Speaker 1: It is Wednesday, September nine. This is Jaguars Happy Hour.
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Speaker 1: Welcome in Jaguars Happy Hour, jap Shatrick from the home studio.
Speaker 1: We'll get to Buckey Brooks and John O's are coming up,
Speaker 1: and we've got a program for you today. The opening
Speaker 1: day of real practice going into the first week of
Speaker 1: the season. Colts Jaguars preview coming up on kickoff weekend,
Speaker 1: the debut for this new look Jaguars offense. As we've
Speaker 1: said on this program and and the others, we'll have
Speaker 1: an idea of what it could look like, but we
Speaker 1: don't really know. We'll hear from Gardner Minshew though on
Speaker 1: on the veteran part of that group, the offensive line
Speaker 1: uniform I unveiling that happens every Wednesday. Jimmy Luck, head
Speaker 1: equipment manager, will join us virtually and give us an
Speaker 1: idea of how the off season has gone in that
Speaker 1: department and what the Jags will be wearing. We're gonna
Speaker 1: debut the game called Big Game Jaguar and as you
Speaker 1: might imagine, we're gonna pick the Jaguars that will have
Speaker 1: a big game. Real original name for the segment coming
Speaker 1: up later, we'll go around the league as well. Lucky
Speaker 1: Brooks in Los Angeles, Good afternoon. What's happening man, It's
Speaker 1: all good. Really excited first week of games taking place
Speaker 1: this weekend. So let's get after it. Yeah, kick off
Speaker 1: weekend is here, John, at long last, We're gonna teat
Speaker 1: up until meat Leather on Sunday at one o'clock. John,
Speaker 1: I'm excited. I'm excited about big game Wednesday. I mean,
Speaker 1: I can tell you put some time into that one,
Speaker 1: j V and I appreciate you and the boys back
Speaker 1: in the studio. Yeah, well, you know we're gonna move
Speaker 1: it towards the end of the show to build some
Speaker 1: anticipate atian for for the last segment. It's there, it's there.
Speaker 1: It's big. It's big. So I'm glad you're along with
Speaker 1: us today. Um, let's start off the injury report today.
Speaker 1: The first injury report of the regular season put out
Speaker 1: Divino zigbo Is on there with a hamstring did not
Speaker 1: practice today, Tyler Davis with a knee issue, and Tyler
Speaker 1: Eifford had a scheduled day off, so we'll see obviously
Speaker 1: how the rest of the week goes, Bucky, But when
Speaker 1: one of your three running backs is did not practice
Speaker 1: going into the week, Um, that's a little bit concerning
Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Yeah, I asked a huge concern because Wednesday's
Speaker 1: the workday. When you think about the way most NFL
Speaker 1: teams practice, Wednesday day heavy day. It's the first day
Speaker 1: of your game plan. You're thinking about first and second
Speaker 1: now run packages, so that is where you really need
Speaker 1: all your running backs available because that is the bulk
Speaker 1: of the game plan. When we get to Thursday and Friday,
Speaker 1: it becomes third down, red zone situations. It is a
Speaker 1: huge loss of these not there. But he is going
Speaker 1: to put the onus on Chris Thompson to be able
Speaker 1: to be ready to play and maybe play an even
Speaker 1: bigger role than we thought. Appointment going into the year.
Speaker 1: What do you think about this one? John, the first
Speaker 1: injury report, Well, it's uh, obviously you'd rather have it
Speaker 1: to be limited or not at all. With his zega. Uh,
Speaker 1: it certainly means James Robinson, you sort of thought that
Speaker 1: might be a sixty forties split with the base carries
Speaker 1: between he and Robinson. Uh over now between hand and
Speaker 1: is Zigga. You know, the Jaguars love James Robinson. They
Speaker 1: put a lot of stock into him. It also may
Speaker 1: mean eventually later in the week Nathan Cottrell, you know,
Speaker 1: I think he's protected, so might mean something with him.
Speaker 1: It's uh, it's not ideal, but James Robinson he's gonna
Speaker 1: get his opportunities. And I think Bucky's right it will
Speaker 1: mean a more expanded role in the bass stuff for
Speaker 1: Chris Thompson maybe been originally thought. I'm curiously, I mean,
Speaker 1: this is we heard again today from from Doug Morone
Speaker 1: and Jake Gruden about Robinson and the faith they have
Speaker 1: in him and his mindset coming in here and kind
Speaker 1: of just goes about his business. And we've talked about
Speaker 1: it on these shows already, Bucky, but he's the first
Speaker 1: string and running back on the depth chart at least
Speaker 1: now in reality, that might not be the case come
Speaker 1: game day. You know, he might be the first guy
Speaker 1: out there. But that's pretty remarkable to have an undrafted
Speaker 1: running back as your possible opening day starter. It's unbelievable,
Speaker 1: particularly in this set of circumstances. Uh, you don't have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to see him play in the preseason game,
Speaker 1: so we can only speculate what he is going to
Speaker 1: be like, not only as a runner, but in past protection.
Speaker 1: So much of what running backs need to be able
Speaker 1: to do is they need to be able to double
Speaker 1: read and make sure they pick up the right guy
Speaker 1: when it comes to who is the additional blitzer so
Speaker 1: they can protect the quarterback. And so to task a
Speaker 1: young player and undrafted player with that man that is
Speaker 1: that is a lot. That means he might has have
Speaker 1: really been very impressive during the virtual off season, and
Speaker 1: when they got him onto the field, he had to
Speaker 1: show people that he could take it from the board
Speaker 1: to the field and do it very, very quickly and efficiently.
Speaker 1: We'll see coming up this Sunday what they have in
Speaker 1: mind at the running back position. We'll get into the
Speaker 1: offense a little bit more. Coming up, we'll here from
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew Um and he'll discuss that offensive line, the
Speaker 1: veteran group up front, and and their mindset going into
Speaker 1: the season. But let's start with the Jags defense against
Speaker 1: a Colts offense this week. Guys. Obviously, they ran the
Speaker 1: Bowl well last year. John anyway, and then you throw
Speaker 1: in Philip Rivers on top of everything, and they have
Speaker 1: a great offensive line, a very well paid offensive line,
Speaker 1: by the way, So this offense is formidable to say
Speaker 1: the least. They can really really move the ball. Bucky,
Speaker 1: there were talking about JP you talking about the offensive line,
Speaker 1: they are very formidable. When you think about Ryan Kelly
Speaker 1: and Quinn Nelson inside being able to control the point
Speaker 1: of attack, Brandon Smith and Cosans were being solid on
Speaker 1: the edges. Make no mistake about it. Despite Philip rivers arrival,
Speaker 1: Frank Wright wants to run the football and it starts
Speaker 1: up front. You're talking about one of the best offensive
Speaker 1: lines in football. They want to set the tone with
Speaker 1: the big boys up front. There's a lot of money
Speaker 1: going out, Bucky on the front pot for the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 1: I mean those guys. They just signed the center to
Speaker 1: an extension really from the center to the left guard
Speaker 1: to the left tackle, UH and even the right guard.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of money going out, and then you
Speaker 1: have a second round pick at right tackle. It is
Speaker 1: it's got to be among the best in the league, right,
Speaker 1: I mean absolutely, it's one of the best in the league.
Speaker 1: When you look at the UH things that they've been
Speaker 1: able to do, like Chris Ballot, the general manager, has
Speaker 1: been able to flip the offensive line. You talk about
Speaker 1: those picks Quinn Nelson, Ryan Kelly Radon Smith come in
Speaker 1: very very quickly. They've been able to establish themselves as
Speaker 1: one of the top offensive lines. And because that unit
Speaker 1: is so dominant at the point of attack, they're able
Speaker 1: to run the ball and it doesn't matter who is
Speaker 1: in the backfield. With Marlon Mack and Jonathan Taylor coming over,
Speaker 1: they can hit you with a one to punch and
Speaker 1: really play old school big boy football, which is what
Speaker 1: Frank Right also wants to do at times. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: and then protect obviously the veteran quarterback John I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if you're with us or not, but uh them.
Speaker 1: Can you imagine if Andrew Luck would have had an
Speaker 1: offensive line like this in his early days? Well, and
Speaker 1: that's the great irony of this team. It's uh it.
Speaker 1: It's a team that really shows you how important the
Speaker 1: quarterback position is. For from two thousand and twelve to
Speaker 1: two thousand and seventeen is eighteen is they were a
Speaker 1: playoff contender every year because of Andrew Luck. Most people
Speaker 1: would say the roster was okay, not great. Now that's
Speaker 1: sort of it where most people think it's a very
Speaker 1: very good roster, with the missing piece being a quarterback
Speaker 1: that we think will be good in Philip Rivers but
Speaker 1: aren't sure. I think Bucky said it best a couple
Speaker 1: of minutes ago. This is not a Phillips, a Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers driven team. This is a team that wants to
Speaker 1: play ground and pound. They want to run. So I
Speaker 1: think average NFL observer not paying great attention just sees
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. I think this is a throw it all
Speaker 1: over your throw it all over the yard team. It's
Speaker 1: not at all. It will rise and fall on their
Speaker 1: running game, with Rivers needing to make a few big
Speaker 1: plays on top of that. So uh, they look awfully
Speaker 1: good as long as he's two thousand eighteen Philip Rivers
Speaker 1: and not two thousand nineteen. Yeah, they had some struggles
Speaker 1: last year, for sure. He's getting beat up a little
Speaker 1: bit too out in Los Angeles. UM. So obviously, the
Speaker 1: big point of emphasis for the Jaguars defense this whole
Speaker 1: offseason has been to stop the run more efficiently. They
Speaker 1: did not do the ut last season. We've been through
Speaker 1: all the changes in the offseason. The opt outs the
Speaker 1: retirements early in training camp. So this is the defense
Speaker 1: there you are going to go play with Bucky and
Speaker 1: they've got some new faces in the interior. There um
Speaker 1: a guy like joern again who will contribute. Avery Jones
Speaker 1: is still around, He's been here for a long time,
Speaker 1: eight years in the league. Now you got a new
Speaker 1: middle linebacker two and Joe Schobert, so um, Josh Allen
Speaker 1: really has to play that run too. And they've talked
Speaker 1: about the strength of Chase On at times, but they
Speaker 1: really want him as a pass rusher if they can.
Speaker 1: But you have to get to pass rushing downs and
Speaker 1: it starts the first and second down, and this is
Speaker 1: going to be the You'll find out real quick if
Speaker 1: the Jaguars defense is has patched up the run game
Speaker 1: this year. Yeah, that would be the biggest part of
Speaker 1: the game, especially early. Can the Jaguars hold up against
Speaker 1: the physical running game. Everyone knows that the Jaguars struggle
Speaker 1: against the run a season ago. So the first thing
Speaker 1: that you do as an office coordinator, you want to
Speaker 1: test and see if they solve the issues. And if
Speaker 1: they haven't resolved the issues, they can get a heavy
Speaker 1: dosage of the run. So you you pointed to that
Speaker 1: interior triangle. R B Jones, Tavin Bryant, Joe Schobert, the
Speaker 1: mic linebacker, those defensive tackles and mic linebacker. They have
Speaker 1: to dominate the tackle to tackle box so they can't
Speaker 1: get to the right so they can get the third
Speaker 1: down and have the right to rush the passer. But
Speaker 1: the first two downs, it is all about the toughness
Speaker 1: and being able to stop the run. If they stop
Speaker 1: to run, they have a chance. But if they are leaky,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a problem. It's gonna be a long day. John,
Speaker 1: What did you when we heard from Todd wash Um?
Speaker 1: When was that earlier this week? I suppose when he
Speaker 1: spoke for and he'll speak again as last week. He'll
Speaker 1: speak again coming up later this week. That's obviously gonna
Speaker 1: be a talking point for Todd again this week is
Speaker 1: is how do you slow this ground game down? And
Speaker 1: he's known from the start this is what they have
Speaker 1: to do this whole offseason. Well, I ain't gonna be
Speaker 1: major talking point until they show they're better at it.
Speaker 1: And I don't expect miracles up front this year, meaning
Speaker 1: I don't think all of a sudden they're going to
Speaker 1: be a dominant, dominant run stopping team. But what I
Speaker 1: do think they can improve. I mean, and I think
Speaker 1: they'll have a little bit of the same issue they
Speaker 1: had last year, which was more bring down than being
Speaker 1: awful all season. They sort of broke down in mid
Speaker 1: season when some of those guys wore out. They just
Speaker 1: played too many snaps. But I do think they will
Speaker 1: be better in one regard. I don't think you'll see
Speaker 1: as many breakout plays against them. Remember, and there were
Speaker 1: games last year Carolina where it seemed duck Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 1: still running. There were a few games like that where
Speaker 1: they had to breakout place. I think Joe Schobert and
Speaker 1: moving Miles Jack, and I think getting Josh Jones in
Speaker 1: there and frankly not having Ryanny Harrison's not gonna hurt that.
Speaker 1: A lot of missed assignments last year in the middle
Speaker 1: because Miles was covering up for people. I think if
Speaker 1: they get that settled down and just don't allow the
Speaker 1: breakout runs, how about this your breakout play you're bad,
Speaker 1: play the eight yards instead of seventy. That would help
Speaker 1: dramatically and improving the run game to an acceptable level.
Speaker 1: Are they going to be dominant without Al Woods, without
Speaker 1: Marcel Darius in his prime all that stuff. I don't
Speaker 1: think so. But they can get better to where it's
Speaker 1: not losing them games outright. Yeah, that did feel like
Speaker 1: the case a lot. Those big breakaway runs really turn
Speaker 1: the game Bucky a lot of times in last season
Speaker 1: for this defense. Yeah, you can't give up the explosives,
Speaker 1: explosive runs, explosive passes. Uh, that is the name of
Speaker 1: the game when it comes to defense. And you talked
Speaker 1: about the Jaguars wanted to get back to being a
Speaker 1: dominant unit. Where the easiest way to get back to
Speaker 1: doing that is simplify things so everyone knows exactly what
Speaker 1: they're doing. John alluded to some of the coverage bust,
Speaker 1: the minimal mistakes, the errors that are not even physical
Speaker 1: errors that led to big plays. Well, let's eliminate those things.
Speaker 1: Make sure that everyone understands exactly what they're doing. Should
Speaker 1: it may be a smaller package of defensive calls the week,
Speaker 1: just because of the preseason where we're at, whether it's
Speaker 1: a small package, the players should know it. They should
Speaker 1: be able to run fast. They have to run fast
Speaker 1: to the ball. And they have to tackle. Those are
Speaker 1: the biggest things early in the season. Will everyone hustle
Speaker 1: and can you make the open field tackle. If they
Speaker 1: can do those things, they can play pretty good run defense.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's that. We'll find out quick if if
Speaker 1: which teams in this league have been going through tackling
Speaker 1: drills in which teams have not? I think on on
Speaker 1: kickoff weekend, we are just getting started. We'll come back
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Speaker 1: they absolutely have a chip on their shoulder. You know
Speaker 1: if they those guys, you know, maybe more than anybody
Speaker 1: on the team, when something goes wrong, they you know,
Speaker 1: it hurts them. You know, they they don't want to
Speaker 1: mess up because they know that's putting somebody else in danger. Um.
Speaker 1: And one of the biggest things I'm proud of is
Speaker 1: how they've come together. I think as a unit, they've
Speaker 1: really grown and they've grown close. Their communication is really tight.
Speaker 1: It's really good. I think they all have a lot
Speaker 1: of belief in each other, um that they're gonna be
Speaker 1: able to get the job done. And I know everybody
Speaker 1: else on the team has that belief as well. Carter
Speaker 1: Minshew talking after practice today and welcome back to Jaguars
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Speaker 1: key deadlines. You know that we can talk about and
Speaker 1: we have and we well, I'm sure at some point
Speaker 1: the all the playmakers that could be on this Jaguars offense,
Speaker 1: from chart to effort to Leavisca chan alts just leaving
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys out obviously running back by committee. Um,
Speaker 1: you've got Gardner Minshew has to trigger all that. But really,
Speaker 1: I think Bucky, the and John, I think you and
Speaker 1: I on the practice field today talked about this for
Speaker 1: a moment as we watched the offensive line. It really
Speaker 1: starts there with the veteran five guys up front. They're
Speaker 1: all back from last year, Bucky, and if those guys
Speaker 1: are playing well, then it sets up everything else on
Speaker 1: the offense. For for j Gruden, it absolutely sets up everything.
Speaker 1: The offensive line is where it has to be done.
Speaker 1: We've had plenty of conversations throughout the off season about
Speaker 1: Cam Robinson and his Cam Ready, and I think he
Speaker 1: is the one that really makes it go. Thinking about
Speaker 1: your left tackle, the guy that is your blind side protector.
Speaker 1: If he is able to hold up and one on
Speaker 1: one and give going to Miss you opportunities to throw
Speaker 1: without being under pressure, that helps. But really it's about
Speaker 1: the running game. And I know we don't anticipate the
Speaker 1: Jaguars having a bell cow runner. They're going to spread
Speaker 1: the carries out. But the best thing that they can
Speaker 1: do to help the offensive line is find a way
Speaker 1: to run the ball. The offensive line is always better
Speaker 1: when it's going forward as opposed to back feddling. If
Speaker 1: they can run the ball at the point of attack.
Speaker 1: Andrew Norville a j can those guys, it gives them
Speaker 1: an opportunity to dictate the terms. That makes the conditions
Speaker 1: favorable for going to Miss you to have success. John
Speaker 1: a lot of veteran presents, especially in the middle of
Speaker 1: that offensive line, guards and the center. Yeah, And it
Speaker 1: strikes me j P. That maybe this is where there's
Speaker 1: the biggest disconnect between the fans and the team. Meaning
Speaker 1: when fans say, oh, they're tanking, what are they doing? Um,
Speaker 1: how could you know? Fans believe that Doug Moron and
Speaker 1: Dave Caldwell are absolutely lying to them. They think that
Speaker 1: Dave and Doug I think this team is going to
Speaker 1: be terrible, And I don't get that impression from talking
Speaker 1: to him. And I think the biggest reason why they've
Speaker 1: invested in this offensive line as a team, seventh year
Speaker 1: In Norwell's, seventh year Lender, sixth year can, fourth year
Speaker 1: Cam Robinson. For this team, that's a really veteran line.
Speaker 1: And if you wanted to tank, you to cut Lender,
Speaker 1: If you wanted to tank, you to cut Norwell. They
Speaker 1: could have cut those guys. So that's where they believe
Speaker 1: that they're a good NFL team. You know, most teams
Speaker 1: that are horrible have horrible offensive line because they came
Speaker 1: to a quarterback. There's fumbles, it's a mess. You can't
Speaker 1: control anything on offense. If they're right, and the offensive
Speaker 1: line make the jump and is a solid unit and
Speaker 1: acknowledge is really really good, then maybe they can function
Speaker 1: offensively enough to be a legitimate contending team. That's where
Speaker 1: they're you know, that's what they're hanging their hats on.
Speaker 1: And fans don't get that because if this widespread belief
Speaker 1: that the offensive line is terrible, whoever is right on
Speaker 1: that maybe the key to figuring out where this season
Speaker 1: is going. Yeah, John talks about the offensive lines. JP
Speaker 1: is really important that we understand there's a part of
Speaker 1: that interior line that is very experienced. Being able to
Speaker 1: control the point of attack is so critical. If they
Speaker 1: can run the ball, slow the game down, limit the possessions.
Speaker 1: I think that's the way that they have to play.
Speaker 1: They wanted the game to have fewer possessions, not more possessions,
Speaker 1: given the firepower and some of the defensive struggles. The
Speaker 1: thing is it begins, that's right, that's right. They better
Speaker 1: be right in the path. I get why fans are skeptical,
Speaker 1: but that's their thoughts. We'll see. Um, that's that's where
Speaker 1: it begins. And then of course Gardner Minshew has the
Speaker 1: deal the cards the right way. Once the ball is snapped,
Speaker 1: and you know, and he he said it last week
Speaker 1: when when when he spoke last that I liked his
Speaker 1: approach on it. You know, if we're tanking, then if
Speaker 1: if that stuff is happening and I'm out of a job,
Speaker 1: Dave's out of a job, Dougs out of a job.
Speaker 1: He kind of threw it out there, which is kind
Speaker 1: of his style and how it works. So there, there's
Speaker 1: certainly is already pressure on Gardner, but um in this
Speaker 1: new offense, if he can get it out, if he
Speaker 1: can get it to some of these guys outside Bucky,
Speaker 1: it feels like they've got some playmakers if they could
Speaker 1: just get the ball in their hands out there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think the way that you described going to Mitsu
Speaker 1: is the best way for him to play. He needs
Speaker 1: to be a Vegas card dealer. He has to distribute
Speaker 1: the ball to a ton of people stressed the defense
Speaker 1: horizontally before he attacks vertically. We know about DJH Shark.
Speaker 1: We're hopeful to tell them Iford could be a guy
Speaker 1: they can control the middle of the field. Chris Thompson
Speaker 1: is a legitimate threat out of the backfield. How does
Speaker 1: Garnan men you use the players that he has around him.
Speaker 1: I would like to see him use everybody because the
Speaker 1: more people that he can get involved and get involved
Speaker 1: in the game early, the more the defense has to spread.
Speaker 1: And that gives your playmakers. You're number one guys, DJ
Speaker 1: Charick Ifort, Thompson gives the opportunities to have work because
Speaker 1: they'll face one on one coverage. We all know John
Speaker 1: about Chart and he spoke today as well. But you know,
Speaker 1: there's there's the rest of this wide receiver room that
Speaker 1: we've talked about. All camp is one of the deepest
Speaker 1: position groups on this team. I mean, they've got guys
Speaker 1: who've been around for a little bit, and Conley and
Speaker 1: and Keelan Cole who's still around. Dede Westbrook is actually
Speaker 1: down the depth chart a little bit, John, But that
Speaker 1: kind of tells you how deep this group is. It
Speaker 1: seems like it is, And I think that's another spot
Speaker 1: where maybe national people who really think the Jaguars and
Speaker 1: me number thirty two and all that stuff, and I
Speaker 1: get why they think that. But the receivers, when you
Speaker 1: look at him nationally, all there is is chart, meaning
Speaker 1: you look at it, you know, he made the Pro Bowl.
Speaker 1: And when you look at the other guys, Chris Conley
Speaker 1: very good, but probably not spectacular, and they don't know
Speaker 1: yet about Chenalta Johnson, UM, I'm really curious to see
Speaker 1: this weekend how they use Chenal. It's funny, JP, you
Speaker 1: were a training camp practice for the first week and
Speaker 1: a half. It's all we talked about with Chanal and
Speaker 1: then didn't really talk about him a whole lot, and
Speaker 1: it's almost like he's been forgotten a little bit among
Speaker 1: like Jaguars Twitter or everything. How he played. If he
Speaker 1: can be an impact guy in media, which I think
Speaker 1: it's tough to do as a wide receiver, but that's
Speaker 1: a little bit of an element there that I don't
Speaker 1: think people are factoring into. Maybe it makes the Jaguars
Speaker 1: offense better this year. DJ Chark talked about a lot.
Speaker 1: DJ expects to be doubled and framed and you know,
Speaker 1: I mean bracketed. He said it. That's where he's told Chanal,
Speaker 1: that's when you've got to shine. That's your opportunity. If
Speaker 1: those two can help each other and Eifford steps in
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you've got some weapons, frankly, a
Speaker 1: lot better than the Jaguars have had at those spots
Speaker 1: in a long time. That makes it interesting moving into
Speaker 1: this weekend. Now, that's tough, Bucky for especially a wide
Speaker 1: receiver to jump in right away and and make We
Speaker 1: saw Chark having some issues with that as a rookie.
Speaker 1: He's a great special teams player, but had some drop
Speaker 1: issues early in his career and then obviously the second
Speaker 1: year I really took off. Sometimes it just takes a
Speaker 1: little time in this league, especially with that position. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it can't take a little bit of time for for
Speaker 1: wide receivers. And part of that is because they all
Speaker 1: are coming into the National Football League out of the
Speaker 1: spread offense. And when you think about the spread offense,
Speaker 1: it's not just a rouster they were asked to run.
Speaker 1: But some of these guys have never heard plays verbally
Speaker 1: given to them. They're so used to look at the
Speaker 1: sideline and read the signs and the placards or whatever
Speaker 1: signals the coach he's given that it takes them a
Speaker 1: while to really acclimate to the the NFL in the
Speaker 1: way that you play. Now that said, d Jhark is
Speaker 1: a veteran, young veteran. Uh, you have Chris Connelly who's
Speaker 1: a young veteran. If China can give them anything, and
Speaker 1: I think hopefully Jake Bruten has this a handful of
Speaker 1: plays to just get s off the ball, allow him
Speaker 1: to make a play as he's young and still figuring
Speaker 1: it out. His athleticism and his run after cat skills
Speaker 1: pop off the tape when you look at him at Colorado.
Speaker 1: They just have to find a way to put the
Speaker 1: ball in his hands and let him get out the
Speaker 1: way and let him do what he does. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: wonder how much is too much though, And we haven't
Speaker 1: really had a chance to visit with La Visca that
Speaker 1: much because of the virtual nature of sayings now. But
Speaker 1: you know, how much do you want to over You
Speaker 1: don't want to overload his plate, right Blackie early in
Speaker 1: his career. I mean, at some point you gotta open
Speaker 1: it up and do a bunch of different things with him.
Speaker 1: But I guess the question is how much can he handle? Early? Well,
Speaker 1: I think the easiest way to get him going is
Speaker 1: assumed that he can't handle the entire playbook. Man put
Speaker 1: eight to ten plays on the side of the game
Speaker 1: sheet that are just designed to get the ball to channel.
Speaker 1: Because he has been able to do a bunch of
Speaker 1: different things throughout his collegiate career. Quarterback sweeps, bubble screens
Speaker 1: and those things. Those are easy things to get him
Speaker 1: the ball in space and allow his natural talent to
Speaker 1: take over. So if he's not quite ready to be
Speaker 1: the full time guy, have a handful of plays, a
Speaker 1: little small menu that allows him to get on the
Speaker 1: field and make contributions while he's learning how to play
Speaker 1: the position. Excited to see it, will see if they
Speaker 1: can translate here in the in the national football Let's
Speaker 1: touch on this Colts defense, and it's a group. I
Speaker 1: mean they went out and and paid the gotten divorce Buckner,
Speaker 1: spent some draft equity to get him. Obviously, Derrick Sleonard
Speaker 1: is there. They have a good secondary. This is a
Speaker 1: pretty formidable defense. To using the word formidable again, Um,
Speaker 1: it's a group that they felt like they were pretty
Speaker 1: darn close. So they went out, Bucky and and got
Speaker 1: de Forest Buckner in there and spent a lot of
Speaker 1: equity to do it. Yeah, it's been a lot of
Speaker 1: equity in there. But J P. John, the most important
Speaker 1: positions on your defense are the guys who can get
Speaker 1: after the pastor on the inside and the outside. Where
Speaker 1: they have Justin Houston on the outside. Now they've give
Speaker 1: him the Forest buckling on the inside, a guy who
Speaker 1: can disrupt it at the point of attack. That is critical.
Speaker 1: The other thing that they have to be able to
Speaker 1: do they need better coverage. Matt Eberflus their defensive coordinator. Look,
Speaker 1: he's a rod Mary Nelly Levy Smith desciple. They want
Speaker 1: to play some Tampa two, some man to man. But
Speaker 1: if they can dictate the terms or take a covery
Speaker 1: of man to man, they'll live in it all day.
Speaker 1: But do they have enough? Xavier Rose was a signing
Speaker 1: that we're still waiting to see how that works. You have,
Speaker 1: Xavier wrote, rock you see candid Jaguars take advantage of
Speaker 1: those guys on the island. Yeah, if you can get
Speaker 1: the ball out there, maybe they have an advantage there. John,
Speaker 1: you know, you got a guy like Darius Leonard running around.
Speaker 1: Um we know his story, small school guy who was
Speaker 1: first team All Pro and um, that's a guy who
Speaker 1: gotta follow all day long because he's gonna be everywhere.
Speaker 1: It seems like, Yeah, they're little like the Jaguars in
Speaker 1: the sense that they believe they have a top five linebacker. Four.
Speaker 1: They believe they're a very good linebacker and with the
Speaker 1: Forest Buckner, they feel like they can stop the run,
Speaker 1: disrupt just in Houston, and then they're not so sure
Speaker 1: about their secondary. It's a young secondary with Malik Hooker, uh,
Speaker 1: fourth year guy, but has been hurt a little bit.
Speaker 1: He's still very young. Um. You know. Again, the Jaguars
Speaker 1: need to be able to run to get themselves into
Speaker 1: positions where they can take advantage of you know, I
Speaker 1: don't want to say taking aaries the Colt's weakness, but
Speaker 1: he's probably not their strength. So they need to be
Speaker 1: able to give Mintshew some time to take advantage of
Speaker 1: some matchups and getting back to China, I think that
Speaker 1: is where they will try to do things against that
Speaker 1: could defense. Going way back to the draft, Keenan mcarthell
Speaker 1: was specific on you know on Chenal, saying, hey, even
Speaker 1: when he can't know the players, would be a great
Speaker 1: route runner. Yet he has playmaking ability. So I'd be
Speaker 1: surprised if they don't try to do something with China
Speaker 1: against the Colt secondary. That it's something that they should
Speaker 1: be able to attack provided they can get in the
Speaker 1: right situation. Sounds like fun to me. We'll see if
Speaker 1: the Jags offense could take advantage. We'll come back. John
Speaker 1: will be back with you and just a little bit
Speaker 1: for big game Jaguar. I know you're looking forward to that,
Speaker 1: so get your entry ready for that game coming up.
Speaker 1: But when we return, though, Jimmy Luck joins us head
Speaker 1: equipment manager will unveil what the Jaguars will wear in
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Speaker 1: Brooks from his home studio out in California, and it
Speaker 1: is time to hear from the head equipment manager are
Speaker 1: and friend Jimmy Luck joins us again on Wednesdays this year,
Speaker 1: he's at t I a bank field. Jimmy, what's up man,
Speaker 1: Just hanging in there, getting through it, getting ready for
Speaker 1: a week. One didn't didn't really think we'd be back
Speaker 1: in May. Maybe I know, all right, It's funny how
Speaker 1: it works. All of a sudden, here we are. You're
Speaker 1: gonna throw all the equipment out there on Sunday and
Speaker 1: play some football. It's been I'm sure trading camp with
Speaker 1: all the protocols and everything, Jimmy has to be unlike
Speaker 1: anything you've ever seen before. Yeah, it's it's definitely been
Speaker 1: a challenge, but you know, everybody's chipped in. Everybody's doing
Speaker 1: their part, the medical staff, video guys setting up virtual meetings,
Speaker 1: us doing more cleaning and stuff. Like, everybody's done done
Speaker 1: their part, and it's really been a true team effort.
Speaker 1: And uh, I can't thank everybody enough for, you know,
Speaker 1: pitching in and trying to get this thing going. You know,
Speaker 1: it's while we're all here and hopefully we can get
Speaker 1: the whole thing in. You know, Jimmy, when you think
Speaker 1: about the game operation, because we haven't seen it you
Speaker 1: haven't had a real trial run in the preseason. How
Speaker 1: much different will it be for you guys in terms
Speaker 1: of you and all your assistance running around making sure
Speaker 1: that the players and everybody have what they need with
Speaker 1: the protocols that are in place to keep everyone healthy.
Speaker 1: It's uh, it is a little bit nerve racking not
Speaker 1: having had those kind of dress rehearsals so far. That
Speaker 1: always makes you feel a little bit better when you
Speaker 1: know you get a home and a road under your
Speaker 1: belt and you know now that everything's for real. We
Speaker 1: really hadn't had that. Even though you know, you go
Speaker 1: out and you communicate to the players, hey, what do
Speaker 1: you want to wear on game day? It's all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, it's game day, and you know, their minds
Speaker 1: in a totally different place, and we just try to
Speaker 1: stay out of their way and get them on the
Speaker 1: field and get them going. So um, you know, whether
Speaker 1: that's you know, trying to work through it or last
Speaker 1: minute putting something together, so but you know, we'll get
Speaker 1: it done. Jimmy luck with US, head equipment manager for
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, one of the at least early in
Speaker 1: training camp. I know a few guys we're trying out
Speaker 1: the new visors, well not the visor, but the face
Speaker 1: shield underneath the visor. Um. How many guys are still
Speaker 1: having that? I know there was a new addition this
Speaker 1: year that I think Oakley created it. And how has
Speaker 1: that gone? How many players do you think on game
Speaker 1: they might wear that? Well, the guys that have tried
Speaker 1: and have kind of liked it. Um, It's definitely a
Speaker 1: different kind of thing, especially down here in the heat. UM.
Speaker 1: You know, it's designed to be warned with the visor
Speaker 1: and the and the mouth shield as as a complete unit. UM.
Speaker 1: But with the heat, you know, guys sometimes get a
Speaker 1: little leary on that. So we won't see a lot
Speaker 1: of those guys, but we'll probably have a handful of
Speaker 1: four or five. Um. We may have some guys start
Speaker 1: out with him and then take it off during the game. UM.
Speaker 1: But again it's just one of those fields. It's it's
Speaker 1: something new. Guys have tried it. It has been pretty hot,
Speaker 1: so people hadn't been real excited about it. UM. But
Speaker 1: they also have the option of wearing like, uh, like
Speaker 1: some little masks that we have UM. New Air has
Speaker 1: provided for us, and we've got some neck gators that
Speaker 1: guys will wear. Um. Pretty much every every staff and
Speaker 1: coach will have something on, and then the players kind
Speaker 1: of have that option whatever makes them feel most comfortable.
Speaker 1: You know, Jimmy, is funny that you brought up the
Speaker 1: neck gators and the mask, because not from a player standpoint,
Speaker 1: but coaches, so much of what they do is communicating.
Speaker 1: How are they adjusting to having their face covered up?
Speaker 1: And Uh, that's stuff when they're trying to communicate and
Speaker 1: talk to their players. It has definitely been a little
Speaker 1: bit of a challenge. Um. You know, guys have it on.
Speaker 1: It sounds a little bit muffled. Uh. It's amazing too,
Speaker 1: how much you realize that even though you hear them,
Speaker 1: how you kind of read lips. Um. So we've actually
Speaker 1: got some face shields too that you can like hook
Speaker 1: to your hat and it kind of comes over. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't again, that's those are a little
Speaker 1: hotter because everything is kind of kept in here and
Speaker 1: you know, you're breathing in and out and keeps it there.
Speaker 1: But we've got options for everybody. Um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: just it's just one of those things you kind of
Speaker 1: learned to get used to. Um, you know, Uh, coach
Speaker 1: the dicon millis. He has kind of tried those out.
Speaker 1: He might try it this weekend. I don't know. Kind
Speaker 1: of depends on the heat. But he's a yellow and screamer,
Speaker 1: so you kind of got a block in his stuff. Off.
Speaker 1: We all, we all know how fiery heat could get. Right.
Speaker 1: You can hear him with or without the mask, and yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of with you. I didn't realize how hard
Speaker 1: of hearing I was until the pandemic came along. Here
Speaker 1: with all the masks. Um, all right, now it's time, Bucky.
Speaker 1: I know you're you're new this year with us, and
Speaker 1: we're glad you're here. So this is the segment every
Speaker 1: week where Jimmy Luck unveils what the Jaguars will wear
Speaker 1: this coming Sunday. And so, Jimmy, if you would please,
Speaker 1: what will the Jaguars wear on kickoff weekend against the Indianapolis? Called?
Speaker 1: All right, so we're gonna go with let me dig
Speaker 1: it out of day here. So we got the white pants,
Speaker 1: Oh lean, hey, up there, white pants, and then we
Speaker 1: will go with the white jerseys. Have to do to
Speaker 1: be there. So so we got that, he's got the
Speaker 1: one star and he's a captain. Now, Um, so everybody can.
Speaker 1: We'll see those and with it being a little warmer
Speaker 1: early on in the year, we we do wear the
Speaker 1: white uniforms a little bit more often and then, uh,
Speaker 1: there might be surprises, some surprises coming down the road.
Speaker 1: Oh really, gonna keep everybody. It kind of got out
Speaker 1: earlier that everybody we were wearing all white, so I
Speaker 1: got to try to keep a few things close to
Speaker 1: the vest. Well, we'll have the exclusive announcement Bucky every
Speaker 1: week right here on this show moving forward, and apparently
Speaker 1: zones not on here with me. Um. I didn't realize
Speaker 1: he wrote a book. You know, that's interesting. I didn't
Speaker 1: even know you could read, but let alone write a book.
Speaker 1: I saw that the shelves back there. That's that's amazing.
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna have to maybe get on a private
Speaker 1: zoom call later with him or a team's call and
Speaker 1: talk through some of that. I'm sure you might get
Speaker 1: a call from him. Him and Briscoe wrote it's my
Speaker 1: guy though he knows I'm joking with him. Wow, I didn't.
Speaker 1: I didn't know. I love it. Hello, Jimmy, thanks a lot,
Speaker 1: we appreciate it. We'll talk to you again next week. Man,
Speaker 1: all right, thanks guys. Jimmy Jimmy lockhead equipment manager. Uh,
Speaker 1: speaking of John Osan, He'll join us back here at
Speaker 1: the moment, Bucky and we will play big game Jaguar
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Speaker 1: And I must say, Bucky that Jimmy Luck just dropped
Speaker 1: the hammer on John at the end of that last segment. Yes,
Speaker 1: he absolutely did. I didn't know Jimmy was gonna apparently.
Speaker 1: I mean, let's just get that out of there. Books,
Speaker 1: all these books have been facing forever. We got a
Speaker 1: Dictionary for goodness, say Dictionary, forget about that. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: talk to what tomorrow. Yeah, that's mccul night. Jeez. I
Speaker 1: love it, though I love the passion at least. Um,
Speaker 1: we'll see this could be an ongoing feud. This might been,
Speaker 1: this might have been. Might just planted the seed Bucky
Speaker 1: for the rest of the season with these to Um,
Speaker 1: let's get to a new game. We're gonna play every
Speaker 1: Wednesday or whenever I guess we feel like it. But
Speaker 1: we're gonna start today. And this is a working title,
Speaker 1: but I'm calling it Big Game. Jaguars, and we're going
Speaker 1: to pick our player to have a big game for
Speaker 1: the Jaguars. Very original, Bucky, get us going, who you got? Okay,
Speaker 1: we've talked about it. They have to do Jaguars have
Speaker 1: to stop the run. So Joe Schobert is my guy.
Speaker 1: You look, He's a guy that can control the tackle,
Speaker 1: tackle box. His ability to play mike linebacker's allows Miles
Speaker 1: Jack to move over to his natural position. So not
Speaker 1: only as a communicator and the tackler, but his presence
Speaker 1: should allow other players to play at their best. I
Speaker 1: need Joe Schobert had ay big game this week against
Speaker 1: the Coast. Yeah, John, it's he came in in free agency.
Speaker 1: He played four years in Cleveland as a bunch of tackles.
Speaker 1: By the way, in that time, I think fourth or
Speaker 1: fifth most in the league in the last few years.
Speaker 1: So uh, he has experience in this league. And you know,
Speaker 1: we just it's unfortunate the same conversation comes back up.
Speaker 1: We haven't been able to see it a lot in
Speaker 1: the off season, so I think people are people are
Speaker 1: anticipating what this is going to look like with Shobert.
Speaker 1: John Well, one theme we have hit on a lot
Speaker 1: anybody's talked about the Jags all season. Schobert coming in
Speaker 1: is a solidifying present, and then Miles moving to the
Speaker 1: outside is a second solidifying present because last year a
Speaker 1: lot of Miles as mistakes. Everybody's written the guy off
Speaker 1: that he can't play anymore. A lot of his mistake
Speaker 1: were because he was trying to cover up for inexperience
Speaker 1: around him. If you solidify two positions where there's fewer
Speaker 1: mistakes like that, fewer breakout plays. You know, I'm not
Speaker 1: taking anything away from Schobert's tackling, ability's ability coverage to
Speaker 1: get those things right. But if you just reduce the
Speaker 1: number of breakdowns on the middle level of the defense,
Speaker 1: you can cut out a lot of those breakout runs
Speaker 1: and again give up a first down on a breakout
Speaker 1: run and not give up a touchdown, keep yourself alive defensively.
Speaker 1: That can make a huge difference in a league where
Speaker 1: a lot of games are decided by one or two possessions. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so that you have a Joe Schulbert for Bucky this week, Johnny,
Speaker 1: what you got for us Sunday? We was kind of
Speaker 1: obvious when I steered clear of offense, because I think
Speaker 1: the offense is gonna play well. I mean that Gardner Missus,
Speaker 1: the guy that said a big game, obviously, but Josh Allen.
Speaker 1: What I want to see from Josh and it's not
Speaker 1: necessarily about him winning a specific matchup. I want to
Speaker 1: see him getting up and walking away from Philip Rivers
Speaker 1: on the ground and not having Philip. I love Philip Rivers,
Speaker 1: but I don't want to see Philip Rivers with all
Speaker 1: his you know, talking smack and you know all that.
Speaker 1: Get Josh Allen in his kitchen, get him rushing him
Speaker 1: and make him fumble. Josh Allen, to me, is the
Speaker 1: foundation piece in the future of the franchise. He's the
Speaker 1: best top ten this franchise has had, probably in two decades.
Speaker 1: Let him start being the superstar that he is. Have
Speaker 1: him beyond Sports Center. I want him talking to whoever
Speaker 1: is doing a live shot nationally, talking to players. He
Speaker 1: needs to be the star on Sunday. Yeah, and we know,
Speaker 1: Bucky what happens when it's tough to get into Philip
Speaker 1: rivers head um, because he is one of the all
Speaker 1: time classic smack talkers. He is one of the all
Speaker 1: time great smack talkers. But what you can do is
Speaker 1: you can change and disrupt his rhythm. Uh, the Jaguars
Speaker 1: need to disrupt the rhythm in the time of this
Speaker 1: passing game. And we know this Philip Rivers will turn
Speaker 1: the ball over and the best way to force him
Speaker 1: into some of those bone head turnovers pressure You have
Speaker 1: to get fresher on him consistently. But for us to
Speaker 1: do it, it's gonna take stopping the run and putting
Speaker 1: him in obvious passing down. So it's a collective effort,
Speaker 1: but Josh Allen does need to be a big part
Speaker 1: of the effort. Yeah, So there you have it. Josh
Speaker 1: Allen for John Osier this week, Cholbert for Bucky. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with the undrafted rookie James Robinson at running back.
Speaker 1: He's the first on the depth chart and they've been
Speaker 1: talking him up obviously all week long so far. A
Speaker 1: lot of the camp as well, Chris Thompson has said
Speaker 1: he's got the best vision of the running back room. Well,
Speaker 1: we'll see. I mean, he had over yards rushing in
Speaker 1: his career in college, small school Illinois State. But we'll
Speaker 1: see if he can come out when the lights come
Speaker 1: on and and really step in and play. Because yeah,
Speaker 1: they want to throw the ball, I think a little
Speaker 1: bit more than they have in the past, but you
Speaker 1: still have to run the football, Bucky to be effective
Speaker 1: in this league, and James Robinson is gonna be a
Speaker 1: big key, So I'm going with the with the young
Speaker 1: and back there at running back. Buy. Yeah, Look, hopefully
Speaker 1: he is ready for it. He can take off the
Speaker 1: nerves very very early. It's gonna be a big change
Speaker 1: for him because he is now going from a small
Speaker 1: school player to now being on to big stage, playing
Speaker 1: his first NFL game and playing as a starter. So
Speaker 1: if he can settle in and how quickly he settles in,
Speaker 1: that is going to be the key. We would like
Speaker 1: to see him have a hundred yard game, but if not,
Speaker 1: just know Chris Thompson is in the bullpen. They could
Speaker 1: share the duties until he's comfortable and ready to really
Speaker 1: take it over. Yeah, I think we'll see a bunch
Speaker 1: of those guys out there on a Sunday. We'll see
Speaker 1: what happens. Obviously the rest of the week with a
Speaker 1: zig bow will follow that injury report development that came
Speaker 1: up today and see what the status is Thursday and Friday.
Speaker 1: There you have it, and big game Jaguar. Is that
Speaker 1: naming a stick, Bucky? What do you think? No? Does it?
Speaker 1: I mean, why not? Why not a big game Jaguar?
Speaker 1: They just keep it simple. We talked about reduced the
Speaker 1: amount of errors on defense. Well, that is one way
Speaker 1: to reduce to errors. We're talking about big game Jaguar
Speaker 1: with Jaguar is gonna have to be a game. Keep
Speaker 1: it simple, teeth, It's simple, and that way we're not
Speaker 1: as wrong as we've I'd be otherwise. Let's finish with
Speaker 1: a look around in the league. And a former Jaguar
Speaker 1: got paid today. The Brinks truck arrived in Los Angeles
Speaker 1: for Jalen Ramsey five years, a hundred five million dollar
Speaker 1: extension averaging twenty one million a year. John, Let's just
Speaker 1: hope his back stays healthy. Yeah, good things happen to
Speaker 1: good people, JP, So let's just hope. I just hope
Speaker 1: his backstays good and uh, you know, best wishes to Uh. Look, man,
Speaker 1: it's a big deal. The Rams had gave up a
Speaker 1: lot to get them, so you knew they had the
Speaker 1: fan and void did they? Fam? We saw to Davis
Speaker 1: White sound the deal. We knew Javien was gonna come
Speaker 1: in at a big number, and he did earlier clowning
Speaker 1: to the Titans. They were talking about a sign and
Speaker 1: trade with the Jaguars involved with that one going to
Speaker 1: the Ravens. But he ends up in Tennessee and of
Speaker 1: course Watson signs the extension with the Texans. Two big
Speaker 1: deals in the division, Lucky, Yeah, two very big deals,
Speaker 1: did you devating Clowney deal gives the Tennessee Titans another
Speaker 1: bully to add to the mix. This is a team
Speaker 1: that really wants to beat people up. He does that.
Speaker 1: I don't think he's an a level pass rusher, but
Speaker 1: he's certainly disruptive. And then with the quarterback Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: signing a mega deal, it just ensures that this division
Speaker 1: is going to remain very competitive. With the quarterbacks that
Speaker 1: you have in it, Deshaun Watson is maybe at the
Speaker 1: top of the list. Yeah, John, it's a big one
Speaker 1: down in Houston. You get the quarterback locked in and
Speaker 1: and he's there for a little while. It was not
Speaker 1: as long of a deal as the Mahomes in Kansas City,
Speaker 1: but still very important to to lock that guy up
Speaker 1: in Houston. What what's critical and this is a big
Speaker 1: year for him to show what he can do without
Speaker 1: Hopkins there. He's clearly the franchise I've been writing all
Speaker 1: week for a couple of weeks that, to me, the
Speaker 1: Texans are always the strangely overlooked team. Every year people
Speaker 1: think they won't win the division, and they've won it
Speaker 1: four out of the last five years. Shaun Watson is
Speaker 1: supposed to be the best quarterback in the division. To me,
Speaker 1: they're the favorites until they're not. But he has to
Speaker 1: now show, Okay, I'm the franchise guy. No matter what's
Speaker 1: around me, you can build around me. And the early
Speaker 1: in his career they've they've had some offensive line issues there.
Speaker 1: They've got Tonsil in there now maybe that helps keep
Speaker 1: him upright and maybe not having to run around as
Speaker 1: much as he has earlier in his career. Horrible news
Speaker 1: out of Denver, not just for the Broncos, but I
Speaker 1: think for the for the entire league, with von Miller
Speaker 1: injuring an ankle tendon on the final snap of yesterday's practice,
Speaker 1: likely ending his season. This guy is a face of
Speaker 1: the National Football League, Bucky and and to have him
Speaker 1: go down days before the opener is just really a
Speaker 1: tragedy for the league. It is a tragedy for the league.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is one of the best players, one
Speaker 1: of the best pure pass for us as ever you've
Speaker 1: seen uh in this decade, and he's been a dominant
Speaker 1: player for most of his career. I think the big
Speaker 1: thing every coach, every front office took notice this is
Speaker 1: the fear that every team has heading into the first
Speaker 1: week of the season. Can we keep our gas healthy
Speaker 1: getting into the regular season? Well past such an abbreviated
Speaker 1: training camp. John, he has so much impact on young
Speaker 1: pass rushers in the league. We've seen that first handle
Speaker 1: and way going after them. Of course, Josh Allen spent
Speaker 1: time with him with the Pro Bowl last year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and he's I've never actually talked because I don't know him,
Speaker 1: but everything you see is that he's a fantastic you know,
Speaker 1: leader faces the league, etcetera, etcetera. You never want to
Speaker 1: see a guy get hurt. And it also shows what
Speaker 1: Bucky just said, no matter how you approach training camp practice,
Speaker 1: no matter how light to keep it, it is a
Speaker 1: sport where big strong men are moving very fast all
Speaker 1: the time, injuries are gonna happen. The Cardinals have doled
Speaker 1: out some money to sever DeAndre Hopkins a new five
Speaker 1: year deal. He negotiated this deal himself. By the way,
Speaker 1: um a two year, fifty four and a half million
Speaker 1: dollar extension with twenty seven million dollars of new money. Uh.
Speaker 1: Some other reports have it five year deal, ninety four
Speaker 1: million dollar contract with an eighteen million average. Either way,
Speaker 1: lucky um. First off, he got paid great. Second, he
Speaker 1: did it himself. He negotiated the thing himself, which is remarkable.
Speaker 1: It is remarkable. It's even more remarkable. DeAndre Hopkins said
Speaker 1: he wanted to take on the challenge of negotiating the
Speaker 1: deal himself because he has aspirations of being an NFL
Speaker 1: general manager. So we'll see how this works out. But
Speaker 1: we are seeing more and more players kind of take
Speaker 1: ownership of the negotiating process. Has off to DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: for taking on the challenge and trying to set himself
Speaker 1: up for a second career. Great player, obviously, John, But yeah,
Speaker 1: you don't see that often, John, when a guy really
Speaker 1: kind of takes over his own a negotiation. A lot
Speaker 1: of times if they do, it doesn't go that well.
Speaker 1: But this one seems to know because you can save
Speaker 1: the agent fee and it is school of thought. Okay,
Speaker 1: if I lose a million negotiation and make it up
Speaker 1: with the agent fee, so yeah, more power to Yeah.
Speaker 1: So a lot of places obviously have state tax involved,
Speaker 1: and then you have the agent fee on top of that.
Speaker 1: That's it's a lot of money. Go it out the window.
Speaker 1: That'll do it for our look around the National Football
Speaker 1: League today. And Hey, the Jags and the Colts coming
Speaker 1: up Sunday, Bucky, what's your gut on this game? What?
Speaker 1: What kind of I don't I'm gonna tell you to
Speaker 1: predict the game, but what kind of a game are
Speaker 1: you expecting to wrap us up? I'm expecting it to
Speaker 1: be a little sloppy at the beginning, but I'm expecting
Speaker 1: um a physical affair. And I actually think that this
Speaker 1: is a game that kind of plays into the Jaguars
Speaker 1: hands because you haven't had any film on Jake Gruden
Speaker 1: that offense, we really don't know how the piece of
Speaker 1: the polls all fit. On defense, I think the Jaguar
Speaker 1: will make this a veryvery competitive game, more than anybody
Speaker 1: would expect based on what we've been seeing with six
Speaker 1: team brookies on the roster. Yeah, Johnny, Oh, I'll ask
Speaker 1: you the same thing. That's um. You know, it's a
Speaker 1: tough one because we haven't seen either one of these
Speaker 1: teams in the preseason. I agreed. I have a tough
Speaker 1: time picking the Jags in this game just because they're
Speaker 1: so young and the Colts I think are going to
Speaker 1: be good with rivers. I could see the Jaguars struggling
Speaker 1: early because of of the youth, the Colts getting a
Speaker 1: bittle bit of a lead. I've picked it a couple
Speaker 1: of times. It's like thirty five, thirty one type score
Speaker 1: with a goal. I think the Jags will be down
Speaker 1: a little bit. But I like what Doug and a
Speaker 1: lot of the players I've talked to said about the adversity.
Speaker 1: They believe this team is going to be strong under adversity.
Speaker 1: I think the Jaguars comeback, give themselves a chance, and
Speaker 1: maybe again because of that little lack of experience, fall
Speaker 1: a bit short. But I think you'll feel good, especially
Speaker 1: on offense, about this team after the Yeah, it could
Speaker 1: be a type football game. Curious to see if it's
Speaker 1: a running type game. As we mentioned, the Colts want
Speaker 1: to do that. They have Philip who's seven and two
Speaker 1: against the Jags all time in his career with some
Speaker 1: great numbers passing as well. But we'll see if the
Speaker 1: Jaguars have that grit to hang around, and let's just
Speaker 1: get it onto the second half and in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: and I think it's a close ball game at the end,
Speaker 1: with maybe the last possession to deciding this thing. In
Speaker 1: the high twenties, early early thirties for me, I think
Speaker 1: that's the where the score ends up. That'll do it
Speaker 1: for Jack's Happy Hour, Bucky, well done again. We'll talk
Speaker 1: to you again on the post game. You're gonna be
Speaker 1: on the this year years taking phone calls. How about that?
Speaker 1: That should be a lot of fun. Johnny O. We'll
Speaker 1: talk to you a little later in the week. For
Speaker 1: John Ozier, Bucky Brooks, I'm JP Shaddick and our entire crew.
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