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Position battles to watch, Fred Taylor shares his hamstring rehab story | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Time down for our weekly conversation with Pride of the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. It's preseason week three. The
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars face the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes has Been in
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  Speaker 1: Stadium in downtown Atlanta, and Fred, it's the final chances
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  Speaker 1: for a lot of these guys that might be looking
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  Speaker 1: for a roster spot and are on the so called
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  Speaker 1: roster bubble. It's their last opportunity to make an impression
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  Speaker 1: for the coaches and the personnel staff. JP. That's crazy, man, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: I'm still getting used to this thing. You know, I'm
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  Speaker 1: old school, right, So you say preseason week three, I'm ready.
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  Speaker 1: I'm in my bag like I'm in mid season four.
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  Speaker 1: This game, I'm ready to go and see what we got,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the extended version, which is what they played
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  Speaker 1: a week ago. Uh, but you said, you know, I'm
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  Speaker 1: still also trying to get used to the Washington Commanders,
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  Speaker 1: you know, this whole red Scant Commander thing. I might
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  Speaker 1: slip the time or two, but I know the team
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  Speaker 1: has to make sure that they're fine to them so
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  Speaker 1: they can figure out who's gonna be on the world
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  Speaker 1: roster Week one versus the Commanders, So final cut is lurking.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be interesting, But I know some guys need
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to put something out there on film because
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't stop here. Jacksonville is one of thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: uh total stopped thirty one other teams out there that
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  Speaker 1: these guys that can impress upon. So I would suggest
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  Speaker 1: this go out there until the best and whatever happens
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  Speaker 1: to have the chips fall, you play them and you
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  Speaker 1: go from there. Fred Taylor with US head coach Doug Peterson,
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  Speaker 1: said earlier this week that most of the starting spots
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  Speaker 1: are solidified. That's a good thing, right, You don't have
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  Speaker 1: to worry about a lot of battles. There are still
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  Speaker 1: a couple that are hanging out there, especially at right tackle,
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  Speaker 1: and that continue to practice this week. Walker Little and
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  Speaker 1: Juwan Taylor were rotating reps on Wednesday and again on Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: and at least earlier in the week there were plans
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  Speaker 1: to have both still playing this game on Saturday. There
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  Speaker 1: there's really no rush, they say, to figure out who
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  Speaker 1: it is. Both guys are gonna be on the team.
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  Speaker 1: They feel like both will probably contribute at some point.
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  Speaker 1: So that's a good place to be, right. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to make a one of whoever doesn't get the
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  Speaker 1: jobs not leaving the team. That's a good correct I mean.
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  Speaker 1: And again I mentioned on pregame a week ago that
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  Speaker 1: as players, we welcome the competition. You know, I want
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  Speaker 1: your best, give me your best. Let the coaches figure
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  Speaker 1: it out. It's only gonna make us better, which I think,
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  Speaker 1: in turn, will only make the team better when you
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  Speaker 1: have healthy, you know, none biased or unbiased competition and
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  Speaker 1: let the coaches decide, you know. And then that other guy,
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  Speaker 1: he just goes and get in his playbook and he
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  Speaker 1: finds a way to become a better player and seem
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  Speaker 1: like that of your fold. And if you fold, this
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  Speaker 1: isn't a guy we went out there in the first place. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: But again, the coaches enjoy that too, you know. I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure they would rather have a starter ceemented, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and before everything goes out from a communication standpoint along
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  Speaker 1: across the line and making sure they're used to know, um,
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  Speaker 1: the different commands from Trevor so um, you know, whatever
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  Speaker 1: it is, man, both guys will be on the roster.
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  Speaker 1: That's a good thing. And maybe they can even create something,
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  Speaker 1: you know, um unbalanced line where guys are playing next
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  Speaker 1: to each other. Some guys are picking up reps at
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  Speaker 1: a different position, but whatever the case is, they'll have
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  Speaker 1: two players that are ready to go. Fred Taylor with us.
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  Speaker 1: When you're running back lined up with your hands on
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  Speaker 1: your knees behind the quarterback and you see the unbalanced
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  Speaker 1: line out there and extra tackle, that's gonna make a
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  Speaker 1: running back smile, right, what hey, that's that's the no
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  Speaker 1: brainers j P. That's like, Okay, we're nowhere. Um, there's
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  Speaker 1: a pretty good chance we're running the ball. But there's
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  Speaker 1: also some gimmicks stuff involved too, But percentage on a
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  Speaker 1: percentage base, definitely, we want that extra blocker out there
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  Speaker 1: so we can throw the defense off, you know, whatever
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  Speaker 1: it might be, but we give us the rock. Fred
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  Speaker 1: Devin Lloyd has been back in practice this week, first
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  Speaker 1: round linebacker out of Utah. Of course, he had a
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  Speaker 1: hamstring injury in the conditioning drill the day before the
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  Speaker 1: opening of training camp, and he finally got back to
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  Speaker 1: full practice this week here in Atlanta or just outside
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  Speaker 1: of Atlanta at Flowery Branch at the Falcons facility, and
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  Speaker 1: he said hiss hamstring was a little sore after Wednesday's practice,
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  Speaker 1: but he was back out there Thursday, and there are
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  Speaker 1: plans to play him in tonight's game for about a quarter.
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  Speaker 1: They need to see him on the field to get
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of action. Really going to see him
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  Speaker 1: contribute early in the season, right, They need to see him.
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  Speaker 1: He needs to see it. He needs to feel it,
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  Speaker 1: the contact aspect of it all. I mean, he's gotten
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  Speaker 1: a ton of visual reps. He's seen it out in practice,
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  Speaker 1: you know, writing, watching the corrections, the practice tape, the
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  Speaker 1: game corrections from the preseason games. Uh, he's just been
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  Speaker 1: in his playbooks. But you want to make sure you're
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  Speaker 1: out there being able to see it live right and
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  Speaker 1: being able to get in position, get guys in their
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  Speaker 1: position communicated out there. He should be ready from a
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  Speaker 1: mental standpoint, you know, but physically, you know, he wants
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  Speaker 1: to test himself to see if he's ready. You know,
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  Speaker 1: when you get a flat tire or you feel something
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  Speaker 1: like a little bumpum bump, bump bump, like you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: always look back there to see what's going on. That's
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  Speaker 1: kind of like a hamstring. Sometimes it can be more mental,
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  Speaker 1: uh than physical, because you're feeling for it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you're feeling for every little thing that comes with it,
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  Speaker 1: and he mentioned he was sore. Uh, that's part of
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  Speaker 1: the game. You might be sore because you're up to
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  Speaker 1: full speed and not necessarily the hamstring alone. I haven't
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  Speaker 1: jogged in four weeks a job. Yesterday, I woke up sore,
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  Speaker 1: you know. But uh, those things happen. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: all the Jaguar nations, man, they want to see what
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  Speaker 1: the kid has. We spent a pretty high pick on him,
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  Speaker 1: which means we believe he has the potential to get
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  Speaker 1: out there and help the team get better. But it starts,
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  Speaker 1: you know, here in the preseason and uh, looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to see what he does. Fred. If I remember correctly,
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  Speaker 1: it was that playoff run where you had a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of a hamstring issue and then on the ninety
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  Speaker 1: yard run against the Dolphins, I believe Dan Diardorf said
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  Speaker 1: it looks like the hamstrings fine for Fred Taylor. At
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  Speaker 1: what point do you get past that mentally just running
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  Speaker 1: and all of a sudden you're just playing football, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's what That's how you prepare. Right you're running,
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  Speaker 1: you just say I'm back and I'm playing football. But again, man,
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  Speaker 1: that hamstring is so tricky. J p Let me tell you.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of those things where you know, on that
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  Speaker 1: ninety yard or I felt great, you know, but it
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  Speaker 1: can be uh a tackle breaking three yard run, Uh
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  Speaker 1: that I feel it and you you know, the more
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  Speaker 1: strained or what have you. UM, and it happens. That
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  Speaker 1: stuff happens. It happened to me when I was a
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  Speaker 1: younger player. I remember hurting my hamstring against the Carolina
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  Speaker 1: Panthers in which actually took me throughout the course of
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  Speaker 1: that season, and I was in and out, in and
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  Speaker 1: out and in and out. That's why I say they're
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  Speaker 1: the most mysterious, curious, frustrating injury to have. UM. But again,
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  Speaker 1: we like to see him bad, love to you know,
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  Speaker 1: hope that he gets to um Devon gets the full
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  Speaker 1: speed so he can be a part of his defense,
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  Speaker 1: which I think is gonna be really good this year.
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  Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with us all right after this week, Fred,
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  Speaker 1: The roster cut to fifty three is Tuesday. There are
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  Speaker 1: a few practices on the schedule next week during I
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  Speaker 1: guess the bye week if you will, before the regular
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  Speaker 1: season opener on September eleven. That's a lot of time
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  Speaker 1: between the final preseason game and week one kickoff weekend
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  Speaker 1: in Washington. As a player, do you like that time?
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  Speaker 1: Is it anxious? Are you just ready to go out
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  Speaker 1: and play a game? Do you need that to rest
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  Speaker 1: and cooperate and be ready. What's the feeling, because that's
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  Speaker 1: religively new phenomenon. Well, yeah, we know what that's about.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the players, we know what it's about. I
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  Speaker 1: think as a player, Uh, you're you're just ready for
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  Speaker 1: week one to come. You know, you're ready to get
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  Speaker 1: to some real games, training camps done. You know. I
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  Speaker 1: know when we played it was obviously the four weeks
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  Speaker 1: and that we felt that last preseason game was a waste,
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  Speaker 1: which is now while we are seeing three games and
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  Speaker 1: the practice schedule and all that stuff. So I think
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  Speaker 1: it's efficient for them and this new CB a um
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  Speaker 1: uh schedule, NFL how everything is designed. But still this
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  Speaker 1: this for the coaches, this extended time, this is a
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  Speaker 1: period where they're still gonna be able to service the
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  Speaker 1: team and get quality reps from guys that they probably
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  Speaker 1: already have but since that aren't going to make the team,
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  Speaker 1: you know, But for that player, you know, it's an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for him to collect game film. Uh, even the
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  Speaker 1: practice you might get called back at some point during
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  Speaker 1: the season, So take advantage of all the time that
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  Speaker 1: you have. If you're started your auntsie and you want
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  Speaker 1: to move along and and get to that game. If
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  Speaker 1: you're a bubble guy, you just don't know. You want
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  Speaker 1: to be able to take advantage of the opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: put as much on tape as you pretty much can.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you're regardless if you're just a practice body.
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  Speaker 1: We just what we used to call the guys that
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  Speaker 1: we like. Oh, he doesn't stand a chance, and the
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  Speaker 1: coach is gonna take advantage of that time, right and
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  Speaker 1: the players shouldn't mind it. You know, their job is
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  Speaker 1: to want to make a roster um. But yeah, things
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  Speaker 1: are a lot different. Things are a lot different, but
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  Speaker 1: it's good and we'll get used to it as the
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  Speaker 1: years come. Fred final thought, what's up on the pivot?
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  Speaker 1: Coming up? I mean, this thing is going all over
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  Speaker 1: the place. And what do you got coming up in
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  Speaker 1: the next week or so. We just recently dropped uh
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  Speaker 1: Byron Left, which you know, I'm not sure if everybody
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  Speaker 1: caught that one, but former Jaguars now Super Bowl champion
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  Speaker 1: uh Tampa Bay Buck offensive coordinator. We did be left.
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  Speaker 1: It was amazing. Sit down. We got a lot of
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  Speaker 1: things up our sleeves. Um. We have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: our sleeves from se Kwan Barket, Um, John Mourant. We
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  Speaker 1: have even Leonard for nets On there somewhere down the
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  Speaker 1: road that would be interesting. That will be interesting, um.
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  Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a good it's good thought provoking,
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  Speaker 1: very transparent um. And it's good to hear from those guys.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, the pivot's gonna always pivot because that's what
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  Speaker 1: we do. We like to say anybody can podcast, but
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  Speaker 1: not everybody can pivots, right O. Man at heart, your
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  Speaker 1: you tease like nobody's business. That's perfect and it's always
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  Speaker 1: great to visit with you. And we'll talk to you
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  Speaker 1: a little bit later down the line. Appreciate you, JPC
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  Speaker 1: in a minute,