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Jags Drive Time: Tuesday, May 10 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Jacks Drive To with Ashlyn Sullimsells, John Oshan,
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Speaker 1: Brian Sexton, Jack Time when it starts right now, Welcome
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Speaker 1: in Jaguar's Drive Time. It is Tuesday, May tenth. I
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Speaker 1: am Ashland Sullivan here with Bran Sexton and John Osier.
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Speaker 1: It is a slow wish weekenning to a busy week
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Speaker 1: as Rookie Mini Camp is this weekend, the first time
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Speaker 1: that the rookies will be in the building and we
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Speaker 1: will be on this fo old Friday and Saturday, and
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Speaker 1: my fellows are looking very much forward to it. You know,
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Speaker 1: you always some you go in all right, here we go,
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Speaker 1: you know, a little football, and then you realize it's
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Speaker 1: really not much football, and so then you just kind
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Speaker 1: of say, well, when is this over? Although I'm anxious
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Speaker 1: to see some of these guys in person, I've never
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Speaker 1: seen I wasn't here when Travon Walker was here, um,
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Speaker 1: so I'm actually just see a little bit of that.
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Speaker 1: But I mean it comes and goes pretty quickly, and
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Speaker 1: then you're like, when does training camp start? Yeah, there's
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Speaker 1: certainly the first day of school feel for the rookies anyway,
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Speaker 1: and as Brian said, the big takeaway for somebody who's
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Speaker 1: watched a lot of these and we all have, the
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Speaker 1: big takeaway is how do they look? Uh, you want
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Speaker 1: to make sure and you try to tell a couple
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Speaker 1: of people. Very occasionally you will hear scouts with a
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Speaker 1: guy who just doesn't look like he belongs. Go, oh,
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Speaker 1: that's do you remember who? That was the most glaring
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Speaker 1: example in Jaguars history. Cesario was that guy back in
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Speaker 1: the day. I thought Harry Dela Jonas was too. They
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Speaker 1: were both ninety seven draft choice. Yeah, back in that um.
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Speaker 1: But it was a little more contact, I would say,
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Speaker 1: contact with a little more football lead during ReCommunity camp
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Speaker 1: at that point. Uh. And I think the veterans were
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Speaker 1: actually on the field during the time they realized those
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Speaker 1: guys were probably not gonna make it, because Tony Boselli
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Speaker 1: walked off the field and said, who's that guy that's
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Speaker 1: your third round pick? Yeah, So there's sometimes that that's
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Speaker 1: the main thing you don't want. You don't want people
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Speaker 1: coming out the field going but you really can't prove
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Speaker 1: that you can play during this time, but you can
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Speaker 1: sort of proof you don't belong, which I'm very used
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Speaker 1: to it. And and there were a couple of guys
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Speaker 1: that didn't pass the eye test, You're like, well, that
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Speaker 1: guy's a defensive tackle. Harry Della John state. It was
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Speaker 1: a really nice guy, but he was really short and
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Speaker 1: really square, and you just couldn't with short arms. You
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Speaker 1: just were like, how is he going to backle against
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Speaker 1: and the guards back At that moment in time, they
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Speaker 1: were like six ft five, six ft six guards, and
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Speaker 1: you're thinking, how is he gonna win those battles? So
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Speaker 1: there's a little bit of that. But then when the
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Speaker 1: pads come on, you know, some guys the lights come
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Speaker 1: on and they show you what they've got. But even
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Speaker 1: that elements less now because it, as we discussed on
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Speaker 1: Dago's Reporters yesterday, it's gotten so non football. During this time,
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Speaker 1: you can watch the skill guys run around a little
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Speaker 1: bit and get an idea. Uh frankly, in this day
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Speaker 1: and age, you can't tell much about an offensive linemary
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Speaker 1: defensive lineman until the pads go on. They start doing
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Speaker 1: one all wines exactly. Let's get into big things. Big
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Speaker 1: thing one, like we said, is Rakie Mini Camp this
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Speaker 1: weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We will be on the
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Speaker 1: field Friday and Saturday, and we'll share some observations of
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Speaker 1: what we will be able to tell us to stay
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Speaker 1: with us for that, but notable that this will be
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Speaker 1: the first time that the entire draft classes in the
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Speaker 1: building altogether. Big thing too is schedule released. The official
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Speaker 1: NFL schedule will come out this Thursday. We know who's
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Speaker 1: planning home in a way, but we'll get the official
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Speaker 1: dates and we'll have our planners and we'll let it
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Speaker 1: out out. We're very excited. Everyone at the table is
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Speaker 1: looking forward to that. And finally, Big thing three is
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Speaker 1: the London game that was announced last week. The Denver
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Speaker 1: Broncos and the Jacksonville Jaguars will play in London Halloween weekend,
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Speaker 1: October thirty. Russell Wilson versus Trevor Lawrence. Incredibly notable Brian,
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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you're you're thinking differently about
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Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos with all the moves they've been making. Well,
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Speaker 1: you know, they they've had a lot of pieces and
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Speaker 1: they've got some explosive receivers. I mean, Jerry Judy is
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Speaker 1: a guy that as a young receiver last year didn't
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Speaker 1: have the benefit of a consistent quarterback. Now he does
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Speaker 1: Remember he was a high choice. He's a speed guy
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Speaker 1: from Alabama who when he was at Alabama made everybody
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Speaker 1: you know, look stupid. He was so good. So you
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Speaker 1: look at a guy like that. The tight end, Oh,
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Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, they've just they've got some pieces,
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Speaker 1: and they didn't have the quarterback. Now they've got the
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Speaker 1: quarterback and in the a f C. West John Um
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Speaker 1: which is and maybe you'll agree, maybe you won't. I
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Speaker 1: think it's the most competitive division I've ever seen it.
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Speaker 1: It has a chance to be. I mean, I'm always skeptical, skeptical.
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Speaker 1: I'm skeptical literally as well um of offseason moves how
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Speaker 1: they really translate once the fall comes around. So to me,
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Speaker 1: the big move is Russell Wilson because that it seems
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Speaker 1: that a quarterback should be able to come and make
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Speaker 1: a huge impact. To me, this division is a huge
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Speaker 1: litmus test for the NFL. If it indeed becomes this
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Speaker 1: powerhouse division that the pundits expected to, then I think
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Speaker 1: you may see the rest of the league follow that
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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, every offseason is going to
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Speaker 1: be absolute chaos with teams making moves like this. The
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Speaker 1: old man and Me also remembers times where there was
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Speaker 1: a year where the Mammi Dolphins did this in the
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Speaker 1: nineties and they had like twelve first round picks and
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Speaker 1: they were all free agency and they went like eight
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Speaker 1: and eight the next year. If a couple of those
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Speaker 1: teams do that, then you wonder if teams will follow
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Speaker 1: the trend. To me, the Broncos have the best chance
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Speaker 1: out of all those teams to really make a huge
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Speaker 1: stride because they've added the quarterback. Well, the Chargers, you know,
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Speaker 1: they went and traded for Khalil mac They had a
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Speaker 1: really good draft and they've got Justin Herbert who's clearly
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Speaker 1: an ascending quarterback. You can make a case for the
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Speaker 1: Raiders now with Davante Adams there. You can talk about
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs maybe coming back to the pack a little
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Speaker 1: bit without Tyreek Hill. I mean so, but when I
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Speaker 1: look at those rosters, I see teams that every Sunday,
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Speaker 1: I mean it is it's gonna be a match said,
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Speaker 1: there has to be an odd man out. And then
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Speaker 1: which you wonder is Davante Adams played with Aaron Rodgers.
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Speaker 1: I'm saying von Anams isn't great. There's always been a
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Speaker 1: theory in the NFL that when you take guys off
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Speaker 1: of teams, do they go and they mesh immediately with
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Speaker 1: their new teams. To me, the a f C West
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Speaker 1: will be a huge test. If these guys come in
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Speaker 1: and make huge impacts, then you're gonna see every the
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Speaker 1: league will change and follow this if all of this
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Speaker 1: works well. So Derek Carr right yesterday I said, Derek
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Speaker 1: Carr gets Davantae Adams who he played with at Fresno.
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Speaker 1: And we saw the deal with um Kyler Murray getting
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Speaker 1: Hollywood Brown who played with an Oklahoma. It could be
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Speaker 1: something to watch guys who played college together quarterbacks getting
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Speaker 1: receivers that they have some sort of a field for.
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Speaker 1: But you asked about the London game. That is a
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Speaker 1: great division and so we get to see a team
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Speaker 1: that we expect to be a much much improved team
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Speaker 1: this year. Interesting thing about the n f C West.
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Speaker 1: The Chiefs give up Tyreek Hill if they go win it.
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Speaker 1: If they go and so are the best team, what
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Speaker 1: does that do to the receiver position? Well, and do
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Speaker 1: some teams go, Okay, we don't need to go do that.
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Speaker 1: We need to keep drafting and developing. So it's a
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Speaker 1: little bit of a yeah, it's it's a copycat let.
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Speaker 1: Well every is good out of that teams teams will copy.
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Speaker 1: And you know that the salary cap is going to
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Speaker 1: take a massive jump up in the next three years,
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Speaker 1: and so they're laying these contracts out with the idea
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Speaker 1: that that's coming. So I want to talk about a
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Speaker 1: big thing too, because it's the schedule release, and you
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Speaker 1: know that every team that looks at that is coming
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Speaker 1: to Florida, that knows they're coming to Florida, whether it's
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Speaker 1: Miami jacksonvillor Tampa, looks at the schedule immediately says, when
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Speaker 1: are we going to Miami Jacksonville Tampa right? Because they're
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Speaker 1: beat ye that first well, the first month of the
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Speaker 1: season where the heat and humidity are consistent. I mean
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Speaker 1: you can count on suffering a bit uh in a
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Speaker 1: game like that. Much like when you're going to play
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Speaker 1: in Green Bay. You look to see, im I go
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Speaker 1: on the last Sunday of the year or am I
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Speaker 1: going to get a go I don't know, late September
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Speaker 1: early October when the weather is perfect. You know when
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Speaker 1: you look at coming to Florida more so than anywhere
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Speaker 1: else because in Arizona they play indoors, and in California
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Speaker 1: the weather so temperate here in particular, it is so
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Speaker 1: incredibly hot, humid, all those things. It's such an advantage
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Speaker 1: if a team is conditioned for it. So I always
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Speaker 1: look for that too, to see who has to come
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Speaker 1: down and deal with the heat and humidity. And I
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Speaker 1: think teams, if it's a non division team, especially, but
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Speaker 1: even the division teams, if you draw Jacksonville early, there's
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Speaker 1: gonna be that, and then there is going to be
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Speaker 1: the unknown. I think teams are gonna look at this
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Speaker 1: and say, well, we know Trevor Lawrence has talent, we
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Speaker 1: know they added some pieces. What is this kid and
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Speaker 1: this team gonna look like under Doug Peterson. I think
8:34
Speaker 1: there will be more of a of a confidence around
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Speaker 1: or a worry if you will, around the league that
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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence with Doug Peterson could be scarier early than
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Speaker 1: was the case last year when they didn't scare anybody
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Speaker 1: or even attempting to scout this team week one with
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Speaker 1: all these new pieces, How could you even possibly try
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Speaker 1: to attempt to predict what this offense is going to
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Speaker 1: look like when it's so incredibly you and do is
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Speaker 1: go back and start looking at Mike McCoy's tape when
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Speaker 1: he was an offensive coordinator and Doug Peterson in his time,
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Speaker 1: and the press Taylor part is interesting because he's never
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Speaker 1: been a coordinator at this level. So there's a new wrinkle. Um. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: depending on how it rolls out. I'm anxious to see
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Speaker 1: what the first month looks like because you know, as
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Speaker 1: I'm thinking about it, in New Orleans is incredibly hot
9:18
Speaker 1: human but they play indoors, right Atlanta plays indoors. It's
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Speaker 1: it's Florida where teams look at the heat and humidity
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Speaker 1: and say, yeah, it's gonna be a bear. That week
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Speaker 1: one game when Nick Foles unfortunately broke his clavical I
9:30
Speaker 1: thought I was going to pass out and just this
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Speaker 1: is dramatic die because it was not hot. Just to John,
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Speaker 1: you remember remember ninety six when the the a f
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Speaker 1: C champion Pittsburgh Steelers rolled in and they were carrying
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Speaker 1: guys off the field. Chad Brown, so it's an all
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Speaker 1: predominant linebacker literally couldn't walk off the field at the
9:52
Speaker 1: end of the third quarter. And this is a supremely
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Speaker 1: conditioned athlete. So you know, there are a lot of
9:57
Speaker 1: guys that train in the South and they can get
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Speaker 1: used to it. But you know, there is an advantage,
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Speaker 1: especially in that first month of the year when you're
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Speaker 1: down here every single day, and if and when the
10:07
Speaker 1: Jaguars are good, they can take advantage of this. When
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Speaker 1: they're not, they frankly haven't taken advantage of that in
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Speaker 1: a long, long time. Well, the Chief game is a
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Speaker 1: proven example right there in a four teen nothing hole
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Speaker 1: immediately means so things got bad fast for them. You're right, John,
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Speaker 1: if you want to be able to do it, you
10:21
Speaker 1: better be able to grind the football and run the
10:22
Speaker 1: ball and force teams to play a long game. You
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Speaker 1: better not stink, and then that should be on a
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Speaker 1: T shirt. Better not ST's as simple as that. And
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Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to this year, so I'm
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Speaker 1: excited about that and that the big things when we
10:35
Speaker 1: come back on Jaguars Drive times some Ashlan nask here
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Speaker 1: on the Jaguars Digital Network. The Jaguars are future focused
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Speaker 1: and ready for a new look in to join us
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Speaker 1: at the bank this season as head coach Doug Peterson
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Speaker 1: and quarterback Trevor Lawrence lead the charge to lock in
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Speaker 1: your seats. Visit Jaguars Dot com Slash tickets are Calm
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Speaker 1: nine oh four six three three two thousand. I had.
11:02
Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to intern at NASA, and um,
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Speaker 1: you know, I had the opportunity to get a job
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Speaker 1: at Toyota. They have a plan in Kentucky and a
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Speaker 1: couple opportunities. I never took him up on him, just
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Speaker 1: because the time was constraints with football. Um, but definitely
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Speaker 1: some different options I could have pursued. And I kind
11:18
Speaker 1: of got to the end of the fifth year and
11:20
Speaker 1: realized that football is what I wanted to do with
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Speaker 1: I like, um, so I came back to that six
11:25
Speaker 1: year and kind of, you know, dedicated most of my
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Speaker 1: time to it. Offensive lineman Luke Fortner on the ozone podcast,
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Speaker 1: A man in many talents, A man I had a
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Speaker 1: lot of job options, but chose to be a football player.
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Speaker 1: Don't you love that when guys have options, they can
11:41
Speaker 1: do all these things. Those options will still be there
11:43
Speaker 1: for him when he gets done with football, and he'll
11:46
Speaker 1: have a lot of money so he can have his
11:47
Speaker 1: own company, just like Tom Brady going right back into
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Speaker 1: the boose. Yeah, he's an impressive kid. I mean, it's uh,
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Speaker 1: you guys have interviewed enough young players, young people. It's
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Speaker 1: always amazing to me the difference that a couple of
12:02
Speaker 1: years can make. He's a little older coming into the league.
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Speaker 1: I'm assuming he had this same maturity when he was
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Speaker 1: younger as well. But he's an interesting guy to talk to. Uh,
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Speaker 1: And I think when you look at this guy, uh,
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Speaker 1: there's a lot of confidence that he will be the
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Speaker 1: starting center here for a long long time. I don't
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Speaker 1: know if that means he's gonna be that in September,
12:21
Speaker 1: but clearly that's why he was drafted. He's a guy
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Speaker 1: who has that maturity and intelligence to be a quick
12:27
Speaker 1: leader on the interior. So uh, good kid. I would
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Speaker 1: listen to the podcast. I don't have to because I
12:33
Speaker 1: did it, but if it was not me, I would
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Speaker 1: listen to the podcast A good one. Well, thank you,
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Speaker 1: very good episode at a time for AshEL and ask
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Speaker 1: three very important questions today as the schedule Least is
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Speaker 1: coming out on Thursday. Ashlan asked number one what quarterback
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Speaker 1: match up will be the most notable this upcoming season?
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Speaker 1: Have lots of options, perhaps a Dak pres Scott with
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys or a Derek Are with the Raiders. Well,
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Speaker 1: I'm ready because I cheated and I looked at the
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Speaker 1: question before. That's not the points. Go on, John Well,
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go in a different direction than the spirit
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Speaker 1: of the question. Uh but you know, she Land, thanks
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Speaker 1: for the question. I'm gonna do something different. I'm gonna
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Speaker 1: say all the quarterbacks in the a f C South.
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Speaker 1: And the reason I say that is you've got Ryan
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Speaker 1: tanney Hill, Matt Ryan, and Dave's Mills. It's not in
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Speaker 1: the elite group. Well, and they are capable, I mean not.
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Speaker 1: Ryan tanney Hill has turned in you know, Matt Ryan's
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Speaker 1: playing in a Super Bowl. Ryan tanny Hill has uh
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Speaker 1: stabilized that that franchise. When Derrick Henry was healthy, he
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Speaker 1: was he was a bear to deal with. But when
13:44
Speaker 1: we look at Trevor Lawrence and think of an ascending
13:49
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, there is are a lot of people who
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Speaker 1: believe he's the most talented quarterback in the division. How
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Speaker 1: soon can he be the best quarterback in the division?
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Speaker 1: Can he start winning these matchups by the end of
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Speaker 1: the season. Are we looking at him and saying, you
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Speaker 1: know what, he was the best quarterback in the division.
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Speaker 1: That's why they competed so I'm looking forward to see
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Speaker 1: how he stands up against a group of quarterbacks they
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Speaker 1: didn't theory at least, I don't think he should be
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Speaker 1: number four out of that bunch by the end of
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Speaker 1: the season. I don't wear he'll rank, but he should
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Speaker 1: start ascending in that. I think that will be a
14:22
Speaker 1: key to how the season plays out. And you know what,
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Speaker 1: I don't mind that answer. Answer, I just leave the show,
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Speaker 1: give it to you. I'll go with Justin Herbert, who
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Speaker 1: I You know, the Jaguars were interested in him a
14:33
Speaker 1: couple of years ago and he did not slide far
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Speaker 1: enough for them. If if he had, they might not
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Speaker 1: have Trevor Lawrence at this moment, because I don't know
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Speaker 1: I think they would. You're you're talking about a big,
14:44
Speaker 1: strong guy. You really think they would have passed on
14:47
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert. You're saying, if they drafted Justin Herbert, would
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Speaker 1: they still have drafted Trevor laws They wouldn't, right, would
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Speaker 1: be said, Um, the guy is just he's an absolute stud.
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's a great, big, strong and guy who
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Speaker 1: can deliver the ball down the field, and the Chargers
15:02
Speaker 1: have built a team around him. He's got receivers he's
15:05
Speaker 1: got offensive lineman. Um. I think that the Chargers could
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Speaker 1: be good enough this year to win the a f C.
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Speaker 1: UM And I was a fan of the kid when
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Speaker 1: he was at Oregon, and I'm anxious to see him in.
15:17
Speaker 1: What you've got is, you know, two guys. If Trevor
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Speaker 1: Lawrence is who we think he is and Justin Herbert
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Speaker 1: continues to be who he has been, you've got you know,
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Speaker 1: you've got Ben Roethlisberger versus Peyton Manning. I mean, you've
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Speaker 1: got that marquee kind of matchup. Um. Of course, you
15:33
Speaker 1: can say that about a lot of quarterbacks because the
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Speaker 1: a f C is loaded right now. But I think
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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence has the name, UM, and Herbert obviously has
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Speaker 1: the results so far. It could be a special matchup.
15:43
Speaker 1: Herbert's a guy you I'm sorry that you keep waiting.
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Speaker 1: Not keep waiting. He didn't playing the lead that long,
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Speaker 1: but has put up incredible numbers, makes that team very competitive,
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Speaker 1: and yet hasn't quite gotten them to where you thought
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Speaker 1: at the end of season last year, you thought they'd
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Speaker 1: win that last game and getting the playoffs. So it
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Speaker 1: hasn't quite gotten that. So I think nationally this is
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Speaker 1: a big year for Herbert in that sense. They need
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Speaker 1: to get to the playoffs in year three. And and
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Speaker 1: I'm not any way calling him under achiever in that sense.
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Speaker 1: It's not that because he's not. I think he's really good.
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Speaker 1: I would you know, he's one of the two or
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Speaker 1: three quarterbacks that I would want if I was starting
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Speaker 1: a team. Uh. But there is that thing. They haven't
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Speaker 1: quite had that record. Uh And with my homes doing
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Speaker 1: in the second year, that's sort of the standard. Now
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Speaker 1: you want to get there as this guy. So I
16:32
Speaker 1: think it's a big year for Herbert. I love the kid.
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Speaker 1: I think he's the guy. And you know, they're playing
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Speaker 1: in the shadow of the Rams, right the Super Bowl
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Speaker 1: champions in a huge market, and they they have not
16:45
Speaker 1: the Chargers have not been on national television in prime
16:48
Speaker 1: time games, but in that market, with that quarterback, they're
16:51
Speaker 1: not far away from being a you know, three or
16:53
Speaker 1: four primetime game kind of team. So this is the
16:57
Speaker 1: litmus tester they get over that this year. And by
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Speaker 1: the way, you know, it's some point you know, Matt
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Speaker 1: Stafford is going to retire and the Chargers are going
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Speaker 1: to surpass the Rams because they've got that long term
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Speaker 1: solution at quarterback. Yeah. I mean you can only keep
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Speaker 1: up the roster of the Rams at some point for
17:09
Speaker 1: so long. At some point guys start to retire, get old,
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Speaker 1: get hurt. But that kid in l A gives the
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Speaker 1: Rams a chance, the Charges a chance to best the
17:19
Speaker 1: Rams and be the marquee team in the Ram Zone stadium.
17:23
Speaker 1: That'll be fun, very true. Okay, ashlass numbers. Who I
17:26
Speaker 1: know this is a little vague, so bear with me.
17:29
Speaker 1: Who do you still have questions about for this year?
17:33
Speaker 1: This can be in the broadcast office, this could be
17:36
Speaker 1: in wait hold answer questions about a question about sitting
17:41
Speaker 1: on my right Um. Okay, you guys are quick. What
17:47
Speaker 1: you got? Well again, I'm a little I would say,
17:50
Speaker 1: oh the above, um, And by that I mean we
17:54
Speaker 1: think we know a lot about this team. I think
17:58
Speaker 1: the offensive line is going to be better. I think
18:00
Speaker 1: the defensive front is going to be better with Traylon Walker.
18:04
Speaker 1: But you're talking about an offseason, the unbelievable transition around
18:08
Speaker 1: this team in the last two years, pretty much an
18:11
Speaker 1: entirely new defense within the last two years. You have
18:14
Speaker 1: a new coaching staff, new offensive line coach. I don't
18:17
Speaker 1: know who's gonna line up whirred offensive tack. I assume
18:19
Speaker 1: sure it's going to be a right guard, and I
18:21
Speaker 1: assume that Cam's gonna get left tackle. Beyond that, I
18:23
Speaker 1: don't know. I think they're better. But what's it gonna
18:26
Speaker 1: look like running back? How healthy is James Robinson gonna be?
18:30
Speaker 1: What's that gonna look like? Receiver? They're more confident than
18:33
Speaker 1: receivers and a lot of people are, so there's a
18:36
Speaker 1: there's a huge amount of questions. I guess I would say.
18:38
Speaker 1: What I still don't know is how good is the
18:41
Speaker 1: pass rush going to be? I believe the interior, the
18:44
Speaker 1: defensive line, and the run stuffing is gonna be much
18:47
Speaker 1: much better. I have faith that Lloyd Walker Muma are
18:52
Speaker 1: gonna make that area so much better that overall this
18:55
Speaker 1: is going to be a more stout and therefore a
18:57
Speaker 1: better pass rush. But are they going to be a turnover, disruptive,
19:02
Speaker 1: creating defense. The potentials there. If they are, they're a
19:05
Speaker 1: much better team. That's my question. I'm gonna stay with
19:08
Speaker 1: the spirit of the question again and answer just one um.
19:11
Speaker 1: But it plays into what John was saying, and I'm
19:13
Speaker 1: going with right tackle. Now it's more of a who
19:17
Speaker 1: in this case than a what or which, because I'm
19:19
Speaker 1: not talking about the position as much as I am
19:21
Speaker 1: of Juwan and Walker. Um. I mean, I really believe
19:26
Speaker 1: what I saw from Little last year was a rising
19:30
Speaker 1: player with great skills, movement, mobility. He wasn't ready to
19:34
Speaker 1: take the starting job from Cam. I mean, they just
19:36
Speaker 1: paid Cam, so clearly they thought Cam was a better player.
19:41
Speaker 1: But at this point, that competition, to me, is going
19:44
Speaker 1: to talk a lot about how the offensive line shifts out.
19:46
Speaker 1: Does Does the loser of the right tackle competition become
19:49
Speaker 1: a guard right? Or is that the swing tackle? How
19:52
Speaker 1: does that envelope the depth? And obviously, as John mentioned,
19:55
Speaker 1: there's two guys you know where they're going right, so
19:58
Speaker 1: you got a battle at center. You gotta figure it
20:00
Speaker 1: at it. Right tackle and left guard could be Ben Bartch,
20:02
Speaker 1: who played pretty well last year, and it is a
20:04
Speaker 1: guy that they have groomed and developed. But with a
20:06
Speaker 1: new coaching staff, you don't know, well, we don't like
20:09
Speaker 1: the kid there, we think you should be here whatever. Um,
20:12
Speaker 1: I think that right tackle position is a lynchpin for
20:14
Speaker 1: how the offensive line rules out, and so that's the
20:17
Speaker 1: question that I have. Yeah, I see with both Ben
20:20
Speaker 1: Bartch at right guard. You can't really put that sentence
20:22
Speaker 1: one because just like you said, if Jowan Taylor loses
20:24
Speaker 1: that job and then shifts over, does he win the
20:26
Speaker 1: job over Ben Bartch? And it's kind of like that
20:29
Speaker 1: will shake out everything well, and look it's easy to
20:31
Speaker 1: go what you just put the loss of that competition.
20:33
Speaker 1: He becomes a guard? Will you never played guard? So
20:35
Speaker 1: there's gonna have to be some guard reps, you know,
20:37
Speaker 1: on on the O t a field, and we'll probably
20:39
Speaker 1: have to talk about that. Um, we'll see that right
20:43
Speaker 1: tackle position is going to be important. Lots of questions
20:46
Speaker 1: actually asked number three if you could give these rookies
20:49
Speaker 1: one piece of advice, what would it be? They're coming
20:53
Speaker 1: in here, moving to Jacksonville this weekend, find the bathroom,
20:57
Speaker 1: cafeteria something. I have a feeling that Brian's going to
21:01
Speaker 1: say something about investing money. Am I wrong? Yes? What
21:06
Speaker 1: you say? Hydrate, hike, That's the most important thing for
21:12
Speaker 1: a young player, especially guys who have not played in
21:14
Speaker 1: the South in in the summer. Hydration is really important.
21:20
Speaker 1: And they'll learn that otherwise they'll be on the I
21:22
Speaker 1: V at halftime. Right y, all right? I was going
21:26
Speaker 1: to put an expletive in here a bit. Shut up,
21:31
Speaker 1: just that's not nice. Shut up. And for a guy
21:34
Speaker 1: who asked questions, you don't want them to answer, you know,
21:36
Speaker 1: not to the meet. It's fine to talk to the media,
21:38
Speaker 1: but when you're around the veterans, when you're on the coaches,
21:42
Speaker 1: shut up and listen. And most of them do. But
21:44
Speaker 1: the point is, this is a different sport than you
21:48
Speaker 1: have played before. This is a different game. UH. Surviving
21:52
Speaker 1: and thriving is about knowing what to do. Listen to
21:56
Speaker 1: the veterans. Josh Allen knows what he's talking about. Kill
21:59
Speaker 1: Griffin is what he's talking about. There are guys at
22:01
Speaker 1: every level of this defense and offense that know what
22:05
Speaker 1: they're doing and have survived, UH and have thrived. Shut
22:09
Speaker 1: up and listen to those guys, and you'll make it
22:11
Speaker 1: fine in the NFL. But it's a short career, so
22:16
Speaker 1: listen quickly and get it. Get into the routine. Listen
22:21
Speaker 1: how these guys prepare. That's the number one thing. If
22:24
Speaker 1: you start taking advantage and doing things the right way quickly,
22:27
Speaker 1: you can stand in your career a long time. Yeah,
22:29
Speaker 1: and you stand out right away. We've seen guys like
22:31
Speaker 1: that for sure, and that is Astal asked. When we
22:33
Speaker 1: come back, we look into the schedule that is coming
22:35
Speaker 1: out this Thursday home and away games. What stands out
22:37
Speaker 1: to us? Coming up on the Jaguar SGIL Network, You
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23:00
Speaker 1: Jaguards Drive kind discussing the big news that Tom Brady
23:03
Speaker 1: will go into the Fox family when he retires, and
23:06
Speaker 1: I love that he hasn't retired, but he alre he
23:08
Speaker 1: has a job lined up for him. Yeah, and when
23:11
Speaker 1: you consider how much money Troy Aikman is making as
23:14
Speaker 1: the analyst for Money Night Football for ESPN, you gotta
23:17
Speaker 1: figure that Tom Brady can command as much as he wants.
23:22
Speaker 1: My question is will he be good at it? I mean,
23:24
Speaker 1: will will this be something? He's a natural? Let people
23:27
Speaker 1: made the mistake with Joe Montana when he went into
23:29
Speaker 1: the booth back in the early nineties after he retired. Well,
23:31
Speaker 1: he's the greatest quarterback of all time, which he was then,
23:34
Speaker 1: and they said it would be great to have him
23:35
Speaker 1: and and he wasn't good. The greatest quarterback of all time.
23:39
Speaker 1: That's what people were saying about Joe Montana in the
23:41
Speaker 1: early nineties. Yeah, you know that, Okay, Joe Montana. You said,
23:43
Speaker 1: Joe namean do na? Yeah, okay, I got David Carr
23:46
Speaker 1: and Derek Carr, Joe Montana because his name is is good. Yeah, right.
23:52
Speaker 1: Joe Montana went into the booth after he left. He
23:56
Speaker 1: was not very good in a broadcast role. He didn't.
23:59
Speaker 1: But I don't think you ever got the idea with
24:01
Speaker 1: Montana when he played that he was particularly funny or engaging. Uh, Brady.
24:08
Speaker 1: Since he's left the Patriots, Uh, when you see him interviewed,
24:12
Speaker 1: when you see him has relaxed a little bit with
24:15
Speaker 1: a sense of humor. I think it's important in the booth,
24:18
Speaker 1: so I ain't gonna be good at it. And unfortunately
24:21
Speaker 1: for him, having that job means he wanted to worry
24:24
Speaker 1: about money when he gets out of football. So good
24:26
Speaker 1: for him, I was, you know, yeah, he was worried.
24:29
Speaker 1: I'm sure good for Tom. Yes, absolutely. Let's look at
24:31
Speaker 1: this home and away schedule will have the dates as
24:34
Speaker 1: of Thursday, but we know at least when we're traveling
24:37
Speaker 1: and who's coming here. So let's look at home opponents first.
24:40
Speaker 1: Outside of the Division, Cowboys, Giants, Ravens, and Raiders. What
24:45
Speaker 1: stands out here, Fellas, I think that that Ravens game,
24:47
Speaker 1: certainly at home, is a is a difficult one. Well,
24:49
Speaker 1: that's the home game that I'm most eager to see,
24:51
Speaker 1: right because two years ago the Jaguars went to Baltimore
24:55
Speaker 1: and did not show. Well, it was and it was
24:57
Speaker 1: the COVID year and all of that, but um, that's
25:01
Speaker 1: a marquee quarterback and they had another great draft that
25:05
Speaker 1: is as well run an organization as you'll find anywhere
25:08
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So that's a great barometer. I mean,
25:11
Speaker 1: I don't know whether it's early in Week one, so
25:13
Speaker 1: it's hard to say, well, we'd be able to match him,
25:15
Speaker 1: but at some point in the season, you you kind
25:17
Speaker 1: of match yourself against a team like that. Well, it's
25:20
Speaker 1: a tough schedule. Mean, you're talking about at home, Dallas, Baltimore,
25:25
Speaker 1: Denver and the Raiders, and at least one of those
25:29
Speaker 1: teams of the you know, of the three in the division,
25:34
Speaker 1: there's a playoff team last year, and and the Colts
25:37
Speaker 1: would have been if the Jaguars not beat him. It's
25:40
Speaker 1: a really tough schedule at home that you know, if
25:44
Speaker 1: they don't play well, they're gonna have a tough time
25:45
Speaker 1: winning up. So the Giants are the one team that
25:48
Speaker 1: looks quote unquote gettable. But if you ask me if Dallas, Baltimore,
25:53
Speaker 1: Denver or the Raiders of being the playoffs, I'd say
25:56
Speaker 1: three of them will be YEA very true. And then
25:58
Speaker 1: you look at this away schedule, Commanders, Jets, Lions, Kansas City,
26:02
Speaker 1: Chargers and Philly going to Kansas City and Los Angeles
26:07
Speaker 1: Mahomes and Herbert on their turf. Yes, that again great
26:12
Speaker 1: measuring stick. You know how far have we come? How
26:15
Speaker 1: far do we have to go? And the Doug Peterson
26:18
Speaker 1: going Philly again because the writer is up there. Uh,
26:24
Speaker 1: they have an affinity for Doug is a likable guy
26:26
Speaker 1: and it will be played up. And I can't imagine
26:30
Speaker 1: that Philly fans truly hate Doug Peterson. In Vegas, we
26:35
Speaker 1: were sitting right across from from folks from the Eagles,
26:38
Speaker 1: right and they did nothing but rape. How do you
26:40
Speaker 1: like dogs? Isn't he great. What has he done? He
26:44
Speaker 1: I think he's beloved in Philadelphia. Yeah, you get it.
26:47
Speaker 1: I mean, if you get a fan base of Super Bowl,
26:49
Speaker 1: you're typically uh so. I think that would be an
26:53
Speaker 1: interesting They'll certainly be rooting for the Eagles, but I
26:57
Speaker 1: think it'll be cool for Doug to go to that stage. Um,
27:00
Speaker 1: and I'm sure we'll be cheered and welcomed. It will
27:02
Speaker 1: be a cold moment, Yes it will. And that is
27:04
Speaker 1: a look at the schedule. Will have the dates as
27:06
Speaker 1: of Thursday. The schedule leaves show later on Thursday night.
27:09
Speaker 1: When we come back some closing thoughts, you know the
27:11
Speaker 1: Jaguars Digital Network. We're back Jaguars Drive Time Tuesday Morning,
27:22
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27:25
Speaker 1: this weekend. On Friday, we will be back out on
27:27
Speaker 1: the field. Trayvon Walker, Doug Peterson, and Chad Muma will
27:31
Speaker 1: be talking to the medium. I kind of like that,
27:33
Speaker 1: just throwing Chad moving right into it day one. I
27:36
Speaker 1: think it says a lot about what they think he
27:37
Speaker 1: could be. Well, he'll be fine with it. I I
27:41
Speaker 1: talked to the defensive coordinator there and his name escapes me,
27:44
Speaker 1: and I apologize I'm sure the defense corners watching um
27:49
Speaker 1: coordinator of Wyoming and as you would expect, nothing but
27:53
Speaker 1: praise in terms of the kids approach, in terms of
27:56
Speaker 1: what kind of kid the jay Wars are getting. Uh So,
27:59
Speaker 1: I'm sure that press conference will go well. What I
28:01
Speaker 1: want to learn from him? Are they shutting up and listening?
28:04
Speaker 1: You should ask that her very he's shutting up yet
28:08
Speaker 1: it's answer what you look for more than details is
28:11
Speaker 1: it's sort of had to handle themselves in that situation. Brian,
28:14
Speaker 1: I'm eager to see how Walker, Trayvon Walker handles himself
28:18
Speaker 1: just with the weight of being the number one pick.
28:21
Speaker 1: You know, there was there was something in a column
28:23
Speaker 1: yesterday about Courtney Brown and making a comparison and former
28:27
Speaker 1: first round pick, and you know, the kid's going to
28:29
Speaker 1: be judged for having been the first round pick. He
28:32
Speaker 1: could be a really, really good player, and people are
28:34
Speaker 1: still going to question whether he was worth the number
28:37
Speaker 1: one overall pick. That's a lot of weight for someone
28:38
Speaker 1: to carry. So I'm just kind of anxious to get
28:40
Speaker 1: a feel for how, you know, how he feels and
28:43
Speaker 1: what he thinks about it and what his approaches. And
28:45
Speaker 1: I'm sure we can predict what he's going to say,
28:47
Speaker 1: but you want to hear him say it. From what
28:50
Speaker 1: we have seen so far, he's the company man that
28:52
Speaker 1: knows how to do this. He was on a big
28:54
Speaker 1: draw to defense and isn't say from this I think
28:57
Speaker 1: he's going to be a really, really good player. It's
28:59
Speaker 1: just in today das day and age, with the twenty
29:01
Speaker 1: four news cycle and all the social media sites, some
29:03
Speaker 1: people won't give him a break for that. They'll say, well,
29:06
Speaker 1: I mean, at twelve sacks, you're number one of you
29:07
Speaker 1: should have fifteen. I mean, there's gonna be that kind
29:09
Speaker 1: of stuff. He'll constantly be asked about heaven ship on
29:11
Speaker 1: his shoulder and he'll constantly now he doesn't and he will.
29:14
Speaker 1: So that's just the story, and that is jaguarys Drive Time.
29:18
Speaker 1: You can watch those press commers as we just talked
29:20
Speaker 1: about on Jaguars dot com on Friday and Saturday Live
29:23
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29:25
Speaker 1: on Jaguars Drive Time.