WEBVTT - Ep. 38: Where the Jaguars Stand After the Bye | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:19.920 Welcome and to Jags am kind honest gave me here 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:22.960 with Brian next and John Osier, and we are back 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:25.520 were fresh renewed from by week as we get ready 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.680 for Week ten of the NFL season. And I'm gonna 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:30.280 speak for everybody and say, we're pretty happy with where 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:32.200 the team is at right now at six and two, 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:34.559 especially when you watch some of the other games like 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.400 I did this weekend, you're definitely more appreciative of where 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:39.159 the Jaguars are at. At least I'll speak for you 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:41.160 guys and say that, cause some of those teams they're 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:41.879 struggling right now. 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:43.879 Oh yeah, and and it's it's my hot takes, so 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:44.519 I'm gonna hold off. 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:47.160 Okay, what did you get to do on your week off? John? 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:47.360 Uh? 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:49.600 I went to porch Fest and Springfield and I watched 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.559 a little NFL yesterday. Okay, look, uh, the Jags are 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:56.680 good and it was nice to watch. Obviously Jaguars play 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:58.520 knowing that they were either gonna be two and a 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:02.080 half three games up their two games up. And I'm 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:05.360 getting some emails from people, why aren't the Jaguars playing 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:07.000 as good as this team? Why aren't they playing as 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:08.880 good as this team. Why did Trevor Lawrence CJ. 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:09.360 Strett. 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.760 Look, they're six and two, they've won eleven of their 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:19.280 last thirteen. They're fine. They're winning games the way they've 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.720 been winning. Yeah, and now they have a tough stretch 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.360 and I'm getting emails about that too, Ryan, Oh, it's 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:25.920 a tough stretch. 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.200 It's the NFL. It's supposed to be hard. 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:32.200 No rookie quarterback has ever played like CJ. Strouded yesterday. 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:33.320 That's a revelation. 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:35.160 That was something to watch for sure, And we'll get 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:36.399 to that a little bit later on in the show. 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:38.320 Let's start with our big things this week, Fell is 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:40.800 to go into week ten. They're back at it. That's 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:42.959 our big thing because after the bye week they have 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.280 not much time to get back into it before they're 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.200 going up against the forty nine ers on Sunday, and 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.240 that is certainly going to be a big game. Brian. 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.120 We had this one circled down our schedule beforehand, and 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:54.560 you know, the forty nine ers coming off of by 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.040 as well, so they've had some time to get well. 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:57.080 This is going to be a good game. 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:00.160 We spent so much time Kay talking about old the 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.200 games they played in that compressed period of time. What 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.080 which is three and twelve days four in nineteen Now 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.360 they'll play their first game or their second game, I 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:09.960 should say in twenty four days, right, So they've had 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.799 plenty of time to get guys who were banged up 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.919 or injured ready to practice this week and find out 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:18.560 whether they can come back and play. Plus, you just 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:20.480 spent the weekend watching some of the best teams. That 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.840 Miami Kansas City game yesterday, you know, the Baltimore Seattle game. 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:25.800 These guys want to get back out of the field 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.200 because they want to play. They want to see where 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:28.880 they match up. 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:29.600 John. 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:31.919 Any chance they got out of focus in this time 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:33.120 off or do you think they'll be all set? 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:37.720 Look, if if they win Sunday, then the bi will 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.720 have been great. If they lose, they got out of focus, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.079 they didn't it, that will be the narrative whether that's 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:47.200 to I don't worry about this team being ready, I 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.560 don't worry about it being focused. 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.880 Whatever. The forty nine ers are good. They might lose. 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.600 They also might win because the Jaguars are gonna think 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:56.079 it'd be that kind of a game. But I don't 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.520 think I'll have anything to do with lack of focus. 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:00.560 I think this buy can only help this team to 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:01.080 get healthy. 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:02.520 And I think when you look at Doug Peterson and 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:04.560 his body at work as both a player and a coach, 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.400 you know, he's been in this league since nineteen ninety one, 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.359 so he has seen it all and he understands he's 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:12.280 gone through two by weeks and one by week and 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.160 how to put it all together. He'll have this team 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:16.000 ready to get to practice field this week and then 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:18.360 you get a San Francisco team that's lost three in 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.680 a row coming across the country right to play a 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:24.119 ten am game. But they're really still very good. Don't 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:25.960 let anybody tell you that they're not. 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.399 They're certainly going to be dangerous no matter who's out 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:30.520 on the field for them. Our second big thing this 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:33.040 week is deadline addition, because it's been about a week 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.280 since we've talked to you guys, and trade deadline has 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:38.000 come and gone on Halloween and there was an addition 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.000 to this team, maybe not what people expected, but they 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.400 added to the offensive line. Doug Peterson was actually on 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.760 the Pat McAfee show at the time the trade was announced. 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:45.640 Here's what he had to say. 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.000 Well, I think that is expectations, and you know, obviously 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:51.920 getting a good player to come in here and help us. 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.080 And we've already got a good offensive line, and Ezra 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.080 can come in and give us some really good depth 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.520 and it's just a matter of getting him caught up 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.000 and get him getting getting him in the room. 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.920 You know, with a with a really good offensive line, 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:07.200 guys like Brandon Shriff, I mean, he he's the leader 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.600 in there, and Luke Fortner and you know, I mean 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:12.440 you look at these guys, Cam Robinson, I mean, Walker Little. 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.320 These guys are just busting their tail every week. So 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.880 getting a guy like Ezra his caliber, we got a 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:21.520 you know, a starting type guard really really solidifies, you know, 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:23.600 solidifies our offensive line and makes us better. 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:26.640 Love the Halloween costumes there on the Pat McFee show, 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:29.960 they did add to the offensive line, John, that was 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.120 something we talked about maybe if you can find somebody 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.000 to add there, that would certainly be helpful to the 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.559 depth of this team. That's an issue they've had throughout 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:38.560 the season. Is this guy gonna help out there? 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:41.560 Yeah, I give some options. I don't really have a 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.840 great feel yet for whether it's going to be him. 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:48.919 It's gonna be Walker Little left guard bare minimum. It 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.040 gives them options. I think they learned last year that 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.919 they need in the second half the season two guys 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:58.320 that can I mean, three offensive tackles and three swing 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.960 players that they like, and now they Tyler Satley in 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:06.520 there with Cleveland. It gives them the depth and it 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.440 might make them stronger on the interior, which is why 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:12.400 Little might be the odd man out for a week 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:13.760 or to until they figure this thing out. 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.080 He's a good player, whether he'd be ready to go 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.080 this week or not. I think most people have probably 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.560 heard that he and Rausch were together for a time 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.080 in Minnesota. Think big picture on this one as well. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.960 They need guards. Brandon SHARE's not likely to be here 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.560 because of his cap number next year, and Tyler Shatley 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:30.919 is a free agent next year. He's George the end 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.400 of his contract, and Walker Little is really a tackle 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.120 and Cam Robinson has a big number, so you need 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.280 bodies at guard. Cooper Hodges is a guy that they 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.480 have a lot of hope for, and Cleveland is a 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:43.920 guy who's a second round pick and is a really 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:45.919 good player. So I get it. It's a play for 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:47.880 today because we're focused on this season. And playing for 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.279 this season, but it's also a play for the future 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:52.839 because if over the next nine games he plays well, 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.000 he's the guy that you can work into your salary 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.720 structure and go forward with. He's a big guy, he's 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.360 talented guy. A lot of people that I talked to 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:02.440 you last week we're surprised that he gained for just 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:04.640 a sixth round pick, thought maybe he was worth a 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:05.440 little bit more than that. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:08.359 And as we've seen the depth of something we definitely 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:10.560 need because as soon as we got Cam Robinson Backwalker 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.040 Little goes out with an injury. So this has been 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.440 an issue point for the team, so certainly doesn't hurt 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.920 to get a little extra help in that position. Our 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.640 final big thing though, is standing pat because while they 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.120 did add to the offensive line, they did not choose 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.120 to go after a pass rush. Daniel Hunter was out there. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.400 There was talks rumors that the Daguars were involved in that, 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.000 but Brian, they decided to stay with their guys here 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:33.320 and not really go after a big name. 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.240 Well where in the street. Hunter was not available last week. 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.400 If they were only looking at a first round pick 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:39.720 for a guy, and no one was going to throw 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.280 that out there, especially when you saw the Commanders get 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.120 a second and a third round pick for their two 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.920 pass rushers, Kai, I think overall, since the Jaguars didn't 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.400 have two, three and four available, they weren't willing to 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.919 send a first round pick for a pass rusher that 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.520 might just be a short term deal for them. Plus, 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:56.719 you saw what Sweat got. He got a four year, 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.360 ninety eight million dollar deal from the Cleveland or from 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.880 the Chicago Bay and John, when you look at all 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.000 the players that the Jaguars want to pay next year, 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.560 we've talked about it. You've got quarterback, wide receiver, perhaps, 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.720 defensive back, offensive lineman, pass rusher. How are you gonna 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.000 work that huge undery into your structure with the guys 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:15.680 that you want to keep. 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.600 I mean, it's difficult. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.520 It would have been difficult to bring a pass rusher 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:25.080 in and say, hey, pass rusher, here's a nice big contract. 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:30.360 Josh Allen, hang tight, you know, because you're talking around 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.920 here for the last two years about trying to pay 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:35.560 your guys and being a draft and developed team, and 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:37.600 then the first guy you pay is a trade and 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.280 develop Well, it gets what Brian trade develop is not drafted, 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:43.800 who trade develops, trade develop I'm also not surprised they 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:47.400 didn't do it, because again I keep going back, they 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.880 don't think that their pass rush is a weakness. They 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.760 think that their front seven overall, the disruption that they 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:57.400 create is maybe the strength of the team right now. 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:00.000 So I get you could have added one more piece, 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.240 and why didn't you go make the move? All it 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.320 says Chips all In. Well, I get Chips all In, 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.720 but I also get that Trevor Lawrence is in his 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:11.840 third year. Yeah, and you also envision this thing being 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:15.280 a fifteen year Trevor Lawrence window, not a twenty twenty 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:18.960 three window where it has to happen right now. Everything 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:22.640 else is nothing else matters, Briandan. They're not else man. 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:23.360 They're not in that. 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.240 Look, it's about this year because it's six and two. 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.680 You're right there, and I think everybody would say the 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:32.040 Jaguars are a legitimate contender, But it can't be all 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.040 about this year, especially with the players that you want 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:36.240 to play and John going. 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.199 Forward, they're also a legitimate contender with this group. What's it? Right? 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:39.560 Right? 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:40.079 That's it? 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:43.360 And you don't want to sacrifice the future for the president, 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.320 not in the third year. If he was at year 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:49.360 fifteen and you're trying to eke out something at the 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.800 end of his career. Well, yeah, then then you swing 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:54.199 for the fences. But I think it was a It 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:56.520 was predestined. You weren't going to get one of those 0:08:56.520 --> 0:09:00.240 pass rushers for a fifth round pick, and you weren't 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:01.920 gonna give up your first round pick. You just weren't 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:03.600 gonna do it. But I think if people look at 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:07.480 it objectively, the salary that Sweat got in Chicago tells 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.719 you why the Jaguars couldn't do it right. 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:11.000 And if you're gonna be dishing out the money, I 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:12.520 would imagine you want to give that to your own 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:14.400 guy and Josh Allen with what he's been able to 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.600 do this season, all right, stay with us. Coming up 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.760 after the break, we're gonna look around the AFC South 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:20.199 because the Jags didn't play, but a whole lot of 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:28.760 stuff went down. Welcome back to Jags am as we 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.720 moved the freight. Move the freight. Magellan Transport is what 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.160 the coolest office space in Jacksonville. You can apply online 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:36.880 at Magellanlogistics dot com. And of course our show today 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:38.640 is also brought to you by Carshield. If you're out 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.800 of your car's manufacturing warranty. Don't get stuck with those 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.680 expensive mechanical and computer repairs. You can call car shield 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:46.880 right now. Welcome back to Jagsam. We're here in the 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.640 Hundai studios after a bye week feeling very refreshed. We're 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.040 happy to be back talking about football. And the Jags 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:53.640 didn't play, but there was a lot of stuff going 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:56.280 down in the AFC South this week. On Thursday Night Football, 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.079 we saw a team we just played in the Steelers, 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:00.959 facing off against the Titans. And Levis had those four 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.440 touchdowns in his first game. Didn't look quite as good 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.160 in his second game, but he still seems to be 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.920 a little bit better option I'm gonna speak and say 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.720 than what they have had at quarterback, and he seems 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:14.000 to open up some stuff for the Titans, who look 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:15.640 a little bit more dangerous than they have so far 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:15.959 this year. 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:17.840 Well, Tanne Hill's in the final year of his deals, 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.000 so you're obviously not going to go forward with a 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.439 thirty five year old quarterback that didn't get you over 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.600 the hump. When I look at Will Levis, I see 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:29.200 a Ben Roethlisberger type quarterback. He's big, long, powerful as 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:33.400 a rocket for an arm. Now, he's not Roethlisberger, at 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.440 least not at this point his career obviously, but he 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.679 can make all the throws. What he's got to figure 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:42.040 out from what I hear is how to read the defense, 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:43.880 especially in the fourth quarter of a game in the 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:46.120 red zone, which he didn't do very well the other night. 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.000 But this was his second start. I mean, he he's 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.080 got a cannon. He's a nice looking player. 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:52.840 He'll stand in there and take a hit as well. 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:56.600 TJ and Watt was very complimentary of the opposing quarterback 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.000 in this game, and John, there's a lot of young 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.360 quarterbacks in the stiff all of a sudden that don't 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:01.920 look too bad. 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.640 Yeah, Levis has arm talent. He gives them a shot, 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:10.000 and most importantly for the franchise, he gives them something 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:11.480 where they probably don't have to worry about going to 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.360 get quarterback this offseason so they can start building now. 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:16.920 They feel like they can be legitimate with this guy. 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:22.080 The Colts, I think, feel the same way about Anthony Richardson. 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:26.000 There has to be major concerns with him hurt three 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:28.640 times early in his career and then out as a rookie. 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.320 He's got to come back and prove that that's not 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:37.319 what he is. Obviously, CJ. Stroud looked very good, didn't 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.640 look great the last two weeks. I'm getting a lot 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.120 of emails why can't Trevor do what CJ. Stroud did 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.720 because in the last five game he hasn't had to. 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.880 When you're down late in games, you have to throw 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:51.920 a lot. The Jaguars, remember, haven't been down in games, 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:55.480 so you're not gonna have four hundred and fifty yards 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:59.360 passing when you're up in the second half of games. 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.719 Usually those are usually these kind of games. So I'm 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:06.360 not worried. Jaguars fans have been bad for so long 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.680 that when they see another team excel, they think that 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:14.160 it's unfair that other team excels. But the Jaguars are 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.200 doing fine. There's anything wrong with Trevor Lawrence. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:16.800 Just because CJ. 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.000 Stroud had four to seventy terror Lawrence was off, it 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:21.800 doesn't make Trevor Lawrence a bad quarter. 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.840 But not usually exclusive. Right. Look, here's the thing about Stroud, 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.160 and Jeff Loghman said this to me the week that 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:31.160 we saw them. He's an effortless passer. It makes it 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:34.000 look he makes it look pretty. He makes it look easy. 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.800 He's fearless, he loves the game. And you know what 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.560 he does. He throws out all those test scores because 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:41.439 remember that was the knock on you that he didn't 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:43.920 test all that well. But when you listen to his 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.800 press conferences and you hear how articulate and intelligent and 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.960 well spoken the kid is, you realize this is everything 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:54.319 that you want. The arm, the person, the leader, the intellect, 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.440 the love of the game. What I see when I 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:59.000 watch him is, oh boy, we're gonna have some great 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:02.319 matchups in the AFS South, especially if Levis and Richardson 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.839 come along. You'll go from a quarterback desert right to 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.400 the oasis. It looks like it's gonna be a lot 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:11.760 of fun to line up against c J. Stroud. I 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.080 say that not being the defensive coordinator obviously, but if 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:16.679 you're a fan watching these games, I mean it's it 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:18.520 gives you real hope that this division is going to 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:19.439 be a lot of fun to watch. 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:23.439 And that's how Again, a lot of Jawars fans don't 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.440 feel that way. It's not fair that c. J. Strouds 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:29.880 and the division. Look, if you're it's part of my 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.960 hot take too. But if you're going to win the division, 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.679 it's not always going to be and it's not supposed 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.240 to be one team thirteen and four, right, and the 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:43.400 other team seven and may not seven and ten. This 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:47.200 is a hard league. You're supposed to have division rivalries 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:48.880 at the end. You're supposed to have stuff that's fun. 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:51.959 It's okay for c. J. Strow to be good. 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.199 The Jaguars can be bad, just a little perspective. I 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:56.000 can only think of two rookie quarterbacks where I went 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:59.360 whoa one was Roethlisberger who I mentioned earlier, who got 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.400 into the lineup, started as the third quarterback in two 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:05.400 thousand and four. Charlie Batch gets hurt, Tommy Maddox doesn't 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:08.880 play well. He goes in and they win thirteen games right, 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.280 eleven regular season, and he gets them to the AFC 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.520 Championship game where they lose to Tom Brady and the Patriots. 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.240 Of course he step that team had four Hall of 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:22.920 famers on it already, Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward, Alan Fanica, 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:27.280 and Troy Polamalu. So right then you get and it 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:30.360 wasn't really his rookie season. It was Pat Mahomes, who 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:32.080 started only one game as a rookie at the end 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.360 of the year, and then he gets into twenty eighteen. Johnny, 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:36.720 you think, well, he's gonna struggle, this is his first 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.000 year as a starter. Well he didn't. He took that 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:41.520 team to the AFC Championship Game. I don't think CJ. 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.240 Stroud's going to do that. The roster isn't good enough 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.560 in Houston. But it's good enough for him to go 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.040 and do something like that after two bad games, and 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:50.880 to do it again. We see them in a couple 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:55.760 of weeks. I mean that he's really talented, really good. 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:58.200 And it doesn't take anything away from Trevor Lawrence either. 0:14:58.240 --> 0:14:59.960 I think sometimes we have to forget people like all, 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:01.680 but I'm like, no, it's a good thing. It's a 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:03.480 good thing. You're going to be facing off against other 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:05.680 good quarterbacks in your own division. We talked about Iron 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:07.720 Sharpen's iron out here all the time. That's exactly what 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:09.760 you're going to see, especially when you're going up against 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:11.600 someone that you know you could be in a shootout 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:13.440 every time you have a game. When you'd see Tom 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.000 Brady and Peyton Manning in those shootouts, that made them better. 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.600 And then here's behind the scenes right, how the sausage 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.640 is made. The Texans are not a big draw when 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.920 they come here. They don't sell a ton of tickets 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.520 when they come here. The Jaguars usually. Last year the 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:29.840 Texans game was the salute to No sorry that sclute service. 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.760 It was the Baselli game. They wanted to sell more tickets, 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.120 so they had Biselli's bust here and they had the 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:38.360 alumni here. If that quarterback plays like that, you'll sell 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.400 tickets to the Texans game. It helps everybody. When you've 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.000 got good quarterback play in the division. 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:45.240 It's definitely a good thing elsewhere in the division. We've 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.680 been talking about the Colts a little bit, maybe outperforming 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:49.240 than what we thought they were going to do, especially 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.200 with Anthony Richardson not going to be available for the 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.280 rest of the season. But how about this defense we 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:57.040 saw from them. Kennymore had two pick six touchdowns for them. 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:59.480 I know Gardner Minshew's some more familiar with he's managing 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:01.680 the game as manages a game, but when you get 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:03.880 two pick six is from your defense, you're probably gonna 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:06.320 win a football game. And from the same guy as well. 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:09.560 Part of that's Bryce Young. Having Bryce Young rookie moments, 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:11.400 but still that is impressive. 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.160 Jaguars fans might be complaining about c J. Stroud, but 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:18.320 if you're a panther span you have to be complaining. 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.600 And we took Bryce Young who has not looked impressive 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:22.240 yet this year. 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.200 He hasn't and it's a tough situation to be in. 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.600 And I'm a big proponent of you know, I don't 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:28.880 expect rookies to come out and light the world on fire, either, 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:30.640 so I think there's still time for Bryce Young. But 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:32.680 it doesn't help when c J. Stroud is doing what 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:33.200 he's been doing. 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:34.520 Yeah the past right. 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.800 I mean, it was a nice play with a Colt Savender, 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.000 but it was also a phone right to him and 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:44.200 he ran it back. So I think the Colts should 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.120 be in the Jaguars rear view for the rest of 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:46.440 the year. 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:47.560 They've swept him. 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:49.840 Jaguars have a lead unless something goes very wrong, and 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.760 I worry about the Colts. The Texans are the team 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:57.800 that because they beat Jaguars here, the Jaguars still have 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.280 some work to do the sort of put them in 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.360 the rear views. So beating them a couple of. 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.359 Weeks, yeah, that's the work. 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:06.400 That is the work all right, stay with us. We've 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.040 got hot takes coming up after the break. 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