WEBVTT - Ep. 80: Takeaways from Preseason Week 1 vs. Chiefs | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:17.560 Welcome to jag Za. 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:20.360 I'm kind Annie Stevens, Brian Sexton, and John Oser are 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:22.520 with me today. For the first time in about seven months, 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:25.960 we get to go over at Jaguars football highlights from 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:28.440 a real game. They had their first preseason game on 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:31.520 Saturday against the Chiefs and things looked pretty good right 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:33.320 out of the gate. We're gonna start out with big 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:35.199 things today as we start off with. 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:37.080 Fast as our first Bay Day. 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:39.920 Some of the problems last year was the slow starts 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.000 for the team as the Jaguars tried to get things going. Now, 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:45.640 this was a fast start, certainly with that new kickoff pool. 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:47.680 I ain't gone. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:49.240 I looked crazy at first. 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.960 I'm as say, Tank had a much cleaner look for 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.040 his I thought I was supposed to Detac with a 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:57.720 long time ago in mine. But it was exciting to 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.160 be able to make a play like that. 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.280 It was cool Again, was confidence to be able to 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:04.240 be like, Okay, these kids will turn the room and 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:04.720 it's gonna be. 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:05.280 Ax Shine yard. 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:09.600 Right Brian, We've been talking about this new kickoff rule, 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:11.040 what it was gonna look like, and it was really 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:12.120 exciting right from the gate. 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:14.000 Well, one of the things that we knew was that 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.520 if a guy got free, he was gonna have a 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.240 great chance to make a play because everyone is so 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.280 congested on the other side of the thirty five yard line. 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.319 And listen, there were two or three times where he 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.160 should have been tackled where he ran back to the 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.240 middle of the field and all you saw were red 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:30.679 shirts surrounding him. He made a great play to get 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:33.600 to the outside. I mean, this is a talented guy, 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:35.600 and we didn't get to see enough of him last year, 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.759 but he's got the sort of body stature right. He's short, 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:44.640 he's compact, he's powerful, he's quick. It's gonna be fun. 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:47.000 I really, I think the league got what they wanted 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.200 from this. There's gonna be some tweaks that they need 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.640 to make because when you give up a return like that, 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:52.880 coach is gonna go just kick it out of the 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:53.440 end zone. 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.640 We'll give it to him at the thirty yard line. 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:57.800 So they're gonna have to tweak it if they want 0:01:57.840 --> 0:01:59.880 to keep it. But mission accomplished on that. 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:00.960 Yeah, I think. 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:04.240 They're gonna look for a sweet spot in terms of, uh, 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.040 where to kick the ball from certain rules in the tweaks, 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:13.560 I think, you know, you could easily see the kickoff 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:18.000 team try to drop a guy back to prevent long returns, 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:19.760 not to start with it. So I think you're gonna 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.079 see special teams coaches play with this because there's a 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:26.320 there's no best practices with the kickoff yet. But credit 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:28.119 to Parker Washington. Mean now, they've been looking for something 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:28.760 from him for a while. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:30.960 But what's interesting is is that Doug Peterson told me 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.200 on Friday he wasn't gonna do anything. I mean, they 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.240 were only going to do the most vanilla of looks 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:38.760 on the kickoff team, and on the most vanilla of 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:40.040 looks they. 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:40.480 Got the return. 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.120 So when they start getting clever and creative and changing 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.200 up the kicker and the return men and the formation, 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:47.600 that's when it could. 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:48.280 Get really interesting. 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.480 It's definitely something that's gonna evolve as the season goes along. 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.200 As we saw even in the game on Saturday, things 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:56.360 looked very different from the first quarter through the end 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:59.160 of the game. Our second big thing today is gonna 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:02.440 be clean. See any turnovers in this game from the team, 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:04.720 which is an issue that we saw last year. Doug 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:06.920 Peterson talked about that being one of the things he 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.560 was focusing on just playing smart football, John, Is there 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:11.240 a time to make of it? 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.160 I know it was, you know, the starters were not 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:13.880 very long. 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.240 But to keep taking care of the football, that's that's huge. 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:18.120 Yeah, a little. 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:22.440 I mean Trevor was in for two series and didn't fumble, 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.399 which is sort of the overall thing. I don't think 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.080 you really see much of that until the pressure's really 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.720 on in that situation. That feels like where his fumbles 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:35.160 came from in the past. But sure, better to not 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:37.640 have them than to have them. And I think the 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.520 fact that you got through the whole game with the 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:43.760 team committing no turnovers, they were clean. They took advantage 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.640 of some situations, meaning you got the return and then 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.280 you had a point blank touchdown opportunity and you took 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.880 advantage of it. So the Chiefs got down closer to 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:57.360 the red zone, the defense stopped it. So no, you 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.760 can't tell much, but better to see what we saw 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:00.640 to see worse. 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:01.880 I can tell you firsthand. 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.560 The second half of the first preseason game from a 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:09.040 broadcaster's perspective, can get really arduous, right because you've got 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.040 second and third and fourth team guys out there and 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.040 they're jumping off sides and they're making stupid mistakes. The 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.320 impressive part about clean to me was that in the 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:18.600 second half there weren't a lot of those. Yeah, there 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:20.960 was one here or there, but for the most there 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:24.840 was a situation where they had lost track of what 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:26.799 Kansas City was trying to do. There was some confusion 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:28.880 and coverage and Doug Peterson had to use a time 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.080 out in the fourth quarter. That's the only one to remember. 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.960 So the game was pretty clean from start to finish, 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.559 and in areas that generally are murky in preseason games, 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.200 it was a really good showing for the coaches and 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:42.640 players on Saturday. 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:44.480 Night ran That's a good point that leads into our 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:46.560 final big thing, which is being consistent. 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:48.719 Doug Peterson talked postgame. 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:49.960 About how he didn't feel like there was a drop 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.640 off no matter which squad was out on the field. 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.440 And I think that's what you're seeing out there in practice. 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:59.080 That's what I'm seeing anyway. And then tonight, with so 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.680 many guys playing in this game, you just there wasn't 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:04.680 really a drop off, you know, because sometimes when you 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:08.000 when you get out of that first second unit, sometimes 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.200 there's a letdown or a drop off with play and 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.479 I didn't see that tonight. Our guys played played fast, 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:17.720 they played hard. Were their mistakes, Sure, there were mistakes 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:19.479 and ms and things like that that we can clean 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:23.400 up this week. But you know, I think top to bottom, 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.120 you know, the guys guys played. Credit to them, they 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:27.960 played fast and they played physical. 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:31.600 Brian, We've talked in the past about when the starters 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.360 are out there's kind of a huge drop off and 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.560 just not having that competition necessarily at every position, but 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:39.279 having so many players that are kind of fighting for 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.960 a spot. You felt like even when the second third 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:43.720 string was in there, there was still a competition on 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:44.040 the field. 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:46.560 Yeah, And the word consistency comes to mind, right. 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.400 Listen, the difference between good players who can occasionally play 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.440 great and great players is consistency. 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:55.280 And if you go out there. 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.280 On the practice field early before any practice starts, you're 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.120 going to see the same five or six guys. Going 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.200 to see Trevor, you're gonna see Josh, you're gonna see Tyson, 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.520 You're going to see Evan Ingram. Who's the best example 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:06.680 of this, And what I've noticed in recent weeks, Kai, 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.120 is that Evan Ingram, who's the first guy on the 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.200 practice field every day is out there doing the same 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:15.000 things the same way, and you now are starting to 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:18.919 see other players follow him out. They've seen the clues 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.400 that greatness has left for them to pick up, and 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:24.159 they're starting to do that. I think that's one of 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.000 the reasons why they played clean into the second half, 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:30.400 why there wasn't a huge drop off from two to three, 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.200 is because guys like Evan Ingram are showing them how 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.400 to get it done in a consistent manner. 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:37.520 I don't want to make too much of the depth 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:41.120 because I thought they weren't particularly deep team in twenty two, 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:42.960 and they wound up being deep in the right spots. 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.920 In twenty three, I thought they were deeper and injuries 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:49.320 hurt him. So sometimes depth can mean exactly where you 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.919 get hurt. But overall, think about it, this is Trent 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:55.080 Balke's fourth year as general manager, thirt year of a 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.760 Doug Peterson. They had to draft the last year where 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:01.640 they drafted thirteen guys. It takes time in this league 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:03.720 to get guys you want to get the type of 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:08.479 guys you want. It does feel like what they want 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.880 and quality is dipping a little bit further into the roster. 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:14.720 Maybe it didn't twenty two. 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.440 All right, stay with us here on Jags Am. 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.360 Coming up, we're gonna go over all of the highlights 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:35.080 from Saturday's game against the Chiefs. Jags fans, register your 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:38.320 furry friend for the Jaguars Official Four Legged Fan Club 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.200 for Pets presented by Forever That's the Animal Hospital. Your 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:44.400 pet will receive access to exclusive merchandise, events and sweepstakes 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:47.160 throughout the twenty twenty four season. Visit Jaguars dot com 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.720 Slash Promotions Slash four Legged Fan Club to sign up today. 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.720 I just wanted our guys to execute and play hard, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:57.600 play fast, and I felt like they did that today. 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.720 It's a new season, new faces, you know, some old 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:06.200 faces out there, you know, and it's just for us internally, 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.720 it's just a different feel. It's a different team, you know, 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.120 a whole different year. So it's not anything about last year. 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:14.320 It's just about getting better and moving forward. 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.880 Jagg's turning the page the beginning of the season officially 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.480 as that preseason game number one is underway. So let's 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.360 look it back at some of those highlights. And we 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.560 didn't have to wait long for a highlight because the 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:30.080 first kickoff return from Parker Washington was a pretty good one. 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:31.960 Brian. We talked about it a little off the top, 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.040 but I don't know if we expected that right out 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:35.079 of the gate, at least I didn't. 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.360 No, I didn't expect anything like that. As I mentioned, 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.480 you know, Doug had told us on Friday when we 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:41.680 met with him for the television meetings, that they weren't 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.880 going to do anything crazy. They weren't going to show anything, 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.920 and he didn't expect the Chiefs would either. This was 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.160 just a great play by Parker Washington, and this is 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.120 what the competition committee wanted. They knew that in that 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.319 tight area that if someone was able to get free, 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:58.160 this was possible. 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.720 And it's just a great play. 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:02.680 John. 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.200 We've been talking and Trevor even I think, pointed out 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.040 last week he felt like Parker was having a great 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:09.240 camp high stuffing there. I still don't know what he's 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.000 doing there, but he has been having a good camp 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.120 and to kind of see that progression in his second year, 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:14.920 John's been good. 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.440 Yeah, he's a kid who can make plays. Even when 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.720 he didn't quite know what he was doing last year, 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.079 he made a couple of plays when the ball was 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:28.240 around him. If when he gets in the right spot 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:29.960 and really incorporates himself in the offense. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:34.679 Remember, he was hurt his first return last year. 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:37.600 He hurt his knee, so he really didn't get back 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.560 and get any receptions I think until Cincinnati when Christian 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:44.319 got hurt. A very limited sample size last year, so 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:47.720 I don't really expect him to be one of your 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:49.200 quote front line guys. 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:51.480 But Brian, like we. 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.760 Talked about, they need these second year guys to be 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.480 guys that you don't hold your breath when it's time 0:09:57.520 --> 0:09:59.680 for them to play. He feels like that guy. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.920 He's also a guy with ability that you could craft 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:06.719 a package for and he's just really talented. I do 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:08.280 want to point out real quick, there were a lot 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.319 of guys that made blocks. Tyler Lacy had a blocky 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.920 serb Dullah, Tim Jones, Tank Bigsby. What was really impressive 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:18.719 about that play, beyond Parker's just ability, was how many 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:20.720 guys were down the field blocking all the way. 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.760 So it's pretty cool to see just how wide open 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:25.720 the space is because of the way they have to 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:27.760 align now and just five yards apart, not kind of 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.319 running at each other. So to see how that goes 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.000 along with the season. Still one of our defensive highlights. Yes, 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.240 Serubdulah getting a sack in the first quarter I believe 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:39.520 as well, and partially because of the other two getting 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:41.920 there first. But always good to see when you can 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:44.160 get some pressure on the quarterback, even if it's Patrick 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:45.439 Maholmes who's very elusive. 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:47.200 He just kept coming right. 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.160 You see him coming all the way from the far side. 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:52.520 Trayvon Walker looped in from that three technique and misses 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:55.400 him right, and Abdula just got off the block and 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.840 kept playing. That's a guy with a sense for where 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.480 the quarterback is and that's shoot legal, so he would. 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:02.199 Have that well. 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:06.080 Doug has talked a lot about they're going to play. 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.560 All teams rotate their defensive line a little bit. This 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.680 team feels like it's going to rotate a lot. It's 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:16.880 one of Ryan Nielsen's things. So if Abdulah can get 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:21.320 in that mix of eight or nine, we can see this. 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:25.600 I think it's important for that group as a whole, 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:27.960 not necessarily Abdullah, but the group as a whole to 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:29.760 have gotten a little bit of pressure. 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:30.840 On Mahomes in this game at some point. 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:34.000 He only played what seven plays, but probably good for 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.479 their confidence that as a group, they caused some disruption. 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:40.559 It's what they didn't do enough last year outside of 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:41.640 Treyvon and Josh. 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:42.920 It's interesting you say that. 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:44.680 I think one of the media members was saying about 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.160 the defense that it kind of looked like a hockey 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.520 shift at times, really players coming on and off. And 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.079 Doug has come on the record and said he that's 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:53.280 what he likes about the scheme that they're running right now, 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.760 similar to when he was in Philadelphia, kind of utilizing 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:58.000 everybody's skill set at different points so you're not getting 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.240 as tired and you can maintain through g. 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:04.120 And Ryan Nielsen and Doug both said they expected especially 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:05.920 with Trey Bunn bulking up. He told us at Friday's 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.040 two hundre eighty five pounds, that's fifteen pounds t everything 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:09.920 was last year and he wanted to have his hand 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.439 on the ground inside and that three technique on the 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:14.560 inside shoulder of the guard. They didn't do enough of 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:16.680 that with him. They dropped him back into coverage last year. 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.280 That was him playing exactly the way Ryan Nielsen wanted 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:21.840 him to. So it was fun to see early on 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:23.640 and by the way, his eyes must have been like 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:25.680 saucers early on in the game with the chance to 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:27.840 hit the quarterback to just let that guy's side. 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:28.400 Step in like that. 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:30.920 I know we'll get there eventually. Sure he will in 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.719 the regular season. We hope Brian Thomas junior, first round pick, 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.040 getting his first catch of the year, kind of getting 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.320 some experience under his belt. 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.240 And I don't think this is a great play. 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.280 I don't know if we'll get the exact angle of it. 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:48.959 But the reaction from the team on his catch right here, 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:51.839 because obviously been talking about Brian Thomas Junior kind of 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:53.760 getting him out of a shell, and he's definitely got 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:56.160 out of the shell after this, celebrating a little bit, 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.199 and just everybody's reaction on it is so funny. You 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.320 can look at a different person every single time. What 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:00.960 a great catch. 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:03.240 It was a great catch because Joshua Williams that corner 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.240 is hanging all over him, and what you don't see 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.360 until you see this angle is there's a safety who's 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.840 bearing down on him over the top. And to have 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:16.000 the concentration to fight off the one defender and understand 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:18.240 the other one was coming and make the catch tells 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:19.920 you he's used to making big catches. 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:22.800 Yeah, my impression is they really like this kid, and 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.559 he's a kid who is easy to like because he 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.959 doesn't say a whole lot. I'm not around him the 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:30.880 way players are, but I haven't gotten the impression that 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:34.520 he's come in and thinks he's that guy and all 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:39.760 that so, and he's good and they know he's important. 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:43.320 So all of that sort of came out when he 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:44.920 caught that pass out of sidelines. 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:47.760 It was cool to see. I mean, this is a team. 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:55.839 The wide receivers on this team, especially Ingram and David. 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:59.920 Kirk, sort of define it. They pull for each other. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.559 In twenty two, that was a real calling card of 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.760 the bunch, is that they really didn't care who got 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:11.320 the catches. It feels like that that they're encouraging each other. 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.120 It feels like there is a camaraderie there. I'm not 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:15.880 gonna say it wasn't there last year, but it sort 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:17.880 of goes up and down. It feels like it's gonna 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:18.520 be back this year. 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.560 It's very nice to see seeing everybody bond together. And 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:24.680 obviously as things go with the rookie as he evolves, 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:27.320 that'll be great as well. Second year player. Another one 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:29.600 we want to talk about, Tank had a pretty good 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:30.440 day for himself. 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:31.240 No fumbles. 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.800 As we talked about, ball security was an issue at times, 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.160 a couple of big runsie core off and then also 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.080 that return that he got a little tripped up on. 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.120 But John, we know you love Tank, so it was 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:41.720 nice to see for. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.560 Him he was not to love. 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:46.920 I know he was too good in camp last year 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:51.760 to be as ineffective as he was all year and 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:56.520 to continue that. If you watch him, he clearly has skills. 0:14:56.560 --> 0:15:00.480 He clearly brings something to the table. Good for him 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:04.200 to see that when the uniform was on on Saturda. 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:05.680 I'm not going to overplay and say this means he's 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.480 going to be an all Pro, but I think that 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.360 does give him some confidence. And I would just be 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.200 surprised if he's not a lot more of a factor 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.120 this year, not as based on this game and just 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.600 based on everything they're saying about him, everything we've seen 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:18.120 from him. 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:19.480 Brian, I think he can matter. 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:22.840 I think he's unfairly targeted with ball security issues. There 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:24.800 were other players on this team that have had trouble 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.160 with the ball. The quarterback last year had twenty one 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:31.600 turnovers and in his first season on the starting lineup. 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:34.600 Travis CTN had a couple of really costly fumbles, one 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.640 against the Giants here that cost him a chance to 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.720 win the ball game. So people said, well, he didn't 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:42.680 take care of the ball. You know what, he had 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.840 one fumble, right, he had to go off his hands, 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:45.840 he had one fumble. 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:48.760 He's a really good player. 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:53.120 And the power and the speed and the versatility he's got. 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:56.200 The issue with him last year was trust, right, and 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:57.920 you could say, well it was ball security not as 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:01.320 much as it was protection issues. And both Press Taylor 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:05.120 and Peterson have said this year, we trust this kid. 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.400 And I think even the coaches looked back and regret 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.600 that a little bit that they kind of went away from. 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:12.040 I get why they did it when you have a 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.960 player like Travis DTN and in a lot of close games, 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:19.360 it's hard to go away from the guy for a 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.800 guy that you want to show confidence in. But I 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.880 think when they got together in February, that was probably 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:26.160 an area where they said, you know what, if we 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:27.800 had to do over again, we'd probably stick with him 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.400 a little more. I think there's a concerted effort and 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.000 it seems like tanks are going to make a payoff. 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:34.200 You were on him early in training camp last year. 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:36.800 Everyone will be on him by the time this season ends. 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.960 He is going to be an impactful player this year. 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:40.640 He's going to need to be, especially if this team 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:41.680 wants to succeed this year. 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:42.120 For sure. 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.560 Let's talk with this catch from bether to Devin Duvernet, 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:49.240 another new edition in the offseason. Didn't look he kind 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:51.120 of looked up, found the ball and I don't know 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:52.480 if it was a broken player, if that was the 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:54.840 plan all along, but to come back and get this 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.720 catch and then roll in and get a touchdown, it's 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.840 just it's nice to have the versatility from the wide 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:04.120 receiver group. They had versatility before, but just in terms 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.359 of being able to do different things and expecting something 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:07.000 from everybody. 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:07.760 Well, a couple of us. 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.520 First of all, CJ stood in with a hit, yeah, 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:14.280 and a other nice ball. This is NFL stuff here 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.560 at the end of the play, meaning the Chiefs defenders 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.640 you see doesn't locate the ball and DuVernay does so. 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:23.960 Duverne is a fifth to six year guy, been around it, 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:24.920 been doing it. 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:30.760 Certainly, if you can get this some impact offensively out 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.440 of him every four or five games, huge bones. 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:34.800 Well, I think one of the reasons why people were 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.520 uncomfortable with you wall adnew leaving was because he gave 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:38.960 them something in the offense. 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:40.080 Not just as a returnman. 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.000 This is an All Pro Pro Bowl return band who 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:46.720 also clearly can give you something down the field. He's 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.680 gonna be a nice addition to there are more weapons 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:53.520