Speaker 1: It is Thursday, November nine. This is Jaguars Happy Hour
Speaker 1: and now a guy whose future consists of elevated levels
Speaker 1: of trip to fan j Peace. We are a week
Speaker 1: away from Turkey Day. Welcome in Jaguars Happy Hour on
Speaker 1: this Thursday afternoon. As the Jaguars get ready to host
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers in week eleven, We've got a show
Speaker 1: for you tonight. Jeff Lockman always with us. Tony Vasselli
Speaker 1: coming up at four thirty today, he'll join us on
Speaker 1: the program for the Steelers Jaguars preview. Steelers the last
Speaker 1: remaining undefeated team in football in the NFL at least,
Speaker 1: the Jags have dropped eight straight with a one in
Speaker 1: eight record. Luton's third start. We'll go over a little
Speaker 1: bit what happened last week and what do it expect
Speaker 1: from the Steelers defense this week. The Jaguars defense has
Speaker 1: a test this week against Big Ben. Yes, but the
Speaker 1: weapons outside as well, and we'll see what the secondary
Speaker 1: he can do. Go around the FC South the Doug
Speaker 1: Marones show at five o'clock today, the head coach will
Speaker 1: join us from t I A A. Bank Field. Jeff
Speaker 1: Loghman joins us from his home studio now and logs.
Speaker 1: Here we go on Steelers week. What's up? All good man,
Speaker 1: all good? It's a beautiful day in paradise. And can't
Speaker 1: wait for the l trip to Fane? What do you
Speaker 1: what do you call that? The old trip to faan haze?
Speaker 1: You know? Or the sure Yeah, something like that. I
Speaker 1: mean that's the look. I love Turkey Day. That's my
Speaker 1: my Thanksgiving this by far my favorite holiday because I
Speaker 1: like to eat, and I like to eat a lot,
Speaker 1: and I like to eat Thanksgiving. Are you a Thanksgiving
Speaker 1: dinner guy? Are you a Thanksgiving lunch guy? Yes? Both, Yes,
Speaker 1: I am. That's exactly what I am. J P. See,
Speaker 1: you gotta have it at lunch so that then you
Speaker 1: can get, you know, the dinner with it. And then
Speaker 1: also you can have maybe even a little snack late
Speaker 1: at night, or or an extra dessert late at night.
Speaker 1: Those those leftover turkey sandwiches slathered in mayonnaise with with
Speaker 1: white bread, Oh my goodness, those are the best. Can't
Speaker 1: you can't wait for that? I can eat Thanksgiving leftovers
Speaker 1: for a week. I don't care. I mean literally, I mean,
Speaker 1: give it all to me. Cornbread, cast roll, green being
Speaker 1: cast role, turkey ham Greens. I love them all. I
Speaker 1: mean I can eat it. For what time you'll eating
Speaker 1: next Thursday. I might have to swing by it. Sounds
Speaker 1: like we might be deep in the woods woods where
Speaker 1: nobody can find us. Good idea these days, a little
Speaker 1: guy get to the game and everything coming up. We've
Speaker 1: got plenty of preview stealers, Jaguars. Let's start with the
Speaker 1: big league news this week, and something that Jaguars have
Speaker 1: already had to deal with earlier this year. The entire
Speaker 1: league will now go under intensive protocol for COVID nineteen
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. That involves masks on the
Speaker 1: practice field, virtual meetings if possible, or the largest room
Speaker 1: possible for meetings. And they're trying to keep players as
Speaker 1: safe as possible for the stretch run here to try
Speaker 1: to get all these games in. But now logs every
Speaker 1: team in the league will have to go through this
Speaker 1: for the final month and a half. Yeah, And it's
Speaker 1: a pretty intentive undertaking. And with the uptick and the
Speaker 1: COVID numbers, the league wants to be ahead of the curve,
Speaker 1: so to speak. And I think it's the right decision
Speaker 1: for the league. And also Roger Goodell came out with
Speaker 1: a statement and made some comments about it, and it's
Speaker 1: going to be difficult because there's a lot of teams that,
Speaker 1: you know, because they said you can have meetings that
Speaker 1: are in a very big room that is like an
Speaker 1: approved situation, or it can be outside. Well, look, you
Speaker 1: can't have meetings outside in Green Bay when the winds
Speaker 1: are the windshill is sub zero. So the Florida team
Speaker 1: certainly are going to have a little bit of an
Speaker 1: advantage there of of doing some of those type of things.
Speaker 1: But I think it's the right thing, and it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a challenge for the league to be able to
Speaker 1: get all the remaining games in with the uptick that's happening.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's like every day now when we when
Speaker 1: we are looking at the NFL wire for news, there's
Speaker 1: something happening almost multiple times in the day when it
Speaker 1: comes to COVID, whether it's somebody coming off the list,
Speaker 1: whether it's a positive, whether it's guys going on the
Speaker 1: list because of contact tracing. But it's certainly much different
Speaker 1: jp when you agree than the first month of the season.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's very different, sure, And you know, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: at least so far, there only been those earlier cases
Speaker 1: with the New England and Tennessee that were that caused
Speaker 1: the big schedule shifts. They haven't had to do much
Speaker 1: of that. Now we're getting to the point where it
Speaker 1: will be really difficult to do that if there are
Speaker 1: changes that have to be made because of a game
Speaker 1: missed or moved or whatever, because all the bye weeks
Speaker 1: are about to be gone out the window. That'll be
Speaker 1: a challenge moving ahead. Let's hope we don't have to
Speaker 1: go down that path. Now, let's get to the Jaguars
Speaker 1: this week. The injury report just came out today and
Speaker 1: three Jaguars did not practice today. James O'Shaughnessy for the
Speaker 1: second straight day with a knee issue, did not practice
Speaker 1: Leviscus Channel, the wide receiver with a hamstring issue did
Speaker 1: not practice yesterday or today, and then cornerback C. J.
Speaker 1: Henderson was limited yesterday with a groin issue but did
Speaker 1: not practice today. Some other guys came back that had
Speaker 1: some time down yesterday or limited yesterday. A few other
Speaker 1: of those kind of guys on the list. A lot
Speaker 1: of names on the list this week, but a lot
Speaker 1: of players limited. But those three guys not practicing and
Speaker 1: against against a team like Pittsburgh. Certainly every week, but
Speaker 1: certainly against a team like Pittsburgh. You'd love your full
Speaker 1: assortment of weapons on both sides of the football logs.
Speaker 1: But it's not a good sign when you have guys
Speaker 1: out on on Thursday. No, it's not and it's not
Speaker 1: good when they are trending in the wrong direction. You
Speaker 1: want to see guys that might be not practicing on
Speaker 1: Wednesday and then maybe limited on Thursday or limited on
Speaker 1: Thursday and then the full practice on Friday, and you're
Speaker 1: not seeing that, and that's kind of a concern. O'Shaughnessy
Speaker 1: is a little bit of a concern also because, Uh,
Speaker 1: he was a guy that essentially was getting if I
Speaker 1: remember correctly, JP, he was getting almost one day off
Speaker 1: a week because he's recovering and coming back from the
Speaker 1: A c L reconstruction. So they were kind of giving
Speaker 1: him what is sometimes termed a maintenance day, and for
Speaker 1: him to miss two consecutive practices acted back. The one
Speaker 1: positive positive, and I don't know it's really a positive,
Speaker 1: is that you've got some some pretty good depth at
Speaker 1: that tight end position. Maybe not a guy that can
Speaker 1: catch a lot of balls like O'Shaunessy, not that he
Speaker 1: catches a ton anyway, But I'm a big Ben Elson fan.
Speaker 1: I think he's done a very good job. He's the
Speaker 1: undrafted rookie from North Dakota State who started the season
Speaker 1: out on the practice squad. Eventually was elevated because they
Speaker 1: exhausted their two elevations free elevations off the practice squad
Speaker 1: in the first two weeks, and they brought him up.
Speaker 1: I think he's a good football player. I think it
Speaker 1: was a nice fine and I think he's a similar
Speaker 1: type player to O'Shaughnessy, but he's obviously doesn't have the
Speaker 1: polish or the experience that a James O'Shaughnessy has. All right,
Speaker 1: let's hear from head coach Doug Morone. The Steelers at
Speaker 1: nine and oh and considering what the Jaguars did in
Speaker 1: Green Bay last week, had a fourth quarter lead, probably
Speaker 1: could have or should have won the game, but they
Speaker 1: did not. They scared the Packers a little bit, though
Speaker 1: Packers won that game. And centering that Ron expects the
Speaker 1: Steelers to be locked in, well, they'll be ready to go,
Speaker 1: so it's not you're not gonna, you know, catch him
Speaker 1: or anything. Like that. Um, you know, it's not an
Speaker 1: issue with whether you know what I'm saying. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, the weather will be fine, it's not going
Speaker 1: to be you know, degrees, and you know how to sell,
Speaker 1: which is you know, sometimes an advantage when when you
Speaker 1: have those teams coming from up north coming down here. So, um,
Speaker 1: you know, I just think that, you know, sporadically, it's
Speaker 1: been fortunate that the games have been tight. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, we're we're We've got a lot of challenges
Speaker 1: this week and all three phases that we play. He
Speaker 1: was referencing the all time series history tied twelve to
Speaker 1: twelve between these two franchises and the regular season. The Jags,
Speaker 1: of course have the two playoff victories over the Steelers
Speaker 1: as well. This is a nine of those Steelers team.
Speaker 1: But lives, they're not blowing teams out, they're winning, they're
Speaker 1: moving the ball, they're very effective on offense. But they
Speaker 1: have played a lot of close games this year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and even one of the close games was against the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys team that was playing like a third team quarterback.
Speaker 1: So but look, it's the National Football League and they
Speaker 1: are undefeated. And I can tell you this JP I
Speaker 1: don't care what the stats say. I don't care what
Speaker 1: the scores say. This Pittsburgh defense is for real. You
Speaker 1: turn the film on. They're big, they're strong, they're tough,
Speaker 1: they're physical, they're fast at certain positions, and they are
Speaker 1: an absolute nightmare for opposing offense. And the stats back
Speaker 1: it up to their ranked I think number one and
Speaker 1: one different defensive categories. And some of the defensive categories
Speaker 1: can be a little bit repetitive, like sacks per play
Speaker 1: and the number of sacks in the league that they're
Speaker 1: both number one in. But here's just a little sampling.
Speaker 1: Tackles for losses, quarterbacks, hurries, pressures, hits, and sacks, first
Speaker 1: downs allowed opposing quarterback per enage there are number one
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. And then also in takeaways
Speaker 1: their number one, and then fourth down efficiency their number
Speaker 1: one as far as the opponent's fourth down efficiency allowed.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that is crazy. And then when they're
Speaker 1: not number one in a category, there at least top
Speaker 1: ten in every other category like yards allowed and third
Speaker 1: down efficiency. So this is a really good team, there is.
Speaker 1: It's a it's a team that's very hard to focus
Speaker 1: in and say, okay, we have to control this guy,
Speaker 1: and we have to provide extra attention to make sure
Speaker 1: that he doesn't end up disrupting our offensive game plan.
Speaker 1: You can't do that. You have t J. Watt, and
Speaker 1: you got Bud Dupree and defensive tackle or the left
Speaker 1: nstefond to it, and then Hayward and then you go
Speaker 1: back in the back end, you got it's uh Fitzpatrick,
Speaker 1: who they acquired from Miami Dolphins in a trade. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is a really good Pittsburgh Steelers defense. And I
Speaker 1: didn't even talk about the inside linebackers, which are pretty
Speaker 1: good too. So this is by far the the toughest
Speaker 1: challenge for the Jaguars offensively yet this year. And it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a tough day because Pittsburgh can get very
Speaker 1: creative and they can bring it when they're not being created.
Speaker 1: So it's a it's a day in which Jake Lewton
Speaker 1: had better be on his game and the offensive line
Speaker 1: had better be on their game because if they're not
Speaker 1: on their game, it's gonna be ugly. Yeah, So do
Speaker 1: you run the ball a little more? Do you just
Speaker 1: try to balance it out like normal? Do you change
Speaker 1: what you think is normal for this offense considering that
Speaker 1: front seven. Yeah, you have to be able to run
Speaker 1: the ball. You you have to be able to have
Speaker 1: a high completion percentage, as high as you can even Oh,
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers are number one and opposing quarterback completion
Speaker 1: percentage as far as how low it is. So it's
Speaker 1: a tough matchup. It's a tough matchup for anybody in
Speaker 1: the National Football League to where they're playing defense with
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. But no question, you have to be
Speaker 1: able to have James Robinson be a factor because if
Speaker 1: he's not a factor, can you imagine the load that
Speaker 1: Jake Lewton is going to have to try to try
Speaker 1: to carry with his offense. It would be nearly impossible. So,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure that the Pittsburgh Steelers won. When they
Speaker 1: talk with their defensive coordinator and Mike Tomlin got in
Speaker 1: front of their team, he talked extensively about James Robinson
Speaker 1: and limiting James Robinson and making sure that he's not
Speaker 1: a factor in this ballgame. Because when you listen to
Speaker 1: a head coach's press conference, you can get a usually
Speaker 1: pretty good gauge on where he's at as far as
Speaker 1: game plan wise. When he talks about an opponent and
Speaker 1: he singles out one player like he did with James
Speaker 1: Robinson this week. It's a big focus, certainly for the
Speaker 1: Jaguars offense. He's one of the great running backs in
Speaker 1: the league this year and should be a candidate for
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year. Some of those quarterbacks, they'll have
Speaker 1: a little more flash and the way things are going
Speaker 1: right now might not help his cause. There you know,
Speaker 1: um a little more on this offense too, real quick, Uh,
Speaker 1: you're talking about Rookie of the Year. There's no question
Speaker 1: that James Robinson has numbers and Edwards Hilaire is a
Speaker 1: very popular guy because he plays for the Kansas City
Speaker 1: Chiefs and also, by the way, the Kansas City Chiefs
Speaker 1: are the defending Super Bowl champions and oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: they're arguably the best team in the a f C.
Speaker 1: I don't care if the Pittsburgh Steelers have no losses
Speaker 1: or not. You can make the argument that Kan's City
Speaker 1: is better. But uh, there's a lot of a lot
Speaker 1: to overcome. And the thing that's going to be incredibly
Speaker 1: hard to overcome for James Robinson for getting the Rookie
Speaker 1: of the Year first and foremost as he plays with Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: And unfortunately, that's the reality. It's a smaller market, it's
Speaker 1: a football team that hasn't won a game since Week one,
Speaker 1: and it's hard to get any attention. I don't care
Speaker 1: how good you are when you're playing on a team
Speaker 1: like the Jaguars are playing right now. I mean, if
Speaker 1: the and when you look at all of the polls
Speaker 1: and the rankings and everything, that Jaguars are falling way
Speaker 1: down the list, and a lot of people in the
Speaker 1: country don't even pay attention to the Jaguars. A lot
Speaker 1: of NFL fans right now don't even know who the
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars and James Robinson is just because there, you know,
Speaker 1: it's a team that's at the bottom of the pack,
Speaker 1: and that's not a good situation to be in. Alright,
Speaker 1: plenty of show ahead. We'll come back in a moment
Speaker 1: and get into this Jaguars defense and their matchup this
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Speaker 1: discussing his former favorite team, Pittsburgh Steelers, is currently a
Speaker 1: member of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Of course, we'll face the
Speaker 1: Steelers for the first time coming up this Sunday. Welcome
Speaker 1: back Jaguars, Happy ur j P. Shadrick with Jeff Logoman,
Speaker 1: Tony Boselliot four thirty but eleven minutes away and then
Speaker 1: five o'clock the Doug Morons Show today. You know you
Speaker 1: can always talk about, hey, you need to get pressure
Speaker 1: pass rush all this well, good luck with this offense
Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh because Ben Roethlisberger has the quickest release in
Speaker 1: the league this year. On average two point three one
Speaker 1: seconds time to throw according to next Gen Stats logs.
Speaker 1: He's getting it out quick and he has playmakers that
Speaker 1: can make plays after the catch on the outside. Well.
Speaker 1: He definitely has a full arsenal of weapons. James Conner
Speaker 1: is a good back, even though he hasn't gotten a
Speaker 1: lot of tots with the rock and last couple of games.
Speaker 1: But Eric Ebron we know very well from the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 1: Bans McDonald's another good tie it end even though he's
Speaker 1: on their COVID list. Juju Smith Schuster is a dynamite
Speaker 1: wide receiver, tough, physical. Deonte Johnson is a guy or
Speaker 1: Johnson had a second year receiver out of Toledo last
Speaker 1: week had over a hundred yards receiving. He's a good
Speaker 1: football player, young player. And then Chase Claypool, who was
Speaker 1: their first pick in the draft this past spring in
Speaker 1: the second round out of Notre Dame. I mean, you
Speaker 1: want to talk about a big dude now six four,
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty forty pounds. He can play inside,
Speaker 1: he can play outside. He is leading all rookies and
Speaker 1: scoring with nine touchdowns, two of them rushing, seven of
Speaker 1: them receiving. So yeah, bet Big Ben's got some weapons
Speaker 1: now and some serious weapons, and I think an amazing
Speaker 1: accomplishment with Ben Roethlisberger in the last couple of weeks
Speaker 1: this year is is seventeen consecutive non losing season. I mean,
Speaker 1: think about that. Seventeen consecutive non losing season, mean that
Speaker 1: that's unreal and it just goes It's not just about
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger, but it's also about an organization that has
Speaker 1: been one of the best in the National Football League
Speaker 1: for many years and certainly one of the best in
Speaker 1: the in the free agency era. Them and the New
Speaker 1: England Patriots are always right at the top and one
Speaker 1: of the most respected franchises I think around the league,
Speaker 1: and for good reason, because the Pittsburgh Steelers have always
Speaker 1: seen to have done things the right way, model of
Speaker 1: consistency and winning. And you can even go back you
Speaker 1: mentioned the free agency era, but way back before that,
Speaker 1: obviously they were They struggled in the sixties there and
Speaker 1: then seventy two they started winning. From seventy two to
Speaker 1: right now, Lougs, it's forty nine seasons. They've only had
Speaker 1: seven seasons with a record below five hundred. That's that's
Speaker 1: really remarkable with and they've had what three head coaches
Speaker 1: in that time. That's part of it. Consistency. Yeah, Chuck
Speaker 1: Noll and obviously Bill Kauer who now is on CBS pregame,
Speaker 1: and and Mike Tomlin who just passed the Tony Dungee
Speaker 1: on the all time win list. It's been an amazing
Speaker 1: run for the organization and a lot of people would say, oh, well,
Speaker 1: they're just lucky. Well no, I mean they they have
Speaker 1: made great decisions, and they have made very methodical decisions.
Speaker 1: They've picked the right leadership in the organization and that
Speaker 1: makes a big difference. And I have a lot of
Speaker 1: respect for the Pittsburgh Steelers, you know, JP, When I
Speaker 1: grew up, the Pittsburgh Steelers were in their heyday, the
Speaker 1: Steel Curtain heyday. I was a huge, huge Jack Lambert fan.
Speaker 1: I wasn't a giant Steelers fan, but I was more
Speaker 1: of a fan of the players, and obviously when they're
Speaker 1: winning as much as they were back in the seventies,
Speaker 1: growing up as a kid, it was hard not to
Speaker 1: pay attention to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I mean, I kind
Speaker 1: of grew up in Redskins Country, and the red Skins
Speaker 1: had a few teams that were pretty good, and my
Speaker 1: dad was a big Redskin fan, But as a kid
Speaker 1: growing up, it was for me man Jack Lambert, tough
Speaker 1: as nails, wanted to be like him, wanted to hit
Speaker 1: people like him. That was my god growing up. Let's
Speaker 1: touch a little more on this Steeler's offense. We talked
Speaker 1: about the weapons outside they do have running back James Conner,
Speaker 1: who has been effective when he's touched the ball this year,
Speaker 1: had three one yard games in the first six games
Speaker 1: of the season. Since then, they've tailed off a bit.
Speaker 1: Last three times out there forty seven yards, twenty two yards,
Speaker 1: thirty six yards for him. He's still running at a
Speaker 1: four point two yard average, five and fifty six yards
Speaker 1: for the year, five touchdowns, and they just haven't run
Speaker 1: the ball a lot lately. The last three weeks especially,
Speaker 1: they really haven't had too I guess, yeah, no, you
Speaker 1: go back and you look at him as a team.
Speaker 1: In the last three games, they've combined the combined rushing
Speaker 1: yards on those three games thirty eight yards. That's not much.
Speaker 1: That's not much at all. And Mike Tomlin talked this
Speaker 1: week about how there's gonna be a conservative effort and
Speaker 1: that they need to get back to the focus and
Speaker 1: the intensity in the running game, And so I expect
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers a roll up in here and try
Speaker 1: to have a heavy dose of James Conner, but at
Speaker 1: the same token also to have some balance because you've
Speaker 1: got one of the most experienced, better quarterbacks in the
Speaker 1: National Football League in Roethlisberger, and he's playing at a
Speaker 1: very high levels. I think he's ranked like ninth in
Speaker 1: the National Football League this year. But when you watch
Speaker 1: him on film, he's real calm, real calm, very sure
Speaker 1: of himself. And seventeen years in the league, I'm sure
Speaker 1: we'll do that because after seventeen years, you probably have
Speaker 1: seen just about everything a defense can throw at you.
Speaker 1: And when you're surrounded with a lot of talent as
Speaker 1: a quarterback, you don't feel the pressure that you probably
Speaker 1: need to be the guy all the time. Just just
Speaker 1: get the ball in the hands of the people that
Speaker 1: can make some things happen, and he's got some people
Speaker 1: that can make it happen. I should have asked you
Speaker 1: this earlier. We were talking about those those guys on
Speaker 1: the outside. But the matchup defensively for the Jaguars secondary,
Speaker 1: how do you approach it this week with so many
Speaker 1: weapons out there. Uh, there's a great question, and I
Speaker 1: don't really know the answer to that because I don't
Speaker 1: know who's gonna be available, you know, with C. J.
Speaker 1: Henderson being on the injured report, did not practice today. Actually,
Speaker 1: we just get breaking news here, Logs, I gotta jump
Speaker 1: in here. We just got word from the PR Department
Speaker 1: the Jags have placed C. J. Henderson on injured reserve
Speaker 1: just now. So just down, came down a moment ago,
Speaker 1: so he will not be available this week. C J.
Speaker 1: Henderson officially on injured reserve for the Jacksonville Jaguars with
Speaker 1: a groin injury. Lugs. Wow, Uh, well, I mean, here's
Speaker 1: the deal, Uh, you've got with C. J. Henderson out,
Speaker 1: My guess is is that you're gonna play some type
Speaker 1: of combination of obviously opposite of Sidney Jones, of Chris
Speaker 1: clay Brooks and Trey Herndon. But you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: go to one of the rookies that you have next
Speaker 1: unless you elevate somebody from the practice squad. And and
Speaker 1: the two rookies that are remain are Luke bark who
Speaker 1: who was only active for one game, I believe, and
Speaker 1: he didn't even play in that game. And then Scott
Speaker 1: who was a fourth round pick out of Michigan State,
Speaker 1: hasn't aren't even been active on the field at all,
Speaker 1: you know. So that's a tough that's a tough situation
Speaker 1: to be in because the Pittsburgh Steelers have three legitimate
Speaker 1: wide receivers that can play football now. I mean I'm
Speaker 1: talking three legitimate wide receivers and it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: challenge for this Jaguars defense. So, uh, well, that's a
Speaker 1: shame with C. J. Henderson. I thought he played well
Speaker 1: this pass game. He's been very inconsistent though, I think,
Speaker 1: very up and down in his performance. Now go back
Speaker 1: to the opening week, he was Wow. It was like,
Speaker 1: Holy cow, the Jaguars hit a home run with this guy.
Speaker 1: And then he disappeared for a week and then he
Speaker 1: had a good game. We thought he had a good
Speaker 1: game what against the Texans, and then all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: this pass game. Uh he did a pretty good job
Speaker 1: with the calls fumble, made a couple of physical plays.
Speaker 1: But you know, the one thing he's not doing much
Speaker 1: of his contesting balls. He was a little bit more
Speaker 1: competitive this past game. But yeah, that's it. It hurts,
Speaker 1: I mean because now you're you're starting to go Obviously
Speaker 1: when you go back into the depth, you're not nearly
Speaker 1: as good as what you are when you lose the starter.
Speaker 1: And c J's starter. Yeah, he'd been battling some like
Speaker 1: a shoulder issue at one point and now obviously the
Speaker 1: groin issue. I mean, yeah, the shoulder has been going
Speaker 1: on all year long. He's had this. Essentially, it's a
Speaker 1: to give you an idea. When the player has a
Speaker 1: hurt shoulder, you try to keep the shoulder from being
Speaker 1: out of and away from the body much. And so
Speaker 1: c J with the shoulder problem that he had, he
Speaker 1: was wearing a device that it goes around the chest
Speaker 1: of the player, and then you have a cuff that
Speaker 1: goes around the upper arm, and then there is some
Speaker 1: kind of attachment. Back in the day, it used to
Speaker 1: be strings that went from the arm cuff to the
Speaker 1: body part, and then nowadays they have a more of
Speaker 1: an elastic type of device that attaches to the cuff
Speaker 1: around the upper arm to get to help keep it
Speaker 1: stronger into the body. And c J had been wearing that,
Speaker 1: but this is completely different. This is has nothing to
Speaker 1: do with the shoulder growing and and JP, I don't
Speaker 1: remember him coming out of the Green Bay Packers game.
Speaker 1: To you, I don't, I really don't. I think he
Speaker 1: played all the way through. I'll double check the snap count,
Speaker 1: but I don't remember him missing. To be honest with you, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's kind of unfortunate situation. Let me check real quick practice.
Speaker 1: I guess I don't know. Let's see the last week
Speaker 1: on defense. C J. Henderson played cent of the snap
Speaker 1: sixty sixty five. He missed one play. Okay, I tell
Speaker 1: you what it was, but he missed one play? Right?
Speaker 1: Did he come and come back? I don't know who knows,
Speaker 1: but either way, Andrew Deserve just announced moments ago by
Speaker 1: the Jaguars for cornerback c J. Henderson and a tough matchup.
Speaker 1: It's got even tougher this week. Let's come back in
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Speaker 1: You've gotta raise our game to a level that we
Speaker 1: uh haven't seen yet. So I think of the opportunities
Speaker 1: there for us. You know, when we're playing an elite
Speaker 1: team like Pittsburgh. Uh, they're not undefeated, um just because
Speaker 1: their defense. They're playing with great team effort. Um. They
Speaker 1: they're physical, they can run, they pursued the football, but
Speaker 1: most of all, they're really sound and what they do. Um,
Speaker 1: they protect the edges very well, those outside linebackers, their
Speaker 1: line inside linebackers can run their inside defense and I'm
Speaker 1: in her big and strong, Heyward's one of the best
Speaker 1: in the business at his position. UM. Safety uh Manko
Speaker 1: was doing a heck of a job of just being
Speaker 1: a ball hawk. And obviously their corners are holding up
Speaker 1: very well. So really not a lot of weaknesses there.
Speaker 1: There sounds, they're tough, they're strong, and they run to
Speaker 1: the ball. Jay Gruden, offensive coordinator, discussing the Steelers defense.
Speaker 1: The Jags and the Steelers coming up Sunday one o'clock
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Speaker 1: If Shadrick with Jeff Flagerman and Tony Vasselli joins us
Speaker 1: now on the program. Just got news moment ago Tony
Speaker 1: that C. J. Henderson has been placed on injured reserve
Speaker 1: with a growing injury. So the matchup this week for
Speaker 1: the Jags secondary was tough anyway, just becomes a little
Speaker 1: bit tougher there, Tony. Yeah, I had heard that there
Speaker 1: was an issue possibly UM with him coming out of
Speaker 1: practice yesterday, So not great news. Obviously, you need all
Speaker 1: the bodies you can get. UM. You know, they did
Speaker 1: activate and I'm sure you guys talked about the d J.
Speaker 1: Hayden off the i R. But they have twenty one
Speaker 1: days to bring him back up. My guess is he's
Speaker 1: probably not in shape and probably not ready to roll
Speaker 1: out there day one or week one against the Steeler.
Speaker 1: So it was gonna be a tough matchup no matter what,
Speaker 1: because they can spread you out with all those receivers,
Speaker 1: UM play poles, really good rookie Smith, Schuster, you know,
Speaker 1: you know, just go down the list of guys they have,
Speaker 1: and then in the backfield, you know, James Conner and
Speaker 1: probably the one that was orchestrating the whole thing is
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberg's playing at the highest, maybe the highest level
Speaker 1: of his career if you look at the numbers and production,
Speaker 1: and is a bona fide m VP candidate. So this
Speaker 1: was not gonna be easy. And uh, and I think
Speaker 1: the biggest thing guys and loved to hear Jeff perspective
Speaker 1: on this. I'm sure he's talked about it after the
Speaker 1: performance they game against green Bay where green Bay was
Speaker 1: probably sleepwalking a little bit, I promise you, Mike Tomlin
Speaker 1: is putting up that score and that and reminding them
Speaker 1: what can happen, and by the way, also reminding them
Speaker 1: how they almost lost the Dallas who's not a very
Speaker 1: good football team. Um, and so I highly doubt they're
Speaker 1: coming in here, um not ready to play. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: not gonna be a trap game for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Speaker 1: by no means. And Mike Tomlin talked about that and
Speaker 1: here all, if you look at the roster of the
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers, many of these guys remember what the Jaguars
Speaker 1: did to him just a couple of years ago and
Speaker 1: essentially took them out. And so I'm sure those guys
Speaker 1: are remembering that. And I can't wait for this opportunity
Speaker 1: for maybe even a little bit of payback from a
Speaker 1: few years back for this Jaguars football team. One o'clock
Speaker 1: kickoff time this Sunday, next test for Jake Luton, and
Speaker 1: what a test it is, Tony against the Steelers defense.
Speaker 1: You mentioned the offense and all the weapons and their production,
Speaker 1: but well, these guys can get after you too, certainly
Speaker 1: up front. Well and if you look at last week, UM,
Speaker 1: I thought the tackles struggle a little bit, especially in
Speaker 1: the second half against Presidon Smith and Scenarius Smith. It
Speaker 1: really got squeezed. It was highlighted at the end of
Speaker 1: the game. But if you watch the tape, UM, the
Speaker 1: pockets started breaking down much earlier, earlier than just that
Speaker 1: last drive. UM. And if you thought that was a
Speaker 1: tough matchup, this is tougher. T J. Watts one of
Speaker 1: the best edge rushers in all football, but Duprez in
Speaker 1: another contract here he was franchised UM, and they and
Speaker 1: the differences also this in which is major. They have
Speaker 1: Cam Hayward pushing from the inside and so it's a
Speaker 1: really good units. One of why they're one of the
Speaker 1: best sack UH have one of the best sack totals
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And I think it's a great opportunity
Speaker 1: to be honest with you for these tackles, because if
Speaker 1: you're Cam Robinson and you want to prove that you're
Speaker 1: a franchise left tackle and that you deserve to get
Speaker 1: paid in the upper teams low twenties like a David
Speaker 1: dr R just got These are the games that you
Speaker 1: have to dominate. So you have to come out and say, hey, um,
Speaker 1: Di Gridden slide away from me. I got this guy.
Speaker 1: I can lock him down the whole game. And if
Speaker 1: you if you're Joan Taylor and you want to be
Speaker 1: a guy who's respected it as a premier right tackle,
Speaker 1: you have to be able to match up with t
Speaker 1: J want because the greatest compliment a coaching staff can
Speaker 1: give you as an offensive lineman, and I'll just speak
Speaker 1: as a tackle is when they say, um, we're not
Speaker 1: gonna game plan, We're just gonna bo you'renna block that guy.
Speaker 1: And I have told this story many a time. Jeff
Speaker 1: was there on the team in ninety six when Kevin
Speaker 1: Gilbright basically had no game plan for Bruce Smith and
Speaker 1: the only comment he made was, you know, five minutes
Speaker 1: to go into UH meeting the night before saying, hey,
Speaker 1: Natron and James, on your way out to the routes,
Speaker 1: take a peek and if you if you can get
Speaker 1: a chip, great, um. And that's the greatest compliment, as
Speaker 1: they left tackle you can get when you know it's
Speaker 1: a premier matchup, and they say, we have confidence in you.
Speaker 1: And if these guys, these young tackles, especially camps in
Speaker 1: the contractor, he wants to be considered that this is
Speaker 1: the game you have to go dominate. You have to
Speaker 1: go shut the guy down and say, I'm gonna erase
Speaker 1: bud Dupree from the statue. I'm gonna be the realist here.
Speaker 1: You're being very kind when he said that didn't play
Speaker 1: very well at the end of the stretch of the
Speaker 1: Green Bay game. In fact, that's one of the reasons
Speaker 1: why the Jaguars didn't have an opportunity to win. It
Speaker 1: is because of the protection of the tackles down the stretch.
Speaker 1: It was. It was poor and was earlier this year.
Speaker 1: Jump in real quick. I was actually saying, not just
Speaker 1: down the stretch. Well, you're saying, I agree. I thought
Speaker 1: it broke down much earlier than that. If you watch it,
Speaker 1: it was starting to squeeze even late in the first half.
Speaker 1: Going into the second half, We're getting the edges were
Speaker 1: getting soft. That's my point. I agree you I'm saying,
Speaker 1: and I think it's disappointing big and here for two reasons. One,
Speaker 1: the Smith brothers, even though they're not brothers. One of
Speaker 1: them was pretty good and that was the area, and
Speaker 1: Preston was not playing that well. But then you know,
Speaker 1: the right tackle, Jawan ends up giving up a couple
Speaker 1: of pressures to Rashan Gary, who who For some reason,
Speaker 1: Tony Jawan sets him soft. When Rashan Gary is not
Speaker 1: a speed guy, go get him, you know, attack him,
Speaker 1: go to him with power. And I think this week
Speaker 1: t J. Watt is a legitimate defensive Player of the
Speaker 1: Year candidate in the National Football League and it's hard
Speaker 1: to argue that he's not. He's right up there with
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald and uh, I would probably who's the other
Speaker 1: guy that's up there at the top, sax Wives, Uh,
Speaker 1: the guy in Cleveland Garrett, Myles Garrett. I mean, those
Speaker 1: three guys are the three best defenders playing in the
Speaker 1: league this year. And and t J. Watt has, you know,
Speaker 1: the tackles for losses, the pressures and the quarterback hits
Speaker 1: that are better than Miles Garrett and obviously the guy
Speaker 1: in in l A, which is an absolute beast. And
Speaker 1: I think he's still deserving of it because he gets
Speaker 1: doubled and triple teams all the time. But uh, you know, look, Tony,
Speaker 1: I I would love to see Cam Robinson to be
Speaker 1: able to step up and go I can block that guy,
Speaker 1: just let me take him one on one. But have
Speaker 1: we ever seen him do that? Too? Far? Less less
Speaker 1: more inferior players. No, Juwan Taylor, have we ever seen
Speaker 1: him shut anybody out? We've seen him play really well
Speaker 1: at times, but to me, those two guys have got
Speaker 1: to pick it up. You have a legitimate opportunity to
Speaker 1: win the game in Green Bay and all you have
Speaker 1: to do is protect the quarterback, protect the quarterback, give
Speaker 1: a chance. And he's a young quarterback, so that at
Speaker 1: to give you even more motivation to block your guy,
Speaker 1: to give him more time. And it was a disappointing performance.
Speaker 1: And at the end of that game, Cam Robinson had
Speaker 1: the shoulder. I don't know if it's gonna bother him
Speaker 1: this week, but that's a concern because he's going against
Speaker 1: Bud Dupree, who's a very strong, physical guy, and Cameron Heyward,
Speaker 1: by the way, big and strong and physical, and he's
Speaker 1: gonna line up right on top of Camer Robinson at
Speaker 1: times defont it. We've seen that where Juwan Taylor has
Speaker 1: gotten in trouble has been been when he's been pushed
Speaker 1: back into the into the pocket, been into the lap
Speaker 1: of the quarterback. And Stefan too. It might be stronger
Speaker 1: than Cam Hayward and t J. Watt is a heck
Speaker 1: of a pass rusher and he will bring a physical
Speaker 1: aspect as well. So this is a tough matchup this week.
Speaker 1: You know, we hope that the tackles can step up,
Speaker 1: and they haven't shown any sign of it yet. Jeff,
Speaker 1: I guess my I agree to your assessments is dead on.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's accurate. My point is if you
Speaker 1: it's almost a challenge to those two guys, because if
Speaker 1: you want to be considered an elite player and you
Speaker 1: want to be paid is an elite player that these
Speaker 1: are the games you have to do it. It's not
Speaker 1: against the run of the middle guy anyone who got
Speaker 1: there and block those guys. I mean, it's against the
Speaker 1: premier it's the big matchups, and I think it's a
Speaker 1: mindset and I think one of the things that was,
Speaker 1: I guess disappointed the best way to say it. In
Speaker 1: that Green Bay game, they were they were losing based
Speaker 1: on their sets and how they at the snap. They
Speaker 1: had lost if you ask me, based on the technique
Speaker 1: and the in the way they are setting those individuals
Speaker 1: to your point, very vertical, very soft, opening up the
Speaker 1: gate really soon and giving. By the way, none of
Speaker 1: those guys, Darius Smith, Present Smith and Misha, none of
Speaker 1: them are speed rushers. If you watch them rushing, they
Speaker 1: rushed to the man, They're not going on the edge.
Speaker 1: They're not trying to run the law the long loop,
Speaker 1: and so you have to set flatter and you have
Speaker 1: to expand the pocket. Now this is a different game,
Speaker 1: especially with t J. T J. Watt can beat you
Speaker 1: a speed and power, but you better get vertical and
Speaker 1: with at the same time, otherwise you're gonna be end
Speaker 1: up in the in the in the lapo um the quarterback.
Speaker 1: So to me, it was disappointed. From the standpoint, I
Speaker 1: don't think they gave themselves much of a chance based
Speaker 1: on technique. But if you want to be different and
Speaker 1: you want to be separate yourself, boy, this is a
Speaker 1: great opportunity. And that what I hope to preaching to him.
Speaker 1: Here's an opportunity for you to establish yourself as a
Speaker 1: elite player going against another elite player, and that's how
Speaker 1: you that's how you distinguish yourself in this in the
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Ken Robinson. By the way, on the
Speaker 1: injury report, as you mentioned lugs with the shoulder issue
Speaker 1: limited yesterday but practiced full today. That's a good sign
Speaker 1: moving ahead for the Jaguars left tackle. Let's come back
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Speaker 1: back to Jaguars Happy Hour on this Thursday. He had
Speaker 1: an impact in last week's game, certainly on the offensive side.
Speaker 1: He had a touchdown catch, but that ninety one yard
Speaker 1: punt return. It was a huge, huge piece of the
Speaker 1: Jags being in that football game last week. And Cole
Speaker 1: stepped out and played pretty well this year. Tony, Yeah,
Speaker 1: for the most party has. I mean it's an interesting
Speaker 1: Crearies have the outstanding rookie year and you know in
Speaker 1: the fast start with the one handed catch and then
Speaker 1: he like he literally disappeared for like, you know, like
Speaker 1: a year and a half, Like where's Heeland? Like do
Speaker 1: I where? I think some of us thought he might
Speaker 1: get cut last year. UM, and he's come and he's
Speaker 1: come out this year and played great. I mean, he's
Speaker 1: a bona fide, real deal third receiver. UM. And obviously
Speaker 1: you can make an impact on special teams as well.
Speaker 1: So I think he's doing pretty nice things for his
Speaker 1: future earning power. I mean, I don't think he's ever
Speaker 1: gonna get paid big, big bucks, but he's gonna pay
Speaker 1: get paid well because of Um, he's a playmaker, is speed.
Speaker 1: He's not a physical player by any means, UM, but
Speaker 1: he you know, he's a nice piece of the puzzle
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Speaker 1: he did a did a really good job in the game.
Speaker 1: And what I like about him is that he's got
Speaker 1: some versatility and he's always willing to do whatever the
Speaker 1: coaches asked him to do, whether it's play a gunner's role,
Speaker 1: whether it's to block, whether it's to return kicks in
Speaker 1: any fashion, and he's got courage when he does it.
Speaker 1: And i'd like to say that he had an amazing
Speaker 1: punt return. It was because it was ninety one yards
Speaker 1: and it's a career long and it's a record for
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, But he had a he had a lot
Speaker 1: of really good blocking. In fact, it's a play that
Speaker 1: I took into the Football Lab for Jack's Ward last night,
Speaker 1: and JP were actually gonna put it on tonight show
Speaker 1: Jaguars All Access as well, so Tony you can tune
Speaker 1: into it as well. Learn a little something about special
Speaker 1: teams because you never played special teams ever in your
Speaker 1: career and protection that was the only thing you ever did.
Speaker 1: I don't know if i'd call that special teams, but
Speaker 1: it was a It was a great job up front
Speaker 1: because there were four guys on the punt return team
Speaker 1: that ended up wiping out three of the guys and
Speaker 1: coverage and it was the center, the right guard, and
Speaker 1: then the right tackle. They didn't even get down the field,
Speaker 1: so you had this huge gap for Keilan to find.
Speaker 1: And then you know, when you get people on different levels,
Speaker 1: it makes it a lot easier to make cuts. And
Speaker 1: then he had to make miss and he made him
Speaker 1: look silly in the process. So it was a great job.
Speaker 1: And the play that I was very impressed with was
Speaker 1: the touchdown catch because he thought he was gonna get
Speaker 1: absolutely blown up and he still held onto the ball
Speaker 1: and you could see that he was kind of crunching
Speaker 1: a little bit, bracing almost for impact, and a lot
Speaker 1: of guys in that situation. This is the reality, and Tony,
Speaker 1: you know it. We've been around a lot of guys
Speaker 1: and they're in that situation. They ain't holding onto that
Speaker 1: ball and Keelan held onto that ball and scored a touchdown.
Speaker 1: And and then here's the other thing. The game was
Speaker 1: on the line at the end of the game. It's
Speaker 1: first and ten, a little over two minutes to go,
Speaker 1: and they run a little pick play on the right side,
Speaker 1: so Effort runs vertical, Keelan runs a quick slant behind him,
Speaker 1: and it was essentially designed to be a rub route,
Speaker 1: and so Keilan's guy got lost in the rub in
Speaker 1: traffic with Tyler Eiffer and also the guy that was
Speaker 1: covering him and Keelan Cole is wide over and Tony
Speaker 1: the protection failed a j. Washington, It's it's a house call.
Speaker 1: It is rightdown, it's a house call play if you
Speaker 1: get the protection. That's frustrating. That one's frustrating. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: Jaguars are on top. If if if they just get
Speaker 1: the protection right there, Jake Luton season and he and
Speaker 1: he throws it. Now, maybe he also could have done
Speaker 1: a better job of maybe slide and finding the opening
Speaker 1: in the pocket. But nonetheless, the right side of the
Speaker 1: offensive line has to be better than that because this
Speaker 1: is a quick slant and Tony, I mean they're getting
Speaker 1: there into the into the lap of the quarterback on
Speaker 1: a quick slant. I just that shouldn't happen, not on
Speaker 1: a quick slant. How nice is it this? Yeah, no doubt,
Speaker 1: no doubt. How nice is it this week? Guy's to
Speaker 1: not have to discuss issues in the kicking game. McLaughlin
Speaker 1: was good last week, and that's what you want. You
Speaker 1: want good. You don't want to have to worry about
Speaker 1: changing kickers all the time anymore. Hopefully that's the case
Speaker 1: for a little while. Yeah, you wonder, you wonder why
Speaker 1: they didn't go get him immediately when Lambe got hurt.
Speaker 1: He was on the practice squad of I can't remember
Speaker 1: what team, So he was, um, yeah, what took him
Speaker 1: so long to get to this guy? Because he's a
Speaker 1: good kicker. It's a great it's a great question. The
Speaker 1: I mean the first here's the crazy part with with
Speaker 1: the COVID restrictions that they have. They signed him off
Speaker 1: of the practice squad of the Minnesota Vikings. So they
Speaker 1: signed him on I guess it was a Monday. So
Speaker 1: he travels to Jacksonville. Now he asked to sit and
Speaker 1: self quarantine for five days, so he quarantines from Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Speaker 1: and then Saturday, now he's allowed to actually be in
Speaker 1: the building. He's allowed to meet his teammates, he's allowed
Speaker 1: to meet his new team, his new coaches and so.
Speaker 1: And also, by the way, his snapper and his holder
Speaker 1: and so. Can you imagine you walk into this building
Speaker 1: that you've never been to, and you're meeting people for
Speaker 1: the first time, and you're getting ready to load up
Speaker 1: and get on a plane to go Green Bay to Oh,
Speaker 1: by the way, kicking sustained wins with Gus over forty
Speaker 1: and the first drive of the game, the Jaguars sent
Speaker 1: you out there to kick a fifty two yard or
Speaker 1: in this weather, I mean, and it's a career long
Speaker 1: for you. And what do you do? You drill it?
Speaker 1: I mean it was it was awesome. I mean, so
Speaker 1: a great job by Chase McLaughlin. He ends up going
Speaker 1: two for two on field goals, and you have the
Speaker 1: punt return for a touchdown. You end up having three
Speaker 1: punts that were down inside the ten and uh, obviously
Speaker 1: a very good job and coverage and a very good
Speaker 1: job by your punner in the conditions. And so out
Speaker 1: of the last couple of weeks, you've gotten some big
Speaker 1: special teams plays, and it's unfortunate because typically when you
Speaker 1: score on special teams, the percentages of winning the game
Speaker 1: are extremely high. And you scored against the charges where
Speaker 1: you had the block punt, Daniel Thomas had the block punt,
Speaker 1: recovered fumble and then took it in for a touchdown,
Speaker 1: and then you have the punt return for a touchdown
Speaker 1: with Keelan Cole and you end up losing both games,
Speaker 1: which is it's a statistical I don't want to say
Speaker 1: an anomaly, but it certainly is not where the stats
Speaker 1: say it should be. As far as the wins and losses. Well, Jeff,
Speaker 1: if you add to that the winning the turnover battle,
Speaker 1: I believe it is a statistical anomaly. I mean scoring
Speaker 1: on teams and winning the turnover battle. Um, usually you
Speaker 1: win those games, all right. Final thoughts here, guys, Tony,
Speaker 1: what is your field for this game? Sunday? Steelers nine
Speaker 1: and O Jaguars one and eight matchup one o'clock Sunday
Speaker 1: at t I a Bank field. What's your gut telling you? Tony?
Speaker 1: My gun is saying I'm going back to Rocky three
Speaker 1: when Club Lank said payne um, And I'm hoping that
Speaker 1: it ends up being the rematch of Clever Lane and
Speaker 1: Rocky Bubo or Rocky came back and had the big upset.
Speaker 1: So I'm hoping for the upset. I'm you know, it's
Speaker 1: it's a tough matchup. They're a very good team. They
Speaker 1: can rush to pass their um, they're good against the runs.
Speaker 1: So I think it's gonna be hard to get James
Speaker 1: Robinson going, and they'll stack the box and say make
Speaker 1: Jake Luke and Luten beat and beat them and trust
Speaker 1: their pass rush um and then offensively they can spread
Speaker 1: us out and down c J. Henderson. That doesn't help.
Speaker 1: So it doesn't look great. But you know, I said
Speaker 1: it last week. Any given Sunday, things can happen. Turnovers happened.
Speaker 1: You gotta score on special teams. You gotta do something crazy,
Speaker 1: maybe scoring defense. We've picked off Ben a bunch um
Speaker 1: during his career in games, so uh, he's gotta have
Speaker 1: the ball bounce your way, and uh, I'll kind of
Speaker 1: I'll end where we started the conversation with me and Jeff.
Speaker 1: I put it on the offensive line and specifically put
Speaker 1: it on the offensive tackles. You want to win this game,
Speaker 1: those two guys have to play well. Yeah, they play
Speaker 1: real well. I gotta play real well. JP. This is
Speaker 1: even a bigger challenge than Green Bay, even though you're
Speaker 1: at home. But the Steelers score a ton of points
Speaker 1: and they got a great defense. This is a tough one.
Speaker 1: We'll see what the Jaguars can get done this week.
Speaker 1: Week eleven, trying to snap the skid at home with
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers coming into town. Tony who will talk
Speaker 1: to you on Sunday and the Public's Telgate show JA
Speaker 1: Looking forward. I can't wait, and uh please give Doug
Speaker 1: my best and tell well. I'm sure he's listening right now,
Speaker 1: so consider the message received. We'll hear from Tony again
Speaker 1: coming up this Sunday on the Public Tellgate Show. Coming
Speaker 1: up next the Doug Marons Show, We'll hear from the
Speaker 1: head coach and get his thoughts on the matchup this
Speaker 1: week for the Jaguars. And now the week of preparation
Speaker 1: has gone again. The breaking news coming during the show tonight,
Speaker 1: C J. Henderson on injured reserve first round draft pick
Speaker 1: cornerback is not available now this week and moving ahead,
Speaker 1: so the big questions in the secondary for the Jacksonville
Speaker 1: Jaguars will discuss that coming up as well. For Jeff Logan,
Speaker 1: Jeff Logerman, and our entire crew, I'm J. P. Shadrick.
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