WEBVTT - Ep. 53: Buccs Insider Shares Thoughts on Week 16 | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:18.760 Welcome to Jags Am today. 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:22.760 I'm Kindannie Stephens, John Sex, John Oser, Brian sexsoner with 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:23.079 me today. 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:25.000 I'm almost there. I'm almost there, you guys, I'm a 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:26.040 I'm a little off. All right. 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.280 We're gonna start things over. Let's go for our big things. 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.400 They're all about quarterbacks today. We're gonna start off with 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:34.519 our first big thing, which is our quarterback and that 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:37.360 revolves around Trevor Lawrence. He's in the concussion protocol as 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:39.400 we know, and things are a little more complicated than 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.240 just trying to play through an injury, which he's done 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:45.000 earlier this season. And Doug Peterson is taking that into account. 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:48.800 And CJ does a great job of preparation. You know, 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.920 he knows the situation. It's the life of a backup, 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:56.480 you know, spent eight years behind a guy that he 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:00.480 never knew. You know, he gets hurt, but bounce back 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:02.320 and see him to play the next week, you know, 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:08.280 And so I get it, and it's tough, but you know, 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:15.920 the guys know, I think you know. Then they prepare 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:18.440 no differently, Ran. 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:19.880 It's a little bit different than trying to play with 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.400 then knee injury and ankle injury. Obviously, the kercushion protocol 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.479 will play out as it will, But I mean, CJ 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:25.759 better has to be ready no matter what. 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:27.480 Well, there's no doubt that he will be. And I 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.720 asked the question, is there an advantage to just naming 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:32.080 him the starter this early in the week, John, Because 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:35.720 the last time that Trevor Lawrence missed an entire week 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.520 of practice was the week of the Browns game, and 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:40.560 he had a tough day and through a couple of interceptions. 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:42.639 You know, koters to him for playing on a bad wheel, 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.120 but you know, now you're talking about knee ankle and 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.600 concussion and missing the whole week, And I'm just wondering 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.320 it's at some point it makes more sense, even though 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.160 you'd like to have your starter in, to just go 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.160 ahead and name the backup and then see what happens. 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.440 Well, my inclination from just sort of listening to guys 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.440 in the locker room yesterday, I think this is more 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.280 of a case where they're pretty sure CJ is going 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.320 to go. I don't think they expect Trevor to ride 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:07.360 in on the white horse, so to speak, because this 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.600 is one of those cases. It's the only injury in 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.680 the NFL really where you really just don't know. You know, 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.320 you can't get your way through this because the entire 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.359 system is set up for Trevor not to try to 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:23.200 be a hero. So I think it's less of a 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:27.679 factor of that sort of letdown. But I do think 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.720 if Friday rolls around and all of a sudden he's 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:34.720 out of the concussion protocol, I still think even with 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:38.680 what you're talking about Brian, that you know he's the starter, 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:42.680 he's the dynamic one, and I think they feel like 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:46.119 he still probably gives them a better chance overall to win. 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:48.679 I get it makes sense. You know it's a big game. 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:52.160 You want to win it, so it's just a consideration. 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:54.560 Yes, I don't know if we'll get to that point though, 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:56.760 because our big thing, Number two is our backup quarterback, 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:58.720 Tja beat there. He'll be prep to go, and as 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.520 we mentioned, with concussion protocol, you never know. But Beth says, 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.400 this is something he prepares for every single week, and. 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.800 You're just preparing the same way. You're not getting over excited. 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:09.640 You're just trying to do the best that you can 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:11.760 to help help us win the next game, whether it's 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.000 today in practice, tomorrow in practice, or being out there 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:19.359 on Sunday, whatever that is. I know practicing today will 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:20.800 help us win on Sunday, even if. 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:23.000 It's not me and they're playing, but. 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:24.760 To some extent, it's going to help us, you know, 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.400 get a victory on Sunday. So that's I take pride 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:28.080 in that for sure. 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.480 John, How helpful is it that Bethard's been around. He 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.440 understands this offense and he knows what they want to 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:35.040 do well. 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:37.160 It certainly helps in terms of knowledge of the offense. 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.920 He's been He has seen everything that Trevor has ever 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:42.880 seen here. He's been his backup. He saw the bad 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:45.720 year in twenty twenty one. He has seen this offense. 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:51.400 I think something he also mentioned on Wednesday, he's practiced 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:54.800 more this year than at any point since he's been here, 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:58.240 because Trevor has had the two weeks where it didn't 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.880 look like or it was un certain if he would play. 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.760 So I do think he has more reps than usual 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:07.120 with the first team, getting used to working with Calvin Ridley, 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.960 just sort of those moments on task, if you will. 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.720 I think all those things add up to him being 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:17.520 more prepared. And frankly, when he played against it was Cincinnati, 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:21.360 late it looked okay, So I think the team does 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:24.000 have confidence in him. It has been a league of 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:27.240 backup quarterbacks this year, and there's something to me that 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:33.599 makes me think players see that and they see other 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.560 backup quarterbacks have done this. So it's less of a hey, 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.200 well we can't go in with our backup. There's more 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:41.360 of a case of why not us. 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.920 I think the Texans Titans game last week where case 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.680 Keenum went into the ball game and started in place 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:50.960 of CJ. Stroud and was able to pull out a win, 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:53.400 was because the defense kept it close. 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:53.680 Right. 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:55.880 It was a sixteen to sixteen ball game, and he 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:57.800 was able to go in and get that thing done. 0:04:58.400 --> 0:04:59.919 That's what this defense is going to have to do 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:03.520 if Bethard is the starter guy to keep this game close. 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.320 Because you're talking about Baker Mayfield coming up here, who's 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:07.680 coming off of a really big gay. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:11.000 We've seen quite a few backup quarterbacks be very successful 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:11.960 so far this season, so. 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:13.800 Why not us. Our final big thing. 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:17.240 This today, I should say, is their quarterback Baker Mayfield. 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:18.800 He's coming off one of the best games of his 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.800 career for touchdowns and the Pearson talked a little bit 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:22.560 about their game plan. 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:28.120 He's gotten better as the season's gone on some of 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:30.320 his you know, statistical numbers. He's getting the ball out 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:35.640 of his hand extremely fast. It does slow down pass 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:37.479 rush when you can do that, you know, especially in 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:42.599 the third and short medium range. And you know, he's 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.240 trusting his guys you know, down the field and they're 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:47.640 making plays for him. So and he's not turning the 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.960 ball over, you know. So all those things are in 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:53.600 his favor and are helping and he's playing playing good. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.240 Brian, the defense didn't have too much trouble that. You 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.400 actually played Lamar Jackson pretty well last week. But this 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.880 is a different situation with Baker. He's still playing quite 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.320 well for Baker Mayfield so far this season, but different 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:07.040 kind of quarterback. 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:09.520 First vision quarterback to go into lambeau Field and post 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:12.200 a one to fifty eight point three perfect passer rating, 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.479 four touchdowns, three hundred and eighty one yards. But here's 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:16.240 the impressive part. 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:17.360 He was still. 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.839 Sacked five times and put up that kind of a day, 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:21.800 which means that he's mentally tough too. He didn't let 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:23.760 it get to them. The Jaguars defense is gonna have to 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:24.279 be on point. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:28.839 John, Yeah, it is. At the same time, he's having 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.640 a good season. He also I don't think he's gonna 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:33.919 have two hundred and fifty eight point three games in 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:38.880 a row. He has been vulnerable in the past. He moves, 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:42.320 he doesn't move as well as Lamar Jackson, and he 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:47.239 depends on that mobility a little bit. I just can't 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:50.239 help think that the Jaguars defense, the way they play, 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.960 the way they create turnovers, I think maybe they can 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:54.920 bring Baker down to earth a little bit. That's certainly 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:56.320 the hope for the Jaguars this week. 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.279 It's definitely gonna be the plan. Stay with us. 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.440 We're gonna talk to our Buccaneers inside a little bit 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:15.600 about Sunday's matchup. Welcome back to jags Am, presented by 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.360 Fields Auto Group, Jacksonville. You can step up to luxury 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.640 at Fieldsauto dot com. We're back here on jags Am 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:24.520 December twenty. First, if I can get the days right 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:27.000 today on a Thursday, as well as we're preparing for 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:29.760 that matchup with Tampa on Christmasy, we want to talk 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:33.560 to our Buccaneers insider, Scott Smith, senior writer and editor 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.320 with the team. Scott, you guys are kind of in 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.800 your own division race, division race, but in a different direction, 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.360 because you guys have won three straight. We've lost three straight, 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:44.360 So things must be feeling good in Tampa, I would 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:45.520 imagine for you guys right now. 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.480 Yeah, we had to pull out of tailspin there. We 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.960 lost six to seven games and we're all the way 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.400 down to four, four and seven. But Coach Bowles told 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:56.520 the team before our Week thirteen game against Carolina that 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:58.800 in eight days that could be in first place. That 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:02.240 required wins over Caroline in Atlanta, and that came to pass. 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.240 And then last week's big winning, green Bay has in 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:08.280 a pretty good position. It didn't seem possible three weeks ago, 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.320 but now the Buccaneers are really in the thick of 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:13.000 it and probably well, we control our own destiny in 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:14.120 terms of winning the division. 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:16.360 Scott, we talked a little bit about it. But what 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.440 was it like to see Baker's big day in Lambeau 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.120 Because obviously for him to have a performance like that 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:21.800 was impressive. 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.440 Well, well, it was very heartening for all of us 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.200 because I could tell you this, Baker Mayfield has won 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.760 everybody over, from players to coaches to staff. Everybody loves 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.480 the guy his play, But what he does off the field, 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.560 so to see him have such a performance, he was 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:39.280 in control the Packers played. The Packers decided to play 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:43.280 almost completely zone coverage, mostly cover free looks, and Baker 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:45.960 and offensive coordinator Dave Canalis had answers for that, and 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.880 Baker was decisive and he was accurate and when he 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:50.920 wasn't pressured. I heard you guys talking about that earlier. 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:52.920 He took five sacks, but he also threw twenty three 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.080 passes where he wasn't pressured and was almost flawless on 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.880 those plays, just because we had the answers for it. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.600 If you can take five sacks and still post a 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:05.640 perfect passer rating, you're a mentally tough guy. I mean 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.840 that just stands out. Timmy, did you see this coming 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:10.720 from him? I mean, when you're four and seven and 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.160 have lost six of seven, did you still see the 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.560 quarterback making progress in his first year in Tampa? Obviously, 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.600 it takes time to develop those relationships in the timing 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:24.320 with receivers. You never expect a one fifty eight point three, 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.040 But did you see this coming in a sense? 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:28.480 Yeah, I mean that's only a third one we've ever 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.240 had in our team history, so we certainly didn't see 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:31.800 it coming, and as you mentioned, it was the first 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.679 one for a Disney in Lambeau, so I don't think 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.480 you could have bet any money on that happening. But 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.480 he's had enough games this year where he's been sharp. 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:41.280 You know, There's been some up and downs, and I 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.240 think that's largely because we have a new offensive coordinator 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.040 and we're still developing this scheme and find out what 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.320 we do best, what works best, what doesn't, how can 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.200 we fix the little issues that we've had. And we 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.000 didn't have a very effective run game for most of 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.440 the season. So now that that's turned around a little 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.800 bit the last month, the running game has been very good. 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:01.960 That has really kind of helped it all come together. 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.760 And then you see on last Sunday in Green Bay 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.360 what it's capable of and what Baker can do in 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.520 this system when everything is clicking will. 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:10.719 Be flip the field on you real quick. Because we 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.720 had a conversation yesterday with Travis Etn the Jaguars running 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:17.120 game has not been clicking, and the conversation turned to 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.640 Vitaveya in the middle of that defense. We don't see 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:22.400 a lot of Bucks games over here. Understand what Vita 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:24.720 is a big man with quick feet. Can he give 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:26.680 us a sense of what he means in the middle 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:30.600 of that defense to how Todd Bowles runs the Bucks defense. 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.839 Yeah, if you look at our more advanced stats every 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.080 single year that Pete has been here, when he's on 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.720 the field and when he's off the field, the difference 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.040 in the yards per carry that we allow and how 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.280 soon the running back gets hit after the line of 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:46.320 scrimmage is remarkably better when he's on the field. Some 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.920 of that has to do with him commonly taking up 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:52.199 double teams. He's strong, he's hard to move, and he 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.800 was very, very questionable before last week's game in Green Bay. 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.240 Has a toe injury. He's still dealing with that now. 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.600 Tried it out for the game. They decided he could go, 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:05.040 and the Buccaneers held a pretty decent Packers rushing attack 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.120 to sixty yards. They got a couple big plays early 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:08.760 and then after that they shut him down. And I 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.480 think Vita had an awful lot to do with that, 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.680 So it was really it was really good news for 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:14.360 the Bucks when he was fourth game. 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.400 Scott, thank you so much for joining us. 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:19.560 We look forward to seeing you on Christmas Eve and 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:21.680 Hopefully things go well for both teams. 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:22.960 I guess, but one of us will go to win. 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:24.199 So we'll see you on Sunday. 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:25.560 Thank you, my pleasure. 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.240 Thanks all right, stay with us. 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:28.520 We're going to go over who we think might be 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:32.040 some game changers for the matchup against the Bucks on 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:47.160 Christmas Eve. Jag Zam brought to you by Suttith, Florida's 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:50.040 trusted and reliable moving company. Suttith is proud to be 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.440 the official moving partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. You can 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:56.360 get a guaranteed quote at suttith dot com slash Jacks. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:58.959 We're back here on jag Zam getting in our final 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:02.240 previews of the match against the Buccaneers. A very important game, 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.120 so we're kind of looking at who we think will 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.240 make a big difference in that one because they need 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:07.120 a win in the worst way. 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:09.640 I'm going with Calvin Ridley. You know, I was out 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:11.240 in the practice field yesterday at the end of practice 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:14.280 getting ready to do with some radio interviews, and it 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.959 was his birthday, and the way that the whole team 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.640 reacted to him and saying him happy birthday, and the 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:21.800 guys in the locker room were saying happy birthday. There 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.760 was an energy about him anyway. But I think and 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.920 watching him walk off the field with CJ. Bethard, I 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.000 think he's really dialed in. I think he's grabbed a 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.600 hold of this role of having to be the guy 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:36.040 and especially to help the backup quarterback. So I think 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:37.480 he'll have a big day. I don't know that it 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.559 will necessarily translate into one hundred plus yards or three touchdowns, 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:44.640 but I think he'll make catches that make the difference. 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:46.800 And I think he might be, you know, in the 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:50.560 mode of one of those show me games, right, I 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:52.720 mean everybody that you talk about, they're like Calvin Ridley. 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.839 We thought he'd do more based on training camp, so 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.360 good where is he. I think he's got big games 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:01.520 in him down the stretch here challenge to prove it, 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:02.520 and I think he might. 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:08.160 Yeah, I still think he's very underappreciated by fans. I 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.680 get that there's been some miscues and the production hadn't 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.280 been there. I can also point to three or four 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:14.840 games and I'm not sure they win if he's not 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:16.640 on the field, and I think this might be one. 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.360 You're right, and we're both thinking sort of the same way. 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:23.240 Brian looking for something offensively that they can count on, 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:27.319 So I went with tight end Evin Ingram. He will 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:29.880 be critical to the game plan because there's really no choice. 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.720 You have to use both him and Calvin and have 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.680 him integral, not that he already hasn't been, but without 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:40.520 Zay Jones and Christian Kirk, the passing game has to 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:46.280 run through those two. He won't have big yards down field. 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.000 That really hasn't been his role this year. To me, guys, 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:53.000 it feels like they have almost substituted some of their 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:57.640 lack of running game with short passes. Devin Ingram. There's 0:13:57.679 --> 0:13:59.800 been many cases where I felt like second and not 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.440 and it's been a here Evan, get us seven and 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:05.959 get us back around the sticks. And he's been incredibly 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:10.600 valued for incredibly valuable to that he might be the 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.120 guy in the red zone this week when they really 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:16.920 need points that they have to depend on. He started 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.160 that he has three red zone touchdowns in the last 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:23.400 three games, so he started moving in that direction. They 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:26.400 need somebody to step up. So it's either my guy, 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.960 Evan or Brian's guy Calvin Ridley. 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:31.560 And you know that the Bucks defense is gonna be 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:33.680 looking at both of those guys. So indeed, it may 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.520 be another player. I mean, it could be Parker Washington, 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.160 it could be Elijah Cooks, whoever they put on the field. 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.720 Those two guys are gonna have to make some plays, 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.480 but someone else is gonna step up to Do you 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:44.840 have that person? Is that yours? 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.280 I'm going defense because I think they are gonna need 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:49.480 a big effort from the defense and some help from 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:50.920 the defensive side of the football if they want to 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.000 win this game. And I'm going with Josh Allen because 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.280 he's a game rerecor in every game, so I think 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.480 he's gonna actually get the sack record this week. That's 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.480 something that's been kind of over his head the last 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:01.760 couple of and I know he says he doesn't focus 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.200 on it, but then it won't be over his head 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.160 for the rest of the season going forward once he 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:07.600 gets to that point, and I think he might be 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:11.120 able to will this team to a win with his presence. 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:15.000 When he's on, he can just really wreck a quarterback's day. 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:18.240 And as you mentioned, Baker Mayfield sacked five times in 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:21.520 their last matchup, so Josh can certainly get to the quarterback. 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.800 I'm hoping that either a strip sack some sort of 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.600 turnover force turnover will help get some short field and 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:30.840 make things a little bit easier on this offense. 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I swear he's just like right, John's ready 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:14.080 to run through a brick wall right now. 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:16.679 He was great in the locker room yesterday too. You know, 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.000 he was great on the podium Monday when when he 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:21.760 was asked about how you work your way through tough 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:25.520 stretches and leadership and uh, he's my pregame interview in 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:29.159 the first hour of radio on Sunday afternoon, and he 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.200 was just terrific. I just almost handed the micts to 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:32.320 just talk about whatever you want. 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:34.840 Yes, you can definitely just handle for sure. 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:37.600 And he's been reliable this year. I mean, you saw 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.120 I didn't have a sack, and we're so sack centric, 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:42.040 think where was he? 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:42.639 Uh? 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.320 He impacts games even when he doesn't have sacks this year. 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:47.240 And drive sacks Trayvon's way. He got a sack in 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:48.840 that game against three. Yeah, and those two. 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.000 I mean I was talking with Bill Shouey yesterday and 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:53.399 those two are coming right. I Mean, Trayvon is starting 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.000 to get it. It's clicking for him, and you've got 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:57.760 nineteen and a half sacks between the two of them 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.919 with three games to play. They are formed combination, and 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.000 you just you think that's a base to build this 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:03.600 defense on. 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:05.680 All right, I don't think any of us know for sure, 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:07.720 but let's go over our picks for Sunday. What do 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:08.600 we think is gonna go down? 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.240 Well, I mean, you've got a team that's lost three 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:12.080 going to a team that's won three. You got a 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:14.120 team that's probably gonna be playing with a backup quarterback, 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.600 and you got a quarterback coming off his best game 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.800 of his career. Right, I don't know how you go, Yeah, 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:22.560 JAG's got this one. But if the defense plays well 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:26.359 and create short fields, extra possessions. C. J. Bethard is 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.280 more than capable and this defense can do that, so 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:33.159 you know it's fort the coin. Can they do that. 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:34.560 If they do that, the Jags can win. 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.720 Last year's team was remembered for the five game losing streak, 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:42.680 I mean a five game winning streak at the end. 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:46.159 If you're gonna make the playoffs in this league, you 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.800 should have some memorable games that you look back on 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:52.119 in five years and think that was that was impressive. 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:55.200 That was special. This should be one of those games 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.399 if you're gonna make it. Hey, remember the time they 0:18:57.400 --> 0:19:01.000 went down to Tampa with a backup quarterback and went 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:03.560 and won, went and got one that you didn't expect. 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:05.480 It needs to be that kind of a game where 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:07.760 somebody steps up that you're talking about in four or 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:09.160 five years as that was their game. 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:09.840 Uh. 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:13.120 I can't predict that they have a chance to It's 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.359