WEBVTT - Ep. 83: Playing Your Role | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:19.480 To get our starters in the number of reps they 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:23.360 did for two days in a controlled environment really is 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:26.280 good work, you know, because in a game like tonight 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:28.760 they would only get maybe a quarter again or a 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:31.200 quarter and a half. And you know, sometimes you don't 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:34.360 get the scenarios of the situations you want, So doing 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:36.839 a joint practice like that, you can do that and 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:39.080 really get some good work. 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.000 Welcome into jag Zam. After two days of joint practice 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.159 with the Buccaneers, we got to see the Drags in 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:48.160 action against the Buccaneers in their second preseason game without 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.920 most of the starters playing. We got an extended look 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:53.320 at some of the backups and people fighting for a 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:56.320 roster spot. I'm Kennanni Stevens. Welcome into jag Zam. Brian 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:59.080 Sexton and John Oser are with me here today. Start 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:02.120 off with big Things number one, which is QB number two. 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:05.480 Things pretty much solidified after Mac Jones had a great play, 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:08.440 great play in the preseason game two. Brian, did you 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:10.280 see what you needed to see for Mac Jones to 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:12.800 kind of solidify things for you that he's QB. 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:14.600 Two without a doubt, And Kay, you know you and 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:16.760 I talked to him on Friday afternoon, and it was 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.640 clear that he was here to push the reset button 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:22.240 on a career that had gone south in New England 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:25.240 last year, but not his confidence. He knows what kind 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.360 of player he is. He's been a winner at every 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.880 level and he just had that mentality. So he got 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:31.960 out on the field and made plays. A couple of throws, 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.839 the one to Parker Washington for the touchdown on third 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:38.240 down and fourteen after taking a nine yard sack was 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:38.959 a thing of beauty. 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:41.600 I mean, he just he's got it and. 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.520 You know, enjoying Wiley's here because you look around the 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.560 National Football League. Would he be an upgrade in Las 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:51.240 Vegas over their quarterback situation? Absolutely? Would he be an 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:53.160 upgrade over the situation in Minnesota right now? 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:54.160 Absolutely? 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.400 It was a smart trade for the Jaguars to bring 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.240 in a quarterback with ability, with a pedigree. 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:03.360 Life he's got. He proved it on Saturday night. Yeah. 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.280 I keep getting questions about should they trade Mac Jones 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.000 for this pick or that pick? At some point, when 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:10.640 you trade for guys, you trade for him for a 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:13.560 reason because you want them on the field, and you know, 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.600 I think that may mean not getting anything for Mac 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.440 when he leaves, but you traded a six round pick 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:21.960 for him with the idea that you wanted some security 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.639 this year. He was impressive. I think more than anything. 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:30.280 You can tell that he has confidence and why that's important. 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.400 There's going to be times where things go bad in 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:39.480 a game. Mac, not every quarterback, particularly not every backup 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.080 quarterback has the ability to sort of push through that 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.880 and still make plays. It appears that Mac Jones, if 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:47.120 he starts, you know, three or four games, at some 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:50.720 point during the season, you can see him overcoming the 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:55.240 adversity and having solid enough play to get you two 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:56.600 and two, three and one during those times. 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.200 When I mentioned the touchdown after the nine yard sack, right, 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.200 that's a great example bit. But later in the second 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:05.040 quarter he missed Alan or I keep home Allen Austin Trammel. 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.400 He threw behind him in the next play hit him 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.560 for twenty nine yards to set up the field goal, 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:11.080 the go ahead field goal at the end of the half. 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:14.000 That's what the guy does. And you're right you wouldn't. 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.280 Trade him because you brought him here to be your 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.040 number two in case your number one isn't done in 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:19.440 the field. 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:21.840 A great security blanket to have especially after we saw 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:23.520 what happened to Trevor getting a little banged up at 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:24.639 the end of last season. 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:25.880 Our big thing Number. 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.000 Two is O line. He certainly saw some good things 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.639 from the quarterback play, but the offensive line is still 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.200 a little bit of a concern. We saw two of 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.680 the starters originally in the game to start, but then 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.440 the backups had some trouble. C J. Bether got sacked 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.880 quite a bit. John, Is this a concern? I know 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:41.800 we talked about the O line a ton, but what 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:43.680 you saw in the game on Saturday. 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:47.800 Well, anytime your backup to the backups, which is what 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:53.240 someone was playing, struggles, is it concern you rather have 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.120 it not? But are you losing sleepover compared to many 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:58.640 other issues on the team. I don't think so. I 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:03.040 never worried too much in preseason about offensive line breakouts 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:07.120 meaning a couple of sacks, because once you're beyond your starters, 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:10.800 the offensive line is only as good as its weakest link. 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.400 So if you've got five offensive line when forbum can 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:17.080 play well, if the guy who's not gonna make the 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.760 team is the one guy not playing on the offensive line, 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.480 then there's really not that much to be concerned about 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.599 would they like to be a little deeper, would you 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.960 like to get better play? Maybe I'm just not gonna 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:33.200 lose sleep over the non starting backup offensive line. 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:35.240 You're gonna lose sleep if you have a lot of 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.880 injuries on the offensive line, and at this point you don't, 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.560 so no reason to get too wound up about it. 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:44.000 I spent a lot of time watching Javon Foster, the 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:47.279 fourth round draft choice, and last year's seventh round pick, 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:50.719 Cooper Hodges. Those are the two guys that I focused on, 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:52.360 and they had some up and down moments, which you 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:54.560 would expect, right Neither one has played more than two 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:56.920 games in the National Football League. But if you're looking 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.200 at those two guys in their progress, because you're not 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.320 gonna see perfection from them, you see guys with ability, 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:04.520 and you don't get too wound up about where you're 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.520 at in this term by saying, well, I might have 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.440 injuries in October, you will have injuries in October a piece. 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:11.000 Guys get better by that, sorry. 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.560 Ryan Keithing, or remember with the offensive line too, Yeah, 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.960 there are past blocking breakouts. They also ran for one hundred 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:20.120 and forty yards, so there were some decent things going 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.720 on in the last two games. While we've been focused 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.960 on what they've done wrong, there's been some encouraging things 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:28.839 about the offensive line that makes you think it's not, 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:30.880 you know, awful. 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:31.400 Right. 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:33.640 A great day from Tank, John, which I'm sure you're 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:35.280 going to be excited to talk about a little bit later. 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:35.839 We love Tank. 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:36.400 We're on here. 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:38.680 Our final big thing today is going to be defensive depth. 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.039 As I get close to that fifty three man roster 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.240 cut down next week, a lot of the spots that 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.120 are going to be opening, probably on the defensive side 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.760 of the football. Brian, we got an extended look at 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:49.760 some of those players fighting for spots. What did you 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:52.160 see on the defense? And anybody surprise you? 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.080 You know, I don't think it's already surprised is. 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.719 I think what I appreciated seeing was a lot of 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:58.560 the young guys that we've talked about, whether it's the 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:02.080 defensive backs right Monterey or Trey Prince or Christian. 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.480 Braswell, all flash. They all made a play. 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.400 Bedro Miller was all over the field, some good, so bad. 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:09.320 But you're looking at a guy you want to seek 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.080 any run and read and react to what's going on, 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.440 and then it was great to see both Mason Smith 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:17.160 and Jordan Jefferson make plays up front. It was the 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.320 first look we had at the other defensive tackle they 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.600 drafted from LSU. There are a lot of bodies, and 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:25.840 Ryan Nielsen likes to rotate guys in from the first 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.320 level all the way back to the secondary. He's got 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:29.080 guys he can work with. 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:29.440 John. 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:32.640 Yeah, they could have a pretty deep linebacker bunch. I 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:34.400 was watching Chad Moon a little bit and he had 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.040 the huge hit either first or second series, I forget 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:40.799 which one it was. Chad's a guy they drafted third round. 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.120 Has been solid and available, and you thought when they 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.679 drafted and maybe he would be a guy eventually starts. 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.600 Between Chad and Ventrel Miller, you feel like, all of 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:55.839 a sudden, if they're not able, if either Devin Lloyd 0:06:56.040 --> 0:07:00.760 or Foya Lucan aren't in, there's some depth there that 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:04.159 you don't feel like everything's out the window if the 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:05.239 backups have to play. 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:07.880 Could be some difficult roster decisions at the end of 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.080 the day next Tuesday, when they make those cuts. 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:11.320 Stay with us here on Jagzam. 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:12.880 We're going to go over all the highlights for you 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.480 from preseason game number two against the Box. 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:20.640 DAGs. 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.280 Fans, you can register your furry friend for the Jaguars 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.560 Official Four Legged Fan Club for pats presented by Forever 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.360 BET's Animal Hospital. Your pet will receive access to exclusive 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.360 merchandise events and sweepstake throughout the twenty twenty four season. 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.560 Visit Jaguars dot com Slash Promotion Slash four Legged Fan 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:35.880 Club to sign up today. 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:40.560 Yeah, I think there's always things we can clean up. 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:42.920 And I've been very fortunate to be be a starter 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:44.880 and not off to play, and then also in this 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.280 situation having to play, but I always want to be 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:48.800 on the field, and these guys always want to be 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:50.400 on the field, So I know it means a lot 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:52.280 to a lot of people, and we're going to show 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.360 passion and the energy and plug the young guys. And 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.760 the offense line did a good job overall, and the 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.000 starters did a good job on the sideline communicating. That's 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.840 another thing you look for in those situations, like Trevor 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.200 and everybody and Christian Gabe, So I thought it was 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.040 good for all of us to come together and and win. 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.360 Welcome back to jag Zam Mac Jones making the most 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.040 of his first start in a Jaguars uniform, as he 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:18.680 got two touchdowns through for ten two hundred and ten yards. 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:20.440 In a wings well, would you try to get him 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:23.080 a series on Friday Night with the with the ones? 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:24.960 Maybe maybe two series? 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.560 I think it depends what they do after the half, 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:29.520 because don't they usually do the starters the first. 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.280 Yeah, last year they even play him until the half. 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:34.640 That I don't think just KR theories. 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.280 I mean, he did a good job with the number 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:37.800 twos and the number three. I just would like to 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:39.080 see him with the Yeah. 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:45.760 I think if Doug's normal approach, and he's only been 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.360 here two years so it's hard to tell exactly his 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.040 range of approaches in the last preseason game, if he 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.560 plans on playing them into the second half, then maybe 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.959 it feels like last year they only did three series early. 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:03.319 So I don't know that he would risk injury to 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:07.240 other guys trying to force him into that, but I 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:10.000 wouldn't mind seeing it. I'm just not sure what Doug's 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:10.640 watsfield be. 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.360 On that we might see a little carryover. We did 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:15.280 see Brian Thomas Junior play in the game on Saturday, 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:17.040 so maybe something like that. Some of the rookies, not 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.760 everybody on offense. But let's talk a little bit about 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:21.520 the game. Let's look at some of the highlights. First off, 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:23.920 Tank had a day. John, We know you love team Tank. 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.679 Excuse me, we know you love Team Tank. But it 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:28.880 was spacely se him being confident out there because, as 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.600 we've talked about a little bit, I think kind of 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:32.120 got in his own head a little bit towards the 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.760 back of last season, and now he's running confident, which 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:36.480 is huge as a running back to kind of just 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.000 get a little bit momentum behind you. 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:42.640 Yeah, it felt like they really wanted this was the 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.480 opportunity to get him out there, get him carries, get 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:53.320 him feeling like the main guy. Early. He has played 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.880 through training camp like he did early in training camp 0:09:56.920 --> 0:10:01.040 as a rookie. He tends to be running hard. He 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.040 just looks like a big time NFL running back, which 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:08.080 he looked like early in training camp last year. I 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.760 think the key for Tank this year. It feels like 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:14.720 will be the first time he hits a snag. Does 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:16.559 he oh, oh my goodness, this is what happens to 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.280 me in the NFL? Or does he push through it. 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:19.600 I think he'll push through it. 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.080 I've talked to him. I don't sense any snags coming. 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:23.560 I mean, I think he has a lot of confidence 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:25.360 in who he is and what he could do. And 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:26.959 you know, last year I was banging the drum when 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:28.600 they couldn't convert third and short. 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:31.600 Put him in. You're seeing right here. 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.880 He's got awareness, he's got power, he's got suddenness. 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:35.240 Now. 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:39.360 Is he as explosive as traps etn No, not even close. 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:40.720 But that's not what you need him to be. 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.960 You need him to be the pounder, the enforcer, the 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.160 guy that can go get the yards when it's third 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.319 and four or third and one. They even threw the 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:49.600 ball to him the other night, which, by the ways, 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.400 where his problem came in last year. It wasn't like 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.720 he was fumbling all over the field. He just had 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.840 those two go off of his hands that went crazy. 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.000 I think he got unfairly tagged with a ball secure 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.440 the issues last year, and I don't think that should 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:03.160 affect his confidence. 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:04.959 I don't think he does affect his confidence, and. 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.800 I think they should just feed him the ball in situations, 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:09.640 find a package for him and let him go. 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.199 It's been good to see him kind of focusing on 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.400 that as well, not trying to bounce outside every time 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.000 like kind of just going getting whatever yardage is there 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:18.920 for him and keeping the ball moving, which has been 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:19.439 huge for them. 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:21.000 I have told the story, but I shook his hand 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:22.599 the first time and I had to ask him to 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.040 let go. I mean, he's just got these powerful he's 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:26.320 got He's a power back. 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:27.280 Absolutely. 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.440 We saw Brian Thomas Junior for a little bit in 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.520 the beginning of that game on Saturday, and another first down, 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:34.520 first down machine, which we love to see from him. 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.680 And he's got the little celebration down too, So we 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.760 love to see Brian Thomas coming into his own a 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:40.640 little bit. But I'm just so excited to see him 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:41.480 in the regular season. 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.400 Yeah. He feels to me like a guy who is 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:49.439 going to matter early and then potentially what I always 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.640 look for from rookies. You want to see him by 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.000 the end of the season, By the time we walk 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:57.200 out of here in hopefully February. Wow, that guy is 0:11:57.240 --> 0:12:00.440 going to be a big time NFL player. You don't 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.880 always see it in October, but then you'll feel these 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.079 moments in November and December when you think, okay, teams 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:09.400 are having a hard time stopping this guy. He's figured 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.200 out what defenses do and you're starting to see it. 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:15.319 And he can take everything he learned concentrated on in 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:16.920 the offseason and come back a year two and be 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:21.360 really strong. I'm telling you, I usually expect nothing from rookies. 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:23.440 I'm starting to ask some expectations for him. 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.000 You can tell that they do too. 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.959 I mean there's no hesitation on Trevor's port or Mac 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.120 in that particular instance, for. 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.200 Them to throw the ball to him. They trust him, 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:34.240 they believe he can go and make the play. 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:38.400 If they believe in him and he believes in him, 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:39.120 hold account. 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:42.000 And he started to do stuff in practicing and games 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:48.080 that translate to regular season stuff. Sometimes you will see 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.760 wide receivers lower in the depth chart have big numbers 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.280 in the preseason, you think, well, okay, great, that's not 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:56.880 going to translate the rate of season. He started to 0:12:56.920 --> 0:13:02.120 do stuff that you can see will work against frontline cornerbacks. 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:05.640 So yeah, it looks like he's going to add a dimension. 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.720 And if this receiving corps is going to feel like 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.559 a four deep receiving corps and it just never quite 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:13.559 felt that way last. 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.400 Year, well if other people's opinions mean anything to you. 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.079 The Buccaneers, who were a good defense, were buzzing about 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.719 him last week and how difficult he was for them to. 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:22.880 Cover and playing off of him, respecting his speed, which 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:26.199 is great to hear as well. The mac Jones experience 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.440 at times can be what we've seen, at least in 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:33.000 New England, sacking himself but then coming back and making 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.600 a great touchdown throw. And sometimes that's just how it is. 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:36.760 As he would say. 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:38.840 He and potentionially did that to give himself a little 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:40.160 more room to throw the football. I don't know if 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:43.480 that was actually the plan, but also Park of Washington, 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.760 which is just seeing him come into his own so 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.280 far in this preseason. He's told me he felt like 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.360 he was injured a lot last year and didn't really 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:52.839 get to what he felt he could be, his ceiling, 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:53.760 and he's getting there now. 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.160 What he was I mean, he came in coming off 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.720 of an injury from Penn State and then got into 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.880 the ballgame in London against the Falcons and immediately tweaked 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.400 his knee and wasn't really healthy until they needed him 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:06.559 at the end of the year. So I think a 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.520 lot of mac Jones, not a big Alabama guy. I'm 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:11.160 a BK guy, not a bulls guy, right, So I 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.760 didn't follow his career there very much. But in getting 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:15.920 to spend time and watch and talk to him, you 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.720 just realize he's a winner and he knows what it 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.360 takes to win. And I loved how he hung in 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:24.520 the pocket. That's one play where he overcame adversity John. 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:26.560 The other is, as I mentioned in the A block, 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.680 he missed Trammel on a short underneath rout and then 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:31.800 came back the very next play for twenty nine more 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:33.960 to set up the go ahead field goal at the half. 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.440 He's got a little gunslinger mentality to him. He's not scared, 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.600 and I think that's why Doug and Press and Mike 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:40.920 McCoy like him so much. 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.160 Yeah. Two thoughts on these guys. I think the biggest 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:46.640 name is Mac Jones. Is don't you feel like if 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.920 Trevor happens to go down and not be available and 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:54.360 Mac Jones walks into the huddle, everybody on offense goes, oh, okay, good. Yeah, 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.360 I mean not good, but okay, if we can do this, 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:01.320 not what's going on? Yeah? Yeah, So I think that 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.640 is as important as anything that mac does in the 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.040 fact that I think teammates are gonna believe in him. 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:12.840 How significant is it if Parker Washington develops and is 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.480 a guy they can count on. And I'm not here 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.680 to slam the last twenty drafts, but it's been a 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:23.720 long time since a receiver has sort of developed organically 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:29.160 from the Jaguars garden, if you will. You had Hearns 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:33.000 and a Rob back in twenty fifteen. He wasn't either 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.320 a draftmack Well, but I mean guys that came in 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.400 that they brought into the organization that you didn't have 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:44.320 to go out and spend mega millions to get. That 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:48.200 would be such an addition to the depth and what 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:50.120 they've built to all of a sudden, have the four 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:54.120 we're talking about, and Parker Washington as an addition to that, 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.960 and Devin Duvernet, who you feel like can add you 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:00.840 a little something. All of a sudden, they have a 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:05.560 receiving corps where if one guy goes down, you don't 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:09.440 feel like now you're playing with two and you know, 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.000 and a backup. You feel like you've got a starter 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:14.840 to put in there. That hasn't happened around here in 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:16.400 a long time. At that position before you go on. 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.240 Can we just cut something off at the pass with 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:21.320 folks with mac Jones, enjoy him while he's here right, Oh, 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.640 list public's yesterday I was stopped twice bye. People said 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:27.120 can they keep him? Can they keep him? Can they 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:29.480 keep him? No? No, you're not going to be able 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:31.520 to keep him because he's a good player and he's 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.480 going to have an opportunity and free agency to move on. 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:35.560 And you can't pay two quarterbacks. What it would take 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.840 to pay two quarterbacks. Just put that one out there 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:38.080 right now. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.200 Well, and in fairness to him and giving in the 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:44.120 building know is Doug Press. He doesn't want to be 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:48.920 kept for more than a year, right, And this should 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:50.920 be a story where at the end of the year, 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:56.000 he's signing somewhere, staying front a podium and saying, what 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:59.080 a great year in Jacksonville, what a dream I was home, 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.240 and now it's signed for me to move on. That's 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.119 what you hope for him, and that's what the team 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:05.080 hopes for him. 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:06.520 I think his phrase when we talked to him on 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.920 Friday was he wanted to use the opportunity against the 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.600 Buccaneers to show people what he's going to do. 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:11.920 Next. 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:15.240 Absolutely, let's see some more from Mac. And he talked 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.240 a lot off the top of this block about helping 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:18.680 the players around him. Right. He likes to play in 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.320 the preseason because he knows these guys are fighting for 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.359 roster spots, that they want to showcase, get some film. 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:23.800 He's doing that for Austin Trammel. 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.920 He gave four big receptions seventy five yards for Trammel 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.240 and one big third and long conversion. I was very 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.439 impressed by, of course, as everyone's probably seen. 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:34.760 M on the internet. 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:39.119 I just I think the fact that, as Doug has 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.440 talked about, there's no drop off on any of these 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:43.280 with the quarterback play, and then to be able to 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.440 see what other people are capable of it really gives 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:47.359 you an idea of the depth of this team, because 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:49.520 sometimes you don't really know what you have until later 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.000 in the season. Yes, there, I am John. That's how 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:54.720