Speaker 1: It is Thursday, February tenth. This is Jaguars Happy Alarm
Speaker 1: and now the gold medal winning King of Nose Butter
Speaker 1: Jay Peace Shadrack Welcome in its Jaguars Happy Hour on
Speaker 1: a Thursday afternoon. J P. Shadrick with you from t
Speaker 1: I A A. Bank Field. Joe Fortunado there, Brent Wee.
Speaker 1: We're on the video side. A busy show ahead on
Speaker 1: what could be a landmark day and Jaguars history. The
Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Fame announcement coming up tonight nine
Speaker 1: o'clock Eastern time, the NFL Honors Show from Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: We'll hear from Tony Basselli from l A at about
Speaker 1: four thirty or so. He's scheduled to join us today
Speaker 1: and we'll get his final thoughts ahead of what could
Speaker 1: be We all hope it is finally his day to
Speaker 1: get in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the announcement
Speaker 1: coming tonight. We'll go through a process with him as well.
Speaker 1: Today he's been around Radio row Well here from NFL Network,
Speaker 1: candabas Bucky Brooks and get his thoughts on the reported
Speaker 1: hirings of assistant coaches for the Jaguars. Bucky. About four fifteen.
Speaker 1: Senior writer John Osier joining us from Los Angeles, coming
Speaker 1: up as well, and we'll hear a little bit of
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's conversation with Brian Sexton. That's about fourty five today.
Speaker 1: The full conversation available on Jaguars dot Com, but at
Speaker 1: one on one conversation this past Saturday. As we said,
Speaker 1: tonight is the night the NFL Honors show from Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: Part of the NFL Honors the announcement of the Pro
Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame Class of the Modern Era candidates
Speaker 1: and the Chinese are the elected players would be announced tonight.
Speaker 1: Five of those will be We hope Tony Wasseli is
Speaker 1: in there well. John Osier has been running around l
Speaker 1: A for a couple of days. He joins us now
Speaker 1: from Radio Row at Super Bowl fifty six. John, Good,
Speaker 1: afternoon to you. What's happening on radio road at day. Well,
Speaker 1: a lot of talk as you know from JP, I mean,
Speaker 1: as you know from being around this JP, but uh
Speaker 1: from for our world, for the Jaguars people who were here,
Speaker 1: Patrick Havanaugh, Dave Buchanis and myself. We're here for the
Speaker 1: announcement of Tony Biselli. We're hoping as you said at
Speaker 1: the top of the show February two, twenty two, what
Speaker 1: you hope is that this is a landmark day for
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, because that's really what it would be. It
Speaker 1: would be a great day for Tony. He deserves it,
Speaker 1: but it would be the Jaguars first Hall of Famer.
Speaker 1: That'd be cool. It's a big deal obviously, the first
Speaker 1: draft pick and enfranchise history, five time Pro Bowl or
Speaker 1: three time First Team All Pro, the shortened career because
Speaker 1: of shoulder issues. But everyone you talk to, most everybody
Speaker 1: you talked to who either played against him one on
Speaker 1: one or played with him, know that in that window,
Speaker 1: he was the best player in football at that position.
Speaker 1: Especially well. I was fortunate enough JP to cover I
Speaker 1: think all but maybe three or four of Tony's games
Speaker 1: I let in two thousand. Uh, he played a little
Speaker 1: bit in two thousand and one, but I saw the
Speaker 1: great majority of his career. In addition to that, I
Speaker 1: spent a lot of that time during that time covering
Speaker 1: the Jaguars for the paper for the Full Times Union,
Speaker 1: So I talked to people about Tony. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: I guess we're a little biased, but to me and
Speaker 1: to many many others, he was the best left tackle
Speaker 1: in what many people consider the Golden era of the position.
Speaker 1: Orlando paces I played at the same time, uh, Willie
Speaker 1: Rove played at the same time, UH, Jonathan Ogden played.
Speaker 1: Those guys are in. Tony was first Team All Pro
Speaker 1: three years in a row during that time with those
Speaker 1: guys in the league. That's the bell market the position.
Speaker 1: That's what shows you who is the best. Tony was
Speaker 1: the best I ever saw play the position. Many others agree, Uh,
Speaker 1: I think this is his time. And what's interesting, JP,
Speaker 1: We've talked about a lot amongst ourselves, amongst Jaguars fans,
Speaker 1: it doesn't always work out that that first pick of
Speaker 1: a franchise who's supposed to be the cornerstone, is the cornerstone.
Speaker 1: He was the cornerstone. How fitting would be if he's
Speaker 1: the first and I think he will be. John Os,
Speaker 1: you're joining us from Radio Row at Super Bowl fifty
Speaker 1: six in Los Angeles. Well, the process we've gone through
Speaker 1: a few times now, this process with Tony being in
Speaker 1: the finalists, he's obviously the last five years or so
Speaker 1: actually now six years as a finalist, the last five
Speaker 1: have been on the top ten. That means he's gotten
Speaker 1: through the first cut of the finalists in that room.
Speaker 1: We'll see where it goes tonight. But I mean, that's
Speaker 1: that's a lot of close calls. There have been a
Speaker 1: number of first ballot players. Clark Judge wrote an article
Speaker 1: today uh talking to he's one of the electors, and
Speaker 1: said there were ten first ballot choices the last four years,
Speaker 1: and there was a run of offensive lineman. Of course
Speaker 1: we talked about Fantica, Hutchinson and Maai. Those are all
Speaker 1: gone now. So this seems like as good a year
Speaker 1: as any. This seems like the year. I've written about
Speaker 1: it and talked about it so much that I know
Speaker 1: people who have to listen to me a lot get
Speaker 1: tired of saying it. Hudgenson, Fannik and Malay and miss
Speaker 1: Elli were the four or four or five years ago
Speaker 1: that every voter you talked to. And I'm fortunate enough
Speaker 1: to have known a lot of Hall voters for a
Speaker 1: long time, so I talked to him on and off
Speaker 1: the record about it. All of them said, all four
Speaker 1: of those guys will eventually get in. The people who
Speaker 1: are in the room and vote, they study this process.
Speaker 1: They know how it works. Tony has been. I think
Speaker 1: you said JP top ten five years in a row.
Speaker 1: Very rare for guys to get that close and not
Speaker 1: eventually get in, because if you're getting that kind of vote,
Speaker 1: there are a lot of people in the room who
Speaker 1: firmly believe you're a Hall of Famer. I've never talked
Speaker 1: to anybody who thinks he doesn't deserve to be in.
Speaker 1: These votes can come down to circumstance, two votes to
Speaker 1: other players getting votes. Everybody I've talked to thinks this
Speaker 1: is Tony's year. I'm more confident than I ever have been.
Speaker 1: I'd be surprised if it's not, but we'll see. Jaguars
Speaker 1: dot Com Senior writer John Os, you're joining us from
Speaker 1: Los Angeles. I loved your conversation with Anthony Monio's earlier
Speaker 1: this week. Gets on Jaguars dot Com right now. Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame player. Of course, his team is in the
Speaker 1: Super Bowls. A lot of folks want his thoughts on
Speaker 1: what the Bengals are doing this week, but your conversation
Speaker 1: with him was mainly about Tony Boselli, and he has
Speaker 1: him right up there at the top of that class
Speaker 1: as well. Of those players that played in the mid
Speaker 1: to late nineties. Yeah, and Anthony has been quoted before
Speaker 1: say any things, Tony was the best ever better than him.
Speaker 1: I think that's some humility. Most people set Moonios as
Speaker 1: the gold standard of the position. But he shared a
Speaker 1: story in that conversation of him coming down when he
Speaker 1: was working for ESPN and doing a very good piece
Speaker 1: on Tony when Tony was in his prime n or
Speaker 1: ninety seven. As he's relaying that story, I can remember
Speaker 1: as a reporter for the Times Union talking to Monos
Speaker 1: when he was in town at that point, maybe it
Speaker 1: was ninety seven, and Munio's detailing how he believed Tony
Speaker 1: was better, how how he believed Tony had the potential
Speaker 1: and was going to be and maybe even was the
Speaker 1: best to ever play the position at that point. Uh,
Speaker 1: Moonio's absolutely believes he should be in. Uh. There's a
Speaker 1: fraternity of great left tackles who have played the position
Speaker 1: over the years. Pace we mentioned Ogden, Munos is one
Speaker 1: of them. Those guys already see Tony as one of them.
Speaker 1: He's in their fraternity. But you sort of need that
Speaker 1: gold jacket to be in in that fraternity. And j P,
Speaker 1: as I've told you before, the only problem with given
Speaker 1: Tony a gold jacket is he'll never take it off? No,
Speaker 1: never will. Well, he'll be wearing that thing everywhere, and
Speaker 1: of all the busts in that room and Canton, he'll
Speaker 1: have the just bronze bust of them all. We know
Speaker 1: that for sure he won't be able to make it
Speaker 1: back out of the road. And I don't think so. No,
Speaker 1: John Osy with us from Radio Row. It's Super Bowl
Speaker 1: FI in Los Angeles, California. So all right, what does
Speaker 1: the rest of the day whole? It's a nine o'clock
Speaker 1: Eastern time show tonight eight seven, six o'clock Pacific time.
Speaker 1: Do they have do you know what time do the
Speaker 1: players find out? We'll ask Tony coming up a little
Speaker 1: more of the detail of that, But what do you
Speaker 1: have the rest of the day to cover? Just sort
Speaker 1: of waiting on it. We'll go to the press conference
Speaker 1: that follows it, hoping to beat Uh. You know, I've
Speaker 1: joked all day. What I want to not do tonight
Speaker 1: is have to do sort of the cheek click interview
Speaker 1: where you go here we are again, Tony, because I've
Speaker 1: done that four or five years in a row. I've
Speaker 1: I've lived through seeing his family so disappointed. Uh, and
Speaker 1: you know it's it's tough. I mean, it's an emotional moment.
Speaker 1: So from that point of view, he's lived through that
Speaker 1: disappointment so much that you hope it happens for him.
Speaker 1: For us, we'll be at the press conference, we'll be waiting,
Speaker 1: We'll have a stream live on on Jaguars dot Com.
Speaker 1: People can watch it there, and then we'll have the
Speaker 1: reaction from him afterward, which I hope is a happy reaction.
Speaker 1: That would be for sure nice. Uh was he he
Speaker 1: was around Radio Row I heard today right making the
Speaker 1: rounds as usual. He was. I spoke to him for
Speaker 1: a few minutes, and then he was, you're talking to
Speaker 1: a lot of different people about it, and uh, I
Speaker 1: think he feels good about it, and he's hopeful, and uh,
Speaker 1: he reads the t leaves like everybody else, but he
Speaker 1: also knows that there's nothing guaranteed in this process. John, Hey,
Speaker 1: what's up? John Ozier with us from super Bowl Radio
Speaker 1: Row in Los Angeles. You know, this is Tony Boselli day.
Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll hear that call tonight when he's announced as
Speaker 1: a Class of Pro Football Hall of Famer. What's the
Speaker 1: general reaction there about the Doug Peterson hiring, You've been
Speaker 1: able to kind of make the rounds of the room
Speaker 1: there all positive for the most part. Yeah, he's positive.
Speaker 1: I talked to uh Adam Kaplan yesterday who knows Philadelphia
Speaker 1: sports as well as anybody, and talked to Brian Baldinger
Speaker 1: from the NFL Network. Uh the vibe is good. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of well, you know, it's it would be
Speaker 1: hard for it to be a step back because it
Speaker 1: was a tough year last year, so there's a lot
Speaker 1: of that as well. I think overall people nationally and
Speaker 1: people who knows who know the NFL, no Doug. They
Speaker 1: know what he's about, they know he can handle the job.
Speaker 1: They have the same vibe JP that you and I
Speaker 1: got from talking to him after the press conference on Saturday.
Speaker 1: He's a professional coach, he knows what, he knows what
Speaker 1: he's doing. The word you keep hearing about him is
Speaker 1: a great collaborator. That's sort of what we heard on Saturday.
Speaker 1: Somebody who can bring the building together, who can coach
Speaker 1: his coaches, who players are going to believe in. All
Speaker 1: of those things that you heard leading up to it
Speaker 1: are things that you hear now that's what the franchise needs,
Speaker 1: and it feels like he's that guy. John. Thanks for
Speaker 1: the time and enjoy the rest of the day. And uh,
Speaker 1: let's hopefully this gets done tonight with Tony Boselli in
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, dangers crossed, Let's bring home the gold,
Speaker 1: no doubt. That's John Ozer, Jaguars dot com senior writer,
Speaker 1: joining us from radio row at Super Bowl fifty six
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. And as you heard him say the
Speaker 1: press conference tonight, if he gets in, we'll have it
Speaker 1: on Jaguars dot com. If that is the case, Daily's
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Speaker 1: concert series begins in April. Brothers Osborne April eight, Little
Speaker 1: Dirk April nineteenth, Tim McGraw May five, Erica Benou and
Speaker 1: friends including Goody Bob May six, and there are a
Speaker 1: couple of nights later in the summer with Dave Matthews Band,
Speaker 1: the entire band that was announced the other day. Tickets
Speaker 1: available at Daily's Place dot com, along with more infom
Speaker 1: ration play more ahead on Jaguars Happy Hour return with
Speaker 1: NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks, and we'll get into some
Speaker 1: of these Jaguars assistant coaches being reported, and this is
Speaker 1: Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network. You know,
Speaker 1: I think what really strikes players is that Doug is
Speaker 1: a judguine guy and he doesn't put on airs, and
Speaker 1: I think it's that resume with players, and really that's
Speaker 1: what it's all about here. There's no He'll say in
Speaker 1: a lot if you guys will say that there's no
Speaker 1: more team game than a football team. In a game
Speaker 1: like that, I mean, you have to get everybody to
Speaker 1: buy in. Whatever your role is, do your job, do
Speaker 1: your job the best. If everybody knows their job great,
Speaker 1: then you're gonna have a lot of success. And that's
Speaker 1: really what Doug Peter does all. I think his motivation
Speaker 1: and you know the thing about Dougnans Philly, well we
Speaker 1: look at the Super Bowl win. He loved playoff appearances
Speaker 1: after that. It wasn't easy in those three seasons. I
Speaker 1: mean one of the themes in his time here was
Speaker 1: a ton of injuries and Doug always was able to
Speaker 1: write the shift, the shift, stay calm, make sure that
Speaker 1: the next man up was prepared to play football, and
Speaker 1: you know by large and Jill's Eagles chef winning football
Speaker 1: games and reaching the fall season. That is Dave Spidero
Speaker 1: Eagles insider on the new Jaguars head coach. Of course,
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson was a player in Philly. He was an
Speaker 1: assistant coach in Philadelphia, the head coach of the Eagles
Speaker 1: who finally got them to the mountain top and a
Speaker 1: Super Bowl championship. And welcome back, It's Jaguars Happy Hour.
Speaker 1: The full conversation was pedero available on Jaguars dot Com.
Speaker 1: Let's go back to Los Angeles now and welcome in
Speaker 1: NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks joining us from your home studio.
Speaker 1: That you know, Bucky, the Super bowls in your town
Speaker 1: right now, right it is in my town. It is
Speaker 1: a little bit of a zoo down there. L a
Speaker 1: live in the convention center with everything that's going on.
Speaker 1: Radio Row is in full earnest and popping on a Thursday.
Speaker 1: I decided because of all that, I think we're going
Speaker 1: to stay at the house today. We're gonna avoid some
Speaker 1: of the rat race and I'm just gonna hang out
Speaker 1: with Way for JP to carr Well I mean you,
Speaker 1: you live the rat race every day. Let's be honest
Speaker 1: with you. You're all over the place. You've got you've
Speaker 1: got radio, you've got TV, you've got all these The
Speaker 1: mock draft season is here. I mean you, you are
Speaker 1: in the rat race every day. Yeah. Look, I'm in
Speaker 1: the middle of it right now. It's a bit of
Speaker 1: a transition because it's the end of one as we
Speaker 1: know it with the Super Bowl culminating the end of
Speaker 1: the season, but it's the beginning of two. And so
Speaker 1: if we think about it from a Jaguars perspective, now
Speaker 1: that we have to hear coaching place, we're getting to
Speaker 1: put the piece of the coaching staff together. Now we
Speaker 1: can start looking at those mob drafts with a little
Speaker 1: reality based sense and feel for who could be the
Speaker 1: next airs and so now seeing any time because remember JP,
Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks we met Indianapolis at the Combine,
Speaker 1: and I know that you've already made a reservations so
Speaker 1: we can go eat at a couple of fine establishments
Speaker 1: and you get the credit card are all paid down,
Speaker 1: so we can we can have a good time. I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to It's gonna be a blast. Yeah. The
Speaker 1: expense report. I'd like to apologize in advance for what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen in Indianapolis. Bucky Brooks with us NFL network analysts.
Speaker 1: All Right, so the Jaguars have reportedly come to terms
Speaker 1: with a number of assistant coaches. The word is when
Speaker 1: it's done. Maybe next week they'll have one full announcement
Speaker 1: with everybody on the list together. But today the most
Speaker 1: recent name has been out there is Press Taylor, offensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: reportedly coming to terms with the Jaguars. And you know,
Speaker 1: Zach Taylor's brother first of all, and has a history
Speaker 1: with Doug Peterson in Philadelphia. He is the guy responsible
Speaker 1: for the Philly Special. How about that, Bucky? How about
Speaker 1: how about that? I think when you think about Press Taylor,
Speaker 1: I think we probably should examine all of those moves
Speaker 1: around the quarterback together. So as Press Taylor as the
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, it's Mike McCoy as the quarterback coach, and
Speaker 1: then as Doug Peterson as the ultimate play caller. Well,
Speaker 1: Press Taylor and Doug Peterson obviously have a history having
Speaker 1: worked there together. And so the one thing that we
Speaker 1: know is that there's going to be synergy. The verbiage
Speaker 1: and the language is going to be the same for
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Everybody is going to be in alignment with
Speaker 1: Mike McCoy. What you have is UM one, you have
Speaker 1: a guy who played like Doug Peterson, Mike McCoy and myself.
Speaker 1: We're all on the Green Bay Packers in the mid nineties.
Speaker 1: Mike mccorby was on the practice squad, and so you
Speaker 1: have that connection and synergy between guys who know one another,
Speaker 1: who were in the same quarterback room, who understand how
Speaker 1: the position should be taught. And so when you think
Speaker 1: about trying to create that that that synergy from top
Speaker 1: to bottom, meaning everyone who touched the quarterback is saying
Speaker 1: the same things. And so there's no confusion in terms
Speaker 1: of drills, instruction, schematics, all of that stuff is together.
Speaker 1: And so I love it the way that they're putting
Speaker 1: it together. You know, I think we buried the lead here.
Speaker 1: Forget Farv and Reggie White. I mean, you three guys
Speaker 1: were on the Packers together. I feel like that's forgotten. Yeah,
Speaker 1: look how about that, Like they're like, who knew like
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, myself, Mike McCoy, we were all together in
Speaker 1: fact at the time. UM Mike McCoy and I were
Speaker 1: on the scout teams taking it on. I was still
Speaker 1: playing wide receiver before moving to defensive back, and so
Speaker 1: like we brought around yard a little bit challenge to
Speaker 1: defense and do all that stuff. And so um, I'm excited.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to get back into town because for me,
Speaker 1: it's like an old reunion. Like maybe they can give
Speaker 1: me like a little whistle I can hang in the
Speaker 1: far corner of the practice field talk to here he
Speaker 1: goes again, Bucky's trying to, like, you know, politic for
Speaker 1: a gig. I don't know, I necessarily want to gig,
Speaker 1: just like a T shirt, just some Jaguar gear. And okay,
Speaker 1: I'm with you. We could we could probably make that happen.
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks with this NFL network analyst here on Jaguar's
Speaker 1: Happy Hour. You know, that's the offensive side, that's priority
Speaker 1: number one, get things right around the quarterback. But if
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, as he says, is gonna call plays and
Speaker 1: be offensive guy and do all that stuff, well, the
Speaker 1: the the defensive coordinator role is huge, and there's still
Speaker 1: kind of up in the air. Mike Caldwell's name was
Speaker 1: out there early Gerald. Alexander's name came in later. I
Speaker 1: haven't really seen a report of any resolution here, Bucky,
Speaker 1: but Mike Caldwell's name was the lead name for a
Speaker 1: long time. Yeah, Mike cal Will is interesting because Mike
Speaker 1: call Will obviously worked under Doug Peterson. They have a
Speaker 1: history together. They they've been around each other, and so
Speaker 1: there's some familiarity with the players and so with the
Speaker 1: player and the coaches and and all that other stuff.
Speaker 1: And so when you think about Doug Peterson uh trying
Speaker 1: to I guess assemble the staff, you can say he's
Speaker 1: in a way trying to get the band back together.
Speaker 1: He wants people who can kind of run this games
Speaker 1: that he's familiar with. Now. I think Mike cal Will
Speaker 1: is very interesting and very interesting higher because his time
Speaker 1: at Tampa Bay put him around Thy Bowls, Thy Bowls.
Speaker 1: As you know, the Tampa Buccaneers defense is one of
Speaker 1: the most aggressive defenses that you will find a lot
Speaker 1: of zone dogs, a lot of pressure from everywhere, but
Speaker 1: they did things that allowed the corners to be safe
Speaker 1: and coverage to be interesting to see how much is
Speaker 1: that he would implement and Jack and Jacksonville if he
Speaker 1: is the guy and then Gerald Alexander, I would say,
Speaker 1: a former Jaguar, but someone I know personally, having watched
Speaker 1: him work out, having watched him come out of boys
Speaker 1: as a good player. UM, a guy who I must
Speaker 1: tell you is one of the finest teachers that you
Speaker 1: will find at the defensive back position. Um. When you
Speaker 1: talk to the players that have been touched by Gerald
Speaker 1: Alexander as a coach, they rave about him talking to
Speaker 1: the players from California when they were coming out. They
Speaker 1: just talked about how he got them ready to play.
Speaker 1: His attention to detail and instruction is superb down in Miami,
Speaker 1: the impact that he had in a really quick time
Speaker 1: on the young players from a developmental standpoint. And my look,
Speaker 1: if I had my dream list, I would like for
Speaker 1: both of those guys to come on board because I
Speaker 1: think there's value for both of them and what they
Speaker 1: could add to the unit. I don't know if that
Speaker 1: can happen, but I'm saying, you're talking about two very,
Speaker 1: very good coaches. UM. I think it certainly would be
Speaker 1: an upgrade of what we've seen previously. Is there any
Speaker 1: hesitation there? With his just lack of NFL coaching experience,
Speaker 1: He hasn't been in the league as a you know,
Speaker 1: he was a dB coach the last couple of years
Speaker 1: in Miami, but that's really been the bulk of his
Speaker 1: time in the league. Yeah, I mean, obviously there's a
Speaker 1: little bit of a concern, but you don't get experience
Speaker 1: until you have opportunity. He played in the league for
Speaker 1: a long time. I think what really helps and maybe
Speaker 1: what will buffer some of the inexperienced in terms of
Speaker 1: an NFL coach is that he had to do it
Speaker 1: in college as a position coach, and so when you're
Speaker 1: coaching college kids. We talked about the precision in the
Speaker 1: detail that you need to uh have to to take
Speaker 1: complex matter and make it very very sim pulled and
Speaker 1: digestible for your eight team to twenty two year olds.
Speaker 1: That experience could allow him to be a very a
Speaker 1: very good teacher at the NFL level. As I said,
Speaker 1: if we could get both of those guys on board,
Speaker 1: I would be very very happy because I saw it
Speaker 1: with the Miami Dolphins defense looked like I saw haw
Speaker 1: Xavien Howard and those guys played under the two legion.
Speaker 1: Jerald Alexander, I know he did do a fine job,
Speaker 1: and he's a former Jaguars, so it also matters signed
Speaker 1: them all up. Yeah, I like that. Bucky Brooks with
Speaker 1: the NFL Network canalysts here on Jaguars Happy our special teams.
Speaker 1: Heath Farwell a name that's been reported to the Jaguars.
Speaker 1: He's been in Buffalo. I believe as of late, there's
Speaker 1: a special teams group. Last year, I mean they had
Speaker 1: some struggles and coverage. They had a couple of early
Speaker 1: successes with the kick returns, but as the season went along,
Speaker 1: the roster changed in the churn and all that just
Speaker 1: didn't work out well in special teams last season. What
Speaker 1: do you know about far A while Well, I haven't
Speaker 1: watched far whill Um as undrafted free agent. I want
Speaker 1: to say he came out of San Diego State. That
Speaker 1: is my area of the country when I was scouting. Look,
Speaker 1: this guy made a nice career for himself as a
Speaker 1: special teamer. Uh, someone who could come down and look
Speaker 1: really cover all the kicks, and he is taking it
Speaker 1: and he's become an outstanding special teams coach. When you
Speaker 1: look at what he's been able to do as assistance
Speaker 1: with Seattle and Carolina respectively. You think about the Buffalo
Speaker 1: Bills and their special teams, and not only their special
Speaker 1: teams and how they play, but how they were part
Speaker 1: of the culture that Buffalo created. Um. Special teams have
Speaker 1: to be a special deal. It has to be important
Speaker 1: because what you're doing is you're trying to convince a
Speaker 1: bunch of guys who have never necessarily participated in the
Speaker 1: kicking game to not only participate, but to excel in
Speaker 1: that phase. And so the special teams coach has to
Speaker 1: be enthusiastic. He has to be a great teacher. He
Speaker 1: has to be a great team builder because he has
Speaker 1: to build that team together. So he far world comes
Speaker 1: with a lot of accolades and recognition. He did a
Speaker 1: great job in Buffalo. I would expect him to do
Speaker 1: a great job down in Jacksonville. Bucky always appreciate the time,
Speaker 1: you know. It kind of feels like just reading the
Speaker 1: tea leaves and talking to people. We heard from John
Speaker 1: Osier out there a minute ago. He's been around Radio
Speaker 1: Row that this should be Hopefully, Tony Boselli is night
Speaker 1: to get in the Hall of Fame. It would be
Speaker 1: nice to finally get that done. Oh look, man, tell
Speaker 1: me it's about time for Tony to go. Tony Um
Speaker 1: goes and then what that does is that opens the
Speaker 1: door for free at T and Jimmy Smith and maybe
Speaker 1: some other guys to eventually get through the door. But
Speaker 1: Tony Boselli um is one of the best players that
Speaker 1: I've ever played with. I still have vivid memories of
Speaker 1: him dominating Bruce Smith in that postseason game where we
Speaker 1: upset them in the wild card round. Uh. Look, people
Speaker 1: talk about the brevity of the career. I don't worry
Speaker 1: about that. I worry about the dominance, and so if
Speaker 1: he does get in tonight, it is well deserving. He's
Speaker 1: one of the best players that the league has ever seen. Bucky,
Speaker 1: thanks for the time. As always, we'll talk to you
Speaker 1: a getting next week. Let's do it man, talk to
Speaker 1: you Buck Brooks. NFL network analysts joining us here on
Speaker 1: Jaguars Happy Hours. Some thoughts about the reported coaching highers.
Speaker 1: As we said, when this thing is finalized, maybe next week,
Speaker 1: you can expect one big anouncement with all the coaches
Speaker 1: on one and maybe some availability of possibly the coordinators.
Speaker 1: That's down the road a little bit. Still a little
Speaker 1: work to be done on the Jaguars coaching staff in
Speaker 1: the days ahead. We're back in a moment, and we
Speaker 1: are out to Tony Basselli. Yes, the man of the hour.
Speaker 1: Can he get into the Hall of Fame tonight? The
Speaker 1: announcement comes to NFL Honors tonight. We'll hear from Tony
Speaker 1: when we return. This is Jaguars Happy Hour on the
Speaker 1: Jaguars Digital Network. Welcome back at Jaguars Happy Hour on
Speaker 1: a Thursday afternoon. J P. Shadrick with you our thanks
Speaker 1: to John Ozer, Jaguars dot Com senior writer, joined us
Speaker 1: from Radio Row in Los Angeles. Super Bowl fifties six.
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks, NFL network analysts, joined us from home his
Speaker 1: home studio. You might get back in the fray tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Friday on Radio Row is usually a big deal. This
Speaker 1: is Tony Basselli's day. We hope prior of the Jaguars
Speaker 1: left joining us from Los Angeles. Now the NFL Honors
Speaker 1: show coming up at nine o'clock Eastern time tonight where
Speaker 1: they will announce the Modern Era electees to the Pro
Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame. Tony, how you feeling? What's up?
Speaker 1: How am I feeling? I am feeling good? JP? I
Speaker 1: mean it's uh up. An old veteran of this is
Speaker 1: a sixth time I've been a finalist. But yeah, it's good.
Speaker 1: You know, it's a lot of energy out in l A.
Speaker 1: You know, Honor showed tonight that they change the order
Speaker 1: a little bit. In the past, they that honors the
Speaker 1: night before the Super Bowl. Now they moved it up.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's just kind of kicking off the Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame week, Tony. So take us through the process.
Speaker 1: In the past, you'd have the gentleman from the Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame come knock on the door if you're in,
Speaker 1: or you'll get a phone call if you're not. Is
Speaker 1: it similar now since the COVID What has changed? Like,
Speaker 1: what's your process the next few hours? Yeah? They change it.
Speaker 1: I mean the you know, the process is different. They
Speaker 1: you know, taking account for COVID, making sure everything you
Speaker 1: know safe and everything else. So um, they're really trying
Speaker 1: to make it the big announcement at the Honnor show.
Speaker 1: So everyone will find out at the same time. So
Speaker 1: I'll be heading over there and we will see how
Speaker 1: it goes. Well, you'll find out. What do you get there?
Speaker 1: You just gotta go and just go blind and then
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, either you're in or you're out.
Speaker 1: How about that it'll be. It's it'll be. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be a fun night. Yeah, I like that for sure.
Speaker 1: Tony Boselli with us. I heard you made the media
Speaker 1: rouse today on Radio Row. You do that most years.
Speaker 1: Of course, in the years past you've been involved with
Speaker 1: the broadcast on Westwood One. Not this year, but with
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame stuff. I'm sure you're a popular
Speaker 1: guy today on Radio Row. Yeah, it was a busy one.
Speaker 1: It was good. Um. It's funny. A lot of questions
Speaker 1: about the Hall of Fame, like, well, we'll find out tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I think some of them wish I would have come
Speaker 1: tomorrow and not today so that the you know, more
Speaker 1: details around the whole thing. Um. But yeah, it's it's
Speaker 1: almost back to normal JP. I guess you know, the
Speaker 1: super Bowl and Radio Row. It's probably of what it
Speaker 1: was pre COVID, um, you know, not as many stations.
Speaker 1: But it was good. It's good to have it back.
Speaker 1: You know, you can sense the build up and you've
Speaker 1: been to the days before kind of each each day,
Speaker 1: but as you get closer to the game, there's more
Speaker 1: intensity and more exertmen. So it was good to be
Speaker 1: out there today. Tony Basselli with us prior of the
Speaker 1: Jaguars left tackle finalists for the Pro Pro Football Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame. We'll find out tonight NFL Honors Show nine
Speaker 1: o'clock on ABC, ESPN Plus and NFL Network. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: all right, let's talk big picture Tony Boselli career stuff,
Speaker 1: since this is the Tony Basselli day to do that
Speaker 1: and we don't do that a lot. What is your
Speaker 1: top career highlight, Tony. Um, that's a great question, JP.
Speaker 1: There's so many. I mean, I mean an overall over
Speaker 1: arching highlights. Just being a part of the organization from
Speaker 1: the beginning, you know, being the first pick and being
Speaker 1: on the expansion team and and kind of um, having
Speaker 1: the success we did. It was an amazing Obviously that
Speaker 1: nineties playoff run we had with two big wins in
Speaker 1: Buffalo into Denver. Will I'll never forget ninety We have,
Speaker 1: you know, a great team. Unfortunately couldn't get over the
Speaker 1: hump because of the Titans. You know, there's you know,
Speaker 1: being able to go playing Pro Bowls and why as
Speaker 1: a young player was remarkable. Making you know, the playoffs
Speaker 1: four straight years was fun. You know, there's but at
Speaker 1: the end of the day. I think my favorite part
Speaker 1: is the guys in the locker room. You know you missed,
Speaker 1: you missed that, you know, camaraderie and getting together and
Speaker 1: laughing at joking and and going out and competing together. So, um,
Speaker 1: there's a lot. It was a lot. It was great.
Speaker 1: It was a lot of amazing times, um that I
Speaker 1: had as a jaxsone Jaguar. Is that the whole of
Speaker 1: fame calling? Do you need to get that vone call Tony?
Speaker 1: I don't? Is that the I thought I don't want?
Speaker 1: I got every I got every one of their brother
Speaker 1: in this room right now, trying to get ready, all
Speaker 1: my kids, life, people everywhere. It's chaos in here, JP.
Speaker 1: It's like another day at the Bassel household. I've seen
Speaker 1: this in person before. This is how it works all
Speaker 1: the time you've been to you've been to the house,
Speaker 1: you've been over for holidays, so you know how it
Speaker 1: is um around here. That's what they just called Thursday Land.
Speaker 1: For sure. It's a normal day. Really, all happened to
Speaker 1: be in one hotel room. So interesting. Last couple of
Speaker 1: minutes with you will let you get on your way,
Speaker 1: and I get a lot coming on. So you know
Speaker 1: who was when you were coming up as a young player,
Speaker 1: who did you look up to as a left tackle?
Speaker 1: You know what, I want to play like this guy
Speaker 1: who was your your guy you looked up to? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I didn't even play offensive lignement until I
Speaker 1: got my junior in high school. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: was like everyone else wanted to play order back or
Speaker 1: you know, defense or do something. It wasn't so my junior,
Speaker 1: my high school coach Sam Borgana moved me the offensive line,
Speaker 1: so I didn't even really you know, like most kids.
Speaker 1: He watched the ball. And then I think when I
Speaker 1: got to see I was fortunate to back my freshman year,
Speaker 1: Pat Harlowe was the starter, and uh it was the
Speaker 1: former first round draft picks, so I gotta watch him play.
Speaker 1: You know. Anthony Munos was a Sea grad and obviously
Speaker 1: that you know, my opinion, the greatest left hackle ever
Speaker 1: played the game. You know, so I had watched tape
Speaker 1: on him, um and kind of model my game and
Speaker 1: see what he was doing and kind of the techniques
Speaker 1: and so you know, And I think the biggest thing
Speaker 1: JP is is I had great coaches. I mean the
Speaker 1: coaches I had, Um, we're remarkable. I mentioned Sam Bugano's
Speaker 1: my head coach in high school. Um, John Matsko, who's
Speaker 1: still coaching in the NFL today, was my offenseive line
Speaker 1: coach at USC. The first two years after that, it
Speaker 1: was Mike Barry, who coached all over college and was
Speaker 1: an amazing influence in my life. And then I got
Speaker 1: to the pros and had another really good offensive line
Speaker 1: coach and Mike Maze. So, you know, so much of
Speaker 1: the things that have influenced me and contributed to whatever
Speaker 1: success I had was I was fortunate that God put
Speaker 1: really good people in my in my path. John Ozer
Speaker 1: talked with Anthony Munio's yesterday, Tony, and Munio said that,
Speaker 1: you know, he was offered the offensive line coaching job
Speaker 1: the year before you got to SC and didn't take it.
Speaker 1: He said, if I had taken it, I might have
Speaker 1: messed up. Tony was silly. I don't know if I believe.
Speaker 1: I don't think I believe that Anthony's you know, one
Speaker 1: of the things that I always loved about watching Anthony
Speaker 1: he was such a technician, great athlete, I mean, an
Speaker 1: amazing athlete for a human being his size, but the
Speaker 1: way he approached the game and how um he performed
Speaker 1: so well because of the great technique that he had.
Speaker 1: So I bet you he would have been an awesome coach. Um.
Speaker 1: So I've appreciated that friendship. You know, it's kind of
Speaker 1: growing as I got into the NFL, and uh, it
Speaker 1: continues to grow. So he's someone I've always looked up to.
Speaker 1: He's great players, great, he's a great person, great husband, father, um,
Speaker 1: And so having him on say nice things about you
Speaker 1: is always a pretty cool thing. All right, Tony, We'll
Speaker 1: leave you this is It may not be a fair
Speaker 1: question for you, but you're here, so I'm gonna ask
Speaker 1: you what would what would this mean for first off,
Speaker 1: the Jaguars organization having the first Hall of Fame player
Speaker 1: in franchise history. And what would it mean for the
Speaker 1: city of Jacksonville and Jaguars fans to to finally have
Speaker 1: somebody with a bronze bust in Canton. Um. I mean
Speaker 1: they there's probab others that could answer that better than
Speaker 1: I can. But I'll say this, I'll be proud to
Speaker 1: represent the Jaguar fans, the organization in our great city
Speaker 1: of Jacksonville. And so they've always been good to me,
Speaker 1: JP always been so supportive in this whole process when
Speaker 1: I was a player, when I got hurt, it may
Speaker 1: have been amazing. I mean, it's one of the reasons
Speaker 1: I choose to live in Jacksonville and raise my family
Speaker 1: and and and do life. So, UM, I hope, I
Speaker 1: hope I can do him proud. I hope that, UM,
Speaker 1: if it goes the way we all hope it goes, that,
Speaker 1: they'll be excited because they're a big part of it. Um,
Speaker 1: They're a big part of this whole journey and uh
Speaker 1: and my growth as a player, and it's an individual
Speaker 1: Tell Angie and the kids high and good luck tonight, Tony.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you all right, Thanks j That's Tony Vaselli.
Speaker 1: He is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1: The announcement tonight NFL Honors nine o'clock Eastern on ABC,
Speaker 1: ESPN Plus and NFL Network. I'm not sure exactly what
Speaker 1: time in this show it will be announced, but if
Speaker 1: he makes it, if he's announced as one of the
Speaker 1: in Chinese coming up, then we'll have the press conference
Speaker 1: after live right here on Jaguars dot Com and Jaguars
Speaker 1: Social Media. When we return we'll hear from Doug Peterson.
Speaker 1: He sat down this past weekend with Brian Sexton one
Speaker 1: on one, and we'll get some thoughts from the new
Speaker 1: Jaguars head coach. Will take a live look at the
Speaker 1: construction underway at the Football Performance Center as well as
Speaker 1: we do every week is Jaguars Happy Hour on the
Speaker 1: Jaguars Digital Network. Welcome back. Jaguars Happy Hour continues if
Speaker 1: you're watching on Jaguars dot Com or jack Social media.
Speaker 1: It's a look at the site of the Football Performance Center.
Speaker 1: And yes, there is dirt moving. There has been dirt moved,
Speaker 1: There's been concrete removed, there's been field removed, and the
Speaker 1: footprint on the right is where the building will be
Speaker 1: at least the main building for the Jaguars Football Performance
Speaker 1: Center slept slated to open for training camp in so
Speaker 1: they are just getting started. But there is some progress,
Speaker 1: which is good news and it's a good thing to
Speaker 1: see the start of some great things here in downtown Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: Welcome back at Jaguars Happy Hour. J P. Shadick with you.
Speaker 1: A busy day, of course, the NFL Honors Show tonight
Speaker 1: at nine o'clock Eastern time. They will announce the elected
Speaker 1: players for the Pro Football Hall of Fame from the
Speaker 1: modern era. Five of those players in the modern era
Speaker 1: will be announced tonight, and hopefully Tony Basselli is one
Speaker 1: of those. We heard from Tony just a moment ago
Speaker 1: or thanks to John Osier as well and Bucky Brooks
Speaker 1: who joined us from Los Angeles. We we talked to
Speaker 1: Tony's a moment ago and we're asking him, hey, who'd
Speaker 1: you watch? Whould you like? You know when you were
Speaker 1: coming up? Anthony Monios was the name that he discussed,
Speaker 1: and we mentioned that conversation with John Osier. Let's still
Speaker 1: run a bit of that now. It's available on Jaguars
Speaker 1: dot Com, the full thing. But Anthony Monos yesterday at
Speaker 1: Radio Row with John Osier about Tony Basselli's chances of
Speaker 1: getting in the Hall of Fame and his ability as
Speaker 1: a player. Hopefully, Uh, it's the weight is over for Tony.
Speaker 1: But you know, we talked about it all the time.
Speaker 1: A guy's amazing player. I mean, he's a great person
Speaker 1: as we all know. But uh, I had a chance
Speaker 1: to broadcast a couple of games and you know, we've
Speaker 1: we've I've kind of laughed over the years. Uh, I'm
Speaker 1: glad I didn't take the job because I might have
Speaker 1: messed him up. But he was at USC and John
Speaker 1: Robins and offered me the offensive line job the year
Speaker 1: after I retired and Tony was there, So maybe it
Speaker 1: was good that I went into broadcasting and didn't coach Tony.
Speaker 1: That would have been fun though. But yeah, the guy
Speaker 1: is just amazing. I mean, you know the size, strange, speed, technical,
Speaker 1: you know the technical part of it, and then you
Speaker 1: know a little bit of the nasty streak that I like,
Speaker 1: or maybe a lot of this, but yeah, I'm curious
Speaker 1: to here and see what happened. So yeah, I'm a
Speaker 1: big Tony fan from an x is a nose point
Speaker 1: of view. What made him great? I mean, you play
Speaker 1: the game as well as anybody, Well you know what
Speaker 1: I said. I mean, not only is what six seven,
Speaker 1: you know, three twenty three thirty whatever he weighed, but
Speaker 1: is you know, just the athleticism and the ability to
Speaker 1: move out in space, you know for a big guy.
Speaker 1: You know, the leverage he played with and the hands
Speaker 1: that he I mean, it's just it's everything that you'd
Speaker 1: like to see an offensive lineman doing, especially an offensive
Speaker 1: tackle left tackle out in space, and like I said,
Speaker 1: he's a smart guy. I mean, you know when you
Speaker 1: get a smart guy out there that knows how to
Speaker 1: change it up when you're planning that that makes a
Speaker 1: big difference. And then you know you're throwing that that
Speaker 1: nasty streak. To me, that that is ingredients for a
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame tackle you How well do you know
Speaker 1: him and what would this honor mean tunea to happen?
Speaker 1: You know him pretty well. Uh you know again, when
Speaker 1: he was at SC I watched him play and then
Speaker 1: I'll never forget. I was with ESPN at the time
Speaker 1: and they flew me down to down to Jacksonville and
Speaker 1: I wore sweats. He can't wore swets. We went out
Speaker 1: in the field and they just rolled the camera and
Speaker 1: we must have been out there for an hour and
Speaker 1: we talked about technique, mental part of the game. I
Speaker 1: asked him questions, he asked me questions. So I got
Speaker 1: to know him and then just see him. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a golf tournament that you know, just uh finished
Speaker 1: after twenty years in Orlando and he was always there
Speaker 1: and I always went down, so, you know, just different events,
Speaker 1: I've had a chance to be around him and uh
Speaker 1: so yeah, you know, I would say I know him
Speaker 1: pretty well and uh and it would not only be
Speaker 1: exciting to to hear that because of him and his
Speaker 1: family and you know, of course, first of all he
Speaker 1: was football his family and it doesn't hurt that we're
Speaker 1: both Trojan. So have another trojan alignment that would be,
Speaker 1: you know, to join Ron Nix and Yarry and you know,
Speaker 1: Bruce Matthews and myself would be pretty awesome and things
Speaker 1: like this can to become a live sales but I've
Speaker 1: read herd maybe even you told me once he was
Speaker 1: as good as anybody who ever did it? Uh? Is
Speaker 1: it fair to ask you where he ranked? You know,
Speaker 1: it's tough because you know I put him up there,
Speaker 1: you know, Walter Jones, I really enjoyed watching guys like
Speaker 1: really Rope and Jonathan Ogden. Um. I'm trying to think
Speaker 1: of some other guys, but you know, he would be
Speaker 1: probably a handful of guys I would put up there
Speaker 1: in the upper echelon as far as guys that when
Speaker 1: I watched, I said, I love watching the pretty impressive
Speaker 1: the humility there. He didn't mention himself. You're probably never one.
Speaker 1: So uh, final question, how deserving. Would this honor be
Speaker 1: for him? I mean, he's clearly a Hall of Fame guy. Well, no,
Speaker 1: it's very deserving. I mean, if you know, if he
Speaker 1: just if he gets that call or whatever, that he's
Speaker 1: in very deserve mat because to me, it's, you know,
Speaker 1: the deserving part of it is what you did on
Speaker 1: the field. And I think you know, people talk about
Speaker 1: his career wasn't Hey, there's guys that have played, you know,
Speaker 1: and they were the best when they were playing, and
Speaker 1: that's what it's all about. If you're one of the
Speaker 1: best ever and one of the best play. So I
Speaker 1: would say that deserving if he gets that call, very deserving.
Speaker 1: Anthony Monio's yesterday Hall of Fame tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals,
Speaker 1: joining John Osier on radio road at Super Bowl fifty six.
Speaker 1: The full conversation between those two available on Jaguars dot Com.
Speaker 1: Speaking of conversations earlier this week, knew Jaguars head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson was in the building in fact over the weekend.
Speaker 1: He's in the building, yes, but he was here for
Speaker 1: the press conference on Saturday. After the fact, a sit
Speaker 1: down interview one on one with Jaguars dot Com senior
Speaker 1: correspondent Brian Sexton, and a lot of conversation about the
Speaker 1: quarterback and much more, a great opportunity to really to
Speaker 1: really flip this organization and get it, get it back
Speaker 1: in the direction that it that it's I know that
Speaker 1: that Sean Khan wants to to go, and we all
Speaker 1: wanted to go. And you know, to have have the
Speaker 1: quarterback in places obviously a key thing. And it kind
Speaker 1: of drew me to obviously this this franchise. And then
Speaker 1: you know, as you mentioned the draft, capital and and resources,
Speaker 1: it's just one piece of one piece of time. You're
Speaker 1: the first Jaguars head coach who has played the position
Speaker 1: to quarterback. How does your experience as a player translate
Speaker 1: to coaching the position. I just feel like I can
Speaker 1: see it through the quarterback's eyes. You know. I was
Speaker 1: never the starter a lot, you know, but I had
Speaker 1: had that career backup, so I was always in a
Speaker 1: kind of a coaching sort of a mentor. You know,
Speaker 1: I see the game through the quarterback's eyes, and I
Speaker 1: think that's important to understand what they're what they're seeing
Speaker 1: with those guys are seeing out on the football field.
Speaker 1: And then obviously you haven't been coached by some some
Speaker 1: great coaches and you know head coaches in my career.
Speaker 1: It's something now that I can you know, pass on
Speaker 1: to it to a guy like Trevor and just just
Speaker 1: create that desire which is already there, but you want
Speaker 1: to enhance the desire to to be great. And he
Speaker 1: wants to be he wants to be that way. I
Speaker 1: want that for him. And again, teams that have this
Speaker 1: position right are the ones that have had success in
Speaker 1: this league. And uh, you know, Jacksonville has gotten it
Speaker 1: right doing. Thank you, thank you, thank you. How we're doing, man?
Speaker 1: Just see how are you doing? Man? This roster I
Speaker 1: think has some players on it, guys like Josh Allen
Speaker 1: who are hidden Jim because this team hasn't had success
Speaker 1: and people haven't seen him. Do you see some promise
Speaker 1: in this roster or do you see? This is a
Speaker 1: long haul job. No. I mean to me, the guys
Speaker 1: like Josh Allen, you know, on this roster are those
Speaker 1: guys that that are in the right spots, right positions
Speaker 1: to be successful. And and this is the other thing
Speaker 1: that attracted me to to this this job is the
Speaker 1: fact that these players are hungry to win. And that's
Speaker 1: all they want to do. They just want to play ball.
Speaker 1: These are these are these are kids who just want
Speaker 1: to be out there on the grass. They want to
Speaker 1: compete and win games. And that that is a that
Speaker 1: is a key recipe to the success in the National
Speaker 1: Football League with teams that you see you're in a
Speaker 1: year out, you know, vying for those for those postseason spots.
Speaker 1: So how do you balance the need to win now? Right?
Speaker 1: The owner told the media and Jacksonville weeks ago, months ago. Now, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, even want a five year plan. He wanted
Speaker 1: to win um and you just talked about the importance
Speaker 1: of that, but you have to be future focused also,
Speaker 1: how do you balance that? It's it's a fine line.
Speaker 1: It's really a fine line. Listen. I want to win.
Speaker 1: I want to win tomorrow. You know. It's it's something
Speaker 1: that that that we get into this business to win
Speaker 1: football games. That's where we get hired, right and and
Speaker 1: really that's the reason sometimes we get fired. We just
Speaker 1: don't we don't win enough games. But to me, the
Speaker 1: foundations here and now you just build upon that right
Speaker 1: with with the coaching staff and the front office and
Speaker 1: obviously again as we talked with it with the quarterback,
Speaker 1: and you just you just start chipping away at it,
Speaker 1: and it's and it's a it's a it's a methodical process.
Speaker 1: But then then comes the day when when everything kind
Speaker 1: of is that aha moment and the light kind of
Speaker 1: turns on. And then when it does, that's that's a
Speaker 1: beautiful thing when that happens, because your team's your team's
Speaker 1: united um and you start winning games. Having a portion
Speaker 1: of the conversation, the full sit down available on Jaguars
Speaker 1: dot Com. Doug Peterson and Jaguars dot Com senior correspondent
Speaker 1: Brian Sexton, it was a it was a fun saturday
Speaker 1: at t I A. Bank Field, have Peterson in the
Speaker 1: building taking a look around for the first time. The
Speaker 1: press conference upstairs in the West Club. We had the
Speaker 1: live coverage on Jaguars dot com pregame show, and then
Speaker 1: Peterson joined us right after the fact, and I got
Speaker 1: to get in his head a little bit. And he's
Speaker 1: been right after busy, of course, with all the reports
Speaker 1: coming out of these assistant coach hires taking place, reports
Speaker 1: that they're in the building already, some of these guys
Speaker 1: already getting to work behind a little bit after a
Speaker 1: linky search. But as Doug Peterson was saying during the
Speaker 1: press conference, he's quite confident that, um, this thing should
Speaker 1: get done pretty quickly, at least on the on the
Speaker 1: coaching side. And as we said earlier, once it's all
Speaker 1: hired and close to done, you can expect one big
Speaker 1: announcement the entire coaching staff on that. And the next
Speaker 1: question is what happens with the executive vice president roll
Speaker 1: that shot Khan discussed during the press conference there out
Speaker 1: to the league. They've apparently got some interviews lined up. Uh,
Speaker 1: that will be in the next couple of weeks time.
Speaker 1: I think the next big storyline for the Jaguars today, though,
Speaker 1: of course, is Tony Basselli Day. Let's see tonight nine
Speaker 1: o'clock the NFL Honor Show is on NFL Network, ESPN
Speaker 1: Plus and ABC. That's when they'll announce the Modern Era
Speaker 1: electees from the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of two,
Speaker 1: and we hope Tony Boselli is a part of that.
Speaker 1: We heard from Tony coming up. A couple of other
Speaker 1: Jaguars notes today. Are there reports this morning that Tony
Speaker 1: Khan was preparing a run for Congress, Well those are false.
Speaker 1: Tony Khan came out on Twitter himself with a wrestling
Speaker 1: style tweet if you will, and said the fact checking
Speaker 1: standard of Pro Football Talk reporting is far lower than
Speaker 1: that of a w's roving reporter Tony Schivanni. I'm definitely
Speaker 1: not running for Congress. This filing is faker than Eddie
Speaker 1: Gilbert's apology to Tommy rich In. I don't know what
Speaker 1: that means, but they have it from Tony Khan's mouth
Speaker 1: to your ears. Uh. He is not running for Congress
Speaker 1: in District number four, he said so himself today. Real news, though,
Speaker 1: the Jaguars are headed back to Wimbley Stadium. As part
Speaker 1: of the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's press conference yesterday, he
Speaker 1: announced two games are actually four games coming up in Germany,
Speaker 1: including this year in Munich, and of course the league
Speaker 1: has two games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium already on the
Speaker 1: books in London. The Jaguars, not long after that announcement,
Speaker 1: announced that they will play at Wimbley Stadium in two
Speaker 1: and return to a place where they started playing games
Speaker 1: in the Jaguars and they've gone every year since they
Speaker 1: missed the COVID year of last season they win as
Speaker 1: part of the NFL package at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to
Speaker 1: play the Dolphins there and got the win on the
Speaker 1: long field goals at the end of the game to
Speaker 1: get that done. Next season back to Wembley Stadium. We'll
Speaker 1: see what the future holds as well, but as of
Speaker 1: now the game announced um the schedule and the opponents
Speaker 1: will be announced closer to if not right at the
Speaker 1: schedule announcement, which usually is right around the draft, but
Speaker 1: you can probably expect that in early May here in
Speaker 1: the campaign. So this year the NFL is scheduled to
Speaker 1: have five International Series games, three in London, the one
Speaker 1: at Wembley, into at Tottenham Hotspur, one in Germany and
Speaker 1: Munich and then Mexico City will host a game as well,
Speaker 1: and each team around the league starting with this season
Speaker 1: will have a rotation of games over a number of
Speaker 1: years in International Series games, so everybody will be involved
Speaker 1: at least at some point. Moving ahead, the Jaguars of
Speaker 1: course will be involved, it feels like most every year
Speaker 1: moving ahead, and certainly this year at Wimbley Stadium, the
Speaker 1: national stadium in England. The first year for the Jags
Speaker 1: of course back in as we said, missed out in
Speaker 1: so the you have it that's the biggest news of
Speaker 1: the week of course tonight. Uh, let's all cross our
Speaker 1: fingers for Tony Basselli. He sounded confident there. You know,
Speaker 1: he's got the family there and we'll see what the
Speaker 1: official word is coming out. The accolades we know are
Speaker 1: all there. Um. We we've heard about him for years
Speaker 1: and years and years. Hopefully tonight is the night Tony
Speaker 1: Basselli makes his way into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1: There is another Jaguars connection that is a finalist tonight
Speaker 1: as well. That should be knocking on the door to
Speaker 1: Leroy Butler is the other Butler of course, twelve year
Speaker 1: player with the Green Bay Packers. He's from right here
Speaker 1: at Lee High School in Jacksonville. I went to Florida state,
Speaker 1: of course, and could he get in Could it be
Speaker 1: a douvall double tonight? If you will? With Butler from
Speaker 1: here Baselly, the first Jaguars player drafted, it is possible
Speaker 1: that could happen tonight. That would be a heck of
Speaker 1: a run. And by the way, if this all happens,
Speaker 1: if you've never been to Canton, Ohio, why not, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, make a make a trek up there and
Speaker 1: do it this time. If this is the case, if
Speaker 1: these both certainly, if both of these players make it
Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame. Uh, it is surreal it's
Speaker 1: ever been to. I've never been to an in trinement ceremony,
Speaker 1: but have traveled to that place twice in two different years.
Speaker 1: Ninety one was the first time on a family vacation.
Speaker 1: It was still the small little Hall of Fame at
Speaker 1: that point, and then again in like oh seven, it
Speaker 1: expanded and since then it's even they've added a whole
Speaker 1: new experience on the back end of that stadium's brand new.
Speaker 1: And it is a weekend to remember in Canton, Ohio.
Speaker 1: Let's hope that the Jaguars are involved in Jacksonville is
Speaker 1: the city has two players into the Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: this year. It is well worth the trip if you
Speaker 1: are a football fan and a football his three fan
Speaker 1: make it the Canton, Ohio Thanks to all our guests today,
Speaker 1: well John Osier from Radio Row at Super Bowl fifty six,
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks, NFL network analysts joining us, and the Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame finalist Tony Basselli joining us from his hotel
Speaker 1: room in l A nine o'clock Eastern time tonight NFL
Speaker 1: Honors on ABC, ESPN Plus and NFL Network. Our thanks
Speaker 1: to Joe Fortnado and Brent Reebert. For our entire crew,
Speaker 1: I'm JP Shadrick. We'll catch you next time. It's Jaguars
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