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Speaker 1: Welcome to the J P. Shadrick Podcast. Happy Monday, Today's

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Speaker 1: July night. I hope you all had a great Fourth

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Speaker 1: of July week. It's the heat of the summertime still,

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Speaker 1: of course, and we're in the midst of a series

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Speaker 1: on Jaguars dot Com called eleven on eleven. It's a

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Speaker 1: visit with former Jags players for a thought on the

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Speaker 1: organization's success, their former position groups now and what they're

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Speaker 1: doing currently. This week, we start off with a guy

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Speaker 1: who was raised in Jacksonville. He went to Bethune Cookman

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Speaker 1: in Daytona and was drafted by the Jaguars. He had

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Speaker 1: a long career here in Jacksonville before spending a couple

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Speaker 1: of years with the Lions at the end. This week,

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Speaker 1: it's former cornerback Raschine mathis finally some success on the

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Speaker 1: field for this Jags team after a long time of

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Speaker 1: not having a lot of success around here. As a

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Speaker 1: former player here for I mean for most of your

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Speaker 1: career and being from this region, what did it mean

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Speaker 1: to you to see the Jags relevant nationally again? It

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Speaker 1: was good. It was It was impressive to see so

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Speaker 1: it was good to see um being that it was

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Speaker 1: only my second year being removed. Um I was probably

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Speaker 1: less a fan than most, but more supportive than most

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Speaker 1: as well, because this is this is roots. My roots

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Speaker 1: is here, um I. I was born well pretty much

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Speaker 1: raised here, not born here, but raised here. So it

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Speaker 1: was awesome to see the guys come together and play

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Speaker 1: well when you grew up around the stadium and going

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Speaker 1: to games and begin in the city and and that

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Speaker 1: that doesn't happen for most players who come to the

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Speaker 1: jack So it means a little bit more to you,

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Speaker 1: right exactly, because this is this is community for me,

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Speaker 1: um and community is family is life. Um So to

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Speaker 1: see the community rally together, it just goes to show

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Speaker 1: how much an impact sports have um throughout the city

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Speaker 1: and how positive it can be. Um So, the support

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Speaker 1: is the support of the community was bigger than people realize,

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Speaker 1: and the players appreciate it more than people realize. And

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Speaker 1: I think that's one thing the fans don't really realize.

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Speaker 1: They don't think we appreciate him as much as we do.

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Speaker 1: Um So, it was great to see the city rally

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Speaker 1: together and support the team. Your old position group had

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Speaker 1: a first team All Pro and a second team All

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Speaker 1: Pro at cornerback for the Jags last year. Um. First

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Speaker 1: of how how many of the games did you watch

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Speaker 1: last year? Did you? Were you paying close attention to him?

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Speaker 1: Normally I don't watch football, but I will say that

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Speaker 1: I watched more last year than I've done my thirteen

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Speaker 1: years playing are even being retired for two years. But

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Speaker 1: last year I did. I did watch a lot of

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Speaker 1: a lot of football. So yeah, I was able to

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Speaker 1: see see what all the fuss was about, and a

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Speaker 1: lot of the fuss was about Jalen and what he

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Speaker 1: did in his second season. Um talks to talk, but boy,

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Speaker 1: he can back it up, Kenny. Yeah, he's a player, um.

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Speaker 1: And and here he knows he's a player, but he

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Speaker 1: also knows he has dogs in front of him. UM.

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Speaker 1: So the d line and the linebackers they allow, they

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Speaker 1: allow us, as cornerback speaking as to do their job

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Speaker 1: and to do it very well and do it very fast. UM.

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Speaker 1: So once you have a talent such as Jalen and

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Speaker 1: you have these guys getting out the quarterback and put

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Speaker 1: him on the time clock, you know, all he has

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Speaker 1: to do is know that this technique is good that day,

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Speaker 1: and he can believe what he sees. And that's the

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Speaker 1: best thing for a cornerback is believing what you see

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Speaker 1: and knowing that the quarterback is not gonna have all

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Speaker 1: day to throw the ball, and the quarterback knows he

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Speaker 1: doesn't have all day to throw the ball, so the

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Speaker 1: clock is ticking. So it was it was impressive to

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Speaker 1: see him him and buy on the other side. So

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Speaker 1: I I like what I saw from the guys. An

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Speaker 1: undrafted dude who's worked his way up, got a big

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Speaker 1: contract here, still has that chip on his shoulder, if

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Speaker 1: you will, and just wants to be you know, the

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Speaker 1: second team All pros. He's mad about that, and that's

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Speaker 1: you gotta have that attitude as a corner. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: definitely have to have it to be successful as a

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Speaker 1: as a UM, as a successful corner, you definitely have

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Speaker 1: your shoulder. Um. Jalen has it and he's first round

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Speaker 1: draft you know, he was the first round draft pick.

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Speaker 1: So um it just goes to show the competitiveness that

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Speaker 1: it takes to be successful at this level. And you know,

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Speaker 1: you just have to know you never arrived because it's

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Speaker 1: a new year. It's year in and year out. So

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Speaker 1: if I can say anything to the guys, I say,

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Speaker 1: keep plugging away. UM. Old old veteran James Trapped asked

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Speaker 1: me the question are you real still showing? Um? And

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Speaker 1: and it means are you still hungry to get better? UM?

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Speaker 1: So that that would be my that would be my

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Speaker 1: UM input to the guys, like keep your real showing

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Speaker 1: because there's more to be done. Um. The city needs it,

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Speaker 1: um and you need it as an individual, So to

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Speaker 1: help the team, to help the team win. Um, what

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Speaker 1: are you doing now? What what do you how do

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Speaker 1: you you know, keep your time? And what are you

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Speaker 1: up to these days here here in chapel Well, first,

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Speaker 1: I'm Dad um So, yeah, I have a five year

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Speaker 1: old who's playing All Star baseball and I'm the coach. Um.

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Speaker 1: So all Stars have taken over my life. UM. But

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Speaker 1: it's it's fun to see um and but baseball was

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Speaker 1: my first love. So it's it's it's fun to get

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Speaker 1: out there and teach technique and fundamentals to my son.

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Speaker 1: But also I partnered with ff C j UM an

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Speaker 1: initiative called Bridge the Divide. We're trying to get people

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Speaker 1: across these seven bridges in Jacksonville and come together and

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Speaker 1: realize that we're all one. Community, not seven different communities

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Speaker 1: UM and also have a community lunch and come in

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Speaker 1: June downtown FFC J Campus UM and we're putting on

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Speaker 1: the community Lunch is June from eleven to one. So

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Speaker 1: trying to have serious talks, serious conversations about you name it, health, disparities, economics,

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Speaker 1: you name it, everything that's impacting our community. So it's

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Speaker 1: it's been fun just so's trying to stay plugged, plugged

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Speaker 1: in the in the community because, like I said, community

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Speaker 1: is life's family. How do you find time to play

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Speaker 1: golf with all that? Well, you know, my son gets

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Speaker 1: out of school every day at two forty five, so

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Speaker 1: I have like a small window that I get out

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Speaker 1: before I have to pick him up every day, So

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Speaker 1: I find time. I try to find time at least

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Speaker 1: to keep the swing smooth. Thanks to Rachine, Mathis for

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Speaker 1: his time earlier this summer. Coming up later this week

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Speaker 1: on the website, Written visits with Pridor of the Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: wide receiver Jimmy Smith and former defensive end Reggie Hayward.

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Speaker 1: Next week, written visits with Donovan Darius and Brian Schwartz,

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Speaker 1: with a written and audio conversation with the Big Man

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Speaker 1: former tackle Leon Seriously. Our thanks to Jack's manager of radio,

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Speaker 1: Joe Fortunato, and we'll catch you next week on the

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