WEBVTT - Jags A.M. Podcast Ep. 126 | Young Talent We Need to See in Final 3 Weeks 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:18.560 Welcome into jag Zam. It's week sixteen. 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:21.079 I'm ka Nannie Stevens, and Brian and John are with 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:22.480 me here today as well. We're going to talk a 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:24.680 little bit about this game in Las Vegas that's coming 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:27.080 up as the Jaguars get ready for their final three 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:28.960 games of the season. So let's start out with big 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:30.240 thing number one, which is time. 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:31.280 There are three. 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:33.960 Remaining games in this regular season, and because there's no 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.240 playoff contention for this team, it is time to focus 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:38.080 on the younger players. 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.040 From a coaching perspective, gives you an idea of the 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.600 type of player that you drafted and you brought on 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.120 your team. And then for the player, it gives him 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:49.559 confidence going into you know. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:50.160 The offseason. 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.200 I look back to what Buster did his rookie year 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.279 and then the chances he got to play early on 0:00:55.840 --> 0:01:01.160 how that catapulted him into this season, you know. 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.000 And and and so that's a that's a great. 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:06.200 Example, right and and then even looking ahead, like the 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.320 confidence that you see in Tank and the confidence you 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:11.240 see in Brenton. And you know, Anton's been a day 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.399 one starter, but the young players that have played Antonio 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:21.240 Johnson's playing more this year and the more or the better. 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.680 I should say that they play in these last couple 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:26.480 of games will give them the confidence I think moving forward. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:29.479 Frian, we've been talking a lot about this. Now we're 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:31.160 actually seeing it come to fruition. 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:33.000 And any of those names stick out to you. 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:33.960 Yeah, a lot of them do. 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:38.759 The one though, that he mentioned later in the interview 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:41.840 was Trey Prince. And and here's why that's important. Right, 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.039 Prince came in as a guy from Old miss He's 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.800 got all the trades. He's he's got height, he's got length, 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:49.400 he's got speed, he's got an attitude too. He's still 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.360 pissed off that he was drafted in the fifth round. 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:53.600 But he's a guy that's got the traits that can 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:56.440 be a player for you. You want to find out what 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.320 he's got because when you go into the the draft 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.360 process now next year, do you know if he is 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.960 a guy that you can count on? Do you think 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:06.800 he's a guy you can count on or do you 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:08.960 not know anything about it? Well, you'd like to have 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.359 some idea because at the top of the draft next year, 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:13.760 or a couple of cornerbacks that you might be interested in. 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:17.920 So knowing exactly what you've got is critically important at 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:18.600 this time of year. 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:19.400 So listen. 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.160 Ronald Darby, ten year veteran, helps you win games, not 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.480 important right now. I got to see Trey Prince. I've 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:26.520 got to know if he's a guy can go forward. 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.720 I kind of know what monterk Brown is. Christian Braswell's 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:32.600 another guy. I'm just using the cornerback position because I 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:34.839 know it's one that people are focused on as an area. 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:35.840 The Jaguars got to get better. 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:36.160 John. 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:38.240 Yeah, you'd like to see a little bit of Jefferson 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:38.800 and Prince. 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:45.480 Javon Foster is tempting, but it's awfully hard just to 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.240 throw offensive linemen in there if they're not ready. It's 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.000 so much cohesion and you don't want to have the 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:54.919 offense not be functional because of one guy. Look, there's 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:58.360 all the draft position versus winning and what matters and 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.079 all that, but to me, in the last three games, 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.520 really take it for the last five. If they win 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:07.440 a few and they screw up their draft position, forget 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.880 the draft position for a second. If they win a 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.959 few and you'll love what Prince did, or you'll love 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:18.920 what Mason Smith did, and those guys feel like they're 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.400 standing in the locker room and saying I mattered in 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:21.920 this one. 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.400 I'm part of this. I feel confident going forward. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:29.000 If you have nine or ten young guys who get 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:31.960 that feeling of we lifted it, then I think the 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:36.400 draft position losing it is okay. Frank, I'm not gonna 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.040 pick on Ronald Darby, but if Ronald Darby's staying in 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:41.600 the azine with a pick six and they won the 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:43.440 game because of that and he's not here next year, 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:45.480 then you sort of wonder was it worth it? 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.200 Sure, let's go to our second big thing, which is spark. 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.240 We've talked a lot about Mac Jones and the energy 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.600 he brings to the field, but he also hopes that 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:54.000 it's spreading to his teammates as well. 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.280 So I think we've had some good results here in 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.480 terms of like moving the ball and and like you said, 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:04.160 having fun guys making plays and really not letting one 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.839 play turn into like a snowball effect. Does that make sense? 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.080 So just kind of just playing each play one play 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.440 at a time and keeping it loose. Whether we did 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.200 something good on the first series or something bad. So 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.520 you gotta play each play, like I say, always, and 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.039 I think it definitely carries over to them. I think 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:22.200 that fits the personalities in the room, myself included, and 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.840 the coaches, and it's not been the best season so far, 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:29.200 but we're also still striving for perfection and keeping it 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:30.680 fun and loose and trying to win. 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.160 John, we talk a lot about the mac Jones experience. 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:36.880 Some mistakes will be made, but the energy's always there 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:37.880 and it's always entertaining. 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.280 Yeah, after the game the other day, I've watched the Jets, 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:43.680 I walked into the house and my wife would watched 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:45.359 the game and she said, you know that mac Jones 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:49.200 is cocky. There we go, and she said, but I 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:52.599 kind of wanted him to win. So I think that's 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:56.280 sort of the mac Jones experience in a nutshell. Yeah, 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:58.880 he's cocky and he does some weird stuff with the 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:05.239 hand stuff, but he cares about it and he's going 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.840 after it, and you get the idea of a guy 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:09.080 who's having fun playing. 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.040 So it's all mixed up into one. 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.920 Well, and listen, it helps with some energy in the room, right, 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.120 I mean, you've got three games left and you're not 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.880 playing for the playoffs whatsoever, and you need that spark. 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:22.960 It can come from a lot of different places. You 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.560 hope it comes from within, but more importantly, when you've 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.200 got a quarterback guy that can function, right, I mean 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.159 you look at the situation with the Raiders right now. 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:34.320 I mean they are down to Desmond Ritter and they 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:38.280 could have Carter Bradley, maybe Aidan O'Connell, but I mean 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.760 they don't have a quarterback that can go out and 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.920 function at a high level, which is why they've lost 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:45.840 ten games in a row. Now, I'm not going to 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:47.480 suggest to you that mac Jones is all of a 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:49.400 sudden going to go out and throw for three hundred 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.200 yards completing seventy percent of his passes, and he hasn't 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.720 necessarily performed at a super high level, but he's playing 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.320 better and that gives this offense a chance to function 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:01.080 better and perhaps get a win, and it some valuable 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:04.400 time with these young players having success. Who out there 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:08.880 doesn't want to see Brian Thomas Junior catch more passes 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.120 for more yards and more touchdowns. Matt Jones gives you 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:13.919 a chance to do that. And the fact that he 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:17.520 brings that energy, that spark that fun no good for. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.160 Us, Absolutely definitely good for us. Our final big thing 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:21.680 is going to be ball. We do want people that 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.120 love to play football, and I think Brenton Strange is 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:26.159 a perfect example of that. We saw him in his 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:30.160 best game career game so far. Without Evan Ingram out there, 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.240 he's been getting a lot of the targets and just 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:33.279 his mentality is good. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:34.120 For the team. 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:36.960 If the players don't have that mindset, or if I 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:38.960 don't have that mindset, it's going to set you back 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:40.839 even further. But if you come into it and you 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.320 embrace it, all right, we know, we know our situation, 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.160 we got it, we understand that. But I think these 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:50.920 next three weeks really can set us up for the future, 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.360 for the offseason, for next year and how we can 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.560 build and where we need to add pieces and all 0:06:56.600 --> 0:07:01.520 that kind of stuff, the development of our roster. But 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.680 having guys like Brenton make those comments, I mean, those 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:06.320 are the type of players you want, right You want 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.720 those football players that love being here in this building, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.720 soaking up football, soaking up ball, love being on the grass. 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:17.840 Those are the guys that you can build your team around. 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:21.080 And we've one of several, obviously, and many that we. 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:22.040 Have on the team that can do that. 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.920 Ryan Renton after the game said he loves football and 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:28.320 he doesn't need to find motivation to play in a 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.360 season where they don't have playoff contention because he loves 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:31.000 to play ball. 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:31.600 I love it. 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:32.680 That's the perfect answer. 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:33.200 No, I loved it. 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.200 And the question you had been asked of a lot 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.600 of people, I hadn't heard the answer. And then Doug 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:39.520 said he had plenty of guys in that locker room 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.440 who expressed that, And I guess it makes sense that 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:44.360 the Jaguars have kept playing, they've kept fighting. 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.280 You haven't seen quit in them. He must. 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:48.520 And so I was working the locker room yesterday and 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:51.440 I did find guys that expressed it, some of them 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:55.040 on camera, on microphone, some of them off. Trayvon Walker 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.400 was one who just point blank said, look, we should 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.800 all come in the building every day as if it's 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:02.800 the first day of the season, our first day on 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.480 the job, because in the NFL, which is not a 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:06.760 very long career, you. 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.119 Better make the most of every moment. 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.920 So I did go looking this week and found plenty 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.040 of guys in the locker room who expressed the sentiment. 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.440 And John, to me, that's really important because we talk 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.920 about culture and it's sort of a word that you 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.880 can you know, mold to mean whatever you want. But 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:23.600 you got to have a locker room full of guys 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.880 that play because they love the game and because they're professionals. 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:28.560 Yeah, and I think for the most part they do. 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.760 I think it's tough this time of year because you're 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.800 probably playing against a team of other people who have ball. 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:36.320 So. 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:41.240 There's a little bit of a you know, are you 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.040 trying ninety eight percent or is it one hundred percent? 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.640 Every day? Do I love it? Am? I passionate for it? 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.319 And I think that can be the difference this time 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:53.880 of year, because it's tough to find that hunger when 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.640 you're three and eleven. But I do think there are 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:58.640 guys in this locker room who have it, and I 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:02.280 think the last few weeks will be more chance for 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.400 the decision makers to make sure they have guys you 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:05.840 have it. 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.400 Enough and for all of those young guys that we 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.240 mentioned kai off the top to see what a professional 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.000 football season can be like when it doesn't go well, 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:17.240 and to learn and to understand and to actually execute. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.480 Despite the record, It's Sunday, I'm the pro. I come 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:22.800 and play. That's why the last three weeks are so 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.479 critically important for this football team. 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:26.800 All right, stay with us here on Jagzam. 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.400 We're going to talk a little bit about the Raiders 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:35.359 and what that matchup is going to look like on Sunday. 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.040 Welcome back to jag Zam, brought to you by Field 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:41.360 Auto Group, Jacksonville's premiere luxury autogroup. 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:43.240 You can head over to fields Auto dot com check 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:43.520 it out. 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.720 It's a great player, good young player. It's just his 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:53.600 ability to separate, get open obviously, you know, using him 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:57.000 the right way, and just making placeball, you know. And 0:09:57.360 --> 0:09:59.360 he's a he's a dynamic tight end. 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.200 We have a dynamic working on our team and Brian 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.439 Thomas Junior and now we have a dynamic I would say, 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.559 a dynamic tight end to be dealing with as well. 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:11.679 So when you look at that, Brian, what's something you've 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:12.559 seen from Brock Bauers. 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:13.200 It's impressive. 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.199 No, I mean just his catch radius. I mean it 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.560 doesn't seem to matter where the ball is delivered. And 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.839 I don't know that he's got freakishly long arms. He's 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.640 just one of those guys who it feels like the 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.440 ball is connected to him, John when you watch him play. 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.520 Of course, I saw him plenty when he was at Georgia, 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.319 and I wasn't quite sure how that was going to translate. Ball. 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:35.400 Looks like he might be first team All Pro. He's 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:37.400 the best tight end in the game by numbers this year. 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:37.680 Yeah. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.559 He strikes me a little like when Justin was here. 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.800 Justin Blackman that when the ball was in the air, 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.600 he just caught it and he had bitter hands and 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.920 he was more powerful than other people. Brock looks like that. 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.920 I'm with you and watching him at Georgia. I'm always 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.520 a little hesitant when I see a player in college 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:04.119 who dominates physically, because you think, can he dominate physically 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.680 against grown men as compared to sometimes you're playing boys. 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:09.920 But boy see I did that. 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.840 Yeah, I called a transition and it was very well executed. 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:18.800 He's he's really impressive, and he looks like a tight 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.560 end is a position where there's usually a guy in 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.640 the league for a stretch, and it looks like he's 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:25.040 going to be. 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:26.040 The guy after Kelsey, you know. 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.800 I asked, though, Richard kind of player than Kelsey, but 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:29.679 he'll be the guy. 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:31.599 I talked to the Jacks tight ends coach Richard and 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.120 Goolo yesterday Kai and was just asking him about Bowers, 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:36.320 and he gave me a good answer, and then he 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:38.240 looked at me like, did you not expect that? I mean, 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:45.080 the people that evaluated tight ends were just so enamored 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.760 with him coming out, and all of them were stunned 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:51.320 to see him slide because he's a tight end and 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.120 not a wide receiver. But he's one of those guys 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:54.640 that should have been taken much higher. 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:56.920 And we talk about, well, we also, I'm sorry, I'm 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.320 just gonna say, we talked about what these guys are 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.719 doing on bad teams as well. The Raiders barely have 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.280 a quarterback to throw it to him, and he's still 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:05.959 with nine hundred sixty eight yards of both here. 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:09.040 Yeah, Bowers is a little bit of a of a 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:10.880 cautionary tale because. 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:13.880 And what I mean by that is at the. 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:18.760 Combine last year, he didn't have a great workout, if 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:20.920 he even worked out, but there were questions is he 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:26.120 a little heavy? Is he perfect specimen coming in? And 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:29.720 sometimes when those little things start going onto the combine, 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:30.839 you forget that. 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:31.960 The guy can just play. 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:32.240 Yeah. 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.599 Right, So, I mean that is another one where I 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.840 remember Tom Brady's workout picture with that in the Hall 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:39.200 of Fame. 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.600 So maybe doing with this kid too. 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.720 If they have any hope of having success offensively. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.000 Obviously Bowers has to be involved. Don't forget. 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.440 They took Michael Mayer, the Notre Dame tight end, the 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:51.959 year before in the second route, and he's a very 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.680 talented kid. So they've got two guys out there that 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.520 can really move in the middle of the field. Jaguars 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.560 had Devin Lloyd that crew better have their head straight 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.000 because those two tight ends can turn you inside out. 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:05.320 We're always fine against. 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:07.720 Yeah, we do really well against tight ends historically, so 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:09.280 I'm sure that it'll be just fine. 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.319 Let's talk a little bit about this offense. Obviously we're 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:12.280 watching it right now, but. 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.240 Head coach of the Raiders, Antonio Pierce, said he feels 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.840 Aidan O'Connell's trending up, so it's likely a game time decision, 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:21.720 but he looks like he could play this weekend. 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:23.240 I'm not sure it necessarily matters. 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.360 Obviously, Desmond Ridder got the start against the Falcons on 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.200 Monday Night Football and that was not very pretty. So 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:30.839 does it matter who plays or we just trying to. 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.600 It matters a little because there are different kinds of players. 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.240 Ridder is going to run a little more. O'Connell's more 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:41.000 in the pocket and talking to Victor Fours with. 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:42.520 The Athletic Covers the Raiders and. 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:46.200 Said, look, they started off the season with a you 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.839 know well, wanting to run, wanting to throw play action 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:50.960 and he said that was an awesome idea when they 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:51.880 had Devonte Adams. 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:52.880 Yeah, so. 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:57.160 O'Connor is going to be in the pocket and vig 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:00.200 things he'll play. He's gonna be in the pocket. They're 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:02.840 gonna know where he is. He's not mobile. Uh so 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.600 it it's a dramatically different kind of game they're. 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.080 Gonna play with O'Connell and it would be rare. 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.559 There's who we will get out there. It will be interesting, certainly. 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:12.959 Say we let's say we're gonna give you our predictions 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:28.680 for tomorrow's headlines today coming up after the break, jag 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.960 Van brought to you by Suttis Lord's trusted and reliable 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.160 moving company. Setus is proud to be the official moving 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.640 company of the Jacksonville Jaguars. To get a guaranteed quote, 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:36.880 visit suttist dot com. 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:47.040 Slash Jacks welcome back into jag Van. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.080 We're gonna do our best at predicting what the headlines 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.440 are gonna be on Monday after this riveting Jaguars Raiders 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:54.360 game in Las Vegas this weekend, at least we'll have 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.360 a nice backdrop. I'm very excited to see Allegiance Stadium. 0:14:57.520 --> 0:14:59.600 So what do you predict the headlines they're. 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:01.800 Gonna be brand Well, it has not been a very 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.280 fun season, but Mac Jones has sort of been the 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.440 theme this week. So you know, he had fun last week, 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.000 So I say fun in Vegas. Who doesn't have fun 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:11.240 in Vegas? And I just I think. 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:12.800 Mac Jones is the differentiator. 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:15.560 I think he'll be able to execute the offense, and 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:18.400 we saw last week twenty five points in opening drive touchdown, 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:20.240 the kind of things that we didn't think would be 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:25.360 storylines when the season started, but some some offense and 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:29.120 obviously Brian Thomas Junior just exploding last week. So I 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:30.880 think the Jags go out and there aren't many teams 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:32.520 that you'd say, well, they're gonna win on the road, 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.240 not not a team that's only won three games all year, 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:36.720 but they've only won two and they've lost ten in 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:38.800 a row. So I say the fun thing comes through 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.280 with Mac Jones and the Jags have a nice flight home. 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:43.200 I'll tell you he's not gonna have fun in Vegas 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:47.640 any of us because the league. So you know, I've 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:50.360 never been to Vegabe on stage and I've never been 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.160 to Vegas, and apparently I won't even go this week 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:54.520 because he can't go to Sama, which I'm fine with. 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.280 I went a different direction, and I don't I don't 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.240 even know if I believe my headline, but I was 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.120 trying to figure out way to do what happens in 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.120 Vegas stays in Vegas. So I said, what happened in 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:08.440 Vegas needs to stay in Vegas. And I don't know 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.800 if I believe it, but I think there's a chance 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.200 that the Jags would go out there. It's almost a 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.640 West Coast trip. It's late in the season. We've all 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.240 seen sort of some of the things that happened West 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:22.960 Coast with this team historically. I don't know I they 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:26.400 believe that translate, but you could see a game where 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:31.440 the West Coast trip playoff ramifications. I think they get 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.080 blown out, but they're flying back and saying we should 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.480 have won that one and it just didn't happen. 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:37.880 Again. 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.400 The headline really is more because I couldn't think of 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.160 anything else other than what happens in Vegas is something. 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:46.600 Historically speaking, the Jaguars had only ever beaten the Raiders 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.520 on the West Coast. They never won in San Seattle, 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.880 they never won in San Francisco, they had never won 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:52.640 in San Diego, and then in twenty twenty two they 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.040 went out and beat the Chargers. So the only team 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:57.960 that they've really had sustained success against on the West 0:16:57.960 --> 0:16:58.880 Coast is the Raiders. 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:00.800 But I agree with Johnny, it could go either way 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:01.320 when you got. 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:02.600 These two teams, I think so too. 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.280 I am going to air with positivity and go with 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.480 the Jaguars. But I said jackpot because I feel like 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.560 both of these teams had the jackpot with their with 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.119 their picks in the draft this year. Obviously, Raiders very 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.080 happy with Brock Bowers. We were very happy with Brian 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:17.200 Thomas Junior, especially after the last game when the two 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.120 touchdowns and breaking those rookie records. 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:20.959 Next is to come. 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:22.800 I think there's one more rookie record and then there's 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.800 a thousand yards receiving and hopefully we'll see as high 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:27.439 as we can go in these last three weeks and 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:29.479 hopefully they've cracked the formulas getting in their football. 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:33.120 Well, I believe he's tied with for the number of catches. 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:34.920 I think he just needs one more catch to break that. 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:35.840 And on that one, which one. 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.960 Yeah, and even beyond the records, because the Jaguars rookie 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:45.080 record it wasn't exactly Babe Ruth seven fourteen ninety eight. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:49.760 But where he's gonna wind up, it looks like he 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:52.480 could wind up with eleven hundred and fifty twelve hundred 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:56.400 yards and not ten or eleven touchdowns. That's a really 0:17:56.480 --> 0:18:03.320 good NFL rookie wide receiver season, and it shows you 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:06.680 he's not gonna sneak over a thousand yards. He's got 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:11.520 a chance to have a good number, and he's he's 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.360 going to be really really good. 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.240