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Antonio Johnson on Adjusting to the NFL So Far | 1on1 Interview · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jaguars rookie safety Antonio Johnson with us. All right, going
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  Speaker 1: really into week three of your rookie training camp so far,
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  Speaker 1: a few days and pads.
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  Speaker 2: How you feeling feel good? You know, like you said,
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  Speaker 2: a few days in past physicality then bumped up a lot,
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  Speaker 2: you know, nicks and bruises, but that's what you get
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  Speaker 2: with the game, and you know you just gotta embrace it.
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  Speaker 1: Take us through that safety room. There's some veteran guys
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  Speaker 1: on this team. Obviously, Ray's been around for a while,
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  Speaker 1: Cisco a few years in, wingerd has been around here
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  Speaker 1: for a while, and one of those guys kind of
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  Speaker 1: passed down to the younger safeties in the room.
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  Speaker 2: Man, there's a lot of knowledge in that room, as
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  Speaker 2: you said, And one thing I feel like as a rookie,
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  Speaker 2: I'm blessed to be in a room with them, honored.
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  Speaker 2: And one thing about the vets that they're willing to
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  Speaker 2: funnel into you and you just ask questions that they're
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  Speaker 2: to help and their their sources for us, And I
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  Speaker 2: feel like, I don't know that you can say that
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  Speaker 2: a lot of places, and you know, I'm just blessed
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  Speaker 2: to being a room with those guys, what has.
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  Speaker 1: Been the if you to pick one thing the biggest adjustment,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's scheduled speed on the field, weight room, and
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  Speaker 1: what's the biggest adjustment difference you've had to make from
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  Speaker 1: college to her.
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  Speaker 2: I will for sure say off the field, just how
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  Speaker 2: much availability time that you have and freedom and you know,
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  Speaker 2: you just gotta know, like you gotta set time apart
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  Speaker 2: to you know, focus on football outside of the facility
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  Speaker 2: and watch film and you know, go over your playbook
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  Speaker 2: and just be in detail of what's going on. I said,
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  Speaker 2: that's probably the biggest difference.
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  Speaker 1: And you gotta balance regular life as well too, right'
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  Speaker 1: That's tough.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, you know, being a rookie is it's crazy, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I'm saying, because a lot of people don't
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  Speaker 2: get to this opportunity. And then it's just it's a responsibility.
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  Speaker 2: At the same time, you got to be responsible enough
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  Speaker 2: to understand who you are and what do you have
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  Speaker 2: in stake.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like at least just seeing from the side
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  Speaker 1: here that you've embraced the special teams part of it,
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  Speaker 1: especially that gunner role. Why have you been so successful
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  Speaker 1: early in camp as a gunner?
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  Speaker 2: I would say just really holding in on the details
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  Speaker 2: and want to learn, have the willing to learn what
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  Speaker 2: techniques to use against different things that the return teammate
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  Speaker 2: throw at you, and just going in again extra film
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  Speaker 2: with the coaches, and you know, just really after I
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  Speaker 2: do something, asking for critique and just just being a
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  Speaker 2: studio of the game, I'll say, you know, it feels like.
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  Speaker 1: You're bigger than most gunners. Like you're a big, tall guy.
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  Speaker 1: So how does that help you in terms of the
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  Speaker 1: physical part of it? Maybe at the line getting away?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of guys out there, and normally
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  Speaker 2: they be like smaller guys compared to me. So I
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  Speaker 2: could use my arm length to get to the edges
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  Speaker 2: very well and use my speed as well. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: for sure, you I look across it, nine times out
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  Speaker 2: of ten they are a little smaller than me. So
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  Speaker 2: that's being a plus for my side.
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  Speaker 1: All right, what else do you need to prove? The
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  Speaker 1: next few weeks training camp preseason games are coming. That's uh,
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  Speaker 1: about a week from now is the first game, I
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  Speaker 1: guess the Cowboys. I mean, what else do you need
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  Speaker 1: to put out there?
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  Speaker 2: Really just showed what I could do in a game,
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  Speaker 2: just in the game setting, being able to focus and
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  Speaker 2: lock in when you're tired. Just look things like that
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  Speaker 2: and keep making plays on the field. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: that's the biggest part of just making plays, and making
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  Speaker 2: the right plays, and being in the right spots and
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  Speaker 2: making sure that you're not making a lot of mistakes
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  Speaker 2: doing the game.