WEBVTT - Ep. 87: Jaguars Need Hot Start to Launch the Season & Predicting Monday’s Headlines 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.800 Welcome to jag Zam. I'm kind of Annie Stephens, Brian Sexton, 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.200 John Osier are with me. As it's game week, so 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:24.480 we've been focusing on the Miami Dolphins all week long 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.120 and that's what we'll talk about here on jags Am today, 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:29.600 starting off with the big thing, Number one, Off to 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:30.280 the races. 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:31.280 As we know, the. 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:35.040 Dolphins are a speedy, speedy team, and Doug Peterson talked 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:35.919 about that yesterday. 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:41.559 Speed speed, speed, you know, in a lot of misdirection, 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:45.080 a lot of motions and shifts. You know, obviously do 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:47.880 a great job with that in their run game as well, 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:53.600 and uh, you know, and it kind of can cause 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:55.560 you to just distort your eyes a little bit, right 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.200 and and and get off your cues and and uh 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:01.640 that's or some of the big plays have come, you 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:03.680 know for them. And obviously you know, we know Tybreek 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:07.959 and Waddles and guys, I mean, they just love speed 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:11.320 and something that we've you know, we're gonna be able 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:14.319 to at least try to match otherwise, you know, be 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:15.040 in the right position. 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:19.200 Brian, we always talk about how speedy, how fast that 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:21.920 Miami team is. But Doug talked a little bit about 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:23.760 just making sure the team knows they can go out 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.560 there and play with them, not just thinking, oh, they're 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:26.720 gonna run by us no matter what. 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:28.240 You have to go in there with that mentality. 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:30.959 Well, look, if anybody's watched them and they've been on TV, 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.320 that this is a really good team. They've won more, 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:35.759 they've had more winning seasons in a row at four 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:37.280 in a row than they've had in twenty five or 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.679 thirty years. I mean, this is a really good team 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:42.039 with great speed. Just to kind of back that up, 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:45.840 you know, they do the the speed of a play, 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:47.840 how fast a player ran. Of the top ten in 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:51.240 the NFL last year, six were Miami Dolphins, and the 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:54.360 way that they move and the offense sets up and 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.840 there's a lot of window dressings, but it's not that 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.560 normal window dressing. It's so fast you have to take 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.400 it serious. That I think is gonna be the story 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.960 of this game. How quickly does Ryan Nielson's defense coalesce, 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.280 you know, get back to what they do and figure 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:11.640 it out, because Miami will confuse you. 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:15.119 Yeah, left to their own devices, the Dolphins will run 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:18.840 by you. The thing is you can't leave their own devices, 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:23.560 which means to me Trayvon Walker, Josh Heinz Allen, Eric 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:25.640 Arms said, and Devon Hamilton and the keys of this game. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.040 I don't think you can outrun the Dolphins. I do 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.040 believe you can beat them at the line of scrimmage 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:31.800 because the Jaguars are built to be any team at 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.760 the line of scrimmage. It's a Jaguars strength. So how 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:35.800 do you combat speed? 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.440 Punch a baby, Punch them in the mouth. Absolutely big thing. 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.360 Number two are going to be playing her. The injury 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.440 reports came out yesterday. Fortunately for the Jaguars, only one. 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:46.960 Player on there, Daniel Thomas. He's day to day, but 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.600 the Dolphins listed thirteen players. Eleven of those are on defense, 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:53.000 one of which very familiar here, Jalen Ramsey, did not 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:55.960 participate in practice. He's been dealing with a hamstring injury 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.519 for the past couple of weeks. John, we talked a 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:00.960 lot about what the offense for the Jacks need to do, 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.040 but they have lost a lot of players on that 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.399 Dolphins defense to free agency and now they're playing hurt 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:07.280 as well. Is this an opportunity for the offense to 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:08.760 go out there and do something for the Jags? 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.640 Well, I think you like the Jaguars offense, after what 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:15.720 they've done and the way they've built with Brian Thomas 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.360 Junior or Gabe Davis Christian Kirk, you would like the 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.240 opponent us to be talking about the same thing each week, 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.480 which is what the Jaguars can do against any opponent. 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.440 A lot of the Dolphins injuries this week are veterans 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:30.560 rest I don't expect them to be as down as 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:34.000 maybe the injury report looks. Jalen Raimis is a great player. 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.200 If he plays, he can take away receiver. The magic 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.640 of this offense, supposedly is there's four or five different 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.520 receivers you can go to. I was asked a lot 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:45.080 this week, who do you think Jaleen will take away? 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:47.600 I don't care because if he takes away Christian Kirk 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:49.680 in this offense, there ought to be three other guys 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:50.640 who can. 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:51.440 Pick up the slack. 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:52.880 That's the way it's built, that's the way I ought 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:53.400 to play Sounder. 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:54.560 I'm surprised. 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.600 I kind of thought you might make a back reference 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.680 the hamstring tied to the back and we try to 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:01.080 have a good job of holding on it. 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:02.440 Twenty nineteen. 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:07.280 Yeah, for sure, I'd be stunned and listen. I don't 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.560 know because I don't follow the Dolphins close enough, but 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.160 if Jalen doesn't try to play on Sunday, I mean, 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:16.440 there's nobody that embraces the petty any better than Jalen Ramsey. 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:18.120 And despite the fact that he got traded where he 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.919 wanted to get traded, and the Super Bowl ring and 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:24.080 the money and now he's in Miami. I mean, if 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.560 somebody could stir it up this week, I'd love to 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.839 be in the Dolphins locker room today because today would 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:31.760 be the day where he'd be. He'd get all the 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:34.599 media around him and someone would ask one question and 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.200 then he'd just roll his eyes and take off after 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:39.800 them for not asking the question that he wanted them to. 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.560 Great player, but he's just one. He is just one. 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:46.640 Here's the other variable we don't know about this defense, 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:50.920 the health being won. Anthony Weaver's coming down from Baltimore. 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.960 He's a first time defensive coordinator bringing the new system 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.039 down here. They have some of the issues on their own, 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.000 so perhaps the Jaguars can take advantage of of miscommunication 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:01.080 and create some confusion of their. 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.200 Route their defense coordinators on both sides of the ball. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.080 It's important to note, our final big thing today is 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:06.400 gonna be. 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:07.559 Doug or Press. 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.000 Play calling still up in the air, at least Doug's 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.240 not sharing at this point. He talks about whether that 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.280 gives them any kind of edge going into the game 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:14.960 against Miami. 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.279 I think if you're just looking at the offense, I 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:23.160 mean and studying studying that, I mean, the coordinators are 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:27.839 looking at personnel, They're looking at you know, formations, motions, shifts, 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:33.599 just like just like we do offensively. And I don't 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.920 think it's really any not a whole lot of difference. 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:40.120 I think, you know, pressing, I think alike, you know 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.680 a lot of a lot of times, and you know, 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.960 converse a lot of a lot of times during games. 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:50.600 And I just think that if you're if you're looking 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.120 at us, there's probably not a lot of a lot 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.040 of differences, Brian. 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:56.960 Just like the depth chart says, you know, maybe Chad 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:00.159 Muma or Devin Lloyd, it's gonna be Doug Peterson or 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.159 Press Taylor calling the plays on Sunday. 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.359 Doug seems to think they call plays very similarly. 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.920 What do you think when it comes to that first 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.719 question I got at the Panavita rotary this morning. I 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:14.160 first question, and Doug has addressed it twice now this week. John, 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:17.200 I think this has been the biggest non story stories 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.040 since the middle of the last season when it became 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.760 an issue. And I get why it becomes an issue 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.440 because play calling is the low hanging fruit. It's the 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.160 first thing that you can point to. I've always believed 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:28.599 that a good play is the one that works in 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:30.760 a bad play is the one that doesn't. But the 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:32.839 truth of the matter is is that these two guys 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:37.720 are so in line. Press Taylor and Doug Peterson are 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.200 of the same mind. I don't think that Press would 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.080 call the play that Doug didn't want him to call, 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.160 and I think that they go back and forth all 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.320 week long putting the plan together. I think Doug is 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.679 prep I think Press is Doug's right hand, so to speak, 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:53.320 and he does what Doug wants him to do because 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.120 that's the way those two guys work together. I just 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.839 don't see it as being as big as story. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:01.400 Stahn's favorite story. 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:06.279 It starts to talk about this, It's look, the offense 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:11.560 wasn't significantly different last year with Press calling plays the 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.080 entire game or when they split it in twenty two. 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.080 If you remember Press called plays in the second half 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.080 and twenty two, and that's when the offense lit it up. 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.880 In twenty two, when it did light it up, I 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:24.760 couldn't agree more with Brian. I think it's the biggest 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:29.000 non issue. I think people wanted to find an excuse 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.080 last year for why the offense wasn't working. They didn't 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.400 want to see that the offensive line wasn't playing very 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:38.320 well at times. So it's play calling, play calling, play calling. 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.760 I'm bored with it at this point. Whoever calls plays 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.400 calls plays. If Doug thought there was a big difference, 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:45.320 he'd make a change. 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.040 Well, listen, the players say the same thing. It doesn't 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.880 matter what play is called. They obviously have worked all 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.760 week on situations of when they're going to use different plays. 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.280 It's about the players going out and executing, and too 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.560 often last year on offense, they couldn't execute in the 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:00.600 run game enough to be able to bring out the 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:04.200 exotic plays that everyone wants to point to. So non story. 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:05.480 Story, non story story. 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.000 All right, we're gonna talk about some actual storylines coming 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.560 up on JAGSAM as we look more into the Dolphins, 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:19.120 as we prepare for the season opener, Welcome back into Jagsam. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.520 Did we get ready for facing off against the Miami Dolphins. 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.520 We heard some from head coach McDaniels and he's been 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.000 obviously he's a very well researched guy. He's going to 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.000 look into every team that they're facing off against. But 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.040 I always find it interesting to kind of see how 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:33.959 the coach that we're facing breaks. 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:34.520 Down the Jaguars. 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.400 So he talked a little bit about what he sees 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:37.920 from the Jaguars defense. 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.120 How they come off the ball, how they play with 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:48.000 consistent technique and fundamentals, and their relentless strain. I think 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:53.439 that that's pretty obvious from the minimal game tape that 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:59.160 we've watched. But that's something that's, you know, been a 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:05.400 paramount in coach Nielsen's kind of repertoire of defensive lines 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:09.160 and defensive fronts that he's coached in previous teams. So 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:13.920 very talented group that is playing hard and together. That's 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:14.559 what I see on. 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:18.160 Tape, so repertoire. I love a little references. 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:20.960 He's a renaissance guy, absolutely, Brian, when you hear that, 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.439 obviously we've heard that from Nielsen himself, but this will 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:25.680 be the first time we'll see in the game with 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:26.360 the Jaguars. 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:28.520 Yeah, we've seen it though on the practice field, and 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.640 we saw it in the preseason games. The defensive line 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.280 is John alluded to during Big Things. It's the strength 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.720 of this team. There are so many guys that can 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.240 do so many things, and just the ability to mix 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.160 and match the size of Eric Armstead inside or move 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:45.240 him outside and bring in Trayvon Walker to put his 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.240 hand on the ground in a three technique on a 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:51.440 pass wrestling situation. There's so many different variables that Ryan 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:55.400 Nielson can unleash. And he's right. McDaniel's right. They play 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:59.520 with great intensity and great sense of purpose. I think 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:00.920 it's gonna be a of fun to watch this group 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:01.440 on Sunday. 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:05.040 Yeah. I had Eric Armstead on the ozone podcast this 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:12.160 week tease like that professional show business, and he said, look, 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:16.000 we believe, and I believe me and Eric that the 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:20.400 game the team should should go through the defensive line. 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.160 They should be able to dominate and be the identity 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:24.920 of the team. He said, that's a little egotistical, but 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.600 that's how we believe, and I think in this case 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.160 he's right. If you think about this defensive line to me, 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.560 Trevor Lawrence has a chance to ascend to elite status 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:39.720 this year. Beyond that, the position group that can be 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:44.160 dominant and can be considered among the league's best. To 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.280 me is this defensive line, and no better time to 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.440 prove it. This defensive line has a chance to go 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:55.040 disrupt a great Miami offense. But it's a Miami offense 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.560 that has been prone to being disrupted by great defenses. 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.080 That's the match up the Jaguars need and must win. 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:03.640 And just to play off that for a second, I mean, 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.640 Eric Armstein was a part of a unit in San 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.800 Francisco that absolutely was the heartbeat of what they did. 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.520 You knew when you played San Francisco you were gonna 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:14.480 have hard time scoring points and that set the tempo 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.040 for every team that played the Niners. 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.800 And if this line isn't that, I think this team's 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:22.080 in trouble. I mean, I think there's many many issues, 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.720 not issues with storylines for the Jaguars. If the defensive 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:27.600 line is that, I think they're really good. If they're 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:29.319 not that, then I'm not sure how the stop people. 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.520 So when we've talked about having a big year Trayvon Walker, 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.840 we always like to kind of see what other coaches 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.079 think of him. Mike Tomlin, head coached the Steelers, called 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.720 him a game wrecker, and then Mike McDaniel talked about 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:42.160 some of Treymon's strengths as well. 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.920 Both on running pass not just some pass, but in 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:51.079 run you're scared of walk making a play at the 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:54.559 point of attack or from you know, maybe from the 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:57.480 backside of the play. I think his game is kind 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:04.360 of just little glimpses of evolution that you know is coming. 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:08.200 You can tell that they're preparing to put him in 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:11.880 in positions to make plays and to be a primary 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.080 area of focus. So that's gonna have to be something 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:19.280 that each one of our offensive players along the line 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.439 of scrimmage, including tight ends and receivers, We're gonna have 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.319 to be aware of his game and what it's gonna 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.840 take several people to slow him down, for sure. 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.400 John, You've long said Trayvon's work in the run games 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.480 probably one of his strongest attributes. 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:38.200 And well, I think he's dominant there without having I 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.840 don't say work very hard, but you know what I'm saying, 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:46.560 natural dominant Naturally to me, Trayvon Walker's storyline is this 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:51.480 number one overall picking the draft. Everybody outside football is 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.839 going to pick what he doesn't do. Apart every coach 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:59.240 that watches him goes, I'd like to have one of those. Yeah, yeah, oh. 0:12:59.280 --> 0:12:59.880 Boy, I'd like to have. 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:04.040 And so I think that's probably what for a couple 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.959 of years has been the case. Maybe it'll continue to 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:07.959 be the case. I don't know if he would be 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.440 a twenty SAT guy, but I know that every time 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:14.680 football people start watching him, boy I liked to that 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:16.040 would help if we had one of those. 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:18.760 I was walking through Detroit during the draft and a 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:21.960 Lions fan grabbed me and said, hey, thanks for taking 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:26.080 Trayvon Walker. Gave us Aiden Hutchinson. Great. Aiden Hutchison is 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:29.160 a terrific pass rusher, and it's been a really good 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:32.400 football player. I just I think right now we're about 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.240 to see the reason why Trayvon Walker was the number 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:38.120 one overall pick. Mike McDaniel eluded it. If you go 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.800 back and you listen to what he said, right, they 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.000 all knew this was coming, They all knew what he 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:47.000 was capable of. Nobody was surprised that Trayvon Walker was 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.920 selected as the number one overall pick No. One because 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:54.040 they understood his size, his length, his speed, his determination, 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:58.160 his mentality. It is all coming to fruition right now. 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.880 And I think this year people will say, oh, I 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:04.000 get it now. They were disappointed because he only had 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.000 three sacks as a rookie and as a pass rusher, 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.080 but it was never just about his rookie year. It 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:10.640 was about the kind of football player that he will 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:14.199 be in year three, four, five and on into when 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:17.280 they finally pay him. He's tremendous and if you didn't 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:19.720 see it last year, buckle up, you're gonna see. 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:20.080 It on Sunday. 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.960 Should be good pairing up with Josh Heinzellen as well, 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:26.360 So that's gonna be dangerous our finals. Soundbike from Mike. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.640 Excuse me, Mike McDaniel. He talked a little bit about 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.240 Brian Thomas Junior. Obviously that was our first round draft pick, 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.080 but the Dolphins were scouting him heavily, so McDaniel says, 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:36.400 they're very familiar with his game. 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:46.560 Super talented player that has a unique combination of being 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:52.280 able to be down the field, you know, third level 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:56.200 receiver that can track and make plays down the field, 0:14:56.520 --> 0:15:01.800 while also having a route running skills that to to 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:07.040 do your underneath and intermediate routes. You see a very 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:10.400 talented individual that can take his game as far as 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.920 he wants to take it. You know, I think it's 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:19.840 a adding to the pluthora of LSU Tigers out there 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:23.240 in the league. He's he's a very talented individual that 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:28.240 we won't We will be well aware of when he's 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:29.920 out there on the field. It won't be a surprise 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:31.840 because we we did a lot of work on him 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:33.080 coming out. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.960 Brian Thomas has impressed us so far in the limited 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:37.120 amount that we've seen him. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:38.600 Excited to see him in Game one. 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.200 I am, and I'll back opa right here. I mean, 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:43.080 this was not a player that I wanted the Daguars 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:44.960 to take. I wanted them to take a big guy. 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:47.800 I wanted them to fortify the offensive line in a 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:51.160 draft that was deep. But it appears I'm wrong on 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:55.880 that because having watched him run right just to see 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.040 this big, long frame run down the field and make 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.920 plays during the during the preseason games, I realized what 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.480 they saw in him, the ability he has to back 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:08.600 a defense off the line of scrimmage. How that will 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:14.240 open other things up. I'm very excited to watch him play. 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.160 They had a plan for him when they drafted him, 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:17.840 and we're going to see the first glimpses of it 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:18.320 on Sunday. 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:20.720 Yeah. I think it was Dunio Jeremiah who said during 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:24.240 the pre draft stuff that outside that top three, which 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:27.800 in the draft sometimes you get, you know, preconceived notions, 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:29.480 and there are gonna be three guys that are gonna 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:31.760 be in the top ten. But outside of that group, 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:33.720 this was the guy who had a chance to be 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.760 the number one wide receiver. I'm a broken record on this. 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.800 I usually expect nothing out of rookies, but during training 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:47.320 camp practices, in preseason practice, preseason games, he started doing 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.800 stuff that looked more like veteran stuff than a rookie. 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.000 And I don't know if that means he's going to 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.280 be consistent at it all the time in every game 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.560 the way a veteran needs to be. But I think 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.960 he's gonna show, and I think he's gonna map and 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.400 be a difference maker more than a lot of rookies 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:07.920 on So I think he adds to what is now 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:13.040 a really strong five or six headed skill group. I 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:17.240 think he may make this the deepest skill group maybe 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.560 it's ever had. I mean, I can't compare wide receiver 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.560 Atannants to Jimmy and Keene because that's still the elite. 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:24.640 But in terms of going five or six guys who 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:26.880 can make a difference, I don't know they've had one 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:27.080 like this. 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:27.239 Well. 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.800 I think we've said this. He has the potential. He's 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.040 that big receiver who can run, and they haven't. They've 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:33.800 had big receivers and they've had guys who could run 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.080 that they haven't had the combination since Jimmy, right, since 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.000 eighty two, Yeah, I mean he left siwo thousand and five, 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.680 so it's been a long time. He looks like he's 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.080 got that potential to be that big guy who can 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.520 run that this team has looked for through the years. 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:48.640 They've drafted a lot of receivers but haven't been able 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:51.400 to find it. It's high praise. He hasn't heard it yet, 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:53.040 but it looks like he could. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.159 Looks good and a lot of potential of what he 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.520 can become as well. It's very exciting. Say with us 0:17:57.520 --> 0:17:58.320 here on JAG's. 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.520 Sam will go over our game predictions to the break. 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.600 We like have a drink by the beach. I love it. 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:08.639 We're gonna do our best at predicting the future. 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:10.360 We're going to talk about what we're expecting to see 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:12.520 on Sunday, but instead of just giving you a score predictions, 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.440 we're going to try to predict what we think the headlines. 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:16.880 Will be on Monday morning after the game. 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.480 So, Brian, when you read about the game on Monday, 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:20.080 what are you gonna hear? 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:20.360 Yeah? 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.680 Well, you know all all I heard yesterday and talking 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:25.520 to coaches and players was about the Steve and misdirection right, 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:27.760 and it reminded me of one of my favorite lines 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:29.000 from the movie Top Gun. 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:29.479 Where'd he go? 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:30.480 Where did who go? 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:30.960 Right? 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:35.199 It that's to me going to be the difference in 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:35.600 the game. 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:37.960 Where'd he go? 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:38.600 Right? 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:41.120 Where did who go? And and how did that impact 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:42.440 the overall play? 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:43.320 So? 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:44.640 Who went? Where? Why? 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:45.320 And how? 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:47.920 If the Jaguars are going to win this ball game, 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.639 they are going to have to be dialed in. And 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:54.360 I tried, tried as it could, Darnell Savage, Tyson Campbell 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.720 to get them to tell me about defending Tyreek Hill 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:01.200 and Jalen Waddle and the speedy running back Eye Chain, 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:04.280 and I couldn't get them off the mark. They were 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:08.719 all about do our jobs, focus on our technique. They 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:12.000