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- 0:08Speaker 1: Hello, I'm Jay Lawrence.
- 0:09Speaker 2: No relations.
- 0:10Speaker 1: Reece Parkinson is here. It's Teal Talk in partnership with Gallagher.
- 0:14Speaker 1: Jason Bell will be along to break down the game
- 0:16Speaker 1: in Denver and preview the week three matchup with the
- 0:18Speaker 1: New England Patriots. And we're going to be talking about
- 0:20Speaker 1: the Jags running game as well. Chris Rodriguez is going
- 0:23Speaker 1: to be joining us. Reece, though, Reece, where are you?
- 0:26Speaker 1: I can read what's around your neck. Marathon. Buenos Aires.
- 0:31Speaker 3: Wow.
- 0:32Speaker 1: Argentina.
- 0:32Speaker 4: Buenos Aires for the marathon. So 42K, 26.2 miles. Did
- 0:40Speaker 4: it on Sunday before the game and then got to
- 0:43Speaker 4: watch the game in the evening, which was good morning,
- 0:47Speaker 4: bad evening.
- 0:48Speaker 5: We'll put it that way.
- 0:49Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 0:50Speaker 1: I can't believe I just did a marathon in Argentina.
- 0:52Speaker 1: That's incredible. And now like you wanted Jack's win to
- 0:55Speaker 1: top it off. But, you know, sadly, it wasn't to be.
- 0:57Speaker 1: But you did manage to win. to watch the game
- 1:00Speaker 1: i'm hoping you watched it in a bar maybe or
- 1:02Speaker 1: something i'm not sure if you were able to.
- 1:03Speaker 4: Though laptop laptop couldn't walk at that point jay that's
- 1:06Speaker 4: the only issue you're doing a marathon in the morning
- 1:09Speaker 4: and then you kind of collapse for the rest of
- 1:11Speaker 4: the day and the day after and the day after
- 1:13Speaker 4: the day after the day after.
- 1:15Speaker 1: What did you think of the the game then obviously
- 1:17Speaker 1: a uh a disappointing result reese Yeah.
- 1:20Speaker 4: I was trying to remember what we had as our
- 1:22Speaker 4: predictions for the game itself. I think, did I go
- 1:25Speaker 4: with 10-7 or a low-scoring game?
- 1:27Speaker 1: You went with a low-scoring game, and I did the
- 1:29Speaker 1: exact opposite, yeah.
- 1:30Speaker 4: Yeah, and I was, it kind of, that looked like
- 1:33Speaker 4: it was trending that way a little bit.
- 1:36Speaker 5: Like, even the third quarter, it was kind of, when
- 1:37Speaker 5: I got to, like, 13-7.
- 1:40Speaker 4: It was 13-6 at one point, but it kind of,
- 1:42Speaker 4: it had that, like the both defense was, were kind
- 1:45Speaker 4: of stepping up and it was the offenses that seemed
- 1:47Speaker 4: to be letting everyone down on both sides.
- 1:49Speaker 5: I feel like, I think just disappointed.
- 1:52Speaker 4: I think the players have said that as well in
- 1:54Speaker 4: the sense of it's such a, they're all, you, I
- 1:57Speaker 4: feel like you'd rather be blown out. than have a
- 2:00Speaker 4: game like that because you're just going to look at
- 2:02Speaker 4: this game and reflect on it thinking, oh, we should
- 2:06Speaker 4: have won or could have won that game because it
- 2:09Speaker 4: was so close. And I think there's quite a lot
- 2:12Speaker 4: of elements in this game as well. And I think
- 2:14Speaker 4: that we can talk about that. Nothing huge as a standout,
- 2:19Speaker 4: but just a few things that make me go, maybe
- 2:23Speaker 4: there's some changes to be made here and there in
- 2:26Speaker 4: the team.
- 2:27Speaker 5: What about you, Jay? What do you think?
- 2:29Speaker 1: Well, I mean, it's difficult, isn't it? Because the Jags
- 2:32Speaker 1: come into that game, nine game regular season winning streak,
- 2:36Speaker 1: which is just an incredible, incredible run. And I think that,
- 2:40Speaker 1: you know, there's going to be plays, like there is
- 2:42Speaker 1: in every single loss that certain players will look back on.
- 2:45Speaker 1: I mean, Trevor Lawrence said after the game as well,
- 2:47Speaker 1: that there were plays that he wishes that he could
- 2:49Speaker 1: have again, which is understandable.
- 2:52Speaker 4: I feel like there was two throws that I remember
- 2:54Speaker 4: just thinking, ah, okay. But that might just be in
- 2:59Speaker 4: the confidence that he's in. There was that, he made
- 3:01Speaker 4: a current world player.
- 3:03Speaker 1: You don't want that to change though, do you? Trevor's
- 3:06Speaker 1: got that confidence and he feels like he can just
- 3:08Speaker 1: do whatever he wants.
- 3:10Speaker 4: 100%, but there was two passes. I think there was
- 3:13Speaker 4: one in the first quarter against the Broncos and definitely
- 3:15Speaker 4: one last week where he, I don't know how he
- 3:19Speaker 4: found an opening.
- 3:20Speaker 5: Even the camera couldn't see that the person was open.
- 3:22Speaker 4: And I think he kind of like looked to repeat
- 3:25Speaker 4: a few of those passes. against the Broncos and it
- 3:28Speaker 4: didn't kind of pay off so yeah to your point
- 3:31Speaker 4: it's not like it's you know don't don't not do
- 3:33Speaker 4: that it's just you know sometimes that's going to happen
- 3:36Speaker 4: and then you manage to win and then other times
- 3:38Speaker 4: you have those turnovers and you can't kind of claw
- 3:41Speaker 4: it back I mean we didn't score more than 13 so.
- 3:43Speaker 1: You know but credit to the Denver Broncos defense as
- 3:46Speaker 1: well because they are one of the best in the
- 3:48Speaker 1: NFL and I think that they showed it especially in
- 3:50Speaker 1: the second half there against the Jags and really made
- 3:52Speaker 1: life difficult for Trevor um and for the receivers as well,
- 3:57Speaker 1: some really tight coverage.
- 3:58Speaker 4: One thing that I did want to kind of pick
- 4:00Speaker 4: up on, I was a bit, you know, watching the game,
- 4:02Speaker 4: you see Travis Hunter come on for a few snaps,
- 4:05Speaker 4: and it just feels like we're underutilizing him at this point.
- 4:10Speaker 4: And I don't know if that's maybe because of, maybe
- 4:12Speaker 4: I'm having a bit of an overreaction with BTJ, and
- 4:17Speaker 4: you kind of.
- 4:17Speaker 5: See it through a couple of passes to him.
- 4:19Speaker 4: I wonder if Travis would have hits that up I
- 4:22Speaker 4: wonder if Travis would have caught that and I just
- 4:25Speaker 4: feel like we get him on and I know some
- 4:27Speaker 4: of those like schemes which he's just there to kind
- 4:29Speaker 4: of be the kind of ghost player just to switch
- 4:33Speaker 4: them off a bit but I feel like we drafted
- 4:35Speaker 4: him number two for both positions are we under utilizing him.
- 4:41Speaker 1: I think we're going to see more of Travis Hunter
- 4:42Speaker 1: as we get on in this season but at the
- 4:44Speaker 1: end of the day he's there to he's doing a
- 4:46Speaker 1: good job two games into the season playing cornerback And
- 4:50Speaker 1: the receiving core is so deep as it stands. You've
- 4:55Speaker 1: almost got to just use him as a, use him
- 4:58Speaker 1: as that decoy until you don't use him as the decoy.
- 5:00Speaker 1: And that's when I think he's going to be most effective,
- 5:03Speaker 1: if that makes sense.
- 5:04Speaker 5: Yeah, I get you.
- 5:05Speaker 4: I think I'm, let's see how next week goes, but
- 5:09Speaker 4: I feel like there's a couple, Travis is going to
- 5:13Speaker 4: apply some pressure at some point soon as to why
- 5:15Speaker 4: he's not getting more snaps because And that's just what
- 5:19Speaker 4: I'm going to say, I think.
- 5:21Speaker 1: But I still feel like there were some good moments
- 5:23Speaker 1: in there as well. I'm really liking how the running
- 5:27Speaker 1: game is evolving as well. I mean, I tell you what,
- 5:31Speaker 1: we'll speak to Chris Rodriguez a little bit about that
- 5:32Speaker 1: because he's come into Jacksonville this offseason as well. You know,
- 5:35Speaker 1: he's come in and a completely different backfield really as well.
- 5:40Speaker 1: He was, of course, the number two behind Travis A-Chain.
- 5:45Speaker 1: from last season. So should we get straight into it?
- 5:47Speaker 1: Should we hear my conversation with Chris Rodriguez, Jr.? All right,
- 5:52Speaker 1: welcome to Teal Talk, the new addition to the Jags
- 5:55Speaker 1: running back room, Chris Rodriguez, Jr. How you doing, man?
- 5:57Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on the podcast.
- 5:59Speaker 6: I'm doing good. Thank you for having me.
- 6:01Speaker 1: Well, let's start. How are you finding life in Jacksonville
- 6:05Speaker 1: so far?
- 6:07Speaker 5: Honestly, good.
- 6:08Speaker 6: It's different.
- 6:09Speaker 7: Obviously, I was in Washington for Around this time, it's
- 6:14Speaker 7: probably around 68 degrees in Washington. It's a lot more humid,
- 6:19Speaker 7: a lot more rain. But, you know, we're adjusting, me
- 6:22Speaker 7: and my family. We're loving it. And, you know, my
- 6:24Speaker 7: wife is a beach person, so not too far from that.
- 6:27Speaker 6: So we're loving it, all in all.
- 6:29Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I was going to say. I mean, look,
- 6:31Speaker 1: the proximity to beach is so much better than Washington.
- 6:35Speaker 1: Surely that makes it better, just that.
- 6:37Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, for her, I'm not really a beach person.
- 6:40Speaker 1: Oh, cool. How can you not be a beach person?
- 6:44Speaker 1: You don't like sand.
- 6:45Speaker 5: Oh, all right.
- 6:46Speaker 1: I'll let you off.
- 6:47Speaker 5: I'll let you off.
- 6:48Speaker 6: I'm more of like, you know, going on vacation.
- 6:50Speaker 7: I want to go somewhere that's cold. You know, I
- 6:53Speaker 7: can wear sweatsuits and, you know, chill by a campfire
- 6:57Speaker 7: or something.
- 6:58Speaker 1: Well, look, you're coming to London soon, so we'll get
- 7:00Speaker 1: on to that in a bit. You might learn to
- 7:02Speaker 1: love it over here. I hope so. All right, two
- 7:05Speaker 1: games into the season. You're sharing duties in the running
- 7:09Speaker 1: back room, obviously, Beyshal Tutun, Saramir Abdullah, yourself. How have
- 7:13Speaker 1: you found that approach so far? All these different running
- 7:17Speaker 1: backs with all their own different qualities.
- 7:20Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, you know, we have plays that we do,
- 7:25Speaker 7: like different guys do different things. But as we start
- 7:28Speaker 7: to get into the rhythm of things, it's more so like, hey,
- 7:31Speaker 7: just be ready whenever. You know, you can't, coach was
- 7:34Speaker 7: telling us, he's like, I can't, keep just being like
- 7:37Speaker 7: putting you in here, putting you in there.
- 7:39Speaker 6: And he said, you know.
- 7:41Speaker 7: I understand it's hard for you guys to find a rhythm.
- 7:44Speaker 7: So I asked him, I was like, hey, like, how
- 7:46Speaker 7: do you think we can find that rhythm where, you know,
- 7:53Speaker 7: we don't have to take two, maybe three, four or
- 7:56Speaker 7: five plays to get in that rhythm.
- 7:58Speaker 6: And, you know, he said it all boils down to, you.
- 8:00Speaker 7: Know, practice, you know, and sticking to your keys and
- 8:04Speaker 7: playing the play and just being the guy in front
- 8:06Speaker 7: of you.
- 8:06Speaker 6: So, you know, we're taking it day by day.
- 8:09Speaker 7: Obviously this running back room, I feel like can be
- 8:11Speaker 7: really good, but we have to, you know, keep attacking
- 8:15Speaker 7: and we'll see how it goes throughout the.
- 8:18Speaker 6: Rest of the season.
- 8:19Speaker 1: Well, you've got a relationship with coach Cohen already before
- 8:21Speaker 1: you went to Jacksonville. Of course, you spent a year
- 8:24Speaker 1: with him in Kentucky five years ago. It seems like
- 8:28Speaker 1: probably like a long time ago now, back in 2021.
- 8:31Speaker 1: And what was it like when you got the call
- 8:33Speaker 1: from him or, saying, Hey, do you want to come,
- 8:35Speaker 1: come down to Jacksonville?
- 8:37Speaker 3: Yeah.
- 8:37Speaker 6: So honestly, um, it was, it was, it was pretty good.
- 8:42Speaker 7: You know, I didn't think that, um, I would end
- 8:45Speaker 7: up in Jacksonville before, you know, uh, free agency had
- 8:49Speaker 7: even started. Um, you know, talking to my wife, she was,
- 8:53Speaker 7: she kept telling me like, I think you're going to
- 8:54Speaker 7: be in Jacksonville. I was like, ah, you know, like,
- 8:57Speaker 7: they have a guy and they have a young guy
- 8:59Speaker 7: that they trust in.
- 9:01Speaker 6: We'll just see how it goes. And then once it
- 9:04Speaker 6: hit and I was.
- 9:07Speaker 7: A free agent, when I got the call from Liam,
- 9:10Speaker 7: I was just like, I was super happy one because
- 9:13Speaker 7: I knew it was a system that I had been
- 9:15Speaker 7: in prior that it wouldn't be hard to kind of
- 9:18Speaker 7: figure out the terminology of the system. But when it,
- 9:23Speaker 7: Whenever the deal was done and I got down here
- 9:26Speaker 7: and I saw Liam again, it just brought back a
- 9:29Speaker 7: bunch of those memories from Kentucky. And man, I'm super
- 9:33Speaker 7: happy and blessed to even be here.
- 9:37Speaker 1: What can you tell me about Coach Cohen back in
- 9:39Speaker 1: your time in Kentucky? Maybe something that we maybe wouldn't
- 9:42Speaker 1: be aware of.
- 9:46Speaker 7: Probably that he's the same guy, which I know you
- 9:49Speaker 7: guys know that, but.
- 9:51Speaker 5: Man, he hasn't.
- 9:52Speaker 6: Changed a bit.
- 9:53Speaker 7: When he was in Kentucky, when he first got there,
- 9:57Speaker 7: you know we didn't know what to expect a new
- 10:00Speaker 7: OC we had new guys coming in new coaches and
- 10:05Speaker 7: I can say that Liam was one of the easiest
- 10:08Speaker 7: coaches to talk to that I've had in my experience
- 10:11Speaker 7: at Kentucky him and then he brought in a running
- 10:15Speaker 7: back coach who I extremely respect And I'm thankful for.
- 10:21Speaker 7: But Liam, man, he's still the same guy. He's still
- 10:25Speaker 7: easy to talk to. It's easier to talk to him
- 10:29Speaker 7: about stuff outside of football. And, you know, he's going
- 10:31Speaker 7: to coach you hard. We know what to expect. You know,
- 10:36Speaker 7: if we make a bad read, we're going to hear
- 10:38Speaker 7: about it from him. And he's not going to harp
- 10:40Speaker 7: on it too much. But you will hear about it. And,
- 10:43Speaker 7: you know, hopefully we get the mistake corrected.
- 10:47Speaker 1: There's somebody else as well that you crossed paths with
- 10:49Speaker 1: at Kentucky as well. Josh Hines-Allen, of course. Now, he
- 10:52Speaker 1: was a senior in your freshman year, so I want
- 10:55Speaker 1: to know what that relationship was like. Was there one?
- 10:57Speaker 1: Was he the intimidating senior while you were the nervous freshman?
- 11:03Speaker 6: Intimidating? No, I don't think you guys realize how Josh
- 11:07Speaker 6: used to be.
- 11:08Speaker 7: Obviously, being a freshman, I was on the scout team.
- 11:15Speaker 7: giving looks for Josh and the rest of those guys.
- 11:18Speaker 7: Josh still is. He's a big, playful kid. He's mature
- 11:24Speaker 7: when he needs to be, but when we're here and
- 11:27Speaker 7: having fun, he's super playful.
- 11:31Speaker 6: Sometimes he's like, Josh, you got to realize your size, man.
- 11:34Speaker 6: You're not this small dude, bro.
- 11:40Speaker 7: You're one of the biggest freaking DNs Like, there is.
- 11:45Speaker 7: So at Kentucky, I remember one time I had a
- 11:50Speaker 7: run play to his side, and I looked up.
- 11:53Speaker 6: And I just knew it was going to be something.
- 11:57Speaker 7: Obviously, nobody on our O-line could block him 100% of
- 11:59Speaker 7: the time. I just remember one time I was running
- 12:06Speaker 7: his way. He shed the block. He hit me and
- 12:09Speaker 7: drove me back a few yards, and he started talking.
- 12:11Speaker 6: Mess, and I'm just like, Josh.
- 12:14Speaker 5: Come on, dude.
- 12:15Speaker 7: We know you're going to be a first rounder. I
- 12:17Speaker 7: just got here. I'm 17 years old. Like, bro, give
- 12:21Speaker 7: me a break. But Josh, again, he's still the same guy.
- 12:26Speaker 7: He shows love to all the young guys. And for that,
- 12:29Speaker 7: I really appreciate him.
- 12:30Speaker 1: Congratulations on the birth of your daughter as well. I
- 12:33Speaker 1: want to know how you're dealing with, you know, having
- 12:36Speaker 1: a three month old. You need to try and get
- 12:38Speaker 1: your sleep in, but that's not natural when you've got
- 12:40Speaker 1: a three month old. You've got to train as well.
- 12:42Speaker 1: What's going on?
- 12:44Speaker 7: Uh, honestly, um, first off, I want to give a
- 12:47Speaker 7: big shout out to my wife because, uh, during this time, it's,
- 12:51Speaker 7: it's not easy for her. Um, especially while I'm here,
- 12:55Speaker 7: most of the time she's at home by herself taking
- 12:57Speaker 7: care of the baby. But, um, you know, she, she
- 13:00Speaker 7: kind of understands like the position that we're in. Like
- 13:04Speaker 7: when I get home, like I'm on, I'm on baby
- 13:07Speaker 7: duty for a couple hours.
- 13:10Speaker 6: Um, and then she knows that When it's nighttime, I'll
- 13:13Speaker 6: help her.
- 13:13Speaker 7: But at the end of the day, I have to
- 13:15Speaker 7: get my rest and my recovery to get back up
- 13:19Speaker 7: here to perform.
- 13:20Speaker 6: At a high level.
- 13:21Speaker 7: Because this is the job. This is what's helping our
- 13:25Speaker 7: family in the long run. But, man, it's amazing. I
- 13:31Speaker 7: love my daughter so much. Before she was born, I
- 13:38Speaker 7: talked to Amir Abdullah. And what it's like to have
- 13:40Speaker 7: a daughter. And he was like, bro, I just think that,
- 13:43Speaker 7: you know, you're going to play so much more free
- 13:46Speaker 7: and faster because, you know, you have a bigger purpose,
- 13:50Speaker 7: bigger than you and your wife.
- 13:52Speaker 6: Like now you have a daughter to play for.
- 13:53Speaker 7: And honestly, it has been extremely, extremely a blessing, you know,
- 14:02Speaker 7: just knowing I'm going out there and playing for something bigger.
- 14:06Speaker 6: And just seeing her little smile every time I see her.
- 14:10Speaker 6: it just, it makes my day, you know?
- 14:12Speaker 7: Um, but again, shout out to my wife because she's,
- 14:16Speaker 7: she's doing it all right now.
- 14:17Speaker 6: And I help when I can, but she's strong for
- 14:20Speaker 6: doing what she can.
- 14:21Speaker 1: Are they going to be able to come out to London?
- 14:23Speaker 7: Uh, yes, they will be there actually.
- 14:27Speaker 1: Amazing.
- 14:27Speaker 2: Amazing.
- 14:27Speaker 1: I mean, how are you feeling about it? Because this
- 14:29Speaker 1: will be the first time that you're playing in London,
- 14:31Speaker 1: I believe. How do you feel?
- 14:33Speaker 7: Um, honestly, I'm excited, you know, um, Me and my
- 14:38Speaker 7: wife have recently, like when I say recently, probably like
- 14:43Speaker 7: the last two or three years, started to travel more.
- 14:47Speaker 6: We went and got our passports, went to Jamaica. That
- 14:51Speaker 6: was our first stop.
- 14:53Speaker 7: And we've had other places, but obviously with the baby,
- 14:56Speaker 7: it's harder to maneuver and go places. But this will
- 14:59Speaker 7: be our first time out of the country since we've
- 15:03Speaker 7: had the baby, obviously. Man, I'm extremely excited, excited that,
- 15:09Speaker 7: you know, I get to take my daughter first off
- 15:12Speaker 7: to see different places that I wasn't able to see
- 15:15Speaker 7: when I was her age, even though she's not going
- 15:17Speaker 7: to remember.
- 15:19Speaker 6: It.
- 15:20Speaker 1: Nice pictures, though. You get some nice pictures. You can
- 15:22Speaker 1: be outside Buckingham Palace with her. You know, it's amazing,
- 15:25Speaker 1: you know.
- 15:25Speaker 6: Yeah, that we will.
- 15:27Speaker 7: And then my father and her mom, they're both coming.
- 15:31Speaker 7: So I think it's going to be a great trip,
- 15:33Speaker 7: especially that. Everybody's going to be there for, what, 10 days,
- 15:38Speaker 7: I think it is. So I think it's going to
- 15:40Speaker 7: be fun.
- 15:41Speaker 6: I'm excited.
- 15:41Speaker 1: Is there anything that you really want to do when
- 15:43Speaker 1: you're over here?
- 15:45Speaker 6: No, I don't really know too much. I just want
- 15:49Speaker 6: to get out and explore. That's one thing that.
- 15:53Speaker 7: I'm mad at myself for is when we played in
- 15:55Speaker 7: Madrid last year, I got so caught up in, oh,
- 15:59Speaker 7: let's go shopping or doing little things. and going to
- 16:04Speaker 7: restaurants other than going to see, like, they gave us, like,
- 16:09Speaker 7: this little sheet, and it said, hey, if you're in Madrid,
- 16:12Speaker 7: go look at these places. So hopefully we do it here,
- 16:16Speaker 7: and there's a list of places that I.
- 16:17Speaker 6: Need to go see that I can take my wife
- 16:20Speaker 6: to see as well and my father.
- 16:22Speaker 1: We can sort you out. We can sort you out, man.
- 16:25Speaker 6: If you have recommendations, just send it to me.
- 16:27Speaker 1: Oh yeah. We'll sort you out. Don't worry. We'll make
- 16:29Speaker 1: sure that you get some, uh, you go to get
- 16:31Speaker 1: some good places, good food, uh, good places to visit. It's,
- 16:34Speaker 1: it's all good. It's all good.
- 16:36Speaker 6: I'm a big foodie now. So I will wait.
- 16:39Speaker 1: Till you try British food. You might be, uh, you
- 16:41Speaker 1: might change your mind now. I'm just joking. I'm just joking.
- 16:44Speaker 1: I like it. I like it.
- 16:45Speaker 5: I like it.
- 16:46Speaker 1: Um, okay. I just want to ask about the game
- 16:48Speaker 1: this upcoming weekend as well. New England Patriots at the
- 16:51Speaker 1: bank this weekend. And what do you think the, you know,
- 16:54Speaker 1: considering the loss against Denver, what do you think that
- 16:57Speaker 1: you guys, the Jags need to focus on to get
- 16:59Speaker 1: that win?
- 17:00Speaker 6: Um, I think it's just focusing on ourself.
- 17:02Speaker 7: No, I felt like last week we, we kind of
- 17:06Speaker 7: expected ourselves to roll out and play good.
- 17:09Speaker 6: We didn't have a great week of practice last week.
- 17:12Speaker 7: And, um, you know, I think it's, it's, it's all
- 17:15Speaker 7: about the little details, you know, um, myself included last week.
- 17:20Speaker 6: Um, I just think I was so caught up in
- 17:24Speaker 6: trying to.
- 17:25Speaker 7: Make every play a big play rather than focusing on
- 17:28Speaker 7: my details, my reads. And I got so caught up in,
- 17:32Speaker 7: you know, we're going to, it's supposed to hit this way,
- 17:34Speaker 7: it's supposed to hit that way. And forcing it rather
- 17:37Speaker 7: than just paying attention to my keys and focusing on
- 17:41Speaker 7: the small things.
- 17:42Speaker 6: And, you know, last week I challenged myself to play faster.
- 17:48Speaker 7: But now this week is, okay, can I play fast,
- 17:51Speaker 7: focus on the details, and.
- 17:55Speaker 6: Really be intentional at.
- 17:56Speaker 7: Practice, not only for the first half, but the back
- 18:00Speaker 7: end of practice when we have our walkthroughs and the meetings.
- 18:03Speaker 8: Can I really be intentional, take the right notes, and
- 18:06Speaker 8: then our walkthroughs, can I take the right steps in
- 18:10Speaker 8: making sure I'm having a purpose with everything that I do?
- 18:15Speaker 7: So I think that's where you start, you know. Take
- 18:17Speaker 7: one day at a time, build up, build up. And
- 18:20Speaker 7: when you get to Sunday, you just play free and
- 18:23Speaker 7: let it all loose.
- 18:25Speaker 2: That's nice, man.
- 18:25Speaker 1: Look, thank you so much for coming on. I just
- 18:27Speaker 1: want to finish with some quickfire questions, if that's good.
- 18:30Speaker 1: We'll kick off with your favorite thing to do in Jacksonville.
- 18:33Speaker 6: Take my wife to the beach, obviously.
- 18:36Speaker 1: What do you think of when I say London?
- 18:38Speaker 6: Beans and.
- 18:41Speaker 2: I don't want to tell you.
- 18:42Speaker 5: Is it beans and toast?
- 18:43Speaker 1: Uh yeah beans on toast yeah well done yeah all
- 18:46Speaker 1: right well done breakfast yeah oh it's delicious man that's
- 18:49Speaker 1: some oh we'll get we'll get you sorted we'll get
- 18:51Speaker 1: you sorted i have an old teammate.
- 18:52Speaker 7: Who lives in london i'm excited i think he's still
- 18:55Speaker 7: there uh his name's fa obata.
- 18:58Speaker 1: Oh fa we know fa yeah he's definitely still here
- 19:01Speaker 1: have you got a message to to fa at.
- 19:03Speaker 6: All uh no but i'll be expecting him soon after this.
- 19:07Speaker 1: I'm sure yeah you better yeah you better do um
- 19:10Speaker 1: just a few more favorite ever jag to watch Josh.
- 19:14Speaker 6: Josh Hines.
- 19:16Speaker 1: Player who you base your game on?
- 19:19Speaker 6: Marshawn Lynch.
- 19:20Speaker 1: And one thing that we don't know about you?
- 19:23Speaker 6: I like a little bit of country music.
- 19:26Speaker 1: Who do you listen to at the moment?
- 19:28Speaker 6: Morgan Wallen.
- 19:29Speaker 7: Right now, I'm waiting on him to drop some more music.
- 19:35Speaker 1: It's a good one. Chris, thank you so much. Good
- 19:38Speaker 1: luck this weekend. We'll see you in Two weeks, two
- 19:41Speaker 1: and a bit weeks or something like that. Yes, we'll
- 19:42Speaker 1: see you soon.
- 19:43Speaker 6: Couple days.
- 19:45Speaker 1: Thanks so much, man. I appreciate that. Thank you for
- 19:47Speaker 1: coming on.
- 19:47Speaker 6: Yes, sir. Thank you.
- 19:50Speaker 4: Jaguars back home at the bank on Sunday at 6pm
- 19:53Speaker 4: against the Patriots and more to come on that with J-Bell.
- 19:56Speaker 4: But first, Duval Dispatches. So the watch-along party that you
- 20:01Speaker 4: all know.
- 20:01Speaker 5: About by now.
- 20:02Speaker 4: I feel like we've said it every week for good
- 20:05Speaker 4: reason because these watch-along parties are incredible. I still remember,
- 20:09Speaker 4: I think one of the favourite memories is Trevor Lawrence
- 20:13Speaker 4: grills that we handed out at the last watch party.
- 20:18Speaker 4: But make sure you get your table booked. at the
- 20:21Speaker 4: Tealwood for that game against the Patriots on Sunday. Now
- 20:23Speaker 4: that is, it's not the official name. We're taking it
- 20:26Speaker 4: over and calling it the Tealwood, but it's called the
- 20:28Speaker 4: Greenwood in Victoria, London. And you can check that out
- 20:31Speaker 4: at jaguars.co.uk. So go to jaguars.co.uk and get yourself a
- 20:36Speaker 4: table for the Tealwood takeover.
- 20:38Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm very, very excited for that. Very, very excited.
- 20:42Speaker 1: Of course, it's not that long until the Jaguars come
- 20:45Speaker 1: back into the UK and playing that game at Wembley Stadium.
- 20:49Speaker 1: Tickets now on general sale for Wembley in a truly
- 20:53Speaker 1: authentic NFL celebration in what is the country's most iconic venue.
- 20:59Speaker 1: You can get the link directly from the homepage on jaguars.co.uk.
- 21:06Speaker 1: And also this is really worth looking into, but you
- 21:07Speaker 1: only got a few days into this because this is
- 21:09Speaker 1: like bucket list moment for Jags fans. Open practice ballot
- 21:13Speaker 1: is open. So details all over socials. Make sure you apply.
- 21:17Speaker 1: These places are very limited. It is a random draw.
- 21:20Speaker 1: This is a chance to see the Jags practice in
- 21:22Speaker 1: the days before their game. I think it's going to be, well,
- 21:26Speaker 1: it is a bucket list moment for Jags fans. You
- 21:27Speaker 1: have to be in it to win it. You've got
- 21:30Speaker 1: until Friday. So this Friday, which is 25th of September.
- 21:33Speaker 1: 25th of September. Check it all out on the socials.
- 21:41Speaker 1: Speaking of Wembley Reese, I was actually there on Saturday
- 21:43Speaker 1: for the Union Jack classic Arizona State versus Kansas, which
- 21:49Speaker 1: was great. More American football in the UK, the better
- 21:52Speaker 1: in my mind. And it was lovely to catch up
- 21:55Speaker 1: with loads of Jags fans. Saw so many Jags jerseys.
- 21:58Speaker 6: Wow.
- 21:59Speaker 1: Just out and about, which I thought was amazing. Especially
- 22:02Speaker 1: there was a load of people that I met that
- 22:04Speaker 1: were not particularly big college football fans. but had got
- 22:07Speaker 1: into the NFL by being Jacksonville Jaguars fans, which is great.
- 22:11Speaker 1: I met a couple of people that were just like, yeah,
- 22:13Speaker 1: never watched college football before, but they were both wearing
- 22:17Speaker 1: some rather good-looking Jacksonville Jaguars jerseys, and a couple of
- 22:21Speaker 1: guys as well that I've met at watch-alongs as well. Hopefully,
- 22:26Speaker 1: we'll see them in a few days' time as well.
- 22:29Speaker 4: Well, I feel like they're claiming their ground today. What
- 22:32Speaker 4: we're doing is we're claiming our patch. We're getting you
- 22:34Speaker 4: ready for Wembley. We're just giving the early signs out there.
- 22:37Speaker 4: Jay has a great, I loved your video that you
- 22:39Speaker 4: posted as well about how people got into college football.
- 22:42Speaker 4: I think that's what makes our watch along at the Greenwood, well,
- 22:45Speaker 4: the Tealwood so special is you'll have a friend who's
- 22:48Speaker 4: a Jacksonville fan.
- 22:50Speaker 5: He'll bring you along.
- 22:50Speaker 4: Then suddenly you're like, oh, JQ is going to be
- 22:53Speaker 4: my team. It's just funny how these things kind of start.
- 22:56Speaker 4: It literally does start sometimes. We have a watch along
- 22:58Speaker 4: with a mate at a pub, having a drink, watching
- 23:00Speaker 4: a game. and then you're a lifelong fan.
- 23:02Speaker 1: Yeah the number of people that i meet like that
- 23:04Speaker 1: are just like oh i'm like how did you get
- 23:05Speaker 1: into college football how did you get into the nfl
- 23:07Speaker 1: and they're just like my mate uh how did you
- 23:10Speaker 1: choose this team well my mate so i mean that's
- 23:13Speaker 1: what it's all about and you know what just speaking
- 23:15Speaker 1: of um speaking of the greenwood again i just want
- 23:18Speaker 1: to push what we said last week as well which
- 23:20Speaker 1: is uh it's not as if you need to bring
- 23:22Speaker 1: all your mates to come like the number of people
- 23:26Speaker 1: that we have met that just come by themselves and
- 23:27Speaker 1: have an amazing time. So if you're a Jags fan,
- 23:29Speaker 1: you are welcome if it's just you or if it's
- 23:32Speaker 1: just you and a mate or whatever, then you've got
- 23:34Speaker 1: to get down this Sunday.
- 23:36Speaker 5: Yeah, Jay Lawrence will be wearing iced out grills, just FYI.
- 23:42Speaker 1: I didn't know what you were going to say then.
- 23:44Speaker 5: He will be wearing.
- 23:46Speaker 4: Our predictions for the Patriots game is coming up and
- 23:49Speaker 4: I will save.
- 23:50Speaker 5: I don't know if I've won this one.
- 23:52Speaker 4: I know I was kind of close with a low score,
- 23:54Speaker 4: but we'll see. But as we have Jason Bell back
- 23:57Speaker 4: with us on Teal Talk this season, answering the big
- 24:00Speaker 4: five questions, Jay and Jay Bell, take it away.
- 24:05Speaker 2: Let's do this.
- 24:06Speaker 6: All right.
- 24:06Speaker 1: UK's premier NFL analyst and Jacksonville Jaguars enthusiast and Trevor
- 24:11Speaker 1: Lawrence enthusiast, Jay Bell, Jason Bell. Let's get going. Who
- 24:15Speaker 1: came away from the Denver Broncos game with their head
- 24:19Speaker 1: held high?
- 24:20Speaker 3: Who left with their head held high? You got to
- 24:23Speaker 3: go with Mr., and I call him Mr. Parker Washington.
- 24:28Speaker 3: He is becoming the focal point of this offense, and
- 24:31Speaker 3: definitely somebody Trevor can constantly lean on when he needs
- 24:36Speaker 3: to make a play. Something like a security blanket, you know,
- 24:39Speaker 3: just makes you feel warm and cozy. He finds his
- 24:42Speaker 3: way to make it happen. Seven catches, 98 yards, and
- 24:45Speaker 3: he is Mr. Reliable right now.
- 24:47Speaker 1: Now, where was this game lost, Jason?
- 24:50Speaker 3: You know, this game was lost, in my opinion, when
- 24:54Speaker 3: Trevor threw that interception.
- 24:55Speaker 2: They were leading 13-6.
- 24:59Speaker 3: And once that happened, once Miley Ross came down with
- 25:02Speaker 3: that pick, you can feel the momentum change. As a
- 25:06Speaker 3: former player, I'm always looking to see that. Momentum is real.
- 25:10Speaker 3: You saw it in the stadium. You saw it by
- 25:11Speaker 3: the way they played. And things just started to change
- 25:14Speaker 3: after that. I mean, Denver went on and scored the
- 25:18Speaker 3: final 17 points after that. That's definitely the swing of
- 25:23Speaker 3: the game. Trevor was fooled by the coverage. I understand.
- 25:26Speaker 3: It looked one way. Looked like man turned into zone.
- 25:30Speaker 3: Great play by them.
- 25:31Speaker 1: Who was our under-the-radar MVP?
- 25:34Speaker 2: Unsung hero. I'm going with Basial Tootin.
- 25:37Speaker 3: When they had success on first and second down, it
- 25:40Speaker 3: was because they were running the ball. He was falling forward.
- 25:44Speaker 3: Third and manageable was coming up, and that offense was moving.
- 25:49Speaker 2: It looked great.
- 25:50Speaker 3: I think you got to continue to feed him, give
- 25:53Speaker 3: him those key opportunities, and really lean into him next week.
- 25:57Speaker 1: What do you think needs to improve, Jason?
- 25:59Speaker 3: You know, in a situation like this, coming off of
- 26:01Speaker 3: a loss, there are massive things to improve. But the
- 26:05Speaker 3: best coaches try to focus in on those really important things.
- 26:09Speaker 3: And one is you got to protect Trevor Lawrence. He
- 26:12Speaker 3: was under pressure yesterday. during that comeback. So get him protected.
- 26:17Speaker 3: And the receivers, you cannot drop the passes in key moments.
- 26:23Speaker 3: When you look at it, BTJ, a couple of drops,
- 26:26Speaker 3: those were the moments. The pressure was coming. Trevor got
- 26:28Speaker 3: the ball out of his hands. You got to come
- 26:30Speaker 3: down with those plays. So protect and catch.
- 26:34Speaker 1: How do the Jags bounce back and beat the New
- 26:38Speaker 1: England Patriots?
- 26:39Speaker 2: All right.
- 26:40Speaker 3: We've got a battle on our hand with the Patriots.
- 26:42Speaker 3: They're going to be a great coach team. They always
- 26:44Speaker 3: are with Mike Vrabel. And the keys are you're going
- 26:47Speaker 3: to have to get the running game going. Get to
- 26:50Speaker 3: rolling early.
- 26:52Speaker 2: Protect.
- 26:53Speaker 3: We just said about that protection is going to be key.
- 26:56Speaker 3: With Trevor Lawrence, get the ball to Parker, Washington, and
- 26:59Speaker 3: then pressure Drake May. You got to get some pressure,
- 27:03Speaker 3: especially out of that four-man rush. That's going to be
- 27:05Speaker 3: key because then you can play all those different zone
- 27:07Speaker 3: looks in the back and hopefully come away with a turnover.
- 27:12Speaker 2: Drake May isn't playing well right now. You need to
- 27:14Speaker 2: take advantage of that.
- 27:14Speaker 3: And I think if they pull that off and they
- 27:17Speaker 3: do all those things, they can come down with this victory.
- 27:20Speaker 1: And finally, none of us got it right, Jason, did we,
- 27:22Speaker 1: with our predictions last time around. However, look, this is
- 27:26Speaker 1: how a season works. Maybe this week, well, I want
- 27:30Speaker 1: to get two points. I don't want you to get
- 27:31Speaker 1: two points, but you can get a point at least, Jason.
- 27:33Speaker 1: Can we get your prediction for the Patriots game?
- 27:35Speaker 2: Prediction time. Always love it. And I'm predicting a battle.
- 27:39Speaker 2: This is going to be tough. You know, who are
- 27:41Speaker 2: you after a loss? How do you bounce back? What
- 27:43Speaker 2: are you correct? But I'm looking at 24-20.
- 27:47Speaker 3: Jacksonville, making it happen, getting back in the winning column.
- 27:52Speaker 3: I can't wait to see this happen. And I can't
- 27:55Speaker 3: wait for my daughter to hurry up and get back
- 27:57Speaker 3: so I can get out of this car.
- 27:59Speaker 2: See y'all next week.
- 28:02Speaker 1: Thank you very much to Big Jason Bell. I feel
- 28:04Speaker 1: that's offensive, actually. Big Jason Bell. I take it back.
- 28:07Speaker 1: It's a big guy. He works out. I feel like
- 28:09Speaker 1: that's fine. That's fine, isn't it? That's okay.
- 28:11Speaker 5: Make sure you have the Jason in there. That's it.
- 28:14Speaker 2: Oh, no.
- 28:17Speaker 7: No.
- 28:17Speaker 5: Sorry.
- 28:18Speaker 1: No.
- 28:18Speaker 2: That's terrible.
- 28:20Speaker 1: Thank you very much to Jason Bell. None of us
- 28:22Speaker 1: got it right with predictions last week, Rhys. All of
- 28:25Speaker 1: us went for a Jags win.
- 28:27Speaker 5: Wait, speak for yourself. I got closest on points, no?
- 28:31Speaker 2: I think.
- 28:32Speaker 1: No, I've been told, I've been told despite you being closest. No, no, no, no, no, no.
- 28:38Speaker 1: I've been told by producer Simon, who basically is the,
- 28:42Speaker 1: you know, arbiter of all things predictions. in this.
- 28:45Speaker 5: Who gave him that job?
- 28:47Speaker 1: He gave it himself.
- 28:48Speaker 5: Don't agree with that.
- 28:50Speaker 1: Yeah. It's a nil point all around, unfortunately, but you're
- 28:54Speaker 1: still top. So it's fine.
- 28:56Speaker 5: Okay.
- 28:57Speaker 1: Top two points. Jason and I are on one point each. However,
- 29:01Speaker 1: we do need to give our prediction for the new
- 29:02Speaker 1: England Patriots game, which of course is coming up on Sunday.
- 29:06Speaker 1: A bit of an iffy start to the season for
- 29:10Speaker 1: the team that made the Superbowl last year. which means
- 29:15Speaker 1: that maybe our predictions will reflect that. Rhys, what is
- 29:20Speaker 1: your prediction?
- 29:21Speaker 5: Close game. Very close game.
- 29:24Speaker 4: I know Patriots lost against, well, opening game, lost again
- 29:29Speaker 4: to the Seahawks, and then won against the Steelers, won
- 29:32Speaker 4: more convincingly than I thought they were going to win.
- 29:35Speaker 4: I actually think very two even teams in the sense,
- 29:40Speaker 4: of how we started the season, both one and one,
- 29:43Speaker 4: both the one that they didn't win could have won
- 29:47Speaker 4: if there wasn't some mistakes in there. So I think
- 29:51Speaker 4: a very close game.
- 29:52Speaker 5: It's at the bank of I think we win 17, 17, 10. Okay.
- 30:05Speaker 5: You know what?
- 30:06Speaker 6: Sorry.
- 30:07Speaker 5: 17, 16, 17, 16. Okay. 17, 16.
- 30:11Speaker 1: I'm excited to find out how they get to 16,
- 30:13Speaker 1: a bunch of field goals or maybe a safety or
- 30:17Speaker 1: a missed mixed extra point.
- 30:20Speaker 4: Give me three free field goals and a touchdown. And
- 30:23Speaker 4: the field goals come at the start. Just can't get that.
- 30:26Speaker 4: It's like a bit of a slow game at the start.
- 30:29Speaker 4: They just go for it. Let's just get a field goal.
- 30:31Speaker 4: Let's get a field goal. Then they got to kind
- 30:32Speaker 4: of put the pressure a little bit as we break away.
- 30:35Speaker 4: So yeah, 17-16.
- 30:37Speaker 1: I'm more confident than you, Rhys. I think that the
- 30:39Speaker 1: Janks are going to get the victory. I think it
- 30:41Speaker 1: is going to be by a touchdown. I think it's
- 30:43Speaker 1: going to be 24-17. Janks win. I think that we're
- 30:48Speaker 1: going to see Parker Washington touchdown. We're going to see
- 30:51Speaker 1: a big game from him. And I think that the
- 30:54Speaker 1: Jags managed to get a victory against a New England
- 30:57Speaker 1: Patriots offense that has been slightly stuttering at points to
- 31:01Speaker 1: start the season. And I think that if the, you know,
- 31:04Speaker 1: like we said about week one as well, if the
- 31:06Speaker 1: Jags defense can hurry the quarterback, like they did particularly
- 31:11Speaker 1: in the first half against the Broncos, I think as well,
- 31:14Speaker 1: then we're going to see a game when Jags win
- 31:16Speaker 1: by a touchdown. 24-17, Rhys.
- 31:18Speaker 4: That's a lot of points for us. That's the only
- 31:23Speaker 4: thing with the Patriots. I like the Patriots defense. And
- 31:25Speaker 4: it's like, it's Broncos-esque. And that's what gets me a
- 31:29Speaker 4: little bit like, ooh, getting over 20 is a task. Well,
- 31:35Speaker 4: maybe if we put Travis Hunter on more offensive snaps,
- 31:37Speaker 4: then we get there. I'm assuming that was your logic, right?
- 31:41Speaker 1: Absolutely. Absolutely. That's why I made a point of saying
- 31:45Speaker 1: Parker Washington is going to be the one that gets
- 31:46Speaker 1: the touchdown. I'm excited for it, though. I'm excited to
- 31:50Speaker 1: watch it at the Greenwood in Victoria. It's a shame
- 31:53Speaker 1: that you're not going to be there, Rhys. Presumably you're
- 31:54Speaker 1: doing another marathon this weekend.
- 31:56Speaker 5: No marathon.
- 31:57Speaker 4: I'm going to be on a long, long, long flight.
- 32:00Speaker 4: So I won't... Annoyingly, I won't actually be able to
- 32:02Speaker 4: watch the game live.
- 32:03Speaker 5: I don't... Unless.
- 32:05Speaker 4: British Airways has live sports streaming, which I'm pretty sure
- 32:08Speaker 4: it's not.
- 32:09Speaker 1: Well, other than that, you're going to have to pay
- 32:12Speaker 1: the £ 300 to get the internet on the flight. Just
- 32:15Speaker 1: keep up to date with it.
- 32:16Speaker 4: I refuse to ever, even if it's £ 1 for 30 minutes,
- 32:20Speaker 4: never pay.
- 32:21Speaker 5: Never.
- 32:21Speaker 1: Well, Rhys, we will see you when you're back. Enjoy
- 32:25Speaker 1: the rest of your trip. I hope you managed to relax, mate.
- 32:28Speaker 1: I hope you managed to chill out after pumping those
- 32:31Speaker 1: legs for a long time.
- 32:32Speaker 4: I've never heard someone describe running a marathon and pumping
- 32:36Speaker 4: those legs.
- 32:37Speaker 5: So I think that's right.
- 32:38Speaker 1: Pumping those little legs of you, Rhys. Pumping those little legs.
- 32:42Speaker 5: That got me there.
- 32:43Speaker 2: Thanks, Jay.
- 32:43Speaker 5: I appreciate it. But enjoy the Greenwood. You've got to
- 32:46Speaker 5: bring the grills.
- 32:47Speaker 1: Come on.
- 32:47Speaker 5: I've said it now.
- 32:48Speaker 1: Unfortunately, we're saving that for when you're back, mate. But
- 32:51Speaker 1: if you're listening right now and you're coming on Sunday,
- 32:53Speaker 1: I'll see you then. Look forward to it. We'll be back.
- 32:56Speaker 1: After the Patriots game, this has been a Shooting Shark
- 32:59Speaker 1: production for Jacksonville Jaguars, UK and Ireland, in partnership with Gallagher.
- 33:03Speaker 1: Back soon. Quickly, Rhys, are you in an Airbnb or
- 33:07Speaker 1: something rented at the moment?
- 33:09Speaker 5: Yeah, it's coming up to 8am.
- 33:10Speaker 4: Are you going to ask me to do a Duval
- 33:12Speaker 4: at 8am in Buenos Aires?
- 33:13Speaker 1: Do you fancy it?
- 33:14Speaker 5: I can do one.
- 33:15Speaker 6: Duval!
- 33:18Speaker 5: A little bit of that go there as well, right?
- 33:22Speaker 1: You have angered your neighbours. Yeah, they're not going to
- 33:24Speaker 1: be saying obrigado, put it that way. Oh, no, wait,
- 33:26Speaker 1: you're in Argentina. They're not going to be saying gracias.
- 33:29Speaker 5: They had a dog barking at like 11pm, so it's
- 33:32Speaker 5: just payback, right?
- 33:51Speaker 6: Thank you.