Speaker 1: Welcome in Jaguars Happy Hour on this Thursday, December thirty,
Speaker 1: first New Year's Eve, J P. Shadrick with Jeff Lockman.
Speaker 1: We have a busy show ahead of Jaguars Jaguars Colts
Speaker 1: preview in week seventeen. One game to go. Can you
Speaker 1: believe it? The league? It appears at least right now,
Speaker 1: we'll get two D fifty six regular season games in
Speaker 1: in review, will take a look at some of the
Speaker 1: highlights from the Jags this year, and there on a lot,
Speaker 1: but there were some. Tony Boselli joins us at four
Speaker 1: thirty today and then head coach Doug Moron joins us
Speaker 1: at five o'clock with the Doug Moron Show on the
Speaker 1: Jaguars Radio Network. Jeff Lockman joining us now and the logs.
Speaker 1: Happy New Year to you a few hours early logs Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: Happy New Year do JP and uh and I'm sure
Speaker 1: that you're gonna be off party in big time. I
Speaker 1: don't know about that now. I mean we got another
Speaker 1: day of work tomorrow and then get ready for Sunday's game,
Speaker 1: so you know, so to answer your question, then probably yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: good for you for you amateur night tonight. It is
Speaker 1: everybody be careful out there, no drinking and driving, use
Speaker 1: your ubers and do everything tonight and be safe out there.
Speaker 1: First first, JP, I see, I see with my lovely,
Speaker 1: beautiful ten year old daughter, I can see sparklers in
Speaker 1: my future, I think. So celebrate the new year, people
Speaker 1: shooting off fireworks in my neighborhood for like three straight
Speaker 1: days already. So that's just kind of how it goes.
Speaker 1: I can. I can tell you that a few years ago,
Speaker 1: just a quick story here, because this this I want
Speaker 1: this to be a learning experience for everybody, yes okay,
Speaker 1: and to to take heed because years ago, I remember
Speaker 1: it was fourth of July and I said, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm gonna I'm gonna get these great fireworks shoot
Speaker 1: him on the beach and I have a good time.
Speaker 1: And so I buy this, I mean a bunch of
Speaker 1: I bought these big square things that have like I
Speaker 1: don't know, like uh sixty four or you know, thirty
Speaker 1: six tubes and enlightening, and it's it just starts gonna poof, poof, poof,
Speaker 1: you know. So so I get it ready and I
Speaker 1: put it on the on the beach and I get
Speaker 1: some sand up around it. You know, to kind of
Speaker 1: reinforce it. And I like that thing, and it's a poof, poof, poof,
Speaker 1: and one i'm blows up out the side. And when
Speaker 1: it blows out the side, it literally it knocks this
Speaker 1: whole cannon you know, of of tubes down on the side.
Speaker 1: And now it's pointed at us at the dunes and
Speaker 1: it's literally it's poof, poof, and we're like and unfortunately
Speaker 1: nobody was killed, but yeah, it was pretty hairy there
Speaker 1: for a while. JP and I have sworn off of
Speaker 1: any serious fireworks ever since then. And uh, and I
Speaker 1: know that Jason Pierre All has done the same thing,
Speaker 1: and I'm not trying to mock him because of what
Speaker 1: happened to him was an absolute tragedy. But so folks
Speaker 1: for tonight bringing in the New Year, please use caution
Speaker 1: and don't play with fireworks. Be safe, Be safe. I
Speaker 1: must say, since we're talking about New Year's Eve, I
Speaker 1: think my best New Year's Eve memory was a New
Speaker 1: Year's Eve concert at the Florida Theater. This is before
Speaker 1: Daily's Place existed, by the way, and Greg Allman played
Speaker 1: The Greg Allman Band played New Year's Eve at the
Speaker 1: Florida theater and not that long ago, and that was
Speaker 1: a heck of a night. He played Midnight Writer at midnight.
Speaker 1: It's pretty good. Well, I can tell you, jp Um,
Speaker 1: this might be one of the most anticipated New Year's
Speaker 1: Eves just because we want to say goodbye and and
Speaker 1: literally say a big goodbye to the year. Has been
Speaker 1: a year of a lot of stresses and new things
Speaker 1: and pandemic and social unrest and politics, and it was
Speaker 1: a year that you'd like to just go ahead and
Speaker 1: get past, you know, I mean, it was, it was
Speaker 1: definitely not It's one to remember, but it's not one
Speaker 1: to remember for positive reasons. Let's get to football. Then,
Speaker 1: one more game remaining. It will be the start of
Speaker 1: the one Calendardar year when the game kicks off on
Speaker 1: Sunday on January three. But the Jags have fourteen consecutive
Speaker 1: losses one game left, and if you ask any coach
Speaker 1: or anybody around the NFL that's involved in coaching or scouting,
Speaker 1: they know what can happen when losses pile up like this,
Speaker 1: change can happen. But Doug Moron, the Jaguars head coach,
Speaker 1: is not worried about what Monday could bring. He just
Speaker 1: wants to keep trying to keep this season going. I
Speaker 1: think it's I think it's hard to say. You know,
Speaker 1: it's been tough, it's been challenging. I think to answer
Speaker 1: to the question with the first one, um, the one
Speaker 1: foot outside the door situation with the players, UM, they
Speaker 1: haven't been like that. They're not gonna changed this week,
Speaker 1: you know. UM, I really believe that as we go forward.
Speaker 1: As far as for me as a coach, you know,
Speaker 1: when you're not doing well, you don't ever want it
Speaker 1: to end. You know, you want to try to keep
Speaker 1: you know, getting opportunities and try to keep winning and
Speaker 1: and and I think that's what's important. So one more opportunity,
Speaker 1: Logs is what's left for this team. And it feels
Speaker 1: like the last three four weeks month or so that
Speaker 1: you know, they might have had juice for a half,
Speaker 1: but then the other team just kind of puts the
Speaker 1: foot on the accelerator and pulls away from a Jaguars
Speaker 1: team that seems to be out of gas. To be
Speaker 1: quite honest with you, at this time of year, well,
Speaker 1: I certainly have feared that way last week against the Bears,
Speaker 1: because in the first half, you know, the Bears were
Speaker 1: giving you every opportunity to to take a lead, and
Speaker 1: they weren't playing very well. And then when halftime rolled around,
Speaker 1: and right before half there were some turnovers that happened
Speaker 1: and in a curious defense that allowed the Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: to get a better position to kick a field goal.
Speaker 1: And then he come out in the second half and
Speaker 1: it's just you know, it's an avalanche and and you're in.
Speaker 1: The Jaguars were caught up in at the Chicago Bears score.
Speaker 1: I think it was like four strap possessions and and
Speaker 1: it wasn't good for the Jaguars in that situation. But yeah,
Speaker 1: it's almost seems like they run out of gas or
Speaker 1: have run out of gas, and it looks seasons are long,
Speaker 1: and I and this is a young football team. And
Speaker 1: I remember being a young football player. And I'd hate
Speaker 1: to say this, but I was on a bad football
Speaker 1: team all the way back in nine and I was
Speaker 1: kind of counting down the days to where that season
Speaker 1: would end. I mean, it was it was miserable. UM
Speaker 1: didn't win a lot of games when I was with
Speaker 1: the Jets and had a coaching situation that was not
Speaker 1: very popular in my mind with Joe Walton, who was
Speaker 1: arguably the worst football coach had football coach that I've
Speaker 1: ever played for. And it did make it fun, and
Speaker 1: it wasn't a good environment. It was toxic and you
Speaker 1: just couldn't wait until the season. And but you know,
Speaker 1: on on the flip side of that, the environment with
Speaker 1: Doug own has been very positive. And I give Doug
Speaker 1: a lot of credit for that because there's a lot
Speaker 1: of coaches that would be in an environment like that
Speaker 1: and would find it very easy to just point the
Speaker 1: fingers at the roster and say, well, we're not getting
Speaker 1: it done because let me look at the roster. I
Speaker 1: mean we we don't have anybody. I mean we're the
Speaker 1: youngest team in the league where you know, twelve draft picks,
Speaker 1: we got sixteen and total rookies on the team. Doug's
Speaker 1: never done that, you know, And and Doug has continued
Speaker 1: to encourage his team and to say that, look, I
Speaker 1: appreciate these guys and are working hard, and I think
Speaker 1: that goes a long way. But you also you hit
Speaker 1: a certain point, uh, And it's human nature where you
Speaker 1: hit a certain point where he's just like, you're not
Speaker 1: getting anything in return, And I think the damn kind
Speaker 1: of broke a little bit with the Jaguars and and
Speaker 1: especially with some of the draft pick talk over the
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, and now that's kind of subsided.
Speaker 1: Can can you kind of get past that? I don't know,
Speaker 1: But the Jaguars right now are just not playing very
Speaker 1: good football jp offensively, defensively, They're just not playing good football.
Speaker 1: And I think it's gonna be tough to to beat
Speaker 1: the foot ball team that's gonna be rip roaring and
Speaker 1: ready to go in the Indianapolis cult, because look, they've
Speaker 1: got the playoffs on the line. They need a little
Speaker 1: bit of help, but the chances of them getting help
Speaker 1: are great, and so I'm sure they're preparing expecting to
Speaker 1: have that chance. Through the magic of the internet logs,
Speaker 1: I've gone and looked up the nineteen eighty nine New
Speaker 1: York Jets, and of course your team finished four. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was right. Four and twelve was the record that year.
Speaker 1: Walton was the head coach. But you guys won back
Speaker 1: to back games the last week of November in the
Speaker 1: first week of December to get to what two and nine,
Speaker 1: and then reeled off three straight losses to in the
Speaker 1: season where you were outscored by a combined eight to fourteen. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we got we got our our butts. I'll use that word,
Speaker 1: our bucks handed to us. And uh And one thing
Speaker 1: I remember about that year, we we had we had
Speaker 1: a pretty good draft class. It was oh yeah, it
Speaker 1: was number one. Of course, we know, the first round pick. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: it wasn't because of me, but I think long term,
Speaker 1: if you look at it, uh, it was myself, Dennis
Speaker 1: Bird who Dennis was a fantastic football player. We had
Speaker 1: Marvin Washington, Ron Stalworth, Joe Mott and uh and we
Speaker 1: all played a significant role and played a lot for
Speaker 1: our football team that year. But I'll just I'll never forget.
Speaker 1: I mean, we have a head coach and he calls
Speaker 1: all of us rookies in to his office and he
Speaker 1: literally proceeds to tell us how it is our fault
Speaker 1: that the season is going the way it is and
Speaker 1: that we're not carrying our own weight. And I went
Speaker 1: and I'm sitting there saying to myself, I'm a green
Speaker 1: rookie and I got this guy telling me that I'm
Speaker 1: the reason why we suck, and and he's sitting there
Speaker 1: blaming it on on us. Four guys, five guys, that
Speaker 1: were in that room. Wait a minute, I mean what
Speaker 1: about the other you know, forty seven guys that are
Speaker 1: in on our football team. And I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1: And from that point on, I lost all respect for
Speaker 1: Joe Walton. I couldn't wait until he was fired and
Speaker 1: uh and uh. Fortunately we ended up having some change
Speaker 1: and and we got a little bit better. We had
Speaker 1: Bruce Coslet as a head coach, and then I got
Speaker 1: to have one of the greatest experience working with a
Speaker 1: coach I've ever had my professional career, which was Pete
Speaker 1: Carroll was our defensive coordinator who everybody knows as the
Speaker 1: head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. And we had some
Speaker 1: marvelous coaches on that Bruce cos led staff, and uh.
Speaker 1: I could go through the list, but I won't, but
Speaker 1: I will tell you JP my rookie season was it
Speaker 1: was a tough go and uh. But the one thing
Speaker 1: I think that that that happened was I learned a lot.
Speaker 1: And I learned a lot from the veteran guys. I
Speaker 1: learned a lot from the coaches that I was around,
Speaker 1: and sometimes I learned things that weren't very positive, and
Speaker 1: I kind of swore that look, I get in that
Speaker 1: position again, I'm not gonna let this kind of happen.
Speaker 1: And and so you learn a lot. I think, you
Speaker 1: know when you're a young player, and you know, you
Speaker 1: hope that this Jaguars football team learns a lot. These
Speaker 1: young players learn a lot so that in the future
Speaker 1: is going to help them become better players. And because ultimately,
Speaker 1: this game is about winning, and if you don't win,
Speaker 1: it's not a fun job. I can tell you that.
Speaker 1: And and the reality is is that if you're not
Speaker 1: winning in the National Football League, it becomes an absolute grind.
Speaker 1: And it's not even a grind that you enjoys. It
Speaker 1: becomes toxic, and it becomes no fun, and it makes
Speaker 1: you want to find maybe a different type of employment.
Speaker 1: But the reality sets in, I can't make this kind
Speaker 1: of money doing anything that's right. So you put that
Speaker 1: along here, mullet in a ponytail and go get better,
Speaker 1: is what you would do. Roll you roll up the
Speaker 1: sleeves and you get back to work. And you know
Speaker 1: that's what this football team is gonna have to do.
Speaker 1: And a lot of these young players are gonna have
Speaker 1: to do, you know, going forward, Because when you sit
Speaker 1: there and you're expecting the caval to arrive and to
Speaker 1: provide instant help. It ain't coming. I mean it, Uh,
Speaker 1: look around yourself and and I know a lot of
Speaker 1: people are talking about Trevor Lawrence and are kind of
Speaker 1: view and him as a savior for this football team.
Speaker 1: And I think he's a wonderful football player, and I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be a tremendous asset to the Jaguars
Speaker 1: or whoever ends up drafting him. I mean, because it's
Speaker 1: not sure that Trevor Lawrence is going to be the
Speaker 1: draft pick. But there's a lot of other things that
Speaker 1: have to go right for the organization in the future,
Speaker 1: for this organization to change course and to start becoming
Speaker 1: an organization that is successful. We have flitting ahead, will
Speaker 1: return and just to moment a little more about this
Speaker 1: Jaguars Colts match up, and we'll discuss the Colts a
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Speaker 1: way back in Week one? And then Tony Boselli schedule
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Speaker 1: a coordinator, probably my twenty eight years of coaching, you
Speaker 1: know it's it's been a tough year. Um. Obviously, we
Speaker 1: do really appreciate you know, UM obviously the players and
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. It just didn't turn out the
Speaker 1: way we wanted it. Um. I think they're extremely hard
Speaker 1: working group, and uh, I think we've got a good
Speaker 1: coaching staff. But it just it just didn't turn out
Speaker 1: the way we wanted it this year. And uh, it's
Speaker 1: been frustrated. Are frustrating, but at least, you know, hopefully
Speaker 1: we can go out on good note this week. Versus
Speaker 1: Indie Todd Washed Jaguars defensive coordinator earlier this week, Welcome back, Jaguars,
Speaker 1: Happy our j P Shadrick, Jeff Lagerman. We're about what
Speaker 1: thirteen minutes away or so from Tony BASSELLI, so get
Speaker 1: your alarm clocks ready. He'll be ready at four thirty
Speaker 1: coming up to join us. Todd Wash there though, Logs
Speaker 1: obviously a tough year on the defensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: tough year for the entire team. But let's break it
Speaker 1: down to defense. I mean this group that you ran
Speaker 1: out there on opening day against the Colts, that got
Speaker 1: two interceptions on tip balls against Philip Rivers and made
Speaker 1: plays to keep that team in the game and ultimately
Speaker 1: win the game. Is not the same defense that's running
Speaker 1: out there in Week seventeen against the Colts. It's not
Speaker 1: even closed. Shobird and Miles Jack are about the only
Speaker 1: guys left from the starting group. Yeah, I mean it's uh.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at my board here because I've got a
Speaker 1: list of defenders on. I R Josh Allen Thomas, who
Speaker 1: actually played really well safety position when he was in there,
Speaker 1: d J. Hay and you're starting Nickel, Davon Hamilton who
Speaker 1: end up being your starting knows a starting corner in C. J. Henderson,
Speaker 1: you're starting Sam and Leon Jacobs, you're starting Nose and
Speaker 1: Abrey Jones. I mean it's uh. And And here's the thing, JP,
Speaker 1: when you when you have that many people on I
Speaker 1: R from a defense that had a lot of young
Speaker 1: talent and doesn't have or did not have a lot
Speaker 1: of veteran talent around it, that's a tough ask, you know.
Speaker 1: And the Jaguars defense ranked dead last in the National
Speaker 1: Football League, thirty second in yards allowed per game, and
Speaker 1: as far as scoring defense goes, there the second worst
Speaker 1: defense in the National Football League. So it's been a
Speaker 1: tough go And uh and obviously they need an influx
Speaker 1: of talent and need a little bit of change. And
Speaker 1: that's uh, that's what happens when you lose, you know,
Speaker 1: when you have fourteen consecutive losses, changes coming. Make no
Speaker 1: mistake about it. It really starts in the middle of
Speaker 1: that defensive line. We can go back to the opt
Speaker 1: outs at the start of the year as really kind
Speaker 1: of setting the tone there. Al Woods was supposed to
Speaker 1: be a big anchor in the middle. Rodney Gunter had
Speaker 1: the hard issue. Woods opted out to COVID nineteen concerns,
Speaker 1: and then Gunter, as we said, hard the hard issues,
Speaker 1: so he retired. So those two guys weren't available. Those
Speaker 1: are two big free agent names, not huge free agent names,
Speaker 1: but for the Jaguars, big names that you had signed
Speaker 1: hoping they would contribute. That didn't happen. And they haven't
Speaker 1: been able really to catch up on the interior all
Speaker 1: year long. And that's where teams have attacked this group.
Speaker 1: When you don't have that stout interior of your defensive line,
Speaker 1: teams can just run right at you. I mean, you
Speaker 1: go you go back and you compare this team to
Speaker 1: the one you had in seventeen. It's just, I mean
Speaker 1: it's not it's not even close. And and how do
Speaker 1: you go from that defense that you had in in seventeen,
Speaker 1: which at one point was on on a pace to
Speaker 1: do historic things and almost did historic things as a
Speaker 1: defense two twenty three years later, I mean, you're you're
Speaker 1: the worst in the league. I mean, just, I mean,
Speaker 1: how how do you let that happen? Well, a lot
Speaker 1: of different reasons. We start trading people, Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's you know, and and and I just don't know how, Uh,
Speaker 1: the personnel department expected the Jaguars to be able to
Speaker 1: have a chance when you go from that type of
Speaker 1: roster to literally starting a new and uh and look
Speaker 1: at especially and it wasn't expected. But you had a
Speaker 1: year of COVID. And so the last thing that you
Speaker 1: want to do when you don't have the ability to
Speaker 1: practice and to have O T A s and mini
Speaker 1: camps is to go extremely young. And because you know,
Speaker 1: you don't you just it's hard it look, there's nothing. Well, look,
Speaker 1: young players have to get better. I mean, young players
Speaker 1: have to get repetitions to be able to be better.
Speaker 1: And much like and the reason I brought up the
Speaker 1: story about Joe Walton You can't expect the core of
Speaker 1: your football team to be rookies and expect them to
Speaker 1: carry your football team. It just doesn't work. And it's
Speaker 1: never worked in the National Football League. I mean, look
Speaker 1: at look at the history of the league. It doesn't
Speaker 1: It doesn't work. And so a tough year, and you'd
Speaker 1: like to have a lot of maybe a do over
Speaker 1: to where you say, Okay, well we don't want to
Speaker 1: go that young, and let's add some veteran guys where
Speaker 1: we can, and then we'll sprinkle in the young guys.
Speaker 1: And but it certainly didn't work out that way, and
Speaker 1: obviously it was a it was a big mistake. So
Speaker 1: this week against the Indianapolis Colts that are running the
Speaker 1: ball very well with Jonathan Taylor and Philip Rivers is
Speaker 1: basically playing on one foot these days, what kind of
Speaker 1: challenges this matchup this week? Well, Jonathan Taylor is a
Speaker 1: good football player now and he takes a lot of
Speaker 1: pressure off of everybody. And the reason why it's important
Speaker 1: for the Colts is they've got some issues that tackle
Speaker 1: Costanzo ended up going on into reserve because he had
Speaker 1: an ankle injury in practice. I guess it was last
Speaker 1: week and it requires surgery, so he's going to go
Speaker 1: to I R to get the surgery. Brandon Smith, who
Speaker 1: was their starting right tackle, was on the COVID list.
Speaker 1: He has been activated from that. So they've had issues
Speaker 1: and they're gonna have some some issues, I think even
Speaker 1: this week with Costanzo out. But when you have issues
Speaker 1: with the offensive line, the hardest thing in the world
Speaker 1: for backup offensive lineman or replacement offensive lineman and Douce
Speaker 1: pass protect and that's not what the Jaguars do very well.
Speaker 1: And the easiest thing for offensive lineman to do is
Speaker 1: to run block, and that's exactly what the Indianapolis Colts
Speaker 1: want to do. They've got a great back in Jonathan Taylor,
Speaker 1: which remember when the Jaguars fay the Colts the first time,
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor was still trying to figure out which way
Speaker 1: to run and Marlon Mack was the feature back. With
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack end up getting hurt, he goes on I R.
Speaker 1: And and all of a sudden, Jonathan Taylor has to
Speaker 1: carry the load. And over the last four weeks, Jonathan
Speaker 1: Taylor has arguably been the best back in the National
Speaker 1: Football League, if not the best back one of the
Speaker 1: best backs. And there's only two people in the National
Speaker 1: Football League that are going to compete with James Robinson
Speaker 1: for the rookie title holder of the yard most yards
Speaker 1: from scrimmage for the year. And it's two. It's Justin
Speaker 1: Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings, and then this Jonathan Taylor
Speaker 1: that we're gonna see this week with the Indianapolis colt
Speaker 1: he's been that good. As much as we rave about
Speaker 1: James Robinson, Jonathan Taylor wasn't in the starting lineup brought away.
Speaker 1: He worked his way into it, and he's a tremendous
Speaker 1: back and uh, and he's got a chance to surpass
Speaker 1: James Robinson's total yards from scrimmage in this game this week.
Speaker 1: The last five games he's played, he uh. He's played
Speaker 1: five out of the last six games, by the way,
Speaker 1: for the Colts. He's got ninety yards or more. In
Speaker 1: three of those he went for eighty three, another time
Speaker 1: seventy four. In the last three games, he's got five touchdowns.
Speaker 1: So he's finding the end zone. He's getting all that
Speaker 1: yardage and doing things the right way for Indianapolis. And
Speaker 1: he's a tough because even though I mean, look Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers is potential Hall of Famer. Uh, he's uh in
Speaker 1: top ten and numerous cat potential. He's going to the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. Locks that's the argument, he's gotta go,
Speaker 1: you gotta put him in anyway. Well, I mean you
Speaker 1: don't have to. I mean, you don't have to put
Speaker 1: anybody in. Well, he's gonna go, and well, I mean
Speaker 1: maybe not. I mean, look, you never know. I'm just
Speaker 1: it's not nothing. Nobody's a shoe in. I don't think
Speaker 1: I don't think he's a shoe and I think there
Speaker 1: are certain guys that are an absolute shoe in. But
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers I would expect to be in right. But
Speaker 1: I don't want to say he's a he's a definite.
Speaker 1: But but my point is is that he has been
Speaker 1: a marvelous quarterback to where he could shoulder the bird
Speaker 1: and carry a football team if need be. And that's
Speaker 1: not the Philip Rivers over the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is at his best when he doesn't feel
Speaker 1: like he has to carry the football team, because when
Speaker 1: he does feel like that, he starts to throw the
Speaker 1: ball to the wrong color jerseys, as we saw in
Speaker 1: Week one and then we've seen for many years, the
Speaker 1: last couple of years that he was with the Chargers.
Speaker 1: So this year, I think with the Marlon Mack running
Speaker 1: the football and then Jonathan Taylor running football and having success,
Speaker 1: takes a lot of pressure off of Philip Rivers. That
Speaker 1: allows him to be a better quarterback because it doesn't
Speaker 1: feel the bird to carry the football team. And that
Speaker 1: makes the Indianapolis Colts better. And I think that's the
Speaker 1: big difference between Week one when the Jaguars face them
Speaker 1: too now where they're facing them, is that the big
Speaker 1: difference is is that they're not expecting Philip Rivers to
Speaker 1: carry a team. I was so curious the first week
Speaker 1: when the Indianapolis Colts. You come out with Frank Reich
Speaker 1: and you got this offense that in the past when
Speaker 1: you had Jocoby Burr said at the quarterback position, you
Speaker 1: were relying on your run game and that very good,
Speaker 1: if not great, offensive line that had, and they came
Speaker 1: out of the gate, We're letting Philip Rivers throw the
Speaker 1: ball over the yard and I was like, man, I
Speaker 1: can't believe that they're doing this because their strength is
Speaker 1: their offensive line. But you know're not They're not even
Speaker 1: trying to run the football, and I mean, heck, when
Speaker 1: you got a guy like Quentin Nelson who starts hollering
Speaker 1: when he's hitting people and pulling and stuff, I mean, man,
Speaker 1: let him, let him yell, you know. And they just
Speaker 1: didn't do it in week one, So I don't expect
Speaker 1: that kind of a game plan this week. I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna come out and try to establish a hard
Speaker 1: nosed attitude and run Jonathan Taylor harden and allow Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers to pick and choose when he wants to throw
Speaker 1: the football. Let's come back in a moment. Tony Baselly
Speaker 1: is scheduled to join us. We'll get into the Jaguars
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Speaker 1: go back and look at where he came from and
Speaker 1: and and uh, the opportunities he had in training camp
Speaker 1: for a few and far between and then when he
Speaker 1: did get them to take advantage of him like he did,
Speaker 1: and then be thrust into the starting role week one, Um,
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Speaker 1: I'm happy for I'm proud of him. I know he's
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Speaker 1: pleasure coaching them, that's for sure. That's Jake Gruden, Jaguar's
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. Earlier this week Welcome Back Jaguars Happy Hour,
Speaker 1: and he's speaking of James Robinson, by the way, Jaguars
Speaker 1: running back j P Shadrick, Jeff Lockman, and Tony Vaselli
Speaker 1: joins us. Now proud of the Jaguars left tackle. Happy
Speaker 1: New Year, Tony, what's up? Happy New Year's guys? Are
Speaker 1: we doing? We're ready getting ready for Week seventeen? Doing
Speaker 1: well over here, you know, trying to get to the
Speaker 1: new year, New new year, New Jags team this Sunday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's just about over it is. It's it's been a
Speaker 1: long year. That's there's no doubt about it. Most people
Speaker 1: in this world are ready to get behind them and
Speaker 1: move on to one. And I think most Jags fans
Speaker 1: are saying, hey, bring one, let's get this behind us.
Speaker 1: Let's get this uh fourteen, losing game, losing street behind us.
Speaker 1: Hopefully you can start of the upset victory over the
Speaker 1: Colts and send those guys home packing. That'd be nice
Speaker 1: to have. I think. Also, let me add to this
Speaker 1: that I think Jaguars fans uh there. I'm sure there's
Speaker 1: some of them that are very happy to be able
Speaker 1: to to be back to rooting for their football team
Speaker 1: this week, because I think there was quite a few
Speaker 1: Jaguar fans last week that were maybe miniature Chicago Bears
Speaker 1: fans so that the Jaguars could get the first overall picks.
Speaker 1: I'm kind of glad that that's behind everything and behind
Speaker 1: us now so that you can get back to rooting
Speaker 1: your team on the victory. How many people you think
Speaker 1: outside of the players, coaches, and their immediate families members
Speaker 1: were rooting for the Jags victory last week, like a
Speaker 1: per cent than I percent umust even get a percent.
Speaker 1: I won't think it's one percent. I'm thinking, like people, yeah,
Speaker 1: not a whole lot. I don't think. I mean, I
Speaker 1: can tell you this that when when the Jaguars lost
Speaker 1: to the Chicago Bears and in the New York just
Speaker 1: one I mean, my phone just blew up. Everybody's like, yes,
Speaker 1: Jack Wards are gonna get the first pick. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm just like, Okay, I know that. I mean, you
Speaker 1: don't have to tell me that. I'm kind of in
Speaker 1: the football business and I can, you know, decipher all
Speaker 1: that information myself. But I mean just people's level of excitement,
Speaker 1: and I get it because the level of excitement that
Speaker 1: people are having in association with having the first overall
Speaker 1: draft pick is that it represents hope. It represents hope
Speaker 1: that this football team can be better in the future.
Speaker 1: That was hereing for people. I had not heard from
Speaker 1: it forever, like all out of the blue, Hey, number
Speaker 1: one pick, and well, yeah, I'm sitting right here, I
Speaker 1: get it. Thanks for the news. Yeah, we've been living it.
Speaker 1: We get it. That's right now. This week to pull
Speaker 1: the upset against the Indianapolis Colts, they might have to
Speaker 1: do it without some offensive pieces. James Robinson didn't practice
Speaker 1: again today. Doug Marone earlier this week was honest with
Speaker 1: everybody and said it's really likely he's not going to play.
Speaker 1: We just heard J Gruden discuss his rookie campaign so far.
Speaker 1: Colin Johnson the same way. Doug Maroon said he's probably
Speaker 1: not available this week. DJ Chark hasn't practiced this week
Speaker 1: yet with a shin issue. So you're losing some big
Speaker 1: time offensive pieces if if those three guys aren't out there, Tony, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean listen, even if you had all of them,
Speaker 1: it's a tough it's tough sledding. I mean, they beat
Speaker 1: this team opening weekend with out forcing a punt um.
Speaker 1: They played pretty good offensively. They were opportunistic with some
Speaker 1: uh Philip rivers uh uh turnovers. But yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's an offensive struggled to score the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: They've scaredled. They struggled to score all year, and so
Speaker 1: now you're gonna you know, we we've done. James Robinson
Speaker 1: was gonna play, you know, don't now, No DJ Chark,
Speaker 1: So I think it's tough. Um. This is a game
Speaker 1: that's The only way they have a chance to win,
Speaker 1: in my opinion is you know, a bunch of turnovers
Speaker 1: from the Colts, a score maybe on defensive score and
Speaker 1: special teams. I mean that it's one of those games
Speaker 1: now you need all three phases scoring points because offensively
Speaker 1: you're just not gonna have enough, especially gets a good
Speaker 1: Colts defense. Yeah, I think it's a shame. I'm disappointed
Speaker 1: for James Robinson because he could have set some records.
Speaker 1: I mean, and he was on pace to do it.
Speaker 1: He's been tremendous and then to have the tackle end
Speaker 1: up hurting his ankle and taking him out of the
Speaker 1: last two games. I think it's very unfortunate because I
Speaker 1: think he only needed like thirty five yards end up
Speaker 1: surpassing Dominic Roads for the all time undrafted rookie rusher
Speaker 1: and UH and at the pace that he was gone,
Speaker 1: he had a good opportunity at breaking Fred Taylor's rookie
Speaker 1: record for yards rushing by rookie in the season. So
Speaker 1: unfortunate for him and UH. But at the same token,
Speaker 1: you don't want to have a guy going out there
Speaker 1: and if he's got a high ankle, I don't know,
Speaker 1: but you don't need a guy that you just discovered
Speaker 1: this year and he could be a real strong building
Speaker 1: block for you in the future. You don't put him
Speaker 1: at risk for for a game in which you're you're
Speaker 1: one in fourteen. You just you just don't do it.
Speaker 1: I mean, even if it's like, okay, he can play,
Speaker 1: he can grit it out. You know, let's give him,
Speaker 1: you know, taping aspirin to it and pop a couple
Speaker 1: of tailing all or you know, take a couple of
Speaker 1: shots of tour it all or whatever the old school
Speaker 1: ways of doing it work. No, I mean, just you
Speaker 1: just don't do it. I mean, he's, uh, he's gonna
Speaker 1: be a valuable part of this franchise going in the future. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let him sit, let him get ready for campaign, because
Speaker 1: he will be a building block for this team. And
Speaker 1: we'll see what they run out there at receiver this week.
Speaker 1: If all those guys aren't out there either, I mean,
Speaker 1: you'll have some new faces at that post. I don't worry.
Speaker 1: I don't worry about I don't I don't worry about
Speaker 1: the wide receiver group. I think they got they got
Speaker 1: some talented guys, They've got depth. It's the it's the
Speaker 1: one position group that at the beginning of the year,
Speaker 1: I think everybody and we all thought that that was
Speaker 1: one of the one of the groups that was a
Speaker 1: position of strength. And uh. And I think Caitlin Cole
Speaker 1: and Laviska Chanal and some of these young guys that
Speaker 1: they even have on the practice squad, I think they'll
Speaker 1: be totally fine. The big question is is not the
Speaker 1: wide receiver group, it's can the quarterback get him the ball? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Mike Lennon getting the start this week, and you know,
Speaker 1: let's we got Tony here, So let's get into the
Speaker 1: offensive line while we're at it. And I think we
Speaker 1: talked about this every week on every show pretty much,
Speaker 1: but let's start at left tackle Cam Robinson. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's got one game to go in this contract year.
Speaker 1: What has he proven to you this year? Tony? Um,
Speaker 1: he's better than he's been all year, I mean in
Speaker 1: his career, and this is his best football seasons as
Speaker 1: far as the left tackle, still a consistent still not
Speaker 1: top level against top competition. Outside of last week, I
Speaker 1: thought be played well because that bears front of the
Speaker 1: both tackles did for the most part. Um. So you know,
Speaker 1: he's a free agent. JP We've talked about it on
Speaker 1: the Monday Show quite a bit. I mean, here's my
Speaker 1: position on the whole thing. If you look at camera Robinson,
Speaker 1: he's been there four years. Do I believe came Robin
Speaker 1: says talent? Yes? Do I believe he brings toughness yes?
Speaker 1: Is he a good run blocker? Yes, He's inconsistent in
Speaker 1: the past game because of technique, not because of ability
Speaker 1: in my opinion, Um, what's that said? He's had one
Speaker 1: above average year and that would be this year. It's
Speaker 1: his contract year. So do you pay a guy a
Speaker 1: bunch of money which left tackles to get a ton
Speaker 1: of money in today's market based on a one above
Speaker 1: average year where he was ready to play. He was
Speaker 1: a professional, meaning he was in shape, he looked ready,
Speaker 1: his body was ready and everything else. But it was
Speaker 1: his contract. Here are you willing to put a bunch
Speaker 1: of money in that left tackle position to uh in
Speaker 1: a guy like that? For me? Um, obviously you know
Speaker 1: you would want to talk to him if you can
Speaker 1: get the right price that's good for him and good
Speaker 1: the team where both sides are happy. Um, then absolutely
Speaker 1: you would do it because you're gonna have a young quarterback.
Speaker 1: You know, assuming they Trevor Lawrence, that you need to
Speaker 1: make sure you have above average, very good offensive line
Speaker 1: and you don't want to fill a left tackle position
Speaker 1: as well as several other positions on this team. But um,
Speaker 1: my guest is Camera Robinson's who want to be a
Speaker 1: free agent? Test free agency? And I'm not sure you're
Speaker 1: this team's gonna want to pay as much money as
Speaker 1: it's gonna take based on what a left tackle can
Speaker 1: get in the open market. I think Cam Robinson would
Speaker 1: be crazy not to try to go to a free
Speaker 1: agency and ye know, but there here's the reality. There's
Speaker 1: not a team in the National Football League that's gonna
Speaker 1: have more cap space to be able to spend on
Speaker 1: a free agent left tackle than the Jaguars. You know,
Speaker 1: the Jaguars are gonna have a ton of cap space.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of teams in the National
Speaker 1: Football League this year this off season are gonna be
Speaker 1: trying to figure out ways not to sign a left tackle,
Speaker 1: but trying to figure out ways in which they can
Speaker 1: get out of the cap, which is gonna take a
Speaker 1: significant drop because of loss of revenue from COVID. So
Speaker 1: what will the market Bear. I think that's gonna be
Speaker 1: a tricky situation, and I think it's one that you
Speaker 1: almost want to allow the player to get to the
Speaker 1: market so that he can see where the market is at,
Speaker 1: because if his expectation is built and I don't know
Speaker 1: what his expectation it is, just let me perhaps it
Speaker 1: was that, But if his expectation is based on what
Speaker 1: the numbers of other left tackles are in the league,
Speaker 1: and they got their numbers based on other salary cap situations,
Speaker 1: and it's it's hard to be realistic with the with
Speaker 1: the guy unless you allow him to get to that
Speaker 1: to the market to actually see what it's gonna bear. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, look at you look at what Garrett Bowls
Speaker 1: just signed for same draft class. He's a late first
Speaker 1: rounder with the dever Broncos. He just signed a seventeen
Speaker 1: million dollar on average. I think it's a four year
Speaker 1: deal with a bunch of money guaranteed. Jeff, you pay
Speaker 1: Cam Robinson seventeen million bucks a year to play left
Speaker 1: tackle for your team? No, and I wouldn't have paid
Speaker 1: Garrett Bowls that, Bundy. But if that's the market, I mean,
Speaker 1: that's I mean that if that's the price tag you have.
Speaker 1: You have significant money and you're sending significant money in
Speaker 1: your left guard. Um which by the way, both of
Speaker 1: out performed your left tackle in my position. As far
Speaker 1: as just play overall play, um M. You gotta make
Speaker 1: a decision. And I agree with Jeff. I mean the
Speaker 1: Caps can be interesting this year. I do think you
Speaker 1: can sit back and maybe take a little bit of time.
Speaker 1: Now I would take a shot at camf you can
Speaker 1: get him from ten to twelve million bucks if he's
Speaker 1: willing to sign it, which I'd be shocked if he
Speaker 1: would be. I think he will want to test the market.
Speaker 1: Um I would go. I would sign him. But if
Speaker 1: you test the market. I think the conversation with his
Speaker 1: age and said, hey listen, go test it. Um understand though,
Speaker 1: we're going to test the mark. Where to go out
Speaker 1: there and find a left tackle and if you don't
Speaker 1: get what you like, give us a call back, because
Speaker 1: you know it's not that you don't like Cam Cam Robinson,
Speaker 1: but there's just a price you're willing to pay. And
Speaker 1: and I like Cam a lot. But here's the reality, guys.
Speaker 1: He's had one above average year this year. He was
Speaker 1: not he was not good last year. After an a
Speaker 1: c L. That can be in fine coming off in a
Speaker 1: a c L. By the way, it was a year
Speaker 1: total of one year to rehab. His second year before
Speaker 1: he hurt the a c L, he was not good.
Speaker 1: He was bad. His rookie year he was Okay, you
Speaker 1: give him above average the good because he's a rookie.
Speaker 1: When you have to look at the body of work,
Speaker 1: not based on what you think he can do, because
Speaker 1: I think Cam is that good athlete. I think he's big.
Speaker 1: Long to like him like as an individual, but you
Speaker 1: have to look at the body of working. You have
Speaker 1: to look what he's done on the field, and that's
Speaker 1: where where when a player's best year is his is
Speaker 1: his contract year and it's still not superstar level. It's
Speaker 1: not like except exceptional boor. You gotta take a pause.
Speaker 1: You gotta take a long pause and say, Okay, what
Speaker 1: are we getting? How much of the are cap? How
Speaker 1: much do we want of our cap allocation? Do we
Speaker 1: want to dedicate to that guy? Big question marks ahead.
Speaker 1: We'll see what the new regime has in mind too.
Speaker 1: It's a new uh, new GM, new decision maker on
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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, no, you know, I've always approach this
Speaker 1: game the same way I've approached it, in an approach
Speaker 1: of hey, doing the best. I think that. Um, you know, obviously,
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Speaker 1: You are are a big ball of energy today. What
Speaker 1: are you talking about? I'm bringing I'm bringing this, I'm
Speaker 1: bringing my fastball. JP. Really is this okay? Well, I
Speaker 1: mean listen, what else you want me? I'm you know,
Speaker 1: it's uh fourteen game losing streak, we're talking about free agency. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's the last game of the year. We're hoping against
Speaker 1: all hope of a victory. In an upset UM. We
Speaker 1: started Doug Brown talking about liking to hug and everything else,
Speaker 1: and he because he's being asked about his future, which is,
Speaker 1: you know, not a great conversation when you're one in fourteen.
Speaker 1: I mean, come on, I mean that's it. I mean,
Speaker 1: whoever asked that question? I mean it's like, what do
Speaker 1: you want to say? It was, by the way, not
Speaker 1: to name names, it was Mike Rocco. I mean, come on, Mike,
Speaker 1: you know better than that. I mean, it's so it's tough,
Speaker 1: it's no fun, but it's it's New Year's Eve. JP.
Speaker 1: I'm jacked up. I'm I'm with you, guys. Um, we
Speaker 1: got looking forward to the game. This weekend is coming
Speaker 1: and behind us, like, what else you need? Man? I'm
Speaker 1: I'm bringing I'm bringing the stuff tonight and if anybody
Speaker 1: wants the calendar to turn to one, it to be
Speaker 1: Tony B. I would think. Yeah, for a lot of
Speaker 1: the family. My family has been through a number of
Speaker 1: health issues, a number of health issues. Um. Continue, we're
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of a lot of things going
Speaker 1: on the old Basely clan. Um, I'm fat as hell, I've, I've, I've,
Speaker 1: I've dedicated myself. That is gonna be a better year,
Speaker 1: making some lifestyle changes. Um, We're gonna lose some weight
Speaker 1: and be healthy JP. Yeah, so I can't wait. I mean,
Speaker 1: so I don'na go out strong? Can I thought that
Speaker 1: that much doubt about that? Let's be clear. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: I I for some odd reason, I believe you. So
Speaker 1: it's gonna be changing. The change is coming. There's changing
Speaker 1: coming to the base life, the lifestyle Bassell hashtag. Just
Speaker 1: call it change. Big stuff coming. And we'll see if
Speaker 1: there's changes coming up Monday for the Jacksonville Jaguars, we're
Speaker 1: already looking for a new GM. Could there be complete
Speaker 1: changes in the coaching? Uh, you know, front, we'll see.
Speaker 1: We'll wait and see what Shaan does. This is why
Speaker 1: it's such a strange week, because there is a football
Speaker 1: game to prepare for. But then there's you know, there's
Speaker 1: the balance of maybe players and coaches, you know, putting
Speaker 1: their foot out in the parking lot to get out
Speaker 1: of here or being forced out of here. There's a lot,
Speaker 1: just a lot to maneuver through logs, JP, I can
Speaker 1: I can tell you, you you know, go back to that
Speaker 1: rookie season when Joe Walton was was the head coach.
Speaker 1: You've been you must have a beef with him, because
Speaker 1: that's like the fifth time you brought up Joe Walton today. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm bringing it up in the constant context that I
Speaker 1: remember the last game of the year that we had
Speaker 1: and that you know, it was such a miserable year,
Speaker 1: and uh I couldn't wait for it to end. And
Speaker 1: I literally I had my I had like the last
Speaker 1: game of the year was on a Sunday, I want
Speaker 1: to say Friday. For the most part, I spent packing
Speaker 1: up all of my stuff so that literally when we
Speaker 1: had the last meeting, which was the day after the
Speaker 1: last game on Monday, I didn't even have to go
Speaker 1: back to the house that I rented to load my truck.
Speaker 1: My truck would be loaded up. I couldn't. I couldn't
Speaker 1: wait for that, for that season to end and to
Speaker 1: and to move on and to try to find a
Speaker 1: better way of doing things in my second year, because
Speaker 1: you know, look, your first year in the National Football
Speaker 1: League as a grind and it's an eye opener. I
Speaker 1: can I can tell you that. I must say that's
Speaker 1: partly probably part of the reason why you guys lost
Speaker 1: thirty seven to nothing in the final week of the season.
Speaker 1: But well, I gotta say that, unfortunately I got hurt
Speaker 1: in that last Okay, that's what it was. This is
Speaker 1: this is a true story, true story. Okay. I I
Speaker 1: got an ankle which uh I had an ankle issue
Speaker 1: in high school one time. It was nothing big, you know,
Speaker 1: got recovered from it and came back and played and
Speaker 1: it never had an ankle injury or anything in college.
Speaker 1: And last game in my rookie year, I got an
Speaker 1: ankle injury. And Tony will appreciate this. I'm so I
Speaker 1: got sent the locker room. They said, look, you're done,
Speaker 1: I mean you can't play, and like, all right, so
Speaker 1: what do I do. They're like, well, just go locker room,
Speaker 1: take a shower, so you're all right? Really, so I
Speaker 1: go to the locker room, and and before I go
Speaker 1: to the shower, I'm in there at the urinal you know,
Speaker 1: you got you know, twenty of them lined up on
Speaker 1: the wall for you know, your home locker room. And
Speaker 1: I'm sitting there and I'm taking a pee, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, guy walks up to the urinal, you know,
Speaker 1: not right next to me, but fairly close to me.
Speaker 1: And I turned and look and it's it's Leon Hess
Speaker 1: and he's he's the owner of the jet at that time,
Speaker 1: you know, Hess whole company. And uh, he turns and
Speaker 1: he looks at me, and he goes, He goes, Jeff,
Speaker 1: he goes. Tough season and tough season and not a
Speaker 1: whole lot of good things happening. And I said, yes, sir,
Speaker 1: I said, uh, definitely, some things need to change for
Speaker 1: us to be better. And he says, changes coming, young man,
Speaker 1: Change is coming. And that was one of my moments,
Speaker 1: first time I ever really dealing with the ownership. You know,
Speaker 1: I never really had a very long conversation with Leon
Speaker 1: Hesse at all, and and but it was one of
Speaker 1: the things that you just remember forever. You know, you're
Speaker 1: a rookie player and all of a sudden you get
Speaker 1: to have a short conversation at a urinal with the
Speaker 1: owner of the football team, Jeff. Jeff was just thankful
Speaker 1: it wasn't too serious of an ankle injury. Is probably
Speaker 1: one of those like little sprains that can't play that day,
Speaker 1: but don't have to be back for rossins and treatment.
Speaker 1: You can go out, you can go exactly. Are those
Speaker 1: are the way to do them? So? Um, obviously a
Speaker 1: strange week, but an opportunity that the Colts need this game, Tony.
Speaker 1: They have to win. They need some help as well,
Speaker 1: and it's their own fault because they had a big
Speaker 1: lead against Pittsburgh last week and let it slip away
Speaker 1: and they lost the game. They didn't punt against the
Speaker 1: Jaguars in Week one. A couple other losses in there
Speaker 1: too that they could point to, but those are two
Speaker 1: big ones that stay it out right now for Indianapolis. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think, I mean, this Colts team needs
Speaker 1: a lot of help. Um, they need to you know,
Speaker 1: they need to win. They need you know, in the
Speaker 1: Browns or the Ravens or the Dolphins, one of those
Speaker 1: three teams will lose the game. And uh no, you know,
Speaker 1: and at ten and five. They're sitting there. You know,
Speaker 1: we're gonna could be eleven and five and going home,
Speaker 1: And I definitely think they'll be looking back at that
Speaker 1: Jaguar game. You know, if they win this, if they
Speaker 1: win Sunday, the Jaguars will be the only win that
Speaker 1: that you know against the Colts. Um if they if
Speaker 1: they can't win, and the Jags can find a way
Speaker 1: to put a upset victory, culture going home. So overall,
Speaker 1: I got it. If you're a Colts fan based on
Speaker 1: what they did in the offseason, spent the money in
Speaker 1: the force, Buckner on the defense, and bring Philip Rivers in.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think there was expect I mean, I
Speaker 1: know they're high expectations. You expect to be in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: If they somehow win or lose on Sunday end up
Speaker 1: not in the playoffs, are gonna be pretty disappointed. And
Speaker 1: it will be. It will be. I think counting is
Speaker 1: a disappointing season. Um, so you know you're gonna get
Speaker 1: their best. You know they're gonna be focused. You know
Speaker 1: they're gonna be coming out and from snap one, uh,
Speaker 1: ready to play. So you gotta match it. If you're
Speaker 1: in the Jaguars. You're you're a team that's probably a
Speaker 1: lot of guys doing Jeff to packing up this week,
Speaker 1: Reynolds head home, get ready to go um as soon
Speaker 1: as that Monday meetings are over, and you've got to
Speaker 1: find a way to focus. You gotta find a way
Speaker 1: to go out there and give great effort and try
Speaker 1: to steal victory somehow. Yeah, the the official uh Tony,
Speaker 1: you mentioned three teams. If any of these four teams
Speaker 1: lose and the Colts win, they're in. So it's Miami.
Speaker 1: If Miami loses and they play at Buffalo. If Baltimore loses,
Speaker 1: they play at Cincinnati. If Cleveland loses and there at
Speaker 1: home against Pittsburgh, which Pittsburgh is resting their team, or
Speaker 1: if Tennessee loses in there at Houston. Any of those
Speaker 1: four teams lose and the Colts win, then they're in.
Speaker 1: So I can't imagine one of those things is not
Speaker 1: happening for the Colts, right. I mean, it feels like
Speaker 1: it's it's adding up, at least on paper, but you
Speaker 1: never know. A week seventeen, weird things can happen. In
Speaker 1: this last week when all the games were being played
Speaker 1: at the same time, and we saw that. Even remember
Speaker 1: back in seventeen, the Bills got in on like a
Speaker 1: random play in another game very late after we had
Speaker 1: It's one of those like it's a strange, strange week
Speaker 1: sometimes and teams can step up and play big in
Speaker 1: a big moment there late in the season. So a
Speaker 1: chance to direct the Colts playoff hopes. And then the
Speaker 1: last week of this season for the Jacksonville Jaguar snapped
Speaker 1: this fourteen game losing skid. I know Doug Maroon, We're
Speaker 1: gonna hear from him in just a couple of minutes, Tony.
Speaker 1: But that's what it's about. Snapped this kid. Get a
Speaker 1: good taste before the end of this season. Somehow. What
Speaker 1: a long season. It's been fourteen weeks, I mean opening
Speaker 1: week and they got a victory that I think we
Speaker 1: were all surprised about. Um, it really stole a game
Speaker 1: where you didn't force a punt, we got some turnovers
Speaker 1: and did a good up and then they play in
Speaker 1: the Titans close and you're thinking, Okay, maybe they got
Speaker 1: something going here, but still again gave a lot of points.
Speaker 1: But since then it has been one loss after another
Speaker 1: loss after another loss. Some close games in the middle
Speaker 1: of the season there, but the last three weeks have
Speaker 1: been getting blown out, so I cannot imagine the wear
Speaker 1: and tearrible physically and mentally on this team and coaching staff.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a grind. It is so hard. Um.
Speaker 1: The NFL season is hard enough all by itself, but
Speaker 1: and that's what you're winning, um, and you and when
Speaker 1: you it's lost after loss, the grind is unbelievable. And
Speaker 1: so these guys are exhausted and hopefully can come out
Speaker 1: and find a way to give one last great effort. Alright, Tony,
Speaker 1: Happy New Year. We will catch up with you this
Speaker 1: weekend for the pregame show. Yeah, looking forward to j P.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good time. Jeff, Happy New Year's you,
Speaker 1: your family, UH give your lovely wife Tara a big
Speaker 1: happy New Year's hug, and UH appreciate you guys both.
Speaker 1: Good friendship. Thanks for all the support this year, and
Speaker 1: let's get let's get ready for a great Let's get
Speaker 1: this damn thing behind us and have a great one
Speaker 1: next year. Let's flip that calendar in just a few
Speaker 1: hours from now. Tony Boselli out of here are thanks
Speaker 1: for prior of the Jaguars left tackle and Jeff Flagerman
Speaker 1: with us just one final moment here. We have the
Speaker 1: Doug Moron Show coming up in just a few minutes
Speaker 1: on the Jaguars Radio Network. Our last chance in the
Speaker 1: regular season to visit with head coach Doug Marone and
Speaker 1: we'll get his thoughts on trying to snap that losing
Speaker 1: skid and get a positive taste in week seventeen. And
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to the conversation with Doug tonight lugs. Yeah, absolutely. Uh. Look,
Speaker 1: I want to find out JP didn't. I haven't even
Speaker 1: asked you what you got for Christmas. I want to
Speaker 1: find out what Doug got for Christmas. I mean it's uh,
Speaker 1: it's the holiday season, man, A little little Christmas spirit,
Speaker 1: a little little New Year spirit going on here. Yeah. Um,
Speaker 1: So we'll get to when we come back. We'll be
Speaker 1: back at a moment on the Jaguars Radio Network. The
Speaker 1: Doug Brone Show is right around the corner. Our thanks
Speaker 1: to Tony Boselli, Scott Kushner stepping in tonight, Brent Reeber,
Speaker 1: and our entire crew. I'm JP Shadrick. We'll catch you
Speaker 1: next time. Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars digital network,