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Andrew Catalon On NFL Trades, BTJ Shinning & More | Countdown To Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's always a big game when Andrew Cataloan's on the call.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a few weeks Jaguars Texans the last time,
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  Speaker 1: but now the Eagles Jaguars matchup in Philly. Good to
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  Speaker 1: see you again.
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  Speaker 2: How are you too, JP. Always good to be with
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  Speaker 2: you on a Jaguars week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's a big Jaguars week. Every week's a
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  Speaker 1: big week. But boy, for the Jaguars right now, two
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  Speaker 1: and six, just trying to get out of their own
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  Speaker 1: way a lot of times. There's a lot going on now.
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  Speaker 1: There's the pre snat penalties the past. Defense hasn't been good,
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  Speaker 1: They've got injuries all over the field. On offense, they're
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  Speaker 1: making trades and it's only week nine. Like it's a
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  Speaker 1: lot happening, a.
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  Speaker 2: Lot, a lot happening. And I thought they played you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously you'll point to the mistakes that occurred, but they've
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  Speaker 2: played a pretty good game against Green Bay on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: I know that Malik Willis was the quarterback and not
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  Speaker 2: Jordan Love for most of the second half, but I
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  Speaker 2: thought there was a lot of encouraging signs Compared to
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  Speaker 2: the last time I got ready to call a Jaguars game,
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  Speaker 2: which was Week four in Houston, so still not there obviously,
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  Speaker 2: but we saw what happened a couple of years ago
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  Speaker 2: when they were two and six. I think Trevor is
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  Speaker 2: playing better football now. I know I'm wearing the you know,
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  Speaker 2: the rose colored glasses, but that's the way I'm looking
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  Speaker 2: at Jacksonville as I get set for this one.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean he had two giveaways last week in
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  Speaker 1: his own end, the interception and then a fumble you
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  Speaker 1: can't have. But then rally the team so you know,
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  Speaker 1: and got them down the field without three starting receivers
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  Speaker 1: out there. That's tough to do. You got two tight
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  Speaker 1: ends in the game, that's all you're left with. So
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  Speaker 1: you got to give the quarterback credit.
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  Speaker 2: No doubt, no doubt. I think Brenton Strange had a
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  Speaker 2: really nice second half. Four of his five catches were
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  Speaker 2: after halftime when they needed him because of the injuries.
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  Speaker 2: Evan Ingram I think is still a really good tight
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  Speaker 2: end in this league. And I give the coaching staff
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  Speaker 2: credit for adjusting without the receivers. We had to see
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  Speaker 2: them in double tight end a lot in that second
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  Speaker 2: halfter and the comeback, so you know, some positive signs,
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  Speaker 2: but still not where any of the Jaguars fans thought
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  Speaker 2: they would be after eight games this year.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew, there's another trade that's happened, of course, this week.
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  Speaker 1: Cam Robinson is gone to Minnesota. He'll be back next week,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, to face off against the Jags. That'll
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  Speaker 1: be an interesting conversation. Roy Robertson Harris was traded earlier
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  Speaker 1: this year, a couple of Vets with bigger contracts. It's
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  Speaker 1: kind of that time, you know, they're not out of
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  Speaker 1: it mathematically, but they're giving Walker Little a shot at
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  Speaker 1: left tackle the rest of the season. It's the final
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  Speaker 1: year of his rookie deal, so that's kind of where
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  Speaker 1: they are in the offensive line right now too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's a great opportunity for Walker
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  Speaker 2: and for the organization to figure out if this is
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  Speaker 2: a guy that we want to bring back and make
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  Speaker 2: our left tackle of the future. So in some ways
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  Speaker 2: I understand the trade. I feel like, you know, these
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  Speaker 2: days the last few years, more and more trades compared
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  Speaker 2: to ten fifteen years ago. So I find that interesting
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  Speaker 2: becoming more of the norm in the NFL. So I
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't be surprised if we see a lot of activity
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  Speaker 2: before the trading deadline next week.
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  Speaker 1: All right, final thought about this Jags offense. At least
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  Speaker 1: some young guys really playing well. Tank Bigsby stepped in
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  Speaker 1: and with Travis Eati and Junior dinged up a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: He's really performed well over the last month. And then
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  Speaker 1: Brian Thomas Junior showing off. He had a chest injury
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  Speaker 1: last week. We'll see a status moving ahead. But to
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  Speaker 1: have those young guys stepping up and playing big, that's
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  Speaker 1: a bright spot in an otherwise dull start to the season.
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  Speaker 2: Big time, big time.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really hoping that Thomas plays because I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: talk to him in our production meeting. I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: get a sense of this young man because I've been
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  Speaker 2: really impressed with the way that he has played, and
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  Speaker 2: Tank Bigsby certainly has, you know, I think that you
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  Speaker 2: see it a lot, you know with JP that when
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  Speaker 2: you have a year under your belt, it's it's almost
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  Speaker 2: like you're a whole new player in that second season.
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  Speaker 2: So I feel like he's made that really nice leap
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  Speaker 2: this year, and there's there's some bright points, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I think if they put it all together, it's a
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  Speaker 2: pretty good team. Obviously, Kirk is no longer there, and
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  Speaker 2: I think that's going to be a huge loss. But
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  Speaker 2: you're right, the younger players have stepped up in some
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  Speaker 2: nice spots here for them this season.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Andrew Cattle on CBS Sports with US, Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: defense will have their hands full. They've had their hands
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  Speaker 1: full most weeks this season. Let's be honest with you.
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  Speaker 1: They've struggled up front in a lot of areas. Rushing
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  Speaker 1: the passer hasn't been great. Linebackers are on and off
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  Speaker 1: the field, The Lucan's been out a lot. The secondary
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  Speaker 1: has issues in pass coverage. That's a long list of things.
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  Speaker 1: And they're going up against an Eagles team that can
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  Speaker 1: pound you. And they've got Saquon Barkley, who's second in
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  Speaker 1: the league in rushing yards, two time All Pro Bowler.
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  Speaker 1: He's fit right in in Philly. I mean, I guess
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  Speaker 1: he could fit right in anywhere, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's special. He's a really good player. Called some
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  Speaker 2: of his games with the Giants over the years. Interestingly
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  Speaker 2: for me, JP is that this my first game as
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  Speaker 2: a full time CBS announcer was Week one of twenty fourteen,
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  Speaker 2: when the Jaguars were at the Eagles, Alan Hearns burst
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  Speaker 2: on the scene. They had a nice lead in that
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  Speaker 2: game and let it slip away. Eagles on CBS not
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  Speaker 2: a team that I see very often, is my point.
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  Speaker 2: And watching their film against Cincinnati last week, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the first half they kind of mosied around, but then
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  Speaker 2: the way their offense looked in the second half really
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  Speaker 2: impressed me. I mean, they whether it's Barkley on the
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  Speaker 2: ground or Devonte Smith or AJ Brown, you gotta worry
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  Speaker 2: about Jalen Hurts running. There's a lot of different ways
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  Speaker 2: they can beat you. So yes, the Jaguars defense will
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  Speaker 2: have their hands full with a very hot Eagles team
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  Speaker 2: that has won three straight coming off their by.
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  Speaker 1: What's the key to stopping this Eagles push play?
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  Speaker 2: I think that nobody can figure it out. It's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: Now we have to decide if we want to call
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  Speaker 2: it the tush push or the brotherly shove. That'll have
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  Speaker 2: to be something we spend a lot of time with
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  Speaker 2: analyzing this week. But if you're a Jaguars fan, you
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  Speaker 2: don't want to hear it at all because I think
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  Speaker 2: they're around an eighty two percent success rate when they
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  Speaker 2: run that play. Jalen Hurts had two of his three
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  Speaker 2: rushing touchdowns against the Bengals on that play. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's something that no one has really
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  Speaker 2: been able to figure out, and certainly I'm not going
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  Speaker 2: to be able to help the Jags do it either.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew catal On with us AFC South, give us an
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  Speaker 1: idea of the rest of the division right now. We
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  Speaker 1: know what the Texans are, their record, Hey, there's questions
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  Speaker 1: in Indy right now a quarterback. It's a lot going
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  Speaker 1: on in this division.
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  Speaker 2: Wild you know, so I had had the Titans, I've
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  Speaker 2: had the AFC South the last few weeks. I had
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  Speaker 2: the Titans in Buffalo. You know, without Levis Mason Rudolph,
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot going on there. Obviously they trade DeAndre Hopkins.
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  Speaker 2: They only had two running backs going into that games.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they're feeling their way through. And then last
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  Speaker 2: week I had the Colts Texans game in Houston, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, we met with Shane steike It on Saturday night.
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  Speaker 2: We told this on the air. We said, hey, when
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  Speaker 2: Flacco played those two games, he looked pretty good, and
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  Speaker 2: he's like, yeah, I get it. But Richardson is our
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  Speaker 2: quarterback of the future. And he's got to play well.
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  Speaker 2: Here we are and that's how quickly it changes in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL. A few days he pulled himself out of
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  Speaker 2: the game. What role that had into it, I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: but the culture in flux. But but here's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to probably be pretty good with Joe Flacco.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this could change their season in a positive way.
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  Speaker 2: As you know. Obviously the Richardson part of it and
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  Speaker 2: how that plays out in the future, you know that
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  Speaker 2: that is a great question. But in a short term,
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  Speaker 2: this could be a pretty good team with Flacco running
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback. And now Houston, you know, Nico Collins still
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  Speaker 2: out but almost back, but no digs. Their offensive line
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  Speaker 2: has not performed well, you know. So you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they're six and two, but they're not to me the
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  Speaker 2: juggernaut that I thought they were maybe a month ago.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of football left to be played. Where in
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  Speaker 1: a halfway point and we'll see what happens. The Jags
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  Speaker 1: have rallied before in circumstances like these, we'll see if
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  Speaker 1: they can do it again. Always good to talk to you, Andrew,
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  Speaker 1: appreciate it man, you too, pal. Thank you