WEBVTT - Ep. 23: How Do Jaguars' Approach Texans Matchup? | Jags A.M. Podcast 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:05.360 Houston's coming to town this Sunday. Who's the player on 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:07.240 the Texans that scares you the most this week? 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:10.600 Really inderstood pass for Shure and rookie well c J 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:12.479 Stroud scares me a little. But what really scares me 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:26.920 about the Texans is is they still believe in themselves. 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:36.000 Welcome to jag Zam on this Thursday, presented by Field's 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:38.879 Auto Group, Kai Nani Stevens, grind Sexton, John Over. You're 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:41.880 here with us today as we get ready for Week 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.840 three against the Texans. We've moved on from lost against 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.479 Chiefs and now we're focused on this divisional matchup against 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.080 the Texans. And John, as you mentioned, this team has 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:52.640 struggled so far there oh in too, but th we're 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:54.880 just early in the season, so it really hasn't crushed 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:56.600 them at any point. They're not at a point where 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.040 they're winless still, you know, halfway through the year. It's 0:00:59.080 --> 0:00:59.440 early on. 0:00:59.880 --> 0:01:03.720 They're ascending, or they believe they're ascending with a new coach, 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:07.240 a new plan, so they're all still buying in and 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:10.440 in the NFL early in the season, when teams still believe, 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:12.720 when they've got a quarterback who can throw like Stroud, 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:17.039 You never know it's going to happen, and they won't 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.000 quit off of one early touchdown late in the season. 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.880 You play a team like this, okay, well we know 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:25.520 this team's better than we are. They're not there yet, 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.080 so they're always dangerous, even at home. Even though they 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.319 have a rookie quarterback Brian for. 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:31.959 The first time in a couple of years, they've got 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:34.720 their honest to goodness direction set right. I mean, the 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:39.119 last few years they had David Cuckliffe and then Lovey Smith, 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:42.000 and you just neither of those felt permanent because the 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.760 quarterback wasn't there. They were relying on Davis Mills. It 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:47.600 just felt like they were constantly in transition. Well, now 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.200 they've got Demiko Ryans, who is one of the bright 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:53.480 young coaches in the AFC, and CJ. Stroud has the 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:57.440 signs and showing all the signs of being an elite quarterback. 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:01.920 He's got that capability. So it feels real and there's 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:03.600 no reason for them to doubt themselves. 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:05.000 They just have to keep playing. 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:07.400 All right, let's go over our big things for this 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.239 Thursday on Jags Am be better. The team needs to 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:11.919 play better than they did in week two against the 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:13.440 Chiefs if they want to win and they can't have 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.360 a hangover. Part of the problem Doug Peterson said is 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:18.720 he didn't feel his team practiced very well last week, 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.800 and that's something taryor Lawrence talked about yesterday. 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:26.560 I agree, you know, we didn't. I think we were 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.080 flying around quite as good as we were, you know, 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.000 maybe the week before. And I think that's the adjustment 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:33.239 when you get in the season and when you play 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.919 these these long, physical games. You know, even take like 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.280 the Colts game in the first game, I was a physical, tough, 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:40.600 four quarter game, and you just got to get used 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:42.680 to bouncing back and being ready to go on Wednesday 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:44.400 Thursday for practice because you got to get the game 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.120 plan in. You got to get those reps to feel 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:47.720 good about it. And you know, I don't think we 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:49.880 did a great job necessarily last week of doing that, 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:53.280 especially on Wednesday. So that's the emphasis week. The guys 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.040 are ready to go. I think we're really locked in. 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:56.200 Guys are ready. 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:58.080 We got to bring some energy and get back on track. 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:00.960 There is something to be said for practicing like a 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.040 championship team, Brian. I know Doug talked about that, but 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:05.920 it's not something you take for granted. Not everybody knows 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:06.720 how to practice like that. 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.280 No, although I think these guys learned last year how 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.800 to practice as they went through that. I was I 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.000 was surprised when I heard that from Doug, and then 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.000 Trevor came up and said it, and everyone in the 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.480 locker room talked about it, but nobody mentioned it on Sunday. 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:23.760 You know, they kind of were pushed into a corner 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:25.880 where they had to admit that they didn't have quite 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:27.720 as good a week. The good news for them is 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:29.880 they had to admit it, they have to confront it, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.080 and they have to work harder because everyone's looking. 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:35.280 At them now well human beings. I mean, you know, 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.640 they had a bad week, they had a bad game. 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:43.880 I kind of buy in a little more to Doug's 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.560 thoughts Monday when he talked about them pressing then I 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:54.920 do the bad practice. It just felt to me when 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.400 Doug and Trevor both talked about and even all the 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:03.440 players were talking about how just fisting so tight, holding 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.960 on you try to make a play. It's like when 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.920 you're behind in a baseball game, everybody's tying hit a 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.720 home run, right, That's what it's sort of felt like 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:16.039 and it made sense. Uh, the practice is it's fine. 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:17.080 I think you can overcome. 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:17.920 I hope that's it. 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.600 I hope you're right, because if if you're not, I mean, 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.200 if they just were human and didn't have a good week, 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:26.040 then you have to ask yourself, well, why with one 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.360 of the biggest games on your schedule and it's your 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:31.279 home opener and it's the Super Bowl champions do you 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:32.000 have a bad week? 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:34.799 Right? No one could explain it in the locker room issue, 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:36.120 So I hope it was just a. 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:39.840 A tightness a In fact, that's how I described it 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:42.320 on Monday. I hope that was the case, cause if 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:44.039 you can't get up for the Kansasity Chiefs and the 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.279 home opener and have a good week of practice, there's 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:47.360 a bigger question to ask. 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:49.920 Hopefully a mix of both. Maybe they just got a 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.440 little too excited for the game and took it. You know. 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.120 I don't think they were ill prepared necessarily, but they 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.960 definitely are gonna refocus this week at their practice. Second 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.440 big thing this week is hold the line. A lot 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.480 of the issues surrounding the offensive line injuries and then 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.640 just not being able to hold the line in their 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.800 game against the Chiefs. Now Talking to Trevor yesterday, he 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:11.919 said he's not concerned. He had some good meetings and 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:13.599 he thinks things will be better this week. 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:16.400 I know those guys are gonna we had some great 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.280 meetings this morning like we always do on Wednesdays, and 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.520 some of our protection stuff, and these guys are gonna 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.040 be just fine, not worried about it. You know, it's 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:26.400 all of us. It's all of us playing together and communicating. 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.880 And you know, I don't think any any player on 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.400 offense played anywhere close to their best game on Sunday, 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.120 So it's not just those guys. We all got to 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.640 be better and we will be. And I think we 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.600 have the group that recognizes that there's nobody that thinks 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:41.960 that they played great on Sunday and thinks that they're 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:44.800 above any anyone else. So we understand where we're at. 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:47.000 And I got a lot of confidence in those guys, 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.240 and we'll put together a great plan and be prepared, 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:51.000 and it starts today and they're gonna fly around. 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:52.039 We'll have a great practice. 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.120 John, how concerned should we be about the offensive line 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:55.480 right now? 0:05:55.640 --> 0:06:00.960 Well, I'm not concerned over the long haul because I 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.280 believe it'll get fixed and with Cam Robbinson coming back 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.919 will help. I believe the guys who are playing it 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:10.360 just seems to me like in Anton, Harrison was playing 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.039 their shoulder in camp, walk a little, had a hip, 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.200 two ankles on garden center, Sheriff and Fortner and then 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.039 Bartch's coming back. Not to make excuses, but that's a 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:23.760 lot of stuff going on, and they just haven't felt 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:27.440 powerful or in cohesion. But I think Doug talked yesterday 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:31.400 about something. It's a very key point that people miss 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.040 offensive lines the hardest thing to get going because of 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.279 the cohesion. You don't have enough repster in training camp 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:42.320 because nobody hits like that anymore. So it usually gets 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.600 better as the season goes on. I think if they 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.480 stay healthy, get Cam back, that will start developing, because 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.240 frankly it did last year. It started off rough in 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:52.960 the first game and got better as it season went on. 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.120 I think Rosh is a good coach. I have no 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:57.800 reason to think it won't get solved. But if it doesn't, 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.839 it's back because that's hurt them in the first two weeks. 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:03.839 What do you think here? 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:08.160 He just said it all He's right, I mean, he 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.040 said it, he laid it out it. I think the 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:13.200 biggest takeaway that I had from yesterday's press conference was 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.400 there's not a lot of reps in the preseason, and 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.920 he played those guys in the Miami game to get 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.400 them some, but still felt the urge to get them 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.320 out before they got hurt. So there's none of that anymore. 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.160 They just got they gotta work their way into it. 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.800 Here's one thing to look forward to help is on 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.360 the way. You at least have a frontline starter in 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.160 Cam Robinson who's back in the building, who will be 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.520 able to play in week five. That will give you 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:39.320 some flexibility with the injuries, some flexibility where you feel 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:41.520 like you have some weaknesses. Maybe left guard, you could 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.840 move Walker a little inside. If Anthony Harrison's shoulder isn't better, 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:47.640 you know, you could move Walker little to right tackle. 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:50.400 So you've got some flexibility on the way. Most teams 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:51.320 don't have that. 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:57.560 Big thing for I almost left Brian speechless, speechless, like. 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:02.160 Here's where I'm going with this, and John just answered, okay. 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.360 All right. Our big thing three is lead the way. 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.640 That's about Trevor Lawrence Doug Pearson, speaking in his press conference, 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:08.600 the offense did struggle, but he said he has no 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:09.600 concerns about Trevor. 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.360 He's a type of type of guy that you know, 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.080 it bothers him when when he or the team doesn't 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:17.960 play well, it bothers him, and it bothers a lot 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:22.400 of guys, and you know, they I would say that 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.320 we didn't practice very well last week, you know, and 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:29.239 it starts there, starts in practice and being efficient and 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.560 and you know, we've got to have good days coming up. 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.280 But you know, this team's been resilient that way, and 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:38.880 they seem to respond, you know, to each other and 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.320 the kinds of adversity that we sort of bring on ourselves. 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.120 Yeah, there's something to be said about how you bounce 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:46.520 back from that adversity, Brian. 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.720 And in a very subtle way, Doug put his team 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.520 on notice. Yes, he didn't have to say in front 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.439 of the media yesterday that we didn't practice very well 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:56.440 last week, because that became the story. Right everyone's talking 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.240 about that now. But in a very subtle way, he 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:00.360 let him know, this is. 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:01.679 A performance based business. 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:04.280 We all are judged on the way that we work 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.800 all week long, and then it is to payoff on 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.280 the field, and so now everybody's gonna expect you to 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:11.280 have a great week of practice. I kind of like that. 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:14.840 He also said it in an answer about Trevor. I'm 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.160 not saying he was saying it about the quarterback, but 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.319 I think it was about that whole thing, and the 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.439 quarterback needs to lead that. Look, I'm not worried about Trevor, 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.200 I guess because if I was, the whole thing is 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:26.720 in shambles. 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.440 Yeah, so he's a cornerstone, but that's. 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:33.680 Not what this is. I don't I've never thought that 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:37.800 he is going to be an all time accuracy guy 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.920 every week with twenty four twenty five passing. I think 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.920 he's gonna have some misses, but he's going he's also 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.840 going to have runs where he is red hot. He 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.240 is such a good gamer, that's going to happen. I 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:55.880 just think, Look, if there are four toe tap touchdowns 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.559 that don't happen, and the guy's got Christian Kirk by 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.160 his ankle and Christians bou to get away on Sunday, 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:04.520 if those plays go another way, we're not panicking. It 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:06.640 was a game of inches game. 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:07.520 I think they're gonna be fine. 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.360 Well, back to the human part, I mean, you could 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.160 have a great week of practice and then have a 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.319 bad day, right, So we'll find out on Sunday, because 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.600 talking to guys in the locker room yesterday, they had 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:18.840 a good day on the practice field and they're planning, 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.920 they're expecting, they're holding each other accountable to have a 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:22.960 better day today. 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.480 So we'll see how that all works out. 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.880 I also think you know they had the ball, it's 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:31.520 at the red zone with five minutes left in a 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:32.079 chance to win. 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:33.280 They came up short. 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.200 Right, don't just start flushing and getting rid of things. 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:39.840 Figure out how to take what you got and make 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.119 it work better. And that's what this week is about. 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.360 Absolutely, all right, stay with us. We're gonna move ahead 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.920 and then we'll preview the matchup against the Texans as 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:48.560 we do a deep dot coming up after and break. 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:54.480 All right, Well back here in dag Dam Studio on 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.520 this Thursday, and we're gonna talk Texans. Now, we've been 0:10:57.520 --> 0:10:59.560 talking so much about the Chiefs in that game, we've 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.360 turned the pain. We gotta look at the Texans and 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.000 we can't overlook the Texans as well. Watched some of 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.319 their media availability and we're gonna go over some of 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.800 the sound bites now because CJ. Stroud really does sell 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.080 all the right things. We've obviously in Jacksonville seen what 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.960 a rookie quarterback looks like when they come in and 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:15.640 you know, maybe it wasn't great the year before and 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.640 they're trying to rebuild something. They have a new co coach, 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.040 a new quarterback. And one of the things Stroud said 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.560 that I really took to point was he wants to 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:25.640 make others around him better. And he told a little 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:27.320 bit of a story of how he got to that 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:28.200 point in his career. 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:30.680 What does it mean to play quarterback? 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:32.240 Like what is like? 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:32.440 What? 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:33.079 What? 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:37.200 What's like your job? And I'm like to make plays? 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:38.480 I don't know, like you know what I'm saying, like, 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:40.559 and I said, to be a leader. He's like, yeahs right, 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.040 Like being a leader, making players all that stuff is great. 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:44.880 But he was like, your your main jobs and make 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.520 people around you better, like on the field and off. 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:50.160 And I took that to heart and ever since that moment, like, 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.160 I'm dedicated a lot of time, a lot of effort, 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:56.400 a lot of uh like mental capacity, a lot of 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.800 energy to that cause. And I told myself I would 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:03.920 never go back, and I will never We're great. Not 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:04.760 doing everything. 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:07.960 That's a helplessness. You can't teach all the time, and 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:09.559 I think for him to understand that at the young 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:11.439 age that he is, that's imposed well for him in 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:11.920 the NFL. 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.120 Yeah, he's impressive and like a lot of quarterbacks who 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.440 play at the highest level of college football, playing at 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:19.000 Ohio State puts him in front of the media a lot. 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:23.440 And clearly he has been well coached and whoever besides 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:25.560 coaching right parents' mentors. 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:27.000 I mean, he's very calm. 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:28.960 He's an impressive young man. 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:31.400 Yeah, they're impressed with him. They think they've got their 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:35.720 franchise guy. In terms of this game, the thing that 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:38.600 maybe the Jaguars can be a little optimistic about. 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:39.840 He hasn't done a pick yet. 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:42.080 And he's been under pressure, Yeah, a lot of pressure. 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.960 The percentages on that sort of start running out at 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.079 some point, he's gonna make a mistake. This is a 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:51.760 team that forces turnovers, the Jaguars. You wonder if the 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.000 rubber meets the road on that this week. That's what 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:57.240 I think the Jaguars are trying to get to. 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:58.400 And I think they will well, and they don't. 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.560 The Texans at this moment in time, don't have that 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.840 game breaking alpha receiver like a Calvin Ridley who can 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.199 get down the field and strike fear into your secondary, 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:10.160 which means they'll probably feel more willing to take chances 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:11.680 on some balls to make plays. 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.200 We'll have to see as far as the scouting reports. 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:15.920 Stroud went on to say he knows a lot about 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:17.960 the Jacksonville defense. Here's what he had to say. 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:23.120 First and foremost, their D line UH uh forty four 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.960 and forty one great players, set the age, run around 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.720 play well. Their D line really style, really big, and 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:34.040 their linebackers twenty three thirty three actually played against Uh 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:37.680 Devin and uh college two really good players not only 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.040 in in run run in the run game, but also 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.719 on pass coverage. UH thirty two Campbell, he's a really 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:47.520 good DV Cisco UH somethow I know personally he's a 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:51.280 good dude, UH, very aggressive, very uh good in coverage, 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:55.160 but also is is constantly making good tackles. Same thing 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.360 with two. And then thirty seven comes in plays and 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.199 Nickel plays really well. Thirty one's a solid corner. So 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:02.880 I don't I don't want to name drop. I know 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:07.160 all their names too, but sorry, but not a great 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:08.920 defense all the way around, and. 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.520 Didn't want name check anybody, but he basically name dropped 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.920 everybody started defense. So I was impressed. How much of 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:19.440 it comes to studying early on and getting those habits, John, 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.680 when you're a rookie, understanding what it takes to be 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:23.000 a good quarterback. 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:26.720 Well, any quarterback and coach. When you start talking about 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.880 the details of quarterbacking, we'll talk about whether a guy 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:33.520 knows how to study film or not. Most quarterbacks don't 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:36.040 come into the league knowing how to study at a 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:39.440 high level. I don't know if you know he destruct 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:44.560 he studies, does he yet know how to prepare at 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:47.520 the highest level. Probably not, because it's a learned skill. 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:50.960 But when you're putting that sort of effort into it, 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.760 if you're coached correctly, eventually effort and the coaching, the 0:14:54.800 --> 0:15:00.480 teaching yield a very intelligent quarterback. H All invcasion kids on. 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:04.840 Her way well, and look, he took the time to 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:07.800 be able to go through the list and share it 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:11.680 with the local media. They're in Houston, which is impressive enough. 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:14.560 I can't say enough about the kid. 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:16.200 I like him. I liked him at Ohio State. 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.000 I think he's going to be a very good player, 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.960 and I think the AFC South has a great chance 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.640 to be a great quarterback division for years to come. 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.480 I know we talked a little bit about it yesterday, 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.800 but he really seems like of the other rookie quarterbacks 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.680 in the division, he's the one that you kind of 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.040 see it already forming with him, even if it's just 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:34.360 two games in right now. 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:36.480 He had a lot more experience with the ball in 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.680 his hand than Anthony Richardson. And I think Richard had 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:42.600 what thirteen games, three hundred passing attempts in his college career, 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:44.400 and this kid put the ball all over the place, 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:47.120 and he was accustomed to having great receivers. I mean, 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:51.720 just look at the list, Chris Olavey, Garrett Wilson, Jackson 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:55.400 Smith and Jigba and of course Harrison who's there now. 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:58.440 So I mean he's a guy who understands the intricacies 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:00.560 of the passing game. At some point point in time, 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.200 when he's got weapons in Houston talking about shootout. 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:07.960 Right, he stands in the pocket and there's the ball 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:10.800 the right people, and that gets you a long way. 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:12.880 And he seems like he's gonna get get to get better. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.600 As somebody said yesterday, if you're gonna get this team, 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:16.440 you better get him now. 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:17.240 Better for sure. 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.120 Tamiko Ryan's first year head coach there. He's a new 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.360 sheriff in town. Doesn't like to give away too too much, 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:24.640 but he did say that Calvin Ridle is someone that's 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.240 gonna be a problem for them to try to cover. 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:31.720 Calvin is an explosive playmaker, right he's wherever he catches 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:33.560 the ball, you have to be ready. He's dynamic with 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.040 the ball in his hands, really great hands on the 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.240 on the perimeter of the defense. But he can also 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.440 take those short passes that we talked about. He can 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:42.560 go to the house. So when it comes to tackling, 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:42.840 we have. 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:44.440 To be on it. 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:48.280 Make sure we're playing great fundamental ball outside ins and 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.720 making him cut back inside. But Calvin is explosive, he's fast, 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:53.920 he's dynamic with the ball in his hands, and it'll 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:55.160 be a tough matchup for us. 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:57.920 Brian John, we were just talking about some of the 0:16:57.920 --> 0:16:59.600 injuries the team's dealing with. Brian, do you feel like 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:01.520 Calvin can have a big day based on what the 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:03.520 Houston Yeah, it's going to deal with. 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:04.439 Based on the injury report. 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:07.320 Yeah, both those safeties and Jallen Petrie is a really 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.840 good player who you would think would be somewhere in 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.280 the vicinity of zero on the Jaguars uniform. Whether he 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:14.840 plays or not, it is a big question mark. 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:16.160 I don't think he practiced yesterday. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:20.359 So you're talking about a team that is set up 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.080 for the Jaguars to be able to go and do 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.520 what they do at a much higher level than they 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:27.640 did last week. Just a quick thought on Demico Ryant. 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:29.639 He was a really good football player. He played for 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.399 the Texans as a linebacker. Obviously, talking to people in 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:36.520 San Francisco in the offseason, this is a guy who 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:40.880 players loved playing for and you can see by his energy, 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.520 the way that he the words that he uses that 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:46.679 players are going to love playing for him. In Houston, 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:48.200 they finally have their guy. 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:54.199 This team they're on the way they feel like they 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:56.520 have put together. In terms of this week, the question 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.760 you asked Brian, anything the receivers have a chance to 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:02.680 have game. The issue is to me is not so 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:06.440 much the secondary. Can the Jaguars get their front blocked. 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:10.520 I think once they get the front blocked, the story 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:12.840 every week is going to be more about the Jaguars receivers. 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.000 I don't think there's a secondary that can do a 0:18:15.000 --> 0:18:18.440