1
00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,560
Speaker 1: Welcome into the j P Shadrick Podcast. Today is Friday,

2
00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:13,720
Speaker 1: July nine, where three days into training camp, two practices in. Today,

3
00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,680
Speaker 1: we'll recap the first two workouts in the field and

4
00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,040
Speaker 1: we'll get a visit with Jaguars rookie receiver d J. Chark.

5
00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,320
Speaker 1: Let's get right into it. The Jacks reported for camp Wednesday.

6
00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:28,640
Speaker 1: They went through medical checks, conditioning tests, and organizational meetings. Now,

7
00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,520
Speaker 1: before last season, the first Jags training camp with Doug

8
00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,520
Speaker 1: moronas the head coach was considered pretty tough by modern

9
00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,479
Speaker 1: NFL standards. That camp paid off later in the year,

10
00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,760
Speaker 1: of course, when the Jags found their stride and got

11
00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,280
Speaker 1: into the postseason and we're only a few minutes away

12
00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,919
Speaker 1: from the super Bowl. Early last year, though, you can

13
00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,159
Speaker 1: hear a little grumbling from the players about the toughness

14
00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,240
Speaker 1: of the camp. As for this year, Moreau's philosophy is simple.

15
00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,520
Speaker 1: I like a little grumbling, to be honest with you,

16
00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,680
Speaker 1: I think that if you don't have, you know, if

17
00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,120
Speaker 1: there's not a little bit of grumbling, then then maybe

18
00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,480
Speaker 1: you're you're you're not on the right thing. I mean,

19
00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,680
Speaker 1: I really believe that that goes back to, you know,

20
00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,680
Speaker 1: being a little bit, you know, making sure that there's

21
00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,520
Speaker 1: some some you know, being uncomfortable. You know, so I

22
00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:10,919
Speaker 1: believe that it's hard. I don't put words that's grueling

23
00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,200
Speaker 1: or grinding because you know, obviously a lot of us

24
00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,039
Speaker 1: that played before been through uh tougher situations, and you know,

25
00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,560
Speaker 1: I think I think the players understand. I think the

26
00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,240
Speaker 1: ones that have been here, you know, can kind of

27
00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,880
Speaker 1: understand what it's gonna be and um, but they understand why.

28
00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,280
Speaker 1: That's that's the most important thing. I think people get

29
00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,440
Speaker 1: into what's tough, what's this what you're trying to do.

30
00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,880
Speaker 1: It wasn't like I was trying to shock a team

31
00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,360
Speaker 1: or do something different. It's just my philosophy of of

32
00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,560
Speaker 1: really what I believe that you need to do to

33
00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,319
Speaker 1: get ready to play this game and play it at

34
00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:39,760
Speaker 1: a high level. And we want to be able to

35
00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,240
Speaker 1: play it at the highest level we can. That philosophy

36
00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,120
Speaker 1: will not change from our own, and you know it

37
00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,400
Speaker 1: won't change for this Jaguars defense either. Last year they

38
00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,520
Speaker 1: put up one of the best defensive seasons in franchise history.

39
00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,480
Speaker 1: They single handedly won some games, They took the ball

40
00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,440
Speaker 1: away all year long, and they scored points throughout the season.

41
00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,760
Speaker 1: It's a group this year that wants to be considered

42
00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,960
Speaker 1: one of the greatest defense is of all time. But

43
00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,080
Speaker 1: for linebacker Telvin Smith, the first player to speak at

44
00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,760
Speaker 1: the podium this year, it takes more than just one

45
00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,440
Speaker 1: year to reach that level. Every great defense has has

46
00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,920
Speaker 1: one at all, you know what I mean, And and

47
00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,840
Speaker 1: that's what we are. We want to be. A great

48
00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,840
Speaker 1: defense is not it's not mediocre. It's not you know,

49
00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,680
Speaker 1: it's not to say I win to won a couple

50
00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,120
Speaker 1: you know, championships and nothing. Now we want to say

51
00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,880
Speaker 1: we dominated the world. So that's the next step, I mean.

52
00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,600
Speaker 1: But at the same time, it's just honing in on

53
00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,760
Speaker 1: the little stuff, honing in on the Mentalis was talking

54
00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,280
Speaker 1: and a couple of times last year I think he

55
00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,920
Speaker 1: said it was four times last year in games that

56
00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,760
Speaker 1: we could have got our offense the ball back or

57
00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,839
Speaker 1: it was on the defense to stop him, and all

58
00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,680
Speaker 1: four times we did not get to stop um and

59
00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,679
Speaker 1: the team ran the ball on this and stuff. So

60
00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,560
Speaker 1: we gotta have the mentality of of crunch time, you

61
00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,799
Speaker 1: know what I mean. It's not yeah, we we we

62
00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,399
Speaker 1: know we're not front runs. That's not you know. We

63
00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,440
Speaker 1: we can bang with or whatever, but we just gotta

64
00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,720
Speaker 1: put out it on your don't keep it h front

65
00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,799
Speaker 1: the beginning to the end. Good stuff from telling there

66
00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,240
Speaker 1: on the big picture adjustments necessary on defense. The next day, Thursday,

67
00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,240
Speaker 1: was the first day on the field for the Jags,

68
00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,840
Speaker 1: and there was plenty of focus on the Jaguars offense

69
00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,280
Speaker 1: and yes, quarterback Blake Bortles. We heard about all off

70
00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,280
Speaker 1: season Blake's handle of the offense, and now you seemed

71
00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,120
Speaker 1: just all around comfortable on the field. And for the

72
00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,760
Speaker 1: fifth year quarterback, it's bigger than just him. It's becoming

73
00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,760
Speaker 1: a full grasp of everything happening on the field. The

74
00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,640
Speaker 1: more you're doing obviously you know, playing quarterback, I think

75
00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,360
Speaker 1: the order you get the more the easier it is

76
00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,760
Speaker 1: to recognize what good football looks like from an offensive standpoint.

77
00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,240
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, that's something that's kind of

78
00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,480
Speaker 1: in the beginning. You're just trying to make sure you

79
00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,680
Speaker 1: don't mess up right, You're trying to do your job, um,

80
00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,400
Speaker 1: And as you go you start seeing everybody else and

81
00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,400
Speaker 1: start seeing it is one big picture and you know

82
00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,000
Speaker 1: the whole thing, um, you know, which is how Nathaniel

83
00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,720
Speaker 1: season and that's how he calls place, so I think

84
00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:57,840
Speaker 1: to be able to try and get to that and

85
00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,520
Speaker 1: be on the same page with him, to see the

86
00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,160
Speaker 1: thing as a whole um, you know, kind of everything

87
00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,360
Speaker 1: working in motion and being smooth. Everybody's in the places

88
00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,200
Speaker 1: they need to be and and landmarks and all that. It's,

89
00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,760
Speaker 1: you know, a constant process of reps, and we got

90
00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,000
Speaker 1: to get as many of them as you can so

91
00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,800
Speaker 1: that we can get to the point to where everybody's

92
00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,919
Speaker 1: in the right spot every play. Temperatures were in the

93
00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,479
Speaker 1: high eighties on Thursday and it was mostly cloudy. But

94
00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,279
Speaker 1: no matter the weather, there are always some struggles with

95
00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,279
Speaker 1: players getting through that first day on the field physically.

96
00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,960
Speaker 1: Moving to Friday, though it was bright, sunny, I'm a

97
00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,400
Speaker 1: little bit hotter, but the second day seemed a little

98
00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,200
Speaker 1: more manageable once getting back into football activities for this

99
00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,040
Speaker 1: football team. After practice Friday, first team All Pro defensive

100
00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,599
Speaker 1: in Klais Campbell Well, he was asked about some of

101
00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:45,960
Speaker 1: his teammates making bold predictions about the season. Good, and

102
00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,920
Speaker 1: we know that everybody in the locker room knows that.

103
00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,000
Speaker 1: You know, I'm glad that we have hot confidence. Uh,

104
00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,880
Speaker 1: you know, at the same time, we have a lot

105
00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,920
Speaker 1: of work to do. A team like a sounds as

106
00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,719
Speaker 1: we are and as hard as we work, you know,

107
00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,920
Speaker 1: we should be very good because I think I'm pretty

108
00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,680
Speaker 1: confident once they were probably hard to working the team

109
00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,080
Speaker 1: in the league, you know. And that's it's a big

110
00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,599
Speaker 1: statement because a lot of teams are working hard right

111
00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,880
Speaker 1: now and doing things. But you know, they ask a

112
00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,640
Speaker 1: lot of us, you know, But the guys you know

113
00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,360
Speaker 1: sit there and and uh and respond. You know, we

114
00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,599
Speaker 1: go out there, we push ourselves and with our talent

115
00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,240
Speaker 1: and that kind of mentality and the work ethic, I

116
00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,880
Speaker 1: think we should be pretty good. Wise words from the

117
00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,599
Speaker 1: veteran defensive lineman. Confidence for this group, but plenty of

118
00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,360
Speaker 1: work to be done now to our guests today out

119
00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,640
Speaker 1: of the wide receiver room, rookie receiver d J. Chark,

120
00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,760
Speaker 1: we flashed some during the off season program after the draft,

121
00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,000
Speaker 1: but now in training camp it's go time for the

122
00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,640
Speaker 1: second round receiver in that crowded room. We think so

123
00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,760
Speaker 1: far today, I think we're doing good. We're coming along

124
00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,040
Speaker 1: well mentally. Um, I felt like we did very well

125
00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,720
Speaker 1: definitely at the beginning. Uh that he got to us

126
00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,239
Speaker 1: a little bit at the end. I know, myself, Um,

127
00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,599
Speaker 1: something I gotta you know, keep on working. But you know,

128
00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:58,960
Speaker 1: we got twenty two practices and two against Minnesota, so

129
00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,240
Speaker 1: I definitely have a lot of time to get better.

130
00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,400
Speaker 1: Um and the team with me, the receivers, we've meant

131
00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,800
Speaker 1: to coach treat me so but like, it's definitely a

132
00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,080
Speaker 1: progress to be made. You know, the practice is one thing,

133
00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,239
Speaker 1: two and a half hours long day on the fielders

134
00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,360
Speaker 1: and walks away there. But it's a long day at

135
00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,360
Speaker 1: the facility, and you're in earlier in the morning, you're

136
00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,760
Speaker 1: here towards at night. That's gotta be a challenge to

137
00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,279
Speaker 1: just the length of the day, right, Oh yeah, I

138
00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,840
Speaker 1: wake up five five am and then I met the

139
00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:30,840
Speaker 1: facility by six fifteen, which is really six twenty Coach

140
00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,080
Speaker 1: Coughlin time. And then you know, you don't walk out

141
00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:40,200
Speaker 1: the facility until nine thirty ish nine forty five, so

142
00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,080
Speaker 1: I can't really get in bed into around ten ten fifteen.

143
00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,679
Speaker 1: You gotta repeat the cycles. So it's definitely, uh, mentally

144
00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,680
Speaker 1: draining and physically draining. But you know, this is what

145
00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,240
Speaker 1: we're here for, and these long hours helped the team

146
00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,440
Speaker 1: grow closer and you know, you can you're able to

147
00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,640
Speaker 1: focus on what you have to focus on. Rookies were

148
00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,600
Speaker 1: in about a week earlier than all the that's so

149
00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,839
Speaker 1: that acclamation the week of meetings and such. Did that

150
00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,120
Speaker 1: help you with that long day here? Oh definitely. We

151
00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,240
Speaker 1: came in, we had conditioning tests and every day we

152
00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,440
Speaker 1: was out in the heat running um lifting, and I

153
00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,840
Speaker 1: think that helped me out a whole lot. I feel

154
00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,680
Speaker 1: like if I would have came in you just had

155
00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,960
Speaker 1: to get right into practice with it. The heat would

156
00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,840
Speaker 1: hit me a little harder. But uh Stung coaches Molo

157
00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,760
Speaker 1: definitely took care of us and make sure everyone acclimated.

158
00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,720
Speaker 1: Chuck with us, take us through this room. Now, this

159
00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,800
Speaker 1: is real competition all of a sudden, it gets real

160
00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,160
Speaker 1: when training campus here, you got some vets on the roster,

161
00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,000
Speaker 1: you get a lot of new guys trying to make

162
00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,880
Speaker 1: the team here. You're one of the new guys draft

163
00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,280
Speaker 1: pick as well. So I mean it's a it's an

164
00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,400
Speaker 1: interesting group this wide receiver room. How have you guys

165
00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,320
Speaker 1: gotten along the first couple of days and how does

166
00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,520
Speaker 1: it work when you're when you're out running drills. It's

167
00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,120
Speaker 1: it's always a competition kind of thing, right, Oh, definitely,

168
00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,320
Speaker 1: it's a competition, but it's healthy competition. Uh. We have

169
00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,920
Speaker 1: guys like the leaders and uh Lee Um that step up.

170
00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,520
Speaker 1: You have Mine Reef and Cole and d d and

171
00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,840
Speaker 1: uh shot guys that have been in the system. Dante

172
00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,000
Speaker 1: knew but he picked it up pretty quickly. So those

173
00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,160
Speaker 1: guys that I could lean on. And he had the

174
00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,440
Speaker 1: freshman I mean, I said freshman, I still think I'm

175
00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:21,960
Speaker 1: in college. Uh. The rookies me um Allen. You know, Uh,

176
00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,320
Speaker 1: we got Miller and we all working together to learn

177
00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,440
Speaker 1: the plays. But we've been getting We've been getting better.

178
00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,720
Speaker 1: And you know, I begin a lot of reps, so

179
00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,120
Speaker 1: I think they help a lot. Uh And with that

180
00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,520
Speaker 1: come mistakes, But every day I cut down on the

181
00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,720
Speaker 1: mistakes a little bit more. So I think I'm definitely

182
00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,000
Speaker 1: getting to the swing of things. How do you with

183
00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,520
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks on this roster, I mean just going through

184
00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,319
Speaker 1: the reps? Is that how you guys kind of make

185
00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:47,160
Speaker 1: a connection, like with Blake and and Kessler and those guys.

186
00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,240
Speaker 1: Is it is it just working through drills for those

187
00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,520
Speaker 1: guys or how do you how do you kind of

188
00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,000
Speaker 1: make a bond with a quarterback? Oh, you know, you're

189
00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,000
Speaker 1: going through the drills all the time, and you're learning

190
00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:02,640
Speaker 1: different things about the each player. You know the tendencies.

191
00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,240
Speaker 1: And we also all in the offensive meetings together, so

192
00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,400
Speaker 1: we know what they're looking at, we know what they're thinking,

193
00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,800
Speaker 1: and things like that helped the receivers out a lot

194
00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,320
Speaker 1: when you know they make an emphasis and on what

195
00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,720
Speaker 1: the lineman dude receivers due to back dude, quarterback dude.

196
00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,520
Speaker 1: So everybody know, we're all thinking on the same page.

197
00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,719
Speaker 1: Final thoughts time out here. So we we heard that

198
00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,280
Speaker 1: you have to tell some rookie jokes today? Is that accurate?

199
00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,000
Speaker 1: Little later in the meeting room, I don't know if

200
00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,400
Speaker 1: I was a little. Bertie told me that you want

201
00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,360
Speaker 1: to try some some jokes on us here, d y

202
00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,720
Speaker 1: are you even thinking? I'm actually glad you reminded me

203
00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,960
Speaker 1: because I forgot so I'll have planned on Google and something.

204
00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,840
Speaker 1: So I'm glad you reminded me because they asked me

205
00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,880
Speaker 1: before and I didn't have a joke on hand, so

206
00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,520
Speaker 1: I just got the joke that was next to me,

207
00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,680
Speaker 1: and it was terrible. I don't even remember what it was.

208
00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,720
Speaker 1: So this time, hopefully I can impress everybody. So I

209
00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,920
Speaker 1: gotta go, uh look up Google. Good luck Man. Thank you.

210
00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,520
Speaker 1: I thank so d J for his time after practice

211
00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,880
Speaker 1: Friday on a hot practice field here in Jacksonville. The

212
00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,199
Speaker 1: upcoming schedule includes a night practice Saturday. It's open a

213
00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,560
Speaker 1: season ticket members only. The players are off Sunday and

214
00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,120
Speaker 1: then back to camp Monday for the start of five

215
00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,760
Speaker 1: straight days and full pads and those camp battles will

216
00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,080
Speaker 1: really heat up then and those are open to the

217
00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,719
Speaker 1: public as well. Jaguars dot com slash Training Camp to

218
00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,439
Speaker 1: register for free admission. Look for full coverage of training

219
00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,120
Speaker 1: camp presented by dream Finders Homes on the official team

220
00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,400
Speaker 1: website Jaguars dot Com. Thanks again to DJ Chark for

221
00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,640
Speaker 1: his time this week, and there's always a thanks to

222
00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,640
Speaker 1: Jack's manager of radio, Joe Fortunato. We'll catch you next

223
00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,400
Speaker 1: time on the j P. Shadick Podcast