WEBVTT - Jaguars Happy Hour: Thursday, June 2 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:09.600 It is third day June. Second is Jaguars Happy All 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:14.920 and now the guys slate it to play Rooster's Dead 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:22.279 in Topcome three. J jack Rick, I'm not sure the reference. 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:24.400 I haven't seen the second one yet. And welcome out 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:28.200 of Jaguars Happy Hour. I'm J. P. Shadrick. We've got 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:32.920 a busy, busy show coming up today. Organized Team Activities 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:36.800 Week number two well underway now. Wide receiver Christian Kirk 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:40.320 will join us in studio. Oh and about fifteen minutes 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:44.080 or so, we'll get his thoughts on arriving in Jacksonville, 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:48.000 settling into the Jaguars offense, the o t as, working 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:51.159 with a quarterback, all the above, his past in Arizona. 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.240 He's actually from the Phoenix area and then played for 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:57.280 the Cardinals of course the first four or five years 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:59.640 of his career before coming over here in free agency. 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:02.880 Will will visit with him coming up. Senior writer John 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.920 Osier will join us as well. That's at the bottom 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.480 of the hour and he'll finish the show with us today. 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:12.440 Jeff Loghman is out, but he'll be back at some 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.880 point next week and we'll hear from Bloggs again in 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.559 the final week of organized team activities will go around 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:22.560 the National Football League as well well. Earlier this week, 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:26.480 the organized team activities got back underway on Tuesday after 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:30.360 the Memorial Day holiday. Three practices last week, and then 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:34.040 the team was off Friday through Monday, the holiday actual 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:37.520 holiday on Monday, and then back to work Tuesday. Three 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:41.080 practices on the schedule for this week, and by league rule, 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.280 they can't have more than two in a row this week. 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.880 Next week there will be four on the schedule at least, 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.880 and historically teams on that tenth and final O tier 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.920 it's scheduled for Friday of next week. A lot of 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:57.520 times do a team building activity or even you know, 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:59.920 sometimes give the team off. We'll see what Doug Peterson 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.800 as in mind on the tenth and final O t 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.920 A of next week. But I will get a chance 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.200 as media to be out there one day per week. 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.360 We're out on the O t A number one last 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.120 week and then out there on Tuesday this week. They 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.720 started practice on the game field and then a little 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.440 pop up shower came along. The rain was fine enough, 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.280 and then a rumble of thunder and and bang, there 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.880 you go. The lightning moved the practice indoors into the 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.239 Dream Finders Homes Flex field for the remainder of the workout, 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:32.040 and you know, of course, all eyes are on the 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:36.360 quarterback Trevor Lawrence and this offense and how things feel. 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.280 And maybe you get a better sense after a week 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.079 of practices, at least from a head coach Doug Peterson 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:45.480 three practices in going in to that fourth practice, he 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:50.040 spoke before Tuesday's practice about maybe an overview of the 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:53.880 team what he feels after one week of organized team activities. 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:58.240 It was a good week, you know for us. Um again, 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.119 it was the first time since that first mini camp 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:04.160 several weeks ago to be you know out there and 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.799 the way the way I've got to set up, you know, Um, 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:09.960 we're working some first and second down, some third down, 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.280 some red zone stuff and throughout the courts of the week. 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.640 So we're throwing a lot at the guys. And right now, 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:17.960 the guys have really handled the information. They've taken it 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.359 from the classroom to the practice field and and that's 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:22.919 really what we want to see right now. You can't 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:25.359 see physicality and all that kind of stuff and tackling 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:28.120 and all that yet, but um, you know, the guys 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:31.720 are they're moving in the right way. They're they're practicing fast, 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.560 they're they're protecting each other, and that's what we want 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.000 to see, and that's what I want to see this 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.560 time year. You gotta love that attitude from Doug Peterson. 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:42.960 He just understands the pace of the off season. And 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:46.200 we've talked about this and shows before the last few weeks. Um, 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.920 I'm not gonna win the super Bowl today, but you 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.360 can win the super Bowl by being ready to go 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:55.480 for the regular season with your team healthy and motivated 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.760 and locked in and ready. And that's what they're going 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:01.960 for right now. The pace of just bringing in the 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.080 class from the classroom to the practice field. Don't get 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.400 anybody hurt right now. You know, we know exactly what 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.200 we're gonna go over today in this time of year, 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.720 and we can handle the rest, come training camp and 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.120 into the regular season to get ready for the opponent 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.120 week to week. So I'm not gonna reinvent the wheel 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.080 and do this a different way. He's done it before, 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.280 he's built it before, he's been in the league, as 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:27.760 we've said all over this offseason, since he knows the 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.200 schedule of how things are supposed to feel, and look 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.880 around here, now. Part of the situation here is taking 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.880 over what happened last year with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Of course, 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:41.080 for Doug Peterson, taking over the remnants of the Urban 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:44.680 Meyer regime and an organization that was shattered in a 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.080 lot of different ways in that locker room after everything 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:51.120 that happened a year ago. And there's a fine line 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:56.040 though on as he said earlier this offseason, regaining the 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.560 trust of the football team and the people on the 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:02.200 football side after every thing that happened a year ago. Well, 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:05.280 there's a fine line between that but still getting work 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:09.120 done and pushing the team forward and striving for a 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.400 few things. Yes, there might be limits to that in 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.800 the off season program, but there's still some checklist of 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:16.560 things they need to get done, and they have to 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.520 push towards certain things and certain milestones in the off season. 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:24.320 And Doug Peterson earlier this week understands that fine line 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:27.480 between regaining the trust and still pushing the players the 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:32.719 right way. As as I gained their trust, I can 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.120 push a little bit harder, um, And there is a 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.440 fine line there, and there is a balance there, and 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:41.080 that just comes from just understanding and really reaching out 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.800 to the players and and kind of you know, seeing 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:47.120 how they react to certain things. Um, you know, I 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.120 want to push them in practice. I want to challenge 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:50.880 them in practice, but at the same time, I don't 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:53.760 want to I don't want to really overstep my bounds 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:55.800 a little bit right now, you know with them, and 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:59.159 and uh, at the same time, when I do that, 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.719 I want to see the turn you know, back, you know, 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:05.120 towards towards what we're doing. And and That's what I've seen. 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.440 And so the more the more that we continue to 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.680 have that that that two way you know, communication and dialogue, 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.560 I can continue to push a little bit harder. Obviously, 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:16.720 you know, in the off season, we you know, we 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:19.680 go a little bit easier. But I think it happens 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.200 more in training camp when the pads come on and 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:25.000 and it gets a little warmer outside and and we 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.599 can we can really challenge them a little bit more. Yeah, So, 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:32.320 you know, step by step, understand that relationship has to 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:35.600 grow at some point. And once that relationship grows in, 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:37.920 you can push the team a little bit further. He's 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.599 been through it before as a player. He gets that 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:44.440 whole push and pull that goes on between coaches and 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:47.520 players and in the way. This thing has really started. 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.880 Up here. It's Jaguars Happy Hour on Tintin XL A 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.760 M and Jaguars dot Com. J P. Shadrick with you, 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.200 Jeff log him and out this week coming up Christian 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.200 Kirk Jaguars wide receiver, and then John Osan coming up 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:00.600 at the bottom of the hour. Let's hear more from 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:05.400 head coach Doug Peterson. Last week, Trevor Lawrence spoke and 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:09.040 talked a little bit about the pace of the defense 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:12.160 after the first O t A practice. There were a 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.040 few plays in the eleven on eleven that we saw 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:17.280 in that open practice and in O t A number 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.400 one where defensive linemen are getting free and rushing the 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:22.960 quarterback and he's having a hustle a couple throws out 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:26.239 of there. Well, this week Peterson asked about the pace 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:29.200 of defense. Is there really a limit to it? Yes, 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:32.360 we know there's no contact officially, but is there a 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.720 rule on the or a Jaguars rule of sorts against 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.760 um maybe going a little too hard in practice. And 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:44.440 here's what Peterson said. Listen, it's full speed, you know, 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.320 full speed drills and again, because you're not in pads, 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.920 it's really hard for the offensive defensive lines to really 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.840 you know, kind of control the pace of place sometimes 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.880 and and you know it's just it's hard, it's really hard. 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:02.960 But at the same time, you know, um, it's sort 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.040 of it's sort of the fun of it, you know, 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.160 the competition of it, and and really to see the 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.400 competitive juices flowing a little bit out there on the 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:14.120 practice field and you know, um, you know, obviously the 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:18.120 quarterback feels it when when the pocket you know, is 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.920 collapsed a little bit. But again, because we're not in pads, 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.920 it's really hard to to anchor and you know, grab 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:25.840 a hold of something you know, I guess like a 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:30.280 shoulder pad to to stop a rushing line. Yeah, so 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:34.640 it's tough to evaluate. Especially in the trenches this time 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:36.920 of year, you'll get a little bit of work and 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.559 they actually have flipped at least in the practice we 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:42.960 saw this week on Tuesday, some of the positions on 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.960 the offensive line from drill to drill. There was a 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.600 walker little working at left tackle and then over at 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.160 right tackle and the Jowan Taylor was getting some left 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.480 tackle reps also. Just at least put him out there 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.960 in a scenario or two and just see what you 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:00.720 have Cama. Robinson was not available on two day and 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:02.560 there was a report that he is back in the 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:04.720 building or was back on the building on Wednesday and 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.079 maybe the rest of the weeks. That's good news moving ahead, 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:10.600 and maybe next week we'll see a little Cam Robinson 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.320 in the building after he signed that big contract a 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:18.000 little earlier this offseason. Another position group of note for 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.240 the Jaguars, and it's been something this organization has been 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:26.240 trying to deal with really since Marcedes Lewis left, and 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:28.920 that's the tight end position, and they've thrown money at 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.800 a bunch of different guys over the years. Of course, 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.760 we know that Julius Thomas that didn't work out, Austin 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:38.040 Seferi and Jenkins nope, Tyler Eiffort at a moment but 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:42.040 not really. Um. Meanwhile, Morcedes Lewis, by the way, is 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.160 still playing for the Green Bay Packers, and uh, you 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.480 know it's going to take him a few years, but 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.160 if he hung around a couple three more years, he'll 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.080 be close to the most all time games played by 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.280 a tight end in league history. It's Jason Witten at 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:58.920 two seventy one, Mercedes at two thirty four. He's a Packer. 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:00.720 He's not a jag R, but he was a long 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:03.079 time Jaguar. They've been trying to figure it out since then, 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.840 but now they've made some changes to that. Of course 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.920 this year, Evan Ingram comes in this year and we'll 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:10.720 hear from John Oser coming up. I think he caught 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.800 up with Evan Ingram earlier this week, who came in 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:16.520 in free agency and was a former first round pick. 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:19.760 And we'll see what he can do in this offense. 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.600 And you know the feeling just talking to guys like 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:26.360 Bucky Brooks and some and Jeff Lockman who's seen him 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.080 in practice. It's at least a time or two. The 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:32.960 early field is that it's not just a true online 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.439 tight end. I mean he's gonna be out there wide 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:39.280 and making plays on the outside. That's the idea behind it. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.840 Dan Arnold's the same way he had moments of that 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:45.040 last season and is healthy now and he's out on 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:48.160 the practice field and that Luke Farrell was a draft 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:51.680 pick last year. Chris man Hurts is the lead blocking 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:54.600 option there. That was the idea going into last season 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.560 and actually caught the first ever touchdown pass from Trevor 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:01.720 Lawrence last season. Trivia answer a little later down the 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:05.120 line in his career. But there's some other tight ends 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:09.120 on the roster right now that our project idea type players. 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.600 A guy like nas Bohannon who came in and the 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:15.559 rookie minicamp as a tryout player, and well he's he 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:19.120 played basketball at Clemson to wrap up his career and 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:23.160 has not played football, but at least early looks the part, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.000 moves the right way, can make some plays in this 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.880 o t a period. That's a project moving ahead. Other 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:32.600 guys on the roster, great Grayson Gunner a rookie, and 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:36.680 Garrett Prince also a rookie. So a deeper room right now. 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:39.640 And Doug Peterson asked about the tight ends earlier this week. 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:47.280 A lot of bodies in there, um, which is exciting. 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:49.120 You know, I think it's uh, I think it's a 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.800 strong part of our team right now. Um, it's a 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.200 it's a really good group, veteran group, you know, leadership 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.640 in there with with Dan and Chris and and even 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.680 with Evan now you know, adding there and really like 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.400 we're whoke is and how he's progressed this offseason and 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.240 and then the young guys are still learning, you know, 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:05.960 they've only been with us a couple of weeks now, 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:09.880 but um, I'm I'm encouraged by that group, you know, 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:13.440 and and really looking forward again too. I think training 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.079 camp when when the Pats come on and watching them 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.720 and their their physicality and blocking and and um, you 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.200 know how how well they perform, and think about the 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:25.360 tight ends and what the importance of that position was 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:28.480 for the Eagles back in their championship run in and 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.040 you'll get an idea of what that means for Doug 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:34.640 Peterson and Press Taylor in this offensive group going into 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.800 the campaign. At least, that's the hope that tied end. 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.920 You mix those guys in with wide receivers like Christian 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.199 kirk wool here from coming up and a veteran receiver 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.600 like Marvin Jones who has a long streak of games 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.480 with a reception, and you know, younger guys on this 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:54.040 roster they feel like can be an impact group in 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:57.800 this passing game than an improved quarterback on top of 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.920 all that, that could be a nice combination for this 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:04.280 Jaguars offense. That's the idea, at least moving into this season. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.400 We've got putting ahead on the show a little later 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.480 we'll hear from John Ozer, Jaguars dot Com senior writer. 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:14.120 That's at the bottom of the hour and also coming 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:17.560 up in a moment, Christian kirk Jaguars wide receiver, the 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:21.720 free agent signing from the Arizona Cardinals. The Jaguars are 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.839 future focused and ready for a new look in join 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.280 us to the bank this season as head coach Doug 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:29.680 Peterson and quarterback Trevor Lawrence leave the charge through a 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:34.280 great home schedule the games in Jacksonville this year preseason, 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:37.760 the Browns and the Steelers are coming in and then 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.400 in this order in Jacksonville the home games the Colts, 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:46.400 the Texans, the Giants, Raiders, Ravens, Cowboys, and the Titans. 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.560 Tickets available Jaguars dot Com Slash tickets are called nine 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:54.720 oh four six three three two thousand Wide Receiver Christian 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.719 Kirkins Studio. And we return. It's Jaguars Happy Hour on 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:04.280 the Jaguars Digital Network. Welcome back Jaguars Happy Hour on 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.720 tinton x, l a M and Jaguars dot Com plus 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:10.840 the Jaguars social media channels Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Busy 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.880 schedule at Daily's Place coming up Saturday, June four, The 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:19.200 Jacksonville Taco and Margarita Festival. The Doobie Brothers June five, 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.080 two nights of the Dave Matthews Band The Black Crows. 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.560 Much more ahead this summer. Tickets if they're available at 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.760 Daily's Place dot com wide receiver Christian Kirk. Are you 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.160 gonna go to any of these shows? You a concert guy? 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.080 What's up? How are you? I'm great? Thanks for the time. 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.000 I'll see. I was just looking at the at the schedule. 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:37.640 I'll see if I can I can make one of those. 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:39.800 It looks fun. It's a great schedule, and that it's 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.800 only the beginning. I mean it's all June, July, August, 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:44.520 going into the season, which you may not have time 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.920 during the season. But right, thanks for the time. Welcome in. 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.440 It's our first opportunity, I think to sit down together. 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.160 And how are you feeling so far? O? T A S. 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:55.560 Are here? Week two? What's up? It's great? You know, 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:57.320 like you said, it's week two. O. T A S. 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.720 And I was just talking about it a little bit 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.040 early or it's it's hard not to to get into 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.480 that that groove and and feel like, oh I gotta 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:06.440 be ready, you know, and and be ready to play 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.320 like we have a game on Sunday, and just the 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.120 competitive juices are flowing and we're going against the defense, 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.000 and just the important thing right now is just working 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:15.880 through all the kinks. These are the times to make 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.600 mistakes and uh, now that we're learning a new system 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:20.360 and whatnot, you know, we're just trying to learn all 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:23.200 the nuances and you know, get ready for training camp. 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:27.120 I'm curious about that process of learning a new offense. 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.360 We talked about the quarterbacks part of it all the time. 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.960 He's got so many things to worry about. Line play, 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:36.240 you guys on the outside, running back, the running everything. 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.720 But from a wide receiver's perspective, how friendly is this 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.480 offense for a guy like you? And how difficult is 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.360 it to to learn all the nuances of it? Yeah, 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.400 it's very you know friendly for a receiver and you know, 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.880 all of us as weapons because it allows us to 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.560 be all interchangeable, and you know, it challenges you to 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:57.400 know every position on the field and the more you know, 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.240 the more opportunities you get to be in different ots 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.880 to go out and make plays. And uh, Coach Peterson 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.000 and you know Press have done a great job of 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:08.240 you know, making this offense, Uh, you know, fairly easy 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.080 to learn, and the transition has been you know, very 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:13.040 fairly simple. And you know, we get a lot of 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:14.480 time during O t A s you know, in the 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:16.960 classroom man on the field, So uh, they don't just 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:18.960 throw it all at you and tell you to learn it. Uh. 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.720 They do a good job facilitating, you know, being able 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:24.760 to to get through and get some reps and and 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.480 just learning all the things that they want to accomplish. 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.400 When you hear Trevor Lawrence talking through the offense and 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.160 those different things you guys install over time, I'm guessing 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.240 it comes out pretty clear from him that he knows 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.320 what's up on this offense. Yeah, and you know he 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.920 does a great job and meetings, um, you know kind 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:43.680 of adding you know what he's thinking on a certain 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.640 play or you know what he's expecting in certain expectations, 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:49.000 you know, for us, and it keeps that open line 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:52.160 of you know, communication and everything's transparent. So uh, you 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.240 know he's done a great job in that aspect. Christian 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.040 Kirk is with US Jaguars wide Receiver here on Jaguar's 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.560 Happy Hour. You know there's a lot of new faces 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:03.040 around here. You're one of them. Here's a Jones coming in, 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:05.600 got a couple of Vets in that room, and Marvin 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.880 Jones has been in the league forever. It feels like, um, 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:11.840 how difficult is it or is it at all to 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:15.320 to get that camaraderie? Is that overplayed? Is that overhyped 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.320 sometimes that oh they gotta get time together and figure 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:19.879 out the room or is that a real thing for 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:23.760 wide receivers. I would say it's like the first week. Uh, 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:26.040 you know, it's like it's like going to a new school, 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.000 you know, especially for me. You know, you're you're learning 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:30.439 all your classmates and you know who's who, and you 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.040 know the different personalities. But you know, like I said, 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:35.439 after that first week, I mean you settle in and 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:37.919 you know, we're all guys out there playing football and 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:41.240 having fun and um, you know, just our room in general, 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:42.800 you know, we have so many good guys like you 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:45.480 mentioned Za, you have Marv. You know who's the vet 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:47.320 and you know it's played a lot of ball and 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:48.879 it's always good to have a guy like that in 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.200 the room and you know, still compete at a high level. 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.239 And then you have Laviska and La Kwan, you know, 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.639 and some younger guys that you know, it's it's a 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:58.439 good dynamic that we have and you know, we have 0:17:58.480 --> 0:17:59.920 a lot of fun with it. And you know, Coach 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.320 Jackson has done a great job just pushing us every day. 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.800 What does coach Jackson do, especially you know, the first 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:09.359 time with him, So what what stands about out about him? Honestly, 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:12.199 I haven't had a chance to meeting yet, So what 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:14.960 stands out about his his coaching? Yeah, I mean he 0:18:15.000 --> 0:18:17.480 brings energy every single day. And I think the big 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:19.080 thing for us is, you know, we have so much 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.679 talent in our room. We have to hold ourselves to 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:24.840 a high standard and there's a lot of expectation from 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.120 us and we know that and and that's our job 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:31.119 to deliver. And so anytime anything is not up to 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:34.000 our standard, uh, they're gonna, you know, be held accountable 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:36.560 and uh, you know we like that, and uh, you know, 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:38.240 we just want to go out and be the best 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:40.080 group on the field every single Sunday and that's what 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.960 we're working towards. Now. Christian Kirk is with us. It 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:45.960 seems like, you know, we're just kind of meeting for 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.520 the first time. But you've settled in a little bit here, 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:51.280 right you've you're you're in the in the element now. 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:55.919 But how much of a whirlwind was this offseason leading 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.639 into free agency and everything that happened and all of 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:00.879 a sudden you're at a press cott, for instance, this 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:05.200 contract coming in. Uh, it seems like that was just boy, 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:07.200 let me get through this and get back to football. 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:10.159 How wild was this offseason? It was nuts? You know, 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:14.320 looking back at it, Um, there's so many unknowns and 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:19.439 you have expectations and then your expectations are flipped upside 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:22.679 down and you because everybody's process is different. You know, 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:24.919 the guys that have been through a free agency and 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:26.119 you know, I had to talk to a couple of 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:28.399 guys that have been through it, and uh, they're like, 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:30.480 it always ends up the opposite of what you think. 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.040 And you know that's what it was for me. You know, 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:37.160 I I had known that about Jacksonville. Obviously we had 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:40.720 came here and played last year. But uh, obviously had 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:43.080 no clue where I was gonna end up. And you know, 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:46.040 after you know, got the call and then the next 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:47.679 thing I know, I'm on a fly. I land here 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:50.720 at two am. I'm up at five am for over 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.680 here in the suit my suits you know, halfway wrinkled, 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:55.520 and I'm trying to pull it all together. You know, 0:19:55.560 --> 0:19:57.399 it's it's a little bit of a whirlwind. But I 0:19:57.400 --> 0:20:00.159 couldn't be happier, you know, being here, Christian k it 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.280 was with us a Shiaguars happy hour on tinton x 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:05.000 l a M and Jaguars dot Com. And all right, 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:06.639 let's go back a little bit now. I mean, you 0:20:06.680 --> 0:20:11.159 grew up in Arizona, right Scott's just Saguaro High School. 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:15.320 Did a little research here, David Spade went to school there, 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:18.560 the comedian, A handful of NFL guys. Who else in 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:19.879 the end, I mean, you guys had some really good 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:23.439 football teams with Saguaro. So who other guys are anybody 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:25.520 else in the league right now? Yeah? Um, you know, 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.119 we we have Byron Murphy who was a teammate of 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:31.080 mine in Arizona as well. Me and Byron played a 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:34.080 year together at Sorrow, and then Dj Foster as well. 0:20:34.400 --> 0:20:37.600 Dj was a senior when I was a freshman. Um, 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:39.520 but we've had you know, Mike Brown, and you know 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:41.439 a couple of other guys you know go to the NFL. 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:44.199 But um, you know, coach Mons has been coaching me 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:47.239 since I was about I would say seven or eight 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:49.640 years old, and he's the head coach over there now 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:52.639 and they just won the Open division, you know, state championship. 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:54.639 That that means you get the crown in Arizona. And 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.400 I couldn't be more proud than than them. But um, 0:20:57.440 --> 0:20:59.680 you know, that was definitely some of the highlight of 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:01.800 years of my career. You guys want a lot of 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:07.000 state titles, right, don't call me sir, my bad, my bad. 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:10.280 We won, We won three. We went three while I 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:14.280 was there. Yeah, only three, only three? You missed one. Yeah, 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:16.879 that's okay. It was sophomore. We're in a little bit 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:19.560 of a rebuild. Were young. I'm curious to you go 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:23.400 from Arizona to you go on the recruiting trail. I'm 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:24.960 sure at some point and all of a sudden end 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:27.320 up at A and M. That was coach someone's time 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:31.320 there were you like being courted. That was probably when 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:34.119 Manzielle was still quarterbacking at A and M. Right, was 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:36.760 that that time period Johnny had left I want to 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:40.040 say two years, so two years I was on the 0:21:40.080 --> 0:21:44.200 trail before you came. So, so Kenny Hill was a 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:47.400 quarterback the year before I got there. So, um My, 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:50.360 one of my best friends from Arizona, Kyle Island, who 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:53.280 now plays for the Houston Texans. He was quarterback at 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:55.960 Texas A and M and Kyler Murray. Me and Kyler 0:21:56.000 --> 0:21:58.359 Murray were in the same class. Uh so I had 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:00.760 a lot of ties there and I wanted to play 0:22:00.760 --> 0:22:03.960 in the SEC, had always wanted to. And uh, coach 0:22:04.000 --> 0:22:07.199 someone had brought that spread offense and that dynamic offense 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:10.160 to the SEC and had the opportunity to play early 0:22:10.160 --> 0:22:11.960 as a freshman. So it was a no brainer for me. 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:14.159 Freshman of the Year in the SEC back in that 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:18.280 mentioned Kyler Murray right then all of a sudden you 0:22:18.320 --> 0:22:22.000 get to play with him in Arizona. That kind of 0:22:22.040 --> 0:22:25.399 a quarterback, that kind of a dynamic player who all 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:28.640 of a sudden Kentucket and run for fifty yards. How 0:22:28.760 --> 0:22:32.400 challenging is that? How rewarding is that for an offense too? 0:22:32.480 --> 0:22:34.119 Can go both ways when you have a guy like 0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:37.560 Kyler Murray's status. Yeah, you know he was. He was 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:41.240 always dynamic and it was just another um facet of 0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:43.720 our offense that you know, you had to deal with. 0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:46.720 And uh that's what makes them special. He does things 0:22:46.800 --> 0:22:48.560 like that makes plays with his legs and with his 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:50.560 arm as well, and all a sudden, you're running down field. 0:22:50.560 --> 0:22:54.080 Wait a minute, you're running by me. What's happening right right? Yeah, No, 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:57.560 there's there's there's plenty of times where that happened. Christian 0:22:57.640 --> 0:22:59.840 kirk Is with US Jaguars wide receiver. A couple more 0:22:59.840 --> 0:23:03.399 men us with you here. Um so a few weeks 0:23:03.440 --> 0:23:06.800 into this offseason program, now with two weeks left, well, 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:09.359 this week, next week's the final we go tis, then 0:23:09.400 --> 0:23:12.119 there's the mandatory mini camp after that, all of sudden, 0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:15.040 us the off season, You've had all this time in 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:17.760 the offense, as you said, step by step getting this 0:23:17.840 --> 0:23:20.960 thing going. Well, what's the field? Can can this be 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:24.520 a unit that turns it in one year? It's possible 0:23:24.560 --> 0:23:27.320 with the NFL to do that. But do you have 0:23:27.400 --> 0:23:29.920 some of those pieces that foundation in place? You feel 0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:32.360 like right now, I definitely think we have the pieces 0:23:32.400 --> 0:23:35.640 and we're we're still laying the foundation. Um. I think 0:23:35.680 --> 0:23:37.720 some of those questions will be answered a little bit 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:39.640 more and when we get into training camp. We want 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:42.520 answers now. We don't want to wait to training. Hey, 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:44.720 I want all the answers now too. I I want 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:46.600 to know how many games we're gonna win and you 0:23:46.640 --> 0:23:49.639 know go to the playoffs as well. But uh, like 0:23:49.680 --> 0:23:52.200 I said, this is what this process is. But um, 0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:54.240 I have been you know, fairly impressed with how we've 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:57.040 been able to progress every single day, you know, offensively 0:23:57.080 --> 0:23:59.920 and defensively. And um, like I said, just the energy 0:24:00.080 --> 0:24:02.120 in the culture around this this building, and you could 0:24:02.119 --> 0:24:05.040 tell there's just there's a sense of excitement and you 0:24:05.080 --> 0:24:06.520 know I have it as well, and you know we're 0:24:06.520 --> 0:24:09.040 gonna we're shooting, you know, for the for the for 0:24:09.080 --> 0:24:11.960 the sky's the limit. Starts with Doug, right, Doug Peterson 0:24:12.000 --> 0:24:13.800 and the way he kind of walks around every day 0:24:13.840 --> 0:24:16.120 and he's been there and done that as a player. 0:24:16.160 --> 0:24:18.280 As a coach, he's want to ring. He doesn't flash 0:24:18.320 --> 0:24:21.040 it in your face and everybody just goes to work. 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:25.560 It's like, I mean, that's this game is confidence and uh, 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:28.400 you know, having that mentality that uh you know, when 0:24:28.440 --> 0:24:30.159 you step on the field, you know you're you're the 0:24:30.160 --> 0:24:33.280 best team that day, and uh you know, especially individually too. 0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:36.119 So he definitely brings that swager in that confidence and 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:38.119 it rubs off on all of us. All right, final 0:24:38.160 --> 0:24:40.600 thought here with the off season coming up. What are 0:24:40.640 --> 0:24:42.560 some of your plans. Do you're gonna get away, do 0:24:42.600 --> 0:24:44.240 you get to work? You're gonna do some work with 0:24:44.240 --> 0:24:46.720 a quarterback? How does that work in your off season 0:24:46.760 --> 0:24:48.600 coming up? Yeah, I'm definitely gonna spend some time with 0:24:48.680 --> 0:24:51.480 Trevor and Um, you know, making sure we're we're still 0:24:51.520 --> 0:24:53.800 you know, keeping connected, you know, going into training camp, 0:24:53.840 --> 0:24:56.199 and I'm gonna head back to Arizona and pack up 0:24:56.240 --> 0:24:58.560 the rest of my stuff and bring it on out 0:24:58.600 --> 0:25:01.879 here to Jacksonville and get ready for an incredible season. 0:25:02.000 --> 0:25:03.800 You got all the stuff out there, but the golf 0:25:03.800 --> 0:25:06.400 clubs made it here apparently right, both says the golf 0:25:06.440 --> 0:25:08.920 clubs made it up. Yeah, yeah, both says made it 0:25:08.920 --> 0:25:11.480 out here. I don't travel without my golf clubs. That's 0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:14.560 a good, good way to live. So, who's the best 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:17.360 golfer on the team? At least you've played with so far? Oh, 0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:20.880 final Tuck. I mean, I haven't played with a ton 0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:23.720 of guys. I'm sure the specialists are always good, so 0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:28.000 sure of you know, Logan is probably really good or 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:31.280 you know, I I have Honestly, it's it's usually me 0:25:31.359 --> 0:25:35.760 and Trevor that play Um and I heard CJ is 0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:37.680 pretty good as well. You know, some of the QBS 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:40.400 backup quarterbacks a lot of times are pretty good too. Yeah, 0:25:40.480 --> 0:25:44.680 so how's the starting quarterback. He's getting there, he's getting there, 0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:47.920 but he's not there. I mean, are any of us there? 0:25:48.080 --> 0:25:50.840 We're never always Yeah. I mean, if you're an amateur golfer, 0:25:50.880 --> 0:25:53.120 are you are you even there? So where are you going? 0:25:53.440 --> 0:25:55.439 It was the question that that is I think we 0:25:55.560 --> 0:25:57.119 all I want to act like we can make it 0:25:57.160 --> 0:25:59.320 on tour at some point, but that's never gonna happen. 0:25:59.359 --> 0:26:01.920 So I don't think we're ever gonna You're already talking 0:26:01.960 --> 0:26:05.040 yourself out of it. I mean, you're already beating hopeful. 0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:07.240 Hopefully I play football long enough to where that that's 0:26:07.280 --> 0:26:10.960 not even a venture for me. Excellent point. Hey, Christian, 0:26:11.000 --> 0:26:12.399 thanks for the time. Man. It's great to see you, 0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:14.920 and I'm actually to have you as part of the Jaguars. 0:26:14.920 --> 0:26:17.199 We're back at the moment, we're just getting started. It's 0:26:17.280 --> 0:26:26.280 Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network. What you 0:26:26.320 --> 0:26:28.760 want to see from elite quarterbacks. One, when they're throwing, 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:30.399 the ball doesn't hit the ground. The ball doesn't hit 0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:33.000 the ground because there's a level of execution and consistency 0:26:33.040 --> 0:26:37.159 between thrower and catcher. Easy the ball doesn't hit the ground. 0:26:37.160 --> 0:26:39.720 It looks like they're in rhythm and is scenk and 0:26:39.760 --> 0:26:42.520 I saw that today. I saw what I would deem 0:26:42.600 --> 0:26:45.800 to be a high level set of execution up practices 0:26:45.840 --> 0:26:48.080 and what they're being asked to do from Trevor. I 0:26:48.119 --> 0:26:50.480 wanted to see the ball in the strike zone consistently. 0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:52.400 When we talk about the strike zone, the strike zone 0:26:52.480 --> 0:26:56.240 is Torso ball ways to hire inside the window. The 0:26:56.280 --> 0:26:59.080 receivers are not having to work a lot to make catches, 0:26:59.160 --> 0:27:01.720 and we're seeing that Revor Launce is very accurate. We're 0:27:01.720 --> 0:27:03.840 seeing the ball come out with plenty of pace and 0:27:03.840 --> 0:27:05.960 those things. And then the final part of it is 0:27:06.000 --> 0:27:10.159 when you transition from doing individual to group stuff to 0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:13.280 then compete against the team. Does Trevor know where to 0:27:13.320 --> 0:27:15.119 go with the ball and doesn't know how to do 0:27:15.160 --> 0:27:17.119 it in a timely fashion? I think he saw that 0:27:17.240 --> 0:27:18.920 even when they rented up in seven or seven and 0:27:19.000 --> 0:27:21.719 nine or seven things against the defense, he looked like 0:27:21.760 --> 0:27:24.760 he had a pretty clear idea where to go. That 0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:28.440 is Bucky Brooks from the Huddle Up podcast earlier this week. 0:27:28.800 --> 0:27:33.159 Um Jaguars dot Com imagine this. It's on the podcast 0:27:33.240 --> 0:27:37.960 link on the team website or the official Jaguars podcast network. 0:27:38.480 --> 0:27:41.240 Welcome back, It's Jaguars Happy Our J P. Shaddrick with 0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:44.200 you today and Jeff Flagerman will be back, will be 0:27:44.840 --> 0:27:47.239 back with us next week. John Osier is with us 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:50.760 now Jaguars dot Com Senior writer. He's also a part 0:27:50.840 --> 0:27:54.159 of the Huddle Up podcast, Am and You heard it 0:27:54.800 --> 0:27:57.600 replacement for Jeff Logerman. I tell you that we we're 0:27:57.600 --> 0:27:59.640 glad you're here though, thank you for taking the time. 0:27:59.640 --> 0:28:03.679 We're should cheers to you, and um, there's plenty to 0:28:03.720 --> 0:28:06.959 discuss this week. O T a second week, you know, 0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:09.679 and then after the end of this week there'll be 0:28:09.720 --> 0:28:12.240 six O T s down, four officially left to go 0:28:12.440 --> 0:28:14.320 next week. Who knows about the tenth win. A lot 0:28:14.320 --> 0:28:17.000 of times that's a either a canceled or a team 0:28:17.000 --> 0:28:21.600 building or a one of those days. But hey, that 0:28:21.600 --> 0:28:25.960 that comment there from Bucky about just the cleanliness of 0:28:26.000 --> 0:28:28.560 the offense, right, that's that's kind of what you're looking 0:28:28.600 --> 0:28:31.959 for your You don't want the ball over the ground, 0:28:32.000 --> 0:28:34.480 all over the place. And I think you and I 0:28:34.520 --> 0:28:36.760 were kind of talking on the practice field the other 0:28:36.840 --> 0:28:41.600 day on Tuesday about this. It's really about sixteen. That's 0:28:41.600 --> 0:28:44.240 really what this thing boils down to. It's about him 0:28:44.320 --> 0:28:48.040 and how he's performing and feeling and the rest is great. 0:28:48.440 --> 0:28:51.720 But you don't have to get a trigger in the football. Yeah, 0:28:51.240 --> 0:28:55.000 I mean, you know, oversimplify it what you want right now. 0:28:55.040 --> 0:28:57.800 With Trevor, they've chosen. I mean, he's a guy number 0:28:57.800 --> 0:29:01.760 one overall. You choose he's the guy, and you better 0:29:01.800 --> 0:29:04.960 build everything around him to succeed. And then you want 0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:11.360 to get to a point where your roster is you know, 0:29:11.480 --> 0:29:14.080 similar better worst been in the same range as other rosters, 0:29:14.280 --> 0:29:17.520 and then that guy elevates you. Maybe that's not fair 0:29:17.560 --> 0:29:21.000 to every game, but over the course of time, if 0:29:21.040 --> 0:29:23.520 you're equal and you've got that guy behind center, then 0:29:23.560 --> 0:29:25.600 all of a sudden, games should start going your way 0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:28.520 and you get to nine wins, ten wins, eleven wins. Um. 0:29:28.720 --> 0:29:32.680 You know. So, because he was number one overall pick, 0:29:32.720 --> 0:29:35.120 it's very much built around him. And then after five 0:29:35.200 --> 0:29:38.320 years and that contract goes up, he better be able 0:29:38.320 --> 0:29:44.720 to elevate everybody. Uh. I can't rightfully tell you JP 0:29:44.960 --> 0:29:49.280 based on a summertime, no pad practice. If he's elevating people. Yet, 0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:56.520 but as Buckey alluded to, the ball looks right coming 0:29:56.520 --> 0:29:59.360 out of his hand. It is going and the proper 0:29:59.440 --> 0:30:02.280 strikes own. You don't have a lot of guys reaching 0:30:02.400 --> 0:30:06.240 for it in seven on seven where it's horrible passes 0:30:06.280 --> 0:30:07.880 and you wonder what in the world this guy is doing. 0:30:08.160 --> 0:30:10.000 I mean that can hurt players too, if they're like 0:30:10.040 --> 0:30:13.400 reaching weird places and tweaks and this and that, and 0:30:13.400 --> 0:30:18.840 it overall just hurts confidence efficiency. Right now, this time 0:30:18.840 --> 0:30:20.800 of year, for a quarterback, it's supposed to be easy 0:30:20.840 --> 0:30:27.040 a lot with with you know, especially in non seven 0:30:27.040 --> 0:30:30.960 on seven, nine eleven. He looks comfortable. He looks, you know, 0:30:31.800 --> 0:30:34.440 like he's not clouded with his head, he's not thinking 0:30:34.440 --> 0:30:37.000 about other things. He looks like he's supposed to look, 0:30:37.080 --> 0:30:40.400 which you know, after nine ten years of talking this 0:30:40.440 --> 0:30:44.680 time of year, JP, you know, I always say at 0:30:44.680 --> 0:30:47.800 this point, you can't prove anything about how you're going 0:30:47.880 --> 0:30:51.920 to do next season, but you can look as good 0:30:51.920 --> 0:30:54.800 as you can possibly look. And right now, Trevor Lawrence 0:30:54.800 --> 0:30:57.440 in the offense, you know, to me, they look the 0:30:57.480 --> 0:30:59.640 part so far. I don't know what that means when 0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:01.400 not a had to go on but I'd rather be 0:31:01.480 --> 0:31:05.280 saying that than oh, we just hearned from Christian Kirk 0:31:05.360 --> 0:31:09.360 a moment ago Jaguars wide receivers in studio here and 0:31:09.680 --> 0:31:13.040 our first real chance to sit down with him, um 0:31:13.080 --> 0:31:15.800 since he since really the press conference, I think and 0:31:16.160 --> 0:31:17.800 uh kind of getting his head and it felt like 0:31:18.160 --> 0:31:21.680 that press conference just wasn't his comfort zone. Like every 0:31:21.720 --> 0:31:27.120 everything's going on, big contract everything, there's some outside criticism 0:31:27.160 --> 0:31:31.200 all that, but just hearing his tone in the last 0:31:31.360 --> 0:31:35.200 twenty minutes or so, he's locked in now and it 0:31:35.240 --> 0:31:39.600 feels like he's in his element where he's I don't 0:31:39.600 --> 0:31:42.080 know if he's running the wide receiver room per se. 0:31:42.160 --> 0:31:45.120 There are some veteran guys in there, but he might 0:31:45.240 --> 0:31:47.680 have that type of personality where he just does his 0:31:47.800 --> 0:31:50.120 business and kind of people follow the way he goes 0:31:50.160 --> 0:31:53.760 about it. And his skill set, obviously is something they 0:31:53.800 --> 0:31:57.200 were searching out in free agency. His ability to to 0:31:57.320 --> 0:32:00.880 learn and play different positions on the offense. And I 0:32:00.880 --> 0:32:03.640 don't think that's just his role. I think that's a 0:32:03.680 --> 0:32:05.880 lot of these receivers roles as you've got to learn 0:32:06.080 --> 0:32:09.480 these different spots, so play callers like Doug Peterson, the 0:32:09.480 --> 0:32:12.120 O C and press Taylor can move you around and 0:32:12.160 --> 0:32:15.120 match you up in different situations, and that's that's going 0:32:15.160 --> 0:32:17.640 to be perfect. I think for Christian Kirk, everything you 0:32:17.720 --> 0:32:19.800 hear about him is that he's a guy you want 0:32:19.840 --> 0:32:23.800 your wide receiver room. He approaches everything the right way. 0:32:24.000 --> 0:32:27.560 He's a pro if you will. Uh. That feels like 0:32:27.600 --> 0:32:29.920 what they were going after in free agency and the draft. 0:32:30.440 --> 0:32:33.800 He seems to define that. You know, at at five 0:32:33.840 --> 0:32:36.880 eleven six ft, I can't sit here and rightfully say 0:32:36.880 --> 0:32:39.680 that he's ever going to be a quote true X 0:32:39.760 --> 0:32:44.720 outside I mean true why wide receiver guy that's going 0:32:44.760 --> 0:32:51.600 to dominate opponents physically. But it does very much seem 0:32:51.680 --> 0:32:54.920 like if their goal was to upgrade the wide receiver 0:32:55.040 --> 0:33:00.640 position overall, create more talent, more ability to strain defenses, 0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:06.720 a guy who can play everything that you want him 0:33:06.760 --> 0:33:11.200 to play for you offensively at that receiver position. It 0:33:11.200 --> 0:33:15.120 seems like they've got that guy. Uh. I've had a 0:33:15.120 --> 0:33:18.800 lot of conversations about Christian Kirk with Pete Prisco, who 0:33:18.800 --> 0:33:21.200 covers the NFL Here covers the NFL and CBS Sports. 0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:26.160 He's very tight with Sean Jefferson, who coach Christian Kirk. 0:33:26.840 --> 0:33:31.680 Pete keeps telling me John Sean Jefferson believed really highly 0:33:31.680 --> 0:33:35.719 in this guy, says he controlled the room in Arizona 0:33:35.720 --> 0:33:41.200 with DeAndre Hopkins Larry Fitzgerald as an influence. UH. That 0:33:41.240 --> 0:33:44.840 seems real to me, you know, and it seems to 0:33:44.960 --> 0:33:48.040 line up. I talked I talked with Christian uh a 0:33:48.120 --> 0:33:52.440 day or two ago. He's impressive in how he approaches things. 0:33:52.480 --> 0:33:56.080 He's impressive and seems very professional. It seems like he's 0:33:56.080 --> 0:33:59.720 going to fit into this. You know, I can never 0:33:59.720 --> 0:34:01.680 pre dick when you first bring a guy in, how 0:34:01.720 --> 0:34:04.200 good they're going to be. You can get a bad 0:34:04.240 --> 0:34:06.920 feeling about a guy. Though. You don't have that feeling 0:34:06.920 --> 0:34:10.040 about Christian Shirk. Christian Kirky feeling no matter what happens, 0:34:11.040 --> 0:34:13.960 he's going to figure out a way to contribute and 0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:17.239 make this room better. I don't know how you look 0:34:17.280 --> 0:34:19.239 up to a contract and free hd JP. I mean, 0:34:19.280 --> 0:34:24.120 so throwing that out the window. What they wanted to 0:34:24.120 --> 0:34:27.120 do with free agency is raise and get and get 0:34:27.120 --> 0:34:30.480 this thing better. It seems like Christian Kirk did that 0:34:31.160 --> 0:34:33.480 eighteen million dollars better. I don't I don't know how 0:34:33.520 --> 0:34:36.120 you do that, but I don't think they care about that. 0:34:36.120 --> 0:34:38.640 That much in terms of how do you do that. 0:34:39.680 --> 0:34:41.839 I believe they're better with this kid on the team. 0:34:41.840 --> 0:34:45.239 You get a base level of player level better this 0:34:45.280 --> 0:34:47.319 team and that helps that. I mean, you just gotta 0:34:47.320 --> 0:34:50.640 have better players. Yeah, and it cost money. It certainly 0:34:50.719 --> 0:34:54.360 seems like he fits that bill to me. John Osan's 0:34:54.360 --> 0:34:57.160 with the Jaguars dot Com senior writer. It's Jaguars Happy 0:34:57.200 --> 0:35:00.520 Hour on tint xel am and Jaguars dot com and 0:35:00.560 --> 0:35:05.279 the Jaguars social media channels Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Oh 0:35:05.320 --> 0:35:08.120 you go from one pass catcher to another. That you 0:35:08.239 --> 0:35:11.279 caught up earlier this week with John and Evan Ingram. 0:35:11.320 --> 0:35:15.200 Another free agency edition that Jaguar spent some money, I 0:35:15.200 --> 0:35:17.719 think the most in free agency this year around the 0:35:17.800 --> 0:35:21.040 National Football League. I think a total of three million 0:35:21.080 --> 0:35:24.040 dollars over the contracts we're put out. That's that's a 0:35:24.080 --> 0:35:26.440 lot going out. A lot of that on offense, of course, 0:35:26.680 --> 0:35:30.680 Christian Kirk got the biggest bulk of that. Evan Ingram 0:35:30.719 --> 0:35:33.600 got a year's share of that though, and a former 0:35:33.640 --> 0:35:37.560 first round pick, uh, you know, and another guy who 0:35:37.880 --> 0:35:40.520 you can move around. He's not just a tight end 0:35:40.560 --> 0:35:43.640 off the right tackles, hit blocking, he's out there and 0:35:43.640 --> 0:35:46.279 they can catch us down the field wide. As we 0:35:46.600 --> 0:35:48.640 can see if you're watching on Jaguars dot Com. He 0:35:48.800 --> 0:35:51.640 he did some with New York with the Giants. That's 0:35:51.680 --> 0:35:56.439 the idea again here in Jacksonville, I think, and again 0:35:56.480 --> 0:35:58.520 this time of year, you're trying to project and you're 0:35:58.520 --> 0:36:00.440 trying to put in perspective what in my all mean. 0:36:01.200 --> 0:36:04.920 I there's something about the Ingram signing to me that 0:36:05.000 --> 0:36:09.200 seems overlooked. It seems like there was so much focus 0:36:09.320 --> 0:36:12.640 on Christian Kirk and so much talk among fans and 0:36:12.680 --> 0:36:18.239 observes about what they didn't do. Um. I think the 0:36:18.280 --> 0:36:23.239 way Ingram plays, I don't know that there's going to 0:36:23.320 --> 0:36:26.880 be that much difference in a lot of plays and 0:36:27.000 --> 0:36:32.920 how he's used, as it would be with the wide receiver. 0:36:33.560 --> 0:36:36.640 So there was a lot of anks among the families 0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:39.239 where they didn't improve wide receiver enough. They didn't do 0:36:39.280 --> 0:36:44.240 this enough. You know, Ingram is a tight end, but conceptually, 0:36:45.000 --> 0:36:47.040 if what you were doing was trying to add elements 0:36:47.080 --> 0:36:50.040 around Trevor Lawrence, this was a guy who did that. 0:36:50.280 --> 0:36:54.040 And again we're not gonna try to give away too 0:36:54.160 --> 0:36:56.520 much with what they're trying to do scheme wise, because 0:36:56.520 --> 0:37:00.520 they're not gonna show us everything anyway, But this guy 0:37:00.680 --> 0:37:04.200 is moving around a lot in the offense. Uh, he 0:37:04.360 --> 0:37:07.880 is going to be a piece. And I can't imagine 0:37:07.880 --> 0:37:11.720 that there aren't a lot of plays where he plays 0:37:11.760 --> 0:37:15.000 a role much like that quote one wide receiver that 0:37:15.040 --> 0:37:19.080 everybody wanted in the offseason. So, um, he might be 0:37:19.120 --> 0:37:21.600 the key of the free agent class and he might 0:37:21.640 --> 0:37:24.359 be the and Kirk's gotta be good, don't get me wrong. 0:37:24.800 --> 0:37:26.440 But the thing that pushes him over the top, thing 0:37:26.440 --> 0:37:28.920 that gives him that tool that maybe people thought they 0:37:28.920 --> 0:37:32.880 didn't go get is Angram And and he's I'll tell you, 0:37:33.160 --> 0:37:35.920 I don't always say hey, go listen to the podcast. 0:37:37.080 --> 0:37:40.520 You know Ingram is really an interesting guy to talk to. 0:37:40.680 --> 0:37:45.160 He has a really good perspective on this. Um, you know, 0:37:46.560 --> 0:37:49.160 he knows this is a huge chance and the one 0:37:49.239 --> 0:37:53.839 year deals approved deal, one year nine million dollar contractor Yeah, 0:37:54.120 --> 0:37:58.799 he's I have a good feeling about this guy and 0:37:58.960 --> 0:38:01.360 his his ability to do what they're asking to do 0:38:01.400 --> 0:38:05.520 in this game. He certainly thinks this is going to 0:38:05.600 --> 0:38:09.000 be the year that pushes him into I don't know 0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:12.120 what elite means, but but pushes him into a place 0:38:12.160 --> 0:38:14.840 where he goes and makes a lot of money. Uh. 0:38:14.920 --> 0:38:16.799 He thinks it's gonna be a year where he breaks out. 0:38:17.600 --> 0:38:20.359 He loves Doug Peterson's offense. He's wanted to play for 0:38:20.360 --> 0:38:25.360 Doug Peterson tight end. We've been talking about it for 0:38:25.400 --> 0:38:28.680 how many years? J V we talked about earlier. I 0:38:28.719 --> 0:38:32.799 mean I listened to some guys Julius Thomas, Safarian Jenkins, 0:38:32.800 --> 0:38:35.960 Tyler Eifford. I mean, I've tried so many different ways 0:38:36.000 --> 0:38:39.800 to figure it out since Mercedes. It feels like this 0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:45.839 group with Ingram Arnold ah manners more of a block 0:38:45.880 --> 0:38:52.480 and we can catch it. Feels like Ingram and Arnold. Uh. 0:38:52.680 --> 0:38:56.680 I hate to say it, but might be the guys 0:38:56.719 --> 0:38:59.439 at this position if this team has been waiting for 0:38:59.440 --> 0:39:02.640 for so long long and I laugh because we've been 0:39:02.640 --> 0:39:06.200 saying it for so long that it'll fall on deaf ears, 0:39:06.960 --> 0:39:11.040 But boy do they look different in O T A S. 0:39:11.920 --> 0:39:16.799 Then that position has looked ever here. I'm excited to 0:39:16.800 --> 0:39:18.360 hear the podcast because I haven't had a chance to 0:39:18.640 --> 0:39:20.880 visit with Evan Ingram yet. We'll be on our Jaguars 0:39:20.880 --> 0:39:24.040 media Yeah, on the website Jaguars dot com. On the 0:39:24.080 --> 0:39:26.439 podcast where that you listen to your podcast. Yeah, wherever 0:39:26.480 --> 0:39:31.480 you download your comment, but whatever you want. It's uh. 0:39:31.640 --> 0:39:34.440 We we love feedback. We didn't feed that exact if 0:39:34.480 --> 0:39:35.800 it's bad, and then I don't love to feed that. 0:39:36.560 --> 0:39:39.799 At least you know what it is. Criticism either way 0:39:40.120 --> 0:39:44.719 is constructive. No, you're not. You're not buying into all 0:39:44.760 --> 0:39:48.360 about praise. Okay, I love it. Hey, we'll take a 0:39:48.440 --> 0:39:50.399 time out. We'll come back. John. We're gonna go around 0:39:50.400 --> 0:39:52.680 the National Football League that you're sticking around with us. Sure, 0:39:54.360 --> 0:39:59.520 thanks not feedback. I appreciate it. Thank you. I really 0:39:59.520 --> 0:40:02.319 do around the league with John Osan when we come 0:40:02.360 --> 0:40:05.040 back and listen to his podcast. The ozone podcast on 0:40:05.080 --> 0:40:08.759 the official Jaguars podcast network is Jaguars Happy Hour on 0:40:08.800 --> 0:40:21.879 the Jaguars Digital Network Welcome Back Jaguars Happy Hour on 0:40:21.920 --> 0:40:27.120 a Thursday, and they look outside on Jaguars dot Com 0:40:27.160 --> 0:40:31.239 and the Jaguars social channels at the footprint of the 0:40:31.400 --> 0:40:36.720 Football Performance Center. Well earlier this week there was actual 0:40:36.880 --> 0:40:40.640 steel going up for the first time it's been concrete. 0:40:41.960 --> 0:40:46.120 The foundation. Some walls on the side are kind of 0:40:46.160 --> 0:40:49.240 there now being held up by props on the side, 0:40:49.280 --> 0:40:52.680 but they actually put some steel beams across a couple 0:40:52.680 --> 0:40:57.120 of those today, earlier this week. Actually, um, so they're 0:40:57.160 --> 0:40:59.719 moving right along. It's hard work. I spent some time 0:40:59.719 --> 0:41:03.120 out there of steel JP. I thought you looked strong. Well, yeah, 0:41:03.160 --> 0:41:05.920 I mean it's in the morning. That's what I did. 0:41:06.040 --> 0:41:08.680 That kind of a d drive I was that I was. 0:41:08.719 --> 0:41:11.239 That's yeah. I was going to mention something. You you 0:41:11.280 --> 0:41:15.360 look like you've been in the weight room. Yeah, it's 0:41:15.360 --> 0:41:17.680 a task. It's a heavy lift, as they said, it 0:41:17.840 --> 0:41:20.680 certainly is. That's why you leave it with the professionals. 0:41:20.719 --> 0:41:23.800 And of course that is scheduled to open training camp 0:41:23.840 --> 0:41:27.480 of three. And you know, we we eat lunch here 0:41:28.000 --> 0:41:30.920 um every day. Right, So after lunch I come, I 0:41:31.040 --> 0:41:34.480 walked down the ramp outside and I just I stand 0:41:34.480 --> 0:41:37.359 out over the ramp overlooking this thing, just to see 0:41:37.360 --> 0:41:39.560 what's going on, right, and just think on it, and 0:41:39.640 --> 0:41:42.279 just think on it, you know, think through it. See 0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:45.080 what's next. I wonder what beam is next, right, all right, 0:41:45.160 --> 0:41:48.160 wonder what concrete they have to pour next. But I 0:41:48.200 --> 0:41:49.799 stood out there a few weeks ago and watched them 0:41:49.840 --> 0:41:52.279 tear down the old coal zone building. Talk him about 0:41:52.360 --> 0:41:55.400 twenty minutes, I was gone, and here comes the beam. 0:41:55.480 --> 0:41:59.200 The other day. And um, I mean every day there's 0:41:59.200 --> 0:42:02.360 something new going. It's it's it's fascinating. So the footprints 0:42:02.400 --> 0:42:06.920 massive too, it's huge. It's it's been needed for a 0:42:06.920 --> 0:42:16.840 long time. Uh, it's it's tough to win free agents 0:42:17.360 --> 0:42:21.560 to maintain what you want in this league right now 0:42:22.239 --> 0:42:25.560 if your facilities are not at least on par as 0:42:25.600 --> 0:42:27.000 the league goes for it have to be the best 0:42:27.040 --> 0:42:31.359 every year. But you know, there is a changing face 0:42:31.400 --> 0:42:37.640 of the league and it does reflect Uh, players love 0:42:37.760 --> 0:42:41.680 that kind of thing, as they should. It reflects the 0:42:41.680 --> 0:42:44.839 direction of the organization. And I think this will be 0:42:44.920 --> 0:42:49.960 a a a huge thing for player retention, image, etcetera. 0:42:50.320 --> 0:42:52.319 It's been needed for a while and it's gonna be 0:42:52.320 --> 0:42:54.359 cool to say. I mean, it's and then they've talked 0:42:54.360 --> 0:42:57.120 about this, Mark Lamping has talked about it in the 0:42:57.200 --> 0:43:01.720 public settings before the space inside the stadium was so, 0:43:03.239 --> 0:43:06.000 I mean it's the original footprint and it's the smallest 0:43:06.000 --> 0:43:08.279 footprint in the NFL. And then you've got coaches and 0:43:08.360 --> 0:43:12.799 hallways and closets working, and the weight room spills out 0:43:12.840 --> 0:43:16.160 onto the concourse. I mean, that's the smallest in the league. 0:43:16.200 --> 0:43:23.600 The NFL um in was a different beast than it 0:43:23.680 --> 0:43:27.719 is now. You didn't have nearly as much marketing, you 0:43:27.760 --> 0:43:33.680 didn't have nearly as much forward facing. Our department didn't exist, 0:43:34.600 --> 0:43:36.440 it was none of that. It was well, there was 0:43:36.480 --> 0:43:41.280 a broadcast department, but it was it was smaller only digital. 0:43:41.640 --> 0:43:45.080 Uh my job didn't exist, which would be arguments to 0:43:45.080 --> 0:43:51.080 be made now. But yeah, but remember when I got 0:43:51.120 --> 0:43:53.239 to the Colts in two thousand one, which a few 0:43:53.280 --> 0:43:56.200 years after that. By the time I left there ten 0:43:56.280 --> 0:43:59.759 years later, that place had had to add on to 0:44:00.040 --> 0:44:05.000 it's building if I'm remembering right, at least once, perhaps twice. 0:44:05.560 --> 0:44:08.920 But they were off site. They were not inside their stadium, 0:44:09.000 --> 0:44:11.640 so there was room on their campus if you will 0:44:11.680 --> 0:44:15.799 to grow here. Remember there's no inside the building. You're 0:44:15.800 --> 0:44:21.279 inside the building. Um. So it's been very necessary, and 0:44:22.840 --> 0:44:27.239 you know, I would anticipate this place being built for 0:44:27.440 --> 0:44:30.719 growth not being an issue anymore. But it's been very 0:44:30.760 --> 0:44:32.680 necessary and it will be state of the art. It's 0:44:32.680 --> 0:44:35.560 been you know something, he's not updated for twenty seven years. 0:44:35.960 --> 0:44:39.080 It gets out of date. This new place will in 0:44:39.080 --> 0:44:41.920 no way be that. It's the first step in a 0:44:42.080 --> 0:44:45.920 line of things to come around and to the stadium. 0:44:46.000 --> 0:44:49.000 Of course, the Football Performance Center is number one to 0:44:49.160 --> 0:44:53.719 open the shipyards project four seasons. The office building over 0:44:53.719 --> 0:44:56.080 there is next on the docket, and I think they'll 0:44:56.280 --> 0:45:00.440 really start the summer to to make some true moves there. Um. 0:45:00.560 --> 0:45:02.560 And then the state of you in the future will 0:45:02.600 --> 0:45:04.799 will come up at some point down the line for 0:45:04.840 --> 0:45:08.040 the latest. Checkout first Downtown Jack's dot Com and you'll 0:45:08.080 --> 0:45:11.239 get the latest on the happenings around and with the 0:45:11.280 --> 0:45:14.680 stadium project and everything around the stadium too. And there's 0:45:14.680 --> 0:45:17.840 a lot there's dust flying, there's roads closed, John, you 0:45:17.960 --> 0:45:20.080 feel it every day. I remember a few weeks ago 0:45:20.200 --> 0:45:22.360 you try to come in and you got twisted and 0:45:22.400 --> 0:45:25.400 turned around. I couldn't find your way, but they were 0:45:25.400 --> 0:45:30.400 gonna let me in. I did make it. And you know, um, 0:45:30.600 --> 0:45:34.279 people who watch and read these shows, note I was 0:45:34.320 --> 0:45:38.399 here ninety three when they got the team, and then 0:45:38.440 --> 0:45:45.920 here when it first came about. Uh. I'm glad forever, 0:45:46.160 --> 0:45:49.480 however much longer I have in this business. There is 0:45:49.480 --> 0:45:51.680 a point of pride. It would be really cool to 0:45:51.840 --> 0:45:55.239 see this place. Go up the performance Center, to see 0:45:55.239 --> 0:45:56.960 the stadium renovated, which at some point it's going to 0:45:57.040 --> 0:46:02.400 be renovated, To see this environment down here. Uh, dramatically changed. 0:46:02.440 --> 0:46:05.399 I don't know. I don't know how close the prototypes 0:46:05.440 --> 0:46:09.040 will eventually be to what actually is. But considering where 0:46:09.080 --> 0:46:14.160 it came from DP old MANU to death, I can 0:46:14.200 --> 0:46:17.279 remember ninety four I was coming to the University of 0:46:17.320 --> 0:46:22.800 Florida and yes, yes they were uh, and I didn't 0:46:23.000 --> 0:46:24.680 I was living in Middleburgh. I was living sort of 0:46:24.680 --> 0:46:27.200 between Jacksonville and Games. Were working for the Florida Times Union, 0:46:27.520 --> 0:46:30.200 so I didn't drive into town that much. I remember 0:46:30.200 --> 0:46:32.440 one time driving across one of the bridges and looking 0:46:32.480 --> 0:46:34.960 over and seeing and people who were in town in 0:46:34.960 --> 0:46:39.120 the nineties will remember this dynamic You drove through and 0:46:39.480 --> 0:46:43.360 the stadium was basically up on a jacket, looked like 0:46:43.760 --> 0:46:45.680 because everything else had been taken away and it was 0:46:45.760 --> 0:46:49.600 just one of these pieces of the stadium was up there. Um. 0:46:49.840 --> 0:46:51.520 And I remember going to the old Gator Bowl, so 0:46:51.520 --> 0:46:55.680 so all that stuff to see what it's gonna be now, 0:46:55.840 --> 0:46:58.240 to see that it's going to be stable going forward, 0:46:58.760 --> 0:47:01.160 and state of the yard as it would be. Uh, 0:47:01.200 --> 0:47:03.719 it's a cool feeling for this old sentimental type. Good 0:47:03.719 --> 0:47:05.640 for you, man, I might even bring a tear to 0:47:05.680 --> 0:47:10.360 my eye. It looks like it might. There's no crying 0:47:10.360 --> 0:47:13.160 in baseball, No, there's not. Or football, Curly, let's go 0:47:13.239 --> 0:47:17.440 around the National Football League quickly. The Richmond Times Dispatch 0:47:17.480 --> 0:47:21.520 in Virginia is reporting this week the Commanders or proposing 0:47:21.520 --> 0:47:24.560 a new stadium that would have just fifty five thousand seats. 0:47:25.120 --> 0:47:29.280 Accordinated Pro Football Talk, FedEx Field had the league's largest 0:47:29.320 --> 0:47:34.760 capacity from old Ford to thousand. That's a big difference. Yeah, 0:47:34.760 --> 0:47:38.320 it's uh. I grew up a huge fan of the 0:47:38.360 --> 0:47:44.000 Washington football team. UH two. I think that they're going 0:47:44.040 --> 0:47:50.160 from is staggering and telling um when I was a kid, 0:47:50.400 --> 0:47:54.120 which back in the day, the sellout streak was one 0:47:54.120 --> 0:47:56.200 of the staples of the league at that place. And 0:47:56.560 --> 0:47:59.759 it's understandable why they built it so large when they 0:47:59.800 --> 0:48:06.120 did it in uh go four four because the thinking 0:48:06.160 --> 0:48:09.120 at that point is bigger, bigger, bigger. It's telling that 0:48:09.120 --> 0:48:11.640 that stateium in that mark, even the team has struggled, 0:48:12.520 --> 0:48:16.520 is reducing to that's about the right number for the 0:48:16.640 --> 0:48:19.600 NFL these days, and it's about bringing it back in line. 0:48:19.680 --> 0:48:23.080 It's more about premium seating, luxuries, et cetera. But these 0:48:23.200 --> 0:48:27.919 cavernous stadiums of old uh you know, it's just too big. 0:48:28.600 --> 0:48:31.600 News nine in Denver reporting this week the Broncos ownership 0:48:31.600 --> 0:48:34.080 bidding down to a second round coming up Monday. Four 0:48:34.160 --> 0:48:36.200 groups are in the hunt. The hope is to have 0:48:36.239 --> 0:48:39.600 the transaction finalized by the start of the regular season. 0:48:39.719 --> 0:48:42.680 And John, you can probably hit the a t M 0:48:42.719 --> 0:48:45.520 for the price of five billion dollars and get the 0:48:45.560 --> 0:48:51.080 team if you wanted it. Well, it's it's but you 0:48:51.160 --> 0:48:58.279 know that it shouldn't be overlooked these old traditional franchises, 0:48:58.280 --> 0:49:01.879 which the Broncos are one of those, one of the successful, 0:49:02.000 --> 0:49:04.840 one of the glamour teams. I think they're maybe not 0:49:04.960 --> 0:49:07.960 quite in that old school, but they're there. Don't change 0:49:07.960 --> 0:49:10.520 hands that often, so it's a significant thing. Fully. Pat 0:49:10.520 --> 0:49:13.200 Bowling was a major owner in this league for a 0:49:13.239 --> 0:49:17.040 long time. We'll look forward to the ozone podcast coming up. 0:49:17.320 --> 0:49:18.960 It'll be good. I've been listening to it. Thanks for 0:49:19.000 --> 0:49:21.560 the time, man, Thanks always great to see it. Well, 0:49:22.280 --> 0:49:24.800 just walk outside with each other, that's true. John Ozar, 0:49:24.880 --> 0:49:27.879 Jaguars dot Com senior writer. Thanks to Christian Kirk as 0:49:27.880 --> 0:49:30.640 well Jaguars wide receiver Brent Reeber on the video side, 0:49:30.719 --> 0:49:34.680 Joe Fortunado on the audio. For everyone, involved. I'm JP Shadrick. 0:49:35.080 --> 0:49:37.439 We will catch you next time. It's Jaguars Happy Hour 0:49:37.680 --> 0:49:39.320 on the Jaguars Digital Network.