WEBVTT - Ep. 50: Putting the Team in the Best Position | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:18.120 I feel a lot better than I would have thought 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:22.680 i'd feel. You know, I'm very fortunate. I'm thankful that 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:26.000 it wasn't a worse injury, you know than what I 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.600 kind of thought it was in a field, So I'm 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:29.760 thankful for that, you know. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:34.960 Welcome to jackson presented by Field's Auto Group, Jacksonville. You 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:37.040 can step up to luxury at Fields Auto dot com. 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:39.479 I'm kind Nanni Stevens, Brian Sexton, John Osier with me. 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:42.360 That was Trevor Lawrence and he's talking about his high 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:45.839 ankle sprain. As he said, he feels he's very fortunate 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.320 that it wasn't worse than what he expected. So our 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.560 first big thing today is gonna be So you're telling 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.040 me there's a chance, because they have not ruled out 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:56.520 Trevor Lawrence to play this week. Trevor talked a little 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.560 bit yesterday about what it's gonna take for him to 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:00.640 decide that he'll be ready to put and cleanland. 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:04.280 Yeah, I mean it's still it's still early in the week. 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:06.800 Obviously in New Orleans, I didn't know until right before 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.560 the game, but and that was this is a short week, 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:11.280 but that was a really short week. So we'll have 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.200 a couple more days than we did then, which is 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:15.120 which is nice, but still lost the day playing on 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:17.759 Monday night. So I guess that's just the way it's 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:19.480 been going this year with some of that stuff. But 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:22.679 you know, I'm really just taking it one day at 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:24.679 a time. I'm trying to do do as much as 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:28.000 I can each day without you know, aggravating it or 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:31.120 making anything worse, but trying to progress towards, you know, 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:34.400 hopefully playing like that's the that's the goal every week 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.319 and every day is to try to get as healthy 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:39.600 as possible. And in the past what forty eight hours 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:42.559 have been some big steps and I'm really happy with 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:43.920 with how it's it's healing up. 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:47.960 So the team says, I've taken it day today at 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.720 this point. Trevor did not practice yesterday, still rehabing that injury. Brian, 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:53.920 you said you're gonna be shocked if he played on Sunday. 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:55.640 Reshocked how he was yesterday. 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.280 I'll tell you I said yesterday Kuy that I thought 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.720 he would be superman if you played this week. And 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:02.920 while we don't yet know if he can fly, he 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:05.720 certainly was wearing the cape when he walked into the 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:09.520 press conference without a boot, wearing a shoe, you know, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.040 I mean, no crutches. 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:13.440 The way that it looked when. 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:17.440 He walked down the tunnel on Monday night, I just 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.359 there's no way I could see. But of course everyone 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:23.960 heals differently, and this guy may truly John be the 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.919 man of steel, because even though I think there's still 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:29.720 only a fifty to fifty chance that he actually goes 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:33.399 in the cold and the wet, and with Miles Garrett 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:35.320 standing there on the other side of the line, the 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:38.240 fact that they're even trying tells you there's something about 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:39.280 this guy that stands out. 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:42.480 Yeah, and Ryan, you guys, you and I have everything 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.760 coming league. By the same time, a while back, you 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.839 heard high ankle sprain and it was out for four 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:54.639 to six weeks. Last year, Mahomes after injuring his high 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:58.600 ankle against the Jags plays. Maybe change the dynamic of 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:03.079 that a little bit. I had written all week, no way, 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:08.799 thought no way. Now I don't know, but I kind 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.280 of leaned toward that he's gonna play, and that would 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:12.760 have shocked me to say on Monday. 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:15.000 So that's all I'm to say about that. 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:17.520 We were all surprised when they had him at his 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.320 regularly scheduled podium time. Because a guy who's hurt and 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.760 going through rehabit, I mean, generally they don't make those 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.239 guys come out, So the first thing you're thinking is 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:28.320 he gonna play? And then when he walked in without 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.400 the boot on kai, it was like, WHOA, Okay. So 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:34.320 while nobody knows for sure, they don't even know for sure. 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:36.680 It's gonna depend on how the rehab goes the rest 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:41.480 of the week. This is a very very interesting story. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.640 Now what a different today makes for him as well. 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:45.320 I think we saw something similar when he had the 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:47.880 knee injury. He said very quickly that the next couple 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:49.800 of days he felt a lot better than he thought 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:52.440 he was going to. So hopefully he's just a superhuman 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:54.440 healer and he will be ready to go on Sunday 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.080 if not. Big thing Number two is the backup plant. 0:03:57.160 --> 0:04:00.280 DJ Bethard would start in place of Trevor Lawrence, and 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.480 he's been a backup for quite some time. He's been 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.080 around the league for a while, and he says he's 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:05.280 ready to go if necessary. 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.400 I think you got to just stay steady throughout all 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:12.400 of it, especially, you know, unmust it's a situation where 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:16.000 he has clearly been ruled out, and that's a different circumstance. 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:18.440 But you know, I just got to stay level headed 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.960 throughout the week and prepare as if I am going 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:22.520 to play. But then you know, at the end of 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.160 the day, if I don't, then then that means he's 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:26.479 healthy enough to play, and that's good for a. 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.520 Team John and may be a little bit weird for 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:31.279 the players not knowing who's going to be quarterback, the 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.560 fans as well, but Bethrid pretty much prepares every week 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.880 as if he may play, So this he seems to 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:36.960 be pretty comfortable with. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.200 Yeah, I mean, now, the difference is you get more 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.880 rep so you're more prepared. He has a shoulder limiting him, 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.559 but my understanding is he took most of the reps 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:50.720 in practice on Wednesday. Look, he's done it before. He's 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:53.000 a backup, so he's not as good as the starter. 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:54.960 They're not as good with C. J. Bethart as there 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:55.800 with Trevor Lawrence. 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:56.640 But I think. 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.240 One thing that I think shouldn't be forgot and does 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.200 factor in this is the success that Doug Peterson had 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:09.160 with backup quarterback Nick Foles in twenty seventeen that matters 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:12.520 in terms of not necessarily the quarterback himself, but in 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:16.200 terms of the ability to adjust the offense quickly to 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:20.719 the new quarterback strength. CJ should and does have great 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:23.760 confidence in Doug with that and with this system to 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.240 be able to do that. I think that plays into it. 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:30.800 And you saw the other night. He played well enough 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.680 the other night for the Jaguars to win. Probably should 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:35.800 have had the winning touchdown or setting up the winning 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.320 touchdown overtime, a really. 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.520 Good drive at the end of the game. It's not 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.160 inconceivable they go win this game with CJ. 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:44.840 Pat Bryant. You think you can go thirty two to 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:45.520 thirty seven. 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.120 I mean, look, you can win with backup quarterbacks. Jake 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:50.160 Browning approved it last week, and of course he's got 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:53.120 Jamar Chase. But Jaguars have some weapons even without Kirk. 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.839 They've got guys who can be difference makers. Here's the difference. 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.320 They're going up to Cleveland to play on a wet 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:03.120 field on a cold, windy day, and they're going against 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.880 the number one defense and the number one pass defense. 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:07.599 So it's gonna be interesting. 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.120 You would think right out of the gate, they've got 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:11.480 to help this guy with the running game. 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.839 They have got to be able to get. 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.919 Four yards every time they run the ball and stay 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.880 out a third and long no matter who the quarterback is, 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.479 because that defense is really freaking good. You can beat 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:27.560 the Browns with CJ. Bethard if everyone else plays to 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:30.040 their potential or plays close to their potential. 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:31.920 We got some banged to players as well. 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.599 Traves Ztn still has those bruised ribs, so there's a 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:36.400 lot of other things in play here as well. The 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.880 offensive line. We don't know who'll be starting there. Our 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.039 final big thing this week has been there, done that. 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:43.400 John talked a little bit about what think Doug Peterson 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.360 did in Philadelphia with a backup quarterback. Not only did 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:48.360 he play well, he won a super Bowl. And Doug 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.360 talked a little bit about what that takes in his 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:51.719 presser yesterday. 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:56.280 The strength of the player really and making sure he's 0:06:56.320 --> 0:07:00.440 comfortable with what we're doing. And again, it may it 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:02.919 may look different to people you know how you go 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.880 about it, but the bottom line is you've still got 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.039 to go out and compete and execute and try to 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:11.040 win that game, you know, and focus on that and 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.800 however that gets done, it doesn't really matter it's just, 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.720 you know, that's the main focus. So like in seventeen, 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.360 you know, I had to focus on what Nick Fole's 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.320 strengths were as opposed to carson strengths back then, and 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:30.400 making sure that the guys around him again did their 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:34.120 part right, and it. 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:37.880 Worked out, works out pretty well, and he got a 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.480 Super Bowl ring out of it. Brian, we talked Jay Browning, 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.440 looked great, looked like Joe Burrow out there. So it 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.640 can be done. And we've seen a lot of backups 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.240 around the league. Unfortunately, a lot of starting quarterbacks go down. 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:50.720 So is it just kind of ride the wave with 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.240 CJ until you can get Trevor back. 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.240 Well, the one thing Doug said over and over and 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.880 over is they've really got to figure out how to 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:00.920 best position Beth to do. What he does is going 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.280 to be different with him because he's not Trevor Lawrence. 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.400 So they've got to get together with CJ this week 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.520 and figure out what he likes and what he does. 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.280 And oh, by the way, appears they're going to be 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:14.440 doing the same thing with Trevor, right, But you want 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.560 to say, this guy is the foremost expert on getting 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:20.160 a backup quarterback ready to go because he won a 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.240 Super Bowl with one. And then you see what Zach 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.760 Taylor did the other night getting Jake Browning ready to go. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:26.280 They can do it. 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:30.040 And I believe that if they Taylor the offense, and 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.320 then again John Kevin Ridley has to make the catch 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:37.000 right and Travis Etn has to make the cut, and 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.720 whoever the left tackle is, you know, has to hold up. 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:43.680 We can't say this enough. It's not going to be CJ. 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.120 Bethard who beats the Browns. It's going to be the 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:50.439 rest of the team playing their best game and helping CJ. 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.839 Bethard move the offense up and down the field. 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:56.839 Yet, and sometimes the backup can have a little bit 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.760 of an advantage in the sense that the defense really 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.199 has no idea how the Jaguars will play with CJ. 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.040 Bethard because they've never played with CJ. Bethard, And that 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:10.199 can be a big deal in terms of being ready 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.199 to know what you're gonna see that day. So I 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.240 think Jerry might have a little bit of an edge there. 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.160 I'll be honest. I think Trevor's playing, So I think 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.560 this last segment might be something that's not, you know, 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:27.200 not pertinent but I do think if CJ does play, 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:28.720 I think you're gonna see a little bit of a 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.240 surge and he's gonna he's gonna outplay what a lot 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:32.719 of people's expectations are. 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.960 Can I get just throw this out there, Johnny, should 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.440 he play? I mean, you saw the way that he 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:41.200 hobbled down the Should he play with a quarterback that 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:43.120 you want to be your guy for the next you know, 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:44.400 fifteen years. 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:46.480 I think it goes back to what we talked about, 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:49.040 the other day. If the doctors clear him, if he 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:53.520 wants to play, if there's significant risk of further injury. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:57.320 I don't know enough about how how high ankles work 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.599 on that front. If you think putting mouth there is 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.040 going to further the injury, then you don't play it 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:02.280 at all. 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.439 Well, there's a surgeon, a procedure, you know you're totally right. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.720 And Doug talked about one hundred percent right, not putting 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:09.800 him back out there until he's one hundred percent. He 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:12.240 wasn't talking until he feels perfect. He was talking about 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.480 being one hundred percent sure that there is no way 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.480 you're going to cause more damage. I just go back 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:19.760 to the fact that it's going to be a wet 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.040 field and you got Miles Garrett over there, and you 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.079 wonder how well he can move, because movement is protection 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:25.480 for him. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.760 He gets out of harm's wed again. 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:29.640 I don't think they'll put him in a position where 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.640 he is not or put him in a position where 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.120 he is in danger. But there is that balance and 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.160 that they were both asked about it. You know, player, coach, 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.520 Do I play, don't I play? Who makes the decision? 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:40.880 Yeah? 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:41.960 I think. 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:47.160 If it if he's able, willing and feels it, and 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:48.800 the doctor of Claarmenik, he plays. 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.679 So you think the Mahomes thing factors into it at all. 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:53.480 You think he saw Mahomes do that and says if 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:54.680 he can do it, I can do it. 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:56.960 That's the best quarterback in the league. That's who I 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:57.360 want to be. 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:00.160 He does it, I do it probably a little and 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:05.040 I think inspiring teammates earning that plays into a little bit. 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:06.680 I also think it's sort of his nature. 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:08.160 I think it is too. 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.280 I think he mentioned when he heard his knee that 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.319 he's never missed a game for injury and it was 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.319 very fortunate to never had a serious injury. And I 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.040 think that kind of plays on his mind. Too, is 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:17.920 that if he can play through it, he will so 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:19.480 I guess we'll have to see, but we'll wait on 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:21.839 that one. 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Welcome back into jag Zam here this morning 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:33.280 in the Hyundai studios as we get ready for a 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:35.920 game in Cleveland on Sunday. Maybe kind of rainy, kind 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:39.280 of cold, maybe a messy game. We're not entirely sure 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:41.439 what that's gonna look like. Who's gonna be on the field, 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:43.960 But across the way, they don't really know either. And 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:45.839 that's something we haven't mentioned a ton of is that 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.439 obviously Deshaun Watson is out for the year, but they 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:52.080 had Joe Flacco last week. They have during Thomson Robinson. 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:55.800 I believe in the protocol still concussion protocol still, so 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.000 they're not naming a starter either. So it's a little 0:13:58.040 --> 0:13:59.880 bit of cat and mouth with both teams, right And. 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:04.400 They also have a just lengthy list of injured players. 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:06.520 You know, they're playing this year without both of their 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:10.200 starting offensive tackles who were gone for the year. In fact, 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.320 they're backup bright tackle, the Big Kim from Ohio State 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.360 is battling an injury. No Nick Chubb and Amari Cooper's 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:17.880 in the concussion protocol, and you're dealing with the shoulder 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.800 with Garrett and Denzel Wood, their corner who's probably one 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:22.520 of the best three or four corners in the AFC. 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:25.440 He hasn't played a lot lately either, So both teams 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.840 are dealing with a lot of injuries and it's gonna 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:28.640 be right at the game time. 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:30.240 Do you see what you're dealing with. 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:34.280 Yeah, I'm surprised that it's iffy on whether Flakka starts. 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.200 My understanding was Flaka played really well and they felt 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:40.480 like they had something there. I would still expect him 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.760 to start, but it's uncertain. I think the difference between 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:49.040 the two teams, even when Trevor's not playing well, the 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:54.360 Jaguars are a Trevor Lawrence centric offense. The Browns really 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.360 aren't a quarterback centric offense. I think they're maybe a 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:01.680 little better equipped to handle the quarterback being out, even 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:02.920 when Deshaun Watson was in. 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:05.800 This team loves to run. They're good at it. 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:09.520 That's my worry, frankly, in this game, if the Jaguars 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.360 have to turn around and rely on their running game. 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.560 They haven't done that yet this year. So it happens 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:18.120 all the time in the NFL. What you don't expect happens. 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:20.440 But to me, that's the major storyline of this game. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.760 Can the Jaguars run against this team, no matter, no 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:24.160 matter how beat up the Browns are well? 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:25.840 And then on the other side, you mentioned that they're 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:27.440 a team that likes to run the ball and does 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.320 it well even without Nick Chubb. The Jaguars are coming 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.280 off their worst performance against the run, and you're dealing 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.360 with the injury to fully fought Tacosti in the middle 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.400 of the line. I mean, the other storyline is can 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.040 they stop the run? It's funny you go back to 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.680 one of the original teams, you know, AFC Central teams, 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:45.720 and the cold and the wet, and you can throw 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:47.760 everything to the side. It becomes about the basics. Can 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:49.760 you run the ball and can you stop the run? 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:53.720 And in a league that has increasingly become a quarterback 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:55.520 driven can you throw the ball? 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.160 Can you take your shots league? 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:00.720 Maybe the Jaguars can resign Von Dunbar and he can 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:02.080 go up there and win in Cleveland. 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.360 Like he did five a man. 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.760 You are bringing it all back. Mickey Washington had a 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:08.880 touchdown return in the Old Mistake. 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:09.240 By the Lake. 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.240 To Browns in ninety five in one of their first 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:19.200 big wins around here, and Von Dunbar, a running back, 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.440 had a huge game in that game was the last win. 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:26.000 That they would have until the season finale against the 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.240 same Browns, And of course, the week after the Jaguars 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.200 beating the announced they were moving to Cleveland to become 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:32.160 the I'm sorry to Baltimore become the Ravens. 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:34.800 Oh, the Baltimore Ravens. That's another game. We can't get 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:35.920 there yet. We can't get there yet. 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.520 Cleveland's defense we do need to talk about because that 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:40.920 is probably one of their strong suits, one of the 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:44.880 best defenses in the NFL. And fortunately for the Jaguars 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:48.480 and Jaguars fans is that Doug Peterson is very familiar 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.840 with the defensive coordinator over there, and he talked a 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.080 little bit about what the Cleveland defense does. 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:58.120 Well, you know, he feels like if he can put 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.880 pressure on your quarterback with four, now he's got seven 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:04.119 guys back there with with eyes on the quarterback, they 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.639 can make plays on the ball in the run end 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.280 pass game. And and that's what you see with this defense. 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:12.280 And the strength is obviously you know this d line, 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:18.600 they're they're they're aggressive. Obviously we know Miles Garrett heck 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.160 of a player. A lot of respect for him and 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.640 and the way he plays the game. But the other 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:27.240 guys are, you know, as talented as well, and. 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:29.080 Brian. 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.320 Does it help being familiar with that defense or are 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.000 they just so good it doesn't you know what they're 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:33.960 doing you just can't necessarily. 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:35.360 I think it's one of those things. Okay, you see 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:37.440 ninety five here? Can you block him? Right? 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:40.400 Can you get the ball past Denzel Ward on the outside. 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:45.520 They built this defense and they've dealt with some injuries. 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:47.360 But Jim Schwartz is a guy that we know well 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.600 from his days in Tennessee and obviously Doug knows well 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:51.960 from his days in Philadelphia. 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:53.200 He is aggressive. 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:57.439 I mean he will send everything without abandon. He is 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:01.199 about making the quarterbacks life utter hell of And when 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.800 you've got a quarterback that you don't think can necessarily 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:07.200 move very well, then you know you're getting the whole 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:09.000 barnyard from him. 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:12.600 Yeah, the base of their defense. Schwartz really wants to 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:14.360 get there with four and play seven in the back. 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:18.200 Guess what, That's what everybody wants to do. They're good 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.000 at it. When Miles Garrett is really good at it. 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.480 Miles Garrett played through an injury last week and I 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:25.200 really didn't. 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:26.200 Have much of an impact on the game. 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:30.240 You have a stat so that's where you wonder, Okay, 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:34.200 is he Miles Garrett. If so, then it's a very 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:38.280 disruptive defense. If he's not, they're still very good. But 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:40.560