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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Jaguars Broadcast Weekend Review podcast presented by

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Speaker 1: t I A A Bank. It's Friday, Mark j teen,

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Speaker 1: JP Shadrick with the best of the week from Jaguars Radio,

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Speaker 1: Jaguars dot Com and all our streaming platforms Jags, Twitter, Facebook,

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Speaker 1: and YouTube. The Jaguars were among the most active teams

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Speaker 1: during the negotiation period leading into the start of the

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Speaker 1: league year. Seven players agreed to terms with the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: and free agency, and the Jags spent just over one

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Speaker 1: d fifty five million guaranteed dollars. Six of those players

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Speaker 1: arrived in Jacksonville Thursday for physical stadium tours, initial meet

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Speaker 1: and greets with the coaching staff, and yes, press conferences.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with the biggest splash signing in terms of

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Speaker 1: guaranteed money. Wide receiver Christian Kirk are reported four years

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Speaker 1: seventy two million dollar contract that includes thirty seven million

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Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed in four seasons when the Cardinals. Kirk has

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Speaker 1: not been over a thousand yards, but he's confident of

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Speaker 1: how he fits in the offense and doesn't care about

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Speaker 1: any outside criticism. Well, you know, I like to validate um,

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Speaker 1: knowing my ability and what my peers and what my

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Speaker 1: coaches and the people that um, you know make those decisions,

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Speaker 1: and uh that believe in believe in me. Um, I

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Speaker 1: like to validate that, you know, over you know, any

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Speaker 1: other's opinions. And so for me, you know, that's the

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Speaker 1: most important. I know what I can do. You know,

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Speaker 1: I know the value that I bring and um, you know,

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Speaker 1: the coaches in the organization see that, and you know,

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Speaker 1: to me, if that's all that matters. Christian Doug mentioned

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Speaker 1: yesterday that you know, in his offense, all the receivers

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Speaker 1: the spots and depends on the game plan. How exciting

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Speaker 1: is that for you as a receiver to know you

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Speaker 1: won't be like pigeonholting that just one spot. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's great, you know, especially for somebody like me. UM.

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Speaker 1: You know, I you know like to think that I'm

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Speaker 1: on that. And being able to stretch the field. Um,

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Speaker 1: able to stretch the field vertically and horizontally, and so

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Speaker 1: UM to have a coach that's going to be able

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Speaker 1: uh is a confidence builder and UH, you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: just really excited to see, you know, what he has

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Speaker 1: playing for us weekend and week out. On the Huddle

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Speaker 1: Up Podcast Wednesday, NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks joined John

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Speaker 1: Osan and me to explain the role of receivers and

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Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's past offenses. I think anyone who watch the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars played last season saw that look ahead pass catches,

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Speaker 1: but not a lot of speed and playmaking on the outside.

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Speaker 1: And so people will look at the numbers that Christian

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Speaker 1: I will say is when you watch him play, he's

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Speaker 1: a guy who has versatility. He has the ability to

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Speaker 1: to remember, Doug Peterson is bringing in a pure version

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Speaker 1: of the West Coast offense that well will move people

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Speaker 1: round to every spot on the perimeter. Meaning, Uh, in

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Speaker 1: this offense, you have an X, you have in Z

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Speaker 1: you would like receivers who could play all three spots.

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Speaker 1: That enables you to be able to mix and match,

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Speaker 1: create and exploit mismatches, and it allows you to kind

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Speaker 1: Christian Kurk has shown that he can not only play

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Speaker 1: having known Christian Kirk for a long time, having watched

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Speaker 1: out standing pass catcher, and he quickly will become Trevor

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Speaker 1: the other editions that kind of compliment what they're doing,

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Speaker 1: People are trying and figure out is your two is

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Speaker 1: over to the defensive side. Linebacker Foyer A. Luikan is

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Speaker 1: and you don't know how well he can play until

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Speaker 1: he actually plays. He got an opportunity to play early

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Speaker 1: in Atlanta, and he outplayed his draft status, and so

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Speaker 1: when you put up the kind of numbers that he

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Speaker 1: put up from a tackling standpoint, man, you have to

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Speaker 1: have a strong nose for the ball to be able

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Speaker 1: to put up the kind of numbers that he was

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Speaker 1: putting up as a top tackler. So, uh, he's a

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Speaker 1: good player. He's um, He's gonna bring some different energy,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's also some of the stuff Mike

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Speaker 1: call will hold new defensive staff. You're kind of trying

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Speaker 1: to bring your own guys in and so a lot

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Speaker 1: of times it's kind of out with the old end

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Speaker 1: with the new and we'll see how it all comes together.

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Speaker 1: But I do know that the Jaguars is certainly more

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Speaker 1: dynamic on defense due to a kana coming in Alukonlukhan.

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Speaker 1: That's right, that's all right, I got it's muscle memory now.

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Speaker 1: J On the defensive line, the Jaguars added run stopping tackle.

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Speaker 1: Fully Fakasi, the former Jets defensive captain, explained the culture

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Speaker 1: of a team, You're supposed to be a pretty good

449
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Speaker 1: culture fit. Can you you know where does that come from?

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Speaker 1: You take a lot of pride in that and what

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Speaker 1: have you learned from the culture here? Maybe watching the

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Speaker 1: Jags from Afar of what you kind of bring to

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Speaker 1: the table in that regard. UM, when I when I

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Speaker 1: when I look at this team, UM, I see a

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Speaker 1: lot of fighters, you know, and you can you can

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Speaker 1: go far with people that fight to the very end.

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Speaker 1: So and I feel like I fit that perfectly, because

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Speaker 1: when you when you're facing adversity, when you're facing issues,

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Speaker 1: when you're facing problems, are you're able to look at

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Speaker 1: and and you're able to say, all right, yo, let's

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Speaker 1: keep going. Let's keep going. Let's keep going. Let's keep going.

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Speaker 1: Another punch, It'll take you far. And when you look up,

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Speaker 1: you realize that you actually didn't. You actually didn't. You

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Speaker 1: actually didn't take as big a step back as you thought,

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Speaker 1: you know. And I think that's important, you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean, for especially for me to be a part

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Speaker 1: of this group, and for allowing the brotherhood too to

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Speaker 1: accept me in this group. H Shoot, listen, I speak

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Speaker 1: from the heart and I speak on my mind, and UM,

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Speaker 1: I just pray that the people that listen to me

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Speaker 1: and hear me, UM can feel my my my genuineness,

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Speaker 1: and that I'm trying to be pure on my heart

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Speaker 1: and hopefully everyone just follows each other in that way.

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Speaker 1: And finally, a discussion about cornerback Darius Williams, who comes

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Speaker 1: in from the l. A. Rams. He's a Creekside of

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Speaker 1: high school product, and Bucky Brooks explained what he could

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Speaker 1: do for the Jaguars defense player. He's a really good player.

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Speaker 1: He made a ton of plays for the Rams. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I'll speak about his skill set. His skill set is

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Speaker 1: terrific because he's a guy that can play off. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't always have to be nose and nose on

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Speaker 1: the wide receiver. There's a great job of reading rouse

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Speaker 1: and recognizing what's happening in front of him. He will

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Speaker 1: make plays. He made a ton of plays throughout his

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Speaker 1: time with the l. A. Rams. Uh. He could play outside,

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Speaker 1: but he also can bump inside. I think this is

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Speaker 1: a move where people have to understand. The nickel position,

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Speaker 1: particularly the slot corner position is another starting position. Um

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Speaker 1: the twelve starters on the defense, the nickel back counts

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Speaker 1: is that and you need to have three high end

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Speaker 1: corners to be able to play in this league. And

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Speaker 1: so he gives them a guy who can play outstanding

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Speaker 1: nickel coverage and it gives them maybe some versatility and

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Speaker 1: flexibility in terms of how they deploy their stuff. This

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Speaker 1: is a team that I would anticipate being a heavy

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Speaker 1: zone blitz team, meaning where they're bringing UH five maybe

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Speaker 1: six defenders that sometimes were playing zone with the eyes

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Speaker 1: on the quarterback. And to succeed in that, you have

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Speaker 1: to have guys that are very comfortable playing in space,

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Speaker 1: being able to sort out all the stuff that happens

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Speaker 1: in front of them. Williams is a guy that does that. Um.

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Speaker 1: I do wonder for Tyson Campbell Um Chad Griffin as

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Speaker 1: they continue to evolve this UH defense how these guys

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Speaker 1: are best suited to play because those guys are better

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Speaker 1: knows the notes and so I'm curious to see what

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Speaker 1: it all looks like when they put it together. But

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Speaker 1: this is a team that's gonna be aggressive, but they're

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Speaker 1: gonna do it with a lot of smoking mirrors and deception.

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Speaker 1: But you have to have guys who have a lot

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Speaker 1: of tools in the toolbox to be able to do

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Speaker 1: what Williams says that is it important for a nickel

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Speaker 1: because of the complexity position to have a veteran as

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Speaker 1: opposed to you can play a rookie, you can play

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Speaker 1: a kid outside because there's maybe not as much Uh,

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Speaker 1: it's not as complex. Is there any truth to that?

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Speaker 1: A lot of truth to a john. And in fact,

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Speaker 1: you've been around the game long enough to know that

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Speaker 1: the way the things used to work is your best

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Speaker 1: corner and and nickel downs would move inside to the

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Speaker 1: nickel and your most inexperienced corner would play right corner,

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Speaker 1: meaning on the defensive right the offensive left, which is

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Speaker 1: the backside of most right handed quarterbacks. Um, that's where

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Speaker 1: you will hide your inferior player. And so um, what

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Speaker 1: you want to do is you want to make sure

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Speaker 1: that you have someone who has seen a lot of

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Speaker 1: the game, who's kind of gone through a bunch of

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Speaker 1: different situations and understands how to play it from a

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Speaker 1: situational standpoint, from an experienced standpoint, he has a level

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Speaker 1: of expertise. And playing inside, Yeah, nicol is not necessarily

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Speaker 1: a spot where you want to put a young guy

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Speaker 1: because it's it's tough in there. It's it's a lot

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Speaker 1: you have to kind of be able to tackle like

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Speaker 1: a linebacker. You have to play in space and handle

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Speaker 1: all of these adjustments. And so it's a high i

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Speaker 1: Q very technical position and I think it requires some

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Speaker 1: experience to be really, really good at JP. One of

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Speaker 1: the most underrated players in that seventeen defense to me

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Speaker 1: was always Colvin. Yeah, and I was gonna say at

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Speaker 1: high level, Aaron Colvin told me one time that you're

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Speaker 1: gonna have some dogging, you gonna play nel too. Um so,

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Speaker 1: oh yeah, because when you're talking about that like JP,

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Speaker 1: he's talking about when you're the nickel. Remember you're removing

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Speaker 1: a linebacker to put the nickel corner in. So the

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Speaker 1: nickel corner has to be tough enough to handle the

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Speaker 1: run responsibilities when they run it at you. He needs

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Speaker 1: to be able to be courageous enough to make blitz

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Speaker 1: is off the edge. Because a lot of defense coordinators

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Speaker 1: like to use slot pressures UH to impact the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: He has to be able to cover slot receivers and

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Speaker 1: occasionally a tied end depending on what the personnel is.

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Speaker 1: And so this guy has to be a little different.

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Speaker 1: So the toughness is definitely there. He almost has to

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Speaker 1: be a decathlete. He has to be able to bring

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Speaker 1: a bunch of different things to the table to be

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Speaker 1: able to succeed inside in the slot. We'll return with

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Speaker 1: Time to hear from the Jaguars. Head coach Doug Peterson

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Speaker 1: joined Jack's Drive time Wednesday afternoon at the start of

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Speaker 1: the new league year and talked through some of the

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Speaker 1: offensive editions. You know, that's one of the things that

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Speaker 1: that Trent and I and the staff really focused on

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Speaker 1: being aggressive this time of year, you know, in free

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Speaker 1: agency and really um you know, with with the amount

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Speaker 1: of resources that we have at our disposal using them,

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Speaker 1: you know, and and uh, I thought we did a

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Speaker 1: We did a nice job getting the guys that we targeted.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know whether you'll tell us this or not.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's hard to be completely entirely honest,

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Speaker 1: but um, did you get everyone you wanted? Yes, we did,

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Speaker 1: We did, we did, and and you know, we got

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Speaker 1: seven free agents. And we actually you know, as we

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Speaker 1: met as a staff and and put put our you know,

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Speaker 1: put our heads together and had a lot of a

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Speaker 1: lot of long conversations not only with us, but with

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Speaker 1: Trent and his team and the personnel guys. You know,

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Speaker 1: we we targeted, we targeted a group you know of players,

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Speaker 1: and and we hit. We hit all our benchmarks. And

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Speaker 1: and it's rare that you can do that there listen,

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Speaker 1: and there's good players in free agency every year. You know,

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Speaker 1: some some obviously you know, want more than others. But

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Speaker 1: but we had, uh the ability to to target you know,

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Speaker 1: seven guys and and we hit all seven. And so

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Speaker 1: it was really good with money off the talks with

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Speaker 1: free agency obviously, but was it a hard sell for

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Speaker 1: some of these guys? I mean, Jacksonville hasn't had a

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Speaker 1: lot of success. Did you find yourself having to sell

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Speaker 1: or did the idea of what you're building here and

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Speaker 1: the money combined. You know what I'm gonna I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: tell you this that that um, it's not a hard

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Speaker 1: sale to come to Jacksonville and a lot of the

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Speaker 1: players that we did talk to, uh want to be here,

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Speaker 1: which is which is a credit to I think even

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Speaker 1: though on the field the win loss record hasn't been there. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think it's a credit to the current players on

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Speaker 1: this football team. What what what Trent and now myself

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Speaker 1: and what we're trying to build as an organization here

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Speaker 1: and then and then some of the current staff that

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Speaker 1: I have who have relationships with some of these players,

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Speaker 1: sort of enticing them, you know, to to show up

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Speaker 1: here in Jacksonville all kind of play a big part

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Speaker 1: into you know, what we've been able to do. And

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Speaker 1: and that's the exciting thing is that, you know, we

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Speaker 1: want this to be a destination spot for for for

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Speaker 1: top players and and you know, we had to start

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Speaker 1: somewhere and felt like we did that. I'm gonna talk

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Speaker 1: receivers because I just made the catch of the Year

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Speaker 1: on Brian's water bottle that thing. But uh, you said

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Speaker 1: something fascinating upstairs to me about how you plan to

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Speaker 1: use your receivers, not necessarily how people always think of

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Speaker 1: receivers as as a one to slot use them differently,

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Speaker 1: talk about that, Yeah, we do. And and you know,

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Speaker 1: you're always gonna have you know, on paper, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: have you know, the X, the Z, the Y, the F.

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Speaker 1: Just yeah, you're gonna have these letters. And so we

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Speaker 1: have to plug bodies into those into those spots. And

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Speaker 1: people ask like, hey, you know, as Christian Kirk going

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Speaker 1: to be a be a slot receiver, and the answer

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Speaker 1: is like, um, yes, he's gonna be a slot, but

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Speaker 1: he's also going to be an outside target as well.

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Speaker 1: And and and having guys that have, you know, position

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Speaker 1: flexibility within your system gives you the freedom to really

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Speaker 1: move guys around and how they understand your your terminology,

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Speaker 1: how they underscan understand your schemes. And that's the benefit

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Speaker 1: that you have, uh with with multiple players on offense,

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Speaker 1: especially at the receiver position that you can't move around. Coach,

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Speaker 1: tell us about your offensive line, the state of it.

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Speaker 1: Right now. You have Cam Robinson, you add Brandon Schurf,

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Speaker 1: you have a lot of moving pieces, some depth there

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Speaker 1: where do you feel this offensive line is right now?

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Speaker 1: It's hitting in the right direction, and it's something that

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Speaker 1: we had to you know, take a strong, hard look at,

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously to protect the quarterback, protect Trevor and

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Speaker 1: and and not so much in the passing game, but

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Speaker 1: also the ability to run the football. You know, we

648
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Speaker 1: feel like the running back room when healthy is is

649
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Speaker 1: a dynamic group. We feel like the tight ends are

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Speaker 1: a dynamic group and they're all part of the run game,

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Speaker 1: you know as well. So you know, we took some

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Speaker 1: really good uh steps forward in that direction. Um with

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Speaker 1: with keeping keeping can Cam and and obviously getting getting

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Speaker 1: uh you know, Brandon Schurff, and you got Juwan, you

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Speaker 1: got Walker Little mean, we've got guys shot Lee back.

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Speaker 1: So you know there's guys there now that we're putting

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Speaker 1: the pieces together and we still have you know, the

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Speaker 1: ability in the draft to to add some more depth

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Speaker 1: and add some more value at that position. You're so

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Speaker 1: known for tight ends. Uh, how to Ingram Arnold in

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Speaker 1: that room work together? Now? Well, I've always felt, um

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Speaker 1: prior to being hired here that that room was one

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Speaker 1: of the strengths of the football team, quite honestly. And

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Speaker 1: and I know Dan missed games last year and was injured.

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Speaker 1: But when healthy again, he's a dynamic tight end. And

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Speaker 1: now you add another element with with Evan and um,

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Speaker 1: you know, it can become it can become an issue,

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Speaker 1: you know, for for opponents to to match up to

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Speaker 1: our twelve or thirteen personnel. And and that's that's encouraging

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Speaker 1: because that's you know, my background has been always been

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Speaker 1: about tight ends and and and those guys over the ball,

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Speaker 1: you know again they can be that comfort for the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: And so I'm excited to get you know, Evan, and

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Speaker 1: get all the guys and you know, really to start

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Speaker 1: working next month and see where see where all these

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Speaker 1: pieces fit. Later in the show, general manager Trent ball

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Speaker 1: Key on some of the defensive players added and how

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Speaker 1: the salary cap feels moving forward. You believe in big

679
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: and physical on the offensive line. I know you also

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Speaker 1: believe that in the defense. How much better do you

681
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 1: feel about your run defense, your interior that right now

682
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: than you did on Sunday? Well, I think we feel

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Speaker 1: obviously feel better. I think if you look last year,

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00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 1: there were stretches of games where we were very good upfront,

685
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Speaker 1: and we've got some good football players on this roster

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Speaker 1: that can stop the run, uh, and adding fully to

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Speaker 1: the mix just increases our ability to do that. And

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Speaker 1: if you want to win this division, you got it

689
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 1: starts up front. You gotta be able to win the

690
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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage both sides of the ball. I can

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Speaker 1: imagine this is a whirlwind of a week. To put

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Speaker 1: it lightly. You have the excitement of bringing new guys in,

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Speaker 1: but then you also have the tough decisions to have

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Speaker 1: to let some guys go that have been here a while.

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Speaker 1: With Miles Jack for example, how tough is that conversation?

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Speaker 1: And I can imagine you've got to take the personal

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Speaker 1: opinion out of it and just look at CAP and

698
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Speaker 1: football as a whole, right, Yeah, And that's hard to do,

699
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Speaker 1: you know, to take the personal side out when you

700
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 1: know the hard part is to separate the yourself from

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00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: the professional and the personal right and this business. And

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Speaker 1: Aisles is a wonderful young man, uh and he was

703
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: a heck of a player for for this organization and

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00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 1: really an ambassador within the community. So anytime you got

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Speaker 1: to make that decision or those types of decisions that

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Speaker 1: are difficult, but unfortunately, in the job that I sit in,

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Speaker 1: those are the decisions that have to be made to

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Speaker 1: get home for dinner. Now, the free agencies done with

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Speaker 1: the draft. The draft now is it's only one thing

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00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: you gotta focus on because for the last couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks you've been on draft and on free agency. Well,

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Speaker 1: you just get to worry about the draft, right yeah,

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Speaker 1: Well say right, come on, we got we got through

714
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 1: free agency, all right. But you know the funny thing

715
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Speaker 1: is this morning when we signed Darius I think it

716
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: was about nine thirty five when we got that done,

717
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,760
Speaker 1: we totally switched gears and went flipped on the film

718
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: and we started on the college side. So now it's

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Speaker 1: draft prep here we go. Was it important to have

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Speaker 1: three guys with experiencing your secondary meaning nickel corner. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure exactly where Darius So play, but he'll be

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00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 1: a factor. They better to have a veteran in that spot.

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Speaker 1: Considering the nature of the nickel position. Well, when you

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Speaker 1: look at our our roster currently, we only have three

725
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: veteran players in the secondary at the corner position. You know,

726
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Speaker 1: Trade being the third, and and you know, obviously Tyson

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00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: and shock, Uh, we had to add to that room,

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Speaker 1: you know, and there's no guarantee that you're gonna be

729
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Speaker 1: able to add to that room in free agency or

730
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Speaker 1: in the in the draft, so when you have an

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Speaker 1: opportunity and one falls your way. Darius is an interesting story.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's local. You know, he's from Jacksonville,

733
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Speaker 1: grew up in Jacksonville. He knows Jacksonville better than I

734
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Speaker 1: know Jacksonville. So you know, it's it's it was just

735
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,479
Speaker 1: a situation where a young man wanted to come home.

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Speaker 1: He's a good football player, an excellent football player, and

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Speaker 1: how he fits in that room, you know, that's up

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Speaker 1: to the players. Is I always say this. You know,

739
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Speaker 1: we get the players here and it's up to the

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Speaker 1: players and coaches to decide, you know, what happens out

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Speaker 1: on the field. That's you know, it's it's it's up

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Speaker 1: to them and the role that he builds for himself

743
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 1: as one he's gonna earn very cool. It was interesting

744
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 1: to hear Doug Peterson talk about I feel like us

745
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 1: as media members we always try to say, okay, well,

746
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Speaker 1: Christian Kirk, for example, put him in a box, going

747
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 1: to be a slot receiver. Maybe he's gonna be outside,

748
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Speaker 1: and Coach Peterson was like, no, we want versatility at

749
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Speaker 1: all positions, and we don't know where he's gonna play

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Speaker 1: right now. It could be all of that. How important

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Speaker 1: was that? Versatility is critical? You know, the more they

752
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 1: can do, the more positions they can align in, the

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00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 1: more if they can play in bass and they can

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00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: play in nickel, they can play in dime. The more

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00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: things they can do, the more value they have to

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Speaker 1: the organization, to the team itself. So we're always looking

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00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: for players, whether it's an offensive lineman, Can they play inside,

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00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:47,959
Speaker 1: can they play guard, tackle, guards, center? You're you're really

759
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: not looking for one dimensional players unless they're really dominant

760
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: in that one dimension. You spent a good bit of money.

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Speaker 1: How do you feel about you salary cap going forward?

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Speaker 1: And you're able to structure these deals so that over

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Speaker 1: the next three or four years you may tain cap flexibility. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we feel really good about where we're at on the cap.

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Speaker 1: We haven't kicked anything forward at all. We're working off

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Speaker 1: of a set number for this year and we were

767
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,800
Speaker 1: able to stay within that. UH. Next year's cap, by nature,

768
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: is going to be a little tight. UH and then

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00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: it opens up again the following year, but we feel

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Speaker 1: really good with where we're at. From a cap standport

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