June 2, 2023 • 20 mins
WR Calvin Ridley feels rejuvenated, LB Devin Lloyd looks for a strong second season, plus how the addition of K Brandon McManus could help the Jaguars offensive strategy on the Week in Review Podcast, presented by TIAA Bank.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
This is the Jaguars Broadcast Weekend Review podcast presented by
TIAA Bank. I'm JP Shadwick with the best of the
week from Jags Radio, Jaguars dot Com, and our social
channels Jaguars Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. It's Friday, June second,
and let's start with the addition of tenth year kicker
Brandon McManus and the trade of kicker Riley Patterson to
(00:25):
the Lions. We hear from McManus and review with Bucky
Brooks and John Oser on the Huddle Up Podcast. There's
a new kicker in Brandon McManus, cut from the Broncos,
tenth year pro signed by the Jags. In his previous
nine years, eighty one percent kicker forty of seventy two
from fifty plus. So why Jacksonville for McManus.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
One of the team's up and coming. Yeah, I'm winning
THEFC South last year, Agett. Yeah, that's an incredible comeback
in the playoff game as well. That's been a long
time since I've been in the playoffs, you know, my
first two years in the league, and you know, a
chance to get back there. You know, everyone dreams of
kicking game winning field goals are descrept but it's also
even better to be in the playoffs doing those things.
And so I thrive on those scenarios, and so I
(01:09):
wanted to come to a team. Obviously I watched Doug
you know when when the Super Bowl with the Eagles,
and so the great tradition he's got, you know, building
here and a great organization, a great place to live,
you know, for me, my family, And I said, I
was trying to bring my leadership and my tenure here
to put us over the edge.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
His career long sixty one yards that came in Los
Angeles on the road in twenty twenty one. But he's
over his career better on the road than he was
in Denver, oddly enough, percentage wise, eighty five percent on
the road and field goals seventy nine percent a mile hog, John.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Bucky, you know you're not in Douvall. You're out in
LA paying big time state taxes. So what was your reaction?
You know there has been a reaction among some here
just shocked at this. To me, this was a very
(02:05):
logical move once McManus came available.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Tell me what you thought of it?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
No, I mean, I think you're always trying to get better.
I think what people have to understand, whatever happened the
previous year doesn't mean that you're guaranteed the spot the
next year. Roley Patterson came through with a clutch kick,
a handful of kicks, but Doug always wanted better, always
wanted to upgrade. What you want is someone who is
nails when the ball reaches the thirty five or the
forty yard line. You want to be able to attack
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those three points up on the board and feel good
about it. There's something about having a veteran who has
done in the way that McManus has done it that
is comforting to the coaching staff. Also, you heard, like
just in terms of people talking about kickoff, you know
the new rule with the kickoff, like in fair catches.
In those things, you want to be able to use
(02:51):
all aspects of the kicking game to your advantagement. Manus
gives you an opportunity to do that, and Rolly Patterson
did some great things there. But if you have an
opportunity to upgraded position, you're always looking the upgrade position.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, I liked Riley Patterson. I thought that as you
watch kickers over the course of time doing this twenty
five years, there are kickers that you feel like are
moving toward being nails. I feel like Riley's got a
shot at that. His leg strength probably about four or
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five yards less than you would like it. That's a guess.
It's not an analytical thing. But it felt like they
were not in field goal range a little longer than
a lot of teams, if that makes any sense. I
didn't say that, well, but they'd get a little closer
to be within his range where he felt like he
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was nails.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Huddle Up runs each Wednesday on the Official Jaguars Podcast network.
Special teams coordinator He's Farwell, met the media Tuesday and
discussed how the McManus deal went down and the impact
the veteran kicker could have.
Speaker 6 (03:58):
We're excited to get him. I mean, had a fantastic
job last season for us. He was a big part
of some big games for us, you know, one of
the biggest games in Jaguars history.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
But getting the opportunity to add Brandon Brandon, you know,
he had reached out to me, So it was a
guy that wanted to play here. I think that just
kind of gives you the picture of where the culture's gone,
you know, when you have players that are free agents
after getting released and say, hey, coach, I would love
to play here. Uh, just a testament what Coach Peterson's
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done with the with the overall team, what it's like
to be here.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (04:33):
So it's a guy that wanted to be here, and
then it was an opportunity to get better as a
as a group. You know, I said, Riley did a
really good job. But this is a guy that gives
us a lot more flexibility, not only on kickoffs, uh,
to be able to pin him deep and do some
different stuff. But it gives this a longer uh you know,
kickoff line on Sundays.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (04:52):
You know, at times later in the season, some of
those lines got shorter. With Riley, this won't be an issue.
And and and I think that'll free us up to
potentially maybe not go for one when it's a longer,
longer distance on fourthd down. Maybe that's three points that
we could take advantage of.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
So it just gives us a.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
Lot more flexibility to add to a very good kicker,
one of the best kickers in the league to our roster.
We had to take advantage of advantage of it, especially
if a guy wanted to be here.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
Did you know him going back and cross, I've.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
Never I've never had the opportunity to coach him. I
have met him pregames and stuff like that, had some conversations,
So it was a it was a pleasant surprise when
I got a phone call from him.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
But like I said, any time someone wants to come
here and and it and it helps us be a
better football team, we have to explore it. We have
to look into it, and if it helps us just
one percent better, We're gonna do it.
Speaker 8 (05:47):
Coach, I tremendous difference with where you will let him
kick from as opposed to watching him kick.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
And mile how with that aptoritude to translate to Jackson
a little bit.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
I mean, it's definitely the altitude is you know, is
a big advantage.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
But you know, I've watched this guy.
Speaker 6 (06:02):
I've watched you know, most of his kicks over his career,
and he's had many kicks of sixty plus away from
mile high, including in Seattle last year, a sixty four
yarder that had the distance. And my background in Seattle
kicking towards that end zone, the open end zone in
Seattle is a tough place to kick, so he still
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has that elite leg strength that in mile High maybe
help him a little bit, but he'll he'll this weather
here is good enough, He'll he'll be able to kick
some long kicks if we ask him to do it
this same of year.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
What you look for from the guys in the roster
to sandasday, help me as a gunner or a core guy,
or what do you see this sac year?
Speaker 6 (06:40):
I mean, I think the buy in is the biggest.
So the guys who come to my office voluntarily are
on their own. The guys who stay after practiced and
wanted to drool, work on, you know, by themselves and
ask questions.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
I think that's the biggest thing. How much is the.
Speaker 6 (06:53):
Buy in because a lot of these players haven't played
a ton of special teams in college, so getting the
opportunity to kind of see what that looks like and
then can it translate to our game. You know a
lot of these guys have never protected a punt pro
they do the spread punts in college, so can they
do a kickslide in the National Football League?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Can they do a gunner release for as a vice?
Speaker 6 (07:14):
Those are things they've never seen, never done, So I
think those are things that show up. Can they learn
our techniques? Can they do the NFL what they're going
to be asked to do in the NFL and teach
them the tools of it? Can they do it just
preparing them for training camp, because that's really when it's
going to get competitive.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Another special teams change around the league the new fair
catch rule on kickoffs. NFL owners voted it in last week.
It's essentially the same rule as in college football, where
returners can call for a fair catch on kickoffs and
the ball comes out to the twenty five yard line.
I asked head coach Doug Peterson in his weekly press
conference the impact the rule change could have on the league,
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and if any on the Jaguars strategy.
Speaker 9 (07:54):
Actually, Heath and I've had had conversations on I don't
think it's going to change a ton. I believe it
could be a possibility if it's a you know, maybe
a bad weather game, you know, the winds blowing, rainy, snowy,
you know, uh, fourth quarter and maybe uh, you know,
(08:16):
you take you take an opportunity to take the ball
to twenty five as opposed to trying to run. There's
there's some there are some strategy things. I don't know
if it's going to change a whole lot. You know,
teams that have dynamic returners like like we do. You know,
that's something that Heath and I as a game plan
goes each week. You know, we have to decide do
we want to let Agnew run him out like he
did towards the end of the season last year and
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try to get out I think our kickoff return average
was just north of the twenty five yard line a
little bit anyway last year. So if you can do
that with a dynamic guy, I don't think it'll change
too much around the league, other than maybe some some
weather or some some you know, strategic situations that could
pop up.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Did you do it later in the season because of
attrition and injuries.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
Across the board?
Speaker 9 (09:03):
I mean you'd have to take a look at that
you're talking about from our opponent. Yeah, I mean that
and sometimes too. I mean, you know, he's a dynamic guy,
and you see the explosive, explosive miss you know with
Jamal and it's it's like your quarterback. You don't want
to take the ball out of his hands if you
don't have to, and and he can you know, he
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can hit a big return for you if he gets
you up to the forty or midfield. I mean, that's
that's huge, especially in a in a clutch situation at
the end of the game.
Speaker 7 (09:35):
For ki quarterback out of Hay coach that was an
NFL quarterback.
Speaker 9 (09:41):
I think any quarterback who who was who was coached
by a former player, you know, who played the position,
I think can help. I think there's some some things
that you can you can help especially in you know,
in this case a young quarterback. You know, you know,
we did it obs with Carson in you know, early
(10:03):
on with Frank and myself both have played the position
at this level, and then obviously now with Trevor here
and you know and some of the some of the
other guys. You know, you look at Frank and Carolina
now with his opportunity again with the young quarterback. So
having played it, yeah, I can it can help. But
you know you still have to go practice at coach
(10:23):
and you know, show show them just how to how
to play the position.
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nine oh four six three three two thousand. Wide receiver
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Calvin Ridley continues to trend toward being fully ready for
the twenty twenty three regular season. Of course, he's been
away from the game for a while, playing only five
games back in twenty twenty one, and then E league
suspension kept him out all last season. He was asked
after Tuesday's practice if he feels rejuvenated.
Speaker 10 (12:10):
Do you feel now that you're back on the field
running around, do you feel rejuvenated a little bit?
Speaker 4 (12:15):
I mean, yeah, I was at home for a year.
I'm juice suff man.
Speaker 11 (12:18):
I want to be out there. But like I said,
you know, I thank god I'm around a good you know,
a bunch of good people, a good program, and they
know how to do this, because I mean, you let
me do it myself, I'll tire myself out by the
time the seasons here. So you know, I got a
lot of good people here have been working out with,
you know, a lot of good you know screent staff
and man, I'm excited about where I'm at right now.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
How's your relationship bend with Christian?
Speaker 6 (12:40):
Help welcoming and he been because you know sometimes you know,
when you get the number one guy come, you know,
that can always be a little awkward sometimes.
Speaker 12 (12:48):
You know.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
I know Kurt since high school.
Speaker 11 (12:50):
I mean, and we actually communicated early on when we
first met each other. So, I mean a dude like that,
He's never going to feel some type of way. I'm
never going to feel some type with so is that
We're not gonna feel in any type of way because
we're all, you know, competing toward the same thing. I mean,
trying to go to playoff, super Bowl, et cetera. And
I know, I mean if we do that, I mean,
I know all of us had something to do with it.
(13:11):
And you know, you know, you're building working together. You know,
I want to make him better, He want to make
me better. If he's doing good, I know I'm doing good,
he's doing good. You know, it all works on pushing each.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Other on the other side of the all.
Speaker 12 (13:23):
How has it been gone up against a guy like
Tyson Campbell?
Speaker 11 (13:25):
Yeah, it has been good. Man, I'm trying to learn these guys.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
Man.
Speaker 11 (13:28):
You know, I haven't been in that competitive you know,
for a while, but I'm been trying to learn these guys.
You know what they do and they good long, fast,
so I've just been trying to learn them. I'm excited
to be on their team and uh, you know, working
against us. I mean, I know they're gonna be ready,
and obviously they had great year, a great year last year,
so I'm.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Excited now to the defense. Linebacker Devin Lloyd had an
up and down rookie season. He was the NFL Defensive
Rookie of the Month of September, but then a month
or so later he was out of the lineup. He
finished a little stronger in December down the stretch. This
offseason is key for him to take that year two
step forward, and he has plenty of players to lean
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on for advice as to how to handle it.
Speaker 12 (14:09):
For sure. I'm talking to all the guys on the team,
I mean pretty much the whole D line, LB room,
a few dv's, I mean, everybody, you know. I'm just
talking to them asking what they're going to do their offseason,
kind of formulating, Okay, how do I want mine to
look based on you know, my work ethic and you
know what my body can handle. But for sure, you know,
I think I handled the off season the right way
for it being my first one.
Speaker 10 (14:30):
And then just last thing, I know you talk about,
you know, guys, maybe moving around a little bit. Doug
mentioned that maybe you would be used as a as
a pass rusher a little bit more this year. Just
thinking about your time at Utah, you were doing that
a lot. How comfortable are you, you know, kind of
transitioning that a little bit more maybe this year?
Speaker 12 (14:47):
Yeah, very very comfortable. I really describe myself as an athlete.
You know, I'm a football player, but I'm also an athlete,
So I take pride in being able to move around.
You know, I'll say that since day one too, I could.
I feel like I can play any were in the
front seven, in the back end. I played tight end too,
So I mean just being on the line of scrimmage,
you know, pass rushing, I think it's gonna be very
(15:09):
good for me. And you know, still something I got
to get better at, just like everywhere in football, I
got to get better at just about every area. But
the reps are gonna help.
Speaker 7 (15:17):
I know, you talked a little bit about this. I
talked to Trayvon two and he said, this was the
first break he'd ever had from football. Was this the
first break head, like a good chunk of time you'd
ever had where you weren't playing football this offseason?
Speaker 12 (15:27):
Yes, it was. This is the first offseason where you know,
I took more than two weeks off at a time,
just because you know, I've never been the type to,
you know, take too much time off, but especially coming
from last year, this year, I needed it, like I
actually needed a refresher. I mean, the season was so long,
you know, the days were long, the season was long.
So that's why I just kept telling myself, and you know,
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I didn't feel too bad about it, because you know, mentally,
you need that recharge.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Let's close this week with rookie tackle Anton Harrison visiting
with senior writer John Osier on the ozone podcast. Take
us through a few topics, starting with Harrison's family support system.
Speaker 8 (16:05):
My family's been behind me my whole career, the ones
who got me into doing this. You know, growing up
I was that I was the basketball guy in the family.
So I love playing basketball. I love football too. I
was always watching football and things like that. But I said,
my father he played football old miss, so he started
off for all of us and then just watching him
and watching how he did things. He always just pushed
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us growing up, me and my brothers, so just growing
in love for the game and how we carry ourselves.
So that family's big. We're a close family. Everybody's supporting
each other. So definitely a big part of like where
I am now.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
I got you and tell me your impressions of Jacksonville.
You've been down here a little bit, it's gonna be
home to you. I guess now.
Speaker 8 (16:47):
Yeah, I say, I love Jacksonville. It's say it's fitting
for me. It's a good place to be, good weather,
it's not too crazy. But if you want to get
out a little bit, you get out do what like
the beach and things like that. So I said, that's
what I like. Dumb, a chill guy. So you got
the good views and things like that. So definitely somewhere
that I'm glad to be.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
What did you know about the Jaguars before and what
are your impressions now?
Speaker 8 (17:13):
So I say from watching them a lot last season,
a young, exciting team, real explosive. Know that they're up
and up. So me being drafted by Jacksonville, I was
excited to get here, knowing that it's a young team,
excited team growing only getting better from here, great coaches.
So I said that was big when I seen that
nine oh four area code call my phone, and I
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was just happy.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Brandon Sheriff, I assume you guys are getting to know
each other a little bit. Yeah, what or how important
do you feel like it's going to be have a
veteran of his leadership and his experience next to you.
Speaker 8 (17:53):
It's big, especially coming in wanting to prove myself early.
So just leaning on a guy like that, an all
pro pro bowler, guy that I watched growing up, being
from DC, he was watching at first, so just watching up,
growing him great O line play, So playing beside him
right now is great. Just leaning on him, ask him
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any questions. He always said, no questions with dumb questions.
So he's always just helping me out with anything, trying
to have me out there playing freely and play my best.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Have you been impressed by you know? I think you
hear about NFL players and rookies come in the assistance
that they give because they realize Hey, you got to
play and you gotta be ready. What level of I
guess teamwork if you will? Have you felt him on
the offensive lineman?
Speaker 4 (18:42):
So far?
Speaker 8 (18:43):
It's big. That group is great. That group is real close.
It's like real family groups. So I could ask anybody
in that group of questions. They're willing to help me.
So that's what I love about that group, and just
everybody's want want to see everybody's striving get better, So
that's what I love. And were always pushing each other
and just having fun with it, loving the game.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Can't be sitting here talking to you with that asking
about left tackle right tackle. Played mostly left in your life,
but even during the draft, a lot of people said,
probably fits better in the NFL as a right tackle.
What has the transition been like so far? How comfortable?
Speaker 8 (19:21):
I'd say for me personally, it's been real comfortable. Something
that I knew was a pretty smooth transition for me.
So before the draft, like combine and things like that,
I was telling guys that I can do both, so
it wouldn't be a like a slow or a learning
curve for me just moving from left to right. So
I knew that coming in it was a big possibility,
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so I knew just being prepared for all possibilities.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
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channels Jaguars Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. It's Friday, June second,
and let's start with the addition of tenth year kicker
Brandon McManus and the trade of kicker Riley Patterson to
(00:25):
the Lions. We hear from McManus and review with Bucky
Brooks and John Oser on the Huddle Up Podcast. There's
a new kicker in Brandon McManus, cut from the Broncos,
tenth year pro signed by the Jags. In his previous
nine years, eighty one percent kicker forty of seventy two
from fifty plus. So why Jacksonville for McManus.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
One of the team's up and coming. Yeah, I'm winning
THEFC South last year, Agett. Yeah, that's an incredible comeback
in the playoff game as well. That's been a long
time since I've been in the playoffs, you know, my
first two years in the league, and you know, a
chance to get back there. You know, everyone dreams of
kicking game winning field goals are descrept but it's also
even better to be in the playoffs doing those things.
And so I thrive on those scenarios, and so I
(01:09):
wanted to come to a team. Obviously I watched Doug
you know when when the Super Bowl with the Eagles,
and so the great tradition he's got, you know, building
here and a great organization, a great place to live,
you know, for me, my family, And I said, I
was trying to bring my leadership and my tenure here
to put us over the edge.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
His career long sixty one yards that came in Los
Angeles on the road in twenty twenty one. But he's
over his career better on the road than he was
in Denver, oddly enough, percentage wise, eighty five percent on
the road and field goals seventy nine percent a mile hog, John.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Bucky, you know you're not in Douvall. You're out in
LA paying big time state taxes. So what was your reaction?
You know there has been a reaction among some here
just shocked at this. To me, this was a very
(02:05):
logical move once McManus came available.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Tell me what you thought of it?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
No, I mean, I think you're always trying to get better.
I think what people have to understand, whatever happened the
previous year doesn't mean that you're guaranteed the spot the
next year. Roley Patterson came through with a clutch kick,
a handful of kicks, but Doug always wanted better, always
wanted to upgrade. What you want is someone who is
nails when the ball reaches the thirty five or the
forty yard line. You want to be able to attack
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those three points up on the board and feel good
about it. There's something about having a veteran who has
done in the way that McManus has done it that
is comforting to the coaching staff. Also, you heard, like
just in terms of people talking about kickoff, you know
the new rule with the kickoff, like in fair catches.
In those things, you want to be able to use
(02:51):
all aspects of the kicking game to your advantagement. Manus
gives you an opportunity to do that, and Rolly Patterson
did some great things there. But if you have an
opportunity to upgraded position, you're always looking the upgrade position.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, I liked Riley Patterson. I thought that as you
watch kickers over the course of time doing this twenty
five years, there are kickers that you feel like are
moving toward being nails. I feel like Riley's got a
shot at that. His leg strength probably about four or
(03:24):
five yards less than you would like it. That's a guess.
It's not an analytical thing. But it felt like they
were not in field goal range a little longer than
a lot of teams, if that makes any sense. I
didn't say that, well, but they'd get a little closer
to be within his range where he felt like he
(03:44):
was nails.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Huddle Up runs each Wednesday on the Official Jaguars Podcast network.
Special teams coordinator He's Farwell, met the media Tuesday and
discussed how the McManus deal went down and the impact
the veteran kicker could have.
Speaker 6 (03:58):
We're excited to get him. I mean, had a fantastic
job last season for us. He was a big part
of some big games for us, you know, one of
the biggest games in Jaguars history.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
But getting the opportunity to add Brandon Brandon, you know,
he had reached out to me, So it was a
guy that wanted to play here. I think that just
kind of gives you the picture of where the culture's gone,
you know, when you have players that are free agents
after getting released and say, hey, coach, I would love
to play here. Uh, just a testament what Coach Peterson's
(04:28):
done with the with the overall team, what it's like
to be here.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (04:33):
So it's a guy that wanted to be here, and
then it was an opportunity to get better as a
as a group. You know, I said, Riley did a
really good job. But this is a guy that gives
us a lot more flexibility, not only on kickoffs, uh,
to be able to pin him deep and do some
different stuff. But it gives this a longer uh you know,
kickoff line on Sundays.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (04:52):
You know, at times later in the season, some of
those lines got shorter. With Riley, this won't be an issue.
And and and I think that'll free us up to
potentially maybe not go for one when it's a longer,
longer distance on fourthd down. Maybe that's three points that
we could take advantage of.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
So it just gives us a.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
Lot more flexibility to add to a very good kicker,
one of the best kickers in the league to our roster.
We had to take advantage of advantage of it, especially
if a guy wanted to be here.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
Did you know him going back and cross, I've.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
Never I've never had the opportunity to coach him. I
have met him pregames and stuff like that, had some conversations,
So it was a it was a pleasant surprise when
I got a phone call from him.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
But like I said, any time someone wants to come
here and and it and it helps us be a
better football team, we have to explore it. We have
to look into it, and if it helps us just
one percent better, We're gonna do it.
Speaker 8 (05:47):
Coach, I tremendous difference with where you will let him
kick from as opposed to watching him kick.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
And mile how with that aptoritude to translate to Jackson
a little bit.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
I mean, it's definitely the altitude is you know, is
a big advantage.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
But you know, I've watched this guy.
Speaker 6 (06:02):
I've watched you know, most of his kicks over his career,
and he's had many kicks of sixty plus away from
mile high, including in Seattle last year, a sixty four
yarder that had the distance. And my background in Seattle
kicking towards that end zone, the open end zone in
Seattle is a tough place to kick, so he still
(06:23):
has that elite leg strength that in mile High maybe
help him a little bit, but he'll he'll this weather
here is good enough, He'll he'll be able to kick
some long kicks if we ask him to do it
this same of year.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
What you look for from the guys in the roster
to sandasday, help me as a gunner or a core guy,
or what do you see this sac year?
Speaker 6 (06:40):
I mean, I think the buy in is the biggest.
So the guys who come to my office voluntarily are
on their own. The guys who stay after practiced and
wanted to drool, work on, you know, by themselves and
ask questions.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
I think that's the biggest thing. How much is the.
Speaker 6 (06:53):
Buy in because a lot of these players haven't played
a ton of special teams in college, so getting the
opportunity to kind of see what that looks like and
then can it translate to our game. You know a
lot of these guys have never protected a punt pro
they do the spread punts in college, so can they
do a kickslide in the National Football League?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Can they do a gunner release for as a vice?
Speaker 6 (07:14):
Those are things they've never seen, never done, So I
think those are things that show up. Can they learn
our techniques? Can they do the NFL what they're going
to be asked to do in the NFL and teach
them the tools of it? Can they do it just
preparing them for training camp, because that's really when it's
going to get competitive.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Another special teams change around the league the new fair
catch rule on kickoffs. NFL owners voted it in last week.
It's essentially the same rule as in college football, where
returners can call for a fair catch on kickoffs and
the ball comes out to the twenty five yard line.
I asked head coach Doug Peterson in his weekly press
conference the impact the rule change could have on the league,
(07:51):
and if any on the Jaguars strategy.
Speaker 9 (07:54):
Actually, Heath and I've had had conversations on I don't
think it's going to change a ton. I believe it
could be a possibility if it's a you know, maybe
a bad weather game, you know, the winds blowing, rainy, snowy,
you know, uh, fourth quarter and maybe uh, you know,
(08:16):
you take you take an opportunity to take the ball
to twenty five as opposed to trying to run. There's
there's some there are some strategy things. I don't know
if it's going to change a whole lot. You know,
teams that have dynamic returners like like we do. You know,
that's something that Heath and I as a game plan
goes each week. You know, we have to decide do
we want to let Agnew run him out like he
did towards the end of the season last year and
(08:38):
try to get out I think our kickoff return average
was just north of the twenty five yard line a
little bit anyway last year. So if you can do
that with a dynamic guy, I don't think it'll change
too much around the league, other than maybe some some
weather or some some you know, strategic situations that could
pop up.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Did you do it later in the season because of
attrition and injuries.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
Across the board?
Speaker 9 (09:03):
I mean you'd have to take a look at that
you're talking about from our opponent. Yeah, I mean that
and sometimes too. I mean, you know, he's a dynamic guy,
and you see the explosive, explosive miss you know with
Jamal and it's it's like your quarterback. You don't want
to take the ball out of his hands if you
don't have to, and and he can you know, he
(09:23):
can hit a big return for you if he gets
you up to the forty or midfield. I mean, that's
that's huge, especially in a in a clutch situation at
the end of the game.
Speaker 7 (09:35):
For ki quarterback out of Hay coach that was an
NFL quarterback.
Speaker 9 (09:41):
I think any quarterback who who was who was coached
by a former player, you know, who played the position,
I think can help. I think there's some some things
that you can you can help especially in you know,
in this case a young quarterback. You know, you know,
we did it obs with Carson in you know, early
(10:03):
on with Frank and myself both have played the position
at this level, and then obviously now with Trevor here
and you know and some of the some of the
other guys. You know, you look at Frank and Carolina
now with his opportunity again with the young quarterback. So
having played it, yeah, I can it can help. But
you know you still have to go practice at coach
(10:23):
and you know, show show them just how to how
to play the position.
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(11:52):
Calvin Ridley continues to trend toward being fully ready for
the twenty twenty three regular season. Of course, he's been
away from the game for a while, playing only five
games back in twenty twenty one, and then E league
suspension kept him out all last season. He was asked
after Tuesday's practice if he feels rejuvenated.
Speaker 10 (12:10):
Do you feel now that you're back on the field
running around, do you feel rejuvenated a little bit?
Speaker 4 (12:15):
I mean, yeah, I was at home for a year.
I'm juice suff man.
Speaker 11 (12:18):
I want to be out there. But like I said,
you know, I thank god I'm around a good you know,
a bunch of good people, a good program, and they
know how to do this, because I mean, you let
me do it myself, I'll tire myself out by the
time the seasons here. So you know, I got a
lot of good people here have been working out with,
you know, a lot of good you know screent staff
and man, I'm excited about where I'm at right now.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
How's your relationship bend with Christian?
Speaker 6 (12:40):
Help welcoming and he been because you know sometimes you know,
when you get the number one guy come, you know,
that can always be a little awkward sometimes.
Speaker 12 (12:48):
You know.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
I know Kurt since high school.
Speaker 11 (12:50):
I mean, and we actually communicated early on when we
first met each other. So, I mean a dude like that,
He's never going to feel some type of way. I'm
never going to feel some type with so is that
We're not gonna feel in any type of way because
we're all, you know, competing toward the same thing. I mean,
trying to go to playoff, super Bowl, et cetera. And
I know, I mean if we do that, I mean,
I know all of us had something to do with it.
(13:11):
And you know, you know, you're building working together. You know,
I want to make him better, He want to make
me better. If he's doing good, I know I'm doing good,
he's doing good. You know, it all works on pushing each.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Other on the other side of the all.
Speaker 12 (13:23):
How has it been gone up against a guy like
Tyson Campbell?
Speaker 11 (13:25):
Yeah, it has been good. Man, I'm trying to learn these guys.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
Man.
Speaker 11 (13:28):
You know, I haven't been in that competitive you know,
for a while, but I'm been trying to learn these guys.
You know what they do and they good long, fast,
so I've just been trying to learn them. I'm excited
to be on their team and uh, you know, working
against us. I mean, I know they're gonna be ready,
and obviously they had great year, a great year last year,
so I'm.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Excited now to the defense. Linebacker Devin Lloyd had an
up and down rookie season. He was the NFL Defensive
Rookie of the Month of September, but then a month
or so later he was out of the lineup. He
finished a little stronger in December down the stretch. This
offseason is key for him to take that year two
step forward, and he has plenty of players to lean
(14:07):
on for advice as to how to handle it.
Speaker 12 (14:09):
For sure. I'm talking to all the guys on the team,
I mean pretty much the whole D line, LB room,
a few dv's, I mean, everybody, you know. I'm just
talking to them asking what they're going to do their offseason,
kind of formulating, Okay, how do I want mine to
look based on you know, my work ethic and you
know what my body can handle. But for sure, you know,
I think I handled the off season the right way
for it being my first one.
Speaker 10 (14:30):
And then just last thing, I know you talk about,
you know, guys, maybe moving around a little bit. Doug
mentioned that maybe you would be used as a as
a pass rusher a little bit more this year. Just
thinking about your time at Utah, you were doing that
a lot. How comfortable are you, you know, kind of
transitioning that a little bit more maybe this year?
Speaker 12 (14:47):
Yeah, very very comfortable. I really describe myself as an athlete.
You know, I'm a football player, but I'm also an athlete,
So I take pride in being able to move around.
You know, I'll say that since day one too, I could.
I feel like I can play any were in the
front seven, in the back end. I played tight end too,
So I mean just being on the line of scrimmage,
you know, pass rushing, I think it's gonna be very
(15:09):
good for me. And you know, still something I got
to get better at, just like everywhere in football, I
got to get better at just about every area. But
the reps are gonna help.
Speaker 7 (15:17):
I know, you talked a little bit about this. I
talked to Trayvon two and he said, this was the
first break he'd ever had from football. Was this the
first break head, like a good chunk of time you'd
ever had where you weren't playing football this offseason?
Speaker 12 (15:27):
Yes, it was. This is the first offseason where you know,
I took more than two weeks off at a time,
just because you know, I've never been the type to,
you know, take too much time off, but especially coming
from last year, this year, I needed it, like I
actually needed a refresher. I mean, the season was so long,
you know, the days were long, the season was long.
So that's why I just kept telling myself, and you know,
(15:50):
I didn't feel too bad about it, because you know, mentally,
you need that recharge.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Let's close this week with rookie tackle Anton Harrison visiting
with senior writer John Osier on the ozone podcast. Take
us through a few topics, starting with Harrison's family support system.
Speaker 8 (16:05):
My family's been behind me my whole career, the ones
who got me into doing this. You know, growing up
I was that I was the basketball guy in the family.
So I love playing basketball. I love football too. I
was always watching football and things like that. But I said,
my father he played football old miss, so he started
off for all of us and then just watching him
and watching how he did things. He always just pushed
(16:28):
us growing up, me and my brothers, so just growing
in love for the game and how we carry ourselves.
So that family's big. We're a close family. Everybody's supporting
each other. So definitely a big part of like where
I am now.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
I got you and tell me your impressions of Jacksonville.
You've been down here a little bit, it's gonna be
home to you. I guess now.
Speaker 8 (16:47):
Yeah, I say, I love Jacksonville. It's say it's fitting
for me. It's a good place to be, good weather,
it's not too crazy. But if you want to get
out a little bit, you get out do what like
the beach and things like that. So I said, that's
what I like. Dumb, a chill guy. So you got
the good views and things like that. So definitely somewhere
that I'm glad to be.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
What did you know about the Jaguars before and what
are your impressions now?
Speaker 8 (17:13):
So I say from watching them a lot last season,
a young, exciting team, real explosive. Know that they're up
and up. So me being drafted by Jacksonville, I was
excited to get here, knowing that it's a young team,
excited team growing only getting better from here, great coaches.
So I said that was big when I seen that
nine oh four area code call my phone, and I
(17:36):
was just happy.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Brandon Sheriff, I assume you guys are getting to know
each other a little bit. Yeah, what or how important
do you feel like it's going to be have a
veteran of his leadership and his experience next to you.
Speaker 8 (17:53):
It's big, especially coming in wanting to prove myself early.
So just leaning on a guy like that, an all
pro pro bowler, guy that I watched growing up, being
from DC, he was watching at first, so just watching up,
growing him great O line play, So playing beside him
right now is great. Just leaning on him, ask him
(18:14):
any questions. He always said, no questions with dumb questions.
So he's always just helping me out with anything, trying
to have me out there playing freely and play my best.
Speaker 3 (18:23):
Have you been impressed by you know? I think you
hear about NFL players and rookies come in the assistance
that they give because they realize Hey, you got to
play and you gotta be ready. What level of I
guess teamwork if you will? Have you felt him on
the offensive lineman?
Speaker 4 (18:42):
So far?
Speaker 8 (18:43):
It's big. That group is great. That group is real close.
It's like real family groups. So I could ask anybody
in that group of questions. They're willing to help me.
So that's what I love about that group, and just
everybody's want want to see everybody's striving get better, So
that's what I love. And were always pushing each other
and just having fun with it, loving the game.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Can't be sitting here talking to you with that asking
about left tackle right tackle. Played mostly left in your life,
but even during the draft, a lot of people said,
probably fits better in the NFL as a right tackle.
What has the transition been like so far? How comfortable?
Speaker 8 (19:21):
I'd say for me personally, it's been real comfortable. Something
that I knew was a pretty smooth transition for me.
So before the draft, like combine and things like that,
I was telling guys that I can do both, so
it wouldn't be a like a slow or a learning
curve for me just moving from left to right. So
I knew that coming in it was a big possibility,
(19:42):
so I knew just being prepared for all possibilities.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
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