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Interview: Offensive line coach George Warhop · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Let's start with Cedric Boy. He former first round pick.
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  Speaker 1: He's been playing some ryan tackle. He's been moved over
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  Speaker 1: to left tackle the last couple of weeks. What if
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  Speaker 1: you've seen from Cedric so far and what are some
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  Speaker 1: things he does well? Uh, I'll tell you one thing
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  Speaker 1: that said is he's an elite athlete for the position.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't know there's three guys in the
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  Speaker 1: league that's more athletic than he is, So that's a bonus. Um,
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  Speaker 1: what's he's I think what he's doing well is grasping
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  Speaker 1: what we're asking him to do. I mean, we're very
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  Speaker 1: different from how he was coaching Cincinnati. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: want to use our hands, were a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: aggressively what we want to do. So it's different for him. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's embracing that. Uh. Working on his footwork, he's embracing that.
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  Speaker 1: So all that stuff is on up kick for him
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  Speaker 1: and every day he gets better with it for us.
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  Speaker 1: Josh Wells has been around here for a few seasons now, uh,
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  Speaker 1: and when he gets in the lineup, he's been a
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  Speaker 1: solid backup left tackle in this league. What have you
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  Speaker 1: seen from Josh about his work ethic and how he
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  Speaker 1: goes goes about his business and what can he do
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  Speaker 1: better as camp goes on here. Uh good, Josh. I
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  Speaker 1: mean with all these guys really right, there's no question
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  Speaker 1: on their work ethic. Uh. That's been one of the
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  Speaker 1: most impressive things about these guys since I've been here.
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  Speaker 1: There there their willingness to work, Uh, their willingness to
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  Speaker 1: try some different stuff. Uh, the willingness to embrace different schemes. Um.
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  Speaker 1: So that part of it has been fantastic. Um. But Josh,
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  Speaker 1: you just gotta get comfortable with what we're doing and
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  Speaker 1: get comfortable in his own skin. I think he's been
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  Speaker 1: a good backup tackle. He's competing if Cam doesn't come
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  Speaker 1: back to be the starting tackle, and he needs to
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  Speaker 1: keep tread and water and keep fighting and getting better.
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  Speaker 1: Leonard Wester gets off the bus and you say, you
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  Speaker 1: know what, this guy's a tackle in the NFL. He
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  Speaker 1: just looks the part, right. But he's been around the
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  Speaker 1: league for a minute too. Hasn't had a lot of
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  Speaker 1: starting time in his career. Though. What do you like
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  Speaker 1: about Western so far? Well? I had Leonard in in Tampa,
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  Speaker 1: so I've had him since his rookie year. Uh. The
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  Speaker 1: one thing you know about Leonard Is, He's a he's
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  Speaker 1: got a quiet demeanor to him, but he's one of
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  Speaker 1: the toughest guys you'll be around. For him to come
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  Speaker 1: out of the game, it's got to be a severe issue. Um.
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  Speaker 1: And he plays the game and even which I really like,
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  Speaker 1: and doesn't get high, he doesn't get low. He stays
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  Speaker 1: pretty much the same and he does it the same
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  Speaker 1: all the time, which is which is huge. So uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm not one to bring a whole lot
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  Speaker 1: of guys with me when I go someplace else. I
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  Speaker 1: think sometimes it's not good. Um. When I left Tampa
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  Speaker 1: and Letter was probably one of four guys I were
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  Speaker 1: brought with me regardless, just because of this character and
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  Speaker 1: what he brings to the room. George Warhop with US
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars offensive line coach, you got a draft pick on
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  Speaker 1: the other side now, right tackle Jowan Taylor. What did
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  Speaker 1: you see about him that you liked at Florida the
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  Speaker 1: last year or two and has that equated to what
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  Speaker 1: you've seen in the off season and training camp so far?
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  Speaker 1: For him? He's tough. He's tough, and you watch a
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  Speaker 1: step in Florida, he's a tough kid. Uh. In today's football.
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  Speaker 1: In college, you don't see guys line up and hit
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  Speaker 1: guys and take him off the ball. He was doing that.
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  Speaker 1: You watch him against all the elite pass rushers. He
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  Speaker 1: handled almost all of them with very little issues. Um.
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  Speaker 1: So you look at a guy like that, and in
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  Speaker 1: this league, just because you're right accle doesn't mean you're
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  Speaker 1: not going to see elite pass rushers. And he showed
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  Speaker 1: in college those guys that are being drafted high, he
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  Speaker 1: handled him. Uh. Since he's been here, we've had to
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  Speaker 1: fix some things technically for him. Uh, and he's made
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  Speaker 1: some huge progress. I'm excited for him. Will Richardson, her
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  Speaker 1: name has been thrown around the last couple of weeks
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  Speaker 1: series back in training camp. Of course this season. He
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  Speaker 1: was banged up last year, former draft pick a couple
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  Speaker 1: of years ago here. But he's been moving around a
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  Speaker 1: good bit. You know, he played some tackle, he's played
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  Speaker 1: some guard inside, he was at left guard, I think
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  Speaker 1: earlier today. A guy that can move around a little
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  Speaker 1: bit doesn't hurt. What have you seen from him? And
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  Speaker 1: does he have a shot at a starting job at
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  Speaker 1: right guard? Sound like Doug Morone didn't put that out
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  Speaker 1: of the question today. Well, it's not out of the question. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the difference between Josh or excuse me, Will
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  Speaker 1: and the other guys is you know, Will is really
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  Speaker 1: he's like a rookie to me. Uh So he's just
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  Speaker 1: figuring out who he is and what he is, and
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  Speaker 1: we're figuring out who he is and what he is
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  Speaker 1: and what we're fined with Will is. He's very playable,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and you can put him that guard, you
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  Speaker 1: can put him at Apple, working him on the left side,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, he adapts really easily. So that's that's kind
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  Speaker 1: of a double edged sword for a coach. If you
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  Speaker 1: get a guy like that, you want to have a
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  Speaker 1: guy that has that kind of position flexibility that can
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  Speaker 1: be up on Sundays. So it takes away sometimes from
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  Speaker 1: you said, I'm gonna leave you at one spot and
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  Speaker 1: let you fight for that. So he's definitely in play
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  Speaker 1: for the right guard, but we're also making sure he's
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  Speaker 1: playable across the front for the season. You always want
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  Speaker 1: three guys that can snap for you on game day,
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  Speaker 1: right when you're sending your back up and it's God forbid,
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  Speaker 1: something happens that said, how's a j Cann looked at
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  Speaker 1: center the snaps. He's had so far at camp, way
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  Speaker 1: better than expected. Oh yeah, he went in the game
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  Speaker 1: the other day. I had no issues with the snaps
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  Speaker 1: and no issues with the mic points. Uh. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we've got to clean him up technically all the time.
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  Speaker 1: That's different form playing center, but you'll see him in
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  Speaker 1: there some more. I mean, he's gonna get reps at
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  Speaker 1: center as much as we can give it to him
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  Speaker 1: in live competition. It only helps him and it only
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  Speaker 1: helps us. Appreciate your time, man, Thanks no hum