Speaker 1: It's Thursday, March seventeen, Happy St. Patty's Day. This is
Speaker 1: Jaguars Happy Hour. And now he may be an agent,
Speaker 1: but he's certainly not free. Peace chad Rick, and welcome in.
Speaker 1: It is Jaguars Happy Hour on this Thursday afternoon. J P.
Speaker 1: Shadrick with you. We've got a busy, busy show ahead
Speaker 1: of us. As always, on Thursday, Jaguars analyst Jeff Lockman
Speaker 1: will join us free agency frenzy. The Jaguars have signed
Speaker 1: seven new players, many of them were in the building today,
Speaker 1: and one of them will join us on set at
Speaker 1: for fifteen here live. It's Brandon shuff, the new guard
Speaker 1: for the Jaguars, five time Pro bowler, first team All
Speaker 1: Pro back in he'll join us in about fifteen minutes
Speaker 1: here on Jaguars Happy Hour. We'll hear some highlights from
Speaker 1: the press conference today here at t i A. Bank Field.
Speaker 1: We'll go around the National Football League. Jeff Flackman joins
Speaker 1: us now in LUGS. The Jaguars just paid out one
Speaker 1: fifty five million guaranteed dollars among the big seven signings.
Speaker 1: How about that? A lot of money, a lot of case. Uh,
Speaker 1: and that's uh. I hate to say this, but I
Speaker 1: mean that's what you do when you haven't essentially been
Speaker 1: really good at what the lifeblood of the franchise is,
Speaker 1: which is drafting and uh. And it was exactly what
Speaker 1: this organization needed to do because at some point you
Speaker 1: need to change the culture. And part of changing the culture,
Speaker 1: it's not so much about mindset. Is it about getting
Speaker 1: better players. And in free agency, getting better players cost
Speaker 1: you money. That's just the reality of it. And I
Speaker 1: think they did a very good job of making sure
Speaker 1: that they addressed positions that they needed to address. Did
Speaker 1: they overpay, Yes, that's what you do in free agency.
Speaker 1: That's just the way it is. But the one thing
Speaker 1: I will say about the contractual status of all of
Speaker 1: these guys, for the most part, after two years, the
Speaker 1: risk is no longer. Uh. Most of these deals are
Speaker 1: two year deals. Would you like to see the players
Speaker 1: complete the deals? Yes, because that means that the player
Speaker 1: is playing to the level of the contract, and that's
Speaker 1: what you want to see. But if something doesn't work out,
Speaker 1: then it's not like you are gonna be stuck with
Speaker 1: like an Ezekiel Elliott with the Cowboys right now, who
Speaker 1: has a guaranteed contract that Ezekiel Elliott has not played
Speaker 1: to that level last year and is not expected to
Speaker 1: pay play to that level this year. So from that standpoint,
Speaker 1: I like it. And around about that time is when hopefully,
Speaker 1: if things go well, Trevor Lawrence's contract will start coming
Speaker 1: back around. And that kind of looking at the luxury
Speaker 1: years down the line. That gives you the luxury because
Speaker 1: you have a quarterback called a rookie contract. You hope
Speaker 1: that the quarterback gets to the point where you have
Speaker 1: to make tough decisions and you're gonna have to pay
Speaker 1: him fifty sixty million a year, you know which is
Speaker 1: I think that's essentially that's the going rate. I mean,
Speaker 1: look at Aaron Rodgers new deal. I think I think
Speaker 1: the new money average is sixto million dollars a year.
Speaker 1: And so let's look down the road four years from now,
Speaker 1: that's what the going rate is. It's going to be
Speaker 1: at least that because the captain theory could keep growing.
Speaker 1: In theory, when has it ever gone down with the
Speaker 1: exception of it just keeps going up and up and up.
Speaker 1: So you have that luxury um and and I like
Speaker 1: the fact that they have addressed both sides the ball
Speaker 1: most of the guys are, you know, because Schurff is
Speaker 1: a little older. But for the most part, these guys
Speaker 1: are young. And when I say young, that they're they're
Speaker 1: approaching or are in their prime. And that's what you
Speaker 1: want in the re agent market. Can you sprinkle in
Speaker 1: guys that might be a little bit older, a little
Speaker 1: longer in the tooth, Sure, absolutely, but those guys you
Speaker 1: typically want to try to acquire on shorter deals. But
Speaker 1: but I like the list. I love the addition of
Speaker 1: surf a J. Cann. I wish him the best of
Speaker 1: luck with the Houston Texans is an upgrade. Okay, fact
Speaker 1: it will also help your right tackle position. Whoever that
Speaker 1: ends up being. They stead yesterday. They still have confidence
Speaker 1: in Joan Taylor there well, And I think the competition
Speaker 1: needs to exist for Juan Taylor. I mean, let's not
Speaker 1: sugarcoat it. Joan Taylor. I think it was a high
Speaker 1: pick for a reason, and I still think with with
Speaker 1: better coaching, he can become better. It's not like he's
Speaker 1: done improving. But competition makes everybody better, even me and
Speaker 1: you JP. We compete all the time, absolutely, and I
Speaker 1: win most of those, yeah, pretty much. I don't know
Speaker 1: how with a microphone, you win all the time. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna argue that. So let's go through Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: and let me just say something about him, because he's
Speaker 1: kind of he's kind of that cherry on the top
Speaker 1: of this of this free agent class, thirty seven million
Speaker 1: guaranteed to him, and that's the most money out of
Speaker 1: all of these guys. There's been a lot of little
Speaker 1: criticism online about that, which that happens because criticism happens
Speaker 1: every year when you start talking about free agent classes,
Speaker 1: and you talk about guys that may not be at
Speaker 1: the top of their position, but when they hit free agency,
Speaker 1: they set the new market. And for wide receivers around
Speaker 1: the league that may be upset that they may be
Speaker 1: better than Christian Kirk, that are upset, wait a minute, hey, guys,
Speaker 1: slow down, because the Christian Kirks of the National Football
Speaker 1: League are good for your business because if you are
Speaker 1: a better wide receiver than him, when you do get
Speaker 1: to the opportunity to be on the market, your price.
Speaker 1: We'll start at where Christian Kirk ended up. Gonna say
Speaker 1: better send him a fruit basket or something, a thank
Speaker 1: you carter. But I remember preparing for the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: game and it was a J Green and DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: and fits and who Larry Fitzgerald Fair Larry Fitzgerald who
Speaker 1: you know obviously wasn't it was not the same player
Speaker 1: that he was younger, but Christian Kirk when you watched
Speaker 1: the film Great Weapon, and I believe in in my opinion,
Speaker 1: he was the most explosive player that they had in
Speaker 1: the wide receiving corps with the Arizona Cardinals. And I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be exciting to watch to see where
Speaker 1: they play him. And I know that Doug Peterson talked
Speaker 1: about they're gonna play him anywhere and everywhere, depending on matchups,
Speaker 1: not just a slot. And that's a good thing. And
Speaker 1: the more weapons you have, the better off you are.
Speaker 1: Let's hear from Christian Kirk today. He spoke with the
Speaker 1: media here at t I A bank field and a
Speaker 1: lot of thanks to go around. I just wanted to say, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, thank you to Mr Cohn, Mr Balky, Coach
Speaker 1: Peterson and the Jexaville Jaguars organization and for UM giving
Speaker 1: me the opportunity to be here. I'm super excited to
Speaker 1: get to work and it just feels great to be,
Speaker 1: you know, a part of an organization that has shown
Speaker 1: so much interest in you know, my potential, my ability
Speaker 1: to be able to come here and uh, you know
Speaker 1: be a part of this organization. So I just want
Speaker 1: to say that I'm ready to get to work. And
Speaker 1: not the only receiver signed by the Jaguars, of course.
Speaker 1: Zay Jones comes in from the Las Vegas Raiders. He's
Speaker 1: out of East Carolina. Originally was with the Bills of
Speaker 1: a second round pick, and then moved over to the
Speaker 1: Oakland Raiders and then went on the move to Las
Speaker 1: Vegas with the organization as well. He played in that
Speaker 1: seventeen playoff game, the wild Card game here in Jacksonville
Speaker 1: with the Bills. That was the last time he stepped
Speaker 1: fut in the stadium until today in fact, and then
Speaker 1: of course played the Jaguars in the Raiders final game
Speaker 1: in Oakland. The Jaguars won that game as well. But
Speaker 1: we heard from za Jones today as well and what
Speaker 1: he could bring in, what the culture could be here
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. I believe in it, um. I think it's
Speaker 1: a I've talked to some other players that have been
Speaker 1: with with Doug and these guys and They've told me
Speaker 1: a little bit about the offense and like how it
Speaker 1: works and and schematically and things like that, but I
Speaker 1: just had to take their word for it, do my
Speaker 1: own research and things like that. But um, it's a
Speaker 1: great team young quarterback who who to me looks very
Speaker 1: very promising and very good and I believe in and
Speaker 1: you know, I want to be a part of something
Speaker 1: that's that's building towards the future. And ultimately, yeah, just
Speaker 1: my heart, I was like, Yeah, that's the place I
Speaker 1: want to go. Yeah, so Z Jones coming in. What
Speaker 1: do you like about his game? I think he adds
Speaker 1: competition to that positional group and that's what you needed.
Speaker 1: And I know that, Uh, there's a lot of confidence
Speaker 1: in the guys that were already in that room as
Speaker 1: far as the younger players that they have and can
Speaker 1: they continue to develop And that's great, and but you
Speaker 1: can't be overconfident in a room to the point where
Speaker 1: you stop adding guys to a room. And I think
Speaker 1: the uh, the running back room, to give you another example,
Speaker 1: they didn't address it in free agency, but I really
Speaker 1: believe that that's going to be addressed in the draft.
Speaker 1: Because you feel good about the two guys that you have,
Speaker 1: but they're coming off of injuries and and again, you
Speaker 1: can't ever stop adding to the room. Competition makes everybody better.
Speaker 1: And I think that's a Jones is gonna come in.
Speaker 1: He's gonna compete. He's got a little bit more size
Speaker 1: than Christian Kirk, which a lot of people might find
Speaker 1: that surprising. And uh, and he's a very fast guy.
Speaker 1: So the faster players, the more speed that you can
Speaker 1: get on the field for a young quarterback, the better
Speaker 1: off that you're gonna be. And I think it's gonna
Speaker 1: be fun to watch the competition at wide receiver because
Speaker 1: think about it now, Uh, there's a lot of guys
Speaker 1: that are gonna be fighting for one ball. There's only
Speaker 1: one ball that they play with on the field, right,
Speaker 1: and you're throwing the tight ends in the mix as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram, you know, comes from the Giants, was widely
Speaker 1: thought to be one of these kind of the new
Speaker 1: tight ends. And and look, it's it's no uh secret
Speaker 1: that the Giants have had quarterback issues ever since the
Speaker 1: departure of Eli Manning. They tried to address it with
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. It hasn't quite worked out yet. And but
Speaker 1: yet Evan Ingram still has caught a lot of balls,
Speaker 1: and with an offense and a football team that hasn't
Speaker 1: been very good, and I uh, the one thing about
Speaker 1: him I will say is that he's not a real
Speaker 1: big guy. He's a move tight end. Okay, he's a
Speaker 1: he's a true move tight end. But you you pare
Speaker 1: him with Dan Arnold and now you have two tight
Speaker 1: ends that are gonna have and create interesting matchups for
Speaker 1: defenses to contend with. I look forward to watching that.
Speaker 1: We'll come back in a moment. Brandon Schuff one of
Speaker 1: the other offensive editions, I would say, one of the
Speaker 1: biggest offensive editions. This guy's massive physically. Yes, he's gonna
Speaker 1: join us here in studio. Yeah, he's a he's a
Speaker 1: good football player. He's been real steady, hurt a little
Speaker 1: bit the last couple of years. But when he is,
Speaker 1: when he's healthy, he is, uh by far, I think
Speaker 1: one of the best right guards in football. We'll get
Speaker 1: in his head when we come back here in studio
Speaker 1: a little later. We'll hear more highlights from the defensive
Speaker 1: free agents added by the Jaguars. We are often running
Speaker 1: It's Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network. It's
Speaker 1: heading in the right direction, and it's something that we
Speaker 1: had to you know, take a strong, hard look at,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously to protect the quarterback, protect Trevor and
Speaker 1: and and not so much in the passing game, but
Speaker 1: also the ability to run the football. You know, we
Speaker 1: feel like the running back room when healthy is is
Speaker 1: a dynamic group. We feel like the tight ends are
Speaker 1: a dynamic group and they're all part of the run game,
Speaker 1: you know as well. So you know, we took some
Speaker 1: really good uh steps forward in that direction, um with
Speaker 1: with keeping keeping can Cam and and obviously getting getting
Speaker 1: you know, Brandon Schurff, and you got Juwan, you got Walker,
Speaker 1: little of me, We got guys shot Lee back. So
Speaker 1: you know there's guys there now that we're putting pieces
Speaker 1: together and we still have you know, the ability in
Speaker 1: the draft to to add some more depth and add
Speaker 1: some more value at that position. That is Jaguar's head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson on Jack's Drive Time yesterday and welcome
Speaker 1: back to Jaguars Happy Hour on a Thursday afternoon. J P.
Speaker 1: Shadrick with Jeff Lagman and Jaguars guard Brandon Sheriff joining
Speaker 1: us in studio. It's good to see you man. Thanks
Speaker 1: for the time. I know you're running around the whirlwind
Speaker 1: today and thanks for taking some time out. Appreciate you
Speaker 1: having me. Sorry, So we we gotta start with the
Speaker 1: pronunciation because everybody you want to make sure that the
Speaker 1: duval gets it right. Okay, just think of that. There's
Speaker 1: a new sheriff and town. Okayriff, I like that. Okay,
Speaker 1: See you have a way with words. It's an easy
Speaker 1: way to remember it because whatever. Yeah, that makes a
Speaker 1: lot of sense. Welcome to Jackson though, thank you. Yeah
Speaker 1: you uh, Iowa guy born and raised right, you know,
Speaker 1: Brad Measter, yep, I will know the name. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: long time jaguar you know. That's so the northern Iowa
Speaker 1: guy it and go ye. But Aaron Campmon was here,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously for a little bit of method. Uh.
Speaker 1: And then I just saw Mackay, sergeant from Iowa. So
Speaker 1: we're getting there on Hawkeye is all over, that's right.
Speaker 1: So a free agent process. Is this the first time
Speaker 1: that you actually ever got into free agency as a
Speaker 1: as a pro. What what was the experience like for you? Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I worked out on let's see Monday and Uh,
Speaker 1: my agent called me a couple of times and uh,
Speaker 1: he said, I'll do all the negotiating and just just
Speaker 1: sit by your phone and he says, we agreed to terms. Congratulations,
Speaker 1: So we're excited. Didn't that crazy? How it is? I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just all of a sudden. I mean back in
Speaker 1: the day, there used to be, uh, at least a
Speaker 1: little bit of a period of time where they'd fly
Speaker 1: in and they'd wine and dine you. And nowadays it's
Speaker 1: like like the draft. You know, that's what you have
Speaker 1: your you know, your not your official visits, but your visits,
Speaker 1: and you go wine and dine with the coaches and
Speaker 1: have your top five or whatever that you think you're
Speaker 1: gonna go to, and you go to somebody absolutely completely different.
Speaker 1: So we we Brandon and I were talking kind of
Speaker 1: kind of Chuck Land because Brandon has done a charity
Speaker 1: event up in Iowa which is called Aiming for a Cure,
Speaker 1: which I actually have done a couple of different times.
Speaker 1: And we had a mutual friend who recently passed away,
Speaker 1: Mr Tim Anderson of Mossy Oak and UH and Brandon
Speaker 1: played with the Redskins. I grew up in Stirling in Virginia,
Speaker 1: which growing up as a kid, that's where the Redskins
Speaker 1: training facility was located at. When now it's in Ashburn, Virginia,
Speaker 1: which is where I lived at for a period of
Speaker 1: time when I was playing with the Jet So we
Speaker 1: have a little bit of a connection there. But how
Speaker 1: is your time in Washington? That was great? You know,
Speaker 1: I met a lot of great people. I got coached
Speaker 1: by a lot of great coaches, and those are you know,
Speaker 1: memories that are gonna last forever for me. So, you know,
Speaker 1: taking a small kid out of Iowa to go to
Speaker 1: big DC, you know, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Speaker 1: So I appreciate everybody that, you know, made an impact
Speaker 1: on my life. All the coaches. UH Coach Gruden is
Speaker 1: one that drafted me, Coach Callahan, UH coach Phil, Uh,
Speaker 1: Coach Rivera coach, matsco coach Travel. You know, I had
Speaker 1: some amazing coaches. So I'm grateful for for all of them.
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson yesterday talked about when when they're signing you,
Speaker 1: they wanted you in here as part of this culture build.
Speaker 1: What does that mean to you? A culture build? I
Speaker 1: mean I spoke on a little bit earlier I think
Speaker 1: it's just just doing it everything the right way. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think, uh, you know, my dad instilled
Speaker 1: that in me. And then coming into Iowa, you know,
Speaker 1: coach Farren's uh, coach Doyle was a strength coach and
Speaker 1: then coach Ray was the assistant strength coach there Reese Morrigan.
Speaker 1: Just to laid the foundation on how to be a
Speaker 1: man and how to practice and how to how to
Speaker 1: conduct yourself inside and outside of football. Um. So I
Speaker 1: think it's just a compliment that you're doing everything the
Speaker 1: right way and people see that. So, you know, that's
Speaker 1: one of the goals that I've ever had in my
Speaker 1: life is to just um lead the way that um
Speaker 1: people can look up to you and you know, just
Speaker 1: kind of you're doing the right thing, so they appreciate that.
Speaker 1: And and part of being a leader is wearing the
Speaker 1: seat captain of a football team. And you were a
Speaker 1: captain with the Redskins. How many years were you were
Speaker 1: captain for the Redskins? And were you a captain in Iowa? Uh?
Speaker 1: Three years? And then I don't think they had captains.
Speaker 1: I think they just picked one. Yes Iowa. Yeah, coach
Speaker 1: appointed game day captains. I hate when they do that.
Speaker 1: Coffin used to do that here in early days, he'd
Speaker 1: picked captains. He would never actually have anybody a name
Speaker 1: caps there. But whatever, But congratulations on the contract, Congratulations
Speaker 1: on being a Jaguar, and uh, I know that the
Speaker 1: first time that I got to free agency wasn't about
Speaker 1: your seven. And it's different. You know, you know you're
Speaker 1: you're seven for you and so it's uh, it's it's
Speaker 1: fun and it's exciting. And I think the one thing
Speaker 1: that it did for me and and I don't know
Speaker 1: if you need the same thing or not, but it
Speaker 1: kind of re energized me as a player because where
Speaker 1: I came from, we didn't win a lot. And uh,
Speaker 1: and I know you have the struggles in Washington, but
Speaker 1: also now the new environment, the new teammates might kind
Speaker 1: of make things new and fun again, right, you know.
Speaker 1: I had, like I said, I had a blasting uh
Speaker 1: in Washington, and I you know, some of my most
Speaker 1: favorite memories are just hanging out at the house, you know,
Speaker 1: I said, I always speak about ot has being one
Speaker 1: of my favorite, uh favorite parts of the season, because
Speaker 1: that's where you get to really figure out who your
Speaker 1: teammates are, you know, just not as football players, but
Speaker 1: you know, you can see their families or wives or
Speaker 1: girlfriends or kids, so you get uh, you know, I
Speaker 1: always say Corey looking striker was my center. We'd have
Speaker 1: a race from O. T. A. S To his house
Speaker 1: because the girls will be out of the pool, kids
Speaker 1: to be running around, and then we just play volleyball
Speaker 1: offense versus defense for ten hours, you know, And that
Speaker 1: was what everybody looked forward to as a race of
Speaker 1: Cory's house. So just just doing that, and then you know,
Speaker 1: we'd have game nights at our house with whoever wanted
Speaker 1: to come. Last year, we had oh, I don't know,
Speaker 1: forty people over for Thanksgiving at our house last year.
Speaker 1: So we had Logan Thomas and all the online helped
Speaker 1: pitching for a meal. So we catered meal in for
Speaker 1: families and I'm available if you guys need an extra
Speaker 1: you know, I can take a plate. Oh, I thought
Speaker 1: you're gonna say you're gonna pay for about that. I
Speaker 1: don't know about that. So what do you know about
Speaker 1: the group? Now? The offensive line coming in that you're
Speaker 1: you're coming into and this offense as a whole or
Speaker 1: some new pieces coming right now? You got a young
Speaker 1: quarterback what do you know about this offense? Uh, Trevor's
Speaker 1: a heck of a quarterback. It's gonna be an hour,
Speaker 1: you know, protecting him, just doing our job for him
Speaker 1: so he can do it for so he can do
Speaker 1: his job and not have to worry about people up front.
Speaker 1: Um Oline. You know, I was with coach Phil for
Speaker 1: two years, so I knew him pretty well. He's a
Speaker 1: great coach, and I'm excited to meet all the guys.
Speaker 1: I know, we got some hunter and fishermen out there,
Speaker 1: so I'm anxious to to bond that way. And amen
Speaker 1: to that head coaches. Actually, I know he's just talking
Speaker 1: about I figured you did. I mean, it's uh, it's
Speaker 1: kind of crazy. We didn't talk any football. It was
Speaker 1: all hunting, fishing. So that's all right, that's all right. Well,
Speaker 1: and look, I know that they're still working through some
Speaker 1: things with Brandon Lennard, but you guys, or you two
Speaker 1: guys are cut from the same cloth, and then I
Speaker 1: hopefully things work out with Brandon Leonard. He's a good
Speaker 1: football player and you and you absolutely love hanging out
Speaker 1: with him because I mean, he loves doing the things
Speaker 1: that you do, the hunting and the fishing. Things. That's
Speaker 1: what cut my body says. He says, exact same thing.
Speaker 1: He says. If you're going to meet him, boy, you
Speaker 1: guys are gonna be like brothers. Catch a lot more fish.
Speaker 1: I can tell you that. Yeah, amen to that. All right,
Speaker 1: So quick question shouting do a valley sportsman? Which is
Speaker 1: the hat? What is that? Oh? It's just the hat pick.
Speaker 1: But it's one of the preserves that I went to
Speaker 1: in uh Virginia, Shando Valley in West Virginia. So I
Speaker 1: go to German short hair Pointers. If we had an
Speaker 1: off day or we played a Thursday night game, I
Speaker 1: do get treatment and then we'd have the off day.
Speaker 1: So I take my dogs and a couple of guys
Speaker 1: out and just go pheasanant for a little bit German
Speaker 1: short hair pointers. Right, all right, Well we got a
Speaker 1: great great coil hunting down here. Awesome. Yeah, so that's
Speaker 1: gonna be right up your dogs. Absolutely. I think we're
Speaker 1: gonna have some nice conversations ahead of us with Brandon here.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's some honey. There's he does he host
Speaker 1: an outdoor show too? But yeah, well no, yeah, you
Speaker 1: can you can help us out in that category. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I love that yeah, bush Light, I don't know what
Speaker 1: bush Light I do. I'll take it all. So all right,
Speaker 1: here we go. You signed a day. What's coming up
Speaker 1: the next few weeks? Offseason programs ahead? What are your
Speaker 1: plans for the next few months? Here, go back home
Speaker 1: tomorrow for that for a cure banquet on Saturday. We
Speaker 1: got a trap shoot, pheasant hunt all that. Um, hang
Speaker 1: out with the family, enjoy life, try to find a
Speaker 1: house out here, figure out where we want to be, um,
Speaker 1: and just honestly just enjoy it, you know, enjoy the process.
Speaker 1: Enjoy you know, meeting your new teammates and and bonding
Speaker 1: with them and then getting ready to go. That's a
Speaker 1: that that's always an exciting process. And Um, and you
Speaker 1: gotta get moved down here. And now you've gotta established
Speaker 1: residency so you can take advantage of this tax free
Speaker 1: state that we live in here on the state of Florida.
Speaker 1: So from a from a financial standpoint, don't waste any
Speaker 1: time not get your license switched over and get your
Speaker 1: residence established. And I gotta gotta save that money, Brandon,
Speaker 1: that's right kind of guide. See you're good. Yeah, you've
Speaker 1: done this time before. If you established residents you can't
Speaker 1: hunt in Iowa because I'm not a resident Iowa. That's
Speaker 1: the one thing that's crazy and mean him can have
Speaker 1: a whole conversation about this that even if you're a
Speaker 1: landowner in Iowa, if you don't live in that state,
Speaker 1: that doesn't guarantee be hunt in America. How about that?
Speaker 1: Ye did not know that? Yeah? Which is crazy? Which
Speaker 1: Iowa keeps out the riff raffle like Logoman coming up
Speaker 1: there and taking all your deer. Iowa and Illinois are
Speaker 1: probably the two biggest deer hunting states for guys that
Speaker 1: are just I mean, just crazy outdoors. But like I
Speaker 1: get what you're saying. That's all right, so plenty of
Speaker 1: time for that discussion. Congratulations, Thank you for taking the
Speaker 1: time with us today. It's good to meet you. Man
Speaker 1: Brandon Sheriff, the new Jaguars guard and free agency joining
Speaker 1: us here in studio. Up ahead, we'll hear from some
Speaker 1: of the defensive players who have signed. They met with
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Speaker 1: Jackson Bille Jaguars. You know, we went into it with
Speaker 1: the idea of getting better at all three levels. On
Speaker 1: the defensive side, we were able to do that. Get
Speaker 1: more explosive, get more playmakers on the offensive side, get
Speaker 1: bigger and more physical upfront. We were and we felt
Speaker 1: we were able to address those needs. As General Manager
Speaker 1: Trent Balky on Jack's Drive Time yesterday on Jaguars dot
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Speaker 1: on Tinto, Next L A M. And Jaguars Social media, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook,
Speaker 1: We're all over the place j P. Shadrick with Jeff Lagman,
Speaker 1: Brandon Sheriff, the Jaguars new right guard, thirty million guaranteed dollars,
Speaker 1: that'll that'll play, and five Pro Bowls and seven seasons
Speaker 1: and All Pro, first Team All Pro two years ago
Speaker 1: with Washington and the first time out free. Here he
Speaker 1: is with a lot of money coming his way, and
Speaker 1: you know, as Doug Peterson said on the show yesterday, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's here to establish the culture, and that's the culture
Speaker 1: you want. You want success at your position, you want
Speaker 1: Pro Bowls, you want winning offense and winning organizations. And
Speaker 1: he knows what that what that it should be like well.
Speaker 1: And and one of the things I brought up with
Speaker 1: Brandon here was about him being a captain. And when
Speaker 1: you talk about changing the culture, first of all, the
Speaker 1: player has to be good. But then they have to
Speaker 1: be I mean, true professionals and and that they do
Speaker 1: things the right way. And and look, they just don't
Speaker 1: give out sees willy nilly in the National Football League
Speaker 1: and so at uh, that's the kind of character guy
Speaker 1: that you want to have when you are when you
Speaker 1: are trying to change the direction of a franchise. He's
Speaker 1: a really good football player. He is. He's athletic. Then
Speaker 1: he's more athletic than a lot of guards. And I
Speaker 1: think that's the one thing that stands out about the
Speaker 1: way he plays. And that's one of the reasons why
Speaker 1: he's been receiving the accolades as far as the Pro Bowls,
Speaker 1: he all thos and things of that nature, because he
Speaker 1: is very athletic. But he's athletic and he's strong. So
Speaker 1: he's a really good football player. He definitely helps his
Speaker 1: football team. And for a for a team that has
Speaker 1: a young quarterback that's gonna want to establish the running
Speaker 1: game a little bit to help a young quarterback and
Speaker 1: then also protect a young quarterback. Brendon Sheriff is the
Speaker 1: guy that you want and uh and I'm excited to
Speaker 1: have him because that's the type of guy that you
Speaker 1: need to add to this offense. You gotta protect your
Speaker 1: quarterback and you gotta make things easier on him by
Speaker 1: running the football. Let's stay on the offensive line. There
Speaker 1: was some news yesterday as Trent Ballky and Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: met with the writers and the media here at t
Speaker 1: i A bank Field and he was they were asked
Speaker 1: about Cam Robinson. He's had the franchise tag placed on him.
Speaker 1: He's not signed the tender, but news came out yesterday
Speaker 1: that they are working on a long term deal with
Speaker 1: Cam Robinson at left tackle. They still have confidence in
Speaker 1: Juwan Taylor. We mentioned that earlier. At right tackle they
Speaker 1: got Walker Little who can move around and do some things.
Speaker 1: So the future and what's gonna happen with Brandon Lender
Speaker 1: came up yesterday as well, because he has no dead
Speaker 1: money on his contract and in the last year of
Speaker 1: his deal coming up nine and a half million dollars.
Speaker 1: Could they be working through something. It sounds like they
Speaker 1: might be. So what does this thing look like at
Speaker 1: the end of the day. Well, I was there yesterday,
Speaker 1: and so I got to hear all the Yeah, I
Speaker 1: was there, and so I got to hear all the comments,
Speaker 1: and and uh, I thought the story that in the
Speaker 1: comments that general manager Trent Ballk he made about Cam Robinson,
Speaker 1: I think we're very revealing. And he talked about, hey, look,
Speaker 1: you know, Cam Robinson is a guy who loves football.
Speaker 1: You know, he's out there in practice and he might
Speaker 1: turn an ankle, he goes and tapes it up and
Speaker 1: then he gets right back in. He doesn't miss any
Speaker 1: anything in practice. Well okay, Well then he he tears
Speaker 1: a ligament tenant his thumb and he tapes it up
Speaker 1: and he and he finishes done miss any time. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's you know, that's the one thing I've always said
Speaker 1: about Cam. I love the way he plays the game
Speaker 1: and he and he finishes and everything. Sometimes he he'd
Speaker 1: like to have him with his footwork bet more clean
Speaker 1: at the left side. I still believe that he would
Speaker 1: be a phenomenal right tackle just because he has that attitude.
Speaker 1: But where is he at as far as left tackles, Um,
Speaker 1: he's probably middle of the road. Okay, middle of the
Speaker 1: road in the National Football League? Would you like to
Speaker 1: be able to lock up the middle of road type player. Look,
Speaker 1: you can't have everybody that's you know, top five at
Speaker 1: their position in the National Football League. But if somebody's
Speaker 1: not in the top five, you want to make sure
Speaker 1: that whoever that person is has other traits that are
Speaker 1: highly desirable. Toughness, loves ball, physical finishes, and that's what
Speaker 1: Cam Robinson has. And and I'm gonna say this again
Speaker 1: because I believe that there are some players on this
Speaker 1: offensive line because I said it last year and I
Speaker 1: said it the year before, but I did not see
Speaker 1: a lot of improvement. I still believe that this offensive
Speaker 1: line is not old enough to to lose the improvement
Speaker 1: from year to year. In other words, I think, with
Speaker 1: the proper coaching, Cam Robin sin can be better than
Speaker 1: just a middle of the road left tackle, which is fine.
Speaker 1: I believe that right tackle Joan Taylor can be better,
Speaker 1: but I think he needs more competition. Look, competition makes
Speaker 1: everybody better, bringing more competition for everybody, and that helps
Speaker 1: solve a lot of the problems and it makes players
Speaker 1: more coachable. But but yeah, the comments about Cam Robinson,
Speaker 1: the backing of Juwan Taylor and and that backing was
Speaker 1: very firm and it wasn't wavering and uh, but I
Speaker 1: meant my opinion is is that you've got to create
Speaker 1: competition on that offensive line, and I think at right
Speaker 1: tackle it would be good. I think Linda will will
Speaker 1: figure something out longer with him. Well, they said they're
Speaker 1: still working through that. Okay. The the salary that he
Speaker 1: was projected to receive this year was nine ish million. Okay.
Speaker 1: The reality is is that Brandon has been hurt for
Speaker 1: the last number of years. He's had one complete season
Speaker 1: in the last four or five years. What does that
Speaker 1: tell you? Availability supersedes ability every time, and when a
Speaker 1: player can't be available on a every week basis that
Speaker 1: that lowers your value. That's a fact that cannot be disputed.
Speaker 1: So is there a comfortable range that the team would
Speaker 1: like to bring Brandon Lender back at? Sure? Sure? And
Speaker 1: I will tell you this, Brandon wears the C two. Okay.
Speaker 1: Brandon Lender is the kind of guy that you want
Speaker 1: to keep on a on a football team because two reasons. One,
Speaker 1: he's a good guy and he does things the right
Speaker 1: way and he's a good football player when he's on
Speaker 1: the field. Okay, so there's I hope that there is
Speaker 1: a way that they can find a common ground because
Speaker 1: if they can't find a common ground here, there's a
Speaker 1: couple options for Brandon. One is is that he goes
Speaker 1: to another team. Brandon loves Jacksonville. Okay, he loves the outdoors,
Speaker 1: he loves this football team. He's been committed to this
Speaker 1: football team. He was completely bawled in every year and
Speaker 1: has given everything is all and so he either continues
Speaker 1: to play for this team, goes and plays for another team,
Speaker 1: or he retires. I don't know if that's even an
Speaker 1: option for him, but I hope that they can find
Speaker 1: a way to make it work because when he's on
Speaker 1: the field, he's a good football player. This is Jaguars
Speaker 1: Happy are We continue with the recap of the free
Speaker 1: agent signings for the Jacksonville Jaguars. A number of them
Speaker 1: were in the building today signing the contract, making the rounds,
Speaker 1: taking the tour, meeting with the media. Let's move to
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the football now and to hear
Speaker 1: from some of these guys today. And we got to
Speaker 1: hear from Foyer A Louis Khan who is a linebacker
Speaker 1: from the Atlanta Falcons and he led the league in
Speaker 1: tackles last year hundred ninety three tackles a season ago.
Speaker 1: What does he bring to this Jaguar his defense. I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of upside to this organization. Uh,
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, these guys, you know,
Speaker 1: definitely put a lot of trust in me. Um. That's
Speaker 1: why they came in and got me in free agency.
Speaker 1: And I just want to bring you know, I definitely
Speaker 1: work hard to definitely bring a lot of you know,
Speaker 1: intelligence and um to the defense and really just trying
Speaker 1: to bring people along with me is what I talked
Speaker 1: about a lot today with some of the coaches. So
Speaker 1: get everybody on the kind of hard and hard working mentality,
Speaker 1: kind of have you know, some great chip on his
Speaker 1: shoulder and being able to grind and work to get
Speaker 1: better every day. Uh, get more wins here. Folkin was
Speaker 1: a sixth round pick, but Yale guy out of Yale. Yes,
Speaker 1: that's football powerhouse of Yale, and then worked his way up.
Speaker 1: He was, like he said today, he was kind of
Speaker 1: a safety, kind of a slot coverage type guy, and
Speaker 1: then moved over to linebacker once he got in the NFL.
Speaker 1: And now he's built his way up into into this
Speaker 1: contract twenty eight million guaranteed dollars coming four years away.
Speaker 1: But led the league tackles a year ago. Miles Jack
Speaker 1: has gone. Now that saved the Jacks. Remember the conversation
Speaker 1: we had a few weeks ago. We're comparing Damien Wilson's
Speaker 1: stats to Miles jack stats. Remember when we talked about that,
Speaker 1: and I said, look, I said, the reality is is
Speaker 1: that Miles Jack is making a ton of money, whereas
Speaker 1: Damien Wilson came in here on a one year, a
Speaker 1: couple million dollar contract, and so something's got to give, right, Well,
Speaker 1: Miles Jack goes and uh, And then you bring in
Speaker 1: Lucan and and he's a good football player, and a
Speaker 1: lot of those categories that we talked about that Miles
Speaker 1: didn't fill, the tackles for losses, the sacks, the passes defense.
Speaker 1: Over the last two years, this young man has been
Speaker 1: able to to really put some serious numbers up in
Speaker 1: those categories, and the number of tackles that he makes.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's active as anybody at the position in
Speaker 1: the league. And and I think, now you you've got
Speaker 1: to start, Okay, do do you fill the other position?
Speaker 1: Is there a chance that they could bring a Damien
Speaker 1: Wilson back. Is there a chance that they fill that
Speaker 1: position from the current room and that's under contract, or
Speaker 1: do they look in the draft to maybe add to
Speaker 1: that position in the draft. And but but they definitely
Speaker 1: need more than just one linebacker obviously because this is
Speaker 1: a two linebacker game, especially when when you get the nickel,
Speaker 1: you gotta have two guys that can really play in space.
Speaker 1: But interesting that, don't forget Dylan Moses. Either he's healthy
Speaker 1: and ready to go, they say, yeah, and that's that's uh,
Speaker 1: you know, basically one year completely away from football, he's
Speaker 1: got a serious knee injury. Is that's something that is
Speaker 1: going to be problematic? Is uh on a on an
Speaker 1: every year type of thing? I don't know. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's a it's a great question, JP because Dylan Moses
Speaker 1: was supposedly a first round talent that obviously didn't get
Speaker 1: drafted in the first round because of injury concerns. Can
Speaker 1: can he be that type of a guy that would
Speaker 1: surprise you. That'd be awesome. Look, I'm all, I'm all
Speaker 1: four you got undrafted guys and you get six round
Speaker 1: picks and start turning into some really good football player.
Speaker 1: Is for an organization that's awesome. But because you know,
Speaker 1: the reality has to look at some of these free
Speaker 1: agents you're sign him. Okay, Luke Khan is a six
Speaker 1: round pick. Thought Okasi was a six round pick, and
Speaker 1: then Darius Williams was an undrafted guy. You know, So
Speaker 1: it would be great if you could find some of
Speaker 1: those guys right on your own because then, man, you
Speaker 1: talk about taking your football team to the next level because,
Speaker 1: as I've said before, the draft and finding young talent,
Speaker 1: that's the lifeblood of every franchise. Let's hear from fully
Speaker 1: Fighterkasi from the New York Jets, another former six round pick.
Speaker 1: He's out of Yukon, though noted run stopper, one of
Speaker 1: eight players with fifteen or more run stuffs and fifteen
Speaker 1: or more quarterback pressures last season alone. Some big names
Speaker 1: on that list as well, and earlier today, Fully on
Speaker 1: why he chose Jacksonville really just came down to someone
Speaker 1: believing in me. Um someone saw something in me, they
Speaker 1: saw something about my ability, um, and it took a
Speaker 1: chance on me. And I'm always for people that just
Speaker 1: just gives me a chance, because all you need is
Speaker 1: one person to believe you. And that's what made me
Speaker 1: come here. It's a blessing. You know. You put in
Speaker 1: a lot of time and effort and little blood, sweat
Speaker 1: and harris to get to this point. And you know,
Speaker 1: I can only thank God for it. But um, now
Speaker 1: that I'm here, at this point, it's all about what
Speaker 1: more could I do? You know? I mean, how much
Speaker 1: more could we inspire each other? How much more can
Speaker 1: we motivate one another fully? Fadokasi was a sixth round
Speaker 1: draft pick. His rookie season, he was the inactive guy
Speaker 1: most of the season. He played in like one game
Speaker 1: for the Jets, and as the years went on, found
Speaker 1: his way into a role there and found a way
Speaker 1: into that as you mentioned, longs that see on his
Speaker 1: chest that we just saw if you're watching on Jaguars
Speaker 1: dot com. And now a big free agent contract. Yeah
Speaker 1: that's uh yeah, there there's a trend here, right, yes, Okay, absolutely,
Speaker 1: when when coach and general manager emphasize and stress all
Speaker 1: about culture change. Then you you do that with people
Speaker 1: that can do that. And again, the guy that wore
Speaker 1: the sea on his chest in New York Fought Akasi,
Speaker 1: captain of the New York Jets football team. Good football player,
Speaker 1: plays hard, plays every down hard. Is he a great
Speaker 1: pass rusher? No? Is he a pocket pusher? Absolutely this
Speaker 1: football team at some point you gotta find dominant pass rushers.
Speaker 1: Many people are talking about Aton Hutchinson the first overall pick.
Speaker 1: Could he be the guy? You know that's we'll have
Speaker 1: to wait and find out. I mean, everything kind of
Speaker 1: leaning towards that way when you're kind of seeing what
Speaker 1: they've done in free agency. But at the same token,
Speaker 1: the outside edge position is not what needs to just
Speaker 1: be addressed. Also, the three technique interior pass rusher, if
Speaker 1: you can try to find a way to add another
Speaker 1: guy on the inside and uh to to help with
Speaker 1: the inside push, I think because Potokasi is gonna give
Speaker 1: you some good push, But do you have somebody that
Speaker 1: can give you numbers from the inside. And again, you've
Speaker 1: got twelve draft picks coming up to be able to
Speaker 1: address some of those positional needs as well, so you
Speaker 1: don't have to do it all in free agency. But
Speaker 1: but I like the acquisition of Podokos and I remembered
Speaker 1: him very well because he was a team captain with
Speaker 1: the Jets and he was one of the most challenging
Speaker 1: names to pronounce when you start doing your game boards.
Speaker 1: He's I mean, I remembered his name because I was like, Okay,
Speaker 1: how are we gonna pronounce this one? I know Basselli's
Speaker 1: gonna butcher it. Okay, but let me make sure that
Speaker 1: I get it right. But I remember the Podokosi. I
Speaker 1: was like Ahadi. And he has a brother who was
Speaker 1: at Rutgers and did actually tapped out of the Gator
Speaker 1: Bowl to get ready for the NFL Draft. Outside linebacker
Speaker 1: type who was living with him in Jersey and the
Speaker 1: whole thing. So we'll see if he makes it in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Uh in the NFL Draft coming up. One
Speaker 1: other name signed or not signed yet agreed to terms.
Speaker 1: He's apparently arriving tomorrow to sign, and it is Jacksonville
Speaker 1: area native cornerback Darius Williams out of Creekside High School
Speaker 1: in St. John's And this guy's story is incredible. He's
Speaker 1: twenty nine years old. He went to Creekside of course
Speaker 1: was at you A B. They canceled the program, had
Speaker 1: to come back home. Was working like an ace hardware
Speaker 1: for a little while, went to f S c J,
Speaker 1: took some classes U A B S program, came back.
Speaker 1: He went back to Birmingham and played for the Blazers
Speaker 1: and was an undrafted player. Worked his way up and
Speaker 1: moved over to the Ram. He was picked up by
Speaker 1: the Ravens right out after the draft. They cut him
Speaker 1: in October. He went to the Rams for the last
Speaker 1: four years and opposite Jalen Ramsey. He gets a lot
Speaker 1: of action in l A and all of a sudden
Speaker 1: he's coming back home, which is an amazing story of
Speaker 1: how his career took the scenic route to get here.
Speaker 1: And I I think that guys that have that kind
Speaker 1: of a story, I think are special because the guys
Speaker 1: that have a story like that develop a work ethic
Speaker 1: that can be incomparable to anybody else because they had
Speaker 1: to pay their dues, they had to work the extra
Speaker 1: hours to be able to get to where they are,
Speaker 1: and I think that's really unique. And when when you
Speaker 1: add guys to a locker room that that have had
Speaker 1: that kind of traveled road, I think it makes your
Speaker 1: locker room better because that kind of work ethic can
Speaker 1: rub off on other guys. And I've always said this
Speaker 1: and that you know, sometimes you find the first round
Speaker 1: picks that have incredible work ethics and there there's a
Speaker 1: reason why they were a first round pick. And then
Speaker 1: there are others that are first round picks because they
Speaker 1: have just a God given ability. God has blessed them
Speaker 1: with incredible traits. And then you have the guys that
Speaker 1: have had to work and work and work in some reason,
Speaker 1: and some of them had to work and work and
Speaker 1: work because they were late bloomers, and those are the
Speaker 1: ones that developed the better work ethic. And then eventually
Speaker 1: the talent started to show and started to develop. And
Speaker 1: I think that's a great story, and I think that
Speaker 1: that kind of a guy that you can add to
Speaker 1: the locker room. Again, we talked about this culture change. Okay,
Speaker 1: I keep using that word because that that means something
Speaker 1: for this year. I mean, that needs to be the
Speaker 1: focal point for this football team. Culture change. Bringing in captains,
Speaker 1: bringing in guys that have strong worth ethics, bringing in
Speaker 1: guys that can bring something to a locker room to
Speaker 1: elevate other guys. That's what this football team needs, and
Speaker 1: that's what this coaching staff needs, and from judging the
Speaker 1: free agent class as a whole, it looks like they've
Speaker 1: addressed that very well. Lords turned in a moment with
Speaker 1: a look around the National Football League. The Jaguars are
Speaker 1: one of the busiest teams, but some other teams are
Speaker 1: getting some big time acquisitions as well in free agency.
Speaker 1: We are only a day into the NFL league year.
Speaker 1: A look around the league when we come back on
Speaker 1: Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network, Welcome back
Speaker 1: as Jaguars Happy Hour. If you're watching us on Jaguars
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Speaker 1: Media Web if you will, you're watching a live look
Speaker 1: at the construction footprint for the Football Performance Center, scheduled
Speaker 1: to open in three just outside t i A Bank Field.
Speaker 1: They have moved a lot of dirt. They're pouring some concrete.
Speaker 1: The footprint has expanded over the last week or so.
Speaker 1: It looks like, um, they're doing some construction things, which
Speaker 1: is good. It's a good step. Where's the football fields
Speaker 1: They're not They're they're covered in dirt. So yeah, so
Speaker 1: they've gotta figure that out. Of course, offseason programs coming
Speaker 1: up in April, it might be a combination the game
Speaker 1: field the indoor right now and then we'll see what
Speaker 1: happens come training camp and all that. But hey, it's
Speaker 1: it's it's often running, which is good news. J P.
Speaker 1: Shadrick with Jeff Lockman. Thanks to Brandon Sheriff and for
Speaker 1: joining us here in studio, the Jaguars right guard. I
Speaker 1: wanted to kind of say that again because I wanted
Speaker 1: to make sure that everybody pronounces his name right, because
Speaker 1: I don't think there's anything worse than coming to a
Speaker 1: new place and then here people mispronounce your name. We
Speaker 1: got an old name, free agency class. I'll say that
Speaker 1: it's a little different. But he as he said, he said,
Speaker 1: think of sheriff. I shot the sheriff, and I said,
Speaker 1: there's a new sheriff in town, right, Okay, there's no
Speaker 1: eye in his name, thank you, but it's pronounced as
Speaker 1: if there is so sheriff. Thank you. I like it
Speaker 1: very good. I just want to make sure that people
Speaker 1: get it right. What are the other two? Trust me?
Speaker 1: When you grew up with a name like Logerman, okay,
Speaker 1: and you've heard that name mispronounced as many times as
Speaker 1: I have you like that, have your name pronounced. Let's
Speaker 1: go through the other ones. Fully photos, uh, fully photos
Speaker 1: and Foyer Lou Khan, Yeah, a good football player, okay,
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk Christians to one. It's a tough one to get.
Speaker 1: Darius Williams say Jones tongue twist. I don't know about
Speaker 1: that one. Did I get down right, william I don't know.
Speaker 1: We'll find out tomorrow. When pronounced his name for everybody.
Speaker 1: Let's go around the National Football Let's do that. The
Speaker 1: free agency frenzy continued, but not really with a player
Speaker 1: that's a free agent yet. Deshaun Watson has been meeting
Speaker 1: with teams. The Browns are out now. He met with
Speaker 1: the Falcons earlier this week. The Panthers and Saints were
Speaker 1: in the mix. There was a word earlier today that
Speaker 1: he might have a decision by today this afternoon. I
Speaker 1: haven't seen it yet. If it pops in the next
Speaker 1: eight minutes, we'll give it to you. But Deshaun Watson,
Speaker 1: all of a sudden is holding the cards well. And
Speaker 1: I said this to you kind of off the air.
Speaker 1: It's a crazy year in the National Football League. Here
Speaker 1: at the start of free agency, and it involves the quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: And this really is the first time ever in free
Speaker 1: agency that quarterback has been as hot of a topic
Speaker 1: and as a hot of a position in free agency.
Speaker 1: And I wouldn't wouldn't really call it free agency because
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson is not a free agent. But the trades
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, what's gonna happen with Aaron Rodgers the question
Speaker 1: marks there and here we are talking about DeShawn Watson,
Speaker 1: which could and is gonna set off a domino effect.
Speaker 1: It could be for Matt Ryan, could mean something for
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston. If because Jamis Winston, if if all of
Speaker 1: a sudden they signed to Shaun Watson, that's that's not
Speaker 1: the place in New Orleans now for Jamis Winston. But
Speaker 1: I don't see Deshaun Watson being embraced in Carolina. I
Speaker 1: think he would have a better chance of being embraced
Speaker 1: in either Atlanta, which is his hometown, or New Orleans.
Speaker 1: And uh, and that's all in his control because he
Speaker 1: has a no trade clause. He has to okay where
Speaker 1: he is traded to and then at that point the
Speaker 1: terms have to be agreed upon with the Houston, Texans.
Speaker 1: And then of course, if it's Atlanta. And by the way,
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson was a ball boy for the Falcons when
Speaker 1: he was growing up just outside of Atlanta, true story.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Luck was there the equipment manager and Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: was working during training camp with the team. So if
Speaker 1: it's Atlanta, they have a former m v P quarterback
Speaker 1: is still in the roster in Matt right. Yeah, they're
Speaker 1: gonna figure that out. Yeah, But and and here's what
Speaker 1: they have to figure out. They have to figure out
Speaker 1: a way to clear the cap number that Matt Ryan
Speaker 1: represents to to have the room to bring into Deshaun Watson.
Speaker 1: And clearly they can make it happen, otherwise they wouldn't
Speaker 1: be having the conversations. But Matt Ryan is not the
Speaker 1: same Matt Ryan that went to a Super Bowl a
Speaker 1: few years ago. JP. It's excellent point, I'm to say it.
Speaker 1: He's been there for a long time. And if you're
Speaker 1: gonna have that move now, But then there's a lot
Speaker 1: of other teams that are kind of waiting to see
Speaker 1: what happens with DeShawn Watson because then, okay, what's gonna happen?
Speaker 1: And I know Baker Mayfield. There's still a question mark
Speaker 1: there with Baker Mayfield. He's in his own feelings. That
Speaker 1: sounds like, now, after that meeting the other day, what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen in Cleveland, What's gonna happen in Seattle, What's
Speaker 1: gonna happen in New Orleans, What's gonna happen in Atlanta.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of questions Indianapolis. What's gonna happen in Indianapolis?
Speaker 1: The Washington Commanders end up getting a guy that I
Speaker 1: wouldn't have given up anything. I got it right this time,
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. And to the R word or
Speaker 1: Washington football team. I'm proud of myself. Way to go,
Speaker 1: Way to go. Do you see, by the way, you
Speaker 1: see what Carson Wentz was wearing at his press conference? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I look terrible. He's wearing a Berkeley suit with a
Speaker 1: yellow shirt and look terrible. But because let me tell you,
Speaker 1: I have fashion sense like no other. Okay, I mean
Speaker 1: look at me what I wear all the time, So
Speaker 1: I'm really I can judge. You know what. It reminded.
Speaker 1: It reminded me of Kenya McCardell. Kenyan used to dress
Speaker 1: outlandish back in the day and uh, and he would
Speaker 1: laugh at it if he were here. So I'm not
Speaker 1: saying anything that I wouldn't tell him, but but he
Speaker 1: was always a guy that that wore very bright colors
Speaker 1: and different colors, and uh, but yeah, it was when
Speaker 1: I saw the suit, I'm like, dude that, uh, yeah,
Speaker 1: he might want to just kind of wear something neutral
Speaker 1: and show up your press conference and uh be a
Speaker 1: little bit more reserved. Let's go through a few other
Speaker 1: teams that have brought in a Hall in this time
Speaker 1: frame here, at least via trade or by free agency.
Speaker 1: The Bills get von Miller six years, one twenty million
Speaker 1: dollars for von six years. He's like thirty three years old,
Speaker 1: thirty four years old. He's gonna be about thirty eight
Speaker 1: running around chasing people if he can see. I mean,
Speaker 1: he can still play, you can still play, but he doesn't.
Speaker 1: He doesn't. The one thing that I've watched with von
Speaker 1: Miller is that he doesn't play every down. He takes
Speaker 1: certain plays off, and but he's still an exceptional pass rusher.
Speaker 1: He still can have an impact with with Buffalo, and
Speaker 1: I think he will provide some great leadership. But again,
Speaker 1: most of these contracts that you hear six years a
Speaker 1: bazillion dollars, right, there is some more realistic year and
Speaker 1: number that's associated with that contract, and it might be
Speaker 1: two years and five million. I don't I don't know
Speaker 1: what that number is, but there's there's a more realistic
Speaker 1: number and a term to that contract than six years
Speaker 1: and whatever that number was. The a f C West
Speaker 1: was adding quarterbacks. They continue to add other players to
Speaker 1: that as well. The Broncos of course, got Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: via the trade. They signed Randy Gregory for five years,
Speaker 1: seventy million. The Chargers get wide by the way, Yeah,
Speaker 1: wide receiver Mike Williams goes to the Chargers. They got
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack in l A as well. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: that's carnage. That whole division is going to be, uh,
Speaker 1: just murderers. Row Well, Khalil Mack has familiarity with the
Speaker 1: head coach there. They when Khalil Mack first went to Chicago,
Speaker 1: the head coach now in l A was his coach
Speaker 1: in Chicago, so that there's a lot a lot of
Speaker 1: familiarity there. Uh, it's a it's a it's definitely been
Speaker 1: a very different free agent period. I think it's been
Speaker 1: one that's been very exciting, and particularly for this football team,
Speaker 1: but I think lea league wide. I mean, that's why
Speaker 1: this league is king because it and I remember, I'll
Speaker 1: never forget this. You go all the way back to
Speaker 1: when the NFL only had planned B and they were
Speaker 1: talking about going to unrestricted free agency. And I was
Speaker 1: having a conversation with our head coach at the time
Speaker 1: in New York, which was Bruce Cousin, and I said, Bruce,
Speaker 1: and said, I'm just telling you, when we get free agency,
Speaker 1: I said, it's gonna make the the interest in the
Speaker 1: sports just go through the refuees and oh, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be bad for the game and this and that, and
Speaker 1: I mean, really think about I mean, how many times
Speaker 1: was the National Football League talked about in March for
Speaker 1: free agency started in the nineties, one talked about And
Speaker 1: so it's created a lot of interest, and it's given
Speaker 1: everybody hope because if you've got a bad football team, okay,
Speaker 1: and we've been a bad football team the last couple
Speaker 1: of years here, okay, but we still have hope because
Speaker 1: we just acquired seven guys in free agency that can
Speaker 1: help his football team win, that are proven players, and
Speaker 1: then you've got twelve draft picks to add to. And
Speaker 1: that's the beauty of the National Football League. You can
Speaker 1: always improve your football team if you do things the
Speaker 1: right way. And hopefully this football team has taken some
Speaker 1: steps and doing it the right way. And I believe
Speaker 1: that with these free agents in the way that they
Speaker 1: um have from a character standpoint, I think it's a
Speaker 1: great first step. We say goodbye to Miles Jackie's going
Speaker 1: to the Steelers, Andrew Norwell to Washington, d J Chart
Speaker 1: to the Lions. Are thanks to Brandon Sheriff for joining
Speaker 1: us in studio today and Blake Stewart on the video's side,
Speaker 1: Joe Fortunado on the audio side for Jeff Flagman. I'm J. P.
Speaker 1: Shadrick and we'll catch you next time. It's Jaguars Happy
Speaker 1: Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network.