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The Jags Draft Needs with Jason Bell & Phoebe Schecter on Jag Tag in Northern Ireland · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's twenty seven degrees in Jacksonville, fourteen degrees in Plymouth,
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  Speaker 1: thirteen in Belfast, and there is actually a reason we've
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  Speaker 1: been checking the weather in Belfast as well. This is
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  Speaker 1: Teal Talk, the official Jacksonville, Jaguars UK and Ireland podcast,
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  Speaker 1: presented by Gallagher.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Jay Lawrence, no relation.
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  Speaker 1: He's Key Ramsur and and we are joined by Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: Foundation ambassador Alight and of course u K NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Do you see on your screens? Jason Bower? How's it going, Jason?
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  Speaker 3: What's upfellas? Everything is all good? Glad to be on
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  Speaker 3: with you.
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  Speaker 4: And you should claim some kind of relation with the
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  Speaker 4: Lawrence name, and why not? You know, you never know
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  Speaker 4: what you get you can get for free, so I'll
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  Speaker 4: roll with it, do you know what?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe that's how I should I pin it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: whenever I do meet you know, Trevor this season or whatever,
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  Speaker 1: I'll be like, you know, we are actually long lost.
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  Speaker 5: So just after a free jersey, aren't you signed?
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  Speaker 2: Free jersey? All signed free jersey? Thank you?
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  Speaker 1: Look, we've got a busy, busy show tonight today, guys. Actually, Jason,
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  Speaker 1: really quick question for you, you know, helly or you
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  Speaker 1: know when you when you were interacting with people. I
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  Speaker 1: do see that A lot of people call you J Bell.
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  Speaker 1: Now is that for? Is that a friends and family
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  Speaker 1: exclusive thing? He's wondering.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody can call me J Bell? Do it?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, when you play on a team, don't make
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  Speaker 4: up your nickname. It's what they call you. And from
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  Speaker 4: the jump, I've always been J Bell.
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  Speaker 3: That's who I am. That's what I am.
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  Speaker 1: So yes, did you have any nicknames Jason that you
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  Speaker 1: weren't so keen on and you're playing days?
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  Speaker 4: Those I can't discuss. But no, you know what what
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  Speaker 4: what is funny though? I had a defensive coordinator call
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  Speaker 4: me a poodle before in a good way. He was like, man,
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  Speaker 4: you're a little dude.
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  Speaker 3: You're loud, you're you know, you're.
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  Speaker 4: Aggressive, but these big dogs will stomp you out, so
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  Speaker 4: just chill out. So yeah, that that one I didn't
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  Speaker 4: and he put in the paper too when I was
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  Speaker 4: in Dallas.
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  Speaker 3: I kind of didn't like that. Tymer.
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  Speaker 1: Matthew gets honey, badger, you get poodle. Yeah, yeah, honey,
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  Speaker 1: it's a very good we'll go too far. We're going
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  Speaker 1: too far. We need to talk about what's going on
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  Speaker 1: in today's show, because it is a busy one, is
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  Speaker 1: our last podcast before draft. J Bell Nice, We're going
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  Speaker 1: to have to break that down with Jason and hear
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  Speaker 1: all about strips that you know Northern Ireland as well
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  Speaker 1: with the jag tag team this week, and we need
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  Speaker 1: to ask you about all your experiences you know, with
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars on the field as well, any memories that
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  Speaker 1: you've got playing Jacksonville in the NFL with you in
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  Speaker 1: your playing days. Speaking of one of your former teams,
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  Speaker 1: actually the Houston Texans, we have got to say farewell
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  Speaker 1: to Andre Cisco's John Houston. We have a couple of
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  Speaker 1: Texans incoming as well. We're going to wrap up free
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  Speaker 1: agency as well, because it was a busy one of
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  Speaker 1: course around the league. Of busy one for Jacksonville. We'll
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  Speaker 1: have a look at the new faces in the Jags
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  Speaker 1: camp and UK Jaggs fan Connor has the big question.
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  Speaker 4: Now.
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  Speaker 1: We've got news out of Jack's UK HQ and we're
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  Speaker 1: here a little on the Jags Girls Flags program from
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  Speaker 1: GB Center and Jason's TV colleague as well, Phoebe Schechter,
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  Speaker 1: the wonderful Phoebe Scheckter. So busy one today First of all,
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  Speaker 1: Jason busy time over the last few weeks, tonly Biselli
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  Speaker 1: got a new role as a new GM of course
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  Speaker 1: in Jacksonville, a new head coach. I know, basically it
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  Speaker 1: is your job to keep across the NFL all year
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  Speaker 1: round and not being quiet and du vall thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: the appointment.
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  Speaker 4: Liam Cohen like it. New energy, new ideas. That's what
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  Speaker 4: you need right now. It's all about your quarterback. Can
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  Speaker 4: you get him to play at a high level. Can
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  Speaker 4: you get an offense around him that shows his unique
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  Speaker 4: ability and his skills. You got to showcase that and
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  Speaker 4: that's what you're going after. That's why these offensive coordinators
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  Speaker 4: get head coaching jobs, to come in to change things
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  Speaker 4: and to stay.
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  Speaker 3: That's the key. So I like it right.
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  Speaker 4: You want a youth movement, you want a different kind
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  Speaker 4: of approach, and that's what you should get. You saw
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  Speaker 4: the success he had with Baker Mayfield and the kind
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  Speaker 4: of person he was, so you know, coming in with Trevor,
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  Speaker 4: Trevor's laid back, cool, but he wants to deliver.
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  Speaker 3: I think this relationship will work out well.
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  Speaker 5: Jaybud, you've spent some time with Trevor, do you do
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  Speaker 5: you think bringing in Liam Cohen, do you think this
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  Speaker 5: bodes well for that relationship and we're going to see
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  Speaker 5: what Trevor can do.
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  Speaker 3: I think so.
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  Speaker 4: First of all, I'm a big Trevor Lawrence fan, not
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  Speaker 4: only because of the time I spent with him, but
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  Speaker 4: I watch him, watch who he is on the field
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  Speaker 4: when he has overcome any obstacles. I like the way
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  Speaker 4: he approaches it because I'm looking for my quarterback to
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  Speaker 4: behave like that.
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  Speaker 3: So let's start there. But what I.
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  Speaker 4: Want the new head coach, Liam Calm to do is
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  Speaker 4: go dig through that tape and figure out what my
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  Speaker 4: guy does well, where does he shine? And come in
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  Speaker 4: and showcase that, put it up on tape and say, hey,
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  Speaker 4: look at all these great plays you've made. We're gonna
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  Speaker 4: build this around your strengths, and then the relationship starts there,
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  Speaker 4: because that's what it's all about. If you got if
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  Speaker 4: you're a play caller and you study your quarterback and
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  Speaker 4: you know who they are, and they can look at
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  Speaker 4: you and say, man, you've put in the time, you
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  Speaker 4: put in the work, they will believe anything you say.
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  Speaker 4: And that's the key, right You got to get this
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  Speaker 4: relationship going and flowing fast. As possible so they can
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  Speaker 4: get on the field and start dicing up defenses. And
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  Speaker 4: this is the way it happens in the off season,
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  Speaker 4: how they build this relationship.
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  Speaker 1: But I likes everything though, doesn't I mean, obviously you
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  Speaker 1: know it comes September. But it affects everything now because
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  Speaker 1: as you say, you need to look at Trevor Lawrence,
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  Speaker 1: look at his skills set, look at what he needs
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  Speaker 1: on the field as well in terms of personnel. So
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  Speaker 1: it effects free agency, and of course it affects a draft.
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  Speaker 3: Without a doubt.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it all ties together because everybody's looking at
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  Speaker 4: free agency to see does this make sense? Because our
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  Speaker 4: Trevor goes, how this offense goes is how we win.
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  Speaker 4: And a lot of guys you're either coming because you
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  Speaker 4: want to win or you coming because you want to
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  Speaker 4: get a check. So whatever the reason is, you are
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  Speaker 4: on your way there. But when you're there, you're competitive,
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  Speaker 4: you want to win. So change is good, right, that's
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  Speaker 4: what you need. You need something and somebody to come
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  Speaker 4: in and reenergize this organization and from top to bottom,
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  Speaker 4: that's what they've done this all right.
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  Speaker 1: Let's move on to let's move on to the draft.
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  Speaker 1: The new general manager James Godstone. He's going to be
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  Speaker 1: judged on what happens over the next few weeks, even
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  Speaker 1: though he's gont been in a position, you know, for
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  Speaker 1: what about a month something like that.
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  Speaker 2: So let's talk about what Jacksonville need to do.
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  Speaker 1: They've got ten picks in this draft, so it's the
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  Speaker 1: second most in the whole of the league.
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  Speaker 2: What will new the new GM be thinking right now?
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  Speaker 2: J Bell?
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  Speaker 4: First of all, this man has gotten let's be honest,
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  Speaker 4: because he's had a study this entire roster. Now you're
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  Speaker 4: well aware of the league and other teams, but you
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  Speaker 4: got to go and look at everything. New coaching staff,
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  Speaker 4: so you can't lean on them to tell you and
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  Speaker 4: direct you. So you got to get in there and
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  Speaker 4: say what do we.
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  Speaker 3: Need, Who do we need?
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  Speaker 4: Who are we So those are some of the components
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  Speaker 4: that he has to use to move forward. Now, there
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  Speaker 4: are things they obviously have to fix, right. They got
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  Speaker 4: to fix the defense. They got the defensive interior line, right,
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  Speaker 4: you need help. You got guys on the outside that
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  Speaker 4: can get there, but you need to push up the middle,
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  Speaker 4: and you need another corner. Tyson Campbell, like his game
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  Speaker 4: has to stay on the field.
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  Speaker 3: That is the key.
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  Speaker 4: But you're probably going to have to get another defensive
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  Speaker 4: back so early in the draft. You're going to have
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  Speaker 4: to get those questions answered. On the offensive line, they've
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  Speaker 4: made some moves. Obviously, I think they need help at
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  Speaker 4: the guard position. But the guard position is one you
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  Speaker 4: can find people tackles harder. Gotta draft those and they're
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  Speaker 4: gone early in the draft. But other ones, interior linemen
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  Speaker 4: you can find so early in the draft, those picks.
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  Speaker 4: If you don't trade, you're going to have to really
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  Speaker 4: figure out and feel out who you can get on defense. Now,
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  Speaker 4: one thing that's crazy. I've heard people talk about it,
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  Speaker 4: and it would be interesting. It's all about what the
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  Speaker 4: Patriots do, right, I mean, what if Travis Hunter drops
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  Speaker 4: towards you? I mean, what in the world are you
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  Speaker 4: kidding me? How exciting would that be? So this is
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  Speaker 4: what the draft does. We're gonna have to see the
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  Speaker 4: moves people make. But it's going to be interesting. And
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  Speaker 4: unless they're gonna have to draft for the defense early
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  Speaker 4: unless something falls in their lap.
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  Speaker 5: How much difference does James Gladstone being in the room
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  Speaker 5: at the Rams and that experience make to potentially having
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  Speaker 5: a successful draft this.
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  Speaker 3: Season without a doubt.
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  Speaker 4: I mean experiences everything that matters, and especially when you
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  Speaker 4: think about when come with the Rams, having to make
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  Speaker 4: those picks later in the rounds, having to evaluate that talent,
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  Speaker 4: not just leaning on hey we got a top pick. No,
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  Speaker 4: their approach was we own we got low picks, and
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  Speaker 4: we have to make sure these people fit the culture,
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  Speaker 4: the standard. And that's another thing, right, you're plugging into
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  Speaker 4: a new organization, what does that culture look like? You know,
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  Speaker 4: you have to ask around the building where do we
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  Speaker 4: need to improve? You know, talk to your leaders what
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  Speaker 4: kind of players do you want in here? You know,
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  Speaker 4: just their input could really significantly change your decision on
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  Speaker 4: a guy if you're very close. It could be an
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  Speaker 4: attitude thing, the way they approach the game, and that
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  Speaker 4: could be the intel you need. So his ability to
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  Speaker 4: kind of decipher levels of talent based on where his
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  Speaker 4: former team had the draft is really going to be
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  Speaker 4: an advantage.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean pukin Akua and Karen Williams is two really
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  Speaker 1: good examples over the last you know, a couple of
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  Speaker 1: years as well, James Guinson had such a you know,
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  Speaker 1: a massive you know, saying drafting that were that were
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  Speaker 1: lower draft picks. We'll go to a higher draft pick
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  Speaker 1: now though, as we mentioned before, they Jacks hold the
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  Speaker 1: fifth pick. Now look Travis Hunter's side, because I think
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  Speaker 1: that that's exciting, you know, back.
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  Speaker 2: In Florida and all that.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, that's fun.
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  Speaker 2: It'd be really fun. I mean, it'd be really fun.
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  Speaker 2: But you know they've got they've got a fifth pick.
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  Speaker 1: The players likely to be gone by that point, Abdul Carter,
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  Speaker 1: the edge from Penn State, cam Ward the quarterback from Miami.
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  Speaker 2: We don't need to worry about a quarterback for obvious reasons.
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  Speaker 3: Why I'm talking quarterback, man, I'm gonna be good by
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  Speaker 3: that point.
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  Speaker 2: Travis Hunter as well, you know previously mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: I know you've mentioned position groups, but is there somebody
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  Speaker 1: that you've got your eye on? You know, you know
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  Speaker 1: that you think that the Jags might might snap up
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  Speaker 1: Hunter's side.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'm thinking those two positions, and I like the
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  Speaker 4: two kids out of Michigan. Graham defensive tackle and the
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  Speaker 4: corner Will Johnson, Right, So I liked I watched Will
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  Speaker 4: his movement skills and all that the guy can play. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: that's what you need. You need another corner. So I'm
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  Speaker 4: looking at those two. Now, one thing I know about
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  Speaker 4: the draft, fellas, is you don't know what a team
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  Speaker 4: is thinking. You don't know how they've evaluated a player.
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  Speaker 4: I'm just going off of what I see where the
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  Speaker 4: rankings have been all throughout the year. But I'm telling you,
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  Speaker 4: they could see a person that just fits the role
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  Speaker 4: just right, and all of a sudden they make that decision.
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  Speaker 4: We see it every year. There's a surprise. I just
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  Speaker 4: know those gaps need to be filled, and an interior
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  Speaker 4: defensive lineman that's disruptive can take on blocks. You know,
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  Speaker 4: if you can take on a double team, really that
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  Speaker 4: frees up so much what you can do in the
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  Speaker 4: back end.
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  Speaker 3: Nobody talks about that.
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  Speaker 4: If I got a guy that takes two people to
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  Speaker 4: block every down, then what does that do? It allows
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  Speaker 4: me to play zone coverage in the back. Right, I'm
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  Speaker 4: losing a person up front. So it's a key position.
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  Speaker 4: It's quite important, especially when you got the defensive ends
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  Speaker 4: coming off like they do on your team. So that's
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  Speaker 4: why I think defensive tackle is the move they need
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  Speaker 4: to make. They got to get a guy that's a
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  Speaker 4: space eater, can stop the run. Like, don't forget all
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  Speaker 4: the sacks and all that. It is important, but I
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  Speaker 4: need a guy that can go upfield and stop the run.
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  Speaker 4: And if you don't have two people four hands on
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  Speaker 4: him every play, he's disrupting your entire offense.
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  Speaker 2: Is there a must for the Jags? J Bell.
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  Speaker 4: The must is that they part their quarter and they
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  Speaker 4: The must is that Trevor Lawrence wins. You know, I
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  Speaker 4: know were talking about the draft and all that. But
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  Speaker 4: the must is their quarterback feels confident in this offense
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  Speaker 4: this year and plays well.
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  Speaker 3: That is a must. That is why this change has happened.
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  Speaker 2: But that is why ten picks, you know.
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  Speaker 1: To me, I feel kind of I feel positive about
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  Speaker 1: that because it gives you the opportunity to trade up
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  Speaker 1: if you need to. You're not necessarily in the first round,
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  Speaker 1: but in later rounds, you know, and it also gives
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity you know, you'll you'll you'll mention that protecting
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  Speaker 1: the coolback do I'm not against like drafting multiple in
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  Speaker 1: one position that you have, really that you really think
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  Speaker 1: there's a need.
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  Speaker 4: At absolutely throw logs on the fire man, keep it burning.
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  Speaker 4: That's the key, right, you got a problem and you
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  Speaker 4: want to throw three or four guys on there, to
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  Speaker 4: figure out. Figure it out. Think about the corner position.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not saying one guy's the answer. You might drive
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  Speaker 4: for one early and two more in the later rounds
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  Speaker 4: and let them battle it out. I've seen it many
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  Speaker 4: times with a guy in the lower round ends of
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  Speaker 4: becoming the starter.
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  Speaker 3: This isn't new. I mean I didn't even get drafted.
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  Speaker 4: I was beating dudes out every single year, right unexpected.
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  Speaker 4: You just got to put it out there where there
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  Speaker 4: is competition, and that's exactly what this team needs. Competition.
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  Speaker 4: So I think, you know, you go out there and
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  Speaker 4: try to find a good tight end, maybe two of them,
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  Speaker 4: who knows, But it's competition and these picks allow you
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  Speaker 4: to have that. And the GM's philosophy on putting players
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  Speaker 4: in those roles who will compete. That's the key. Are
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  Speaker 4: you going to come in here and compete, man, Because
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  Speaker 4: that's who we are. We're going to get better, and
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  Speaker 4: we got to find guys that do all the dirty work.
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  Speaker 4: Think about how those receivers blocked in La, the way
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  Speaker 4: they approached the game. It was selflessness and that was
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  Speaker 4: the key. That's why it worked. When they talk about
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  Speaker 4: Pooper and Nikoua, when they talk about Cooper Cup. That's
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  Speaker 4: who they were, So that's exactly what you're looking for.
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  Speaker 4: Those are the kind of players you're trying to plug
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  Speaker 4: in and think about all those young guys they had
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  Speaker 4: on defense in LA that they found that came off.
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  Speaker 4: Look at what Jared Versus done. So evaluating talent is
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  Speaker 4: the key and throwing numbers at it man getting them
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  Speaker 4: in the building, getting people to compete. And one thing
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  Speaker 4: about young players is they don't know they're not supposed
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  Speaker 4: to be good. They don't know they didn't they're getting
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  Speaker 4: on the rosters. They're like, what am I not supposed
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  Speaker 4: to ball?
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  Speaker 3: Like? What are we doing here?
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  Speaker 2: I'm hungry? Are you gonna be hungry at any point
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  Speaker 2: in your career? That hungry? Right now?
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  Speaker 1: Actually thinking about a j Bell You know, we're going
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  Speaker 1: to form in Houston, Texan on the show today. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know whether we should be considering ourselves judases
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  Speaker 1: forgetting you want in the first place. Do you have
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  Speaker 1: any memories of playing against the Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 4: First of all in the UK here I'm a part
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  Speaker 4: of the family, all right, it was I mean Jacksonville's
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  Speaker 4: commitment to the game internationally and what they've done here
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  Speaker 4: and what I've seen here. I can only be on
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  Speaker 4: Team Jacksonville because of that, right, So I'm all about that.
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  Speaker 4: I put all that stuff aside back in the day,
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  Speaker 4: because you're right. When I played for Houston, man, we
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  Speaker 4: used to go at it. I don't know what it was,
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  Speaker 4: but we hated each other. The games were aggressive, they
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  Speaker 4: were fun, they were exciting. Every time we played. It
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  Speaker 4: was a bad and I don't know how it started.
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  Speaker 4: Because I was on the first team with the Houston Texans.
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  Speaker 4: Tony Boselli was over there with me, also Aaron Glenn,
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  Speaker 4: the head coach of the New York Jets. We were
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  Speaker 4: in there, first people on the team first year, so
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  Speaker 4: we had no history with Jacksonville. I don't know how
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  Speaker 4: it occurred, but it was real. Every single game it
• 14:23
  Speaker 4: was blows man it man. Every time man Fred Taylor,
• 14:27
  Speaker 4: we would talk about what we had to do to
• 14:29
  Speaker 4: stop Freddy t and he found a way to break
• 14:32
  Speaker 4: through when mjd got over there.
• 14:34
  Speaker 3: The whole nine it was tough and I love those games.
• 14:38
  Speaker 4: Some of the best players I've ever played against, some
• 14:40
  Speaker 4: of the best receivers all that Jimmy Smith, Keena McCardell,
• 14:43
  Speaker 4: oh my goodness. Those dudes were so hard to cover,
• 14:46
  Speaker 4: so that's what it was. It was fun. I remember
• 14:49
  Speaker 4: I've played there many times, at least five six times
• 14:53
  Speaker 4: throughout my career, so it was fun.
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: Man.
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: You know you are one of the ambassadors for the
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: Jackers Foundation. You went to belle FoST this week as well,
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: was part of the jag Tag program. We'll hear about
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: that in a second from you. First, though, here is
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: your TV colleague on the Pundit so for GB Center
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: and play with the current IFAF European Flag Football champions
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: team GB Phoebe Schechter.
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 15:15
  Speaker 6: So today we are here in Belfast for a girls
• 15:18
  Speaker 6: event with the Jaguars.
• 15:19
  Speaker 7: The Jaguars have been going into schools training.
• 15:22
  Speaker 6: Up these amazing young people to be able to play,
• 15:25
  Speaker 6: and today is the competition.
• 15:27
  Speaker 7: So that is why there's so much.
• 15:28
  Speaker 6: Noise and ferocity happening in the background. But it's a
• 15:31
  Speaker 6: great opportunity for these girls to showcase their skills.
• 15:34
  Speaker 7: They are so excited. I'm so excited.
• 15:36
  Speaker 6: You've got jag extra time in the background. I mean,
• 15:38
  Speaker 6: it's just flag football everywhere we look. With flag football
• 15:41
  Speaker 6: coming up in the twenty twenty eight Olympics. There is
• 15:44
  Speaker 6: such a clear attainable option right because a lot of
• 15:49
  Speaker 6: people are so brand new to the sport. We're all
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: learning together. Where you look at a room like today
• 15:55
  Speaker 6: twenty twenty eight in la potentially twenty thirty two in Brisbane,
• 15:59
  Speaker 6: some of the girls that you have today are going
• 16:01
  Speaker 6: to be playing for their country in the Olympics, and
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: that is absolutely phenomenal. Even speaking with some of the
• 16:07
  Speaker 6: coaches and young leaders, they're trialing to play for Ireland
• 16:11
  Speaker 6: right now, a sport that they've never played before. They've
• 16:13
  Speaker 6: come from Gaelic football and now they've fallen in love
• 16:17
  Speaker 6: so much of flag football. You've got domestic level, then
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: you go into your international and then you've got the
• 16:22
  Speaker 6: absolute pinnacle of the sport in terms of the really
• 16:25
  Speaker 6: the Olympics, but also the European Championships later this year
• 16:29
  Speaker 6: for youth and for adults. I mean, the sky is
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: the limit when it comes to flag football. The Jaguars
• 16:34
  Speaker 6: have been so phenomenal as a team that has been
• 16:37
  Speaker 6: playing over here for thirteen years now and truly known
• 16:42
  Speaker 6: from the beginning they wanted to make a difference with
• 16:44
  Speaker 6: the youth, with the grassroots, and so you can see
• 16:47
  Speaker 6: that with how that's elevated, even with the scholarships that
• 16:51
  Speaker 6: are given. You know, it's not just here's an opportunity
• 16:54
  Speaker 6: to play, it's well, we can help you with the scholarship,
• 16:56
  Speaker 6: we can connect you with these people. It's that really
• 16:59
  Speaker 6: Holliss approach, which is what makes us say the Jaguars
• 17:02
  Speaker 6: so special, besides the fact they have gotten over one
• 17:05
  Speaker 6: hundred thousand kids into playing the sport of flag football.
• 17:09
  Speaker 6: It's amazing how it has been such an impactful movement
• 17:13
  Speaker 6: over these years and they've never relented to keep going
• 17:17
  Speaker 6: and making a difference in communities all across the UK
• 17:20
  Speaker 6: and Ireland.
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: Jason phoebe full of praise for the Jags on that
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: grossroots program.
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: How was it, you know, tell us about the day.
• 17:27
  Speaker 4: First of Law was amazing and I got to give
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: a shout out to Jags and what they've done in
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: this community event because it was the key man, Extra
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: time skills, all that Jag tag. It was fun and
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: the thing about it I love is that as soon
• 17:40
  Speaker 4: as I showed up, you just saw the kids, the
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: smiles on their face. Northern Ireland a place I call home,
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: love it, love the people. But it was all about
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: the commitment of the Jacksonville Jaguars organization that allowed it
• 17:54
  Speaker 4: to happen. And it's just a privilege to be around
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: because one thing about this game is it changed your
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: life because of what you can do and how much
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: fun you can have. You learn about yourself in competitive sports,
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: and that's what flag football does, you know, just going
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: out there and doing the extra skills, going through the drills.
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: You should see the joy on their face when they
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: catch the ball, the fun when they learn a new skill.
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: And that's what it's all about.
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: I fell in love with this game because of exposure
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: I had when I was young, and that's what they're delivering.
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: And as we know out here, it doesn't happen all
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: the time, but when you have somebody who's committed to it,
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: I mean, it takes time, it takes money, it takes dedication,
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: and you saw a lot of passion. Everybody working on
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: it had a smile on their face, and the kids
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: enjoyed every second of it.
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: It got really competitive too at the end.
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: You should have saw, man, all those kids, they started
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: off it was all cool, and at the.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: End they wanted to win.
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: I mean, those girls in the tournament at the end
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: the championship, Oh my goodness. And then the mayor came
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: out there, and you know, I had to say what's
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: up to him, because you never know when you need
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: the mayor's number.
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: You just don't.
• 18:56
  Speaker 4: I'm out there all the time, so it's like, you
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: know what's going on here. So shout out to everybody
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: for making that happen. And he was enjoying himself. He
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: loved it so great event. I'm just a pleasure to
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: see it happening. And once again, I can't say it enough.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: Man.
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: I saw the people at jack Tag Extra going out there,
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: Gallagher with the sponsorship just Allline an effort it took,
• 19:18
  Speaker 4: and it's it was all for the greatness and the
• 19:21
  Speaker 4: good of the joy on those kids' faces.
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: Man, it was. It was unbelievable. I love it.
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: Jay Bell always trying to get the key to the city.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Amen. I got out a lot of traffic tickets back
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: in the day.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Dave Bell, thanks so much for coming on to
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: talk mine. It's been a pleasure, all right, fellas lovely
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: mine that Jason, sorry, j Bell with friends with friends
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: like I can say that now.
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: I can say that.
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: Now because I didn't want to assume I can just
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: go straight into j Bell.
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: Oh no, you've got to ask.
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: But you know, it's really good to hear from him,
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: good to get his you know, perception on the Jackson
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: and obviously what he's been was doing over the last
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: few days as well.
• 20:02
  Speaker 5: Do you know what? He didn't say it, but I
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: was with him on quite a few of the jag
• 20:08
  Speaker 5: Tag extra time and Batha clinic days and he talks
• 20:14
  Speaker 5: and you can see him. He's happy to talk about it,
• 20:17
  Speaker 5: and he genuinely has passion for it. But when you
• 20:20
  Speaker 5: see him on those days when he's coaching the youngsters, honestly,
• 20:24
  Speaker 5: the way he comes alive, it's fantastic. Honestly, man, it's
• 20:27
  Speaker 5: fantastic to see. And he's a really good coach, really good.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: Coach j Bell. Yeah, there we go.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Maybe maybe that's what we should call him now, all right,
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: coach Jay bet.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: No, it doesn't work as well, doesn't work as well.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: Let's do Duval dispatch his key just on the subject
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: of the draft as well. There's something special on the
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: grape Vine Jags related. That's all I know.
• 20:49
  Speaker 5: That's all we can say.
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: Well, I know, you know, so I know. But apparently
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: there's something Special'll keep your eye on JAG's social.
• 20:58
  Speaker 5: I always do, I always do, and it's always I.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: Know we've spoken about the draft, but we do need
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: to speak about free agency because that was obviously a
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: massive thing. I know it seems like a few weeks
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: ago now, but it can't just be glussed over two
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: episodes exactly. The Jags have brought in nine new faces,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: including a new veteran backup for Trevor. Lawrence said fel well,
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: of course, to some players that have been with the
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Jags for you a.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: Good few years.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: Just off the top of my head, Andre cisco Key,
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: Christian Kirk has been traded, Evan Ingram released, Mitch Moore
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: is retired as well. What your like favorite Army Ronald Darby?
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: Of course, well you know what your favorite memories of
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: some of those players?
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: Do you know what? I worked with quite a few
• 21:44
  Speaker 5: of those names. I was very fortunate too. I will
• 21:48
  Speaker 5: miss Evan Ingram's side.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: I am gutted last year, he said to us, he
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: has got his celebration all sorted. But if he scores
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: a touchdown at Wembley, was he injured for the game
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: or did he just not score a touchdown. He just
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: come off an injury maybe, and so we'll never find
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: out what it is.
• 22:07
  Speaker 5: I mean, he had he had a good game, but
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: I think it was Peter Crown. We all know it was.
• 22:12
  Speaker 5: It was Peter Crouch. It would have been Peter Crouch. Yeah,
• 22:16
  Speaker 5: but fortunately I've invested in some AI software and we
• 22:21
  Speaker 5: shall be seeing it on that. I'll miss the fact
• 22:24
  Speaker 5: that we won't get another Evan Ingram celebration. And Christian
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: Kirk is a lovely, lovely man wishing all the best
• 22:32
  Speaker 5: at the Texans, well not really.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: Evan Ingram and Christian Kirk obviously two big targets for
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. So unsurprisingly in free agency they have brought
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: the Jags have brought in somebody else to catch the
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: All two tight ends have joined, though I suspect that
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: both of those tight ends are going to be used
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: more for blocking than catching the ball.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: We'll go on, you've got a face.
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: I mean they are blocking type and exactly.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but there has been a ass catcher, Jeremy Brown
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: from the Washington Commanders, who had an excellent postseason. I
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: mean the Commander is obviously the next and post season,
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: but he had particularly an excellent postseason, so it'll be
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: amazing to see, you know, can he build on that
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: in the regular season with the Jags. So the wide
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: receiver unit at the moment, obviously, we've got I mate
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: Brian Thomas Jr.
• 23:28
  Speaker 5: Highlights video on YouTube that we've got up on the
• 23:31
  Speaker 5: jaguarsh uk YouTube channel, all of Brian Tomins juniors highlights
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: from the season. Go and check it out. Sorry he said, Brian.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Is it like one hundred minutes long?
• 23:39
  Speaker 5: It's just basically every game.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: Every game, every game, and Parker as well. So good
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: wide receiver unit. I wonder if they'll be looking at
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: you know, looking at the draft for that or if
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: they're going to focus on other particular units. But Nick
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: Mullins has come in as well as the backup to
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, the veteran. Of course, Nick Mullins spent some
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: time with the Eagles, spend some time with the Vikings,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: as well as Jacksonville's own Mac.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: Mac Jones is no longer with the Jacksonville Jaguars. So
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: what do you think about those editions?
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: Kick?
• 24:11
  Speaker 5: I like it, do you know what specific socide? I
• 24:14
  Speaker 5: actually like bringing Nick Mullins in, but specific aside. My
• 24:18
  Speaker 5: favorite thing about all of this is the amount of change,
• 24:22
  Speaker 5: because I think Jabo said it earlier. I think change
• 24:26
  Speaker 5: is good. I think a lot of progress needs to
• 24:30
  Speaker 5: be made, and I think it's already being made. And
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: I think new front of our staff are coming in
• 24:36
  Speaker 5: and making their mark, and I think that is as
• 24:39
  Speaker 5: important as the specifics as to what's happening. And I
• 24:43
  Speaker 5: think that's really important. And something else that James Gladston said,
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: which was that the young players making the older players
• 24:49
  Speaker 5: feel like maybe they're in the way. I really love that,
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: and I think there's been a few examples of players
• 24:54
  Speaker 5: that are coming in that are a sign of that.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: Jordan Lewis from Dallas and nickel Back is joined Eric
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: Murray the safety. The offensive line actually is going to
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: be interesting. I think, hey, this new center has been
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: brought in, as I said, Mitch Morss has retired Robert
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: Hainesy from the Bucks, Patrick McCarry from Baltimore as well
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: Fred Johnson and Tumaaduga, So it looks like the offensive
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: line can have a little bit of a shake up.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: And that's of course before the draft as well.
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: Well.
• 25:19
  Speaker 5: We've talked about it quite a bit right, both sides
• 25:22
  Speaker 5: of the ball. The trenches have needed some attention, and
• 25:26
  Speaker 5: that work has already started, and I think that's a
• 25:29
  Speaker 5: fantastic thing. I'm sure it will continue to happen during
• 25:32
  Speaker 5: the draft as well.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: This is all change, It's all change. It is exciting.
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: I think the draft is maybe my favorite night of
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: the year as well, my favorite NFL night of the year.
• 25:47
  Speaker 5: Oh, favorite NFL night. I was going to say, Halloween's
• 25:49
  Speaker 5: pretty special.
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: Christmas it's just great. Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve is great. Okay,
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: you love the draft that much? I love it.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: I love the draft. Do you know what I actually
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: I don't stay up. I'll be honest with you. What
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: I do is I watch it back without knowing anything.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: So I don't check online, so I don't know. It
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: depends what I'm doing the next day obviously, because sometimes,
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: you know, I can wake up in the morning just
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: turn it on with my breakfast and watch all three hours.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: I think that's the best way to do it personally,
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: because it means that like you still get that same
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: feeling of they drafted who, or like you know, something
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: like that, like last year when the Falcons drafted the quarterback.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: I was having a breakfast and I was like, what
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: is going on right now? So something like that I
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: think is a really good way of doing it if
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: you don't want to stay up, you know, which I
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: think is understandable. Okay, next up until talk the Big.
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: Question. God we've got a Crawford.
• 26:51
  Speaker 5: You're an idiot, all right?
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: Signed for the Big Question?
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: A question set to myself and key from a big
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars fan around the UK and Ireland this time around.
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: Hello to Connor.
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: Good.
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: What is the big question?
• 27:07
  Speaker 8: So big question for you guys when the jokes come
• 27:10
  Speaker 8: over to UK? What's your favorite part?
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: Is it?
• 27:13
  Speaker 8: Things like open practice, player signings, game day, what kind
• 27:16
  Speaker 8: of thing?
• 27:16
  Speaker 9: What's your favorite?
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: That's a really good question. Yeah, do you know what?
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: It's good as well?
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: Because obviously it's it's about halfway between the last game
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: and the next game. So it's nice just to use
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: this moment to to like breathe it in.
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: Do you know what I mean?
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: Reminisce or most key anything. You're so busy key during
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: that time, so you've got to have a few few
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: good answers.
• 27:36
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean the last few years, it's been two
• 27:39
  Speaker 5: weeks pretty NonStop. Oh man, do you know what? I
• 27:42
  Speaker 5: love this question? Connor? I think, can we make this
• 27:46
  Speaker 5: this episode of the podcast three hours long so that
• 27:48
  Speaker 5: I can just go into detail.
• 27:51
  Speaker 9: Let's keep it.
• 27:52
  Speaker 5: I'm do you know what? I'm going to pick two things.
• 27:55
  Speaker 5: My first and foremost is seeing all the fans. Love
• 28:00
  Speaker 5: seeing the regular phases. I love seeing the new faces.
• 28:05
  Speaker 5: And I love the fact that we get so many
• 28:08
  Speaker 5: fans from the UK, but then fans from all over
• 28:11
  Speaker 5: Europe come, fans from all over the world come to
• 28:15
  Speaker 5: see the Jags play. That's my first thing is catching
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: up with fans. Seeing the amount of fans, the amount
• 28:22
  Speaker 5: of effort fans put in throughout the week I think
• 28:25
  Speaker 5: is fantastic. And the fact that the fans get to
• 28:27
  Speaker 5: interact with the players and the Jaguar's staff from the
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: UK like JP right. So that's my first one is
• 28:36
  Speaker 5: that it feels like it feels like a family is
• 28:39
  Speaker 5: hanging out for the week. That's my first one. Secondly,
• 28:44
  Speaker 5: there's something very very special about the Jaguars running out
• 28:49
  Speaker 5: onto the field at Wembley. It feels magic. It feels
• 28:54
  Speaker 5: magical And do you know what I've loved seeing them
• 28:58
  Speaker 5: play at Spurs over the years, but it's not the
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: same when the Jaguars run out onto the field at Wembley,
• 29:03
  Speaker 5: it is very very special and we've seen it how
• 29:06
  Speaker 5: many times now, like how many times at Wembley eleven?
• 29:09
  Speaker 5: I think it is whatever, and still every time it's
• 29:13
  Speaker 5: so special and I get tingles every time. So those
• 29:16
  Speaker 5: would be my two.
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: I think mine is mine is just open practice, I
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: think because the games are great, don't get me wrong,
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: they're amazing, but there's something really special about just being
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: able to stand there and feel and being quite privileged
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: position on obviously as well. I just feel like, oh,
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: this is just like you don't get to see this
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: every day, and you know, not all NFL fans get
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: to do this, you know whatsoever, just be able to
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: just watch, you know, these superstars essentially just practicing. And
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: it's also it's also almost the start of it as well,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: not the start of like you know, NFL action at all,
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: but you know that you've got the game coming up
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: as well. You know, it's not as if like it's
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: this and done. It's like, oh, I can't wait. Is
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: the anticipation. It's like Christmas Eve is better than Christmas Day?
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: Do you know what I mean. Yeah, does that make sense?
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: Connor? What about you?
• 30:09
  Speaker 9: So again, love a game day, don't get me wrong.
• 30:12
  Speaker 8: Like the atmosphere, the crowd, like everything behind it is great.
• 30:16
  Speaker 8: But for me it's o from practice because we get
• 30:18
  Speaker 8: to meet up with friends as well, so we've got
• 30:20
  Speaker 8: quite a close knit community with them. Jags all help
• 30:24
  Speaker 8: each other get tickets things like that as well, and
• 30:26
  Speaker 8: so we all get to catch up and go and
• 30:28
  Speaker 8: watch our team. But also for the past couple of years,
• 30:30
  Speaker 8: I've managed to take my kids with me as well,
• 30:33
  Speaker 8: so for them to get to watch it, meet the
• 30:35
  Speaker 8: players and stuff like that. My daughter's got a special
• 30:38
  Speaker 8: connection with Josh eines Allen to the point where last
• 30:40
  Speaker 8: year she made a bottle for him, so she gave
• 30:43
  Speaker 8: him a bottle with his name and number on that
• 30:45
  Speaker 8: she colored in and things like that, because I do
• 30:47
  Speaker 8: that as a job, so for her, great you to
• 30:50
  Speaker 8: give him something. So for me, it's like that special
• 30:52
  Speaker 8: connection of meeting the players and that personal connection, but
• 30:56
  Speaker 8: also hanging out friends there as well.
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: Really it's like a big community thing. He's like, yeah,
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: this is an amazing atmosphere, isn't it.
• 31:03
  Speaker 8: Yeah, exactly, And as I say, you get to catch
• 31:05
  Speaker 8: up with the guys that don't see very often because
• 31:08
  Speaker 8: we're from all parts of the UK. It's nice to
• 31:10
  Speaker 8: kind of get together and actually meet up because even
• 31:12
  Speaker 8: on game day he just sat in different seats and
• 31:15
  Speaker 8: things like that.
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: Speaking of which, God to talk us through the T shirt.
• 31:21
  Speaker 8: Jamie up there, so he's probably going to kill me
• 31:25
  Speaker 8: for it. But obviously, as you guys mentioned the other week,
• 31:28
  Speaker 8: he became International Friend of the Year, so we there
• 31:31
  Speaker 8: was ten of us that met up in Nottingham's going
• 31:33
  Speaker 8: watch the ice hockey the other week and we surprised
• 31:36
  Speaker 8: him by all wearing.
• 31:37
  Speaker 9: The T shirt with his face on. So yeah, he
• 31:40
  Speaker 9: wasn't best pleased with it.
• 31:41
  Speaker 8: He doesn't like seeing it, but we've got them, so
• 31:44
  Speaker 8: we've got a couple of guys in the States now
• 31:45
  Speaker 8: that have them as well, So yeah, for him, it's great,
• 31:48
  Speaker 8: but he doesn't like it, so we're going to post
• 31:50
  Speaker 8: it everywhere.
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: So Jamie obviously is going to be going to the
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: NFL Draft in a few weeks time as well. Are
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: you saying that there is a small chance that he's
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: going to be wearing a T shirt with his own
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: face on it?
• 32:02
  Speaker 8: However, the person that he has taken does have one
• 32:05
  Speaker 8: of these, and has prompted that he will be taking it.
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: There is that.
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: It brings me so much joy to think, you know,
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: watching the draft in your living room, you see Jamie
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: it's Jamie. Yeah, and you see Jamie's Jamie's face on
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: a T shirt right right next to as well.
• 32:24
  Speaker 8: Get to all the Jags fans like in the group
• 32:26
  Speaker 8: when you're at the draft, every single one of them
• 32:28
  Speaker 8: wearing it or something like that, be really cool.
• 32:30
  Speaker 5: I think everyone that attends this year's Wendy Game should
• 32:33
  Speaker 5: begin one of these.
• 32:35
  Speaker 9: If you know the person, get me in there and
• 32:37
  Speaker 9: get some T shirts.
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: How did you ever become a Jags fan? Connor?
• 32:41
  Speaker 8: Back when I was younger, my name used to live
• 32:43
  Speaker 8: over in Tampa. I used to go out there and
• 32:45
  Speaker 8: she was a Bucks fan, So I always grown up
• 32:48
  Speaker 8: around NFL kind of thing. Take it on a few years.
• 32:51
  Speaker 8: I then decided that I wanted to pick my own team,
• 32:54
  Speaker 8: and I saw that Jags would coming to the UK,
• 32:56
  Speaker 8: so I got to go and see a game every year.
• 32:58
  Speaker 9: So for me, that was broke.
• 33:00
  Speaker 8: Started twenty seventeen games, my first UK game, so when
• 33:03
  Speaker 8: we went absolutely smashed the Ravens, which was lovely and
• 33:07
  Speaker 8: a game I'll never forget. But yeah, so that's where
• 33:09
  Speaker 8: it all began, and that's when Jags became my team.
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: What a great first game to become a Jags.
• 33:17
  Speaker 9: To store forty four points was incredible.
• 33:20
  Speaker 5: Do you know what that was? I just started working
• 33:23
  Speaker 5: for the NFL then, and that was the first game
• 33:26
  Speaker 5: that I worked at. So I'd been to all of
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: the games before that, but that Jags Ravens game was
• 33:31
  Speaker 5: the first one that I worked up and it was
• 33:34
  Speaker 5: mind blow like, what an atmosphere, what a unexpected performance.
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: That's what I remember the Jags. That was such a
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: good well.
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: I remember going into the game and saying to my mate,
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure if Jags have much of a chance
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: to chance in this game, And then afterwards he was like,
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: you don't really know anything, do your No? No, I
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: know nothing, I know absolutely nothing.
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: It's your career in the NFL game.
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: Draft obviously coming out. I mean we just made mention
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: it in with Connor. Are you gonna be staying up
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: all night for it? Are you gonna be watching it back?
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: Or what's your what do you do?
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: Every every time.
• 34:07
  Speaker 9: I've obviously seen the draft.
• 34:09
  Speaker 8: I don't really follow college football side of things, but
• 34:12
  Speaker 8: I stay up. I kind of watch the first few
• 34:14
  Speaker 8: picks and stuff like that. Obviously, with Jamie being on
• 34:17
  Speaker 8: this year, it's probably going to be staying up a
• 34:19
  Speaker 8: bit more than that obviously, just supporting a friend things
• 34:21
  Speaker 8: like that as well. And he'll be messaging in the
• 34:23
  Speaker 8: group chat anyway, so it's going to keep us awake
• 34:25
  Speaker 8: with that.
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: Let's be real, any any like particular players or any
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: particular like you know, player groups that you would like
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: to see the Jags go with the fifth overall.
• 34:35
  Speaker 8: In all honesty, the way that Cohen's going, I can
• 34:38
  Speaker 8: see anything happening just because there's been so much change.
• 34:41
  Speaker 8: I can't personally I can put a definition on where
• 34:44
  Speaker 8: he's going to go just because of how much change
• 34:47
  Speaker 8: has been.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know, really, has anyone ever told you
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: that you've got a Liam Cohen esque vine.
• 34:53
  Speaker 9: There is a bit of a bet going on with
• 34:55
  Speaker 9: the guys.
• 34:56
  Speaker 8: If Jags have a winning record by the time London
• 34:59
  Speaker 8: game's come around, then I am going to shave this
• 35:02
  Speaker 8: down and.
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: Get Yes, that is brilliant And do you know what's
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: so good about that?
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: Connor?
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: Is that we'll put it in the diary and if if,
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: when the Jags have a winning record by the London game,
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: I mean, we've got to get you back on. We've
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: got to get you back up as absolutely. Connor, thanks
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: so much, man, I appreciate it. And you know what,
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: I know that you've done. You've done a video, haven't
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: you to say congratulations to Jamie for being International Fan
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: of the Year. So I just want to say what
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: an amazing thing to do as a friend, So well
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: done to you for doing it.
• 35:36
  Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, it was just something for him.
• 35:38
  Speaker 8: He helps a lot of people here over in the
• 35:40
  Speaker 8: UK and a lot of friends and obviously players and
• 35:44
  Speaker 8: stuff that recognize it as well. So it's something for
• 35:46
  Speaker 8: him just to give back to him. Because when you
• 35:48
  Speaker 8: do something for others, you don't realize how much you
• 35:51
  Speaker 8: do for others. So it's kind of.
• 35:53
  Speaker 9: Something to give back to him.
• 35:55
  Speaker 8: So again I appreciate you guys helping out doing a
• 35:57
  Speaker 8: video for him as well. And then that's kind of
• 35:59
  Speaker 8: gone together on a six and a half minute video
• 36:01
  Speaker 8: from players and family and friends.
• 36:04
  Speaker 5: We're all doing a video for you now to say
• 36:07
  Speaker 5: thank you for making the video for Jamie as well,
• 36:09
  Speaker 5: and then so.
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: Then on and keep it going. Cond of thanks so
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: much for coming until talk man, really appreciate it.
• 36:21
  Speaker 9: Been a pleasure.
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: Thank you to appreciate that.
• 36:23
  Speaker 5: That was a life that's excellent.
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: Thank you very much to Connor Crawford. And the big.
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: Question the fact that there's a there looks like there's
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: going to be a good chance that he's going to
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: be dressed up as Liam Cohen at Wembley Stadium, and
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: that he's just agreed to.
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: I'm not doing it.
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: I'm too scared, but Key shaving shaving the beard off
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: around that time.
• 36:47
  Speaker 5: So I want to see him as Liam Cohen. And
• 36:50
  Speaker 5: two I don't want any other beards on this podcast.
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: I had a nice beach in this morning. Next time,
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: shall I just grow it out between now and then
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: and just that I'm.
• 36:59
  Speaker 5: Not what I'm dave together.
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I'll just keep the beard until October and
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: just keep it going, just keep it going. We're going
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: to be back at the end of April around the Draft, which,
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: as I said earlier, is one of my favorite NFL
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: nights of the year. So it's really exciting. It's massive
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: for every NFL team, of course, it's going to be
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: massive for the Jacksonville Jaguars as well.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: Do you stay up for it?
• 37:25
  Speaker 5: Key, I will stay up until nine thirty pm.
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: So that's that is absolutely n I'll see it nine pm.
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: That was several hours out from it even starting.
• 37:35
  Speaker 5: Key, No, No, dude. What will happen is I'll do
• 37:39
  Speaker 5: something similar to you where I will avoid everything and
• 37:41
  Speaker 5: then watch. There'll be a bit of fast forwarding, but yeah,
• 37:45
  Speaker 5: I won't watch the whole thing, but yeah, I'll watch it.
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: You can't fast forward because the drama happens in the
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: trades and everything happens in between picks. No, all right, Well,
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: the good thing is is obviously the Jags pick fifth,
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: so if they stay with that pick.
• 37:58
  Speaker 5: If someone did where it just went at number four,
• 38:03
  Speaker 5: at number five, name, I'd watch that.
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: The boring boring.
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: You need to get into the spirit of it, all right.
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: So we're gonna be back at the end of April.
• 38:12
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