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There is a lot of energy in Jacksonville and in this building and the one across the street. We’re in the Hyundai studios, by the way, at the Miller Electric Center. Uh for a 4-1 football team coming off of Monday Night Football. Yeah. Why wouldn’t there be Austin, right? I mean, you’re 4-1. You’re tied for the best record in the National Football League. You feel like you played well enough to win every single one of your games. You’re 3-0 at home. You get Seattle coming in with a beat up secondary. Trevor Lawrence coming off probably his best performance of the year in the national spotlight. Lot to like with what’s going on without a doubt. And you talk about a team that I feel like has really checked the boxes on a lot of curses, right? You beat Houston at home. Um you went to the West Coast, beat San Fran, who in retrospect is a pretty dang good football team, and then you beat Kansas City on prime time television. So like all three of those boxes are checked. And now you find yourself in a new territory of can you keep it rolling? Can you keep this momentum? and can you come out and and after an emotional victory come out and obviously win another game against the Seahawks. All right, so speaking of emotion, the head coach isn’t worried about the emotion because he said his team was pissed off earlier this week. I don’t want to say we’re the most pissed off for one team, but like there there’s definitely some feelings in the in the building over the last few days of knowing that we have not still put out 60 minutes of our best football. I think they just know that there was some meat left on the bone even after a really cool win. guys like um Anton Harrison in particular were vocal about that. Josh Hines Allen, Foyer Aluakan. It’s a change I think in the mindset of this football team and I think the change obviously comes from the man leading them. Yeah, you could be happy about the win and still recognize that there’s areas to improve and you gave up 476 yards last week and without a goal line interception, it was a good play. Wasn’t a fluke play by Devin Lloyd. Uh you know that turned the game around. Who knows how it would have gone, but you know, we can all sit back, Austin, and revel in the victories, but coaching staffs love this. You win and there’s a lot of correctable stuff. You know, it’s wild because you want to talk about that Tyson Campbell decision, right? A guy who I think meant a lot to this Jaguars team the past couple years, they trade him to Cleveland. And I think that just shows right there. A lot of four 4-1 teams, regardless of how you played, would be complacent. They would be, “Okay, you know, we’re okay. We’re four in one. We’ll figure it all out.” But the Jaguars don’t. James Gladstone and company, they trade away, one of their, you know, known players to Cleveland. And that to me shows me you can’t be complacent with this team. I remember when I played for a guy named Ernest Biner. He’s a he’s a backs coach and everything. Guy I have a huge respect for. He used to always tell us in the locker room is as soon as you guys start feeling comfortable and you start feeling complacent, that’s when we start losing. Since you’re on that, let’s hear from Josh Hines Allen, who spoke to this specifically in terms of the defense, which they came up with some big plays when they needed them, but gave up a lot of yards. We just got to play with that one and, you know, trying to get the next win mentality and uh just keep stacking them. Um again, you know, we’re not I feel like last week was a kind of step back defensively. I think everybody will say that as well. Uh had a lot of great plays, though. De made a great play. Um we we made I’m not saying we played terrible. Um, but there was still to a standard that we set for ourselves as individual and as a unit uh that we didn’t hold up to and uh so we’re kind of pissed off about that and um again we got a good team coming in this week and uh we got to do what we do and get back to doing what we do best. A step back was how he termed it. League leading 14 takeaways but they gave up more than 350 yards. He called it again backwards. Yeah. I I mean that’s good. I I like that attitude, right? I mean you were happy about the win. you still found a way to get it done. But I think the the glaring thing from that game on Monday night is no Trayvon Walker. Yeah. No pass rush, right? There was not much effective pressure on Patrick Mahomes throughout the course of that game. Trayvon’s back today. How effective can he be with that hand in some kind of a wrap still? Well, and not only obviously Trayvon Walker in the pass game, but also the run game as well, because you talk about a Kansas City Chiefs team that really couldn’t run the football the entire season. They come into Jacksonville and and to say the most part, they’re running the football pretty effectively. You know, now you’re playing a Seahawks team that they have some pretty good backs themselves. They’re going to try to establish the line of scrimmage. And this is where this Jaguars defense interior wise and also with Trayvon Walker hopefully coming back is got to stifle that run a little bit. He’s going to play with a club on his hand today. Yeah, obviously that’s something that he’ll have to get used to. From your perspective, what’s the biggest challenge that he has to overcome? Not having all 10 fingers. So, I’ve had to play with a club in college actually and it’s not ideal obviously, right? because you’re so used to you’re so accustomed to using your hands and you know using your fingers to rip off and make plays and you you don’t have that anymore. The benefit that Trayvon Walker has is his length and his power, right? I mean this guy can be a power rusher. So that club is almost a weapon now than more of a liability. So I expect him not to fall too far off with this club on his hand now. So the Jaguars made the trade you mentioned for Greg Newsome. They send Tyson Campbell to Cleveland and we asked the defensive coordinator what can he do? He will be active today. What can he do in just a couple of days on the practice field to help you? To me, he’s aggressive at the point of attack. Um, you know, when you watch him play manto man, I think he’s really, really sticky in coverage, competes at the catch point. Um, and then in zone coverage, you know, he’s a savvy player. So, um, I think what obviously what we look at and we’re excited about, I think he’s got really good ball skills, ability to break and drive on the ball, and anytime you know, you get a smart aggressive player, we’re fired up about it. Talented guy. Yeah, a talented guy. It’s interesting because I think the feeling is he is better suited to play zone and Tyson Campbell may be better suited to playing man and you know the Jags played the most man in the league last year and that’s not the case this time around. Uh first round pick in the same draft as Tyson Campbell. They came in together and obviously Tyson got paid and I think both teams this is the rare occasion when you can trade a player for another player at the same position and each team thinks they got the better end of the deal. You know, it’s well because it’s the second time I feel like that’s happened now because if you look at the Travis Hunter trade, I think in Jacksonville, everyone’s excited for Travis Hunter, what he’s doing, but in Cleveland, you know, they have a first round draft pick next year and Mason Graham um is playing on a defensive line that might be one of the best in the entire National Football League. So, I feel like both teams right now feel like they they won both trades, but at the end of the day, if you look at what Tyson Campbell does well, you know, I think what he lacked was kind of the the ball skills in terms of trying to track that ball and everything. And in zone coverage, you got to have that. I think Jim Schwarz will like what Tyson Campbell can bring to his, you know, Browns off or Browns defense. And we’re gonna like, you know, getting a guy now that’s a little more burst for zone coverage. So, what do you expect today from him? Because you’re going against Sam Darnold who has nine touchdowns and only three interceptions. Now, four of them came last week. Five consecutive touchdown drives to make that an overtime ball game last week against the Buccaneers. What can you reasonably expect from a guy who just got here on Tuesday afternoon? You know, it’s wild because if you talk about if you got a guy on offense, it would take you like two weeks, I feel like in this Liam Cohen offense to try to adjust and learn everything. On defense, it’s a little different. I don’t expect him to play every single rep just because still like, yeah, it’s defense and you played a lot of zone coverages and everything like he’s a smart football player, but you’re still playing with new teammates, right, with communication and everything and you’re still learning new calls. So, I expect him to be out there in packages, but not necessarily the entire game. I think it’s interesting to see not only how he fits in, but does this increase the playing time for Travis Hunter on defense and who do the Jags look at as their top corner now? Who’s the guy that’s matching up with Jackson Smith and Jigba when you are in man? I think there’s a lot that we’re going to learn early this afternoon. You know, as I reflect back on the trade, there were two plays that made me think absolutely it makes sense. One was the third and nine where Mahomes got drilled. the one of the few times they sent extra pressure, threw the ball to a spot like he tends to do and Tyson seemed lost. He he ran beyond the ball hung up there and he was nowhere in position to make a play. The other was Montterk Brown who had the pass deflection late in the ball game. They really like Montterk Brown. He’ll be a factor today. U I would expect to see more of him obviously than Newsome because he’s been here since he got back. Yeah, I think so. And uh you know they’ve been waiting for him to get healthy and now that he is I think that enabled them to make this kind of move. Let’s not forget that will be a lasting memory of Tyson Campbell, that play, but let’s not forget the forced fumble against Nico Collins or force the ball out of Nico Collins hands. It helped the Jags preserve that win. So, you know, we’re happy about Greg Newsome. We’re excited. We want him to be fantastic. That doesn’t mean Tyson Campbell’s a bad guy that we’re shipping out of town. No. And and everybody said as much, right? He was a locker room guy. He really fit the culture here. They hated to move on. But the one thing that we’ve talked about is is that James Gladstone and Tony Belli in in concert with Liam Cohen have said when we can get better. We will not hesitate to do it. Not to the exclusion of anybody, but pretty much there are no sacred cows. We’ll do what we have to do to win. That’s the job. Hey, one thought real quick on the defense before we turn to the offense briefly. Uh you mentioned Kenneth Walker, the running back. Obviously Sam Darnold, Jackson Smith and Jigba, a very talented receiver. I asked Devin Lloyd, the AFC defensive player of the month in September, what he saw when he turned on the film of the offense in Seattle. You know, you start with the quarterback. Um, you know, he’s playing really good. He was playing good last year and, um, you know, he’s in a system that fits him well. Um, obviously, uh, their running backs, you know, especially, uh, number nine. Um, you know, got a lot of respect for his game and the way he plays. And then, you know, they want to run the ball, um, and play action off of it. Um, you know, they got a couple of really good receivers, number 11, uh, number 10. So, you know, we got to be ready for for the run game and, uh, play action off of that. Yeah, the rookie Tory Horton’s been a factor. AJ Barner has been a red zone factor for this team, but it it’s really Darnold. He’s got a quarterback rating of 114. He’s been fantastic for the most part since the beginning of last year with maybe the exception of coming to Jacksonville, right, with Minnesota and the the Jags held him to 12 points and produced three of the nine turnovers they had all year were interceptions to Sam Darnold. So run that back today, Austin, and that’s going to go a long way for this Jaguar team. You know, you have to run it back. And I get that game against Minnesota. People are talking about that all week. It to me it was a little bit of an anomaly just because if you remember how that game kind of went, they wanted to get Justin Jefferson the ball. He was very quiet. the past couple weeks like they went above and beyond to try to get him the ball. Donald was throwing in double coverage in the end zone and you got two picks off him because of it. I don’t expect Donald to play like that today. I think in this new Seattle Seahawks offense that he’s found himself in, he gets the ball out quickly as a pass rusher that can be very frustrating and you have one of the best wide receivers I feel like in in the National Football League now. And Jack Smith Jigba can run the slant, can run really the entire route tree, but can also beat you deep as well. All right, a couple thoughts then from the Jaguars. Offensively, it would seem today that this game is going to come down to the quarterback playing well. A because the Seahawks secondary is injured and lots of guys are sitting. The other side of it, though, is that the running game is going to be challenged by a Seahawks defense that gives up fewer than 90 rushing yards per game. And so, Liam Cohen talked about the obstacle in front of the Jaguars offense today. Nobody’s running the ball on those guys really. Um, their front is so deep. They’ve got eight guys up front that have played highlevel football in the NFL and have all been impactful starters at some point in the National Football League at one point. So, they have definitely played on the offens’s side of the line of scrimmage often this year. Huge challenge for us both schematically and you know personnel wise for us to have to go um you know move the ball and run the football effectively. We’re going to need to and they’ll probably have to do it without their starting center, Robert Hannesy, who has either been limited or didn’t practice most of the week with a hamstring injury. Yeah, Jonah Monahheim played uh very well. I thought you couldn’t even notice any kind of drop off. And that’s been the case of this offensive line all year. One guy goes out for a short period of time, the guy who comes in has played to that level and and kept that level up. And it’s been one of the best offensive lines uh in the league this year. But, you know, offensively, they’ve got to run the ball or at least try to run the ball early. Yeah. You got to keep them honest. Even with those injuries in the secondary, we’re talking about three of their top five guys back there who are doubtful to play. You want to attack that. This could be a big day for Brian Thomas and Travis Hunter, but it makes it so much easier if you could have a little success early running the football. No, without a doubt. I think this uh Jaguars offensive line will have some, you know, they’re going to have their hands full today because you talk about a defensive line that’s coming off a pretty impressive performance against, you know, Rashad White and company. You know, granted, Bucky Irving when he played with Tampa wasn’t playing uh in that game, he was a little banged up, but Rashad White is a capable running back, a hungry running back who’s trying to get his starting spot back, at least get some more reps, and they shut him down um with that Seattle defensive line. So, it’s definitely going to be a challenge for this Jaguars offensive line. And I think when you talk about how you beat these Seahawks, it’s got to be in the secondary. Listen, the word all week was that Jonah Manheim was not a step down for the Jaguars. Seventh round pick, but I remember in the spring hearing how much they thought of what his potential was and so he may get his first start today. We heard from him in the locker room this week as well. I’m fortunate, you know, I’m fortunate to be here, you know, with this coaching staff and with these guys in the O line room, you know, taking me under their wing and um, you know, showed me the ropes of what it takes and, you know, getting the details from the coaching staff every day. You know, learning from Rob what it takes on the field and in the meeting room and just trying to apply myself knowing I got to always be ready and always got to keep striving to improve every day. One other guy that the Jaguars have to replace today is Brentton Strange who’s going to be down for a number of weeks with a hip injury and Grant Udinsky and he’s a key part of the run game. He was asked, the offensive coordinator was about replacing Strange. But I do think what you’re trying to do is take advantage of those guys skills and what they can provide to the offense. And I think that’s a wide variety of things. Johnny Munt, Hunter Long Morris, all of those guys can be valuable in the run game, pass game, line up in different positions, in the back field, out wide, at the tight end spot, on and off the ball, doing a bunch of different things. Any of those guys replace Strange as a blocker? No. No. No. Or or as a receiver, quite frankly. I mean, Hunter Long’s been a nice option. He scored a couple of touchdowns this year. So, you know, if you’re looking for a guy to maybe get in the end zone, sure, Austin, but last week, Brentton Strange came in as the most receptions, most yards receiving. Hadn’t found the end zone yet, and he’s a devastating blocker. He’s one of the best blocking tight ends in the NFL. So, you I don’t think you can replicate it in one package. It’s gonna have to be a collective effort. No, I mean, there’s no way you’re gonna replace his blocking abilities and his receiving abilities. And I think the biggest thing in this Jaguars offense now is who’s the security blanket because I felt like, you know, when it was hitting the fan a little bit, when Trevor was feeling pressure, he always tried to find out Brettton Strange to get him the football. Brettton Strange was the most consistent thing going um as a receiver in this offense. You lose that now. So now it’s maybe time for Brian Thomas Jr. He had a great game against Kansas City. Could he keep stepping off and be that security blanket? Because once again, you face a a great defensive line right now in the Seattle Seahawks. You got to find a security blanket out there. All right, those are the big stories to start off the public’s tailgate show. Coming up, outside of football, we all connected well just as human beings, as brothers, and we all just kept growing during OTAAS and camp, going through hard times together. Right tackle Anton Harrison playing his best ball, and we’ll hear from him shortly. 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Drive sober or get pulled over. Brought to you by FDOT. Here we go in the public’s tailgate show. Brian, Mike, and Austin from the Hyundai Studios inside the Miller Electric Center in Jacksonville. Kickoff 1:00 this afternoon from Everbank Stadium in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida, where the temperature right now is 70°. The high today, 78. Nice October weather. Um, you had your weekly conversation with Pete Prrisco, who we all know is a fall guy. Well, actually, no, he I was gonna say it’s gonna be sunny all day, just like Pete always is. Uh, his disposition, but no, obviously, yeah, we’re uh, you know, talking about a team that’s doing some good things right now, but we started getting Pete’s reaction to the deal that sent Tyson Campbell to Cleveland for Greg Newsome. Well, I think it it tells you that they want somebody that fits their scheme better. And I think Newsome fits what they want to do better, which is play looking at the quarterback and play more zone and and Tyson Campbell uh you know, his contract is very heavy. Uh we’ve all known that for what he is and uh he’s not a bad player, but I think this is more of they feel Newsome fits better with what they want to do. Now, he’s in the last year of his contract, so if he comes in, plays really well, they’re gonna have to do something with him if they decide to go in that direction. But I think it it it makes sense from a win now kind of mode because I think they look around Mike and they’re 4-1 and all of a sudden they’re in the in the thick of the AFC race. Why not get better? And they feel that makes them better. Well, I agree with you. I think that is the big thing that we take away from this deal, Pete, is that yes, they thought they were going to be competitive this year, but you and I have had off thereord conversations with members of this organization. They’re like, “Look, let’s keep it realistic. Let’s temper our expectations a little bit. This is a big reclamation project here.” And now you look up and you’re 4- one and you’ve got a head-to-head against Kansas City. And you look around the AFC and you’re like, who is that super team, Pete? I don’t think there is one out there. And I think they’re reacting to that in the moment with this trade. And you know what, they should. I mean, you look around, like you said, you look around the AFC. Buffalo’s had some flaws. Baltimore’s playing poorly. The Chiefs, they beat them and they’re, you know, two and three and have their backs against the wall. Denver, you know, won a game last week at Philly, but they’re three and two. Nobody is running away with it. And and I think nobody is going to run away with it. And so you look at it and you go, “Okay, you know, right now we’re 4-1. The Colts are 4 in one. Let’s get better.” And maybe this is a chance for us to get better uh and go do some things uh the rest of the way. By the way, I don’t think they’re done. I think they’re going to explore other possibilities to go improve the roster elsewhere. So uh you’re right, it’s kind of flipped. They thought they’d have to have a longterm pro, not a long term, but a couple year rebuild process. And I think it’s been expediated a little bit. Absolutely. And why not? Especially you don’t have a first round pick next year. Push some chips to the center of the table. Uh and it all comes at the expense of the Cleveland Browns ultimately. All right. So exciting week in Duvall, Pete. We don’t win Monday Night Football around here very often. We don’t play on Monday Night Football very often. And to get that win in front of a packed house against the Kansas City Chiefs and to have Trevor Lawrence in a position in a two-minute drill to have to get a touchdown to win the game and have him deliver. How big is that for Trevor moving forward? It was enormous. And and and I think you can really if you want to boil it down to one thing, it’s the throw to Brian Thomas on the sideline. I mean that throw was outstanding. It might have been one of the best throws of the entire season and certainly one of the best throws of his career to make that in that moment and put it right where it had to be over the top of the defender hands in between the safety was outstanding. And I think that’s the kind of thing that gets him better. I’m a big believer that he tends to play better when he’s loose and free and has to go get something. I mean, I go back to the Chargers playoff game. He was loose and free, had to go get points and he did. He was loose and free in this drive and he went and got him and he did. So to me, it could be the impetus to, you know, get this offense to where it needs to be throwing the football because they haven’t been that good throwing the football this year. There’s been drops, you know, that there’s been missteps. I still think they have too many pre- snap penalties getting guys lined up, but getting him going, getting Travis Hunter involved in the passing game, I think that’s important for the offense. They got Trevor going on the ground as well. He was very aggressive running the ball. Is this an element that I think we’ve been calling for it, but do you think we’ll see this more consistently from him now? You know, you you got to be careful with it in in part because you don’t want to take off before the play develops. And there was, you know, for example, he had a nice run, but there was a guy I think Strange was standing in front of him for a 15 yard completion. That’s the easier throw to the easier thing to do. But, uh, it’s good to have him and have the ability to do that when pressure is getting around them. Escape, go make a play, and don’t be scared to do it. And I think, you know, with his injuries and everything that’s gone on, I think he’s been a little apprehensive in terms of getting outside and running the football and he kind of threw that aside the other night and did it. So, I think it’s a plus, but you got to be careful of overusing it. All right. The absence of Trayvon Walker on Monday night was noticeable. They didn’t get a ton of pressure on Patrick Mahomes. He’s tough guy to get pressure on, but regardless, they’re not getting a lot of sacks this year. Um, what is the state of the Jaguars pass rush in your opinion? Not good enough. Um, and and I think, you know, look, Josh Ein Allen’s a really good player. Uh, Trayvon Walker’s a really good player, but they hadn’t they haven’t been getting the guy on the ground, and he wasn’t there the other night, and you clearly missed him. I thought there was some good interior pressure from Mason Smith the other night. Again, that’s two games in a row. Maybe he’s starting to come on a little bit, but, you know, they played a lot of off coverage, and when you play a lot of off coverage, they were even dropping some of those defensive ends into coverage and rushing three at times, which you, you know, you don’t want to give up the big play to the Chiefs. You don’t want to get Mahomes to get that big shot down the field. I get it. But at some point, you got to start getting the quarterback on the ground. Uh it’s tough to do when you don’t have a player like Trayvon Walker. All right. All that said, Pete, what’s your prediction for today? Look, I think they win the game. I I think this team is starting to feel itself a little bit. I think they’re going to be physical against Seattle. And uh look, Sam Darnold’s put amazing numbers up and it really has, but they didn’t stop Baker Mayfield last week. And if Jacksonville goes into that game, runs the ball, and takes those shots down the field, I don’t think they’re going to stop them either. Can Trevor Lawrence take advantage uh, you know, of that secondary today and and springboard off that Monday night performance to a better rest of the season? We’ll find out. PRI Productions, the official event production company of the Jaguars. They have everything you need to bring your next idea to life. Visit prius.com. Well, the Jaguars offensive line has been a surprise this year. a group that had underachieved in recent seasons is playing great ball. Right tackle Anton Harrison is perhaps the best player on that group and is growing into the role and says it feels good to be in that locker room right now. Everybody morale is high. Um obviously it’s still early in the season but you can see kind of what’s building here and what’s to come for the future. So I feel like everybody’s we on the right trajectory, right plan. We just need to keep here and keep getting better. The thing I find the most significant is the way that five guys on the offensive line have been able to come together. How did you do it? How did you get to a point where you guys could trust each other and play at a high level so quickly? Uh really just from day one. I feel like we all outside of football, we all connected well just as human beings, as brothers and we all just kept growing during OTAAS and camp, going through hard times together and just learning from each other, learning what we good at, what we bad at, just helping each other out. And we know the off we want to run the offense through us. So if we do that and we’re together, everybody’s going to be together. Everybody going to keep going. So we try to have that mindset and it’s been working so far. How important was Brandon Sheriff to you being where you are playing the way you are right now? Cuz I think you’ve always looked at him as a guy who was very helpful for you. Definitely. Uh he was a guy I watched growing up being from DC, you know, he played with uh the Redskins with the Commanders now. And just coming in that savvy vet, teaching me really a lot of the things that I know now and just showing me how to be a pro. Showing me how to be a vet. Uh one of the best to do it. Obviously, he got the all pros, the pros, things like that. But coming in plan playing as somebody like that is definitely huge for my career. It goes without saying you guys feel good about the experience on Monday night and how awesome that was with all those people. Is there momentum in this locker room right now or do you have to turn that off and just focus on the next opponent? Uh it’s definitely momentum. Uh you don’t want it to what’s the word I want to use? You don’t want it to be too much. You don’t want to be distracting cuz you know obviously we got another one this weekend this Sunday. It’s going to keep going and you got to keep trying to get wins. So obviously we want to enjoy it. We know momentum, but use momentum as fuel. Use it to come out strong and play all four quarters good for the next one. What do you see on tape from Seattle? Clearly, the numbers say that this is going to be a big test. Uh for us, we want to know we we want to start up front. We want to control both sides of the ball, the lines, O line, D line. We want to run the ball. I just want to protect the quarterback. Uh Seattle, I say they do a lot of different things with blisses, games, movements, things like that. So, it’s something we need to be dialed in on. Uh they have a good defensive scheme, good players. So, but we trust each other. We tr we know what we doing. We know the game plan. Trust the game plan. So, we do that. We’ll be fine. Final thought, Tony Baselli doesn’t throw a lot of compliments out there, but he’s very complimentary of the way that you’re playing. How well are you playing? And what did it take for you to be able to play at your peak right now? Uh I feel like I’m playing at a pretty good level right now. Obviously, I still got things to work on. I’m not even at my peak right now. I’m still getting better week in and week out. But, uh, really just me locking in and focusing in the little things that I had to I knew that I had to get better in like pad level and finish and those little things that to elevate my game and to be the most dominant player I wanted to be every week. So, just coming in every Sunday with that mindset to dominate, to beat my player every snap, no matter what, it really just changed a lot for me. I think Anton Harrison’s ability to handle himself over on the right side. I mean, they’ve just put him out there and said, “Stop it.” He made a great play on that throw to Brian Thomas Jr. where he got into the offensive line and then stepped out to grab Nick Bolton who came on the outside on that rush. So, Harrison’s a big reason why this offensive line is playing well. Yeah. And I mean, really, this offensive line go into the season, there are some question marks, right? And obviously keep me keep in mind when you bring in a new coaching staff, a new regime, like they’re not tied to anybody. And then they weren’t tied to Anton Harrison. I think they challenged Anton Harrison uh in training camp and everything and obviously he’s responded and playing some of the best football he’s ever played so far for the Jaguars. Oh boy, you are understating it when you say there were some question marks about the offensive line, right? And all the holdovers, the three guys with Walker Little and Ezra Cleveland are all playing really good football this year. So obviously coaching matters a lot. Well, up next on the Publix tailgate show, I think the other part of it is just the adversity through the game. You know, you’re playing a team like that in a in a stage like that and having some ups and downs and then battling back and staying the course and there’s a lot of emotion. That’s quarterback’s coach Spencer Whipple and Trevor Lawrence. Coming up, the Jaguars and Seahawks at 1:00 today. You’re listening to the public’s tailgate show and this is Jaguars radio. [Music] It’s game time, Jaguars fans. This season, feed your fandom with the Jaguar Sub from Publix, the official supermarket of your Jacksonville Jaguars. Sink your teeth into crispy chicken tenders, bores head bacon, melted cheddar, sweet kleslaw, and smoky barbecue mayo. All stacked on a fresh white roll. Taste the hype only at Jacksonville Publix locations. Publix, where shopping is a pleasure. Everyone, circle up. I know it looks rough out there. Sure, we’re down 24-6, but we came here to play differently. We need a game changer. Something like Ring Central, the business phone system that’s more than a phone. 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He continues to make moves and he’s making this team better. He acquires defensive back Greg Newsome, who will be a better fit in the Anthony Campanelli defensive scheme than certainly Tyson Campbell was. Tyson did some nice things around here, but Gladstone gets an A+ for moving that awful contract. And the message has been sent as well. This team expects to win right now. They also continue to put themselves in an excellent position for the future. Today is another huge challenge against a very good Seattle team, but one that is absolutely torn apart defensively. Last week I said it was Trevor time and he needed to take it to the next level. He did. Okay, it wasn’t pretty, but he got the job done. His 33yd completion to Brian Thomas Jr. was one that only a couple of people in this world can make. He was 7 of9 for 144 yards to Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter. Seattle allows 240 yards passing a game. And again, they are really injured in the secondary. They’re number two in the NFC or make that the NFL when it comes to uh takeaways via the interception with seven. Only Jacksonville is ahead of them and they’re third against the run. So, the message is crystal clear. Seattle is going to make Trevor Lawrence beat them today. Hunter only had three targets last week. All were completions. That needs to be doubled today. And what about Thomas Jr.? He’s gone from a 28% catch rate in the first three games to a 69% catch rate in the last two. Look for them both to hit the end zone today for the first time. for Rick Belaloo on Into the Night with Rick Belaloo. Week nights from 6:00 to 8 on 10:10 XL. Well, from talking about the quarterback and it being on his shoulders against the Seahawks defense today, quarterback’s coach Spencer Whipple spends more time with Trevor Lawrence than anyone not named Marissa. Something clicked in Lawrence after the fumble against the Chiefs. And Whipple believes it’s a really good sign for the future. I think that’s just kind of his personality coming out. And a lot of it has to do with all the work he’s put in, all the work the team has put in to try to put the best offensive display on per, you know, in front of everybody and then all that coming to light. And I think the other part of it is just the adversity through the game. You know, you’re playing a team like that in a in a stage like that and having some ups and downs and then battling back and staying the course and there’s a lot of emotion. Guys were hype offense, defense. You got big plays both sides. So, you know, that was good to see. And I think it’s just a, you know, it’s it’s more about all the work and preparation that those guys put in to finally get there and then have show that emotion. You know, he he consistently talks about another level in the offense, how it’s coming, how they’re working through things. How difficult is it for a quarterback, even a relatively young guy, to make the adjustment to his third offense in five seasons, and how long should it take him to feel as if it’s where he wants it to be? Yeah, I think I think Trevor’s a guy too that’s played a lot of football and been been exposed to a lot of different systems as well. Um, and so he has that background and then, you know, just to go through all the preparation, all the things that, you know, there’s a lot in terms of starting in the spring and then all the installs through springtime and then training camp and then getting to the season, then you preparing for an opponent. So all those things kind of stack up and layer up and we’re still, you know, focusing on fundamentals through the entire offense of things that we had initially put in in the spring and things that’ll still come up in training camp that still hold true that um that you want to keep, you know, keep harping on through through uh the season and then especially when you’re playing different opponents. When he gets frustrated and he comes to the sideline, how difficult is it to coach a guy at that moment? I think as a quarterback too, every everybody’s a little bit different in terms of how they handle, you know, what just happened on the field. Generally, you know, you know, you like to based on who the person is, you know, and how they handle what had just happened, you know, I feel like it’s good to just kind of take a look, take a take a breath and see what happened and kind of be able to talk through things and for him, for me, just to be there for him, just to, you know, talk through the previous drive and and then see and then after we kind of shut that off and we’ve kind of corrected everything or gone through the plays, what’s coming next? because that’s really the mode that you have to be in you know to play quarterback and then really for anybody in the position to play um any position on the field is all right what’s next what’s coming next and then you know so you know refocusing on what the next play is what the next series looks like you know what you know the time in the game the situation all those things and and staying present leadership is such an obtuse term it means different things to different people but his calm demeanor and the way that he interacts with all the different position groups it would seem like he’s the kind of guy with the right mindset to be the leader of this football team. Do you see that leadership side of it? And I know it’s an it’s an opaque term. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, he’s uh he’s done a great job um you know owning the system, you know, learning into it. Um you know, buying buying in and and uh learning the ins and outs and then putting it on display and then really connecting with the guys around them, you know, all positions, making sure everybody’s on the same page, keeping that communication up, you know, throughout the day, throughout the week, throughout the season, and then, you know, ultimately bringing the guys together so they can all be on the same page. That’s where it starts. You know, the coaches can install the information, the game plan, but really it comes down to the quarterback and the players at the end of the day getting on the same page for how they see it, want it to work, and you know, in the ends up being a the result they want. You know, as long as they’re keep talking and keep that communication, and then it creates that that connectedness within the offense and within the team. I like the fact that he always points to himself where he can be better. What does he need to do to take that next step in this offense? Is it anything in particular or mostly in general? No, I think he’s I think he’s on a great track. I think he’s um you know he’s each week there’s new things he play different opponents there’s a whole new you know we may have the our based things that we do you know in terms of a system but then you’re going against a whole new another opponent and he’s done a tremendous job in terms of just diving in each week uh putting in the work daily um anytime doing whatever he can to make sure he’s the most prepared that he can be so he goes out there during the game and uh and performs and I’m excited just to see us as a whole unit collectively and the things that we can we can accomplish, you know, moving forward, you know, with more games under our belt and uh, you know, more exposure to different situations. I’m I’m really excited about it. I know he is, too. And, you know, it just comes back to all the work he’s put in from the first day we got here until now and he’s still building. And that’s the the great thing. You see, you have a game like that the other night where, you know, you perform like that, perform well on a national stage and then come back in and jump right in. All right, what’s next? What can I do next? And that’s really been, you know, his his mode of operation and that’s that’s a great thing to see about him. He’s always hungry for what’s next and how how can he can keep improving. So, let me ask you guys, what do you see in Trevor Lawrence that he has to improve upon to take that next step and be that consistent quarterback? I I think he needs to get through his reads a little bit deeper sometimes and I think he just needs to be a little bit more accurate at other times. I People sometimes want Trevor to be a different personality than he is. He is who he is, right? And it’s okay to be mad and stuff, but he’s not gonna flip things over on the sideline. He’s not that yeller and screamer, right? But to play with a little bit of an edge more consistently, Austin, I think, is a positive thing for him. I agree. Right. Because you look at what the the offense is capable of with a guy like Baker Mayfield, who is all edge, right? But I think the most important part is believing in who you are and being yourself. Like we we we celebrated Gardenner Mchu for doing that for a couple years here in Jacksonville. I I still feel like Trevor is trying to find his ground a little bit and find himself. And I just think, you know, lock in and don’t make the the crazy mistakes, right? Like example, Kansas City Chiefs game when you go over the line of scrimmage to throw the ball and you’re like three line three yards over the line of scrimmage. Like you can’t have that. You know, Kurt Warner made the comment earlier this week, Hall of Fame quarterback, that there’s two or three plays a game where you just scratch your head. How about Brenton Strange comes in motion, lines up behind you, not to lift you over the line of scrimmage on the goal line, but to push you seemingly instead he leapt up, right? And the Chiefs, hey, look, we know that that’s what he does on the on the line of scrimmage at the goal line. So, we just started slapping to try to knock the ball out. You know, it’s does he You mentioned his personality. He is what he is. Is he just going to make two or three of those plays a game, and you’re just going to have to learn to overcome. I hope that over time a lot of those plays get weeded out. But it’s like, you know, you look at he rolls left, right? There’s two guys in his face, a third guy coming. There’s no one there to block for him. and instead of throwing it out of bounds and you know it stopping the clock, preserving a timeout, all that stuff, he eats it, tries to cut up and loses four yards, but on the very next play, he hits that dime to Brian Thomas. So, it’s it’s like that with Trevor sometimes, right? He shows you the brilliance, but he also frustrates. I I think what it comes down to is just playing within yourself. Like, I I get it, but we want to celebrate these gunslingers and these guys playing in their backyards and trying to make a play happen. You have this offense, you have a defense now who plays complimentary football. You don’t have to do all that. Just play within yourself and you win the football game. Well, say this for him. He fell. He tried to get back up. He fell again and then got up and got through the garbage that was laying all around him and got to the end zone. And hopefully that grit, right, that determination not to let the narrative be they fell down and they didn’t get back up. Yeah. Yeah, got into the end zone, gave the Jaguars their signature win of the season and have them poised today against the Seattle Seahawks to try to get to 5-1 before they head to London. 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Jeff, so we’ll start with this new addition, Greg Newsome. Is he the solution for tighter coverage in the Jaguars secondary? Well, I think he’s part of it, you know, but I think Montterk Brown also is going to have a role in that as well until Greg Newsome kind of gets on board it a little bit more. You know, he didn’t land here in Jacksonville until about Thursday 12:30, 1:00, something like that. So, a couple days to kind of go over exactly the style of defense and learning the defense. So, uh probably a little limited today. I expect him to play though. But uh hopefully Montter Brown, you know, you that go back to that game Monday night and that big pass defense that he had that continues today. Jeff, I’m hearing two narratives this entire game, right? I’m hearing how hard it is to come from the West Coast to the East Coast and then I’m hearing about how hard it is to have an emotional victory on Monday night and then try to show up and play uh the following Sunday. Which narrative do you buy into more? I That’s a great question, Austin. And you know, I’m a big believer in that traveling from coast to coast is uh more indic indicative of how good a team is. Just like we talked about a couple weeks ago, the Jaguars going to the West Coast. Look, if good teams uh travel well typically, and that’s kind of been the rule of thumb and and the Seattle Seahawks have been doing a pretty good job under Mike McDonald and and the reality is they’re on an eightgame road winning streak, you know, so they come in here feeling confident. Uh you know, look, and and also Monday night, emotional victory. You also got a road game coming up in London. You’re 4 in one. Everybody’s wanting to pat you on the back and tell tell you how good you are. Uh does that factor in? I think all of that does, you know, it’s it’s human nature and and we’ll see what the results of all that is today. Uh Logs looks like the secondary is pretty beat up. Three guys doubtful for the Seahawks. Devin Witherspoon, Reek Woolen, and Julian Love. Is this the atmosphere that can kind of jumpst start the Jaguars passing game for 2025? Well, I I hope so, Mike. And you know, the reality is is that the Seahawks are really good up front. You know, with Byron Murphy and Leonard Williams, I mean, those two guys in the middle are really tough to deal with. And so, I think even if you had some health in the back end with Seattle, I think still that would be the game plan was to attack them in the secondary, but there’s no doubt Julian Love, Evan Witherspoons, and and Enrique Woolen with without having them, I think the Seahawks are going to be a little bit, you know, behind the eightball, so to speak. So, I expect the Jaguars to have some success doing that. But the reality is is that Trevor Lawrence hasn’t exactly been great as a passer in Liam Con’s offense yet. You hope that today that he’s able to take some steps, but part of taking steps, you got to have a little bit of a running game. It doesn’t have to be dominant, and I don’t expect it to be dominant against that Seahawks defense, but if you can get something out of it, it’ll help Trevor today. Jeff, do you buy any advantage that the Jaguars may have? they almost like have the answers to the test because you have Tampa Bay going to Seattle last week and Tampa Bay obviously dominated them on offense especially through the air. I mean do you think Liam Cohen kind of looks at that and kind of formulates a game plan if you will and then also obviously losing Brett Strange who I feel like is your security blanket is huge who steps up now and then who’s Trevor’s go-to guy when things break down? Yeah and let’s start with Brenton and best tight end in football in my opinion. I mean heck he’s tremendous. He’s not only a excellent blocker, we all know that, but after the catch, he’s one of the best that there is. And the only other guy I think that’s at that level has been hurt out in San Francisco, you know. But look, uh, you always end up having to replace guys. Hannes is another guy that you got to be able to overcome in that situation. So, offensively, I feel confident that they can do it. Look, Jonah Monheim, Monheim, I thought was really good in last week’s game and all through camp. And then I feel good about Hunter Long and Quinton Morris and Johnny Mun. I mean, think all those guys are going to play a little bit of a role for this football team today. How impactful can Trayvon be? Obviously, not 100% with the hand wrapped up, but good to have him back. Yeah, that’s going to be an interesting watch. I mean, you know, a hand for a defensive lineman and Austin, you know this, it’s everything. You know, it’s it’s like trying to be a sports talk guy, you know, without part of your lip, you know, it just doesn’t work, you know. and he’s going to play with a club today. You know, hopefully in the future, in the next week or so, he can, you know, move to more of a uh get his hand open and just support the wrist, but club today is the expectation. It’s going to hurt, you know, so uh you know, tape an aspirin to it and uh use it as a weapon if you can. Uh and then here’s the other thing. Don’t play with your hands as much. Try to get on the edges of guys, especially as a pass rusher. You know, the right tackle for the Seahawks, Abraham Lucas, is not a great player. He’s kind of stiff. Uh doesn’t doesn’t have the athleticism that their left tackle, Charles Cross, has. So, I hope Trayvon uses his athleticism a little bit more and backs off on the power. Jeff, when we talk about, you know, how you stop this this Eagles uh Eagles, I’m sorry, the Seahawks offense. You talk about Jack Smith at Jigba, who’s one of the best wide receivers, I feel like, in the entire National Football League. Is this going to be a Travis Hunter game where you kind of depend him where if he lines up on your side, you know, you try to keep up with him? We saw Travis Hunter being showcased against Xavier Worthy was step for step with him on a couple go routes and everything. Really showcased his skill set. How much will Travis Hunter be relied now on defense to try to shut down this pretty explosive, you know, pass game with the Seahawks? I think that might be something to watch for early in this game because, you know, we we’ve only seen Travis Hunter play left corner when the Jaguars went to a nickel package. You know, could that change today because of the talent of Smith and Jigba? Uh could that also change because you traded Tyson Campbell away? Could Travis Hunter get some reps and base downs? I I don’t know the answer to that, but that’s something that we need to watch for. And here’s the reality. Travis Hunter is the best cover corner that the Jaguars have. And if I’m playing man, okay, I want Travis Hunter on Jackson Smith and Jigbut. Well, when you look at the matchup between the quarterbacks, you know, at this point in Sam Darnold’s career, he was on his second team. When you compare to where Trevor is in year five, uh would be on his third team the following year, then his fourth team last year before it finally clicked in in his seventh NFL season. Is there some I think Trevor Lawrence has done a lot more in his first four plus years than Sam Darnold has, but is there hope there that in watching that example, Trevor can take his game to even bigger heights? Well, you hope so. And and a lot of credit goes to Sam Darnold, right? I mean, heck, you go back third overall pick and 18 with the Jets and then he goes on to Carolina, then San Francisco, and then Minnesota, you know, is where he kind of breaks out a little bit and and and give him credit. you know, this year the way he’s managing the pocket for the Seahawks has been impressive. Third rated passer. I mean, all those statistics that tell you he’s a really good football player. And yes, you hope that that Trevor can have some of that, you know, as he develops more and more and more because, you know, look, there’s not a lot of patience for quarterbacks and and there’s not a lot of patience overall in the National Football League because, you know, uh it’s a lot easier to fire somebody, you know, to save your own rear end, you know, to continue on and move to the next guy and then maybe get a little bit of grace and patience out of the next guy, you know. But the great thing is is that Traver is linked to this franchise for the foreseeable future. And the and he’s got a work ethic that I think is outstanding. He’s smart. He’s mature. He’s got all the traits that you like, you know. So, I think all of those things are going for Trevor and you want to see that start to evolve. Jeff, when you see Sam Darnold and where he excels in this offense, he gets the ball out quickly. And it almost reminds me like when we used to game plan against Tom Brady, he was one of the most, you know, most frustrating quarterbacks to play against, not because he’s the go, but because he gets the ball out quickly. And as a pass rusher, it frustrates you. So like what do you think the game plan has to be now if you’re the Jaguars defensive line? Well, you’re right. And that Sam gets it out pretty quickly, but man, Austin, nobody got it out like Tom Brady. No, for sure. You know, and and and Sam does a really good job. But what Sam does, like I mentioned before, that pocket management, he does a really good job of just moving a little bit here and there. And and one of the greatest at it in my opinion, I played against him was Dan Reno. Just when you thought you had a bead on him, then all a sudden he shuffles one way, buys an extra split second, then makes a completion. And I see some of the same traits with Sam Darnold. And you’ve got to take some shots at him. And last week or actually this week on Monday night, I don’t think the Jaguars defense did a very good job at pressuring Patrick Mahomes. And obviously he’s very special and very unique because he can extend the play and he does and then he gets out of the pocket and does things with his legs. But that’s not Sam Darnold, but he manages the pocket well. But the Jaguars up front, they’ve got to be better in today’s game than they were on Monday night without a doubt. All right, Logs, thanks so much. Have a great broadcast today. Thank you, boys. And up next, the second hour of the public’s tailgate show. 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It is hour two of the Publix tailgate show Publix where shopping is a pleasure. It is week six, two hours away from the Seattle Seahawks at 3-2 and the Jacksonville Jaguars at 4 and 1. It’s a 1:00 kickoff time at the bank. And today’s game is presented by Florida Blue. Proud to be the exclusive health insurance provider and support the Jacksonville community as the official community partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. JP Shadrick, Mike Dempsey, Austin Lane, Hyundai Studios, Milo Electric Center. Perfect day at the bank and the the Jaguars are have the best record or tied for it in all of football right now. Gotta love it. Uh I’m glad Austin, we talked about it a little bit. The sun is shining. I think this is a day you want your passing game to get going, right? Seattle’s used to that gloomy rain soaked atmosphere. We didn’t want them to feel at home coming down here, man. Let them let them wonder what that big yellow ball in the sky looks like. Without a doubt. Right. And and I think it feels a little different coming here to the stadium today. a lot more people out and about tailgating and everything. I I had I had breakfast sausage tickling my nostrils and when I walked to the stadium this morning, like people are out and about, man. And it’s it’s cool to see. You feel like the energy and the tide is just kind of shifting now with all these Jaguars winds. Well, let’s get into some of the best sound of the week. Of course, game day weather brought to you by the St. John’s River Water Management District. water less. Perfect conditions, 70°, high of 79 today, sunny skies, and the Jags are 4 in one. But head coach Liam Cohen knows they can be better in all phases. There’s definitely some feelings in the in the building over the last few days of knowing that we have not still put out 60 minutes of our best football. I think specifically on the defensive side, there was some frustrations in some of the things that we gave up and and specifically in the run game that we didn’t probably have our best efforts. Something that we had been doing at a at a pretty good level there. And you know, and then same thing offensively, right? We punted twice, but we had the, you know, the fumble at the at the end, you know, at the goal line there and then the turnover that we got to continue to try to take care of the football at a higher click. And I think they just know that there was some meat left on the bone even after a really cool win. It’s a good place to be when the team’s four and one and still not satisfied, right? You know, it’s wild because if you take that press conference after the Chiefs game and everything and you delete like the first three minutes of it and you just play it, it sounds like they lost by 50, right? Like he he he’s very critical. Um, accountability is obviously absolute with him. And it’s refreshing to see cuz I’m going to be honest, this is why I can’t be a coach. If I’m four in one right now and like I see everybody everybody else as a rookie coach doing their thing, I’d be going to Shod saying, “Hey, where’s my statue?” Like I’m I’m four in one right now and he’s not doing that. Like this guy is never satisfied. You see with some of the transactions being made now with Tyson Campbell going to Cleveland, like this team is just constantly trying to get better and holding themselves accountable. And I think too when you look up and you see that you are tied for the best record and there’s no one dominant team. There’s no one team that you go that’s the one you got to look out for. I think the Jags are probably thinking maybe we’re a little ahead of where we expected to be in terms of being competitive in the AFC. So, if that’s the case, let’s keep making these moves. Let’s not settle for maybe just sneaking in as a wild card. Let’s let’s try to win this division, take down the Colts, and uh just keep stacking them. They still need production certainly to do that from the quarterback, Trevor Lawrence. He had a gutsy performance in the win on Monday night, but now it’s about moving on quickly from a short week. That’s part of this league like you got to be able to, you know, move on quickly. So, I’ve had experience with that over the past few years. And um I’d say physically obviously, you know, playing a Monday night game, it is a quicker turnaround. You lose, you know, almost 2 days. So, it’s just trying to take care of your bodies and get ready to go. You know, today’s a Wednesday and we got to prepare for Seattle. It’s really less than 2 days after our game. So, that is always a little bit of a challenge, but everyone has to do it. Everybody plays Monday night games, so it’s just something that comes with the territory. I mean, the Monday night game was the full Trevor Lawrence experience. uh some good some uh questionable decisions, some great throws down the stretch and then the stumble to win it. Uh that’s that’s a Trevor Lawrence night in a nutshell. Well, look, two of the most memorable performances of his career like that, right? The Chargers playoff game, dug him a big hole and and filled it in and helped them climb out of it. So, there is some of the good with the bad. You’d like to get Austin to the point where they, you know, you’re not getting as many mental miscues, but if you overcome them, that’s the difference between this team. You know, last 10 years, very few of those Jaguar additions would have won a game like that. No, without a doubt. And it is, yeah, as we’re calling it, the Trevor Lawrence experience, and it’s definitely a ride that I’m looking forward to taking again uh this Sunday. But here’s the beautiful part about it. It works if you have the support of not having penalties, self-inflicted penalties, if you have the support of your defense. And I think against Kansas City, you start to see that, right? Where we start talking about your identity four or five weeks into the season. Well, getting penalties, subflicted wounds was a big part of your identity. You change that against Kansas City. Your defense still has your back. Now, can you keep that rolling against Seattle? Now, to the running game for the Jaguars. It helped they could get some of that going. Of course, it’s a test this week though against the third ranked rushing defense in the NFL with the Seahawks. Running back Travis ETN Jr. explains where it begins. uh defensive front, I feel like they present a lot uh a lot of different formations and uh just those guys up there, they’re very stout and uh they’re you’re not getting much moving on them. So, uh it’s going to be a really tough challenge to uh just go out go out there and we got to go out there and take it. Uh but we know it starts with them in the trenches and that’s why they’re so good at stopping the run. Yeah. I don’t know if you run straight at this team today and get wide is probably the best advice, right? Yeah. I mean, I would try to rely on that speed a little bit and even like in in the short pass game, right? I mean, you have Toutin who’s very capable. Obviously, Travis CTN is as well. Like, keep this defense guessing because if they get comfortable and they shut that run game down, they can pin back their ears and get after Trevor Lawrence then. Yeah. Not much to add to that, right? You don’t want to run through the teeth of Byron Murphy, Jiren Reed, Leonard Williams. So, if you can get them on the edge, you’re going to have to test them a little bit. You got to make them uh play honestly. But, yeah, I think Austin’s point about, you know, the short passing game, just use that as an extension of your running game today. Wide receiver and cornerback Travis Hunter put together his best game as a pro last week against the Chiefs, but he’s still looking for his first touchdown in the NFL, but he’s not pressing the issue. Those type of things you just got to leave up to God and you just got to continue to just be faithful and you know time is is going to be right when it’s when it’s time. So, you just got to continue to just strive for greatness every day and continue to just be blessed and continue to just go out there and work. few big plays on the big stage on Monday night for him which was a good step in the progression and there’s no rule book on this like you’re just going to keep building his uh stamina and uh the production is going to come at some point. Yeah. I mean what he’s really doing though it’s not fair right because I wish it was an easy decision to say okay well he’s struggling as a corner so let’s put him more on offense. while he’s struggling on offense. Let’s put him more like he’s playing both positions very well. Anytime the ball in his is in his hands, great things have happened. And then when he’s running step on a go route with Xavier Worthy, obviously he’s a pretty good cover corner as well. So like now you have the Seahawks coming into town. Well, do you put him more on a jigbo? You put him more on defense or well you can probably pass against this Seahawks defense. You put him more on offense, right? And that’s a great guessing game though for the Seahawks as well. How are the Jags going to utilize him? Uh no question about it. Look, when you throw the ball to him, good things are happening, right? So, I think everybody would like to see more of those opportunities, whether that’s that jump ball that he catches and with great body control or we’ve seen it consecutive weeks, little ball in the flat, he makes two guys miss and picks up a first down. So, I think the Jags need to make a concerted effort to get it to him more consistently. Fantasy players rejoice, you know, for he and BTJ today and the opportunity is there. Their shots maybe down the field against this group today. Now to the defense. The Jaguars defensive group said they were angry with the performance last week against the Chiefs even though they got the win. They nearly gave up 500 yards. Defensive end Josh Hines Allen explained, “We pride ourselves on being the best team, stopping a run, and that’s something that we didn’t do against a good offense nevertheless, but still our standard is our standard and you know, we’re happy to be 4 in one. Um, but I know individual guys feel like they didn’t play to their standard that we know we can play as, including myself. Again, we are pitching, but we’re all looking forward to the next opportunity. Uh, great challenge for us up front and in the back end as well. I think they do a good job on kind of balancing the running play action really well. All right, that’s the approach from Josh Hines Allen today and this group as a whole. And I mean, they’re leading the league in takeaways, but when they give up the yardage they did last week, they they want some improvement there. Yeah, it’s going to be a challenge, too, because Kenneth Walker, I think, is one of the most underrated running backs in the entire National Football League. They do use Zack Charbanet a little bit as well, but Walker is really the the the stir the the straw that’s, you know, stirs the drink and everything, which is ironic because Charbanet sounds like a sparkling beverage. And then you talk about their wide receivers, Smith and Jigba, is one of the best wide receivers in the league. And Cooper Cup, who if you if you’re on social media, was supposed to come here as we were told, uh, goes to Seattle, can still do it at a pretty high level, but obviously this is going to be through the the running game. And I think Kenneth Walker. Yeah, I think so much focused on Jackson Smith and Jigba that you’re right, you got to focus on slowing down Walker and Charbanet. Those two guys for Kansas City last week had more success against running against the Jags than they’ve had against almost any team so far this year. You can’t let that become a trend. Linebacker Foyer Oluin talking about the challenge of Sam Darnold this week. One of the most accurate passers in the National Football League, especially when he’s on the move. You know, you got to plaster, but we got to keep him in the pocket. Really finish the rushes. Make sure we bring him down when we get our hands on them. And then the uh in the coverage part, making sure that uh when they he does break contain, staying in uh the plaster we call it. Yeah, we experienced some of it uh last game, but we can do better at it for sure. You mentioned the run game, but the play action big for this group as well to get him out on the edge and then throw it down the field. 73% passing this year for Sam Darnold. Second straight year, Mike, he’s been on a roll. Yeah. Uh look, he’s been a different player. First six years though in the NFL, he was kind of a journeyman, right? And and couldn’t figure it out. Had a lot of talent. and here he is at the age of 28 and you feel like wow he’s playing like one of the better quarterbacks in the National Football League the completion percentage the quarterback rating u but um if you hit him he’s like any other quarterback right it’s this team that made him see ghosts infamously a few years back right I mean that that’s what you’ve got to see if you can pull out of Sam Darnold have him start to question himself a little bit and listen I still have PTSD from playing against a QB coach team in the Houston Texans back when I played I mean they’re just and you see the same thing in Seattle, they they run the football well and then they set that the play action up with that run. Everything looks exactly the same. So, as a defender, it’s so hard to get your key as on what they’re trying to do because well, when you see that the same formations, all looks the same. And linebacker Deon Lloyd off to an unreal start. Of course, five takeaways for the season, including four interceptions in the first five weeks. He knows what it takes to keep this pace as a team. Um, everybody’s just got to stay hungry and I think that’ll be pretty easy considering we know as a defense we were far from our best. You know, we were able to do enough to to get a win. I think um, offense played a hell of a game and so, you know, for us, I think it’s just getting back to the basics. You know, we got to be a lot better on defense and, um, we got a good opponent that we got to do it against. So, um, it’s going to start with practice. Five weeks, five takeaways for Lloyd. Let’s keep it going today. Right. I mean, yeah. Right. I look, he’s one of the leading contenders for defensive player of the year, which is absolutely amazing cuz we’ve talked about this in the last few weeks. It was just a month and a half ago that the Jags were listing him as a co-starter with Dentrell Miller and now he’s become our, you know, the most important player, the most impactful player that they’ve had on defense all year. It’s it’s really insane because nobody expected this, right? I mean, I I was under the campaign of, okay, well, is Benro Miller going to take some of his reps in the preseason and eventually lead towards the regular season? And now like you mentioned it, he he might be the defensive player of the year so far in this National Football League. So I think what you have to do going forward now and what he did so great in that Kansas City game. It’s the eye discipline, right? He literally just followed Pat Mahomes eyes to the interception, taking 99 yards, scored a touchdown. You got to have that same discipline now against Seattle because once again, that play action is going to kind of keep you off your game a little bit. There you have it. Some of the best sound of the week. This is the crucial catch game today. The Tom Coughlin J Fund will be well represented before the game. 41 childhood cancer patients and their families will be recognized on the field today just prior to the national anthem. And then yes, the first Duvall chant will be done today by Jay Fun patient Mila who is 12 years of age. So looking forward to that today. Uh Josh Hines Allen, his son Wesley is the honorary captain for the Jaguars today as well after his fight getting to ring the bell just a few weeks ago. So, plenty on uh the docket today for the crucial catch game. Stadium navigation update. Construction continues. Of course, gates one and four are now super gates. Access to the fan entertainment zone from both sides now and Dy’s place. The ramps inside gate one are coming down. So, the grand staircase or the escalators in the south end will get you to the main concourse. We’re closing in on inactives about 15 minutes away. 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Arizona though will be without quarterback Kyler Murray who’s dealing with a foot sprain. Veteran Journeyman Jacobe Brassette who played for the Colts a few years back gets a start for Arizona today. The 1-4 Tennessee Titans look to make it two in a row as they’re in Las Vegas to take on the equally 1-4 Raiders. Vegas on a four-game slide following a season opening win over New England that includes a 40-6 blowout at the hands of Indie last week. And speaking of the Titans, free agent wide receiver Trayon Burks planning to take a visit to Denver among other stops. The 25-year-old Burks was an all SEC receiver at Arkansas. The Titans made him the 18th overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft, but he only has 53 catches for 699 yards and one touchdown in his career to this point. Tennessee Wade Burks last week after he was medically cleared to return from a broken collar bone and that pick was a centerpiece in the deal that sent AJ Brown to Philadelphia. The two and three Houston Texans on a buy. They’ll travel to Seattle to play the Seahawks next week. 40-year-old Joe Flacco will start at quarterback for Cincinnati today, less than one week after being traded to the team from Cleveland. The Bengals are in Green Bay to take on the Packers. Flaco Oak today tries to become just the second quarterback to defeat a team twice in the same season with two different clubs. He’s expected to have Jamar Chase to throw to despite the wide receiver being listed as questionable with an illness. Uh it was back in 1962 as JP told me firsthand that Jack Kemp beat the New York Titans now the Jets. He was the starter for the Chargers and they got traded to the Bills that year. It’s the only time a QB has beaten the same team twice while playing for two different squads in the same year. Former Jaguars quarterback M. Jones will get his fourth start of the season as he leads the 4-1 49ers into Tampa to take on the 4-1 Buccaneers. Despite a 3-0 starting record this year with Jones at the helm, San Francisco GM John Lynch says no quarterback controversy brewing in the Bay Area. Brock Party will retake the starting reigns once he is healthy enough to play. And some of the bigname players that have already been ruled out of uh this week’s action due to injury included the Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, Raiders tight end Brock Bowers, 49ers quarterback Brock Pury, and wide receiver Ricky Pearl. And the Bucks trio of wide receivers Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and running back Bucky Irving. All unavailable today for Tampa Bay. I got to tell you, I didn’t think Jack Kemp was going to come up in this today. You know, you know many uh former quarterback congressman. Yeah, I he was going to He was a US representative, wasn’t he? For for years. For Yeah, long time. Probably decades, right? Honestly. What a pull, man. How about that? Nicely done. Also, shout out to Joe Flacco, who I feel like is kind of like the goodwill quarterback now of the AFC North. I mean, just kind of getting used by every single team. Um, you know, maybe eventually the Steelers might give him a call and he can, you know, finish. Seriousness, don’t you have to respect a guy who could sit on the sideline, hold a clipboard for a lot of clubs, and never take a hit? and he just wants to play, you know, he just wants to go out there and play football. So, good for him. There you have it. A look around the National Football League. Good news. If the Jaguars score in the third quarter during today’s game, you score free cheesecds courtesy of Culver’s. Keep listening to today’s broadcast for more information. And let’s get a view of the the opponent today. The Seattle Seahawks 3 and2. Dave Wyman has been the radio analyst for the Seahawks since 2017. The former linebacker, a second round pick of the Seahawks out of Stanford in ‘ 87. Played six years in Seattle. three more in Denver. He had plenty to say in our conversation this week about the Seahawks offense and how Sam Darnold is working. Yeah, it’s it’s really interesting kind of what especially the matchup last week of two sort of uh quarterbacks that lost their way and you know then got into a system that really helped them. And uh that’s that’s really what’s been the key I think for for Sam Darnold. And you know I was just going to do like a breakdown of him from the game the other day. He his pocket awareness is amazing and that’s one of the hardest things to do, you know, as a quarter. I wouldn’t know because I played linebacker, but you know, you you’ve got the sort of your whole world crashing around you. You’ve got defensive linemen and these big fire breathing dragons, you know, uh, pass rushing these days and you still have to keep your eyes downfield and that’s what he does really well. like he just kind of feels the pocket, finds the open uh crease and then, you know, delivers the the ball. And it it just he’s been very accurate. He had a couple of plays that were, you know, that kind of lost games, but it wasn’t his fault. I mean, he gets pushed into uh and fumbles the ball in game one against San Francisco, and then this last week he got hit, ball skips off of a helmet, and then um you know, he throws an interception. So, there’s a little bit of criticism for him because of that, but I don’t think those were his fault. and he looks like the the good Sam Darnold that everybody has seen. Dave Wyman with us, Seahawks radio analyst. You know, I called a game of Kenneth Walker the third in college at Michigan State where he scored five touchdowns in a game. Not quite. It was against Michigan. Uh he’s not quite to that level, but where is the run game for Seattle that helps balance all this out? Yeah, I think it’s still a work in progress and and really I mean I think K9 is the one that has stepped up and, you know, kind of shown to be the the number one. There are lots of times where I look at Charbanet, Zack Charbanet, the kid out of UCLA, and go, he might be a better back, you know, and I I as a former linebacker, um he’s a guy that can humiliate you, you know, if you if you try to take him on and you’re, you know, a little bit light in your stance, you’re going to get run over. No linebacker wants that. So, um yeah, they’re they’re kind of going back and forth. It’d be nice to to know who the sort of bellcow is, but um I think it’s working itself out and I think there’s a lot more good things to come in the run game, but uh I’d say so far it’s been just okay. Dave, let’s touch on this defense here and the run defense. I mean, the Jaguars are running the ball pretty well, but this is a group that really seems to make an emphasis early in the game that nothing’s getting past the front seven. How are they so effective against the run? Well, first of all, you just got three bullies up front. four really if you if you count uh Derek Hall, but you know, you you’ve got Jiren Reed and uh you know, you got Big Cat and Byron Murphy, the first rounder from a couple years ago. And those guys, you know, typically that was the problem against Tampa Bay, they didn’t get much pressure with just rushing four and they’ve kind of just rushed four. But, um, as far as, you know, stopping the run, those guys are just, I mean, you can’t double team them. Most of, you know, those three guys all can beat double teams and I’ve seen them do that pretty consistently this year. So then you got a really instinctive um linebacker in the middle, Ernest Jones, and he he’s a great leader. So yeah, I mean the the defense really struggled last week though. They did have a lot of backups in and uh you know, they were missing two of their better players, Julian Love and Devin Witherspoon. So those guys aren’t, you know, they’ll play up in the box every once in a while, but um yeah, just they just missed those guys. And I thought a lot of some of the backups for the Seahawks kind of showed why they were backups. What is the outside view, at least the Pacific Northwest view of the Jaguars now at 4- one. What stands out the most? That they’re a problem, you know, and we were all checking off our win loss before the the season and uh you know, of course, Jacksonville is a W and now all of a sudden you’re looking at it going, “Oh man, it you know, my very first um time broadcasting with Rabel uh the who’s the the voice of the Seahawks was 2017 in Jacksonville.” And it kind of reminds me of that that team a little bit in that, you know, they’d had poor records leading up to it and just had been just drafting baller after baller after baller and then, you know, they end up making making it to the AFC Championship game um against New England and lost that one. But um it kind of remind that’s what Jacksonville kind of looks like to me right now. You’ve got the linebacker Lloyd who has four interceptions. I mean that’s more than I had in my whole career. So, uh, and he’s done it in five games or four games. So, anyway, yeah, I mean, it looks like you just have a bunch of really good players and, uh, kind of reminds me of that time, uh, in Jaguar history where, you know, it was like the compilation of just a number of, you know, top 10, top 15 picks in the draft. That’s Dave Wyman. The exclusive extended interview with the Seahawks radio analyst and others today on the official Jaguars podcast network. Subscribe free wherever you download podcasts. Time for some keys to victory. Austin Lane, how do the Jaguars move to 5 and one with a win over the Seahawks? You know, I mean, this is everyone’s talking about the mentality of this, right? Seattle’s coming from the West Coast to the East Coast. Jacksonville’s coming off a very emotional win against the Kansas City Chiefs. I hate to break it to you, football’s always an emotional game, right? So, I we don’t buy into the whole narrative of, okay, are they going to underperform now? I think they have the coach in place to to make them accountable and play at a very high level. So, this game really comes down to Trevor Lawrence now and what he finds in the pass game, right? And I think with the with the loss of Brett Strange, which is huge for the next couple months or so, someone’s got to step up, right? We saw Brian Thomas Jr. start to step up a little bit in that Chiefs game. Can he keep producing? Can he kind of put, you know, the the pass behind him now and really be that dependable number one receiver? And do we see more Travis Hunter today as well? They’re very comparable teams. Seattle’s got, you know, a team that wants to run the football. The Jaguars want to run the football. But at the end of the day, man, I’m going to take the the mentality of Jacksonville to hopefully get this thing done. All right, there you have it. Have a great day. Appreciate you, man. Good to see you guys out there. Get a win today. You get a win today. I’m going to go have some uh breakfast sausage in the parking lot. Go for it. It smelled way too good walking in here, man. Bring some up. Yeah. Yeah. Don’t judge me about anything. Okay. I know. Not at all. That’s a I would do the same thing. Sounds good, man. Uh have a good one. Austin Lane joining us each and every week on the public’s tailgate show. Up next, we’ll have the inactives and yes, a pregame conversation with Kanani Stevens and John Oer. And we are closing in an hour and a half now from the one o’clock kickoff time for the Seahawks and the Jaguars in week six. This is the public tailgate show on Jaguars Radio. The kick is up. It’s good. Field goals for Firehouse Subs are back. That means when the Jags score from deep, you do too. Anytime the Jags score a field goal that’s 40 yards or more, you can get a free medium sub with a purchase of any other medium sub online or in the app for 4 days following the game. So cheer on the Jags. 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Everbank Stadium, Jacksonville, the site. Beautiful sunsplash day. It’s a 1:00 kickoff time. And today’s game is presented by Florida Blue. Proud to be the exclusive health insurance provider and support the Jacksonville community as the official community partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The inactives are in. And here are the players down today for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Khalif Hasi, the safety, is not playing today. Cody Schrader added back to the active roster but inactive for today’s game. Yasir Abdullah linebacker is out again today. Robert Hany offensive lineman the center will not play today. So Jon Jonah Manheim expected to get the start today. His first in his NFL career played well down the stretch in last week’s game in relief of Hannes has a hamstring issue. And then Colin Saunders senior the defensive tackle inactive again for the Jaguars today. Mike. All right. Uh for the Seahawks, it’s the guys that were doubtful that you were keeping an eye on in that secondary, and all three of those players are out today. Reek Woolen had already been downgraded to out prior to today. Uh Devin Witherspoon and Julian Love join him as inactives today. Offensive lineman Josh Jones had already been ruled out for this game as well. Linebacker Derek Hall will not suit up. Nick Kowler up, a tight end reserve, is not available. And Jaylen Milro will act as the third emergency quarterback for Seattle. There you have it. The inactives are in. And from the backyard to the beaches, the Ford F-150 with available Pro Power on board, gives you the power of a mobile generator. Ford, proud partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. See your local Ford dealer today. Let’s head to Everbank Stadium and welcome in Jaguars reporter Kanani Stevens. Jaguars.com senior writer John Oer. They are inside the Heritage of North Florida broadcast booth for the Seahawks and the Jaguars. Perfect day for football and a fantastic matchup today. Good morning. How are we doing? Good morning. It is perfect outside. I don’t use that term loosely at all. I don’t think it’s I mean this another argument. Football weather is a little colder for me normally, but this is perfect to sit out as a fan and watch this game today. Yeah, even I’m in a good mood, JP. Wow. What about that? Whoa. That’s how good the weather is. Hold the phone. Wait a minute. This is Never mind. I’m not. Okay. No, I figured not. Uh, all right. So, let’s start with the inactives today. Hes down. Manheim is in. This is a group the last two weeks. the offensive line that have had backup players come in midame cold and play well and it seems in a lot of ways that this group has define success when it is there for the offense this season. Yeah, it’s uh it’s been remarkable. an area that was an area of focus and not only have the starters played well, uh, you know, the mark of a really good offensive line is when you lose guys or you have guys in and out and you don’t really notice and and that was what Jonah Manheim was last week and uh, you know, from talking to people inside the building, Kai, there is zero concern about Jonah Manheim today. And I mean, obviously the rookie thing, there’s a little, okay, we’re going to watch the rookie, but uh this guy’s going to start on this team eventually. And uh I I they expect him to play well. I think that’s part of what we talked about on Jagam is, you know, drafting to have them play and contribute right away. That was the plan longterm. Of course, they have Haney here, not trying to replace anybody, but if they need need be, which it has arisen, he’s able to step in Jonah Manheim and and be effective right out of the gate. Add a new position for him as well at center. I think also we’ve heard the term versatility a lot, but to see it actually kind of come to fruition, right? You’ve heard, oh, he can play anywhere on the line, but now it’s getting to the point, as John mentioned, where someone can go in at guard or or tackle and and move people around and you do not notice like they’ve been able to protect Trevor very well. The run game has been consistent and to have the vers the true versatility that this offensive line has is something we have not seen here in quite some time. And one thing to remember guys about Mannheim, if they had been worried about Mannheim as a rookie center, he would have been inactive in the first four or five games. When you’re, you know, when you have him up, uh, you know, you’re one snap away at that position. So, it’s a little bit of a different dynamic with other linemen. Uh, they’re very comfortable with him playing. Go ahead, Mike. I’m sorry. No, that’s all right. Uh, just wanted to, uh, move it on to Trevor Lawrence here. Coming off a very impressive performance, a little bit of a slow start on Monday night. Uh, Jags found themselves in a 14 to nothing hole. Is the momentum from week to week real though? Because, you know, last week was a lot of relying on his running ability. Today looks like a day he’s going to have to take advantage of a depleted secondary for Seattle. If he plays well in the first quarter, it’s real. I mean, it’s it it it’s so week to week, but I do think that there is confidence to be gained. And I don’t know if it’s momentum, but there was a different feel in terms of after a couple of mistakes the other night. It just kind of felt Kai like he said, “You know what? Enough’s enough. I mean, I’m going to figure out a way to win this and it really doesn’t matter how it looks.” Uh, and you know, you want it to look better in the passing game. I think it has to going forward. But I think that part does carry forward. And you can tell that the momentum for Trevor when he’s feeling that in a game does carry over for him because he gets kind of in a zone. And I think what John mentioned as well, he’s not putting pressure on himself to say, “Oh, I have to make these exact throws.” Like, “Oh, it’s not there. I’m going to run, get myself a first down, then I can kind of recalibrate, restart, uh, get this offense going in a different way.” And having that flexibility now in the offense, maybe he didn’t have that in the past. It was more make this throw here. Um, so he has that flexibility now. And listen, it was ugly. He fell down a couple times before he made it into the end zone. still six points. You know, I I appreciate it. I appreciate finding a way and winning when you’re not playing your best. That is something that good football teams do and they’ve done that so far through the first five weeks. Penani Stevens, John Oer joining us from the broadcast booth at Everbank Stadium ahead of the Seahawks Jaguars matchup. And now to this Jaguars defensive matchup today against a Seahawks offense that is running at a very high clip this year. They can run the ball effectively. The play action game is there. Sam Darnold is one of the most consistent passers in the league this year, 73%. And it’s amazing like this has become not only just a one-off, but it’s kind of a trend in the league now. Baker Mayfield, retread, couple different spots, former high pick now having success and now Sam Darnold for the second straight year on a different team is having it as well. Is this just a blip or is this like a trend for the future? Oh, I think it’s going to be a trend for the future because I think the league is set up right now where there is so much focus and such a quick trigger reaction. Liam talked about it a little bit. I’m sure you guys heard it, but there’s such a quick trigger reaction to these uh early picks that I don’t think there’s any question there’s going to be a trend of, okay, the fans and the team gave up on this guy after 15 games as a starter or whatever the number is as a starter. There’s absolutely going to be teams who can go to their fan base now, which that’s a part of it for some teams and say, “Hey, you know, we can pick up this quote retread with they won’t call it a retread in the presser, Kai, but but and they can sell that because Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield made it work. Um, it’s such a copycat league. I don’t think there’s any question you’re going to see that.” There’s a couple aspects to it. I love to see it because I love an underdog story, right? when you can see someone that maybe hasn’t had the best situation, they go a change of scenery can do wonders and getting a right fit for somebody. We’ve seen that obviously uh Liam Cohen talked a little bit about his time with Baker touched on, you know, high expectations that if you don’t come out and completely light the world on fire, your first rookie year, then people feel like you’re a failure just because of the position you’re drafted in. That’s not always realistic. It’s just not. Um I know quarterback’s a position that everybody has, you know, very high expectations for and that’s fair. That’s kind of how your football team goes is how your quarterback goes. But to see these quarterbacks that you know maybe were cast off before also we talked about being able to go and maybe you’re on practice squad, maybe you’re the backup. You’re going to these other environments until you’re kind of getting more comfortable and then you can be your best. There’s so many talented players that have probably been, you know, kind of brushed off to the side because they didn’t have success right off the bat. So to be able to see that at the quarterback position that and as much as everybody switches at the quarterback position, that’s clearly something we’re going to see going forward. Uh guys, we got used to highlevel play from Brenton Strange for the first month of the season. How do they make up for his absence? Well, I think it’s be I think it’s got to be uh by committee and I think it’s got to be from other spots in the offense. I don’t think you can realistically think they’re going to be as good uh a run blocking team at the tight end position as they were with Britain Strange because he’s as good as there is right now in the league. I mean, he’s playing at that high a level. Uh they like Munt, they like Morris, and they like uh Hunter Long. Hunter Long’s been a good player in the red zone for him. So, I think they can do it by committee, but uh it’s to me he’s one of the best four or five players on this team. And when you lose one of the best four or five players, you can’t realistically replace that dynamic. And it’s tough because as as you mentioned, he does multiple things well. He’s a pass catcher and he’s a blocker. So, it feels like you’re almost doing it with a couple different people by committee or or just kind of shifting the offense a little. I think sometimes Trevor can look to Brenson because he’s the most confident that he’s going to catch the football. Right. We’ve been talking for weeks about needing to get Brian Thomas Jr. more involved earlier in the game and Travis Hunter is evolving as well. I think maybe here’s an opportunity today where the pass game should be a should be there for them and to get them all involved a little bit more and spread things out because as much as the run game is good and and we’ve established that early, uh they need to get the pass game going at some point. So maybe use this as an opportunity to find some different targets. Yeah, guys. Uh, strange or no strange, I I uh you know, you never know before a game, but to me, if they don’t throw the ball well today, uh it’s going to be really tough for him to win. They have to hit some big plays to me and they have to have uh I guess maybe their best day in the passing game. I was going to say best Trevor played well against Cincinnati and had drops, but overall they have to have their best game in the passing game uh to me for them to win. Yeah, front seven really strong and stout against the run for uh the Seahawks defense. Real quick on the Jags defense, how many takeaways today? We’ve come to the point where it’s not if they’re going to get takeaways, how many in this game? Um, you know, they got Darnold three times last year, so you know, crazy. He can be gotten. Uh, but I think they need at least one, you know, and uh, so I’ll go two, Kai. Just for the sake of the segment, I’ll go two. All right, I go three cuz I’m I’m a one uper, so why not? Okay. Well, I just got one uped. We’ll we’ll hold you to it. We’ll hold you to it today, both of you. Uh, thanks a lot, y’all. Kai Stevens, John Oer joining us from the broadcast booth. Catch them on Jags AM Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings on Jaguars.com. Skard’s coming home. They’re bringing the Stars and Stripes with them. Celebrate Southern Rock and American Pride with Leonard Skannard Rocks Red, White, and Blue. A special night to support St. Michael’s soldiers. It’s Saturday, November 8th at Dy’s Place. Get your tickets now at dailiesplace.com or call 9046332000. We’re closing in on Jaguars radio network coverage countdown to kickoff starts at noon. Up next, a fantasy forecast and Frankie in the broadcast booth ahead of the Seahawks Jaguars in week six, a 1:00 kickoff time. This is the Publix tailgate show on Jaguars radio. It’s game time, Jaguars fans. This season, feed your fandom with the Jaguar Sub from Publix, the official supermarket of your Jacksonville Jaguars. Wow. 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To learn more, visit jaguars.com/forward together. This is the public tailgate show. JP Shadrick, Mike Dempsey from the Hyundai studios at the Miller Electric Center. The Seattle Seahawks 3 and2 and the Jacksonville Jaguars 4 in one. It’s a 1:00 kickoff time at Everbank Stadium. Today’s game is presented by Florida Blue. Proud to be the exclusive health insurance provider and support the Jacksonville community as the official community partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. And we’re closing in on Countdown to Kickoff on the Jaguars Radio Network. Before that, let’s get a fantasy forecast from Mike Dempsey. All right, one game in progress in London. Not exactly an offensive uh showing here. 11 to 10. The Jets lead Denver. The Jets picking up a safety after Denver got penalized for holding in their own end zone. The lone touchdown came on a Bo Knick. 16yd pass to Nate Atkins. Nobody’s playing Nate Atkins in their fantasy league. Uh Nicks has thrown for 125 yards with that score. He’s also Denver’s leading rusher. Three carries for 26. JK Dobbins has 19. So nothing really doing on the ground for the Broncos. Evan Ingram, the former Jag, four catches for 30 yards. The leading receiver in this game. Justin Fields threw for a total of 17 yards in the first half. He’s now up to a whopping 38 with seconds left in the third quarter. Uh Bree Hall’s run 17 times, 2 and 1/2 yards a pop, good for only 43. So, nothing really doing that exciting fantasy-wise in this early uh game with about one quarter to go. Again, Jets leading at 11 to 10. Uh elsewhere in the early window today, we know that Kyler Murray has been ruled out for the Arizona Cardinals. So, that’s a blow for the Jags as they’re taking on the Indianapolis Colts. Will root for Jacobe Brassette, the former Colt to help take down his former team. Zay Jones is active today for the Cardinals. He had been questionable coming in LA Chargers at Miami. Quinton Johnston was questionable coming in having a terrific season. He has been ruled out this morning. So Keenan Allen uh and lad Macy will lead the way in the receiving core for the Chargers. New England at New Orleans. Alvin Chimera uh dealing with a little bit of an injury. They say no big deal. He is active today. Should lead the back field with Kendra Miller backing him up for the Saints. Calvin Austin the third ruled out for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The only one of significance in the Cleveland Pittsburgh game. Dallas and Carolina. A lot of guys not playing today. We knew CD Lamb would be out. Cavonte Turpin misses another week. The Cowboys plays Miles Sanders on injured reserve this weekend. So, rookie Jaden Blue moves up to the number two spot behind Javvante Williams in that backfield. Chuba Hubard has been ruled out for Carolina. So, a revenge game narrative is shaping up for Rico D who went over 200 yards last week filling in for Hubard. He gets another start today. Jatavian Sanders, Jaylen Coker will not be active for the Panthers. LA Rams at Baltimore at 1:00. No Lamar Jackson, although the Ravens will have Z Flowers, Cooper Rush expected to get his second consecutive start. 22 Atwell and Kobe Parkinson ruled out for the Rams in that one. Uh guys we’re keeping an eye on this afternoon. We know the Raiders Brock Bowers is not available. Um so get him out of your lineup if he’s in there. Jamar Chase is questionable with an illness. Expected though to be able to go for Cincinnati. Christian Watson had his practice window activated today. He’s not ready to come off IR. So he’s been ruled out for San Fran. Really where the injuries are kicking in this afternoon though. San Fran at Tampa Bay. Uh Jawan Jennings is questionable to go. M. Jones should start for the team. He was officially questionable. But no Brock Pury, no Ricky Pearl, George KD still not activated off IR. And on the Buck side, no Mike Evans, no Chris Godwin, no Bucky Irving. And despite that, they still put up 38 points last week with basically not much of a contribution from anybody except minimal from Chris Godwin. So, uh, and nothing of note tonight for Sunday Night Football with the Lions at the Chiefs. All right, the fantasy forecast is in the Seahawks and the Jaguars coming up in the Jags broadcast booth is presented by Heritage of North Florida. Jacksonville’s premier roofing and remodeling company. Let’s head there now at Everbank Stadium. Frank Ramsey joining us on a picture perfect day for football here on the First Coast. Uh sunny and and I think fall has arrived. Frank, good good morning. Good morning JP to you and Mike. And yes, it has. It was rainy all week and I kept hoping that rain would burn off, right? And all of a sudden on game day, it’s absolutely perfect. A little cooler cooler this morning. And God, it’s a You’re right JP. Beautiful day for football. Can’t wait. All right. This Jags team is 4 in one. There’s confidence, but there’s still a hint of disappointment in some of their performances last week on Monday Night Football. It’s a good place to be when you’re 4- one and still have plenty to critique. Yeah, that’s the bottom line is the team’s winning. They they’ve had as fewer losses as anybody in the league. uh yet yet they can do things better. I and I and I think we all agree with that JP. I think there’s the passing game hasn’t found a rhythm yet. The offense has been a little bit clunky from time to time. Uh last week there wasn’t a very good pass rush. So there’s things that didn’t go well and your team’s still winning. So no, I I think that’s where they are. The the other side of that is this is a hard four game stretch at San Francisco, home against Kansas City, home against Seattle, uh the Rams in London. That’s four good teams. Hey man, you’re 2 and0 in that four game stretch. uh and and a great chance to win again today. So, they love where they are and they can do more. No question. Yeah, I’m with you, Frank. You can’t get that mindset of though we’re ahead of where we need to be. We’re playing with house money. Everyone very important for this team. They got a great opportunity to get the passing game on track today with three starters down in the Seahawks secondary. Do you think this is a big day for the Jags passing game? I think it has to be. I heard what Johnny O said earlier and I think Mike, he’s dead on. It’s going to be hard to run. Even though the Jags are very good at running, one of the better running teams in the league, the numbers don’t lie. Seattle is third in the league against the rush, and they’re 25th in the league against the pass. And now they’re down some guys in the back end. They’ve got a very good defensive front. We’ve been talking about that all morning. And and their back end has got some new guys and some old guys and some different guys. I can’t imagine that the Jags won’t try and uh try and expose them a little bit and take advantage of the deep ball a little bit. They haven’t they haven’t had a consistent vertical passing game. But yes, Mike, I got to believe this is a game you really try to find that. You really do this game. Is this Travis Hunter’s biggest game as a pro yet today? It’s getting there. We’re getting there, right, JP? We’re getting there. Yeah, I think so. I wouldn’t be surprised because he runs vertical routes. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Brian Thomas Jr. really step up. I see some balls over the top, man. And and yes, I think Travis Hunter and Brian, I’m looking for both of them down the field a little bit today. I really am. Yeah, Frank. A good defensive front for the Seahawks, but I don’t sense any concern with the seventh round rookie likely to start at center and Jonah Mahheim today. Wasn’t that great? I heard Jeff talking about it earlier. I I got to talk to Tony a little bit during the week about that. They loved him in the draft. I can tell you when they took him in the seventh round, Mike, they told me, listen, I know he’s a seventh rounder, but we love this guy. He easily beat out Luke Forner in PRA in in camp. and they said all along if they needed to put him in they’d be okay. He was good last week. Now he didn’t play very didn’t have to play very long cuz it happened near the end of the game. I Mike, I don’t think they have any concerns at all. I I think the whole playbook’s there as we were talking about earlier. I don’t think they’re worried about that spot, which is amazing. A rookie period at that spot and a lowdrafted rookie. But I’m telling you, Mike, I don’t think they worry about that at all. I really don’t. Yeah, you probably heard it like I did, Frank. I mean, not only did they love him, they had him the number one rated center in the entire draft, and we’re not planning on going offensive line and just thought he’s too good a value sitting here in the seventh round. So, you take good players uh like they did. But I I think it just highlights this offensive line has seemed interchangeable. Not that the the starters are not playing well, but there hasn’t seemed to be a drop off whenever they need to go to the bench. And they’ve done a great they’ve bonded. We were Jeff and I were watching earlier and we’re watching Robert Hany who’s not going to play today working with Jonah Mannheim on his on on his shotgun snaps working with him practicing with him. There’s a bond between these guys. They’ve done a great job. Sean Sz done a great job building this thing. The offensive line is a good group. You know, we talk about these rooms, Mike, the offensive line room and and it’s a family and and they hang out together and we’ve always heard that. I think this group really is that. I I I think there’s depth. I think they play for each other. I think they’ve the coach has done a great job with them and I think I expect the offensive line to be good again today. I really do. Frankie from the broadcast booth ahead of the Seahawks and Jaguars. But now the Seahawks offense one of the most efficient in football. They’re basically 50/50 split as even as you can come in the run and passing game this year. Um and they’ve got Sam Darnold throwing it at 73% when he does throw it. And they’ve got a running game to go with it. Where do you begin on defense today against Darnold and the Seahawks offense? He’s playing really well, JP. Sam Darnold is third in the league in passer rating with a 114.8. That’s really good this this far into the season. They got him from Venod for a reason. They liked him. He’s playing really well. I do think we saw it last year when he didn’t play very well here with the Vikings. If you can move him off his spot a little bit, he’s a different quarterback. Now, every quarterback’s better when they can sit back there. I know that. But some quarterbacks are better off schedule than others. I don’t think he’s one of them. So, I think if you can harass him, I’ll be I’ll be very interested JP to see how Trayvon Walker plays with that club. Uh what they do, what what kind of pressures they come up with cuz I think the key I agree with you, Kenneth Walker is a really good back. Jackson Smith and Jigba is a really good receiver. They’ve got good weapons, uh their offense has been good this year. But I think if you can move Darnold around a little bit, I think that’s the key for the Jags today. And I think that’s mission number one. All right, Frank, have a great call today. Appreciate it. All right, fellas. Thank you. 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We lost because we wore white socks
Knock it off lol