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Speaker 1: It is Week thirteen, the Jaguars visit the Tennessee Titans, and it's time for our countdown to kick off interviews. We start this week with Jaguars running backs coach Chad Morton visiting with Brian Sexson.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I love what I do. I love being around these guys. You know, it's just fun being with this group and just being out here and just try to get them going a little bit. And you know, if I want them to have energy and play hard, then I have.
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Speaker 3: To do it too.
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Speaker 2: So I have to be you know, I have to show that. And they're picking up on it and they're doing the same as what I'm doing, So I love it.
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Speaker 4: Listen, I know we're talking to a running backs coach today, but this team has embraced this almost run first mentality. How did that come about? You got a franchise quarterback and a first round picket wide receiver. How long did it take for this team to embrace that?
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Speaker 2: I think pretty quick. I mean Liam talked about being able to run the football here, and I think everybody embraced that and they took on that challenge. And we know we can throw the ball, but you know, at the same time, we have to be able to run the ball against these guys and keep the defense off the field and be able to play action off of that. So I mean it just all goes together. So it all everything starts with a good foundation within the run game and then just go from the pass from there on out and try to score a lot of points and try to win games.
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Speaker 4: You obviously you have a run game coordinator here this year that we've never had one in Jacksonville. How does that work? We have offensive coordinator, offensive line coach, run game coordinator, running backs coach. How much collaboration goes into putting together a successful running game plan?
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Speaker 1: Yeah? A lot.
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Speaker 2: I mean it just goes through all the coaches. But our guy starts at CLEE. He starts it, and then you know, goes through the on line coach and all the coordinators and position coaches. So it's just a collaborative process. I mean it's working out well. We're doing well, and he's doing a hell of a job and putting the plan together and also detailing it up and presenting it. So things are working out really well.
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Speaker 4: There's so many layers to the Travis Etn story. Coming off of a tough year in the fifth year option playing running back. But from the moment that I saw him at training camp, I said that dude is motivated. Tell me about your introduction to him and what you've seen from him. I think he's having a tremendous season.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's been great ever since, you know, just first meeting him and then you know, through this whole off season process and setting standards for him and goals that I have that I had for him. He knows what's at stake, you know, a new contract, all that, showing what he can do, you know, from a down year the previous year, so just kind of making up for that. He's extremely talented, and just talking to him, having like this big heart to heart with him and just understanding, you know, looking at the pass of where he was and where we need to get to, and he's embraced it. And he's just been doing extremely well. Listening to exactly what the coaches want him to do, you know, straining, running, working hard. That was that was basically the foundation of what we want him to do.
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Speaker 4: And I never thought of him as a tough runner between the tackles runner. I thought of him as sort of a breakaway, make you miss. But this year he has the mentality of Jerome Bettis.
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Speaker 2: You know what's funny, I kind of saw I mean, we talked about that too, I saw. I just saw him as more of a downhill guy. I think he just runs so hard that he braced a lot of tackles. I never saw him miss, like he can make guys miss, but I never saw that as a break you down, shake you up, and then you know, accelerate. He's just keep running. He's got a little fat, quick, little twitch can make you miss. But I just I wanted him to embrace that part of that run style that I saw of just getting downhill. He's probably strong and a lot of people think he is. And then it's been working for him. He's been doing extremely well. Guys can't tackle him, and the times that you know, maybe he's struggled a little bit is when he tries to do too much and not just run an attack. So that's just a whole mindset we've been working on from day one, and it's what's worked.
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Speaker 4: Tell me about the two rookies in the room and how you think he's led them and how you think they've pushed him.
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Speaker 5: He's a great leader.
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Speaker 2: I'm extremely proud of him taking on that leadership role with those guys. He's not a big, raw, raw guy, but I want him to lead with you know how by example. Love the two young guys, great, great attitudes. You know, Basho coming in just scout work. You know, just saw him a lot just through the off season, obviously through the draft and stuff. And just know how explosive he is. He runs hard, can break tackles, extremely tough runner for a size. You know, you think a guy that stature, but you know can only run straight o he can break a lot of tackle. So and then you, I mean, we're just so blessed to have him just the way he protects on third down, does everything right. He's just the sets the tone for the offense. So I just can't be more pleased with those two.
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Speaker 4: The coach said two weeks ago, he thought you were one of the best running back coaches he has ever seen. Listen, right, you're gonna get a lot of grief with other guys here.
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Speaker 6: This.
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Speaker 4: He said the same thing about rich and goulu as a tight ends coach. And this staff appears to be a really talented staff. You haven't quite been together a year. What's the experience been like with the first time head coach putting his staff together, and it appears like it's going well.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, unbelievable staff. I mean, all those guys, I think we just all worked really well. We gel together, we lean on each other for stuff. They're all extremely smart. Liam obviously did an outstanding job of finding all those guys, and it's just it's been working and we just continue to grow still can turn to learn, you know, to learn each other. Yeah, it's just it's a blessing. It's really a blessing because I've been some places where it's not always like that. But all the guys are great defense, special teams. Truly a blessing.
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Speaker 1: Pete Prisco of CBS Sports has a weekly conversation with Mike Dempsey.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's a tough situation. It's going to be a challenge for him this week in large part you're playing consecutive road games. You won one late, you over time and that can tax you a little bit. Now you've got to go back out on the road again and with that big game loom in next week, so it's going to be a challenge to get back up again, and I think that's where Liam Cohene is a coach, is going to have to really put on, you know, one of those better coach and performances. Even though it's the Titans. It sounds crazy, but house of horrors that's happened in Nashville over the years A and B. The situation is not great for them, in large part because of all those things I just explained.
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Speaker 8: Well and Pete Layton games. The Jags have shown resiliency, right, They've also had their failures late in games, but they're starting to believe I think that they can pull things out late in the contest. How far can that belief carry a team.
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Speaker 7: Well, it's good to have it, and it's good to see your quarterback do that after having you know, up park performances at times during the regular part of the game. But he's made plays in overtime. He's made plays in the fourth quarter, and that's a good sign. But you never want to be in that situation on a continual basis. You want to try and beat teams, particularly if you're playing a team like the Titans. You want to put them away early, in large part because you don't want them to be able to hang around, and when a team like that hangs around, they start believing. So you got to start putting teams way like they did against the Chargers. Now that was more of a one off, but still you want to try and do everything you can not to be in that situation.
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Speaker 8: And the Titans have hung around Pete the last three outings. They've lost all of them, but by a combined sixteen points, so they've been competitive. Probably the best player on that roster is Jeffrey Simmons. How do the Jaguars try to get a handle on him?
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Speaker 3: Today?
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Speaker 7: You mentioned it. I mean, he's clearly their best player and at times has been dominant this year, and so you got to handle him. If you want to run the ball, you got to handle Jeffrey Simmons. And I thought the interior of the offensive line has had a couple of really good weeks. I think Cleveland being back really impacts what they do up front. Haines he's been good. And I think McCarry, after a little lull for about you know, three or four games, has really played strong in the last three games. So those guys, it's up to them. They got to be able to handle him. If you can block him, you're going to run the football, and I think that's the key to moving the ball on the ground this week against the Titans.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, and while Breton Strange may not have a direct impact on Jeffrey Simmons, he impacts the running game and obviously the passing game as well. With the career best ninety three yards led the Jags last week. Pete, just how much more comfortable should Trevor Lawrence be just having Strange as an outlet on the field.
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Speaker 7: Well, I think it's great. It's not you know, it's a as an outlet. B he can you know, create after the catch and see he's you know, obviously one of the best blocking tight ends in the league. And he gives him almost like an extra tackle when he's on the field. So missing him they definitely did. And you know, Quentin Mars came in and did some good things as a blocker and probably should have had a touchdown the other day. So it gives them some flexibility with that position. But Strange, there's no doubt, has emerged as one of the top tight ends.
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Speaker 3: In the league.
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Speaker 8: Jags want to run the ball, Teams want to run the ball to some degree, or another, but they've had success recently after starting the season great in that category. And we talked about controlling Jeffrey Simmons. A lot of that has to do with the pass rush, but slowing him down can be accomplished with the running game as well. Pete, do you think the Jags will have a good chance to get that going today?
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Speaker 3: I do.
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Speaker 7: I think you know, that's ideally. That's their formula is to run the ball and then you know, throw off of that run. They're not they don't want to be run a pass happy team. That's just not what they want to do. I mean they even when they had all their weapons healthy and Travis Hunter was on the field. The bottom line is they still want to run the football. That's what Liam Cohen wants to do. That's the identity of that team and they've done a pretty good job with it in most of the games. And so, yeah, can they do it? I think they can today. I think obviously that's going to be the priority Number one for Trevor Lawrence.
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Speaker 8: What have you seen from Titans rookie quarterback cam Ward and what does he do best at this stage of his NFL career.
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Speaker 7: It creates you know, out of structure. I think he does a good job of that. You know, in fairness to him, he doesn't have a lot of weapons. The running game isn't great, the offensive line isn't top notch, and so he's had to be doing some things on his own. He's getting better, you know. He made some throws outside the pocket that you look at him and go wow, you know, you guys can do that. But he does leave clean pockets at times. He has a tendency get out quick, but he's getting better and that's something to keep an eye on in this game as well.
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Speaker 3: Well.
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Speaker 8: All that said, we understand the importance of this game for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but we also understand Tennessee would love nothing more than to spoil the jags recent two game winning streak. Pizza, how do you see it going today, Mike?
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Speaker 7: I think this is one of those be careful games, and I think it's going to be close for a while. I really do.
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Speaker 3: I think it's.
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Speaker 7: Natural because of who they're playing, how it falls on the schedule, what's happening next week. But in the end, I think Jackson's a better team. I think they'll find a way to win.
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Speaker 3: It late.
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Speaker 1: For the third straight week, Spirodidas, Adam Rcialletta, and Aditi Kikabala will have the call on the NFL on CBS. I caught up with Archiletta earlier this week. Jaguars Titans coming up in week thirteen and for the third consecutive week, Spirodidas, Adam Marshalletta, A D. D. Kinkabwala. We've got arch again. The Jaguars broadcast network is coming through Arch. The Jags are now seven and four. What's up?
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Speaker 5: Hey, glad glad to be back on it.
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Speaker 9: And you know, it's always it's it's always interesting because this happened to us last year. We had the Colts three weeks in a row, and we knew we were gonna get them three weeks in a row, and it's like, man, can we just get another team? You know, and then you end up it ends up being great games, and so then you know, you look at it and you're like, well, I was actually very glad that we had this game against the Cardinals because that was excited because.
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Speaker 5: The game of the week that was supposed to be the game of the week.
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Speaker 9: Really you look at Rams Tampa Bay and on paper, You're like, man, that's the game I want to get. But then that would have been miserable to call, right, So as long as they as long as you guys keep us entertained, I'll keep signing up.
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Speaker 1: Oh there's certainly gonna be some entertainment value with the Jaguars the way they're playing right now, and you know, they're fighting, they're resilient, they're figuring out ways to win these kind of games, which in the past around here they haven't been able to do. So it may not be the prettiest, but it doesn't have to be. There's no ap pole here. So the Jags are in second place in the game back, So let's let's get into the offense first of all, right, Trevor Lawrence with the four giveaways, three interceptions in the second half, but he also throws three touchdown passes. Arch. You got the full Trevor Lawrence experience last week.
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Speaker 9: Yeah, we did, you know, And you know it was interesting because there's there's just so many different highs and lows with that game. And you know, he came out made some some just some great throws to start the second half. Now listen, one of them got got tipped, and you know it's you want to blame a quarterback for tip balls Klays Campbell six'. Eight you, know that one it's hard to put On trevor and the other one he threw To Buddha. Baker you, KNOW I i, LISTEN i thought that was an all world play By.
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Speaker 5: Baker it's really hard to Fault.
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Speaker 9: Trevor you, know maybe he stared it, down but that was that was really a great. Play the one he got. Fooled the other one to the. Linebacker he got fooled on that. Coverage but he's been. Aggressive and when we talked To Liam cohen before this last, game you, know if you go back to That charger, Game lawrence made some of his best throws over the, middle and he really felt that that was where he excelled and he was decisive and he was. Confident you want your quarterback to be able to rip those. Throws but, listen you were able to overcome four giveaways on the road and still. Win Like liam, said you know they're not going to apologize for. That.
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Speaker 1: YEAH i can't apologize for winning, results that's for, sure especially in a place that hasn't had a lot of them over the recent history, here what about the running game and the dual threat ability At Travis etn scrimmage yard totals continue to go up for. Him the run game was a little. INCONSISTENT i, mean they got one hundred and forty something rushing yards last, week which is. GREAT a lot of that was early big chunk. Plays, HOWEVER i Mean etn in a contract, year he's he's handling his business so far he.
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Speaker 5: Is, listen this is The National Football.
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Speaker 9: League so you're not gonna come out and dominate a team like you did against The chargers and expect that every single. WEEK i, mean let's let's just be. Honest it's not gonna. Happen but what you like about their run, game and this is WHAT i appreciated About Liam. Cohen it's a priority and the way they teach it and their commitment to it and the way they're physical with. It to, me that's gonna show, up and it's gonna show up on. Tape even though you didn't have you know, that big big day teams are gonna have to know that when they come to play, you they're gonna have to come and play that run and they can't just sit their guys back stay in nickel personnel and think that they're gonna be able to get off the. Field as far AS etn, goes you, KNOW i really felt. This we Had jacksonville maybe the second or third game this, year and even early, on it seemed like a DIFFERENT etn this. Year it seemed like he was running with more, purpose seemed like he was running with more. Authority he got off to the hot, start cooled off a little. Bit but you, know he's always been that guy that has big. Playability he's got tremendous. Speed but what he's showing though this year is that he has a different element to his. GAME i think when you look at it from a numbers, perspective yards after, contact he's always been twenties thirties as far as compared to other running backs in the. League he's in the top ten right now as far as his yack, ability and SO i really like the way he's running the. Football he gives you a lot to handle and really has added that dimension to his.
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Speaker 1: Game adam RCHLETTA nfl ON Cbs jaguars defense last week got after it Without Trayvon walker on the field in the pass rush. Game they brought some extra heat at, times which they didn't really have to do the week before, that and which was a little different two weeks. Ago but they got back to the blitz a little. Bit so they've got guys contributing on, defense but a little deeper down the depth chart right. Now they're banged up a little. Bit that's gotta be a good sign because most of these injuries on defense are not season. Ending they can have guys coming.
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Speaker 9: Back it is listen to, me elite, defense top five, defense really top ten. Defense it really starts with your. FRONT i mean that's really. That if you don't have guys up front that can generate, it it's really hard to play high end defense week in and week. Out AND i know the pass rush has been taking a little bit of criticism in the middle part of the, season but.
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Speaker 5: It is starting to heat.
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Speaker 9: Up you Know, john you know Heinz, allen he didn't have high sacked, numbers but he was consistently getting. Pressure Eric armstead has come. Alive you, know you get a guy now inside that could push the. Pocket you, know Even hamilton not not getting as much pass, rush but his contribution in the run. Game you, Know trayvon and his dual threat ability to stop the run and rush the. Passer you, know that's really where it. Starts AND i really Thought, campanelli you, know had a good. Game you, know he doesn't love to, blitz but his his blitzes were very well timed in that, game really in some key. Areas you, Know Devin, LLOYD i think we looked at it and probably didn't feature enough in that last, game but he hit the quarterback five, times was you, know on a number of. Sacks he was flying. Around you, know he Had gardak making his his. Contribution and SO i just think that when when you do have the four up, front you got a guy that is a game wrecord like Heinz, allen that's where it, starts and then it. Comes it comes down to timing and calling the right call at the right. Time and right now that that pass, rush you, know starting to remind you a little bit about the Old saxonville. DAYS i, mean it's been pretty good the last couple of.
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Speaker 5: Weeks, well well we'll.
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Speaker 1: See if they can get to that. Point they got a long way to go to get. There adam Marsh letto with, us let's get a thought on The. TITANS i, mean they're one in, ten it's an interim, coach number one draft, pick overall draft, pick, quarterback injuries all over the. Board what what? Gives what should Give titans fans? Hope move? Ahead but even this season it's a lost. Season but what is hope for The?
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Speaker 10: Titans, yeah it's tough because, WELL i will say that my Last titans game was the game that they came back in the fourth.
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Speaker 5: Quarter against The Arizona.
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Speaker 9: Cardinals so you, KNOW i had a chance to see them at their best and you started to see Cam ward come alive a little bit and make some plays down the. Field so that's the last IMPRESSION i have of The Tennessee. Titans SO i know they're capable of. It but, listen they've traded a lot of their players away this. Year it's certainly a rebuilding. Year you got an interim head. Coach it does SEEM i haven't really turned on the tape. Yet i'm getting ready to get into that study today and, tomorrow but it does seem that Cam, ward you, know his numbers aren't, great but it does seem like he's starting to make plays and he's starting to have some of that creative playmaking ability that you know why you drafted. Him so his ability to scramble to make some throws down the field to really be somebody that you have to account.
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Speaker 5: For so that has to get you pretty.
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Speaker 9: Excited they have a really good young punt returner that's Rivaling Parker washington IN dk that's given him some good. Stuff Jeffrey, simmons you, know has been consistently one of the elite performers on, defense you, know his entire. Career he's having an outstanding. Year but there's no doubt it's it's a, lean lean year for The titans.
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Speaker 3: Last.
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Speaker 5: Year last week it was not as close as the score.
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Speaker 9: Indicated but they have been in games late and so this is a team that's certainly on the, road you know For jacksonville coming off with two big, wins two different style.
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Speaker 5: WINS i don't think they can afford to Take tennessee.
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Speaker 1: Lightly, no they can't afford take anybody lightly moving ahead the. Way this division is wrapping up right now and are amping up as we have arrived At thanksgiving and looking forward to. It arch always a. Pleasure Happy, thanksgiving And i'm sure we'll have you again before the season's, open.
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Speaker 9: That's a, possibility but you, know it's always always a great. Time you, know my FIRST i believe that my first TWO nfl games THAT i ever called were week six or seventeen and, Eighteen AND i don't know if we had eighteen weeks, day but, whatever the last two games this, season and they Were jacksonville. Games SO i feel, like you, Know i'm part Of i'm part of The jacksonville. Family you got that jag ahead on your. Chest it feels, like all, right appreciate you.
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Speaker 3: Man all.
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Speaker 1: Right Brian sexton in the locker room this, week caught up With jaguars Linebacker Devin.
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Speaker 11: Lloyd, yeah it's great to be playing meaningful games this late in the. Season, obviously you, know our record is still in a place where we can control our own. Destiny we got to just handle business and that's exactly where you want to. Be so we just got to keep.
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Speaker 4: Going you, know a year, ago this was a team that didn't win the close, games and it's. Flipped what's the difference between last year and this.
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Speaker 3: Year, YEAH i think it.
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Speaker 11: Just comes down to executing in critical, Moments guys being detailed in their, Assignments obviously there's a collective belief that goes into it as, well but ultimately it comes down to who's gonna make the. Player you're gonna make the play when it comes to, you and we've been doing that this.
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Speaker 4: YEAR a couple of weeks ago there was some critique of the past rush from The texans. Game it's gotten, fixed, RIGHT i mean the last two, weeks he's done a lot of different. Things how much are you enjoying playing For Anthony, campanelli his, style his creativity and his ability to solve. Problems.
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Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah he's doing a lot of good things all across the, board you, know letting guys really just putting guys in a position to have success all across the. Board and it's really it's been fun so. Far it's been.
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Speaker 4: FUN i know you're not one to talk about, yourself but you're having a tremendous. Season did you see this? Coming did you visualize this in the off?
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Speaker 5: Season?
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Speaker 11: Absolutely, yeah HONESTLY i visualize a lot. More but at the same, time you, know still doing a lot of good things for this team to help us, win and that's all you can ask.
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Speaker 4: For when you look around this locker, room there appears to be an, energy not just for the SITUATIONS i saw it even when you guys were in the middle of that losing, skid an energy around this. Team where does that come? From how do you build the sort of camaraderie and togetherness in a locker? Room that's not.
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Speaker 5: Easy.
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Speaker 11: YEAH i think part of it is guys going out and having success, together enjoying playing with each.
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Speaker 3: Other and it's always fun when you.
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Speaker 11: Win whenever you have success and you, win so that that's part of the energy guys. Have you, know a core group of guys have been together for a long time, Too SO i think you know a lot of the core guys set the foundation and you know their leaders and they bring everybody else. Along but it really just comes down, to you, know. Winning you, know it's fun when you. Win you know it's fun when you know you're working hard and you get rewarded on game.
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Speaker 4: DAY i know you guys don't overlook anyone but the fancy a one in Ten titans team with a rookie quarterback and an interim head coach and, say, oh that's a. Win how do you guard against that sort of overconfidence as a.
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Speaker 11: Player, YEAH i MEAN i think you just you look at it from a realistic, perspective and we talked about it in our linebacker, room and these guys are fighting for their. Lives you, know it's one hundred grown men fighting for their. Lives you, know these jobs are on the, line careers are on the, line and so we know we're going to get their best. Shot and, uh if you take that, lightly you, know that's when bad things. Happen so it's you, know you gotta respect the, game you gotta respect your, opponent and that's what we're.
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Speaker 4: Doing how about, This we'll finish with the idea of the. Division now you got four your last six games inside the. Division the league loves that kind of, drama but it does give you the opportunity to control your own.
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Speaker 3: Destiny.
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Speaker 11: Absolutely, yeah you know seven four right, now we're in a good, position not great. Position so we got to Control we control our, Distney we got to handle our, business and that's exactly where we want to, be you, know with just a little bit of pressure on this to have the right sense of, urgency also knowing that if we handle our, business will be where we want to.
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Speaker 1: Be and, finally our weekly conversation with pride of The jaguars running Back Fred. Taylor jaguars are seven and four headed To, Nashville tennessee this, Week, fred and all of a, sudden the division is back within. Reach The colts, loss The jags are a gaming back and this is right where The jags need to. Be this is a good.
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Speaker 6: Spot LOOK, jp you just, said, man this is where The jacks need to.
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Speaker 3: Be you, know if they, wanted they gotta go take.
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Speaker 6: It and it starts with beating the Pesky, titans a team that's one in. Ten the teams that's playing, hard they're just not you, know it's just not translating into two. Wins they're a bad football, team quite, frankly and hopefully The jaguars will keep them that. WAY i just wish it was These titans THAT i had to face in nineteen ninety nine as opposed to Those. Titans that makes These titans more easier to, hate or not more, easier that's Improper english or, grammar but easier to.
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Speaker 3: Hate.
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Speaker 6: Right so, Yeah So i'm hoping that The Jacksonville jaguars go out there.
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Speaker 3: And beat the living crap out of The Tennessee.
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Speaker 6: Titans can that, Way i'll keep that EXCEPT i can say THAT i think.
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Speaker 1: You just, did AND i think it's, okay AND i THINK i. Agree, actually you, know let's let's get to The jaguars performance last week. QUICKLY i mean a resilient. Group it's A cardinals team that played a lot of close games this. Year they've got a lot of injuries and, backups but it's the same kind of. IDEA i, mean they played like they were trying.
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Speaker 3: To win the.
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Speaker 1: Game they were right there and The jaguars turned it over a, bunch but the defense played big and key. Moments but they you, know when it gets in the, game somebody has to make plays down the, stretch and The jaguars are able to make.
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Speaker 3: Just a few.
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Speaker 6: More, Yeah jacksonville did what they needed to do to pull that one. OUT a year, AGO i believe they were three and ten and games decided by you, know a touch a score, less And arizona reminds me of last Year's jacksonville. TEAM i believe they're zero and six in games that have been decided by a touchdown or. Less but, again if you want to be good in this league with the mark for, era the margin for, victory and so then you have to find a way to pull out these.
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Speaker 3: Games and here you have A.
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Speaker 6: Jacksonville team that have gone to The West coast found a way to win in two overtime. Games and you know that's just you, know the, situationally just being. Prepared it wasn't a beautiful, game but, again by all stretch of our, imaginations they found a way to get creative there at the back, end go down after giving up a touchdown for a, score they were able to go right back, down answer, score go take the, lead defend that and pull out a victory to put themselves in position to be a game behind The. COATS a few weeks, ago we were cool With jacksonville finishing as one of the top seven teams to make it to the. Playoffs now here we are today, saying maybe This jacksonville, team with two games against The, titans two games against the divisional leader and The, coats they have a shot to win a. Division no one was talking winning division a few weeks ago because The coats were so far. Ahead but if you just handle what you're supposed to, handle the tips will fall in.
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Speaker 3: Place as they.
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Speaker 6: May now you're in a position where you go out and win against The, titans and then you have another two matchups against the divisional.
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Speaker 3: Leader right, now you have a good shot to win in the.
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Speaker 1: Division Fred taylor with Us travis etn goes over one hundred scrimmage yards again last week and just continues the last few. Weeks he's been in the run game and pass, game getting the job. Done and there's really been a steady presence for this team this, year and that spells good things for him in the, offseason right going into his free. Agency but you, know what does it mean for The jaguars down the stretch to at least have that in their back.
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Speaker 6: Pocket, well you, know on the first drive of the, GAME i think he had sixty of that one hundred plus and within two, PLAYS i know the forty five yard SCAMPER i believe it was forty five, Right, yeah in the fifteen yard. Touchdown it's just, steady, man you, know just steady And travis understanding that this is his free agent. Year he can do whatever he wants at the end of the. Offseason BUT i believe in his heart he wants to be In jacksonville and that potentially can.
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Speaker 3: Happen but they're gonna have to pay. Him.
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Speaker 6: Now you know a lot of people have written him, off but he came back and, say, No i'm still that. GUY i still can make plays and he's shown. That and it's always good For jacksonville to have that type of insurance policy and knowing that the heartbeat of our offense right now has been the offensive lineman when they protect a quarterback and when we run the.
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Speaker 3: Football so you're gonna have to reward this.
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Speaker 6: Guy he continues to play this, Way trevor has to play better in all stretch of the. Imagination, again we would Want trevor to certainly play much, better but For Travis, man he just has to stay, steady continue to have that confidence in himself where he could just you, KNOW i think he's not playing with. Pressure before he was playing under, pressure the expectations were high for. Himself now it's just let's just go out there and play in whatever happens is going to. Happen and keeping that mindset that's been better for the offense or the team as a.
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Speaker 3: Whole Fred taylor with.
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Speaker 1: Us have you talked to Cam Ward titans?
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Speaker 6: Quarterback, NO i, haven't But i've collected a few of his rookie cards so hopefully SOMEDAY i get an opportunity to talk to him so he can put a signature on it for. Me other than, THAT i don't really. Care, NO i, Mean cam is. AMAZING i haven't had opportunity to meet. HIM i saw how great he was last year against My gators in the slump first game of the. Year he put on a show and he continued to carry over that with that type of performance throughout the, season thus leading to being the number one selection overall selection in THE Nfl. Draft such a great, talent a guy who's, Firing he's, passionate and the seea sorta leadership he's displayed as a rookie in demanding the sense of urgency from his, team hating to. Lose just that mindset means he's gonna be great down the.
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Speaker 3: Road they just got to put the pieces around.
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Speaker 1: Him and from The jaguars defensive, perspective, today you've gotta smother this. TEAM i mean this is they are banged up outside of. Him offensive line skill guys are. Hurt this is one where The jaguars defense needs to go put up a big time.
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Speaker 6: Performance, yeah and they've shown some signs of being able to get pressure with four down and not always having the bits you know they're gonna. HAVE i think they're gonna come up with a different package this. Game you have a rookie, quarterback you, know and usually traditionally defensive coordinators just want to create havoc and get after the, quarterbacks make them make, mistakes AND i think you'll see some different, disguises a bit more sexier looks from the, defense and certainly a lot more pressures than we've seen the past three. Weeks so got to smother, them gotta get after. Them but it starts with stopping the. Run if you can start to stop the, run make them one, dimensional force the quarterback to throw to the receivers that he ain't, got then you put yourself in position to go win the.
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Speaker 1: Game for tillall this was finished with your Favorite thanksgiving, Meal like what do you? Like what's your food? Option what's the number one go to in terms of a? Protein and then a? Side oh, MAN, JP.
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Speaker 6: I you KNOW i do like some tennessee Uh nashville hot.
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Speaker 3: Wings, No i'm just.
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Speaker 6: Kidding thanksgiving for me had always been a, turkey like a fried, Turkey but now you Know i've been trying to do a bit, more you, know not just GOING O d on the. Turkey, uh turkey is a, staple but like a little cornish hen you injected with all the occasion seasonings and some, garlic and you, know.
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Speaker 3: You either fried or bake.
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Speaker 6: IT i like when my wife put together the slow cooker and just you, know create some different stuff in that. Thing but the size really is what gets you excited in years. Past this, Year i'm a little bit more hesitant Because i'm trying to wash my you, know my my. Sexiness you know What i'm, saying too sexy for myself type mood right. Now BUT i still like mac and. Cheese i'm gonna devour the colar, greens sweet. Potato i'm gonna tear up some sweet potato. Pie i'm not necessarily a pumpkin pie. GUY i know that can be a little confusing for a lot of, people but sweet potato pie is a little, sweeter a little. Tastier pumpkin pie is a little bit more on the spicier. Side BUT i like the sweetness and the sweet, potato a little brown sugar up in, there you.
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Speaker 3: Know so.
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Speaker 6: Mac and cheese is a musk colic greens is a, musk and we'll settle for like cornish hen this year and probably do a few, steaks a couple of.
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Speaker 3: Rivis just switch it. Up, man it ain't all about the.
00:32:41
Speaker 1: Turkey it's poor, turkeys. Man THEY i, mean they build up all year long just to get slaughtered one.
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Speaker 3: Week it's.
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Speaker 1: Amazing it is.
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Speaker 6: Amazing, yeah and it's kind of like during The Super, bowl you wonder where all these wings come, From like where do all these turkeys come? From you got a year to reach in the turkey, Population, like get the turkeys a, break eat some corners hen or maybe some you, know some. BEEF i see more cattle and, beef just, roaming you, know just roaming the land down the. HIGHWAY i don't never see, turkeys but Yet thanksgiving pulls up and then the turkeys pull. UP i don't get, It like what the turkey's be hindh THAT i think they?
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Speaker 1: THEY i don't. KNOW i don't have an answer for. That ALL i know is THAT i love it. All and you know, What, fred you can cheat one day and eat all. THAT i think you're in good enough shape to do.
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Speaker 6: THAT i, Mean i'm gonna get my, protein so. Turkey you know you're, Somewhere you're on the. List it's just that it's Not the turkey isn't priority this. Year But i'm gonna have some. Turkey i'm gonna have some. Chicken i'm gonna have some, steak some.
00:33:58
Speaker 3: Beef you.
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Speaker 6: Know SO i don't eat. Fish it'll kill, me So i'm. Allergic so BUT i can't eat, shellfish which is. Weird, yeah but outline some stuff. Up i'll eat enough to get lazy and, sleepy watch some, football and get lazy and sleepy.
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Speaker 3: Again eat. More That's, thanksgiving, Man.
00:34:19
Speaker 1: Happy, thanksgiving and we'll talk to you in the post, game hopefully after A jags went over The.
00:34:24
Speaker 3: Titans appreciate. IT i appreciate your.
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Speaker 1: Boss The jaguars meat The titans In, Nashville, sunday one o'clock kickoff. Time enjoy the. Game
Speaker 1: It is Week thirteen, the Jaguars visit the Tennessee Titans, and it's time for our countdown to kick off interviews. We start this week with Jaguars running backs coach Chad Morton visiting with Brian Sexson.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I love what I do. I love being around these guys. You know, it's just fun being with this group and just being out here and just try to get them going a little bit. And you know, if I want them to have energy and play hard, then I have.
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Speaker 3: To do it too.
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Speaker 2: So I have to be you know, I have to show that. And they're picking up on it and they're doing the same as what I'm doing, So I love it.
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Speaker 4: Listen, I know we're talking to a running backs coach today, but this team has embraced this almost run first mentality. How did that come about? You got a franchise quarterback and a first round picket wide receiver. How long did it take for this team to embrace that?
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Speaker 2: I think pretty quick. I mean Liam talked about being able to run the football here, and I think everybody embraced that and they took on that challenge. And we know we can throw the ball, but you know, at the same time, we have to be able to run the ball against these guys and keep the defense off the field and be able to play action off of that. So I mean it just all goes together. So it all everything starts with a good foundation within the run game and then just go from the pass from there on out and try to score a lot of points and try to win games.
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Speaker 4: You obviously you have a run game coordinator here this year that we've never had one in Jacksonville. How does that work? We have offensive coordinator, offensive line coach, run game coordinator, running backs coach. How much collaboration goes into putting together a successful running game plan?
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Speaker 1: Yeah? A lot.
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Speaker 2: I mean it just goes through all the coaches. But our guy starts at CLEE. He starts it, and then you know, goes through the on line coach and all the coordinators and position coaches. So it's just a collaborative process. I mean it's working out well. We're doing well, and he's doing a hell of a job and putting the plan together and also detailing it up and presenting it. So things are working out really well.
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Speaker 4: There's so many layers to the Travis Etn story. Coming off of a tough year in the fifth year option playing running back. But from the moment that I saw him at training camp, I said that dude is motivated. Tell me about your introduction to him and what you've seen from him. I think he's having a tremendous season.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's been great ever since, you know, just first meeting him and then you know, through this whole off season process and setting standards for him and goals that I have that I had for him. He knows what's at stake, you know, a new contract, all that, showing what he can do, you know, from a down year the previous year, so just kind of making up for that. He's extremely talented, and just talking to him, having like this big heart to heart with him and just understanding, you know, looking at the pass of where he was and where we need to get to, and he's embraced it. And he's just been doing extremely well. Listening to exactly what the coaches want him to do, you know, straining, running, working hard. That was that was basically the foundation of what we want him to do.
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Speaker 4: And I never thought of him as a tough runner between the tackles runner. I thought of him as sort of a breakaway, make you miss. But this year he has the mentality of Jerome Bettis.
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Speaker 2: You know what's funny, I kind of saw I mean, we talked about that too, I saw. I just saw him as more of a downhill guy. I think he just runs so hard that he braced a lot of tackles. I never saw him miss, like he can make guys miss, but I never saw that as a break you down, shake you up, and then you know, accelerate. He's just keep running. He's got a little fat, quick, little twitch can make you miss. But I just I wanted him to embrace that part of that run style that I saw of just getting downhill. He's probably strong and a lot of people think he is. And then it's been working for him. He's been doing extremely well. Guys can't tackle him, and the times that you know, maybe he's struggled a little bit is when he tries to do too much and not just run an attack. So that's just a whole mindset we've been working on from day one, and it's what's worked.
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Speaker 4: Tell me about the two rookies in the room and how you think he's led them and how you think they've pushed him.
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Speaker 5: He's a great leader.
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Speaker 2: I'm extremely proud of him taking on that leadership role with those guys. He's not a big, raw, raw guy, but I want him to lead with you know how by example. Love the two young guys, great, great attitudes. You know, Basho coming in just scout work. You know, just saw him a lot just through the off season, obviously through the draft and stuff. And just know how explosive he is. He runs hard, can break tackles, extremely tough runner for a size. You know, you think a guy that stature, but you know can only run straight o he can break a lot of tackle. So and then you, I mean, we're just so blessed to have him just the way he protects on third down, does everything right. He's just the sets the tone for the offense. So I just can't be more pleased with those two.
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Speaker 4: The coach said two weeks ago, he thought you were one of the best running back coaches he has ever seen. Listen, right, you're gonna get a lot of grief with other guys here.
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Speaker 6: This.
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Speaker 4: He said the same thing about rich and goulu as a tight ends coach. And this staff appears to be a really talented staff. You haven't quite been together a year. What's the experience been like with the first time head coach putting his staff together, and it appears like it's going well.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, unbelievable staff. I mean, all those guys, I think we just all worked really well. We gel together, we lean on each other for stuff. They're all extremely smart. Liam obviously did an outstanding job of finding all those guys, and it's just it's been working and we just continue to grow still can turn to learn, you know, to learn each other. Yeah, it's just it's a blessing. It's really a blessing because I've been some places where it's not always like that. But all the guys are great defense, special teams. Truly a blessing.
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Speaker 1: Pete Prisco of CBS Sports has a weekly conversation with Mike Dempsey.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's a tough situation. It's going to be a challenge for him this week in large part you're playing consecutive road games. You won one late, you over time and that can tax you a little bit. Now you've got to go back out on the road again and with that big game loom in next week, so it's going to be a challenge to get back up again, and I think that's where Liam Cohene is a coach, is going to have to really put on, you know, one of those better coach and performances. Even though it's the Titans. It sounds crazy, but house of horrors that's happened in Nashville over the years A and B. The situation is not great for them, in large part because of all those things I just explained.
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Speaker 8: Well and Pete Layton games. The Jags have shown resiliency, right, They've also had their failures late in games, but they're starting to believe I think that they can pull things out late in the contest. How far can that belief carry a team.
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Speaker 7: Well, it's good to have it, and it's good to see your quarterback do that after having you know, up park performances at times during the regular part of the game. But he's made plays in overtime. He's made plays in the fourth quarter, and that's a good sign. But you never want to be in that situation on a continual basis. You want to try and beat teams, particularly if you're playing a team like the Titans. You want to put them away early, in large part because you don't want them to be able to hang around, and when a team like that hangs around, they start believing. So you got to start putting teams way like they did against the Chargers. Now that was more of a one off, but still you want to try and do everything you can not to be in that situation.
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Speaker 8: And the Titans have hung around Pete the last three outings. They've lost all of them, but by a combined sixteen points, so they've been competitive. Probably the best player on that roster is Jeffrey Simmons. How do the Jaguars try to get a handle on him?
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Speaker 3: Today?
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Speaker 7: You mentioned it. I mean, he's clearly their best player and at times has been dominant this year, and so you got to handle him. If you want to run the ball, you got to handle Jeffrey Simmons. And I thought the interior of the offensive line has had a couple of really good weeks. I think Cleveland being back really impacts what they do up front. Haines he's been good. And I think McCarry, after a little lull for about you know, three or four games, has really played strong in the last three games. So those guys, it's up to them. They got to be able to handle him. If you can block him, you're going to run the football, and I think that's the key to moving the ball on the ground this week against the Titans.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, and while Breton Strange may not have a direct impact on Jeffrey Simmons, he impacts the running game and obviously the passing game as well. With the career best ninety three yards led the Jags last week. Pete, just how much more comfortable should Trevor Lawrence be just having Strange as an outlet on the field.
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Speaker 7: Well, I think it's great. It's not you know, it's a as an outlet. B he can you know, create after the catch and see he's you know, obviously one of the best blocking tight ends in the league. And he gives him almost like an extra tackle when he's on the field. So missing him they definitely did. And you know, Quentin Mars came in and did some good things as a blocker and probably should have had a touchdown the other day. So it gives them some flexibility with that position. But Strange, there's no doubt, has emerged as one of the top tight ends.
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Speaker 3: In the league.
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Speaker 8: Jags want to run the ball, Teams want to run the ball to some degree, or another, but they've had success recently after starting the season great in that category. And we talked about controlling Jeffrey Simmons. A lot of that has to do with the pass rush, but slowing him down can be accomplished with the running game as well. Pete, do you think the Jags will have a good chance to get that going today?
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Speaker 3: I do.
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Speaker 7: I think you know, that's ideally. That's their formula is to run the ball and then you know, throw off of that run. They're not they don't want to be run a pass happy team. That's just not what they want to do. I mean they even when they had all their weapons healthy and Travis Hunter was on the field. The bottom line is they still want to run the football. That's what Liam Cohen wants to do. That's the identity of that team and they've done a pretty good job with it in most of the games. And so, yeah, can they do it? I think they can today. I think obviously that's going to be the priority Number one for Trevor Lawrence.
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Speaker 8: What have you seen from Titans rookie quarterback cam Ward and what does he do best at this stage of his NFL career.
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Speaker 7: It creates you know, out of structure. I think he does a good job of that. You know, in fairness to him, he doesn't have a lot of weapons. The running game isn't great, the offensive line isn't top notch, and so he's had to be doing some things on his own. He's getting better, you know. He made some throws outside the pocket that you look at him and go wow, you know, you guys can do that. But he does leave clean pockets at times. He has a tendency get out quick, but he's getting better and that's something to keep an eye on in this game as well.
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Speaker 3: Well.
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Speaker 8: All that said, we understand the importance of this game for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but we also understand Tennessee would love nothing more than to spoil the jags recent two game winning streak. Pizza, how do you see it going today, Mike?
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Speaker 7: I think this is one of those be careful games, and I think it's going to be close for a while. I really do.
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Speaker 3: I think it's.
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Speaker 7: Natural because of who they're playing, how it falls on the schedule, what's happening next week. But in the end, I think Jackson's a better team. I think they'll find a way to win.
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Speaker 3: It late.
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Speaker 1: For the third straight week, Spirodidas, Adam Rcialletta, and Aditi Kikabala will have the call on the NFL on CBS. I caught up with Archiletta earlier this week. Jaguars Titans coming up in week thirteen and for the third consecutive week, Spirodidas, Adam Marshalletta, A D. D. Kinkabwala. We've got arch again. The Jaguars broadcast network is coming through Arch. The Jags are now seven and four. What's up?
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Speaker 5: Hey, glad glad to be back on it.
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Speaker 9: And you know, it's always it's it's always interesting because this happened to us last year. We had the Colts three weeks in a row, and we knew we were gonna get them three weeks in a row, and it's like, man, can we just get another team? You know, and then you end up it ends up being great games, and so then you know, you look at it and you're like, well, I was actually very glad that we had this game against the Cardinals because that was excited because.
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Speaker 5: The game of the week that was supposed to be the game of the week.
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Speaker 9: Really you look at Rams Tampa Bay and on paper, You're like, man, that's the game I want to get. But then that would have been miserable to call, right, So as long as they as long as you guys keep us entertained, I'll keep signing up.
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Speaker 1: Oh there's certainly gonna be some entertainment value with the Jaguars the way they're playing right now, and you know, they're fighting, they're resilient, they're figuring out ways to win these kind of games, which in the past around here they haven't been able to do. So it may not be the prettiest, but it doesn't have to be. There's no ap pole here. So the Jags are in second place in the game back, So let's let's get into the offense first of all, right, Trevor Lawrence with the four giveaways, three interceptions in the second half, but he also throws three touchdown passes. Arch. You got the full Trevor Lawrence experience last week.
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Speaker 9: Yeah, we did, you know, And you know it was interesting because there's there's just so many different highs and lows with that game. And you know, he came out made some some just some great throws to start the second half. Now listen, one of them got got tipped, and you know it's you want to blame a quarterback for tip balls Klays Campbell six'. Eight you, know that one it's hard to put On trevor and the other one he threw To Buddha. Baker you, KNOW I i, LISTEN i thought that was an all world play By.
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Speaker 5: Baker it's really hard to Fault.
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Speaker 9: Trevor you, know maybe he stared it, down but that was that was really a great. Play the one he got. Fooled the other one to the. Linebacker he got fooled on that. Coverage but he's been. Aggressive and when we talked To Liam cohen before this last, game you, know if you go back to That charger, Game lawrence made some of his best throws over the, middle and he really felt that that was where he excelled and he was decisive and he was. Confident you want your quarterback to be able to rip those. Throws but, listen you were able to overcome four giveaways on the road and still. Win Like liam, said you know they're not going to apologize for. That.
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Speaker 1: YEAH i can't apologize for winning, results that's for, sure especially in a place that hasn't had a lot of them over the recent history, here what about the running game and the dual threat ability At Travis etn scrimmage yard totals continue to go up for. Him the run game was a little. INCONSISTENT i, mean they got one hundred and forty something rushing yards last, week which is. GREAT a lot of that was early big chunk. Plays, HOWEVER i Mean etn in a contract, year he's he's handling his business so far he.
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Speaker 5: Is, listen this is The National Football.
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Speaker 9: League so you're not gonna come out and dominate a team like you did against The chargers and expect that every single. WEEK i, mean let's let's just be. Honest it's not gonna. Happen but what you like about their run, game and this is WHAT i appreciated About Liam. Cohen it's a priority and the way they teach it and their commitment to it and the way they're physical with. It to, me that's gonna show, up and it's gonna show up on. Tape even though you didn't have you know, that big big day teams are gonna have to know that when they come to play, you they're gonna have to come and play that run and they can't just sit their guys back stay in nickel personnel and think that they're gonna be able to get off the. Field as far AS etn, goes you, KNOW i really felt. This we Had jacksonville maybe the second or third game this, year and even early, on it seemed like a DIFFERENT etn this. Year it seemed like he was running with more, purpose seemed like he was running with more. Authority he got off to the hot, start cooled off a little. Bit but you, know he's always been that guy that has big. Playability he's got tremendous. Speed but what he's showing though this year is that he has a different element to his. GAME i think when you look at it from a numbers, perspective yards after, contact he's always been twenties thirties as far as compared to other running backs in the. League he's in the top ten right now as far as his yack, ability and SO i really like the way he's running the. Football he gives you a lot to handle and really has added that dimension to his.
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Speaker 1: Game adam RCHLETTA nfl ON Cbs jaguars defense last week got after it Without Trayvon walker on the field in the pass rush. Game they brought some extra heat at, times which they didn't really have to do the week before, that and which was a little different two weeks. Ago but they got back to the blitz a little. Bit so they've got guys contributing on, defense but a little deeper down the depth chart right. Now they're banged up a little. Bit that's gotta be a good sign because most of these injuries on defense are not season. Ending they can have guys coming.
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Speaker 9: Back it is listen to, me elite, defense top five, defense really top ten. Defense it really starts with your. FRONT i mean that's really. That if you don't have guys up front that can generate, it it's really hard to play high end defense week in and week. Out AND i know the pass rush has been taking a little bit of criticism in the middle part of the, season but.
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Speaker 5: It is starting to heat.
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Speaker 9: Up you Know, john you know Heinz, allen he didn't have high sacked, numbers but he was consistently getting. Pressure Eric armstead has come. Alive you, know you get a guy now inside that could push the. Pocket you, know Even hamilton not not getting as much pass, rush but his contribution in the run. Game you, Know trayvon and his dual threat ability to stop the run and rush the. Passer you, know that's really where it. Starts AND i really Thought, campanelli you, know had a good. Game you, know he doesn't love to, blitz but his his blitzes were very well timed in that, game really in some key. Areas you, Know Devin, LLOYD i think we looked at it and probably didn't feature enough in that last, game but he hit the quarterback five, times was you, know on a number of. Sacks he was flying. Around you, know he Had gardak making his his. Contribution and SO i just think that when when you do have the four up, front you got a guy that is a game wrecord like Heinz, allen that's where it, starts and then it. Comes it comes down to timing and calling the right call at the right. Time and right now that that pass, rush you, know starting to remind you a little bit about the Old saxonville. DAYS i, mean it's been pretty good the last couple of.
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Speaker 5: Weeks, well well we'll.
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Speaker 1: See if they can get to that. Point they got a long way to go to get. There adam Marsh letto with, us let's get a thought on The. TITANS i, mean they're one in, ten it's an interim, coach number one draft, pick overall draft, pick, quarterback injuries all over the. Board what what? Gives what should Give titans fans? Hope move? Ahead but even this season it's a lost. Season but what is hope for The?
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Speaker 10: Titans, yeah it's tough because, WELL i will say that my Last titans game was the game that they came back in the fourth.
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Speaker 5: Quarter against The Arizona.
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Speaker 9: Cardinals so you, KNOW i had a chance to see them at their best and you started to see Cam ward come alive a little bit and make some plays down the. Field so that's the last IMPRESSION i have of The Tennessee. Titans SO i know they're capable of. It but, listen they've traded a lot of their players away this. Year it's certainly a rebuilding. Year you got an interim head. Coach it does SEEM i haven't really turned on the tape. Yet i'm getting ready to get into that study today and, tomorrow but it does seem that Cam, ward you, know his numbers aren't, great but it does seem like he's starting to make plays and he's starting to have some of that creative playmaking ability that you know why you drafted. Him so his ability to scramble to make some throws down the field to really be somebody that you have to account.
00:18:01
Speaker 5: For so that has to get you pretty.
00:18:03
Speaker 9: Excited they have a really good young punt returner that's Rivaling Parker washington IN dk that's given him some good. Stuff Jeffrey, simmons you, know has been consistently one of the elite performers on, defense you, know his entire. Career he's having an outstanding. Year but there's no doubt it's it's a, lean lean year for The titans.
00:18:25
Speaker 3: Last.
00:18:25
Speaker 5: Year last week it was not as close as the score.
00:18:28
Speaker 9: Indicated but they have been in games late and so this is a team that's certainly on the, road you know For jacksonville coming off with two big, wins two different style.
00:18:38
Speaker 5: WINS i don't think they can afford to Take tennessee.
00:18:41
Speaker 1: Lightly, no they can't afford take anybody lightly moving ahead the. Way this division is wrapping up right now and are amping up as we have arrived At thanksgiving and looking forward to. It arch always a. Pleasure Happy, thanksgiving And i'm sure we'll have you again before the season's, open.
00:18:58
Speaker 9: That's a, possibility but you, know it's always always a great. Time you, know my FIRST i believe that my first TWO nfl games THAT i ever called were week six or seventeen and, Eighteen AND i don't know if we had eighteen weeks, day but, whatever the last two games this, season and they Were jacksonville. Games SO i feel, like you, Know i'm part Of i'm part of The jacksonville. Family you got that jag ahead on your. Chest it feels, like all, right appreciate you.
00:19:27
Speaker 3: Man all.
00:19:28
Speaker 1: Right Brian sexton in the locker room this, week caught up With jaguars Linebacker Devin.
00:19:32
Speaker 11: Lloyd, yeah it's great to be playing meaningful games this late in the. Season, obviously you, know our record is still in a place where we can control our own. Destiny we got to just handle business and that's exactly where you want to. Be so we just got to keep.
00:19:45
Speaker 4: Going you, know a year, ago this was a team that didn't win the close, games and it's. Flipped what's the difference between last year and this.
00:19:51
Speaker 3: Year, YEAH i think it.
00:19:52
Speaker 11: Just comes down to executing in critical, Moments guys being detailed in their, Assignments obviously there's a collective belief that goes into it as, well but ultimately it comes down to who's gonna make the. Player you're gonna make the play when it comes to, you and we've been doing that this.
00:20:06
Speaker 4: YEAR a couple of weeks ago there was some critique of the past rush from The texans. Game it's gotten, fixed, RIGHT i mean the last two, weeks he's done a lot of different. Things how much are you enjoying playing For Anthony, campanelli his, style his creativity and his ability to solve. Problems.
00:20:22
Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah he's doing a lot of good things all across the, board you, know letting guys really just putting guys in a position to have success all across the. Board and it's really it's been fun so. Far it's been.
00:20:33
Speaker 4: FUN i know you're not one to talk about, yourself but you're having a tremendous. Season did you see this? Coming did you visualize this in the off?
00:20:43
Speaker 5: Season?
00:20:44
Speaker 11: Absolutely, yeah HONESTLY i visualize a lot. More but at the same, time you, know still doing a lot of good things for this team to help us, win and that's all you can ask.
00:20:52
Speaker 4: For when you look around this locker, room there appears to be an, energy not just for the SITUATIONS i saw it even when you guys were in the middle of that losing, skid an energy around this. Team where does that come? From how do you build the sort of camaraderie and togetherness in a locker? Room that's not.
00:21:07
Speaker 5: Easy.
00:21:08
Speaker 11: YEAH i think part of it is guys going out and having success, together enjoying playing with each.
00:21:13
Speaker 3: Other and it's always fun when you.
00:21:15
Speaker 11: Win whenever you have success and you, win so that that's part of the energy guys. Have you, know a core group of guys have been together for a long time, Too SO i think you know a lot of the core guys set the foundation and you know their leaders and they bring everybody else. Along but it really just comes down, to you, know. Winning you, know it's fun when you. Win you know it's fun when you know you're working hard and you get rewarded on game.
00:21:38
Speaker 4: DAY i know you guys don't overlook anyone but the fancy a one in Ten titans team with a rookie quarterback and an interim head coach and, say, oh that's a. Win how do you guard against that sort of overconfidence as a.
00:21:49
Speaker 11: Player, YEAH i MEAN i think you just you look at it from a realistic, perspective and we talked about it in our linebacker, room and these guys are fighting for their. Lives you, know it's one hundred grown men fighting for their. Lives you, know these jobs are on the, line careers are on the, line and so we know we're going to get their best. Shot and, uh if you take that, lightly you, know that's when bad things. Happen so it's you, know you gotta respect the, game you gotta respect your, opponent and that's what we're.
00:22:13
Speaker 4: Doing how about, This we'll finish with the idea of the. Division now you got four your last six games inside the. Division the league loves that kind of, drama but it does give you the opportunity to control your own.
00:22:22
Speaker 3: Destiny.
00:22:23
Speaker 11: Absolutely, yeah you know seven four right, now we're in a good, position not great. Position so we got to Control we control our, Distney we got to handle our, business and that's exactly where we want to, be you, know with just a little bit of pressure on this to have the right sense of, urgency also knowing that if we handle our, business will be where we want to.
00:22:40
Speaker 1: Be and, finally our weekly conversation with pride of The jaguars running Back Fred. Taylor jaguars are seven and four headed To, Nashville tennessee this, Week, fred and all of a, sudden the division is back within. Reach The colts, loss The jags are a gaming back and this is right where The jags need to. Be this is a good.
00:23:01
Speaker 6: Spot LOOK, jp you just, said, man this is where The jacks need to.
00:23:06
Speaker 3: Be you, know if they, wanted they gotta go take.
00:23:09
Speaker 6: It and it starts with beating the Pesky, titans a team that's one in. Ten the teams that's playing, hard they're just not you, know it's just not translating into two. Wins they're a bad football, team quite, frankly and hopefully The jaguars will keep them that. WAY i just wish it was These titans THAT i had to face in nineteen ninety nine as opposed to Those. Titans that makes These titans more easier to, hate or not more, easier that's Improper english or, grammar but easier to.
00:23:46
Speaker 3: Hate.
00:23:46
Speaker 6: Right so, Yeah So i'm hoping that The Jacksonville jaguars go out there.
00:23:52
Speaker 3: And beat the living crap out of The Tennessee.
00:23:54
Speaker 6: Titans can that, Way i'll keep that EXCEPT i can say THAT i think.
00:23:59
Speaker 1: You just, did AND i think it's, okay AND i THINK i. Agree, actually you, know let's let's get to The jaguars performance last week. QUICKLY i mean a resilient. Group it's A cardinals team that played a lot of close games this. Year they've got a lot of injuries and, backups but it's the same kind of. IDEA i, mean they played like they were trying.
00:24:19
Speaker 3: To win the.
00:24:20
Speaker 1: Game they were right there and The jaguars turned it over a, bunch but the defense played big and key. Moments but they you, know when it gets in the, game somebody has to make plays down the, stretch and The jaguars are able to make.
00:24:33
Speaker 3: Just a few.
00:24:34
Speaker 6: More, Yeah jacksonville did what they needed to do to pull that one. OUT a year, AGO i believe they were three and ten and games decided by you, know a touch a score, less And arizona reminds me of last Year's jacksonville. TEAM i believe they're zero and six in games that have been decided by a touchdown or. Less but, again if you want to be good in this league with the mark for, era the margin for, victory and so then you have to find a way to pull out these.
00:25:06
Speaker 3: Games and here you have A.
00:25:08
Speaker 6: Jacksonville team that have gone to The West coast found a way to win in two overtime. Games and you know that's just you, know the, situationally just being. Prepared it wasn't a beautiful, game but, again by all stretch of our, imaginations they found a way to get creative there at the back, end go down after giving up a touchdown for a, score they were able to go right back, down answer, score go take the, lead defend that and pull out a victory to put themselves in position to be a game behind The. COATS a few weeks, ago we were cool With jacksonville finishing as one of the top seven teams to make it to the. Playoffs now here we are today, saying maybe This jacksonville, team with two games against The, titans two games against the divisional leader and The, coats they have a shot to win a. Division no one was talking winning division a few weeks ago because The coats were so far. Ahead but if you just handle what you're supposed to, handle the tips will fall in.
00:26:14
Speaker 3: Place as they.
00:26:15
Speaker 6: May now you're in a position where you go out and win against The, titans and then you have another two matchups against the divisional.
00:26:26
Speaker 3: Leader right, now you have a good shot to win in the.
00:26:29
Speaker 1: Division Fred taylor with Us travis etn goes over one hundred scrimmage yards again last week and just continues the last few. Weeks he's been in the run game and pass, game getting the job. Done and there's really been a steady presence for this team this, year and that spells good things for him in the, offseason right going into his free. Agency but you, know what does it mean for The jaguars down the stretch to at least have that in their back.
00:26:55
Speaker 6: Pocket, well you, know on the first drive of the, GAME i think he had sixty of that one hundred plus and within two, PLAYS i know the forty five yard SCAMPER i believe it was forty five, Right, yeah in the fifteen yard. Touchdown it's just, steady, man you, know just steady And travis understanding that this is his free agent. Year he can do whatever he wants at the end of the. Offseason BUT i believe in his heart he wants to be In jacksonville and that potentially can.
00:27:29
Speaker 3: Happen but they're gonna have to pay. Him.
00:27:31
Speaker 6: Now you know a lot of people have written him, off but he came back and, say, No i'm still that. GUY i still can make plays and he's shown. That and it's always good For jacksonville to have that type of insurance policy and knowing that the heartbeat of our offense right now has been the offensive lineman when they protect a quarterback and when we run the.
00:27:54
Speaker 3: Football so you're gonna have to reward this.
00:27:57
Speaker 6: Guy he continues to play this, Way trevor has to play better in all stretch of the. Imagination, again we would Want trevor to certainly play much, better but For Travis, man he just has to stay, steady continue to have that confidence in himself where he could just you, KNOW i think he's not playing with. Pressure before he was playing under, pressure the expectations were high for. Himself now it's just let's just go out there and play in whatever happens is going to. Happen and keeping that mindset that's been better for the offense or the team as a.
00:28:40
Speaker 3: Whole Fred taylor with.
00:28:42
Speaker 1: Us have you talked to Cam Ward titans?
00:28:45
Speaker 6: Quarterback, NO i, haven't But i've collected a few of his rookie cards so hopefully SOMEDAY i get an opportunity to talk to him so he can put a signature on it for. Me other than, THAT i don't really. Care, NO i, Mean cam is. AMAZING i haven't had opportunity to meet. HIM i saw how great he was last year against My gators in the slump first game of the. Year he put on a show and he continued to carry over that with that type of performance throughout the, season thus leading to being the number one selection overall selection in THE Nfl. Draft such a great, talent a guy who's, Firing he's, passionate and the seea sorta leadership he's displayed as a rookie in demanding the sense of urgency from his, team hating to. Lose just that mindset means he's gonna be great down the.
00:29:38
Speaker 3: Road they just got to put the pieces around.
00:29:40
Speaker 1: Him and from The jaguars defensive, perspective, today you've gotta smother this. TEAM i mean this is they are banged up outside of. Him offensive line skill guys are. Hurt this is one where The jaguars defense needs to go put up a big time.
00:29:56
Speaker 6: Performance, yeah and they've shown some signs of being able to get pressure with four down and not always having the bits you know they're gonna. HAVE i think they're gonna come up with a different package this. Game you have a rookie, quarterback you, know and usually traditionally defensive coordinators just want to create havoc and get after the, quarterbacks make them make, mistakes AND i think you'll see some different, disguises a bit more sexier looks from the, defense and certainly a lot more pressures than we've seen the past three. Weeks so got to smother, them gotta get after. Them but it starts with stopping the. Run if you can start to stop the, run make them one, dimensional force the quarterback to throw to the receivers that he ain't, got then you put yourself in position to go win the.
00:30:48
Speaker 1: Game for tillall this was finished with your Favorite thanksgiving, Meal like what do you? Like what's your food? Option what's the number one go to in terms of a? Protein and then a? Side oh, MAN, JP.
00:31:06
Speaker 6: I you KNOW i do like some tennessee Uh nashville hot.
00:31:10
Speaker 3: Wings, No i'm just.
00:31:14
Speaker 6: Kidding thanksgiving for me had always been a, turkey like a fried, Turkey but now you Know i've been trying to do a bit, more you, know not just GOING O d on the. Turkey, uh turkey is a, staple but like a little cornish hen you injected with all the occasion seasonings and some, garlic and you, know.
00:31:34
Speaker 3: You either fried or bake.
00:31:35
Speaker 6: IT i like when my wife put together the slow cooker and just you, know create some different stuff in that. Thing but the size really is what gets you excited in years. Past this, Year i'm a little bit more hesitant Because i'm trying to wash my you, know my my. Sexiness you know What i'm, saying too sexy for myself type mood right. Now BUT i still like mac and. Cheese i'm gonna devour the colar, greens sweet. Potato i'm gonna tear up some sweet potato. Pie i'm not necessarily a pumpkin pie. GUY i know that can be a little confusing for a lot of, people but sweet potato pie is a little, sweeter a little. Tastier pumpkin pie is a little bit more on the spicier. Side BUT i like the sweetness and the sweet, potato a little brown sugar up in, there you.
00:32:27
Speaker 3: Know so.
00:32:29
Speaker 6: Mac and cheese is a musk colic greens is a, musk and we'll settle for like cornish hen this year and probably do a few, steaks a couple of.
00:32:38
Speaker 3: Rivis just switch it. Up, man it ain't all about the.
00:32:41
Speaker 1: Turkey it's poor, turkeys. Man THEY i, mean they build up all year long just to get slaughtered one.
00:32:47
Speaker 3: Week it's.
00:32:48
Speaker 1: Amazing it is.
00:32:50
Speaker 6: Amazing, yeah and it's kind of like during The Super, bowl you wonder where all these wings come, From like where do all these turkeys come? From you got a year to reach in the turkey, Population, like get the turkeys a, break eat some corners hen or maybe some you, know some. BEEF i see more cattle and, beef just, roaming you, know just roaming the land down the. HIGHWAY i don't never see, turkeys but Yet thanksgiving pulls up and then the turkeys pull. UP i don't get, It like what the turkey's be hindh THAT i think they?
00:33:33
Speaker 1: THEY i don't. KNOW i don't have an answer for. That ALL i know is THAT i love it. All and you know, What, fred you can cheat one day and eat all. THAT i think you're in good enough shape to do.
00:33:43
Speaker 6: THAT i, Mean i'm gonna get my, protein so. Turkey you know you're, Somewhere you're on the. List it's just that it's Not the turkey isn't priority this. Year But i'm gonna have some. Turkey i'm gonna have some. Chicken i'm gonna have some, steak some.
00:33:58
Speaker 3: Beef you.
00:33:59
Speaker 6: Know SO i don't eat. Fish it'll kill, me So i'm. Allergic so BUT i can't eat, shellfish which is. Weird, yeah but outline some stuff. Up i'll eat enough to get lazy and, sleepy watch some, football and get lazy and sleepy.
00:34:15
Speaker 3: Again eat. More That's, thanksgiving, Man.
00:34:19
Speaker 1: Happy, thanksgiving and we'll talk to you in the post, game hopefully after A jags went over The.
00:34:24
Speaker 3: Titans appreciate. IT i appreciate your.
00:34:26
Speaker 1: Boss The jaguars meat The titans In, Nashville, sunday one o'clock kickoff. Time enjoy the. Game
