WEBVTT - Ep. 11: Deepest Offense in Franchise History? | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:07.440 One week left for the preseason, and as we have 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:09.760 one week left for the preseason, so what is your 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:12.879 biggest point of concern as the team heads into the 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:13.440 regular season. 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:15.560 Banged up, big guys on both sides of the line. 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:19.520 Yeah, that, I'm not sure there's any of the direction 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:39.080 to go with that. Welcome in. 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:41.560 We're back in Jackson and Nannie Stevens here for Jags 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.440 A M. Brian Sexton, John Osier. After our beautiful week 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:46.560 in Michigan, We're back in the lovely state of Florida 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:49.600 as we get ready to wrap up this first section 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:51.920 or last section I should say, of training camp and 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:53.880 then we head into the regular season. So we got 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:56.200 to see some game action this week, if you want 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.160 to call it that. More action probably in those joint practices. 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.040 Yeah, although I will say this, you know, calling the 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:04.320 game on television was it was pretty good. I mean, 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:09.400 relatively speaking, a preseason game featuring nothing but twos, threes 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:13.920 and some fours can generally be easily predicted to be 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:17.600 less than stellar. But it was an entertaining game and 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:19.960 we saw some young guys do some things. I mean, 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:21.960 on the first snap of the game, calevon Chase on 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.400 who we've been talking about. We got to see something. Well, 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:26.600 we saw the pass rush right that set up Jeremiah 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.840 led better for the sack, should have got the sack himself. 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.000 But there were moments like that Tim Jones over the 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.560 shoulder catch. We'll talk about all of them, probably over 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:35.280 the course of the next half hour, but it was 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:36.800 pretty entertaining for a preseason game. 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:41.319 Yeah, I mean, I think the theme of this show 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:45.120 will be injuries. The second part of the theme, which 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.760 I think is a different theme the last year, is depth. 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:50.520 It looks like, at least in the short term, the 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.720 Jaguars have the depth to withstand this injury issue were 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:55.560 talking about. That's interesting. 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:57.840 That's our big thing, Number one. We are going to 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:00.360 discuss those injuries best laid plans. We came into the 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:03.240 season thinking, you know, this team was very deep in 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.520 certain sections of the roster wide receiver, offensive line, and 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:10.120 specifically the offensive line. Suffered several injuries, mostly to the 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:13.640 backups that were playing in the game in preseason Game two. 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:17.320 But there's some concern there, right, we have, you know, 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:20.040 a handful of names. Is there a specific injury that 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:21.280 concerns you the most? Friend? 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:26.600 Oh, wow, that's a good one, probably the shoulder of 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:31.400 Anton Harrison. Although the word is that it's an injury 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.240 that you play with. It's more pain management through the 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.959 course of the year. But because Cam is going to 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:41.720 be down for four games, Walker Little can't slide over 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:43.880 and step in and play right tackle. And I guess 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:45.840 if you wanted to take that a step further, Josh Wells, 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.320 because Josh Wells was going to be that veteran third 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.680 swing tackle in camp in case someone get gets banged 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.359 up while Cam is down early in the season, and 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:58.760 now you don't have him, So Harrison first, Well second. 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.600 Yeah, those are theo And if it stops now and 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:06.320 they sort of get this thing settled, I think they're okay. 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.120 I don't have a feel whether Harrison will play this week. 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.440 I wondered last week if they might not. You know, 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:17.200 as much as you would love to have him get 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:21.000 one more half of reps, you wonder I don't know 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.760 the nature the shoulder injury. You know enough that if 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.320 they didn't have him in contact for three weeks if 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.200 that would help significantly. Because every time he's been on 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.960 the field so far, he's impressed. So you get the 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:36.040 idea that they might be said, Okay, well, let's just 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.520 assume that he's going to continue to impress. He'll be 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.960 a rookie. But is the benefit of playing him for 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:47.960 twelve snaps on Saturday outweigh maybe getting him rest until 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:53.480 what September seventh, you know, whenever the opener is. In 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.520 that sense, I would put Josh Well's at the top. 0:03:55.560 --> 0:04:00.200 The other guys who got injured are mainly Depth. Didn't 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.280 want to see Cooper Hodges get hurt, though, but I 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.760 don't think he I don't think the team plans for 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.320 him to be a big factor in September. So if 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.040 he can get back by October and be Depth, I 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.000 think you're okay there. I think Wells is the one 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:14.960 that really started was a gut punch, because you felt 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:17.279 almost like, well, that's something I don't have to worry about. 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.039 Whatever reps. He's ten years, he's going to be what 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:21.760 he is, and then all of a sudden he's limping 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:22.920 around and that's not good. 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.120 He was an important part of it. And then, of 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.200 course the one that everyone's wondering about, the statement that 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:28.760 was really yesterday by the Jaguars is Devon Hamilton. The 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.560 coach addressed it this morning they just don't know, right, 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:33.599 and so that's one that we're just gonna have to 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:34.400 kind of wait and watch. 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:38.640 We were talking offensive line. To me, that's the biggest 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:42.640 one so far because you feel like you have a 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.159 general idea of Harrison. You don't know with Hamilton, and 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:46.719 he's really important to the defensive. 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.960 And he was really good in Dallas. So you hope 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:49.480 for that one too. 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:51.560 A list off some of the details for our viewers. 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.880 Just because Devon Hamilton, we've heard is a back injury. 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:55.880 It was non football related, so they're not going to 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.279 comment on that any further until he's back in the 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.680 building working with the team. In terms of the offensive line, 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:04.680 Blake Hans will be available. I think he was in. 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:06.000 He was They thought he was in. 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:07.240 He's not. 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:09.839 That was that came from the spot. So he'll practice. 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:13.279 He'll be fine. Shatley is still out dealing with his 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:14.719 heart issues. 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.440 Supposed to be after another week, Doug said, So that's 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:19.200 sort of next week we might get a better idea. 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:20.599 We'll get a better idea if he's going to be 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.080 back with the team. Anton Harrison dealing with that shoulder injury, 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.280 but he looked fine against Aidan Hutchinson all week last week, 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.880 and he's playing more than fine. So he's playing through 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.160 that very well. Josh Wells were hearing. I think it's 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.080 a groin injury. They don't have a timeline on that 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.240 could be out for quite some time at least from 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.760 what we heard from Doug so far. And there's definitely 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.040 some other people im missing because I know there was 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:38.760 a Kayler. 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:42.520 Brewer was concussion protocol and Antonio Johnson was a hamstring. 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:44.640 Yes, yes, Antonio Johnson was a hamstring. He's going to 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:45.960 be out for at least a couple of weeks at 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:47.279 least from what we've heard so far. 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:51.599 And then reserve offensive lineman Darryl Williams played through shoulder 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.600 already played through it so and then I think what 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:59.000 Doug was most optimistic about today through all that they 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:02.679 get Ben Bartch back this week, which that's really important. 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:06.560 Yeah that if no other injuries, then you basically go 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.440 the end of the season with your offensive line healthy 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:11.400 as you thought it would be. Since you knew by 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.960 the Cam Robinecks, you've bet I suspense you'd have Little 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:17.600 on the left, Anton Harrison on the right, the bars 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:19.719 and sheriffood Garden fort and the center. That's your starters, 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.120 and then you just sort of hold your breath until 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:24.320 these other guys sort of come back and you know, 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:26.200 provide your depth. All right. 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:28.239 Big thing number two is a numbers game. We're getting 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:29.640 down to that point where they're gonna have to cut 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.719 down this roster very soon to fifty three. And since 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:34.440 they only do one big cut now, it's a little 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.559 bit different than years before. We maybe weed some people 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:38.560 out when they make that big decision. A lot of 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.920 these skill positions there is an overload. Specifically wide receiver. 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.120 Does the math work out for everybody? And then also 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.359 running backs? How many are they going to keep? Where 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:49.480 do you have any inkling either of you direction of 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:50.680 which way they might go with that? 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:54.839 Here's the interesting rub to this, John is if you 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:58.279 have to keep an extra offensive lineman right now, what's cover? 0:06:58.480 --> 0:06:58.680 Yeah? 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:00.719 Right, because of all the injuries, what does that do? 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:02.960 You're going to keep six receivers, but do you still 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.440 keep four tight ends? Can you keep all four running 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.320 backs that you like? Or does that offensive line issue 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:11.720 start to create some downflow that impacts your roster? 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.520 And then they become guys where you think, well, we 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:20.480 like this guy very much. Is another team going to 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:24.840 like him enough to bring him in over guys that 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.880 they have gotten, You know that they've developed crushes on, 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:31.200 so to speak, during their off season. When I say that, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.800 I think a Garrett Prince for example, Yeah, I think 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.600 this team really really likes Garrett Prince. If it's a 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:40.920 numbers game, could they think, well, if we try to 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:44.000 get him through to the practice squad, will anybody else 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.800 like him enough? Or do we just like it? And 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:48.640 I'm not really singling out him, He's a name the 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:49.880 posy in my mind. 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.360 You're the best example of that. In twenty fourteen, they 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:56.000 had a rookie undrafted offensive lineman named Tyler Shatley, and 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.440 they loved him right and they were going to try 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:03.080 to pass through and get him to the practice squad 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.120 because he wasn't ready to play. And yet they heard from. 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:09.040 Folks they started getting calls about trading for I think, yeah, 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:12.120 that was good. So and they realized they couldn't do it. Yeah, 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:18.320 So that they anticipate this not being a solvable problem, 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.640 meaning they anticipate that they're gonna choose their fifty three 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.360 release guys and then the two or three guys are 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:29.200 gonna get picked up. And as Doug said, it was 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:30.760 kind of funny the way he said it, and it 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.240 was a couple of weeks ago. So it's a good 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:34.880 problem to have, and he said, well, it is if 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:36.400 you make the right decisions, but you got to make 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:40.000 sure if the guys you keep are the right guys, 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.600 because sometimes you release guys and you know, make the 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.160 wrong decision there. So it's yes, it's a good problem 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:46.520 to have the depth, but you don't want to be 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.040 releasing the next you know Whoever. 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:51.240 We'll get to that in a little bit. We're gonna 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.280 talk specifically about those wide receivers because I think that's 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.720 still definitely a spot that's up for grabs. Our last 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.000 big thing, though, is untouchables. Now we're talking a little 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.960 bit about that fifty three men roster got us thinking, obviously, 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:03.560 you know, Trevor Lawrence totally untouchable, but who else on 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.640 this roster do you look at and you go, if 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:09.200 that person is lost for the season, then this significantly 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.640 affects what the record of the team could be, what 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:13.920 the success of this team could be. Brian, did you 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.079 have anyone in mind if you think about and obviously 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:16.920 Trevor's out, We're out. 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.319 Yeah, Walker Little, right. I think Walker Little has such 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.720 a lynchpin in the offensive line because he can play 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:25.640 left tackle, he can play left guard. Doug said this 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.280 morning on his call that he thought he played really 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:32.280 well for his first professional action inside and obviously with 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:35.319 Anton Harrison in the shoulder, you know, if it's a 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.840 pain management issue, there's gonna be some moments where you 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:40.240 know you might have to move him around. Walker is 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.640 so valuable to this offensive line that if you lose 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.400 a player like that, we're talking about Josh Wells, a 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.440 ten year veteran who was brought here to be a 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:52.800 swing tackle, and that being a blow right now. I 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.679 think in the regular season, Walker Little is that guy 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:59.880 who'll create a downflow that will really thin you out quickly. 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:04.880 Yeah. I don't want to lose Calvin Ridley because I 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:10.240 really think his dynamic element is going to add a lot. 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:13.600 But if you did, you still feel okay about how 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:17.480 you're lining up there. And they were effective offensively without him, 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:21.040 so they I think they could get by. I would 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:25.360 point on defense, I still say, and people disagree with me. 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:27.719 Josh Allen's the one guy that I do not want 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:32.240 to lose because whatever his sack numbers are, when you 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.760 lose him, all of a sudden, you're looking around to 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:36.439 figure out where you're going to get him again. And 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.000 but maybe the biggest one and I'm going with like 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:48.400 eighteen guys here, Tyson Campbell. If he goes down to me, 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:52.000 it's Tyson and the rest. I don't know that there's 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:55.080 a guy in that rest who can get to his level. 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:58.920 That would be a blow in terms of how they 0:10:58.920 --> 0:10:59.720 line up defensively. 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.040 Just to touch on the Allen point, Allen was fifth 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.680 or sixth in the league with a pass rush percentage 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.480 greater than fifteen percent, right, which means that he was 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.160 constantly the guy that was even if he wasn't getting 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:14.600 to the quarterback, he was bothering the quarterback. You've got 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:15.760 to have that guy. I think you're right. 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.680 I think he's critical and he's really really good against 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.880 the run. And I know everybody, well, it's to be 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:24.920 an agresh. I get that. But you don't want to 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:29.520 not be good against the run because then teams don't 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:33.400 have to pass. And he's even more than a cleanup guy. 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.600 There's a lot of plays he makes that might be 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:40.959 five yard runs and he makes them three yard runs 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:44.440 and there's two yards in down a distance. He's really 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:48.320 important on little things like that. He makes them much stouter. Guy. 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:50.920 All right, coming up, we're gonna go over the game film. 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.920 We had preseason Game two in Detroit last week, so 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.200 we'll go over some of our highlights from that. Stay 0:11:56.200 --> 0:12:06.800 with us Jack Exam is presented by Carshield. 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But other than that, we saw 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:33.920 a lot of the young guys, which is what we 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:35.520 needed to see in Those are the people that need 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.600 to make an impression in game two if you want 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.679 to have, you know, make the roster. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:41.800 And I think there were a lot of guys that 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.840 had positive impressions one and I think you mentioned him 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:49.400 earlier and now he's really needed. Is Jeremiah ledbetter? 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:49.880 Right? 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:54.720 He flashed all over the second half and in Dallas, 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:56.959 and then again in the first half here the other. 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:58.400 Night, and including the first play of the game. 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.840 He came out strong, finished off calebon Chase on you know, 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.880 missack opportunity. They're gonna need that big guy if Dvon 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:06.400 Hamilton is not ready to go at the start of 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:07.120 the season. 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.880 Yeah, fully's injury as well. We should mention he's part of. 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:13.200 My sizzling hot take later on and it's it's so 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:18.040 hot I can barely stand it. Right, Okay, but this 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:22.720 doesn't always mean everything, But I think Jaguars fans who 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.920 really follow this team closely and who even live and 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:29.640 died during the preseason will sort of related to what 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:32.880 I'm talking about. Boy, that preseason game was nice the 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:37.080 other night because it looked like the entire Jaguars roster 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:42.120 depth wise, was better than the Lions roster. And that 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:46.240 doesn't always mean that that's the case. If you follow 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:49.679 me like I thought last year, the depth panic about 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:51.679 this team is way overblown. So I thought they had 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.959 depth in some really key situations. But Jaguars fans was 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.120 set around a lot of second half of preseason games 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.680 and watch their teams get rolled because the lines were 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.120 not as good as the other team's lines. That didn't 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.160 look like the casey that I think it was three 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.719 ninety nine to one thirty one. You know, again, doesn't always, 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.040 that's not always a declarative statement on how good you are. 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:16.880 But because there's no game planning goal, it's never. 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:20.240 A bad thing to have the guys look like they 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:21.720 did the other night in the second half. So that 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:22.280 was pretty cool. 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:24.000 Or at the dad of the day, let's talk a 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:25.840 little bit about the running backs too. We saw some 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.240 extended carries from Tank Bigsby, who has impressed me at 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.800 least he's really solidified his position here and what the 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:33.280 role he's going to play on this team. And then 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.200 also Deerannis Johnson had some good runs. So I was 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.040 impressed with at least from the running backs we saw 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:39.800 and that we saw. There's a lot on the roster, 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:41.640 but I think some differentiated themselves. 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.800 Johnson's a different style of runner. He's more that third 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.240 down back right. He can he can titch the swing pass, 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.120 he can get around the corner. He showed us on 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.360 the seventeen yeard touchdown the ability to get around the corner. 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:56.440 But I was really impressed with Johnson's touchdown run up 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:56.920 the middle. 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:01.080 He said, set himself up to for as he bounced 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:02.840 outside before that there's outside run. 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:06.000 Yeah. I like Johnson. I think he's been overlooked because 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:10.480 there's just so many storylines on this team. But again, 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.680 I always hate to make declar of statements on the preseason, 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:18.040 but Bigsby looks like he can really run. He's his 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:21.120 feet in the hole or impressive. The way he sets 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:22.320 up the runner impressive. 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:24.080 He's also patient. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:27.600 Yeah, he has a calmness about him and the ability 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:31.000 to accelerate. We've been saying for a couple of weeks 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.120 on this show that you kept hearing in the off 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.480 season after the draft that they sort of thought maybe 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:38.880 they really found something in this kid. 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:44.120 Yea, and it looks like he could explode. Running backs 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:47.360 coach Bernie Parmally told me early in camp that when 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.720 he went to the tape and started evaluating these guys, 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:53.080 this was the guy that he wanted the most. Yeah, 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:56.400 he thinks, and talking to Birmley, he thinks this kid 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:57.680 might be special, and. 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.600 I think when you also look at this, this is baseline. 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.320 He's not played a regular season game yet and we're impressed, 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:04.000 but what he's been able to do, I'm excited to 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.520 see kind of what evolves of this, especially with so 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.040 much attention on the passing game, might opened some stuff 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.840 up for him. Also, we'd be remiss if we did 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.160 not talk about the wide receivers, because we discussed that 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:16.400 last week. Kind of we each had our own person, 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:19.440 but who's going to be getting that final wide receiver spot? 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:20.880 We have most of them carved out. I think we 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.680 gave Parker Washington technically the fifth person on our list, 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.840 not necessarily the five, but who's going to be that 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:26.320 other guy? 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.920 Well, so I shared this because Doug told me during 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:32.920 our preseason telecast production meeting that this guy's going to 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.920 be the fifth and that Parker Washington is slotted for 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:40.600 the sixth. So these guys Jacob Harris, Tim Jones, Kevin 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:45.880 Austin Junior, and Slash Williams. He didn't mention Elijah Cooks. 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:47.640 He said those were the four guys that he talked about. 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:50.080 John He said, those guys have to block a safety. 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.000 They're going to be in in running situations and you 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.440 got to block the safety. I couldn't watch the game 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:58.320 close enough the other night to see who blocked the best. 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.120 But if you're asking me now, I'll take Seth Williams 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:05.320 because I think he is a well rounded special teamer blocker, 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:07.520 and he made clutch catches in both of the two 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:09.840 preseason games on third down and long. 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.200 Yeah, I'd still be a little surprised if the kid 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:16.359 we just saw, Tim Jones isn't the guy, because he 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:19.560 was still good on special teams. He seems to get it. 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.480 He makes plays when given the chance for the football 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.679 right here. So I'll go with him, But I'm not 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:31.719 banging the table. I think out at that bunch, obviously 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:33.040 one of those guys is going to make the roster. 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:37.360 They'll probably just have to take the approach of we're 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:42.320 going to release three or four receivers and hope like 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.760 heck that one or two of them don't get signed 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:47.760 somewhere and we can get him back and feel like 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:53.800 we can manage that situation, and an injury might allow 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:55.240 one of them to be on the team. You know, 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.119 you don't hope for an injury, but once you get 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:59.040 him on the practice squad. Sometimes what happens is the 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.960 other spots get injured and you can bring a guy 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:05.080 up and keep them around your team for the long term, 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:09.040 turning a short term negative into a long term positive. 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:12.159 The interesting thing about Harris and then Cooks, who I 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.600 think is I like Harris, Yeah, I do too, is 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:17.280 that they are so distinctly different than any of the 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.240 receivers you have. They're taller, they're both over six foot five, 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:24.600 they have immense wingspan, I mean their arms stretch from 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:27.679 sideline to sideline, and both of them made catches on 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:30.280 the run, which isn't as easy for those big bodies 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:32.440 to then turn up the field right. They can make 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.159 the jumping catch sometimes like Harris in Dallas made the 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:38.000 diving catch, but the catch and run like Cooks made 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:40.000 the other day, for a big body like that to 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:42.040 turn his hips and get up the field, that's not 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:43.200 as easy to do as it looks. 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:45.800 And I think that's part of why I don't think 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:47.560 some of these wide receivers that don't make the final 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:49.560 roster are going to be available for practice squad. I 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:51.840 think a lot of other teams are very needy for 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:54.960 position players or you know, tall receivers, whatever it may be. 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:56.359 So I don't think there's gonna be a chance that 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:58.240 a lot of those end up back here on the 0:18:58.280 --> 0:18:58.920 practice squad. 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:02.920 But yourstance fact, and I think you're right. But then, 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:06.040 like I said earlier in the show, sometimes teams like 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:10.639 keeping the guys around who know their scheme. So sometimes 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:13.320 there's not quite as much movement on that deadline as 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:16.240 you would think, because if it's if it's just marginal 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:19.760 between say a Jacob Harris and some receiver in you know, 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:24.840