WEBVTT - Ep. 15: A Week 1 Look at the AFC South | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:06.040 Now it's Labor Day. That's the unofficial end of the summer. 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:08.800 Now that it's football season, gentlemen, what is your favorite 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:09.880 part of football season? 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:13.200 Fall? I love the fall end of summer. Same answer. 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.919 Welcome into jags Am presented by car Shield or here 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:37.720 in Hyundai Studios, our new studios. This is going to 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:39.400 be our new home from now on for jags Am. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.680 So we're really excited to kick off the season here 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.120 and get to talk a little bit of football. Finally, guys, 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:46.839 I know I don't know what fall actually means. The 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.360 terms weather wisier, but I am excited. 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:49.760 For football to start. 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.760 Fall shows up about November okay here, which is great. 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:56.080 You get that little kool breeze in the morning, but 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:58.720 you've got two months of summer still, which is what 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.600 Southern football fans like because it's an advantage for them 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:03.000 when teams come down from the norths. 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.840 Yeah, once October hits, it's not quite as bad. 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.680 You'll get a little more fall. And answered up your question. 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:13.120 I had a hard time answering a football season fall 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:15.600 except for when you were a kid and it meant 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:16.279 the start of school. 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:17.560 What's bad about it? 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:19.200 It's the best time of year. 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:24.000 To me, it's always been the default best season, maybe 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:25.759 because probably because it's football season. 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:28.000 Well, and you know it starts on Friday morning around here. 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.760 There's a really intense vibe all the way through, and 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.120 Friday morning seems to have a little different feel and 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.800 NFL Friday, and then it continues through high school football, 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:38.720 right because I've got one playing and people who love 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.120 high school football, and then Saturday you've got college, and 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.680 then Sunday you got It's three days of this feeling 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:45.520 of football that makes it so much fun. 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:47.880 It's certainly a turn in the calendar. And we love 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:49.480 it of course here because now we get to finally 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:52.320 talk about some actual football games. Are we're gonna start 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.800 with our big things for our first week of the 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.400 regular season. So the first thing that is our big 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:01.120 thing is the Hunted. Now that they won division, they've 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.280 proven themselves to a certain degree by the way they 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:06.280 finished last season, jack Wards are gonna be hunted this year. 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:08.840 They're not sneaking up on anybody, So, Brian, when you 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.080 look at the team this year in terms of expectations, 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.520 or not necessarily that, but just when they go out 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.120 and face these games and their opponents are ready for them. 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:18.280 What's the difference when you face teams that way. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:20.360 Well, there's two guys in particular that I'm looking for, right, 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.519 because last year this team was all about that upstart 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.120 energy and you know, they were all new and together. 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.000 But this year, Brandon Scherff on the offensive line and 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:33.120 Roy Robertson Harris on the defensive line to me, epitomize 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.960 what you're looking for, which is that mentality of I'm 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.880 a badass, You're gonna line up against me and I'm 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:41.520 gonna win, right, And that's the mentality whether you're playing 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:43.519 the Chiefs in Week two or whether you're playing the 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:46.959 Ravens or Bengals, you know, on prime time in Jacksonville, 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.080 you've got to have that mentality when you line up 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.280 that you were equal to them. And those two guys 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:53.720 sort of personify that because no matter who they line 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:55.520 up against, their equal to the task. 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:57.519 Yeah, I'm gonna go a little bit of a different direction, 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.919 and I get that they're the Hut, but my senses 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.840 that there's still a little bit of a thought around 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:07.640 the league of are. 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:08.519 They for real yet? 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.679 And talking to my friend Mike Chapl who's covered. 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:13.519 The Colts for forty years. 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.720 When he was listing off the top of the Colts schedule, 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:21.680 he mentioned Jacksonville, but then as a whole, he said 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.240 the schedule, if the Colts are okay, they can get 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:24.680 through it. 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.280 Jackson in Jacksonville sort of still had to prove itself. 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.320 They went nine and eight, and I think they'll be hunted, 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.120 but there's still a feeling on this team, and I 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.440 think it's what'll protect them from feeling hunted. They went 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.880 nine and eight last year. Guys, they were one game 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.080 from not being in the playoffs. They still have to 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:43.320 prove themselves and I think that'll work to their advantage. 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:44.920 Sure, but I do think when you pick up an 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.440 article right the Athletic this morning has the top twenty 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.920 three most intriguing players, and you've got two of them 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:52.360 on there, and the quarterback happened to be listed very highly. 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.320 Calvin Ridley's there as well. I get that they went 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.280 nine to eight last year, but no one's going to 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.920 overlook them like some teams probably do. I mean Dallas 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.360 in here last year, they were not thinking they were 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.120 going to have a fight on their hands. They thought 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.240 they put up thirty five points, they'd put a little 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.040 pressure with their top rated defense on Trevor and everything 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.680 would collapse. So I do get it, John, I mean 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.080 nine to eight is not world beaters. You haven't won 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:18.880 a trophy yet. But this team has enough traction. It's 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:20.600 probably the best word kind to describe it. 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:21.279 It's got enough. 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.719 Traction in the media and thus in the football world 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.039 to make people stand up and take notice of them. 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:29.480 We cover this team every day, so obviously we have 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:33.000 high expectations. That's our second big thing, just from what 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:36.280 we've seen. If everyone stays healthy and they, you know, 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:40.520 accomplish what we think they can accomplish. What are realistic 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.000 expectations for this team this year? John, I want to 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.400 start with you, what's the ceiling for them? If they 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:46.800 play to their highest capability. 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:51.840 Well, if the offense is what it looked like in 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:56.280 the first quarter of the third preseason game, which to 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:58.680 me felt like an offense that was flexing its muscles, 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:02.760 and you know, it was almost like at started the 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:04.680 Kentucky Derby when the horses are kicking. 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:05.880 At the gate to get out. 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.360 It felt like that if this offense is that high powered, 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:13.599 if it's top three, then I think AFC Championship Game 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.960 two or three seed, and you're in that group. I 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.840 think of the Bills and the Bengals and the Chiefs 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:23.000 as sort of the group in the AFC. If they're 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:26.120 what we think they could be offensively, then they're in 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:26.799 that group. 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:28.599 I don't know how you tell the difference in that 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:29.200 group right now. 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.760 I don't know that I can put them with Patrick 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.440 Mahomes and Burrow and Josh Allen on those teams. I 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.360 can't see the Jags being above that group automatically going 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.080 to the playoffs, but they should be in it. 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:41.880 I would think they're in it. You know, last year 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.400 the Jaguars had that five game streak where they were 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:46.479 losing games by a field goal or a touchdown at 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.159 the end of the ball game when they gave up 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:50.159 the lead in the final two minutes. So I asked 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.680 the head coach after the season, did you think nine 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.240 wins was achievable? And I'm not gonna tell you the 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.200 number he told me, but he thought more than nine 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.480 wins was achievable last year. So with an improved roster 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.159 this year, with a quarterback who's got another year in 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:08.800 the system, you know, eleven twelve wins seems to be 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:10.480 something that you can look at now, you got to 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.320 stay healthy, and they stayed healthy last year. I'm with 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:15.520 John And when you look at the best teams, you 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:17.640 look at those three teams that he mentioned, and you 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.920 throw the Eagles in the in the NFC, and you know, 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.520 maybe San Francisco out there as well. But you know, 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.240 I think the Jaguars are in that next group of 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.400 teams that if they have a good year and if 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:29.920 the quarterback takes the step the next year, we're talking 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:31.320 about them in in this way. 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:33.719 And it's nice to be at a point where you 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.279 could maybe say super Bowl and it's not completely out 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.200 of the realm of possibility, because certainly, if you're talking 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.000 AFC Championship game, anything can happen at that point. And 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:42.480 while we like to make fun of some of those 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:44.600 lists where Trevor Lawrence doesn't get as much credit as 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.880 we think he is due, they have been giving him 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:48.920 some praise nationally at least the last couple of months. 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.000 I feel like people have taken notice and people do 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.760 expect that jump from him this year, as we do 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.120 as he hits the field, and hopefully we see that 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.120 in Week one against the Colts on the road, our 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:01.080 final big thing this week is our new digs because 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:03.120 we want to show you show off our new studio. 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:05.359 We finally we're in the Miller Electric Center. We have 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.560 our new home out here. John's a little upset we 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.400 didn't let them wear shorts and flip flops today. 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:10.720 I'm not a flip flop guy. 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.600 But I do have socks because Dave, you can't just 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.440 told me towhere socks all right? 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.040 And I like my seat here because I may or 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:18.880 mind I have socks on. 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.440 We'll never know. Anyway. We love our new studio. We 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:24.320 got a lot of new technology in here. We're gonna 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.840 be doing film room, touchscreen, a lot of fun stuff 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:28.840 we can bring to you here with our new resources. 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:30.120 So we love our new digs and just want to 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.200 show them off a little bit. Stay with us. 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We're going to talk a little bit 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:09.080 about the AFC South because while the Jaguars won the 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.360 division last year, there are high expectations and what are 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.560 they facing off, what are they looking at across the 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:15.760 rest of the division. We'll start off with the Colts 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:19.040 because that's who they're playing first, and not a great 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.240 year last year, they're definitely in rebuild mode. We look 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:24.560 at their new head coach there, of John What stands 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.400 out to you as the biggest change for them this year? 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.480 Well, I think everything you know. 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.120 It's again I spoke with Mike Chappell, who's been around 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:38.840 that team for forty years. Not having Jonathan Taylor in 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:44.800 this league right now, a running back typically isn't seen 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.520 as the Bellweather at most franchises. 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:49.640 He's the guy at that franchise. 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.079 As recently as two or three months ago, they were 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:56.840 talking about needing him on the field to compliment Anthony 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:59.600 richardson that with that sort of dynamic, and now all 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.160 of a sudden and they don't have that they're going 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:05.000 into the season with a rookie quarterback. I expect them 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.520 to challenge the Jaguars on Sunday, because Week one can 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.760 be weird. I don't expect them to be consistent enough 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.440 all through the season to contend anything close to the 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:14.160 division title. 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.440 But it's a franchise. 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:23.840 That oddly seemed very very close until by midway through 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:25.640 last season, and then all of a sudden they sort 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:28.560 of fell off the map, and now they feel like 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:30.760 it's sort of in shambles a little bit, and they're 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:31.800 trying to put it back together. 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:33.720 I think it's gonna be a long year for them. 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:35.240 Oh it's gonna be a really long year for them. 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.720 Maybe they win five games this year. But to me, 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.480 the biggest issue is that they are completely retooling John 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.000 the way that they played football. This was always a 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.520 team that was built on the passing game with Peyton 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.400 and Andrew Luck and of course you know they tried 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.880 with Philip Rivers through Matt Ryan, and they never got 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:52.640 it the way that they wanted to get it. Well, 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.640 now you're radically overhauling because you're going to that Philadelphia 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.400 style that was so effective with Jalen Hurts in that 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.480 running game, and of course they had that number one receiver, 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:06.080 that guy that they brought in they traded for aj 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.400 from the Titans, and it opened everything up. Well, I 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.920 don't see them having that over the top receiver. They've 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.280 got a quarterback who never really threw much in college 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.120 and now he's coming into the NFL. What he does, 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:20.680 I mean, he does really, really well. It's just not 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:24.240 a very big body of work. So I think this 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.560 is a team in transition this year, and it's probably 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.800 two maybe three years away in terms of being completely 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.040 effective like the Eagles system is. 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:37.920 Yeah, I think they're dangerous because this kid once a 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:39.640 half can do something like this. 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:40.880 You can keep it close for sure. 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:44.360 Can he do it enough in pressure situations you would think, 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:45.760 not being a rookie quarterback. 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:47.439 One other thing to note on them is that, you know, 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.880 last year, their offensive line, which I think we would 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:51.520 all agree was one of the best in the NFL 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:53.800 for a number of years, it really fell off sharply. 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:57.320 I mean, even Quentin Nelson, they're all pro left guard, 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:01.560 fell off sharply. They've dropped did a young tackle. They're 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:04.320 excited about him, Ryan Kelly in the middle of that 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:06.520 offensive line, when he's playing well, is one of the 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:10.400 best centers in football. They could see more success running 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:13.080 the ball if that offensive line is what it was 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:16.080 in twenty twenty twenty twenty one as opposed to what 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:17.120 it was in twenty twenty two. 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.319 I know we mentioned that. Obviously, Jonathan Taylor is the 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.720 big story of him not being there. It's gonna affect 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:24.680 Anthony Richardson a lot because when you don't have that 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:27.520 safety valve of a very talented running back to help 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.960 distract a little bit of the attention, all the focus 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:31.840 is going to be on the rookie QB. So definitely 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:33.520 could be a long year. Now we're gonna look at 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:35.640 Houston because they've had a lot of change as well. 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.720 But I feel like the upside for them is huge, right, 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.320 There's a lot more positive, you know things coming out 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.520 of that camp. Everybody loves Jamiko. Ryan's over there. Obviously, 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.240 they're enamored with CJ. Stroud what they think he can be, 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:50.760 and I feel like the vibe Brian is different for them. 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.120 They were in a not great place. I think it's 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:54.560 a little bit wells. 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:55.920 You the one thing that they did, John was they 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.439 went out and they spent a ton of money, kind 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.480 of like the Draguars did, but on mid level guys, 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.000 just guys that would allow them to line up and compete. 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:08.240 They still lack that explosiveness down the field that Brandon 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:12.600 Cooks gave them. The young running back from Florida last 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.000 year who had what four or five hundred yard games, 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.200 is a guy that I think they have a lot 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.800 of upside for. It's just you've got a rookie quarterback 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:22.760 and a defensive minded head coach who doesn't have the 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:26.040 players that he had in San Francisco. Here's the one 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.120 thing they do have. They have lots of draft capital 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.800 and lots of cap room. So if Stroud can play, 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.520 they can turn this thing around quickly. Because unlike Richardson, 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.200 he threw the ball all over the field at Ohio State. 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:38.679 Remember all the great receivers that he had in Columbus. 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.079 So if they can get that defense going and find 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:42.920 a couple of guys in free agency in the draft, 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:44.160 it shouldn't take them long. 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.320 It's interesting this division right now has two teams in 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.960 very similar spots. When you've sort of torn it down 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:57.600 and now you have rookie quarterbacks who are going to start. 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.440 I think the phrase you would use is both of 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.560 these franchises. Probably with the Colts for years obviously they 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.000 were sort of piece me on the quarterback position, trying 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:08.000 to get there that year. 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:09.320 Well, now they. 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:12.440 At least have hope for the future. If this kid's okay, 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:16.199 then you've got a Trevor Lawrence situation, you know, or 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:18.079 a Josh Allen situation, any of those guys. 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:22.080 Same story with the Texans. So you would think. 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.439 The Jaguars have a little window Jaguars and Titans, I 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:27.480 would where they're gonna be the two teams in the division. 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.520 That window doesn't all always last this time last year, 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:33.920 teams thought they had a long window waiting for the 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:35.840 Jaguars and then a sudden Jaguars took it. 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:36.280 So it's not. 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:40.720 Guaranteed, but those two situations should give the Jaguars and 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:42.760 Titans a window where it's just each other well. 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:45.840 And both of those franchises are willing to be patient, 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.200 right because both of them weren't in recent years. Now 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.520 they're all in on the rebuild and they understand that 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:55.040 sometimes in the NFL, being patient and accepting where you 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.760 are puts you in a position to improve dramatically. In 0:13:57.800 --> 0:13:59.959 the draft, right if you're picking in the top ten 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.000 of the draft. The next two years, these two teams 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:03.360 have a chance to really restock. 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:06.199 And it'll be interesting to see how patient the Colt 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.040 Stata because since. 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:09.680 Jim's been the owner there, they have not had to 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:10.160 be patient. 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.040 Yeah, they got Peyton and the next year they were good. 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.160 They got Andrew Luck, the next year they were good. 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:18.280 He's not that known to be patient, so be It'll 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:19.680 be interesting to see how they play that out. I 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:20.680 think the Texans will be patient. 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.080 But that's such a huge decision to take Anthony richardson 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:26.520 because we all know what we do, especially because we 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:28.680 saw him in games. But we all know that he's 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.960 gonna take time. He is a legitimate project. Peyton wasn't 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:33.840 that much of a project, and neither was Andrew Luck. 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.080 So you just wonder if you're making that institutional decision 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:38.520 if the owner doesn't know that he has to be 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:39.800 but you know him better than. 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.400 Most And as we have seen here, once you have 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:44.640 the quarterback or what you think will be the future 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.800 of your franchise, you can rebuild around them very quickly, 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:49.880 as we've seen the Jaguars do in the last two seasons. 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.240 Doug Peterson, All right, let's check out the Titans because 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.600 that's gonna be the real threat within the division. Obviously, 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.480 so they were seven and ten last year, they did 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.080 not finish very well. Jaguars finished very well and ended 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.760 up winning the division. Mike Rable's been around for this 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.440 will be his sixth season, so he's had tons of 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:08.520 success since he's been there. DeAndre Hopkins is added to 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:13.960 that offense. Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry is amazing as always. Uh, 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:15.880 what is it gonna be for them? Is it just 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:16.640 staying healthy? 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:17.720 John? 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.640 What are you looking at in terms of them being successful? 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:25.800 Well, I think they're dangerous because they know exactly what 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.480 they are and who they want to be, and they 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.240 know how Mike Rabel wants them to play. So when 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:34.240 you have that and you've got some experienced guys, meaning 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:39.400 you have Derrick Henry that you know that that's your guy. 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.680 I anticipate the last three weeks of the season, the 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:45.760 Jaguars and Titans will be close enough to each other 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:46.640 with this team's. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:46.960 Gonna be a factor. 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:50.080 There's a lot of fans and a lot of Jaguars 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.280 fans saw the Titans lose what's seven in a row 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:54.240 at the end of last year and think, well, the 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.360 JAG's gonna run away for the division. I don't think 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:58.080 they're running away from the Titans. I think this team 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.440 knows how to play to what it is, and I 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.960 think they're dangerous. I think those I think the two 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.080 teams will split this year and it's gonna be interesting 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:07.440 going into the second half the season. 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.080 I'm not as high on them because I think they 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.960 realized they're at the end of the run. Tannehill and 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:17.200 Henry are both still there. DeAndre Hopkins feels to me 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:20.240 like that receiver you know, everyone grabs one. We grab 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:22.080 Tory Holt here in the you know, two thousand and 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.200 eight and bring him in. Oh, we've got Tory hold 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:28.080 here we go. Right, it's gonna change everything. Their offensive 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:30.680 line is being entirely rebuilt. You saw they brought in 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:34.440 Andre Dillard, who was a bust in Philadelphia. Their defense 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.280 is very talented. That was their downfall last year. All 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.960 those guys got hurt and the offense couldn't score enough 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:42.800 points to overcome a defense that couldn't keep other teams 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.280 out of the end zone. But I just they feel 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:48.480 like a team to me, that's holding on and it's 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:51.760 because of Tannehill and because of Derrick Henry. And you 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.640 know Derrick Henry at some moment he's just and it 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:57.120 may even be now he's not the same Derrick Henry 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.640 right where he can just take over a game and 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:03.920 just run the roost. Maybe maybe I'm wrong. It just 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:05.960 seems to me like this is a team. I do 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.399 think that they are going to be dangerous, but I 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:12.600 am not as convinced. Here's what I do like about them. 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.640 I think Mike Vrabel is a tremendous coach. You saw 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.159 his record fifty and thirty seven, and he's got a 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:21.959 couple of AFC South titles to his name, so they 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.080 can get something done. I just they seem to need 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:25.600 to be like that team like the Colts the last 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:27.520 couple of years, unwilling to just move on. 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.200 They're definitely gonna work with what they have there. And 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:32.840 as we mentioned, Rabel finds a way usually, so we'll 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:35.000 see what he rolls out this season and see how 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.959 things fare coming up. 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