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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence on Facing Browns' Defense, Week 1 Game Plan · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Good, I love it.
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  Speaker 2: Are you excited to see us, too?
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  Speaker 1: I am excited to see you guys.
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  Speaker 2: This is a better setting than sweaty after Bryson Field.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, air conditioning's nice. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Did you still get butterflies, nerves going into week one?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't say the nerves kind of
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  Speaker 2: in the tunnel right before the game is usually more
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  Speaker 2: so that, but I think just, like I talked to
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  Speaker 2: a couple guys this week about it just feels good
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  Speaker 2: to be at week one and game planning and prepping
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  Speaker 2: for an opponent. Like you go into the training camp
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  Speaker 2: grind just every day, installing kind of every play that
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  Speaker 2: you have in your offense. And then you get to
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  Speaker 2: the end and, you know, you've just been doing the
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  Speaker 2: same stuff against your defense. And, um, I think having
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  Speaker 2: the direction now of, of preparing for an opponent and
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  Speaker 2: you got something to game plan for, like that's the
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  Speaker 2: fun part and the puzzle you put together throughout the
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  Speaker 2: week and you're mastering your plan and getting ready. Like
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  Speaker 2: as a quarterback, you love that because you know what
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  Speaker 2: you're doing and what you're trying to get, get to
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  Speaker 2: every day. Um, So that's been fun, and I think
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  Speaker 2: guys are really excited to be at week one.
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  Speaker 4: Trevor, one thing Liam has talked about is challenging defenses
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  Speaker 4: outside the zone versus down the field.
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  Speaker 3: Do you feel like you and Brian made a lot
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  Speaker 3: of strides in that area?
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  Speaker 1: No doubt.
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  Speaker 2: I think the challenge really for all of us in
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  Speaker 2: our offense is how can every part of the field
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  Speaker 2: be a threat, and I think that the guys have
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  Speaker 2: taken ownership of that. I think the some of the
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  Speaker 2: different plays that we've been able to put in and
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  Speaker 2: different route combinations and the way guys have ran them
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  Speaker 2: and got open all spring and training camp have shown
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  Speaker 2: that they can do all that, that, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: can make also, I can make the throws and that
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  Speaker 2: every part of the field is a threat. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that that's important for your offense to stay balanced
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  Speaker 2: and to stay really effective in the passing game. So
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  Speaker 2: I think where we're at as an offense in that
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  Speaker 2: department has been good and we've got to continue to
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  Speaker 2: get better and, Now we get a chance to go
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  Speaker 2: showcase it on Sunday. But, yeah, I think we've got
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  Speaker 2: a good plan and just got to keep dialing in
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  Speaker 2: the details.
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  Speaker 5: I think Liam mentioned something about the standard being more
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  Speaker 5: player-driven this year as opposed to last year. Coaches were
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  Speaker 5: kind of carrying that flag.
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  Speaker 1: Have you noticed that with the team?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so, especially as we've all gotten more
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  Speaker 2: comfortable together and we kind of know what to expect.
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  Speaker 2: Like last year, when there's so much new, you've got
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  Speaker 2: new staff, some new players. You're all coming together for
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  Speaker 2: the first time. Some of us have played together before,
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  Speaker 2: but you've got a new system, and there's so many
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  Speaker 2: different moving parts that you're trying to get used to
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  Speaker 2: and learn.
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  Speaker 1: You're learning personalities, and I think now.
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  Speaker 2: There is that familiarity with each other, and we can
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  Speaker 2: step up, and we know the standard. We've talked with
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  Speaker 2: our coaches a ton, and I've talked to Liam, I've
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  Speaker 2: talked to Grant, I've talked to Spence. We've all talked
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  Speaker 2: about kind of what the expectations are, what the standards are,
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  Speaker 2: and so I think that's the cool thing about it
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  Speaker 2: as a player is and a leader on the team,
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  Speaker 2: you know, not just myself, other guys that you can
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  Speaker 2: feel when that standard might dip a little bit and like, Hey,
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  Speaker 2: we need to pick it up. You know, it's not
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  Speaker 2: really up to our standard today. And I think there's
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  Speaker 2: been multiple times in training camp where that's happened and
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  Speaker 2: guys have had to, you know, grab the offense or
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  Speaker 2: grab the defense or grab your position group and say,
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  Speaker 2: all right guys, let's, let's lock in.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get going here.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's not been, it's not been, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what we want to put out there on the field
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  Speaker 2: so far today. So I think that's been noticeable and
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  Speaker 2: we've got to continue to do that, especially in the season,
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  Speaker 2: because it's, It can't just be on the coaches.
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  Speaker 1: To push that every day. It's got to be a player-led,
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  Speaker 1: player-driven thing.
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  Speaker 3: When you've cut down your turnover significantly from earlier in
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  Speaker 3: your career, especially the fumbles, is that just part of
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  Speaker 3: the maturation process that you've gone through as a quarterback?
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  Speaker 3: I know you obviously did some things to try and
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  Speaker 3: fix that, but they just plummeted way down.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a lot of things.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a lot of practice, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: drill work, a lot of work and practice and individual
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  Speaker 2: of work and taking care of the ball, securing it
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  Speaker 2: at all times, when I'm moving, having two hands on it,
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  Speaker 2: knowing when to tuck it, knowing when to call it
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  Speaker 2: quits in the pocket sometimes and to not try to
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  Speaker 2: be a hero all the time.
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  Speaker 1: So I think there's a mix of all those things.
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  Speaker 2: The more you play, the more you realize when is
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  Speaker 2: the time to try to make a play and when
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  Speaker 2: is it not the time. I think that's just as important,
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  Speaker 2: and that takes some time to learn. I think that's
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  Speaker 2: part of playing quarterback is you touch the ball every play,
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  Speaker 2: And we talk in our room a lot is we
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  Speaker 2: always talk about taking care of the football with all
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  Speaker 2: the other position groups and especially how we carry it,
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  Speaker 2: tuck it, you know, not get the ball punched out.
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  Speaker 2: But the reality is quarterbacks lead the league in turnovers
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  Speaker 2: every year because we touch it every single play. So
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  Speaker 2: how important it is to be detailed and to take
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  Speaker 2: care of it. And that includes decision-making. So that's another
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  Speaker 2: part of it too, just to continue to get better
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  Speaker 2: and better. And if you don't turn the ball over
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  Speaker 2: a lot, you're going to win a lot more games.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the reality. So just trying to do my
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  Speaker 2: part and get better at that every day.
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  Speaker 3: You said with regards to Todd Munkin, of course, first
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  Speaker 3: time head coach, first time we're seeing this Browns offense,
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  Speaker 3: but same for the defense. Sounds like they have some
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  Speaker 3: of the.
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  Speaker 4: Same principles from when Jim Schwartz was the defense coordinator.
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  Speaker 3: How do you approach a first-time D.C.
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  Speaker 5: And what you could see connected to you on Sunday?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's always interesting playing a team week one that's
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  Speaker 2: a new defense coordinator, and I'm sure there's going to
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  Speaker 2: be some wrinkles, some things that maybe are different that
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  Speaker 2: show up that we're going to have to adjust to
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  Speaker 2: on the fly.
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  Speaker 1: That's playing football.
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  Speaker 2: That happens a lot of games, even if it's teams
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  Speaker 2: that have had their D coordinator a long time so
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  Speaker 2: that's part of football but I think just understanding the
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  Speaker 2: basics of what they want to do I think we
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  Speaker 2: have a feel for that and and and know what
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  Speaker 2: to expect now there could be like I said something
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  Speaker 2: that's different on Sunday but being able to react and
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  Speaker 2: not being so rigid in our plan and in our
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  Speaker 2: rules where we're not able to adjust on the fly
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  Speaker 2: I think that's the biggest thing and we've had conversations
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  Speaker 2: of of that and knowing what we can do to
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  Speaker 2: adjust as we go so yeah I mean they've been
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  Speaker 2: a really good defense even though it wasn't you know,
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  Speaker 2: Rutenberg before, this defense has been really good for a while.
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  Speaker 2: So I would imagine that some of the, there's some
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  Speaker 2: similarities because they want to keep some consistency. But I
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  Speaker 2: also think that they could have some really good new
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  Speaker 2: wrinkles on whether it's third down, red zone, passing situations.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's where it'll be interesting to see exactly
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  Speaker 2: what they want to do. And I know they're going
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  Speaker 2: to have a good plan and we're going to have
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  Speaker 2: to adjust accordingly.
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  Speaker 3: Do you feel like you've got enough, more answers this year,
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  Speaker 3: year two with them than you've had.
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  Speaker 1: In any previous year? Usually offensively in general.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you answering to whatever the defense does.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's just that now having a full
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  Speaker 2: year of doing it. And we've seen all the stuff
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  Speaker 2: that we did throughout the season last year. When you're
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  Speaker 2: game planning, you can go back and pull from those
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  Speaker 2: things and say, all right, we did this last year.
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  Speaker 2: This is our check if the defense did this. And
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  Speaker 2: so it's just easier because last year it was the
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  Speaker 2: first time you're learning a lot of these things. So
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  Speaker 2: you're trying to get it down going into that week.
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  Speaker 2: and now we've done it before, so you can look
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  Speaker 2: back on tape and say, okay, yeah, I remember this.
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  Speaker 1: I got it.
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  Speaker 2: It's not having to really necessarily put as much thought
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  Speaker 2: into just learning what you're doing now. It's adjusting the
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  Speaker 2: defensive look and talking to my guys about how to
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  Speaker 2: play off of that instead of just trying to figure
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  Speaker 2: out what to do.
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  Speaker 1: When you're going.
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  Speaker 5: Against a corner like Denzel, what's the balance between respecting
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  Speaker 5: his game.
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  Speaker 4: And what he offers and then still playing your guys'
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  Speaker 4: offense and you have a pretty.
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  Speaker 1: Good player matchup?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's all every week when you play a good
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  Speaker 2: good DBs in this league. That's a, that's a battle
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  Speaker 2: of a lot of respect for those guys in Tyson
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  Speaker 2: as well. You know, I've played with him for, for
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  Speaker 2: a few years here. And so those guys are good players.
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  Speaker 2: We got good players too. I mean, they know that
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  Speaker 2: they're going to, we're going to throw at them. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to get opportunities to go at them and we
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  Speaker 2: got to make them count. You know, I got to
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  Speaker 2: put the ball in places where only our guys can
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  Speaker 2: get it. Guys got to go and make those plays,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's down the field or wherever guys got to
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  Speaker 2: go and go take it from them. So I think
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  Speaker 2: that that's a real thing is knowing where are our
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  Speaker 2: favorable matchups, and that's something that you look at all
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  Speaker 2: week as you go into the game, but you also
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  Speaker 2: never want to let a guy take away one whole
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  Speaker 2: side of the field. So you've got to keep them honest,
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  Speaker 2: and you've got to be able to go win on everybody.
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  Speaker 2: So I think our guys are ready to do that.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll just see how it plays out Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's gotten more and more comfortable in
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  Speaker 2: the system, and I think he's started to play a
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  Speaker 2: lot faster as he's gotten more comfortable and knows what
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  Speaker 2: he's doing. And I think you're seeing our chemistry come
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  Speaker 2: along as camp's gone on and going into week one.
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  Speaker 2: So I feel great about our tight end room. I've
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  Speaker 2: said it a few times here in camp, and I
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  Speaker 2: think he's going to be able to do some great
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  Speaker 2: things for us.
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  Speaker 1: I think it all starts.
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  Speaker 2: Up front, like we talked about the O-line, same thing
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  Speaker 2: with the tight end room of the willingness to block,
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  Speaker 2: and he has that. And I think that's going to
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  Speaker 2: serve us well, and it's going to help him a lot. One,
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  Speaker 2: because we're going to be able to run the ball,
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  Speaker 2: but also he's going to get opportunities in the pass
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  Speaker 2: game because of being on the field because he can block.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that that all plays together.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, obviously it's different.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a different position.
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  Speaker 2: But I know for me it felt like the one
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  Speaker 2: thing was just there's been so much time away, and
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  Speaker 2: especially at quarterback where you don't get hit, there's really
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  Speaker 2: no contact until the regular season starts. So I know
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  Speaker 2: for me it was– I just wanted to get the
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  Speaker 2: ball snapped and just like start the game already. Cause
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  Speaker 2: there's been so much buildup of missing the back half
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  Speaker 2: of the season and then the whole off season, all
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  Speaker 2: the training camp finally week one.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that was part of it.
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  Speaker 2: And then just once it snapped, you kind of get
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  Speaker 2: back into your flow.
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  Speaker 1: You get back into the feel of football.
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  Speaker 2: Um, I felt like as the season went on, I
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  Speaker 2: got more and more comfortable every week, just moving around
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  Speaker 2: the pocket, getting used to live bullets flying and being
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  Speaker 2: able to settle in there and make throws in the pocket,
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  Speaker 2: but also knowing when to get out and use my legs.
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  Speaker 2: That was something that, I think it took me a
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  Speaker 2: couple weeks just to get the feel back of being
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  Speaker 2: in the pocket. So that's why I say it's a
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  Speaker 2: little different in every position. But I think he gets
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more of that physical aspect not being
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  Speaker 2: a quarterback because he gets those reps in training camp.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think it will necessarily be that big
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  Speaker 2: of an adjustment. But I think just for him it's
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  Speaker 2: staying calm and not getting too overly pumped up. You
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  Speaker 2: want to be ready to go, but you also want
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  Speaker 2: to keep your head. And I think he's going to
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  Speaker 2: be fine.
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  Speaker 1: He'll be ready to go.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Trevor, for a very long period of time before
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  Speaker 4: you were here, Jacksonville struggled to score early, first possession.
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  Speaker 4: Last year you flipped the switch and it was all
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  Speaker 4: said and done. You guys were third offensively with the
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  Speaker 4: most snaps with the lead. So what's it like to
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  Speaker 4: play that style of football and how important is it.
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  Speaker 1: To score early?
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  Speaker 2: That's still an emphasis for us this year. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we feel like we didn't do a good enough job
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  Speaker 2: of starting fast, at least on the first possession, of
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  Speaker 2: being efficient, getting points. Felt like we punted too much
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  Speaker 2: last year, first possession. But as far as, you know,
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  Speaker 2: playing the game ahead and staying on our terms, it's
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  Speaker 2: really nice. I mean, obviously you got to play a
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  Speaker 2: full four quarters. That doesn't change because every game is
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  Speaker 2: going to come down to one possession. But Being able
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  Speaker 2: to dictate more on your terms and not feel like
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  Speaker 2: you're kind of chasing the game a little bit, you know,
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  Speaker 2: as the game goes on and you're down 10 or
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  Speaker 2: you're down 13 or, you know, you're down a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: It's nice being able to keep that to keep that
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  Speaker 2: lead and play from ahead and dictate the terms a
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  Speaker 2: little bit and be in more four minute offenses as
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  Speaker 2: opposed to two minute and go in the game, which
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  Speaker 2: is going to happen. But it's always nice to be
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  Speaker 2: able to control the game like that.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned earlier came in the same draft class what
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  Speaker 3: kind of relationship do you have with him are you
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  Speaker 3: looking forward to being on the other side.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah i love that guy man i mean he's you
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  Speaker 2: guys know him that i've talked to him i mean
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  Speaker 2: there's not a guy a better person um you know
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  Speaker 2: that's a guy i always root for not on sunday
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  Speaker 2: you know hopefully we can get after him a little
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  Speaker 2: bit but um seriously i have nothing i have no
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  Speaker 2: bad things to say about him i think he's a
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  Speaker 2: great player a great person you know does things the
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  Speaker 2: right way so he's always a guy that i'm going
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  Speaker 2: to root for uh besides Sunday for a couple hours.
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  Speaker 2: But he's the real deal. Love that guy and always
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  Speaker 2: hoping for the best for him.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, guys. I appreciate it.