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Press Pass | Liam Coen on London Arrival, Keeping Focus Internal & Game Plan for Eagles · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It just won't be quite the same tempo a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: you know, slow down, do it more like a jog through.
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  Speaker 1: I try to get some full speed reps of like
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  Speaker 1: routes on air, throw and catch a little bit, but
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  Speaker 1: to come off the plane, the ride, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: won't be quite as full speed as a normal Friday
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  Speaker 1: would be, but we prepped that way. That's why we
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  Speaker 1: had a good physical practice yesterday and full pads. We're
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  Speaker 1: able to get after. I thought they did a nice
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  Speaker 1: job having a good physical day yesterday. And so tone
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  Speaker 1: it down a little bit more above the neck, try
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  Speaker 1: to keep these guys awake.
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  Speaker 2: Coach, I mean, Travis Tundra's had a brilliant last two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: How much has that justified the decision in the off
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  Speaker 1: season to make him primarily focus on Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: just any time you put a little bit more time
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  Speaker 1: into one job and it helps provide some clarity for
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  Speaker 1: the player and for him to be able to go
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  Speaker 1: play fast with a lot of confidence where he knows
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  Speaker 1: what he's doing a little bit more and where he's just,
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  Speaker 1: you know, been more focused at that side of the football.
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  Speaker 1: And so defense is so much everybody think offense is.
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  Speaker 1: more complicated. Whereas defense is so much more communication in
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  Speaker 1: terms of the other guys and what their jobs are
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  Speaker 1: and how you're tied into that. And so I think
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  Speaker 1: he's done a nice job. I've been pleased with some
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  Speaker 1: of the confidence he continues to build.
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  Speaker 3: Hi coach. Welcome back to the UK.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously it's a difficult game to plan for when the
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  Speaker 3: Eagles have so many players at the moment that we're
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  Speaker 3: not sure who's playing or not. How difficult does it
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  Speaker 3: make to prepare for your opponents?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we've tried to look at it as, um,
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  Speaker 1: You know that we can't worry about that or if
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  Speaker 1: that even creeps into our minds, we're probably worrying about
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  Speaker 1: the wrong things because it is about us. It's about
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  Speaker 1: our execution, our game plan, our fundamentals, technique, communication. I
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  Speaker 1: have full, you know, Nick Sirianni does a great job.
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  Speaker 1: This team, this group, you know, won a Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: a few years ago. They know how to handle adversity.
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  Speaker 1: They know how to handle some of these things. They've
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  Speaker 1: had a ton of guys play and help them win
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  Speaker 1: over the course of the last few years. So I
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  Speaker 1: know they'll be ready to play, that's for sure. And
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  Speaker 1: it's really got to be about us. I mean, that's
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  Speaker 1: something that we continue to talk about as a team.
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  Speaker 2: Coach, you've become the fastest Jaguar head coach to reach
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  Speaker 2: 15 wins and also the first head coach out of
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  Speaker 2: 15 to 20 wins in the NFL since Matt LeFleur.
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  Speaker 2: But when you hear those numbers, do you allow yourself
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  Speaker 2: to appreciate what you've done so quickly or.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's very hard to enjoy wins very long in
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  Speaker 1: this league just because the next challenge comes at you
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  Speaker 1: so quickly. I think what's cool is as a team, organization,
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  Speaker 1: even just in my family, hey, let's enjoy the Sunday
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  Speaker 1: when we win. Let's truly enjoy that. Try to be
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  Speaker 1: present in those moments. And then Monday, I mean, you
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  Speaker 1: can enjoy it for the first half of that day
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  Speaker 1: while you still have the players come in. You can
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  Speaker 1: show them some highlights of the game, but you have
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  Speaker 1: to move on so quickly in this league. And so
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  Speaker 1: if you live in those results, I think, for good
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  Speaker 1: or for bad, it's going to be tough sledding to
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  Speaker 1: make it through one season, never mind sustaining that and
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  Speaker 1: continuing to try to build a culture of competitiveness, of
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  Speaker 1: being able to respond. And so If we live in
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  Speaker 1: those results, unfortunately, I don't think I'll last very long.
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  Speaker 2: And secondly, you've built a lot of your reputation on
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  Speaker 2: your offensive mind, but one of the distinguishing things about
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  Speaker 2: this team is the defense, specifically. So as someone who
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  Speaker 2: spends a lot of time trying to overcome the technical layers,
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  Speaker 2: how much has having this particular defense on the other
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  Speaker 2: side of practice challenged or changed the way that you've
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  Speaker 2: tried to attack?
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  Speaker 1: Man, it's a great question. I think... When you have
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  Speaker 1: a group led by Anthony Campanelli and our defensive staff,
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  Speaker 1: they do a phenomenal job, not only throughout the week
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  Speaker 1: of preparation for the opponent, but in the offseason, like
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  Speaker 1: you said, challenging us. And so we always talk about
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  Speaker 1: finding our edge and sharpening our edge. And we get
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  Speaker 1: to do that on a daily basis against each other,
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  Speaker 1: whether it was in offseason, OTAs, mini camp, training camp.
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  Speaker 1: When you're going against each other in a group that
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  Speaker 1: not only has physical and tough personnel, but challenging schemes
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  Speaker 1: that really challenge your rules as an offensive coach. It
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  Speaker 1: makes you find answers, find solutions, whether it's throughout the
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  Speaker 1: course of training camp or, hey, throughout the offseason program.
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  Speaker 1: And so I think it helps, you know, prepare you
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  Speaker 1: for some of the looks that you see throughout a season.
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  Speaker 1: But man, when we compete against each other in good
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  Speaker 1: on good, it's fun to watch. It's fun to be
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  Speaker 1: a part of. And it challenges you on a daily basis.
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  Speaker 5: What is the way you've grown the most in.
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  Speaker 1: The year and a couple months he's been?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think obviously he's extremely detail-oriented, and the
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  Speaker 1: time on task that he puts into it I think
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  Speaker 1: is second to none in terms of, I mean, look,
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  Speaker 1: after games, win, lose, or draw, if we're at home,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's back in the office until about 10,
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  Speaker 1: 11 o'clock at night working on the next opponent. So
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't even go and really watch our tape. he's
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  Speaker 1: always ahead of the next opponent so much. So like
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  Speaker 1: when we get in the building on Monday, he already
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  Speaker 1: has such a grasp of what maybe the opponent is
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  Speaker 1: going to do to us next. But I also think
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  Speaker 1: the communication and collaboration with the staff, right? Like he's
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  Speaker 1: so intelligent and smart in his own right, but taking
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  Speaker 1: bits and pieces from the other coaches and the collaboration
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  Speaker 1: that those guys have as an offensive staff and continuing
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  Speaker 1: to have man of players over plays mindset. You know,
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  Speaker 1: when you're really, when plays come to you so often
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  Speaker 1: and frequently as it does for him, a challenge can
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  Speaker 1: be to continue to put the players first, not the plays.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that that's something that Grant's continued to
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  Speaker 1: grow into. I don't know how much he does. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he does a, he does a great job with our players.
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  Speaker 1: making sure that they feel his impact and his pride
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  Speaker 1: in what we're doing offensively when we do have success.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't think he rides those waves. The cool
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  Speaker 1: thing about Grant is he's not emotional, and I can be.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's good for us. It's really good for me,
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  Speaker 1: but it's very good for our offense to have that
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  Speaker 1: balance of he can stay like this no matter what's happening,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's through a course of a game, throughout the
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  Speaker 1: course of the week of preparation. Like if something doesn't
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  Speaker 1: look good on a Wednesday, you know, I'm typically going
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  Speaker 1: to be the one to say, let's throw it out. Like,
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  Speaker 1: why waste our time on that? We have a million
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  Speaker 1: other plays. Whereas he can then communicate to me, hey, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 1: Let's try it again tomorrow. Let's see what it looks
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  Speaker 1: like because it's got a chance to be really good.
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  Speaker 1: And so I think that's where we balance each other
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  Speaker 1: out pretty well.
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  Speaker 2: Coach, on the C-Rod touchdown specifically. How rewarding is it
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  Speaker 2: as a play caller and an officer staff to be
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  Speaker 2: able to score on a rushing touchdown from that far out?
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  Speaker 3: And was that a counter run scheme?
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  Speaker 6: It was.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a counter tackle rap play that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: ended up converting to almost like a tackle trap because
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  Speaker 1: of the way that they played. And it was rewarding
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  Speaker 1: because of the collaboration and communication prior to the play
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  Speaker 1: occurring where. since he was giving us a lot of
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  Speaker 1: will pressure, will dog, and it was associated with movement
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  Speaker 1: up front, the coaches got ahead of that. And knowing
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  Speaker 1: that we were going to get to that play, geez,
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  Speaker 1: on that next drive, I think that that was something
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  Speaker 1: that was cool to see. All right, getting ahead of it,
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  Speaker 1: the planning, the communication, and then to go out and
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  Speaker 1: execute it and it be a huge play in the
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  Speaker 1: game for us. So that was very rewarding. That was
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  Speaker 1: cool to see Grant, Brian Pacucci, Sean Surrett, Trevor Mendelson,
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  Speaker 1: those guys, and then with Chad, being able to communicate
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  Speaker 1: and get ahead of some of those problems.
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  Speaker 2: Coach?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, anytime you got a quarterback that can
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  Speaker 1: do both, it's always a challenge, whether it's with him
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  Speaker 1: running the football on design quarterback runs or, hey, playing
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  Speaker 1: off schedule. And so. It challenges your rush integrity. It
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  Speaker 1: challenges your coverage because you've got to cover longer. We've
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  Speaker 1: been fortunate to be playing against a number of quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: recently that can do that, that have given us some
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  Speaker 1: of those issues. And so we've been able to practice
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  Speaker 1: our rush integrity, our rush lanes, covering longer and through
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  Speaker 1: the echo of the whistle.
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  Speaker 3: And he's a winner.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's something that's undeniable that you look at
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  Speaker 1: Jalen's history and whether it's in college or in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: he's a winner. And he knows how to play with
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  Speaker 1: different guys. They've always been able to do that. And
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  Speaker 1: anytime you've got a winner at quarterback, you've got a shot.
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  Speaker 5: Coach, what are your thoughts just generally about playing internationally?
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  Speaker 5: A lot of coaches don't like any disruptions of any
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  Speaker 5: kind in their schedule. And kind of bigger picture, there
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  Speaker 5: could be a time in the future with the stadium
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  Speaker 5: coming online back at Jacksonville, there could be a time
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  Speaker 5: where the Jacks play less in the future here.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, it is challenging. Anytime you get out
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  Speaker 1: of your rhythm and routine and environment like that, that's
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  Speaker 1: a reality. But I do think that there's something to this,
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  Speaker 1: that this is also a life experience as well, that
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  Speaker 1: not everybody would get if we weren't playing in the
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  Speaker 1: national football league. And so to have that, I think
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  Speaker 1: we have to be extremely understanding of intentional and, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that that's a sense of pride. You get an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to go put this on display and, the game of
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  Speaker 1: football continuing to grow I mean if we have that
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's good for the game that's good for
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  Speaker 1: the sport and so I was just back here this
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  Speaker 1: summer I was at Wimbledon this summer out here and
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  Speaker 1: so I did a five day golf trip with my
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  Speaker 1: dad in Manchester, Liverpool. And so we love it out here.
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  Speaker 1: It's my wife's favorite city. I've said that before. And
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  Speaker 1: so I hope we continue to come back because I
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  Speaker 1: think it's just really cool for our players, staff, coaches
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  Speaker 1: and organization to continue to grow the game, but also
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  Speaker 1: experience different cultures.
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  Speaker 4: Coach, it seems like a lot's changed for the team
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  Speaker 4: over the last 12 months since you were last here.
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  Speaker 4: I'm just wondering if you can give me one or
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  Speaker 4: two specific moments in the last year where you felt
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  Speaker 4: like things are really coming together and you're seeing what
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  Speaker 4: you want with your team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this, you kind of referenced it, where
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  Speaker 1: this game last year was a huge eye-opener for us
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  Speaker 1: and had to look in the mirror at what we
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  Speaker 1: were doing, not just schematically, culturally, fundamentals, it provided us
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  Speaker 1: a lot of feedback. And so I point to this
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  Speaker 1: one as a huge moment for us where we got
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  Speaker 1: our butts kicked last time we were here. And it
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  Speaker 1: allowed us to look in the mirror as coaches and
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  Speaker 1: players and staff to be able to adjust. And we
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  Speaker 1: were able to come off that bye and be able
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  Speaker 1: to have some great games. And I think last year,
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  Speaker 1: if you look at blowing the 20-point lead against Houston,
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  Speaker 1: really also allowed us to, again, look in the mirror,
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  Speaker 1: have some reflection. Then we went on to obviously have
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  Speaker 1: a good year to finish it out. And then to
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  Speaker 1: lose in the playoff game against Buffalo is also another
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  Speaker 1: one that we've got still that feeling in your stomach
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  Speaker 1: that you want to be able to get out, and
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  Speaker 1: it's never fun to end that way. But those are
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  Speaker 1: all learning ops. That's all this is, is learning ops
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  Speaker 1: and growth moments.
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  Speaker 4: Coach, last week you had a penalty called against you the.
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  Speaker 2: Most this season.
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  Speaker 6: How does that impact the week of practice?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we go back to really harping on the fundamentals
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  Speaker 1: and take the basics, right? Like we did our tackling
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  Speaker 1: circuit again this week and went back to some of
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  Speaker 1: the fundies technique, harping on it. Because, look, we can't
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  Speaker 1: control every call, but we can control our fundamentals, our techniques,
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  Speaker 1: our communication, our discipline. A lot of the penalties last
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  Speaker 1: week were like the grabbies, the holds and getting our
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  Speaker 1: hands back inside and having great control of the block
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  Speaker 1: and sustaining the block longer. I mean, sometimes those are
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  Speaker 1: learning moments, right? It's frustrating during the game because you
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  Speaker 1: had two touchdowns called back and that's momentum and that's
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  Speaker 1: positive stuff that ends up becoming a negative. So I
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  Speaker 1: think it challenges us because it creates a little adversity
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  Speaker 1: in the moment. But it allows us to keep coaching,
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  Speaker 1: which is the best thing about it.
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  Speaker 3: Coach, you spoke about.
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  Speaker 5: The communication on defense and sort of growth of this team.
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  Speaker 3: You've got 21 straight games without allowing a rusher over
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  Speaker 3: 75 yards. It's actually the fourth longest streak in the.
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  Speaker 4: Super Bowl era.
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  Speaker 3: When we talk about that, what is it in.
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  Speaker 6: The way that defense is structured that sort of allows
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  Speaker 6: you to be so consistently effective?
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  Speaker 1: I think our personnel up front specifically, you know, D-Ham, Josh, Trayvon,
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  Speaker 1: Eric Armstead, those guys up front, Foye at the second level,
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  Speaker 1: I think Ventrell has been playing really good for us
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  Speaker 1: at linebacker. Our corners, our DBs tackle, right? Like Jordan
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  Speaker 1: Lewis at nickel, Buster Brown at corner, Travis last week,
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  Speaker 1: Eric Murray, Antonio John, like they all tackle. And so
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  Speaker 1: I think it's challenging when you have big dudes up
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  Speaker 1: front that can plug some of those holes, get off
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  Speaker 1: blocks and play violent in the box. But also when
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  Speaker 1: you have a group in the back end that isn't
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  Speaker 1: afraid to come up and tackle and set an edge
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  Speaker 1: in the run game. And so, It's cultural, I think,
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  Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball. It's the standard.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of our core pillars of success. And I
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  Speaker 1: think those guys have bought into it.
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  Speaker 6: Coach, with Trevor Lawrence being in his sixth year now,
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  Speaker 6: and obviously the second year of this scheme in particular,
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  Speaker 6: how much growth have you seen from him and how
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  Speaker 6: much further development do you want to see from him
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  Speaker 6: to potentially be this almost generational quarterback?
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  Speaker 1: I've been pleased with his growth for sure over the
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  Speaker 1: last year and a few games. I think his leadership
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  Speaker 1: continues to come out and shine, whether it's grabbing guys
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  Speaker 1: on the side or in the moment making some key
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  Speaker 1: and critical plays and having some fire to him or
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  Speaker 1: getting after the guys when he needs to. I think
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  Speaker 1: that that's an area that he's continued to grow. His
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  Speaker 1: understanding of the system, I think, just gets better and
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  Speaker 1: better each week. He's taking care of the football, which
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  Speaker 1: is a huge part of it. It's like if you
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  Speaker 1: can play efficient the way that he's been playing, and
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  Speaker 1: not turn the football over, I mean, that's a huge
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  Speaker 1: part of success in this league. And so expect him
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  Speaker 1: to keep growing and being able to give us those
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: hard downs because the quarterbacks, man, it's so, so much situational, right?
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  Speaker 1: Third down, two minute, red zone. Those moments is when
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  Speaker 1: your quarterbacks need to be at their best. And he's
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  Speaker 1: been pretty good in some of those moments for us.
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  Speaker 6: Great guys. Thank you.