1 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to James Drive Time with John Osian person and 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: Bryan sex Day Sexting Gangs Drive Time and starts right now. 3 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome time for Jacks Drive Time from 4 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: t I A. Bank Field on a Wednesday morning, heading 5 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: to week thirteen. Bryan Sexton your new host on this 6 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: program along with John Osier. Who you all know? Leo? 7 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: How are you this morning? Great? Are you now? You're 8 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: at Yeah, You're a lot further away these days, right. 9 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: I figured that might be it because something I wrote 10 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: for a quick thoughts to promote what's coming up later 11 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: today or Thursday Quick thoughts Thursday, let's say as something 12 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: to look forward to tomorrow. Um quietly, Sunday is a 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: interesting game, big game in a sense for the two 14 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: teams least. There are some big games around the NFL 15 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: this weekend of Miami's at San Francisco, Kansas City is 16 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: at UH Cincinnati. There are a couple of others. I 17 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: think the Commanders and the Eagles play, and that's or 18 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: the Giants play. That's a big one, and no one's 19 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: gonna pay attention to four and seven verses four and 20 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: seven Jacksonville versus Detroit, two teams that for the last 21 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: decade have not been very good. But what you've got 22 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: is two rising teams that the Lions, after starting one 23 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: in six, have won three of their last four, and 24 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: the Jaguars, coming up a big win, have one two 25 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: of their last three. I don't want to say big 26 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: because that makes it sound like it's got playoff implications, 27 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: although in a sense both teams stay on the fringes 28 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: of the playoff hunt with a wind, so there are 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: playoff considerations. I would call it a graphic game, meaning 30 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: whoever wins it probably gets on the graphic, meaning the 31 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: graphic that lists the teams that are still in the hunt. Five. 32 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: It gets you to five and seven, it gets I 33 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: mean for the Jaguars, certainly you do the math. It 34 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: keeps them to where or if the Titans slip, yeah, 35 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden you're back to where you know. 36 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: You win twice. You start talking Joe a fortunateot as 37 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: language with magic numbers in baseball, you know, all of 38 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,679 Speaker 1: a sudden, your magic number starts to make sense. Look, 39 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: we're a long way from that, but it does keep 40 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: both teams in the conversation, and it's certainly whoever wins 41 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: it feels very good about. Hey, we're five and seven, 42 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: and you know one thing you think about the jag 43 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: Wars is the two or three they left on the 44 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: table boy. But you can't do that. Well we talked 45 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 1: to do that. Yeah, but we're at that point of 46 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: the year where for the first time in a couple 47 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: of years, we're talking about scenarios. Right. If you went 48 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: on Sunday and the Eagles beat the Titans, then your 49 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: two games out of the Titans and you play them twice, 50 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: you control your destiny, which we hope this team would 51 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: at least be in the conversation. Well, that's a real thing. 52 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: If that happens, you do control your destiny. Now that 53 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: destiny would mean beating for playoff team Tams down the stretch. 54 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean it Titans twice, the Jet Cowboys, 55 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: and the Jet and the Cowboys. So it's it's a 56 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: tough destiny, but you still control it. With the offense 57 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: playing the way it's playing, it gives you some hope. 58 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: All right, let's get into big things folks as we 59 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: kick off this show, and we'll start with an excellent example. 60 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: You know, the Ravens have a distinct personality and a 61 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: distinct culture and I think all of us know that 62 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: that's winning. It's what they do. And Doug Peterson talked 63 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: about winning against a team that likes to win, that 64 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: knows how to win, and what it means for his program. 65 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: It's one of the things we talked to our team 66 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: a little bit about this past week too, is you know, 67 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: the culture that coach Harbaugh has established there, you know, 68 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: for so many years, and how they've built that team 69 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: and and there's a true identity, you know with that team, 70 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: and and uh, they know exactly who they are. And um, 71 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: you know, we're we're trying to get all that established 72 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: here right in and learn and you know this is 73 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: that's a well well coached team and discipline group. You know, 74 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: that's the type of game that you know, chances are 75 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: they pulled that game out, you know, and win that game. So, um, 76 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: just to credit to our guys, you know, hanging in there, 77 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: sixty minute football game, batting to the end. Um. But 78 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: I I'll say this that it's you know, looking at 79 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: Baltimore and again, what coach Harbas established there is kind 80 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: of a model I think to to what you know, 81 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: from a culture standpoint, what we're trying to get done here. ALRD. 82 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: A question about the running game this week that will 83 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: hover over this franchise is will Travis e t n 84 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: be able to go? Now? He's telling people he'll be 85 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: able to play, and the coach seems to think that 86 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: it is not a serious issue and that he should 87 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: be available this week. But with a foot, who knows, 88 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: We probably won't until sometime before kickoff on Sunday, which 89 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: brings us back to who's carrying the ball? James are 90 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: pardon me? Jamichael Hasty showed last week that he can 91 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: be a part of the solution, and then the Jaguars 92 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: claimed Darrell Henderson off of waivers from the Rams last week. 93 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: Might he be a guy who we see on Sunday 94 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: in Detroit getting caught up? You know, we spend these 95 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: next couple of days, you know, meeting with him and 96 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: getting him going. So, um, I think it's possible that uh, 97 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: you know, obviously working in practice, but you know, it 98 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: could be a player that we might need, you know, 99 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: for the game and finally for big things. It's the 100 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: playoffs and we just touched on that. But we've seen 101 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: it here in Jacksonville before in two thousand seventeen. We 102 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: saw it all the way back in nineties were every 103 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: game has a playoff field to it, and that's certainly 104 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: the case on Sunday in Detroit. If the Jaguars win 105 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: there in the middle of it, and if they fall out, 106 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: it becomes very distant for them to start hoping about 107 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: playing well into January. The head coach knows what's in 108 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: front of his team and he isn't walking away from it, 109 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: though he's not entirely focused on it. Everybody in our 110 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: division is chasing Tennessee. You know, it's a good football team. 111 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: Coach Fable hasn't played well. Cincinnati had a good game 112 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: plan yesterday beat him. But we know what's ahead of us. 113 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: We've got some really good teams, you know, on our 114 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: schedule ahead of us that are all playoff caliber teams 115 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: that you know, in order for us to be there 116 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: at the end, we've you know, we've just got to 117 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: continue to prepare, you know, the way we've done that. 118 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: And this is the next one, you know, Detroit this week, 119 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: and um, we'll worry about Tennessee you know next week 120 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: and move on from there. But it's it's all part 121 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: of that part of that plan. All right, so let's 122 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: go back up to the top and go with big 123 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: thing one here in the Baltimore Ravens, just to put 124 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: it into perspective before we move on, because I'm not 125 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: sure John if the average fan totally grasps the Ravens 126 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: because they haven't been like the Patriots or the Chiefs necessarily, 127 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: but they have a sustained period of excellence under John Harball, 128 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 1: and it's meaningful to get a win over a team 129 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: like that that knows how important games in November are. Well. 130 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: I actually asked that question because I was thinking about 131 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: the one the Doug answered, because I was thinking about 132 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: in that perspective on Sunday night, you're talking about a franchise. 133 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: I think that. I think I've got the stat right. 134 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: They've made nine postseason appearances with the Super Bowl. Uh. 135 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: They've only had two losing seasons under this guy, and 136 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: it's it's it's fifteen years. Uh. I think people forget 137 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: that that his tenure is that long. He's behind Tomlin 138 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: and I believe he's behind Belichick. I think the only 139 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: two that last him and then Reid has been in 140 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: the league forever, but he was with the Philly I 141 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: mean with Philadelphia and then not the Chiefs. So this 142 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: is an established franchise that wins these games late. Um. 143 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: I think if that game for the Jags, that happened 144 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: against most teams, it would have been euphoria, same reaction. 145 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: But I think to Doug Peterson, who really understands the league, 146 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: I think that did matter to beat the Ravens in 147 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: in late November when the Ravens are playing something and 148 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: the Ravens are hot. I mean, this was a team 149 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: that won four straight games. Um. It's uh, some games 150 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: you pull back from later and you say, well, that 151 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: team wasn't doing this or they weren't doing that. The 152 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: Ravens wanted that, they needed it. When they lost it, 153 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: it moved them into a tie for first place. I 154 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: don't call it a playoff game for the Ravens, but 155 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: they approached late season games. Uh. This was not a 156 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: team out for the playoffs that yo or out of 157 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs. The cars weren't running in the parking lot. 158 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: They wanted this and the Jaguars took it from them. Um. 159 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: I think you can go back a long time since 160 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: the Jaguars wanted the Samber game like that. I'm not 161 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: even sure they won one in in seventeen. Now they 162 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: won playoff games. I spent a long time since they 163 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: took one from a team like that late in the season. Well, 164 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: the last one that comes to mind is that Seattle 165 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: team in seven team when they were out here, they 166 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: were they wanted here at home. Yeah, but they that 167 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 1: Seattle team was in a dip here. I agree that 168 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: was not a great Seattle team. This is a pretty 169 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: good Ravens team. Okay, Well it's been uh years. I 170 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: thought it was close because it was a team with 171 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: the culture, right, what Pete Carroll had built there. Russell 172 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: Wilson was still the quarterback, they were still running the ball. Well, um, 173 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: but that's it's been five years since they've got one 174 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: of the culture parts, certainly certainly. Well, here's the point 175 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: I want to make. You mentioned two losing seasons, right, 176 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 1: one was his first season when they went five and eleven. 177 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: That's totally understandable. The second losing season was last year 178 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: they were eight and nine. Right, we talked about a 179 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: lot of double digit loss seasons for this franchise. That 180 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: one doesn't have them. Part of that's talent. The other 181 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 1: part is the culture. And Doug talked a lot about 182 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: trying to recreate that here quickly before we go to break. 183 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 1: Big thing too, was about the running game, your sense 184 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: of Travis e t NS availability on Sunday, And obviously 185 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: it's something we probably won't know until Sunday morning. And 186 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: if a guy like Henderson who's been on a good 187 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: team like the Rams, can step in and provide anything 188 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: two weeks in, you know, my senses he'll play. Doug 189 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: said he was not in a boot Monday. I don't 190 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: believe he was in a boot leaving the stadium on Sunday. Uh. 191 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: Doug Usually when he talks about this is pretty transparent, 192 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: And when Doug talked about this on Monday, his emphasis 193 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: was they really didn't want to put him back in 194 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: because they wanted to make sure the kid knew that 195 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: he was okay, you know, and I wanted to make 196 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: sure he was comfortable with because he went through a 197 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: major injury last year. I think if he hadn't been 198 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: through that last year, my sense he's is he probably 199 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: would have played. But that was a career threatening, big deal, 200 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: so I think they wanted to handle him correctly. I 201 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: also think they were in a situation where they knew 202 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: they had to throw coming back anyway. I don't you know? 203 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: You know? So uh I was a E t N 204 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: wasn't needed, But it wasn't like they couldn't run their 205 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 1: game plan without him in that situation. So my senses 206 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: he'll play. Won't it be interesting now that Trevor Lawrence 207 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: has this confidence that we can all see sort of 208 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: oozing out of when when they get that element back 209 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: without eventsively, they're starting to put things together. So here 210 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: the numbers. When Travis E. T N has a hundred yards, 211 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: which he did against the Giants, the Broncos and the Raiders, 212 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: the Jaguars averaged a hundred sixty seven per game. When 213 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: he hasn't been on the field, hasn't had a hundred 214 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,119 Speaker 1: yard game, it's only one six team. So his production 215 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: is more when he has a big day. So clearly 216 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: they need him and John. They're coming off back to 217 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: back games where they've only had thirty eight rushing yards 218 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: last week against the Ravens and only seventy five two 219 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: weeks ago against the Kansas. To see how that balances out, 220 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: because you can see you can clearly see teams looked 221 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: at it. They said, this team is running the ball 222 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 1: they designed things to stop it. Trevor Lawrence has taken 223 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: advantage of that. So now how that starts balancing out 224 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: going forward? Now the running games should be able to 225 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: benefit from what Trevor is doing. All right, we'll find out. 226 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: It's a story we will watch all week long and 227 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 1: of course update you on tomorrow on Drive Time when 228 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: we return. Tim twent Human from Detroit Lions dot Com 229 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: joins us to give us a sense of a surging 230 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: Lions squad that Jags will faced at Ford Field on Sunday. 231 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: All that more straight ahead, Folks go Nowhere. Country superstar 232 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: Kenny Chesney returns to Jacksonville April fourteen. Tickets go on 233 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: sale to the public Friday, December two. 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That again, 243 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 1: when you look at the schedule this weekend, there are 244 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: some quote big games Kansas City, Cincinnati, Miami, San Francisco, 245 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: even the Giants and the Commanders, But this one to 246 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: us has that sort of big game field because you've 247 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: got two very similar surging teams. Do you have the 248 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: same sense? Yeah, you know, I look at these teams 249 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: and it's funny standing because I think the exact same thing. 250 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 1: I mean, it's you know, two young coaching staffs, right, 251 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: are new coaching staffs that I should say Peterson has 252 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: been around, but you know, trying to build a culture, right. 253 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: I mean you look at Jacksonville and and some of 254 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 1: the losses they've had six, um, you know, losses by 255 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: one score. You look at the Lions, five losses by 256 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 1: one score, um, similar records. You look at the rankings 257 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: and I think they're one ranking apart in total offense, 258 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 1: in rushing offense, and passing offense. So I mean there's 259 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: just so many similarities. You know, lots of young talent 260 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: that's you know, starting to bud and make plays. Um, 261 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: you know for for teams, and so it really is uhum, 262 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: two teams that are that are very similar that are 263 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: going to meet up in ford Field on Sunday. Tim, 264 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: what's the We talked earlier this week, but I guess 265 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: I still don't have a feel for it. The Lions 266 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: are really good offensively, but I don't know much about him. 267 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: What's their identity? Why are they good offensively? Because I 268 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: think they're one of the more underrated offensive teams in 269 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: the Lake. Yeah, it really, yeah, really, it starts up 270 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,359 Speaker 1: front for them. I mean you look at Taylor Decker's 271 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: annually one of the top ten left tackles in football. 272 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: Pennys who who is the first round drafted last year, 273 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: is arguably already the best right tackling football. Jonah Jackson 274 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: their left guard. He was a Pro Bowler last year. 275 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: Frank rag Now their center, he was a Pro Bowl 276 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: two years ago. And so I mean there's four Pro 277 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: Bowl caliber players up front. And so you look at 278 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: this Detroit Lions team and it starts up front for 279 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: those guys, and they love to run the football. Um, 280 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: we're seeing numbers here in Detroit that we haven't seen 281 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: since Barry Sanders was totally roc I mean, Jamal Williams 282 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: at thirteen hushdown's his entire career. He's got thirteen this 283 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: year for Detroit, and DeAndre Swift is kind of a 284 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: lightning to his thunder. So it really starts up front 285 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: for Detroit and that run game. Um, and and then 286 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: you know, if you protect shared. Um, Look, he's a 287 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: former number one pick. He's had success in this league. 288 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: He's won a lot of football games. And look, if 289 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: you can run the football, protect him. Now play action. Um, 290 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: you know it comes into play. They've got weapons, like 291 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: I'm on outside. Brown is quickly becoming one of the 292 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: best wide receivers in the game. You guys know g J. 293 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: Chart very well. Um. You know he's coming back from 294 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: from that foot injury. And it really is the first 295 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: time since you know, weeks three. Um, last week was 296 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: the first time they had the top three receivers. And 297 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: we haven't he seen Jamison Williams. Yeah, he's coming down 298 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: the pipeline here in the next couple of weeks. So 299 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: look at it all starts up front for Detroit. But look, 300 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: they can run the football, they can control the clock, 301 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: and they got weapons on the outside. When they established 302 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: that run to to hit teeps deep in the past 303 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: game they're they're really balanced, and there was a tone nationally. 304 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: And you know, people I don't think about it sometimes 305 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: when they assume things. But when Jared Goff got traded 306 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: from the Rams of the lines, I think people would 307 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: just sort of assuming, well, that's sort of it. I 308 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: mean it was sort of forgot about him a little bit. 309 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: But you tell me, he's playing pretty well. And I 310 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: don't know, this is a guy that fans around the 311 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: league or you know something fans in Jackson need to 312 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: forget about, right, No, I mean you you got to remember. 313 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: I mean he you know, he's won a lot of 314 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: big games in this league because I mean he was 315 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 1: a former number one pick. He was a Pro bowler 316 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: for the Rams for two straight years. Um, and he 317 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: can throw the football around. Now. Is he one of 318 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: those guys that if something breaks down like a Josh 319 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: Allen or Patrick Mahomes can kind of make a play 320 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: on his own and and you know, create something out 321 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: of nothing that's not really Jared game. Um, And so 322 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: you know, the things have to work around Jared. You know, 323 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: you've got to protect Jared. You've got to be on 324 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: time with Jared if you're in the right spot. You know, 325 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: Jared knows you know offense football, and he'll find you. 326 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: It's just, you know, the hot thing in the league 327 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: right now is some of those guys that can you know, 328 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: run around the dual threats, those kind of things, and 329 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: so you know, the true pocket passer um, you know 330 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: who Jared golf is is, you know, not seeing in 331 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: kind of the light of some of the premier players 332 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: at that position of this league anymore. His numbers are 333 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 1: almost the same as Trevor Lawrences in terms of completion percentage. 334 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 1: He's got seventeen touchdowns and seven interceptions. Trevors got sixteen 335 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: and six. The passer rating is right there. For Jaguars 336 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: fans who know or maybe don't know that Mark Brunell 337 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: is the quarterbacks coach there in Detroit, how much do 338 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: you hear from from the quarterback or from the quarterbacks 339 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: coach about their relationship and what sort of impact you know, 340 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: the best quarterback in Jaguars history to date right has 341 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: had on him. Yeah, Mark's really been a calming influence 342 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,199 Speaker 1: for for Jared. You know, I think Ben Johnson the 343 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: offensive quarter here, and Mark did a great job with 344 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: Jared in terms of you know, Ben comes in and 345 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: and obviously he's got some concepts that that you know, 346 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: he wants to um instill in a new offense. But 347 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: he's that now with Jared. And they went through this 348 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: thing and they looked at what Jared like to do 349 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: when he was with the Rams. Um, you know, things 350 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: he likes, things he maybe doesn't like. And they built 351 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: this offense really around jared strengths and and Mark was 352 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: a big part of that too, And um, you know, 353 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: there's something to be said when you have a coach 354 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: was love the player, right, And there's a lot of 355 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: those on this Detroit Lions staff and starts to win 356 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: head coach Dan Campbell. But the majority of this staff, 357 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: i'd say probably you know, played in the NFL, and 358 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: so you know they're not going to ask a player 359 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: to do something one they haven't already done themselves or 360 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 1: been asked to do. And there's a respect factor there. 361 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 1: You know, this guy was in it. He understands, he 362 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: knows what I'm going through. And so it's a good 363 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: relationship with with Mark and Jared. Jared Detroit certainly, and 364 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: he thought that you could share with us on why 365 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: the defense is struggled. Um, you know, I watched the 366 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: game against the Bills like most of America did, and 367 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 1: thought that they had great pressure upfront that they looked stout. 368 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: Has it just been the injuries in the secondary? Why 369 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: has that side of the ball struggled? Injuries and secondary 370 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: is part of it. And and they're really young too. 371 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 1: I mean you looked at some of their you know, 372 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: playmakers on defense of recently, Aidan Hutcheson, rookie first round pick, 373 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: um Forby James, third round pick, Malcolm Rodriguez, fourth round pick, linebacker. Um, 374 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: you know, guys like that who I think I just 375 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,239 Speaker 1: kind of had to learn the game a little bit. 376 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: And I think the biggest thing they struggled with defensively 377 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: early in the season was just forcing takeaways. Um, those 378 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: big momentum plays on defense, Um, they weren't generating them. 379 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 1: And when you look at their recent three game win streak, 380 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: I mean they were number one in the NFL crate 381 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: seven takeaways in three games. Um, Aidan Hutchinson had three, 382 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: Kirby Joseph had three, And so you know, I think 383 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: you're starting to see this line's defense play much better 384 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 1: because simply these young guys are now, you know, ten 385 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: eleven games in their career, they're starting to figure it 386 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: out a little bit. The game's flowing down for them. 387 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 1: And and really their biggest playmakers on defense have been 388 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: their young guys, and I think it just took a 389 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: little bit of time, um, for them to kind of 390 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: settle and get comfortable. But now you're seeing a terrific 391 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: rookie classes is especially defensively to the lines the last 392 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: month or so. So you know, the guys on the 393 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,719 Speaker 1: broadcast sounding you're gonna focus on Aidan Hutchinson and Trayvon 394 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: Walker for the Jaguars, Walker has made an impact. He 395 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: doesn't have the bang flash numbers that folks associate with 396 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: the number one overall pick, yet he's obviously got some 397 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: learning to do. In terms of pass rush. The numbers 398 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: seem to be there for Hutchinson, five and a half sacks, 399 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: a couple of interceptions. Uh, just an overall A thumbnail 400 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: on his season so far to him, Yeah, he's been good. Um, Look, 401 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: you know what, you guys know just as much as 402 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: I do. It's tough for rookie pass rushers, right, it 403 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: was so much easier in college. You faced an NFL 404 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: palaber tackle in college to three weeks if you're at 405 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: in the SEC, maybe four or five. But you had 406 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: your cupcake weeks, right, you had your weeks where you knew, Okay, 407 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: here's my three set game. And that's just not the 408 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: case of the NFL. I mean, you're you're you're getting 409 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: a guy every week. Um, that's one of the best 410 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: in the business. And so I think it just took 411 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: Aiden a little bit of time to kind of figure 412 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: that out. Um, you can't both rush everybody in this 413 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: league like he did at Michigan, and so you know, 414 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: as his kind of toolbox of pass rush moves has 415 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: advanced a little bit, we've seen him have a lot 416 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: of impact. Um. Look, he's a guy that never quits 417 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: on a play. Um. He's a much better athlete than 418 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: the Lions even thought he was in pre draft process. Um, 419 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: they were really surprised by that. His ability to play 420 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: the inside and outside. Um. And he's just relentless. I mean, 421 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: he's only the second player in NFL history and have 422 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: at least five sacks and two interceptions in the first 423 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: ten games. And so you'd just love to see the production, right, 424 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: I mean, Um, the sacks affecting the quarterback. You know, 425 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 1: he's been really really good. Um, and I think it's 426 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 1: a great sign for the figure that when it's all 427 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: said and done, here's the guy who'll probably be right 428 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: around ten sacks and um the interceptions and real impact 429 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: plays as a rookie, and he's only going to get better. Yeah. 430 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: Another similarity there, because we've seen the same thing with Walker, 431 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 1: guy who never quits on the play and impacts the game. 432 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: But he struggled because his best pass rush move is 433 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: the bull rush. All right, say, we're looking forward to 434 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: a big aim on Sunday, big for both these franchises 435 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: trying to stay in the playoff hunt in their respective conferences. 436 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: Greatly appreciate you taking the time on a Wednesday morning 437 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: to join us. Have a great day, Hey, no problem anytime, guys. 438 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: Safe travel here to Detroit, alright, looking forward to it. 439 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,719 Speaker 1: That's Tim Twentman from Lions dot Com and Jaguars Game 440 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: Day Radio is brought to you by VI Star two 441 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: Good Bank Better. We're back with more including this or that, 442 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: as Jaguars Drive Time with John Osier and Brian Sexton 443 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: continues from t I A A Bankfield in Jacksonville. But 444 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: price dot Com is the easiest way to save money 445 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: with comparison shopping cash back coupons all in one. It's free. 446 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:54,880 Speaker 1: Try price dot com today. This that Alight News Wednesday, 447 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: which means this or that takes center stage here as 448 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 1: we come towards the tail end of jack Wars Drive time. UM, 449 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 1: let's go to you first. Well, I'll take a left 450 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 1: stage on the left side of the at the desk 451 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: here I went h Trevor Lawrence or Jared Goff. And 452 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: the point of this is not necessarily to compare the 453 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks, because that's not as some people are gonna do. 454 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: But I started thinking the last couple of days with Trevor. 455 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: At some point, when you draft a kid number one 456 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: overall and you're going through the matches for the game, 457 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: if the franchise is going to get to where it 458 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: wants to go, that has to be an edge for 459 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 1: your franchise. If you're playing seventeen games, you know that 460 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: needs to be an edge fourteen or fifteen times. You 461 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: know my homes when the Chiefs play, people usually say, well, 462 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: they have the best quarterback in the field, so they're 463 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: probably gonna win. Um so Jared Goff to me is 464 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: a good NFL quarterback. I don't think he's an All 465 00:23:54,840 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: Pro quarterback. So the question is a month ago, I 466 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 1: think you come into this game and if you're really 467 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: being honest, you're not sure who the better quarterback is, 468 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: and maybe you're going with Golf. I think Trevor is 469 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: a lot closer to being the guy that Hey, I'm 470 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: glad we got that guy as opposed to no, I 471 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: think it's still close because Goffs and experience veteran and 472 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: haven't seen that consistently. The point is, it feels like 473 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: Trevor's really close. If he's not there yet to being 474 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: the match up edge in a game like this, well 475 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: it's hard not to think that way. Based on the 476 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: fields he made on that last drive and then even 477 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: the last three weeks, there's some consistency there, and you know, 478 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,959 Speaker 1: I think the perception of him and the feeling is 479 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: much more that he's starting to get into that category 480 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: where you feel like he's an edge. He's at the 481 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: top of all the charts in the month of November 482 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: right um completion, six touchdowns, no interception, passer rating of 483 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: one team. I mean he's one or two in all 484 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: of those and that's the most important month of the season. 485 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: So it's good to see that come around. I'll say 486 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: this about golf, um, and you heard Tim. He he 487 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: told you the way that they've approached him. You realize 488 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: their second to Kansas City with the most games of 489 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: five or more points scored this year, they have seven. 490 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 1: They are tied with five teams for the most games 491 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: with at least thirty points. They're putting up the yardage. 492 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: And that's why I didn't want to say that. Uh, 493 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: I don't know that Trevor has a clear match of 494 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: advantage in this game because Golf is good. I think 495 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: he's very underrated. Um just more the point that it 496 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:41,199 Speaker 1: feels like Trevor is becoming a team strength, and that 497 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: had to happen. I think a boy doesn't feel like that. 498 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: He does. I think a year from now you point 499 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: and say, yeah, he's a rising all the people forget 500 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: Golf was the number one pick overall as well, so 501 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: and the numbers are strikingly go look at him. They 502 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: are strikingly similar all the way across the board. I'll 503 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: say this, they're also playing complimentary football up there. I 504 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: mean Jamal Williams has thirteen touchdowns, seven of them are 505 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: one yard runs. I mean, they're getting into the red zone, 506 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: they're converting, they're playing good football, and they've had more 507 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: success in the red zone than the Jaguars. And I 508 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: think Jared Goff is probably a big reason why. Yeah, 509 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 1: they veteran quarterbacks. That's the tipping point for a lot 510 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: of veteran quarterbacks. It's hard down there, and your percentage 511 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 1: usually goes up as you start to get it more 512 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: in the red zone. All right, I'll go with a 513 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: comparison as well, DJ Chark or Christian Kirk, And I 514 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: think there was a time earlier this spring where people 515 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 1: wanted to keep Chart They were holding onto that big 516 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: season he had in twenty nineteen. They saw the size 517 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: and the speed John and thought, in this league, you 518 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: need that alpha guy. And what the Jaguars went and 519 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: spent their money on instead was a slot receiver, although 520 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 1: he's proven to be much more than that. And Christian 521 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: Kirk is having his best season seven touchdowns, fifty eight catches, 522 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: over seven hundred yards receiving, and he's clearly been that 523 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: go to guy for Trevor Lawrence. So happy with the 524 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: move for Christian Kirk, or is d J Charks something 525 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: that you still wish you had. I do wish that 526 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: J were still had d J Charks. I like DJ 527 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 1: chark um, So putting that aside, I don't think you 528 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: can look at what Christian Kirk has done and think, boy, 529 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: I wish he wasn't here. I mean, if it was 530 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: Julio Jones and his prime, then you know there's different 531 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: factors there. But in terms of this and clear they 532 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: made the right move mainly because I feel like they 533 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: believed that they needed something that Trevor could really rely on. 534 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: And I don't mean I don't necessarily mean the injury 535 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: factor with DJ, but more the style of play Kirk, 536 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: because he's a guy who gets open across the middle, 537 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: very consistent in his route running, gets open underneath. H 538 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 1: is more of a tight end field. He's not a 539 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 1: tight end. But you know what I'm getting at, something 540 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: that when Trevor's in trouble, he knows he can look 541 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 1: to the deep down the field guy that DJ really 542 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:14,159 Speaker 1: excels seventeen and twenty two yards downfield. Uh, maybe not 543 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: something that when the pressures on, that Trevor can look 544 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: at and go Okay, where is this guy? I also 545 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: think Christian in retrospect, was a signing. Remember they were 546 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: trying to build for now to get better around Trevor 547 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: to help build that, but they also needed to build 548 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: for two or three years. DJ helped them now. But boy, 549 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: when they get Ridley in here next year with a 550 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: quote true one, how well is Christian gonna fit into that? 551 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: And he's also a guy that you can foresee so 552 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: often when you sign free agents. You signed him for 553 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: five year, eighty nine million dollar deal, but you really 554 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: only know the two year guys. DJ feels like a 555 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: long I mean not DJ. Christian feels like a long 556 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: term fit that you can grow with. So I think 557 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 1: that helps too well. And the numbers tell you right. 558 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: The Lions gave DJ a one year deal worth ten 559 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: million dollars, and the Jaguars gave Christian Kirk a five 560 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: million dollar deal, sorry, a twenty million dollars you're right, 561 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: and five year deal that averages twenty million over the 562 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: life of it if he sees all of it. So 563 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: long term big money DJ is playing on a one 564 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: year deal. Yeah, the Jaguars made the right move there, 565 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: all right. 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Brian Sexton, John Os, You're back to wrap 584 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: up this edition of Jags Drive Time. Touched on the 585 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: big headline of the week. We'll all be following the 586 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: story of Travis e. T N. We'll probably follow up 587 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: on the quarterback who's playing at a very high level. 588 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: What else stands out to you? What might be you'll 589 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: be writing this week? What might be we've been talking about. 590 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: Tomorrow we'll be talking to uh Andrew Wingard to the 591 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: Azon podcast and uh credit, I'm I'm looking forward to 592 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: that because this is a guy who has, as you 593 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: get to know more about him, uh, pretty candid, uh, 594 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: pretty likable kids. So I'm looking forward to that. And 595 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: you know, I think what we talked about the top, 596 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: it is really the theme this week. You're talking about 597 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: a couple of teams, Uh, the j Wars win this 598 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden people start seeing this season 599 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: and what they've done in sort of a new light. 600 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,479 Speaker 1: But I think you got to back it up at 601 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: some point. That would be three out of four victories, 602 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,479 Speaker 1: I mean three victories in four games, some consistency. So 603 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 1: in that sense, I think it's a big game for 604 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: the Jacks. I'm connecting with Jim Bob Cooter, who is 605 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: the passing game coordinator. I have not talked to him, 606 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: so I'm anxious, especially to talk about Za Jones and 607 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: Christian Kirk. Everyone thinks passing game coordinator, you're talking about 608 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: the quarterback without a doubt. We will talk about Trevor 609 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: Lawrence because there's so much there, but getting Evan Ingram involved. 610 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: I think he's that guy that and maybe even Dan Arnold, 611 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: who when he was here last year proved to be 612 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: somewhat of a guy that you could rely on before 613 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: he got hurt. So there are guys who can step 614 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: up their game and help take this to another level. 615 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: We'll find out from Jim Bob today what he thinks. 616 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: Of course, that will air on Sunday in the Public's 617 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: Tailgate Show. All right, well, thanks for your patience with me. 618 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: Game two here, yeah, tomorrow, three of these a week. 619 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: Here we go. Jags Drive Time is produced expertly here 620 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,479 Speaker 1: for you on the Jaguars Digital Radio Network, and we 621 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: appreciate all of your time joining us. Have a great day.