1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Jags and the Titans coming up a four oh five 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: kickoff Sunday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It's been 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: a house of horrors for the Jacksonville Jaguars over the 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: last oh gosh forever. In fact, I am Eagle has 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: the call of the game today on CBS Sports. How 6 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: are you I and what's up? I'm doing well, JP. 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: I feel like i've I've been there front and center 8 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: for a bunch of these Jaguars Titans games, and certainly 9 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: remember where I was a year ago in Nashville where 10 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: things went very much awry for the Jaguars. So you're right, 11 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: it's been rough sledding for Jacksonville on the road in 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: this one. But divisional games that unpredictable nature, uh chance 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: for the Jaguars to to maybe turn their season around. 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: That's the way they have to view this. Jackson dropped 15 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: five straight in Nashville, nine of the last eleven years 16 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: they've lost at Nissan Stadium. Let's start off with the 17 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: division race, though tonight it's Indie and Houston first place 18 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: on the line in the a f C South. That 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: will give you an idea of how things will go 20 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: this weekend or you know, it's a big piece of 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: the puzzle, at least in the a f C South. 22 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: Who is your favorite in the division right now? Boy, 23 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: that that's the sixty four million dollar question. I've seen 24 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: both teams very recently. Last week, I had Houston Baltimore. 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: There was a huge build up for that game, and 26 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: the Texans laid an egg. It was all Lamar Jackson 27 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: and the Ravens took control of that game in the 28 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: second quarter, never looked back and it was the biggest 29 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: thud of the season for Houston and for Bill O'Brien's team. 30 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: First time that Deshaun Watson has lost the game that 31 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: he started in by more than two scores, and he 32 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: didn't look like that Deshaun Watson that we've seen throughout 33 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: the season that has been mentioned in m v P talk. 34 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: Houston is a little tough to figure out right now. 35 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: They've sustained a bunch of injuries, and certainly on the 36 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: defensive end with no j J. Watt had been banged 37 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: up in the secondary as well. Offensively, I think they 38 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: have potential to be dynamic when they have the balance 39 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: going like we've seen in London and so many Jaguars 40 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 1: fans saw, but it's not stable, it's not consistent. Indianapolis 41 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: has a certain resiliency to them, and I've seen them 42 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: with Jacoby Brissette. I've seen them without Jacoby Brissette. Obviously, 43 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: with Jacoby bros Said, they're a different team. They've dealt 44 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: with serious injuries. T Y Hilton, their main playmaker on 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: offense through the year, has not been a part of it. 46 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: He's a game changer and changes the way they run things. 47 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: Marlon mack now down they're going to have to do 48 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: it by committee. Defense is opportunistic. I like their makeup. 49 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: I think there's something about the way they approached the game, 50 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: Frank Reich's coaching style, the connectivity of that group. To me, 51 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: when the smoke clears, they should be standing there. But 52 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,399 Speaker 1: Tennessee might have something to say about it as well. 53 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: The Titans have played very well with Bryan Tannehill at quarterback. 54 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: He's given them a little bit of juice, a little 55 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: bit of life. I think Mike Vrabel brings an edge 56 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: to things just in the way that that he approaches 57 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: his coaching style. And I think Tennessee right now still 58 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: believes that they've got a puncher's chance to to be 59 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: in this thing to the bitter end. I an Eagle 60 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: with Us from CBS Sports has the call. This week's 61 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: Jaguars Titans matched up in Nashville, Tennessee. At the start 62 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: of this month, this was where the season would turn 63 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: either way for the Jaguars, with three divisional games away 64 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: from Jacksonville with a bye week in the middle of those. Well, 65 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: the first two haven't gone the right way. In fact, 66 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: they've been blown out in both games, and now they're 67 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: going to Nashville this week. It doesn't feel comfortable around 68 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: here right now in Jacksonville, would be quite honest with you. 69 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: Let's start on defense. They've given up four d eighty 70 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: rushing yards the last two games. You can't win football 71 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: games like that. I'm no, no, And it's pre and 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: pain to think about. Considering where they were two years 73 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: ago defensively and last year defensively, the numbers just keep falling. 74 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: They were the second ranked defense in they were the 75 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: fifth ranked defense, and here they are now at seventeen 76 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: overall and team defense they're better than that, and they're 77 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: just not showing it weekend and week out. It's it's 78 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: very tough to look at this team and say definitively 79 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: that they can just stay the course and everything is 80 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: going to be okay. There have been too many gaps 81 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: for them in terms of consistency and flashes. Obviously, Minshew 82 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: brought a lot to the table and people rallied behind that, 83 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: just his whole way, his presence, But I don't know 84 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: if that was going to be sustainable once Nick Foles 85 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: got healthy, Considering the money that they're paying him, considering 86 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: the commitment they made to Nick, and considering the fact 87 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: that he deserves a chance to come back and start 88 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: based on his resume, and based on the fact that 89 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: he was knocked out because of injury and a flukish 90 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: injury at that in the first game of the season. 91 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: There are pieces in place. There's no duart doubt that 92 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: this has been a breakout season for d J. Chart. 93 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: It's been nice to see from a national perspective. I 94 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: think he's getting a lot of credit and his name 95 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: is growing. The run game, which was such a big 96 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: key before the season started. Could they get that part 97 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: of their game cranked up? Well, we've seen it at times. 98 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,559 Speaker 1: Leonard Fournett has looked like the player they drafted so high. 99 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: In the two thousand seventeen draft. But then it's been 100 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: feast or famine, and that's frustrating, I'm sure. And as 101 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: you alluded to defensively, it just can't happen. If teams 102 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: know that they can control the ball, control the clock, 103 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: and run it down your throat, they're just gonna keep 104 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: doing it until you can prove that you can stop it. 105 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: And that still now out there in the equation Tennessee. 106 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: That's the way they're going to approach it. You've got 107 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: to look at what's happened over the last few weeks 108 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: and that plays to the Titan style. That's what they 109 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: want to do. They'd rather do that than ask Ryan 110 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: Tannegal to toss it around the field thirty five times. 111 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: So the the whole philosophy is in place right now, 112 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: and until Jacksonville can disprove it, teams will just keep 113 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 1: doing it. We all have nightmares of Mike Keith screaming 114 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: yards on the commercial every week around here after last 115 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: year's game in Nashville. How difficult was what Nick Foles 116 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: did the last two years in Philly, coming off the 117 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: bench late in the regular season, leading a couple of 118 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: playoff runs obviously a super Bowl a couple of years ago, 119 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: and they're a catch away from moving on last year. 120 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: You know, people say, hey, they maybe he can equate 121 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: that kind of magic this year. But it's not that easy. 122 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: You've gotta have parts around you and everything going well, 123 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: a little bit of rhythm. How difficult is it defined 124 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:06,679 Speaker 1: that rhythm? Yeah, extremely difficult. Obviously. It's just not something 125 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: you can do flip a switch. If anybody could do it, 126 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: then there would be teams all over the league that 127 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: rip off six straight wins to end the season and 128 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: go into the playoffs as a hot team. I think 129 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: that was a very unique set of circumstances. That team 130 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: believed in him. He had something there, some magic that 131 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: worked for that specific squad, with those specific players in 132 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: that specific city. That's not to say that he's not 133 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: capable of doing that, of course he is. Nick has 134 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: shown that he's he's got that intangible whatever that is. 135 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: He's got it, but it just doesn't mean that you 136 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: can unleash it at any moment. I think when we 137 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: look back on it, it's going to stand out as 138 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: one of the more unlikely stories in NFL history, The 139 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,559 Speaker 1: fact that Nick Fole stepped in and won a Super Bowl. 140 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: With that group, there will be a brotherhood and a 141 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: real cohesiveness for those guys forever because of what they 142 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: went through together. And Nick deserved a chance to go 143 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: out and be a starter somewhere. And I think Jacksonville 144 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: made a very good decision in bringing in a proven 145 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: leader and someone that has on their resume a super 146 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: Bowl title. That's credibility. Uh. The injury certainly set things back, 147 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: and it changed the script here for Jacksonville, but it 148 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: probably also opened their eyes to the fact that they're 149 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: gonna need to improve in certain areas moving forward. And 150 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: I had a chance to call that playoff game against 151 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and they nearly went on that kind of run, 152 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: And that was a very similar feel if Lake Bortles 153 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: led them to the super Bowl, if they get the 154 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: win over New England, and then who knows, once you 155 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: get there, we might be talking about something completely different 156 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: than what we're talking about with Philadelphia and and Nick 157 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: full Uh. That's the reminder of this game and how 158 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: rewarding it can be and how humbling it could be. 159 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: In a matter of forty five minutes, everything changed for 160 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: Jacksonville and for Blake Bortles to get to the contract, 161 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: and then the Jaguars realized that they had to move on. 162 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: But major decisions are made based on a play here, 163 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: a play there that can change a person, a team, 164 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 1: a city's life. I am eagle with us the governments. 165 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: You do enough for you to prove he can start 166 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: regularly in the NFL. I certainly did enough for me 167 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: to believe that he can lead in the NFL. UH. 168 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: That is oftentimes the gateway to the next question. When 169 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: you step in front of the locker room. Is there 170 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: a belief from those players that you can be the guy? 171 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: And for some players some qbs that sometimes the hardest 172 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: part just the present he has that and then some 173 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: so that's not an issue. The questions moving forward will 174 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: be opportunity and once defensive coordinators figure out what you're 175 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: all about, what else you got it? It's not that simple. 176 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: As we know, every year things are changing, the league 177 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: is changing, and based on who you have around you. 178 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: As you mentioned in regards to the Nick Foles and 179 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: the Jaguars trying to find a rhythm, that's the same 180 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,559 Speaker 1: benefit of the doubt that I would give Gardner Minshew, 181 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: who really did handle himself incredibly well. I know he 182 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: was upset and frustrated when the decision was made, and 183 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: that shows that he's a competitor and shows that he's 184 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: the kind of guy I would want on my team. 185 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 1: So people take notice. That's the one thing in the NFL. 186 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: You don't operate in a vacuum. It's not just for 187 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: the local people in your city that see you go 188 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: out there and do the things you do. It's for 189 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: everybody that's watching around in the league. It's a constant audition, 190 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: and what you're putting on film is passed around and 191 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: disseminated by every team in the league. Everybody wants to 192 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: get an edge, Everybody wants information, everybody wants to figure 193 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: out who they can build with. So for Gardner Minshew, 194 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 1: I think he's probably convinced enough talent evaluators now that 195 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: he could be something in this league. And while he's 196 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: operated with a chip on his shoulder and trying to 197 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: prove people wrong probably his whole life, he could personally 198 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: breathe a little bit of a sigh of relief that 199 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: now people realize he belongs. I am Eagle has the 200 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: call of the Jags and the Titans coming up on 201 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: CBS Sports. Also works on Westwood One Thursday nights with 202 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: our friend Tony Bosellian From a guy who has to 203 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: work with Tony most of the week, I feel you 204 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: you're talking about maybe the nice as human being I've 205 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: ever been around. J P. Tony is Wait hold on, 206 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: let me read from the rest of the script before 207 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: I say. Tony is a giver, Tony is a great family. Yeah, 208 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: you you get it. Yeah, you have those talking points 209 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: as well, but you know, yeah, um, it's he'll have 210 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: the biggest bust in Canton one day, hopefully we'll see. 211 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: Oh man, if there's anyone that deserves it, it's him 212 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: on so many levels, but just from his playing career, 213 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: he deserves that. He was a dominant force in the 214 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: NFL during his time in Jacksonville and that should be 215 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: duly noted by those making the decisions in Canton. I 216 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: am great to talk to you. Have a great call 217 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: this week, all right, JP, if my pleasure, We'll do 218 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: it again soon.