WEBVTT - Ep. 73: Offense, Teaching & Athleticism | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:21.680 Taking a live look at OTA number four here on 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:24.840 the field outside the Miller Electric Center in Jacksonville. Will 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:28.280 be checking in throughout the day as organized team activities 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:30.520 get started. We're going to do our own version of 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:34.479 OTAs here on jag VAM. I'm Kadannie Stevens, Brian Sexton 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:36.440 and John Oser are with me. Let's start up with 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:36.800 the owen. 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:38.159 OTA's offense is. 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.479 What we're going to be talking about. We've discussed the 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.320 offense of all off season and how important it is 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:45.160 for them to come out to a strong start. 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:46.240 Head coach Doug. 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.280 Peterson talked this morning about the importance of Trevor Lawrence 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:50.280 becoming more of a leader. 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.760 It's kind of all of it. Decision making, balls coming 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:56.840 out of his hand, faster, quicker decisions, you know, all 0:00:56.880 --> 0:01:02.160 that part of it, Accuracy, the timing things that you know, 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:05.000 and again, just the dialogue we're having out there as 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:08.160 maybe CJ and Mack are taking their ute. You know, 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:11.640 he's back there talking to myself, oppressed Mike and just 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:14.080 always engaging, you know, and that's that's what you want 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:15.520 to see out out the young quarterback. 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:18.680 John. 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:21.240 That was your question to Doug. We talked about you know, 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.880 Trevor making that jump last year. This year, Doug talked 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.399 about him being a more vocal leader. What did you 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:28.200 make of of Doug Peterson's answer and what he's seen 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:29.840 from Trevor so far in OTAs well. 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:33.880 I think the biggest thing was, you know, he talked 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:38.720 about what every NFL coach and most NFL quarterbacks learn 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:42.080 then that fans don't really want to hear, and that 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:45.559 is it's not an overnight process. This thing. It takes 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.400 three or four years, and you can want the quarterback 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:52.080 to develop into that guy, into that all seeing, all 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.000 knowing coach in the field. Guy you wanted to happen 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.960 year one, you wanted to happen a year two. You 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.040 can take steps toward it, but it's hard to get 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:05.000 there without the time on task. Everything that Press Taylor 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:08.360 and Doug Peterson were talking about this morning, Bryan sounded 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.600 like they are seeing what they want to see out 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.840 of Trevor and then you'll see more growth. Again. I 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:15.880 don't think it's going to be he was here and 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:19.320 now he's here, but I think over time you're seeing 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:20.800 growth and they like what they're seeing. 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.680 Chelovy play Devil's Advocate and just ask you this, because 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:25.080 I know you get this question all the time in 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.920 your email inbox. How does CJ. Stroud come in and 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:29.560 light it up his first year and look like he 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.480 owns the NFL? And how's a guy like Pat Mahomes 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.359 not really need any startup time and step writing and go? 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:39.880 Why why be patient? When there are quarterbacks who were 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:40.600 out there achieving? 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.000 Well, I think they got those guys are going to 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:46.600 get better. I mean meaning Mahomes was at a high 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.160 level when he came in at a higher level now. 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.600 You know, as much as Jaguars fans doing here, Stroud 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:55.320 may have been at one level last year, and he's 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.880 going to get better at those things we're talking about. 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:03.840 Trevor's led to teams, to any records, he hasn't been bad. 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:05.560 I think they seem more coming. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.239 And I do think it's important to remember that everyone's different, right, 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:13.040 I mean, this quarterback has a different way of playing 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.160 the game than C. J. Stroud and Pat Mahomes, and 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:18.120 the Jaguars have to work with him to get him 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.840 to the highest level of performance, and the offensive line 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.680 is a big part of that, getting him in a 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.600 position where he is comfortable standing back there to throw 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:27.400 the ball down the field. So I get it. I 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.440 just know that's an argument I get all the time 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.839 as well. Why are some guys successful immediately and why 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.440 do some guys need more time? I mean, I think 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:39.320 you can apply that Kui in almost any application of life. 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:41.040 I think that's fair to say. We're all just looking 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.600 for a better version of Trevor this season, and from 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.880 all intents and purposes, we've seen that so far. Doug 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.040 seems to think we'll see a lot of that progress 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.240 as well. Our second big thing today is going to 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:53.160 be the t and rokas, which is teaching. We talked 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.640 a lot about the new defensive coordinator coming in and 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.880 teaching his news game, but we also have to talk 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.480 about the new players and how the coaching ath needs 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:02.800 to adjust their teaching to those players. 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.280 You see that show up from the way he handled 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.720 himself in the huddle. It's also the meeting room, and 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:09.080 that's one of the things that he's not afraid to 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.000 speak up and ask a question. Where some young guys 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.240 that are new to a system are you know, they're 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.080 probably gonna wait till a meeting ends, go grab a 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:16.600 coach on the side. Hey, you said this what do 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.200 you mean by that? Mitchell? Stop a meeting. Make sure 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.679 he's on the same page of what the coach is expecting, 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.159 because sometimes you go quickly through these things because you 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.039 look around. There's a lot of familiar faces in a room. 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:29.440 Guys have heard this, or guys know, Okay, he's talking 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:33.400 about twenty twenty two Week three, this happened, blah blah blah. 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:35.920 We kind of gloss over some things where Mitchell, Hey, 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:37.640 what do you mean by this? Will pull up clip, 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:39.960 we'll all watch together. Make sure we're all speaking the 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:41.039 same language. 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.680 Mitch Morse is one of those new players, expects to 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:46.640 be the starter at center this year. Of course, he's 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.400 a veteran of the league, coming from the Buffalo Bills. Brian, 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.560 how much of this is, you know, get everybody on 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.359 the same page. We talk about this time, you're getting 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.880 the offensive line all on that one heartbeat rhythm, if 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.200 you want to put it that way. But teaching those 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.599 new guys and incorporating maybe things he has from his 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:01.880 old team he can bring here as well. 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.880 Well. It's about streamlining the entire program, how you teach it, 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:08.920 what you're teaching, the verbiage you use, you know, when 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.039 you listen to Press Taylor and last week when we 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:14.400 heard Ryan Nielsen, these guys are excellent communicators, which means 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:18.040 that they don't leave any gray area for their players 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.960 to wonder about. It's about guys being able to play 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.839 fast because they know what's expected of them on any 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.599 given play. So the teaching part of it is really important. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:28.760 And then I'll just speak to the defensive side, because 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.359 last week I was so impressed with the clarity with 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.960 which Ryan Nielsen spoke. Now, I mean, they did talk 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.760 about putting guys in different positions and seeing what they've 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.039 got before they get to camp and ask guys to 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:43.159 do very specific things, but it's pretty clear that the 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.320 communication side of this thing is very important, especially at 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:47.279 Center with Mitch Morse. 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.000 Yeah, I think I think it was Doug he talked 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:54.599 about this morning. It may have impressed the communication with 0:05:54.760 --> 0:06:01.320 Mitch Morse and him going back over quest Hey, I 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:03.440 want to see this, I want to make sure about this. 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.480 It was Doug who was talking about it. It showed 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:10.640 me exactly what everybody sort of knows about OTAs. This 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:13.960 is about that sort of communication. It's about making sure 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.160 these offensive linemen know what they need to do during 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.800 training camp in terms of finding out how they're going 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.600 to mesh together. We'll find that. We'll find that out 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:26.200 when the pads go on. It's all about communication right now. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.520 It's always about communication, of course, staying healthy, especially on 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:33.159 the offensive line. Our final big thing for our version 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.880 of OTAs is going to be athleticism. That's something we've 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:37.919 heard from the GM. We've heard that from the coach, 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.360 and of course we've heard that from the players themselves 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:42.400 wanting to improve from year to year. Of course, we've 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.960 seen a ton of athleticism out of the rookie Brian 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.280 Thomas Junior. But Brian, when you're looking at maybe some 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.159 players that have been on the scene, we'll talk about, 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:50.919 you know, players we expect to make the jump, but 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.720 otherwise just athleticism. What are you hoping to see from 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:54.560 the team this year. 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.000 Well, we talked about bigger, stronger, faster for most of 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:01.880 the off season after Trent you know, made those comments 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:05.240 in late January. Well, you know you're watching Brian Thomas 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.799 right there. I mean, this is a game of size 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:11.000 and speed, and you're hopeful that you are bigger and 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:15.240 you are faster at key positions. Wide receiver is one 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.480 of them. I'm not sure that they got bigger, although 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.440 they got faster at quarterback. With the speed that they 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.239 were able to add, this is a game of speed. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.840 Andy Reid said that right after the draft where they 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.440 talked about you know why they took Xavier Worthy in 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.560 Kansas City and the draft they said, hey, look, you 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.000 know we knew we needed different positions, but this game 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:38.320 is about speed. John, That's the way this game has 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.960 evolved in recent years. And I think the thing I'm 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:42.800 looking for is to see guys who are faster. 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.080 You know, they look faster. I mean, now, Brian Thomas 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.360 the fast, and we can trust that Gabe Davis will 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.360 be fast. You know. I think the thing with Gabe 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:55.760 Davis Brian Thomas when you watch them, just like you 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:59.000 watched them on that clip there. He and now the 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:03.680 coaches talked about it. He makes everything look easy. It 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:07.560 seems like football comes easy to him. He does things naturally. 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.760 That's all you can tell from a guy. Right now, 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.120 there's time to see how he does with the ball 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:18.200 in the air with defenders on him in game situations. 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:21.200 So far, he looks like a first round draft pick. 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.760 People watching this when they see him move. That's what 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:29.720 they want to see, and people will be pleased with 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.840 what they see from Brian Thomas as the first round. 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.200 And since we were talking about communication just a moment ago, 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.880 it's important to point out that Press Taylor said that 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.160 this is a guy who's very easy to communicate with. 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:43.320 He's got a high football IQ. The game itself just 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.040 comes naturally to him. So in terms of making it 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.000 clear what and he's a rookie receiver, what his role 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:51.880 is on any specific play in any specific situation, to 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.640 let him play that fast, Press seems to believe that 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:57.240 his communication level of his IQ will go a long 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:58.920 way towards his success as a rookie. 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.360 Always alert incur, but we're hopeful we'll be able to 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.920 pick up the offense pretty quickly, especially with OTAs and 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:05.640 training camp around the corner. 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:07.040 Stay with us here on Jagsam. 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.560 We'll have more live looks at o TA number four 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.480 and we'll talk about players we expect to make a 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:12.800 big jump this season. 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:32.560 Move the Freight, Move the Freight. 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.920 Magellan Transportation voted the coolest office space in Jacksonville. You 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:41.800 can apply online at www. Dot Magellanlogistics dot com. 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:43.360 Welcome back, to jags am here. 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:47.800 That's a live look of OTAs underway number four. We're 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.000 gonna have ten of them and then mini camp after that. 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.480 I know we talked a lot about you know, they're 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:55.360 not physical, but this is a really important time to 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.920 kind of get everybody on the same page, get everyone, 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.960 you know, speaking the same language so beat, especially when 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.760 you have a new defensive coordinator coming in. We are 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.440 going to talk specifically now a little bit about players 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:07.040 we think are going. 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:07.640 To make a big jump. 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.320 Obviously, we talked a ton about Josh Allen last year. 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.160 He was playing on that contract year, trying to get 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.320 himself a deal. He got himself a long term deal, 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.040 so he did exactly what he needed to do. But 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:18.880 I think fair to say he's probably the Jaguar that 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:20.960 made the biggest jump last season, and now we're going 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:22.480 to talk a little bit about who we think will 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.760 make a big jump this season. Brian, when you're looking 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.079 at this roster expecting a player to make a big difference, who's. 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:28.760 Someone you're looking at. 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:30.599 I think trigon Walker is the guy who's going to 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.840 make the biggest difference, this biggest jump this year. You know, 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:37.679 in the last four games he had five sacks. Not coincidence, 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.200 Josh Allen had four sacks in those last four games 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.280 and set the franchise record. Look, he's been since the 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.880 day he arrived, a really good player on the line 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:48.640 of scrimmage, but he hadn't been that pass rusher. He 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.000 wasn't a finisher, and that was really the word on 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.480 him coming out of Georgia was that he was not 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:57.160 used as a pure pass rusher and didn't have the 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:00.760 skill set the combination of moves coming out of college. 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.200 It would take some time. Well, end of the second year, 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:05.839 we started to see that, particularly in the game against 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.960 the Ravens here where he would use the bull rush 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.440 and drive the right tackle back and he just reached 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:14.880 into the pocket and pulled the quarterback to the ground. 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.680 We saw pass rush against the against the Panthers too, 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:22.199 So I think he has a huge jump coming in 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:26.040 his second year, I'm sorry, third year, and in particular 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:29.080 I think it because you've got Eric Armstead, who's there, 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.840 healthy Devon Hamilton, you have a new defensive scheme. I 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:35.040 think that will work to his advantage. I'm excited for 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:36.800 what I think he's going to be in his third season. 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.880 Yeah, I agree, that he's gonna take a jump. I 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.560 would counter that also by saying that even if he 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:47.800 plays as he did last year, he's living up to it. 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:52.080 To me and I know fans, there's always talk about 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:54.840 Trayvon one to two pick and all that. If you 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.520 get ten sacks a year out of Trayvon Walker with 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:01.679 everything else he brings. He to me, people ask me 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.400 all the time, who are the best players in this defense? 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:06.200 It's Josh Allen Trayvon Walker. 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.160 But let me be more specific. In training camp in 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:11.600 Detroit last year, at a TV pre production meeting, Josh 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.480 Allen said, my goal was to finish. That was what 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.000 we didn't see early on from Trayvon Walker last year. 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.920 He was always around the quarterback. He was pushing his 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.880 way into the pocket, but he wasn't a finisher until 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.200 the end of the season. A couple of things again, 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.600 if you have a healthy Devon Hamilton and how they 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:31.440 use Eric Armstead pushing the pocket and forcing the quarterback 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.600 to get outside, my guess is he's going to run 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.640 towards forty four as opposed to forty one. Just think, 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:38.800 and I don't know that a big jump means he's 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:40.800 going to go from ten sacks to seventeen and a half. 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:45.640 But in terms of big I mean consistent finishing over 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.760 the course of an entire season as opposed to all 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:50.400 concentrated in one area of the. 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:52.880 Season, John, when you were looking at players that you 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.040 felt like might make that jump, I know you were 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:57.720 kind of talking about something similar to what the coaches 0:12:57.760 --> 0:12:59.760 were talking about and what they're expecting in the return 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:00.680 of Cleveland. 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:06.960 Yeah, and I inserted Ezra Cleveland into this segment. I 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.480 don't know that it's even fair to him to say 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.920 that he's gonna take a huge jump, because I don't 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.320 think he played bad last year. He came in seven games, 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.080 he was injured much of that, so he really didn't 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.480 get a chance to see what he was. But I 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:24.079 think I wanted to talk about him in terms of 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:29.600 a guy who can raise the position more than the 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:36.920 individual player. I think the coaches believe that he is 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.640 an upgrade over what they had. When you talk about 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:41.480 you know, they've got a lot of questions this year, 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.880 you didn't do enough to improve the offensive line. I 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:48.240 think the presence of Cleveland is a guy that they 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.800 think will be an upgrade in terms of being there 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.199 the entire season, and if he makes that side of 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:58.760 the line better along with Mitch Morse. To me, Brian, 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:02.560 if that the line is better, if the interior part 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.240 of the line is better, by definition, it raises the 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:05.960 entire offense. 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:09.080 Well, we talked about bigger, right and stronger. Although Tyler 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.280 Shatley's one of the strongest players in the locker room, 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.400 he's bigger Cleveland then, and you can see it right there. 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.160 He is a big guy. He's got a lot more 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:21.160 length in terms of the ability to keep defensive linemen 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:24.040 from getting into his body and bull rushing him. A 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.720 bigger yeah. I mean you look at him and Walker 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.280 Little standing side by side. There's a tackle in a guard. 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:32.800 So I think he's a guy that will significantly upgrade. 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:35.960 Remember he gets here from Minnesota, they plug him right 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:38.200 into the starting lineup, then he gets hurt, then they 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.800 move him outside to tackle, and John mentioned he played 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:43.920 hurt the rest of the season. So you see a big, 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.000 strong guy like that who's had the offseason to get 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:48.600 ready for playing left guard, and you have to feel 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.240 better about it, especially with the addition of Mitch Morse, 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.240 who brings that veteran presence in the middle, who makes 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:59.040 everyone's job easier's. I think you're right. I think he's 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.080 a guy who can take a a big step forward 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.320 in terms of the production of third down and short Yeah. 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:08.000 And it just seems like when people talk about the line, 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:14.000 it's almost like they gloss over that and they feel like, well, 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.280 he was here last year, so he was quote part 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:19.920 of the problem, right, Well, the reason I wanted to 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:23.280 discuss him. I don't think that's necessarily fair to him, 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.960 and I think it may be something that people come 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.440 back at the end of this season say, oh, well, 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.320 he was consistent, he was there the entire year. What 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:33.680 a difference it is for that position from the coaching 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.480 SaaS point of view. If he's there for seventeen games, 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:40.400 yea and a veteran, a fifty year guy as opposed 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.920 to a revolving door there. I think that is an 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.760 area where you could see the offense as a whole. 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.840 In four starting guards on the left side last year, 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:51.960 if he plays seventeen games, that's a massive win. 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:52.680 Absolutely. 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.880 Consistency and staying healthier two things they're definitely focusing on, 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.760 particularly with the offensive line. I'm talking about staying healthy 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:00.960 for my person. I'm picking Tyson Campbell because I think 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.040 that's someone we had our eye on last year. He 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:05.960 was going up against Calvin Ridley in practice every week, 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.920 taking on the number one ride receiver of the opposite team, 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:10.760 and he dealt with a lot of injuries. Right It's 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:13.920 a hamstring, you know, and that kind of caters and 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.480 then you know you're trying to compensate. It was something 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:18.840 that nagged with him all year and that really limited him. 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.280 With six games he missed last season. There wasn't a 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.960 lot of consistency he was able to get. And you know, 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:25.360 there's a lot of talk in the off season they 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:26.960 need a corner, they need a corner. If they can 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.960 get Tyson Campbell to play it up to what they 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.400 think he's capable of, you know, re sign him after 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.240 this season, that's the corner you need, right So obviously 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.120 there'll be a lot of focus on that group as 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:38.880 a whole, what they're able to do. 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.040 I think Tyson has the. 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:43.600 Ability to really make a statement this season, and I'm 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:45.000 hopeful that he'll be able to stay. 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:45.440 Healthy and do that. 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:49.160 When you have one corner you can anchor on one side, 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.320 it allows you to do so many different things with 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:54.720 your coverage. Packages, whether it's nickel or dime or however 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:58.120 you want to roll the coverage. But if you can 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:00.760 count on Tyson Campbell to take the other teams number 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.480 one receiver and be able to play with him most 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:06.560 of the time, it gives you a world of flexibility. 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:08.760 And they missed that last year when he popped the 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:11.840 hamstring against the Colts. He really I don't think he 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:13.280 was ever the same the rest of the year. 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:17.320 Yeah, the graphic says missed six games. I think he 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:21.200 missed missed them. It felt like he missed the rest 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.760 of the season. I mean, it's and he is a 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:29.880 lynchpin guy to me. The way that it played out 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:34.879 last year, they didn't have a shut down corner in 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:38.000 the secondary. They had Darius Williams, who had some picks, 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:40.879 also got beat in some plays that he'd liked to 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:47.359 have had back. Tyson was probably, you know what a thirty. 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:49.480 You know, it didn't feel like they had an elite 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.240 corner last year. If he plays to what he did 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:55.000 last year, and there are people who think he'll fit 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:57.520 better in this scheme than what he was trying to 0:17:57.520 --> 0:18:01.920 play before. If that's the case, that's a huge upgrade 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.600 because I said earlier, Trayvon and Josh Allen may of 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:08.520 the two best players in this defense. Tyson's a guy 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:13.159 who has flirted with being in that group. If he 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:14.520 does more than flirt this year, all of a sudden, 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:15.520 they got three big down players. 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:17.239 Well, it's a big year for him too, because it's 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:19.200 a contract. Yeah right, I mean, so he's got a 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:21.280 chance to prove it and to make it if he 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:23.560 gets it done this year. And anybody who knows him, 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:26.760 you guys included, No, he's one of those strong minded guys. 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:29.880 I mean, he really understands what it takes in terms 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.400 of time on the field, time in the weight room, 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:34.640 time in the film room. He puts in the work 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.840 last year. The Jaguars should have been focused on getting 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:42.639 a deal done for him this offseason, but they didn't 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:44.800 have to be because of the injury. This should have 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:47.000 been one of those things that Trent was trying to 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:50.199 squeeze in and make it happen because of the injury. 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.639 It didn't happen that way. I think this is a 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:54.920 really I expect a lot from him this year. 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:58.320 They're real positive for Tyson is that if he's healthy, 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.159 the floor is very hot. Oh He's not going to 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:03.760 be bad. It is a matter of how good he 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:04.040 can be. 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.160 Definitely an X factor for this team. Andre Cisco also 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:09.440 in that contract year, so two of the defenders that 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.159 will have our eyes on this year. Coming up with 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:15.800 more of OTA practice. Doug Peterson got his eyes on everybody, 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:18.320