: that has been with a team for that few of days.
45:38
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's ever happened. Maybe somewhere somebody
45:42
Speaker 1: got hurt, you know, But yeah, that's kind of a
45:46
Speaker 1: perfect storm, you know, for all that to happen in
45:49
Speaker 1: one week. And what what what does that also say
45:53
Speaker 1: about John Robinson? I mean, here's a question though. Could
45:57
Speaker 1: they use both quarterbacks? Could they usually is like a
46:01
Speaker 1: second option and run him in there or whatever? Could
46:04
Speaker 1: But I think I think you have to remember too
46:06
Speaker 1: that this is not Okay. Malik Willis is not this
46:11
Speaker 1: Michael vick Lamar Jackson runner. That's not who he is.
46:17
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a quarterback that does he has athleticism,
46:21
Speaker 1: and he can run, but that it's not like he's
46:23
Speaker 1: a run first quarterback, So I mean they could they
46:29
Speaker 1: could maybe to try to take advantage of his athleticism,
46:33
Speaker 1: much like the Texans were trying to do with their
46:35
Speaker 1: two quarterback system. I think the reality is that you
46:39
Speaker 1: have to be prepared for everything. But I would be
46:42
Speaker 1: I would be somewhat surprised if they go that route
46:46
Speaker 1: and play the Texans style of quarterback play well the
46:52
Speaker 1: last time out against the Jaguars, like the first play
46:55
Speaker 1: was a flee flicker, wasn't it was Tannehill. A little difference,
47:00
Speaker 1: but I mean, hey, they're up against it. I look
47:03
Speaker 1: empty the bag of tricks, right, they will empty the
47:05
Speaker 1: bag of tricks this week. And when you've lost that
47:08
Speaker 1: many games in a row, you are you're not expected
47:12
Speaker 1: to win. You're willing to take some gambles. You feel
47:15
Speaker 1: like you've got to take some chances to win the game,
47:19
Speaker 1: much like the Jaguars go to Kansas City to face
47:22
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and they feel like, surprise on sidekicks, still possession,
47:27
Speaker 1: we got to do something that's maybe out of the
47:30
Speaker 1: ordinary to beat this football team, because they're really good.
47:34
Speaker 1: I think the Titans attitude is going to be similar
47:36
Speaker 1: that that. Look, we're not where we need to be,
47:39
Speaker 1: and we're gonna need to do something extra special to
47:41
Speaker 1: be able to get to win. But if Derrick Henry
47:45
Speaker 1: controls the tempo, that's something that's extra special enough. If
47:48
Speaker 1: they find a way to get takeaways and they run
47:51
Speaker 1: Derreck Hennery and he controls the tempo, then the Titans
47:54
Speaker 1: have a chance of winning. You go back to that
47:57
Speaker 1: game in Tennessee JP. What happens if the Jaguars don't
48:00
Speaker 1: get four takeaways? Yeah, it's not good, coach. I mean well,
48:04
Speaker 1: I mean Jaguars still could have won. They scored on
48:08
Speaker 1: those takeaways. Makes it a different makes it a really
48:10
Speaker 1: different game. So, you know, because things have to still
48:15
Speaker 1: go well. I mean, this is not an automatic show
48:17
Speaker 1: up and then okay, hey we're going to the playoffs.
48:20
Speaker 1: You know, this is a game is easy. No, this
48:22
Speaker 1: is Tennessee Titans, man, this is Mike Vrabel and Derrick Henry.
48:26
Speaker 1: And when you've got a good coach like that, and
48:28
Speaker 1: you've got a back like that and a defense like that,
48:33
Speaker 1: they've got a chance. All Right. The Doug Peterson Show
48:37
Speaker 1: coming up in less than two minutes, we'll hear from
48:39
Speaker 1: the head coach and the Jaguars radio network logs. What
48:42
Speaker 1: do you want to hear from Doug? It's week eight teen,
48:44
Speaker 1: they finally got to this point with a chance. Well,
48:47
Speaker 1: I think first and foremost would like to to hear
48:50
Speaker 1: kind of how he addressed what happened Monday night with
48:52
Speaker 1: the team, because you know, as we talked to Chris,
48:57
Speaker 1: you know there's there's a period of time there where
49:01
Speaker 1: the league kind of stood still, and well then you
49:05
Speaker 1: have to get movie to get how did he address
49:07
Speaker 1: that with his team, And I think that's that's important.
49:10
Speaker 1: And also to talk to him about this this game
49:12
Speaker 1: Saturday night, because I can tell you one thing. I'm
49:16
Speaker 1: excited for it. I know he's excited for it. But
49:19
Speaker 1: if there's anybody that I want leading my football team
49:22
Speaker 1: this week, it's somebody that has been in the big game.
49:26
Speaker 1: And coach Doug has been to that game. And you
49:30
Speaker 1: couldn't ask for a better leader going into Saturday night. Calm, cool, collected,
49:35
Speaker 1: and let's hook to Jaguars. And I'm not saying that
49:38
Speaker 1: because he's right here. Oh yeah, oh yeah, that's the
49:41
Speaker 1: truth though. Yeah, truth is the truth, man. I speak
49:45
Speaker 1: the truth. That's what you do. That'll do it for
49:47
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49:55
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