Speaker 1: It is Thursday, September three. This is Jaguars Happy Hour
Speaker 1: and now Jeff Lockman's personal duck blind Jay Peace Shadrick.
Speaker 1: I have no idea what that even means, and I
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Speaker 1: Jaguars Happy Hour, J P. Shadrick, Jeff Logoman busy program Today.
Speaker 1: We'll start off with the Jaguars moving forward. Well, we
Speaker 1: thought the moving forward might be over with until this afternoon.
Speaker 1: Ronnie Harrison has been traded to the Browns. Will break
Speaker 1: down that move and what it means. Roster cutdown to
Speaker 1: day is looming as well. We'll get into some of
Speaker 1: those roster battles. Senior VP of Sales and Service, Chad
Speaker 1: Johnson joins us at four fifteen, Tony Vaselli at four thirty,
Speaker 1: and we'll go around the National Football League flogging, and
Speaker 1: of course joins us. We're at our home studios today
Speaker 1: and let's start right off with it Logs. Ronnie Harrison
Speaker 1: traded about an hour ago, officially to the Cleveland Browns,
Speaker 1: a fifth round pick coming back one. The Jaguars now
Speaker 1: have eleven draft picks in next year's NFL draft. Ronnie
Speaker 1: Harrison gone though, after only two years in the National
Speaker 1: Football League going into his third season. What are you
Speaker 1: surprised by this move at all? Um? I wouldn't use
Speaker 1: the word surprised. Um. You know, here, here's the thing, JP,
Speaker 1: if you look at what's happened over the last couple
Speaker 1: of days with the Jaguars, and you kind of marry
Speaker 1: that with what they've been talking about all throughout the
Speaker 1: off season, all through the preseason here, even though there
Speaker 1: hasn't been any games, but in training camp, they've talked
Speaker 1: about at length about changing the culture. And changing the
Speaker 1: culture to me means that you want to get rid
Speaker 1: of some guys that you don't particularly like that maybe
Speaker 1: you don't feel that they're strong him in the locker room,
Speaker 1: that they're meant for your team. And then Ronnie Harrison
Speaker 1: also might have been a case of, look, we've got
Speaker 1: a lot of talent at that position. We feel really
Speaker 1: good about the other guys that we have. You know,
Speaker 1: let's face it, Ronnie Harrison was not a a premium
Speaker 1: starter for this football team, not anywhere close to being
Speaker 1: a premium starter. He was a a good player. Uh,
Speaker 1: but are there other guys that have a talent or
Speaker 1: a skill set that's close to him absolutely. So if
Speaker 1: you've got some other guys that are pretty close to you,
Speaker 1: you better have a lot of good culture about you.
Speaker 1: And I don't know if Ronnie Harrison that was the case.
Speaker 1: Ronnie Harrison in his two years of the Jags just
Speaker 1: over a hundred tackles, three stacks, three interceptions, twelve passes defense,
Speaker 1: But he did have a little bit of a track record,
Speaker 1: at least on the field of some extracurriculus things. It's
Speaker 1: haunting penalty here and unnecessary roughness there. Um. That kind
Speaker 1: of thing on the field cannot help this football team.
Speaker 1: That that JP. That goes to what we're talking about here,
Speaker 1: and that's culture. You know. I think the thing that
Speaker 1: disappointed me the most with Ronnie Harrison far as on
Speaker 1: the field stuff he had, it wasn't uncommon for him
Speaker 1: to have miss tackles. And when you're supposed to be
Speaker 1: a tackling, physical safety, you can't have miss tackles. I mean,
Speaker 1: you're the last line of defense. That's the name of
Speaker 1: the position. It's called safety. But when he had the
Speaker 1: tawning penalties that you're referring to JP, this is a
Speaker 1: guy that was wasn't even involved in the conversation that
Speaker 1: he just entered himself into. It's almost as if at
Speaker 1: times it was similar to the Leonard four Nett situation
Speaker 1: in Buffalo to where Leonard four Nette involved himself in
Speaker 1: a fight on the far side of the field when
Speaker 1: he had absolutely nothing to do with the play. Ronnie
Speaker 1: Harrison involved himself in certain skirmishes on the field where
Speaker 1: he wasn't even involved in the play and ended up
Speaker 1: getting tawning penalty. So, look, I don't know if this
Speaker 1: is the exact reason why, but from my perspective, and
Speaker 1: they're talking about aging culture, you've got to make sure
Speaker 1: that you have your guys, and especially when you're going young,
Speaker 1: because look, the fact is that the Jaguars are going young,
Speaker 1: and when you're going young, you want to make sure
Speaker 1: that the influences in that locker room are strong and
Speaker 1: strong and positive. And I think that that's where the
Speaker 1: focus is with this football team right now. I think
Speaker 1: that's what Doug Brown and Dave Caldwell are are setting
Speaker 1: out to do, even if it involves cutting a guy
Speaker 1: who is a a number four overall selection in which
Speaker 1: you could have had other quarterbacks which would have been
Speaker 1: franchise type guys. And even if you have a safety
Speaker 1: who is a third round pick and you trade him
Speaker 1: per fifth, you know, if you're gonna get better and
Speaker 1: you're gonna do it with youth, you better make sure
Speaker 1: that you've got really positive leadership with that youth. We
Speaker 1: will ask Doug Moron about this trade today of Ronning
Speaker 1: Harrison to the Browns at five o'clock on the Doug
Speaker 1: Marrone Show and the Jaguars Radio Network. The head coach
Speaker 1: joins us at the top of the show today coming
Speaker 1: up in a little less than an hour from right now.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned the youth, Doug Maron was asked about
Speaker 1: that youth. Has he ever been around anything this young
Speaker 1: in the National Football League? No, in the NFL, I've
Speaker 1: never never have had this. The closest I think would
Speaker 1: would be New Orleans, you know when we first went there,
Speaker 1: and then in college, you know, it was the same thing.
Speaker 1: You know, we had a lot of these young guys
Speaker 1: coming in and playing UM and it was good and
Speaker 1: and you know, yes, I in college I did see it.
Speaker 1: I would call it jeane, you know, growing pains. I
Speaker 1: saw that in the college um format um. I I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't see that, nor uh would I expect that
Speaker 1: out of the players that we put on the field. Now.
Speaker 1: That's Doug Marone earlier today, spoke the media before practice
Speaker 1: at T I A. A. Bank Field. According to NFL
Speaker 1: research logs, the Jags had the fourth youngest roster in
Speaker 1: the league as of the middle of this week, with
Speaker 1: an average of twenty five years a d twenty one days.
Speaker 1: Only the Rams, Dolphins, and Vikings were younger as of
Speaker 1: the middle of the week. And that's just by a
Speaker 1: matter of a few days or months. So, yeah, we
Speaker 1: say it's young. It is literally one of the youngest
Speaker 1: in the league. Yeah, but you've got to remember to
Speaker 1: jp that that calculation has made based on the roster
Speaker 1: that's not even finalized yet. Wait until this Jaguars team
Speaker 1: decides to make it's it's roster cutdown and they get
Speaker 1: to fifty three. I don't think there is any question
Speaker 1: that they may be the youngest team in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. I think they may be one of the
Speaker 1: youngest teams. Ever, as far as experience in the National
Speaker 1: Football League, this is gonna be an incredibly young football team.
Speaker 1: It's gonna have some growing pains but at the same token,
Speaker 1: as long as they're growing, you feel good about a
Speaker 1: year in which you have that money, youth, or that
Speaker 1: many got young guys playing on your football team. They
Speaker 1: were pretty darn young back, aren't they remember that? Yeah? Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're pretty young then. But you know what, here's the difference.
Speaker 1: You had. How many draft picks this past spring? Twelve? Right? Twelve? Correct? Okay,
Speaker 1: so you got twelve draft picks. Do you see any
Speaker 1: of those draft picks not making this football team right now?
Speaker 1: I would be really surprised if they were all not
Speaker 1: around next week. Yes, okay, So if you're keeping twelve rookies,
Speaker 1: I mean we're going back to the expansion see where
Speaker 1: you had, you know, extra draft picks and everything like that.
Speaker 1: As far as the number of draft picks that you have.
Speaker 1: You know, but here's the thing, um. Back in you know,
Speaker 1: this football team was supplemented with a lot of guys
Speaker 1: that were in free agency, and so you had a
Speaker 1: lot of additions to that where this team had some
Speaker 1: participation in free agency, but some of the free agent
Speaker 1: acquisitions that they got opted out or been forced to
Speaker 1: retire or whatever happened. So this football team is going
Speaker 1: to be incredibly young. Uh. And it's not gonna be
Speaker 1: just one side of the ball. I mean this, this
Speaker 1: isn't a okay, let's just reconstruct the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball. Let's reconstruct the offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: I mean, right now, this is a reconstruction across the board. Now.
Speaker 1: I mean you've got uh, certain components of the defense
Speaker 1: and the back end. You're talking about the interior, the
Speaker 1: defensive line, on the edge. I mean on offense, you've
Speaker 1: got a wide receiver position that has two young draft picks.
Speaker 1: You've got drafted tight end, undrafted tight end, they're possibly
Speaker 1: gonna be in the mix. Undrafted running backs. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is this is gonna be uh pretty interesting because
Speaker 1: you know, when you factor in that the undrafted running
Speaker 1: backs have a strong possibility of making this team. You
Speaker 1: could end up having maybe fourteen rookies end up making
Speaker 1: this football team. That's a huge number. That is a
Speaker 1: huge not's a lot, that's a lot. Indeed, it is
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. And all of that on the
Speaker 1: offensive side to be led by a second year quarterback
Speaker 1: and Gardner Minshew no to lean on anymore to carry
Speaker 1: the ball twenty five times games. So this is Gardner
Speaker 1: Minshew's deal. Bucky Brooks yesterday said, basically, the training wheels
Speaker 1: are off, this is your offense. Gardner and Doug Moron
Speaker 1: was asked about Minshew's mindset. Is he ready for opening day? Mentally?
Speaker 1: I I feel really good. I mean I really do.
Speaker 1: I mean he's on top of it. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: he's always been real sharp that way. Um. Right now
Speaker 1: we're just kind of arrest him and and you know,
Speaker 1: get him ready for for next week. So uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we're just gonna take a step back, and you know,
Speaker 1: he's done everything that we've asked him to do. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, mentally he's he's he's right on, right on target.
Speaker 1: You know. Now it's a matter of, hey, listen to
Speaker 1: all these guys have been through camp. They've been through
Speaker 1: a lot. Um. Now it's a matter of just pull
Speaker 1: him back, you know, over these next couple of days
Speaker 1: and then you know, Monday come in and you know,
Speaker 1: my goal is to have everybody, you know, feeling and
Speaker 1: that's sometimes you're asking too much there because you really
Speaker 1: never played this game at a hundred percent, but you know,
Speaker 1: just getting him ready to go. We heard from Gardenne
Speaker 1: after practice Will hear some of his comments coming up
Speaker 1: a little later. But but he understands what's at stake
Speaker 1: here obviously for him, I mean, it's his opportunity, is
Speaker 1: the starter going into the season in training camp for
Speaker 1: the first time really since high school, he said before.
Speaker 1: But he also knows what else is on the line.
Speaker 1: If they don't win games. Um, he and the decision
Speaker 1: makers are probably all out of here. He said that today,
Speaker 1: and we'll hear him coming up a little bit later.
Speaker 1: So there's a lot of pressure obviously on Gardner to
Speaker 1: begin with. And now the elite running back is not around.
Speaker 1: So this feels like logs to me. A lot of
Speaker 1: Gardener mintshew this year, which wasn't really unexpected, I think
Speaker 1: going in well, I don't know about that. I mean, look,
Speaker 1: there's other running backs that are capable of filling that role,
Speaker 1: but not just one of them. I think it's gonna
Speaker 1: take a collection of the running back room to be
Speaker 1: able to replace the numbers that Leonard Fournette had. I mean,
Speaker 1: after all, what he counted forty or almost one third
Speaker 1: of the offense, and and he was really the primary
Speaker 1: thought on on any situation, and you know, and I
Speaker 1: don't know if that's a reason, because you know, going
Speaker 1: back all the way to seventeen, he was considered to
Speaker 1: be a great player and he had a quarterback who
Speaker 1: wasn't so good, and you were trying to keep the
Speaker 1: ball out of his hands. But the reality is is
Speaker 1: that Leonard Fournette was a dependable game day player, was
Speaker 1: the dependable non game day type of player. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's interesting to me that a lot of
Speaker 1: the conversation about Leonard Fournette, they talked about how that
Speaker 1: this wasn't a decision about Leonard Fournette as a person
Speaker 1: or anything of that nature. But the reality is is
Speaker 1: that you just don't cut a guy if the decision
Speaker 1: wasn't based on something besides just production. Uh. To me,
Speaker 1: that's another we talked about that culture decision JP and UH,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a tough, tough go of it trying
Speaker 1: to find a you know, one guy that can replace
Speaker 1: his number. So it's gonna take multiple guys and and
Speaker 1: I think with j Grun's offense are gonna be dynamic.
Speaker 1: They're gonna have a lot of guys feel different roles
Speaker 1: and uh, and they feel good about what they got
Speaker 1: without Leonard Fournette. Obviously they wouldn't have let Leonard Fournette go,
Speaker 1: you know, because of cultural reasons, if if they didn't
Speaker 1: feel good about what they could get out of the
Speaker 1: other guys. Yeah, I think my point I was trying
Speaker 1: to make about it's Gardner's offense. Well, he's got to
Speaker 1: spread it out to all those different guys. Now, I
Speaker 1: remember Leonard led the team and receptions last year too.
Speaker 1: He was the leading receiver by catching, which is not good.
Speaker 1: J That that's not good. You don't want your running
Speaker 1: back to be the leading receiver, you know. So the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks got to throw it to to other people. I mean, look,
Speaker 1: if it's Tom Brady and he's thrown at the running
Speaker 1: back and running back as an integral part of the offense,
Speaker 1: and if J Gruen's gonna run that kind of offense,
Speaker 1: sure throw it to the running back. But last year,
Speaker 1: that's not how this offense was built to be successful.
Speaker 1: That was like the afterthought, Okay, nothing else is there,
Speaker 1: We've got to check it down to the running back.
Speaker 1: So it wasn't as if Leonard Fournett caught a bunch
Speaker 1: of balls and every time he caught the ball on
Speaker 1: a pass that it was a dynamic play and it
Speaker 1: made an impact in the game a lot more just
Speaker 1: mediocre yards, and so you gotta be able to graduate
Speaker 1: and take that next step as a quarterback. And it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a pressure packed here for Minshew. When I
Speaker 1: say that, more pressure on on external nature or people's
Speaker 1: opinion of the situation, because Gardner Minshew is not a
Speaker 1: guy that gives the appearance that he is swayed or
Speaker 1: impacted by pressure. I just don't get that opinion. But
Speaker 1: the reality is that Minshew's got up his game JP.
Speaker 1: You know, from watching the scrimmage on on Saturday, I
Speaker 1: don't think it was a particularly strong performance. And so
Speaker 1: he's got to be able to bring his game up,
Speaker 1: especially with the departure of a guy that provided so
Speaker 1: much for the offense, and then you've got to find
Speaker 1: a way to replace that. Garner Minsho has got to
Speaker 1: be a big part of that, but also the running
Speaker 1: back room, the coaching staff has to find creative ways
Speaker 1: to get other guys the ball. It's a lot that
Speaker 1: has happened this week. Of course, we'll a little later
Speaker 1: in the show get on the defensive side breakdown that
Speaker 1: in gock Way deal, and and Alan and Chason really
Speaker 1: solidifying there at the rush end position, and get your
Speaker 1: thoughts on on that move that the Jaguars made this
Speaker 1: week as well. We'll come back in a moment though,
Speaker 1: and visit with the Senior Repee of Sales and Service,
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Speaker 1: Jeff Loguman from the home studio. But now we go
Speaker 1: down to t i A A bank field in our
Speaker 1: home studio. That's not at our homes, it's our second
Speaker 1: home of course, Chad Johnson is with us today, senior
Speaker 1: VP of Sales and Service. Good afternoon. What's going on
Speaker 1: down there, Hey, guys, we're we're excited. Ten days away.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned, fans are coming back to t I
Speaker 1: bank Field, and in fact on I think there's thirteen
Speaker 1: game is being played that day and we'll be the
Speaker 1: only one that has fans live here in the stadiums.
Speaker 1: So we've taken a lot of precautions to make sure
Speaker 1: that we're ready. Boy and Chad. Saturday when the Jaguars
Speaker 1: were scrimmaging, some of those precautions were well on display. Uh,
Speaker 1: the extent that you guys are going through to make
Speaker 1: sure that fans feel comfortable and are safe, it's pretty amazing. Yeah.
Speaker 1: You know, Um, there's two things. We have a lot
Speaker 1: of fans that want to come, but they also have
Speaker 1: to be willing to come, and to be willing to come,
Speaker 1: they have to know that our building is going to
Speaker 1: be safe, sanitized, and easy for them. So we've invested
Speaker 1: a lot of resources and it starts from the time
Speaker 1: they get into the parking lots to the time they leave,
Speaker 1: where we can limit contact and have a safe, sanitary
Speaker 1: experience for them. Yeah, there's some examples of what what
Speaker 1: that those things are because you talk about, uh, the
Speaker 1: incredible commitments because I mean from pan sanitizing stations, touchless
Speaker 1: paying for things, tickets, Yeah, um, from the time you
Speaker 1: get here. We're socially distancing the parking spaces so you
Speaker 1: have extra room when you come in. We've purchased new
Speaker 1: magnetometers that will allow you to keep your cell phone
Speaker 1: and keys on your person, hold that clear bag and
Speaker 1: walk right through, so again eliminating a touch point. We're
Speaker 1: purchasing self man's ticket scanners so fans can go right
Speaker 1: up and scan their ticket. We've invested in mobile ordering
Speaker 1: so you can order food and beverage right from your seat,
Speaker 1: get a text alert when it's ready, show your phone
Speaker 1: and they'll scan that QR co and your foods they're waiting.
Speaker 1: So we've we've really limited the contact points, but we've
Speaker 1: done so in a way that's taken a lot of investment,
Speaker 1: both in time and resources to get ready. Chad Johnson
Speaker 1: with US, Senior VP of Sales and Service for the
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jags at home next Sunday against the
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts to open the regular season. How difficult was
Speaker 1: it to get the socially disc since seating chart and
Speaker 1: you know, how did you guys come up with the
Speaker 1: chart this year and how long did that process take
Speaker 1: for you and your staff? So so just to get
Speaker 1: the seating manifest already took us about three weeks. We
Speaker 1: started with using our partner ticket Master and some technology
Speaker 1: they have that can build out what it would look
Speaker 1: like on paper, but then once you get in the
Speaker 1: actual seating bowl, it's a little bit different, right, So
Speaker 1: we we took that and and really went and developed
Speaker 1: a little seating pods. You can have groups of two,
Speaker 1: four six um making sure you have space both behind
Speaker 1: you and in front of you. And then when we
Speaker 1: went through the stadium, what's really interesting is we have
Speaker 1: different size seats all throughout the stadium. We have eighteen
Speaker 1: inch nineteen inch one inch seats, so we actually had
Speaker 1: to measure each pod uh personally to make sure we
Speaker 1: had the six foot of space that we need for
Speaker 1: the physical distancing. UM. We're actually out there now zip
Speaker 1: tying the seats closed that won't be used, so the
Speaker 1: entire stadium will have their uh unused seats zip tied
Speaker 1: and we'll have to walk through and double check that
Speaker 1: to make sure it's accurate about trying to get a seat.
Speaker 1: You know, if if they're interested and let's say buying
Speaker 1: four game day tickets, I mean, do they have to
Speaker 1: be season ticket holders? Can anybody call the Jaguars and say, hey, look,
Speaker 1: I'm looking for this number of seats. How does that work? Yeah? Yeah, Jeff.
Speaker 1: So we started with selling season tickets, so we did
Speaker 1: go to our current members and a number of them
Speaker 1: purchased the full season package, and then last week we
Speaker 1: did open up the individual game tickets, so those are
Speaker 1: available on ticketmaster dot com or by calling our office.
Speaker 1: What's important to know though, is that you're required to
Speaker 1: purchase the entire pod. So if there's a group of six,
Speaker 1: you see, you won't be able to purchase just two
Speaker 1: seats of that six. You would have to go into
Speaker 1: a separate two seat pod. So the technology is helping
Speaker 1: force that fan behavior to keep that pot integrity and
Speaker 1: make sure the guests are in your inner circle and
Speaker 1: you know that they're safe as well. Chad Johnson with
Speaker 1: US VP of Sales and Service, Senior VP of Sales
Speaker 1: and Service for the Jacksonville Jaguars. You mentioned it off
Speaker 1: the top. I mean week one, the Jacks will be
Speaker 1: the only UM building with fans in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: How much do you discuss the ideas like this with
Speaker 1: other teams in the league, get ideas from different marketplaces
Speaker 1: of how they're going about it. How much conversation happens
Speaker 1: from from marketplace to marketplace when it comes to COVID
Speaker 1: in the NFL, Yeah, we're We're on calls multiple times
Speaker 1: a week with our peers. UM. The Kansas City Chiefs
Speaker 1: will actually be the first team to open with fans.
Speaker 1: They play on Thursday night, UM, as I mentioned, will
Speaker 1: be the only team on Sunday. And there's another another uh.
Speaker 1: Other teams that are going up, the Miami Dolphins, the
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, and most teams are really wanting to it's
Speaker 1: just a matter of getting their plans approved by whether
Speaker 1: the city or state officials. And we started working on
Speaker 1: our plan back in June. So our goal from minute
Speaker 1: one was always how do we welcome fans back safely,
Speaker 1: get that process approved, then go build the manifest and
Speaker 1: work on the business side of it. So I think
Speaker 1: we were we were really ahead of the game because
Speaker 1: it was so important to us in Axonville. Our fans
Speaker 1: are such an important part of our success and um,
Speaker 1: I'm excited to be able to do this on Sunday
Speaker 1: with Chad, with you guys working with the city and
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Speaker 1: you really just shows that people are watching us very closely.
Speaker 1: You know. I think people see it from Afar and
Speaker 1: see how they're losing their biggest names. But that's not
Speaker 1: how we feel, um. And I mean realistically, I know
Speaker 1: if we if we're taking you know, coach bron uh,
Speaker 1: Dave Caldwell and me are probably gonna be out of jobs.
Speaker 1: So I know us three and a lot of those
Speaker 1: other guys in locker room are not gonna let that
Speaker 1: crap happen. Um. So I feel very confidently and everybody's
Speaker 1: desire to win and uh that's absolutely not anything that uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we envisioned happening. We're Minshew the second today
Speaker 1: after practice when asked about the national call of the
Speaker 1: Jaguars tanking and we're about halfway home on Jaguar's Happy Hour,
Speaker 1: jaf Shadrick, Jeff Logiven from our home studios. Tony Basselli
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Speaker 1: thoughts right off the bat here on the Ronny Harrison
Speaker 1: trade to the Browns for a fifth round pick in
Speaker 1: next year's draft. Now eleven draft picks from the Jags
Speaker 1: in one. Ronnie Harrison no longer a Jaguar. Big news
Speaker 1: this afternoon. What's your initial reaction when you heard the news? Um, well,
Speaker 1: you you know, I've kind of been hearing rumblings that
Speaker 1: with how the safety position was shaking out, that there
Speaker 1: might be some changes there, and uh, I think if
Speaker 1: they looked at it, um, Ronnie Harrison was iman out. Um.
Speaker 1: So you know, you have to trust the evaluation of
Speaker 1: Doug and and Dave and the rest of the staff
Speaker 1: that they're making the best choices to give this team
Speaker 1: the best chance of winning. Um, in the big picture,
Speaker 1: you don't love you know, drafted a guy in the
Speaker 1: third round and two years later and a guy that
Speaker 1: you expected to be a pretty big piece of your
Speaker 1: defense moving fort a young young guy. You drafted him
Speaker 1: to be a starter at the safety position, and you
Speaker 1: have to move on so quickly decepter two years and
Speaker 1: only get a fifth round in return. Yeah, lex you
Speaker 1: mentioned that earlier. That's that is a quick turnaround. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, I guess the question is is this They've
Speaker 1: had a lot of changes in the last week. I
Speaker 1: don't know if I put the move in this realm
Speaker 1: of the last two of Fournette being waived and and
Speaker 1: Harrison being traded today, but are they done blocks Well,
Speaker 1: you know, look, I don't know. I mean, they could
Speaker 1: end up, you know, having a trade and bring some
Speaker 1: people in, or they could try to trade one of
Speaker 1: the wide receivers because I think it's a pretty talented room.
Speaker 1: But uh, you know, I think it's just a lot
Speaker 1: the question of tanking and all that comes up because
Speaker 1: all of that happened at once, you know, and obviously
Speaker 1: the Angoquay situation has been something that's been going on
Speaker 1: all the way back to when the off season started,
Speaker 1: in free agency started, and then the Leonard Fournette thing.
Speaker 1: It was kind of going on in the draft. It
Speaker 1: was rumors would Leonard Fournette be traded during the draft,
Speaker 1: and then the Ronnie Harrison thing. I don't want to
Speaker 1: say it comes out of the blue, because it's not
Speaker 1: completely a surprise to me, but when it all kind
Speaker 1: of happens together, that's where I think people start saying, Okay, well,
Speaker 1: the Jaguars are tanking. But and if you're Gardner Minshew
Speaker 1: or Josh Allen or any member of this Jaguars football team,
Speaker 1: the last thing in the world you want to be
Speaker 1: doing is to be answering questions about your thoughts on
Speaker 1: people thinking that you're tanking and you haven't even played
Speaker 1: a game yet. I mean that that's gonna be incredibly
Speaker 1: discouraging from a players standpoint. I mean, Tony, we were
Speaker 1: we didn't have anybody asking this question, are you guys
Speaker 1: tanking so you can get a better draft pick? In
Speaker 1: We didn't have that even as an expansion team. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: it's not great, Jeff, to your point, I mean, it's
Speaker 1: a distraction and you never want your guys have an
Speaker 1: answer those type of questions. But if you think about it,
Speaker 1: you know a lot of this is coming from the external. Um.
Speaker 1: You know we're close to the team. And if I
Speaker 1: would have told you at the end of last year's
Speaker 1: we evaluated this team and kind of where they're going, UM,
Speaker 1: would we be surprised that uh and Gockway was not
Speaker 1: on this roster. I don't think any of us would
Speaker 1: have said now, probably better than not. Chance he's not.
Speaker 1: We thought maybe he'd been traded earlier, maybe you got
Speaker 1: a little higher pick um whatever. UM. I think all
Speaker 1: of us talked about you know, letter for that's a big,
Speaker 1: big name nationally because he was picked in the top five. UM, Jeff,
Speaker 1: you and I've talked about it at length. Is he
Speaker 1: the right Was he the right fit for this team?
Speaker 1: Was he the right fit for the offense they want
Speaker 1: to run? I mean in a single back out of
Speaker 1: the shotgun, a lot of inside outside zone. UM really
Speaker 1: doesn't fit his skill set? Probably, Um. And if you
Speaker 1: asked that he'd perform at a high level where he
Speaker 1: was a dominant back that you would expect to get
Speaker 1: as a top five pick. I don't think anyone internally
Speaker 1: would say, yeah, and we're happy with the pick, with
Speaker 1: all the things that have gone on, UM, in a
Speaker 1: combination of on the field and off the field. And
Speaker 1: so I don't think Jeff, I know you and I
Speaker 1: would not have been surprised if you'd have told us that, UM,
Speaker 1: when we talked in January and wrapping up the year,
Speaker 1: that Leonard Fournett would not be on this team. UM.
Speaker 1: And then if you at the Ronnie Harrison and you
Speaker 1: look at the production, and UM, I don't think he
Speaker 1: had a great year second year. I think there was
Speaker 1: a lot more expectations that he'd take a bigger step
Speaker 1: as the first year starter because he had a promising
Speaker 1: rookie year. I'm not saying he was a bad player
Speaker 1: by any means, but I think the thought was, UM,
Speaker 1: they need to get better at safety, they need to
Speaker 1: get better at the middle of that defense. UM. And
Speaker 1: after looking at it and going through camp and looking
Speaker 1: at the draft, pick the young guy Jones that you
Speaker 1: got wingered, who played some significant snaps, especially the second
Speaker 1: half of last year. UM, and the rest of that group,
Speaker 1: I think they felt like UM, looking at the room,
Speaker 1: looking at the locker room and the production, the actual
Speaker 1: real production. Take the names off the jersey, um, take
Speaker 1: the names of where they are drafted and everything else.
Speaker 1: You know, uh, take that away for a second. Now.
Speaker 1: I don't like trading third round picks and getting a
Speaker 1: fifth two years later. And I don't like drafting guys
Speaker 1: in the top five that don't end up being a
Speaker 1: part of your long term plan. Um, that's not good.
Speaker 1: But if you set that aside, it's as some costs,
Speaker 1: as they say in business, Um, you don't get those back.
Speaker 1: You have to make decisions that are best for the
Speaker 1: ball club moving forward. And in my estimate, estimate, estimate, uh,
Speaker 1: in my estimate, none of this um really speaks to
Speaker 1: this team tanking because none of it surprises me that much. Now,
Speaker 1: I think the one thing that probably a little a
Speaker 1: little hard to take for for the fan base and
Speaker 1: and even for me, it's like wow, I mean when
Speaker 1: you think about it, and Leonard Fournett is a top
Speaker 1: five pick, and that was a draft where you had
Speaker 1: a year in which Blake Portals did not you know,
Speaker 1: have a great year in the previous year, and so
Speaker 1: you you bypass two franchise quarterbacks are possible franchise quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's any debate about Patrick Mahomes, and
Speaker 1: most people would be in agreement that Shaun Watson is
Speaker 1: as a franchise guy too. So I think from from
Speaker 1: a fan standpoint, when you have, you know, those two
Speaker 1: guys that are still in the league and considered some
Speaker 1: of the best young quarterbacks in the game, and Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes might be the brightest young quarterback to the end
Speaker 1: of the game in years, and you could have at
Speaker 1: either one of those guys and the guy that you
Speaker 1: picked in that spot you just cut. I mean that
Speaker 1: that's that's a that's a tough thing. And so so
Speaker 1: I get some of the frustration that some of the
Speaker 1: fans because look, I mean when Leonard Fournette got cut,
Speaker 1: I mean I got my phone. I don't know about
Speaker 1: your phone, Tony, but my phone was blowing up from
Speaker 1: friends and and family and and associates that are all
Speaker 1: and you know, big fans of the Jaguars and big
Speaker 1: fans of football, and they're like, what what in the
Speaker 1: world you know? So but I mean, it is what
Speaker 1: it is, and and uh and I definitely would say
Speaker 1: that there was more to it than just a from
Speaker 1: a talent standpoint with Leonard Fournette. You know, they kept
Speaker 1: talking as I said this earlier with J. P. Tony, Uh,
Speaker 1: they kept talking about culture and culture and culture in
Speaker 1: the off season and throughout training camp. I think there
Speaker 1: was more than just production based decision here with Leonard Fournette. Check.
Speaker 1: I mean, all your points are good ones, but I
Speaker 1: go back to we can't we don't get a redo
Speaker 1: when we picked winner for Nett and didn't take um
Speaker 1: My Homes or Watson, and he said it on Monday night. Um,
Speaker 1: A lot of people are saying, well, that's Tom Coughlin's pick,
Speaker 1: that's the guy he wanted, um. And I don't think
Speaker 1: that's a doubt. I mean, he wanted a big back
Speaker 1: and he wanted to be physical. But I also think
Speaker 1: it was because, you know, Dave Caldwell felt like they
Speaker 1: had a franchise quarterback in in in Blake Portals. And
Speaker 1: so you can go back and play you know, detective
Speaker 1: and you know, break down every little aspect of what
Speaker 1: we should have done, and you know and kind of
Speaker 1: do an autopsy post you know, post mortem um and
Speaker 1: figure out the mistakes and what happened. But the reality
Speaker 1: is is you sit here in you have to make
Speaker 1: decisions what's best to move forward. UM. So I get
Speaker 1: what you're saying, and I think it's fair for the
Speaker 1: fans to be frustrated, because it's not just the frustration
Speaker 1: of the letter Ford at getting cut after being the
Speaker 1: top five pick four years ago when we needed a quarterback,
Speaker 1: or that Ronnie Harrison in the third rounder that you're,
Speaker 1: you know, a year ago telling the fan base that
Speaker 1: this is a guy we're gonna build around on defense,
Speaker 1: is gonna be one of our safeties. Um. And then
Speaker 1: beyond issues and all that, it goes to the bigger
Speaker 1: frustration of this team having one productive year uh in
Speaker 1: the last decade um plus, and that's the season. And
Speaker 1: so all that put together is where the frustration of
Speaker 1: the fans comes in, come in, comes in, and I
Speaker 1: understand it, and I can't blame them for being frustrated.
Speaker 1: But I think at the same time, you have to separate, Um,
Speaker 1: you know what happened in because that's done. You don't
Speaker 1: get the do over. You don't get to go back
Speaker 1: and say, oops, um, can we have the homes? Now
Speaker 1: we'll give you for net Um. You don't get to
Speaker 1: make those decisions. And now you just gotta make the
Speaker 1: best decisions for the for the ball club moving forward.
Speaker 1: And I think if you look at it, Jeff, I'll
Speaker 1: ask you, Um, do you think that Leondard four Nett
Speaker 1: gave this team the best chance that went running back
Speaker 1: the way they want to play? Now, I'm not saying
Speaker 1: they should have cut him. I'm not saying having a
Speaker 1: guy like Leonard four Nett on your team isn't um
Speaker 1: that he's a bad player, that he can't play in
Speaker 1: this league. That's obviously not true. He is a NFL player.
Speaker 1: But if you look at the situation last year where
Speaker 1: he got all the touches UM, and you look at
Speaker 1: the yardage and the receptions. Now, if you're going into
Speaker 1: a year where you're gonna tell him that, hey, we're
Speaker 1: gonna cut that product, that volume of touches by fifty
Speaker 1: because of the way we want to play, um, how
Speaker 1: would that go over? And what does that mean for
Speaker 1: the football team? And is it the best situation to
Speaker 1: keep in her four net when you know that's the
Speaker 1: direction you're going. No, I'm I'm with you, because you
Speaker 1: know what when you when you tell a player like
Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette that, then Leonard is not gonna be a
Speaker 1: happy camper, and then what's your culture like then when
Speaker 1: you have a running back who used to be a
Speaker 1: big part of the offense, then all of a sudden
Speaker 1: he's asked to take a lesser role. He's not a
Speaker 1: happy camper the locker room. So, uh so I get it.
Speaker 1: I mean, I totally understand it. But it's just unfortunate
Speaker 1: that that things of this that mean, for first and foremost,
Speaker 1: it's unfortunate that you wouldn't weren't able to get anything
Speaker 1: for him. I mean, Doug Brown said JP that they tried,
Speaker 1: but it's just surprising because you know, look, if you're cutting,
Speaker 1: I don't care if somebody's a top five pick, a
Speaker 1: top pick overall in the draft. If you can get
Speaker 1: a biscuit and a couple of coffee, you're gonna take
Speaker 1: a biscuit and a up a coffee. So it's not
Speaker 1: like you just said, oh, we don't care about getting
Speaker 1: any value for Leonard Fournette. Literally nobody wanted to give
Speaker 1: anything up for Leonard Fournette. I mean, wow, wow, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what they're gonna have to pay for him
Speaker 1: and deaf. It's a it's a small community. People talk.
Speaker 1: They understand it's what you do as a player on
Speaker 1: the field is part of it. What you do off
Speaker 1: the field, the locker room and kind of perception that
Speaker 1: other teams haven't you also go into it. And again
Speaker 1: not that Leonardo is not an NFL running back. He is,
Speaker 1: but you have to wait everything in it, uh way,
Speaker 1: it all together, which includes salary off the field, you know,
Speaker 1: on the field, production, all those things, and and that
Speaker 1: will really determine your value to a football team. And
Speaker 1: I think obviously no one was willing to give up
Speaker 1: a draft pick um And maybe it was because they
Speaker 1: knew that Jackson was gonna cut them one way or
Speaker 1: another and they could get him without having the trade
Speaker 1: for him. Who knows, but it is a little shocking
Speaker 1: to me as well that they couldn't get anything even
Speaker 1: a seventh rounder. Tony was sally with us Jeff Lagman
Speaker 1: J P. Shadrick's Jaguars Happy Hour. We heard from from
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew at the top of the segment. Guys, and
Speaker 1: you know he was under some pressure anyway, obviously as
Speaker 1: the starting quarterback going into this season. But you heard
Speaker 1: him discuss there all the tanking stuff, and he knows
Speaker 1: what's at stake. Here with everything going on. Um, but
Speaker 1: he seems like Tony at least the short time we've
Speaker 1: been around him. But he has the personality type to
Speaker 1: to block a lot of that stuff away and focus
Speaker 1: on the task at hand. How difficult will that be
Speaker 1: as this season goes along, if things go well or
Speaker 1: don't go as well as they should. I never worry
Speaker 1: about the mental side of it with Gardner at all.
Speaker 1: I mean this and the and the challenges that he
Speaker 1: might face of you know, being an underdog or put
Speaker 1: an extra pressure on them, or new systems or anything
Speaker 1: like that. I mean the guy in like five different
Speaker 1: systems in college in five different years. I mean he
Speaker 1: was all over the place and and found a way
Speaker 1: to have success amidst at all. He got thrown in
Speaker 1: after eleven plays last year as a rookie, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, acquitted himself nicely. Um, So I don't worry
Speaker 1: about that. Um you know, I think what we you know,
Speaker 1: if I when I think about Gardner, minshew, I think
Speaker 1: about it. Can he take the next step? Is he?
Speaker 1: Is he the type of player that can carry a
Speaker 1: team from the quarterback position? Um? You were you know
Speaker 1: you asked the questions about arm strength and stuff that
Speaker 1: we saw, you know, you know, last year worst questionable,
Speaker 1: and I think we've seen a little bit of being
Speaker 1: a question in training camp at times. I mean we're
Speaker 1: hearing that they're gonna get him rest, let him rest
Speaker 1: his arm basically until you know, opening day and kind
Speaker 1: of giving a little bit of a breather there. Uh
Speaker 1: and just you know, look at the mental side. So
Speaker 1: those are the things I worry about, not so much
Speaker 1: of him being able to handle you know, the distractions
Speaker 1: and the you know, the extra noise. I mean, part
Speaker 1: of me thinks he thrives on it because that's what
Speaker 1: he's done. Is you know, look at his college career
Speaker 1: and even last year coming in after the place. Let's
Speaker 1: go back in a moment, guys, we will touch on
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Speaker 1: obviously today. Uh, and then you know it goes back
Speaker 1: to this process that's already started to weigh on me.
Speaker 1: I think you guys have been around me enough to know,
Speaker 1: you know, this time of year when, um, you know,
Speaker 1: having been in this position like a lot of the
Speaker 1: players you know many times, and having been cut obviously
Speaker 1: six times at least six times. Um, it's tough to
Speaker 1: think that. You know, you know, everyone that's been on
Speaker 1: that field has given everything we had. That's all you
Speaker 1: can ask for. Um. You know, everybody on that field
Speaker 1: has has a skill I mean a skill set. Um.
Speaker 1: So you know, I just I know, for from my standpoint,
Speaker 1: you know how appreciative I am of you know, the
Speaker 1: amount of work you know that all these players that
Speaker 1: put in and coach Doug Moron today before practice Welcome back,
Speaker 1: Jaguars Happy Hour, JP, Shadrick, Jeff Flagerman, Tony Basselli. Final
Speaker 1: few moments here we will hear from Doug Maron coming
Speaker 1: up at five o'clock on The Doug Moron Show, and
Speaker 1: we'll get his thoughts on the Ronnie Harrison trade. The
Speaker 1: first comments from any Jaguars decision makers after that deal
Speaker 1: was made about three o'clock officially today, And you know
Speaker 1: he's always um. He sounds just like that every year
Speaker 1: leading up to cut down day. Guys. You know, he's
Speaker 1: been through this thing, he said, six times at least
Speaker 1: as a player, So he understands what that maybe sometimes
Speaker 1: short interaction when you cut a player means to that player.
Speaker 1: And he remembers the ones that happened to him throughout
Speaker 1: his career coming up in the nash Football League. So,
Speaker 1: you know, Tony, it's a tough day for Doug. He
Speaker 1: he he appreciates everything that's happened on the field, but
Speaker 1: at some point, you gotta it's a business. You gotta
Speaker 1: cut the team and move on. Yeah, I mean it's
Speaker 1: no fun. I mean I think a lot of people,
Speaker 1: you know, in you know, outside of athletics can understand,
Speaker 1: you know, you get fired or someone let you go
Speaker 1: for whatever reason. Sometimes especially you know, look we look
Speaker 1: in this pandemic, you know time we live in around COVID.
Speaker 1: I mean people have lost their jobs and done a
Speaker 1: great good workers and it just there's no place and
Speaker 1: a lot of times in the NFL. It's the same
Speaker 1: thing as as Doug said. These are guys that do
Speaker 1: have skill set. Some will end up on other teams. Um,
Speaker 1: but you have to get down to a number. It's
Speaker 1: no fun to do for anybody. It's not fun for
Speaker 1: the players. Um, it's not from for the coaches. But
Speaker 1: it's part of the process and it's a necessary and
Speaker 1: because you have a number you have to get to
Speaker 1: and that that day is coming pretty quick. Let me
Speaker 1: ask both of you guys. I think it'll be pretty interesting,
Speaker 1: is JP as well, because what happens after the cut,
Speaker 1: Because I mean, look, I think they probably could cut
Speaker 1: the roster right now. I don't think they're wavering on
Speaker 1: any position or trying to figure out who to keep
Speaker 1: or who to release. I think they got a pretty
Speaker 1: good idea of exactly what the roster makeup is gonna be.
Speaker 1: But the interest from me is also because you have
Speaker 1: a practice squad that you may have to depend on
Speaker 1: this year like no other year, and you've got an
Speaker 1: expanded practice squad to sixteen. Are you gonna have all
Speaker 1: sixteen of those come from your roster that you had
Speaker 1: in training camp or or is it gonna be like
Speaker 1: we've seen in the past with a young team which
Speaker 1: the Jaguars have committed to, do they start bringing in
Speaker 1: other guys that maybe they liked that other teams aren't
Speaker 1: holding onto. Or do they bring in maybe some veteran
Speaker 1: guys that maybe a talent rich team at defensive tackle
Speaker 1: lets a guy go and the Jaguars feel like that
Speaker 1: they can make an upgrade there, you know. So, I
Speaker 1: think there's some entrague game things that are gonna happen
Speaker 1: with this football team. I don't think by any means
Speaker 1: they're done um manipulating the roster. And I'm not talking
Speaker 1: about trading more guys. I'm talking about maybe changing out
Speaker 1: some positions and adding some guys that maybe let go
Speaker 1: from other teams or maybe even acquired in a trade.
Speaker 1: So much like you, you go all the way back
Speaker 1: to third team, the number of roster transactions that this
Speaker 1: team had. I think, Tony, we had a bet on
Speaker 1: it and you ended up winning because it was so
Speaker 1: many of them. I think this year is going to
Speaker 1: be very active, just like that year. And the hard
Speaker 1: part about that, though, Jeff is like, what are you
Speaker 1: making those decisions based on? Because you didn't have a
Speaker 1: preseasone evaluation. Yeah, it's a college valuation. You're exactly right.
Speaker 1: It's either college valuation or last year's tape evaluation. If
Speaker 1: it's a one, you know, a first year player that
Speaker 1: was in the NFL last year. So um, it's not
Speaker 1: like you can look at the preseason and say, hey
Speaker 1: we like this guy. Look, man, you look good on tape.
Speaker 1: It's really from past um, past work, your scouting. You're
Speaker 1: scouting department done, and so I think it. I do
Speaker 1: agree there's gonna be some movement. It's just interesting like
Speaker 1: you're making some bets on guys that you haven't seen
Speaker 1: in any real action. J T. Thomas was one of
Speaker 1: the most notable names that year in that was claimed
Speaker 1: by the Jags, and I think week one, if I
Speaker 1: remember right, he had a blocked punt on special teams
Speaker 1: for the Jags in this first game of action, just
Speaker 1: a week after less than a week than joining the team.
Speaker 1: Let's go around the National Football League and we'll start
Speaker 1: with a former Jaguar goes right down the road to
Speaker 1: Tampa one year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and
Speaker 1: uh boy would have moved down there for for net
Speaker 1: one year deal. Tony. How's it gonna fit in in Tampa? Well,
Speaker 1: I thought it was interested. I was reading an article
Speaker 1: today and Bruce Arians basically said it's running back by committee.
Speaker 1: Everyone has a role and they can do something. UH.
Speaker 1: And if I'm not a mistaken, I read that they
Speaker 1: thought they liked Leonard for Nett because he's a good
Speaker 1: pass walker. UM, and Bruce Arians was very clear that
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones, which is their second year pick of two
Speaker 1: years ago the University of Southern California, will be their
Speaker 1: feature guy. Will He'll be the guy. And then UM
Speaker 1: Shady McCoy who signed it as a free agent, and
Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette will have roles within the offense. So UM, listen,
Speaker 1: guys get hurt, things change throughout the year. UM, you know,
Speaker 1: I have no ill wills against Leonard Fourdette at all,
Speaker 1: wishing the best, hope hope, I hope he has success. Um,
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be a big change for Leonard because, um,
Speaker 1: you know one, he's going to a team that's a
Speaker 1: favorite UH in the NFL with Tom Brady and Gronk
Speaker 1: and the rest of the you know group that they
Speaker 1: have UH and that they've brought in UH. To that team.
Speaker 1: But he's also gonna go to be a role player.
Speaker 1: He's not gonna be the franchise back. The offense isn't
Speaker 1: gonna go around him. Um, and he's gonna have a
Speaker 1: specific role to play, and he's gonna have to like
Speaker 1: it's a different It's that's different. He's never experienced that.
Speaker 1: From the time he's laced him up the first time,
Speaker 1: I guarantee Leonard Fournette has been the best player when
Speaker 1: he stepped on the field and he was a focal
Speaker 1: point of that team from you know, peewee fo ball,
Speaker 1: the high school football that l s U and then
Speaker 1: when he came to the Jackson Jaguars. And this will
Speaker 1: be a new experience for him. Will he have to
Speaker 1: play special teams? He might. He might have to play
Speaker 1: a little special team because if you're not the feature back,
Speaker 1: I mean, look at backs that are active on game
Speaker 1: day and they're not the feature back, you're expected to
Speaker 1: contribute on special teams. So he may end up having
Speaker 1: to do that. I also think it's gonna be very
Speaker 1: interesting to see how Tom Brady and UH and Leonard
Speaker 1: four Nette mesh because Tom Brady is very no nonsense.
Speaker 1: He's the team first guy. He's very demanding. Uh, he
Speaker 1: can be very critical of some of his players, and
Speaker 1: from what I understand, it takes him a very long
Speaker 1: time to have trust and guys that are around him.
Speaker 1: So that will be an interesting watch in Tampa. But
Speaker 1: I wish him nothing but the best. And it's just
Speaker 1: a shame that it didn't work out here and work
Speaker 1: out better for all parties involved. The NFL Commissioner Roger
Speaker 1: Goodell's said that he and the Composition Committee agree that
Speaker 1: there's no competitive advantage if some teams have fans in
Speaker 1: the stands and others don't logs. Do you agree, No,
Speaker 1: I don't agree. But but here's the thing, JP. We're
Speaker 1: in the middle of a world pandemic. I mean, and
Speaker 1: you know you're hearing coaches, coaches, and you're hearing some
Speaker 1: general managers that are out there that are complaining that
Speaker 1: another team in their division may have an advantage because
Speaker 1: they're gonna have fans and they're not gonna be able
Speaker 1: to have fans. I mean, for heaven's sake, can can
Speaker 1: can we stop complaining about a situation that, look, we
Speaker 1: nobody has any control over. Let's just be happy and
Speaker 1: be happy as a coach and be happy as the
Speaker 1: general manager that you're gonna be able to play football. Okay,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to pipe in crowd noise. Okay.
Speaker 1: Do you think fifteen thousand in the in t I
Speaker 1: Bank Field is going to have that big of an
Speaker 1: impact on whether you win or lose? I mean, I mean, seriously,
Speaker 1: I think it's some of the most ridiculous baby whineing
Speaker 1: stuff that I've heard in a long time from some
Speaker 1: of these coaches and general managers that are complaining about
Speaker 1: competitive advantages. But but look, the fact is that there
Speaker 1: there is an advantage when you have fans and you don't.
Speaker 1: But that's just the way it is. So just accept
Speaker 1: it and let's move one. Yeah, and I agree with
Speaker 1: about fifty percent of what you said. I mean again,
Speaker 1: let's get a little perspective, like, are you kidding me?
Speaker 1: This is what we're gonna complaining about about whether we
Speaker 1: have fans or not. Let's be happy we're playing football. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think there's any competitive advantage or disadvantage to that. Uh,
Speaker 1: here's the reality. They're gonna be able to pipe in
Speaker 1: like eight five ninety decibels of crowd noise whatever it is. UM.
Speaker 1: By the way, capacity UM fifteen to seventeen thousand fans,
Speaker 1: whatever the number is. You know, if you have Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: I think they're it's fifty eight thousand or whatever. So
Speaker 1: you're talking that because like eleven or twelve thousand people
Speaker 1: in that stadium, they can't make that much noise. It
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It's not gonna make one bit of difference
Speaker 1: whether they are there or you have cardboard board cutouts
Speaker 1: UM sitting in the stands, because the uh crowd noise
Speaker 1: that you can pipe in will drown out people in
Speaker 1: any stadium in this country. Alright. So there you have it.
Speaker 1: On a couple of big notes. Some other notes, The
Speaker 1: NFL and the Players Association issued a joint statement today
Speaker 1: all league, union and team facilities will be closed on
Speaker 1: election Day in November to ensure every member of the
Speaker 1: NFL family has the opportunity to vote, and NFL Media
Speaker 1: and YouTube TV announced the carriage agreement to bring the
Speaker 1: NFL Network and Red Zone channel to YouTube TV. NFL
Speaker 1: network available in the base package the add on Sports
Speaker 1: Plus package. We have it. UM interesting, which, by the way,
Speaker 1: I agree with the NFL shutting down. Let me, everyone
Speaker 1: go vote. Um, I don't know if you need the
Speaker 1: whole day to go vote. Pretty much, you probably can
Speaker 1: get that done in a couple of hours, like if
Speaker 1: everyone just went and did it. But I get I
Speaker 1: think it's smart. Voting is critical, it's part of our country.
Speaker 1: You need to go vote for that. But I find
Speaker 1: it interesting. Um, we'll take the full day off for
Speaker 1: the vote. The right move. But every other holiday does
Speaker 1: not exist in the NFL, Christmas, Thanksgiving, no matter what
Speaker 1: it is, you're gonna work those days. Maybe, but it's
Speaker 1: always been like that, so it's funny to me, But
Speaker 1: it is the right move. You need a highlight voting. Um.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you need all day, but every
Speaker 1: player should vote. Every person listen to us should vote.
Speaker 1: When it comes to who our next leader is going
Speaker 1: to be, Tony, we'll talk to you next week. Lives
Speaker 1: hang on, Doug Moron's killed up for everyone. I'm J P. Shadrick.
Speaker 1: We'll do it. We'll ask about Ronnie Harrison after this.
Speaker 1: It's Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network.