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Speaker 1: Oh, Welcome to the Ozone Podcast, presented by by Star

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Speaker 1: Credit Union, featuring Jaguars senior writer John Osher and executive

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Speaker 1: producer Dave de Candice. This week's Yes, I think it's

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Speaker 1: somebody the Jaguars fans know by name, they know him

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Speaker 1: by sight on the field, and he's done some interviews,

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Speaker 1: some media, but I'm not sure people know him that well.

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Speaker 1: And hopefully today we'll get a chance to get to

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Speaker 1: know a little better. An interesting guy, a guy who's

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Speaker 1: turned into a leader on the Jaguars, and a guy

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Speaker 1: who's turned into a good football player with a changing

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Speaker 1: role over the years. It's Jaguars safety Jared Wilson and

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Speaker 1: Jared First, I appreciate you joining this second. This has

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Speaker 1: been a dis a faults off season on many fronts, unusual,

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Speaker 1: but personally, I want to talk to you about complete

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Speaker 1: season last year and now dealing with all this stuff

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Speaker 1: that you've dealt with this year. How has that been

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Speaker 1: different and how have you handled it? I suppose it

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Speaker 1: last year, you know, I played every snap, so I

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Speaker 1: was out there that every single play. So this year

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Speaker 1: I kind of went down with a hamstring injury that

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Speaker 1: I was battling through and Uh, definitely on and on

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Speaker 1: the upside of that with my rehab, was able to

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Speaker 1: finish the game last week, and uh, just trying to

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Speaker 1: build off that personally, but uh, just still seeking win, man,

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Speaker 1: trying to seek and win with drop seven straight, So

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Speaker 1: trying to find way to get a win and stay

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Speaker 1: healthy through the whole thing. You mentioned that as well.

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Speaker 1: One in seven. It's a young team. I know you've

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Speaker 1: been asked about this when you've met the media South.

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Speaker 1: How is it handling it. What's your vibe right now

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Speaker 1: in terms of how it feels going forward. I know

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Speaker 1: this is never easy. Yeah, it's it's definitely tough, but

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Speaker 1: I think the guy's spirit in the locker room is uh,

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Speaker 1: definitely just eager. Man. You know, we we were really

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Speaker 1: close on Sunday to winning the game. So we're getting there.

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Speaker 1: We gotta turn that corner and just definitely get it

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Speaker 1: dub and come out with a victory. At the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, there's no more victories, so just continue

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Speaker 1: to just uh kind of just chip away at it. Man.

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Speaker 1: We gotta find a way to get a win, no

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Speaker 1: matter the age group of a team or whatnot. I mean,

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Speaker 1: guys are here to play football. And do it professionally,

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Speaker 1: so I can't really make too many excuses about it.

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Speaker 1: You're obviously the veteran leader, which you know, you're not

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Speaker 1: an old guy, but for the secondary you're an old guy.

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Speaker 1: But and fans and media always talk about that, well,

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Speaker 1: the veterans gonna help the younger guys, and when you

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Speaker 1: tell me exactly what you can do for younger players

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Speaker 1: like a C. J. Henderson the guys around you. Is

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Speaker 1: there anything that you do during the game, during the

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Speaker 1: week to help and lead? How does that really occur

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Speaker 1: for the fan who isn't inside of the meeting room

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Speaker 1: with you guys. Mainly is just communication. That's what I

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Speaker 1: Damn times, you got a lot of reps in the

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Speaker 1: Speaking of ways where communication is key. I know you're

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Speaker 1: your perspective as you grow from a rookie to a

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Speaker 1: older player, more mature person, if you will, well compare

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Speaker 1: and like football to my relationship, communication is key in

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Speaker 1: both aspects, and I know within my relationship with my fiance,

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Speaker 1: Just just like lining up and playing of defense with everyone.

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Speaker 1: I asked you that obviously she's had a huge influence

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Speaker 1: I think it's big from her standpoint, from just being

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Speaker 1: been real, just like receptive to anything we could do

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Speaker 1: COVID is a big thing and it's over a million

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Speaker 1: So that's those numbers um itself just speak. So I

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Speaker 1: Did she make your decision to play easier or harder?

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Speaker 1: It was really just about taking them the needed precautions.

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Speaker 1: It was never, honestly, if I was gonna suit up

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Speaker 1: Got Yeah, I was not implying that she would make

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Speaker 1: on that front. Going back to the beginning of your career,

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Speaker 1: and you've talked about this a lot, but undrafted guys

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Speaker 1: your career. It's never easy. Um, each and every year

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Speaker 1: I've had to fight to make the team, including this year.

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Speaker 1: So I really think my mindset has never really been, um,

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Speaker 1: You know, now you started the last two years. But

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Speaker 1: You're always fighting. I think that's how I feel about

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Speaker 1: take the approach that you take. Everybody's honored when they're

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Speaker 1: Fans who are listening to this, they care about Jared Wilson,

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Speaker 1: but they also care about the Jags. Give them something

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Speaker 1: We're a young team, man, So even with the losses

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, man, Um, we just we've just been trying

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Speaker 1: I'm not sucking. We'll see you next week. We'll see

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Speaker 1: everybody next week on the Ozone Podcast.