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Press Pass | Pederson: "These days... they don't ever get old." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: We do.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I do brings back a lot of memories as
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  Speaker 2: a as a player and obviously as a young coach
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  Speaker 2: in this league, head coach, and you know, these these
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: days they don't ever get old. You know, this is
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  Speaker 2: why you're in this business for for days like this,
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: and uh, we understand it's a long process though. Camp
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  Speaker 2: is uh you know, several weeks. But it's great to
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  Speaker 2: get everybody out on the grass and you know, we
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  Speaker 2: got two beautiful fields, we got beautiful building that we're
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  Speaker 2: breaking in, and everybody's excited.
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  Speaker 1: Expectations on day one.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I kind of set the expectation last night,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and in the team team meeting and and
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  Speaker 2: uh what what to expect and you know, and really
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  Speaker 2: the expectations for us is we got to get better
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  Speaker 2: and we just got to focus on us, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and and take it one day at a time. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's camp is long, uh, three preseason games, and we
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  Speaker 2: just have to we just have to uh just continue
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  Speaker 2: to to to grind, you know, and continue to work.
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  Speaker 1: This be a player driven kind of team. Do you
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  Speaker 1: think because of the.
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  Speaker 2: Leadership that you haven't do you like that as a
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  Speaker 2: coach when players sort of start to take some of
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  Speaker 2: the initiatives.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I do. We kind of saw that towards the
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  Speaker 1: end of the year last year.
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  Speaker 2: You know, players really took it upon themselves to to
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  Speaker 2: lead the football team, and that that's a it's a
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  Speaker 2: good sign of the leadership that you have in the
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  Speaker 2: locker room, you know, and and obviously we're not not
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  Speaker 2: an old football team, but but for some of the
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  Speaker 2: young players to step up in those roles, and we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna need more of that this year, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, it's it is.
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  Speaker 2: It is good as a as a coach that you
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  Speaker 2: can lean on those guys and they can they can
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  Speaker 2: handle a lot of situations for you. Last year, New year,
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  Speaker 2: and then you're over Episcopal, and I mean, I guess
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  Speaker 2: maybe there isn't because you guess the facility.
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  Speaker 1: Or doesn't matter where you where you go.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, but I think I think last year was was
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  Speaker 2: was It was great from the standpoint of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we were at Episcopal and we appreciate everything they did
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  Speaker 2: for us, and we're on buses, you know, transporting back
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  Speaker 2: and forth. So we kind of became a little closer
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  Speaker 2: group for a couple of weeks as we did that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, now the excitement enthusiasm of of uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a brand new building and you know, two great fields
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  Speaker 2: and having fans back you know at practice, which we'll
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  Speaker 2: have today, and those are all the the excitable things
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  Speaker 2: that that we we look forward to.
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  Speaker 1: Camra Robinson suspension is officially official.
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  Speaker 2: What I am, Do you do anything different than what
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  Speaker 2: you did in tams and you just go in with
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  Speaker 2: him and him and Walker splitting reps at left tackle. Well, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we understand, you know, the situation.
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  Speaker 1: We have to prepare you know, both guys honestly.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, but but I would say that you know, if
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  Speaker 2: if Walker is the guy there, we got to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that he's ready to go and get him all
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  Speaker 2: the reps. But at the same time, Cam, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Cam is gonna practice and be a part of the
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  Speaker 2: football team, and and uh, both guys understand their roles
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  Speaker 2: and and and what we're trying to get accomplished.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, as a staff, we just got to
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  Speaker 1: make sure.
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  Speaker 2: That that both of those guys are are prepared and
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  Speaker 2: and probably particularly Walker, you know, getting the majority of
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  Speaker 2: the of the snaps to have him ready to go
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  Speaker 2: possibly for week.
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  Speaker 1: One at left guard.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think there are scenarios where we
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  Speaker 2: can do that. You know, that's something early in camp.
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  Speaker 2: You want to see your offensive lineman playing some multiple
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  Speaker 2: spots and having that versatility.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, he'll he'll get some work in there. Rusher
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  Speaker 1: to see what this young group has. Uh, you just
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  Speaker 1: go a little bit of your reasoning about why you
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  Speaker 1: feel that way.
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  Speaker 2: Well, number one, you know, really comfortable and and really
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  Speaker 2: need to see I say comfortable, but really need to see,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Trayvon take another step this year. We need
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  Speaker 2: to see when I'm talking about the edge guys, we
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  Speaker 2: need to see Josh you know, continue to improve and
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  Speaker 2: get better coming out of coming out of the spring
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  Speaker 2: and really coming out of last season. Evaluating you know
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  Speaker 2: Klebon and where he is and he's more of an
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  Speaker 2: outside guy, you know, seeing where he's at. We like
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  Speaker 2: where Roy was, you know at the end of the year,
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  Speaker 2: the pressure that he was putting de Von Hamilton that
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  Speaker 2: he was. You know, Photocossi is a guy that that
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  Speaker 2: now in year two in our system, we can see
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  Speaker 2: see the improvement there.
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  Speaker 1: You know. And it's.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you just don't go out and get a
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  Speaker 2: player that you think you can just fix a spot.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, our job as coaches to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: that we coach our players right and and then so
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  Speaker 2: that's what that's what we're going to do in this
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  Speaker 2: in this camp and and particularly when we get the
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  Speaker 2: pas ods on. But you know, we like the guys
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  Speaker 2: we have obviously, and and we're comfortable with that, and
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  Speaker 2: we'll get him ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: The guys that you have. Where did you see right now?
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  Speaker 2: You know when you're in when we're in base defense,
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  Speaker 2: he's you know, he's a guy that's gonna be a
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  Speaker 2: rotational guy. He's you know, depth chart wise, he's you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's probably three you know behind behind Josh and Trayvon
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  Speaker 2: you know right now and then Casey.
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  Speaker 1: But but I see, you know, if.
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  Speaker 2: He continues to improve and work the way he's been working,
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  Speaker 2: you know in the off season and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: hopefully this camp is a good camp for him, and
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  Speaker 2: you could you could see.
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  Speaker 1: Him in there a little bit more.
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  Speaker 2: Don't like to put timetables on guys, as you know,
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  Speaker 2: but you know he'll start pup you know, camp and
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  Speaker 2: Smooth will be the same way. You know there those
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  Speaker 2: two guys will be pup. But uh, he's progressing really
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  Speaker 2: well and and we'll continue to show and monitor his progress.
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  Speaker 2: But but you know, optimistic, you know, maybe a lot
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  Speaker 2: like James Robinson was a year ago, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: camp towards the end of camp, maybe getting him in
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  Speaker 2: there and getting him in the mix, but but uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's still a few weeks away.
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  Speaker 1: He started bringing smooth back. What does he mean for
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  Speaker 1: the team for the defense? Well, number one leadership.
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  Speaker 2: He was another one at the end of the year
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  Speaker 2: that was uh, you know before the injury was was
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  Speaker 2: was uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, being disruptive.
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  Speaker 2: He's you know, uh, another one obviously in the in
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  Speaker 2: the past rush conversation. But he's probably a little later
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  Speaker 2: as far as coming back to the football team, you know,
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  Speaker 2: because a later injury, you know, during the season. But
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  Speaker 2: I think his leadership, his past rush ability, the fact
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  Speaker 2: that he can play inside and outside, the versatility there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, those are the guys that that you know,
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  Speaker 2: we were hoping to get back, right one of the
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  Speaker 2: free agents on the team that that we were trying
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  Speaker 2: to to re sign and we were we were excited
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  Speaker 2: when we did.
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  Speaker 1: Was his uh recovery.
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  Speaker 2: With uh uh what do you guys, you with Chris
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  Speaker 2: Playbrookes the rest of the last week second wrestle, you know,
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  Speaker 2: right now obviously still ongoing investigation.
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  Speaker 1: He's still a part of the football team.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, you know, we we take we take these things
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  Speaker 2: very serious. Uh here and uh we wanna make sure
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  Speaker 2: that that that Chris understands that number one and and
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  Speaker 2: uh but but at the same time, with things being
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  Speaker 2: kind of ongoing and and waiting for any kind official
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  Speaker 2: ruling with him, you know, he's he's a part of
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  Speaker 2: the football team and and and getting himself ready to play. Yes, well, uh,
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  Speaker 2: Calvin Ridley still need to be sort of managed early.
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  Speaker 1: On or do you expect he'll be No, he'll be
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  Speaker 1: He'll be full go. Yeah, yeah, he'll be full go.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of uh off season did you think Christian
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  Speaker 1: Kirk not? You know, he came back.
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  Speaker 2: He came back very uh, very excited, you know, very
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  Speaker 2: enthusiastic as far as the the way we kind of
• 8:00
  Speaker 2: left off at the end of the year. You know,
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  Speaker 2: s again, what I saw second year in our system now,
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  Speaker 2: just the come the the familiarity, the comfort level in
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  Speaker 2: the offense, the leadership ability, and and he was someone
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  Speaker 2: too that kind of you know with him and Calvin
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  Speaker 2: having a great relationship to just being able to help
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  Speaker 2: coach him on the field, you know, And and that's
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  Speaker 2: that's something that you know, I really respect Christian and
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we don't ask him to be coaches,
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  Speaker 2: but but it's kind of natural for guys like that to,
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  Speaker 2: uh to kind of take guys under the wing and
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  Speaker 2: teach the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Uh what do you know about him?
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  Speaker 2: And how do you expect that to work in the
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  Speaker 2: locker room or you know, when you're trying to get
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  Speaker 2: in I mean, you know, yeah, I mean, he he
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  Speaker 2: he listened.
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  Speaker 1: He someone that we looked at.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he played in the USFL, you know, with
• 8:57
  Speaker 2: Houston and had had a good season.
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  Speaker 1: With them, and and obviously with.
• 9:01
  Speaker 2: The Leonard Taylor injury, it it freed up a spot.
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  Speaker 2: And and you know, it's like any other young player,
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  Speaker 2: you know, coming in and competing and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: when he gets opportunities, trying to make the most of them.
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  Speaker 2: And that's that's with any young player, you know. And obviously,
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  Speaker 2: you know, part of me is the coach, part of
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  Speaker 2: me is the dad's side of it. But uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll do everything we can with all our players to
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  Speaker 2: make sure, they're ready to go and and give them,
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  Speaker 2: give him opportunities to compete. Does his mom have to
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  Speaker 2: sign No, you might have to cut the guy to
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  Speaker 2: your kid.
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  Speaker 1: It's possible. It's possible.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, and and those are those are decisions.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we'll have to make it at the end.
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  Speaker 2: But but just having him here and and and seeing
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  Speaker 2: what he can do and competing with the guys.
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  Speaker 1: He's he's jailed.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean he's been around our team, right, You've
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  Speaker 2: seen him out at training camp practices.
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: He knows a lot of the guys already. Uh, there's
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  Speaker 1: there's again that familiarity with the team.
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  Speaker 2: So it's just a matter of him coming in, coming
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  Speaker 2: in and embracing the role and and doing good on
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  Speaker 2: the field.
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  Speaker 1: Does that help the players?
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  Speaker 2: Like the fact that he has not believe that this
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  Speaker 2: is a spy.
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  Speaker 1: A spy espionage now, No, No, not at all, Not
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  Speaker 1: at all.
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  Speaker 2: I don't go for him, you know, I'm not going
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  Speaker 2: to him for answers or questions or anything like that.
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  Speaker 1: No, just getting him.
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  Speaker 2: What's really saying to see the kind of mutual perspective, desire.
• 10:34
  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, obviously probably longer it took longer
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  Speaker 2: than than we we had hoped for. But we felt
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  Speaker 2: we like Trent and I and and you know, even
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  Speaker 2: even on his side, felt like we were gonna get
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  Speaker 2: something done. It was just a matter of sort of
• 10:48
  Speaker 2: letting kind of the dust settle around the league and
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  Speaker 2: seeing where things were gonna shake out, and obviously on
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  Speaker 2: our football team, but just excited to have him, you know, here.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he was not going to miss camp,
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: regardless of the extension or not he was. He was
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  Speaker 2: gonna be here. He loves ball, He loves being here.
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  Speaker 2: And that's that's the one thing that you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think as a coach, you're you're kind of proud of
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  Speaker 2: when guys want to stay and they want to be
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  Speaker 2: here and be a part of what we're building.
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  Speaker 1: And so he's a big part of it.
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  Speaker 2: Offensively, obviously, we're excited to have him, you know, locked
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  Speaker 2: up for a few more years and and ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: But you ever see them players who when they get
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: paid they can maybe play a little for your don't think.
• 11:33
  Speaker 2: It happens, you know, and I think it's I think
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  Speaker 2: it's a something that's lifted off of them, a weight
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  Speaker 2: that's lifted, you know, the fact that now they know
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  Speaker 2: where they're going to be for the next few years,
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  Speaker 2: and and you know, yeah, it definitely, uh definitely takes
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  Speaker 2: that that burden off.
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  Speaker 1: You love it. I love it.
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  Speaker 2: It's the enthusiasm of playing in you know, in front
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  Speaker 2: of your your home fans anyway, and and the fact
• 12:00
  Speaker 2: that we've got a beautiful stadium out here to to
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  Speaker 2: host you know, twenty five hundred or so fans for the.
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  Speaker 1: Next couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: The guy's feed off of that, and you know, it
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  Speaker 2: just it just brings a lot of energy to practice
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know it's sometimes it's better than blairing
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  Speaker 2: the music all the day, all day long. A couple
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  Speaker 2: provide writing facility. I I I think it's everything to
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  Speaker 2: the fans, you know, to have the opportunity to come
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  Speaker 2: and and and spend a couple of hours out here
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  Speaker 2: and watch watch practices and and you know, they got
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  Speaker 2: the fans and the actual fans you know up there,
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  Speaker 2: keep them cool. There's you got the amenities, the pro
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  Speaker 2: shop out there. I mean, it's uh uh, it's a
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  Speaker 2: great place to come and to bring families and and
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: you know, one of the things I'm doing differently this
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  Speaker 2: year kind of new this year is I'm asking each
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  Speaker 2: position group, uh to sign autographs after practice and so
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  Speaker 2: you know, a hun a hundred lucky fans, we'll we'll
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  Speaker 2: get a chance to you know, come through the line
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  Speaker 2: at the end of practice and and get an autograph sign.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a way for us to kind of give
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  Speaker 1: back to them.
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  Speaker 2: Cause they support us, they come watch us, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, hard times and good times, and and uh,
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  Speaker 2: I enjoy having them out there. Did you guys finish
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  Speaker 2: like refining the offense with what Forever likes to do
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  Speaker 2: and putting you all together in the spring.
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  Speaker 1: Or you still have to do more of that now?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe how far along do you feel like you're in
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  Speaker 2: the process? How comfort are you with with what it
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  Speaker 2: looks like to this point?
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  Speaker 1: And pretty good? Pretty good? Yeah, pretty good?
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: It is there one or two things about the new
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  Speaker 2: facility to make it mean moregan or more efficient or
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  Speaker 2: change the way you're doing your job?
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: Space? Okay, right? Space?
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: You know, you guys obviously spend a lot of time,
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  Speaker 2: you know, in in the stadium and it's been great
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  Speaker 2: for the amount of years that the the Jaguars have
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  Speaker 2: been here, and but having this I mean you know,
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: the windows, the sunlight to see it rain in the afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: I mean to be able to.
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  Speaker 2: Walk outside right onto your practice field, or walk indoors
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  Speaker 2: to your indoor facility.
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  Speaker 1: And beautiful big weight room that you can now put the.
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  Speaker 2: Team in, you know, and it just it just makes
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: it makes it easier. But but the the message too
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  Speaker 2: is let's not get comfortable, right, You still have to
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  Speaker 2: put in the hard work and and and the time.
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  Speaker 2: And but it just gives us, I think the resources
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  Speaker 2: now to uh to really focus on ball and not
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  Speaker 2: worry about a bunch of bunch of other.
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  Speaker 1: Things last year finish with the team. There's never a
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  Speaker 1: question about this drive and want to be great. Have
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  Speaker 1: you seen that grow after the way things finished? Maybe
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  Speaker 1: a little foot? What else?
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  Speaker 2: Like go I have I I I saw it when
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: he when he arrived, you know, for the off season
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  Speaker 2: program and the way he's led this football team and
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: continues to lead this football team. His motivation hasn't changed,
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: is probably enhanced a little bit more.
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  Speaker 1: You know. I think the guys, guys understand.
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  Speaker 2: That they can be a good football team. He understands
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  Speaker 2: that this can be a good football team. And and
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  Speaker 2: we just got to focus on that right, focus on
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  Speaker 2: us and and continue the process and continue the hard work.
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  Speaker 2: But he's he's in a really good place, you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of to your point with the with the offense
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  Speaker 2: and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: We we do lean on him. We do ask, you know,
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  Speaker 1: him what.
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  Speaker 2: He likes and doesn't like, and and try to refine
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  Speaker 2: it to the things that that the players like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and and that's that's a sign of you know, the
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  Speaker 2: I think the confidence that they have in us and
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  Speaker 2: we have in them that we can have these communications
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  Speaker 2: and conversations.
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  Speaker 1: But he's, uh, you know, he's the leader of this
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  Speaker 1: team and we're excited the is next coach. All right,
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: enjoy the air conditioning, you guys.
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: A couple of how season announcements before our coach talked
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  Speaker 2: about
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  Speaker 1: H