October 30, 2025 • 21 mins
Kainani Stevens, John Oehser and Brian Sexton check in with the Raiders Digital Team Reporter, Levi Edwards, regarding the Jaguars' upcoming matchup in Las Vegas. Later, the crew dishes out some bold predictions for the team coming out of the game. This and more on Jags A.M., presented by Fields Auto Group.
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Speaker 1 (00:16):
Welcome into this Thursday edition of jagsam Kay Nanni Stevens,
Brian Sexts, and John Osier w Withney. Today's we're getting
ready to talk about the Jaguars Raiders game gonna happen
on Sundays. This team heads to Las Vegas a little
bit early this week to get ready for a matchup
their first after the bye weeks. Let's talk about our
big Things today, brought to you by de EH Government
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(00:38):
thing number one, bye by bye week last week for
the Jaguars, bye week last week for the Raiders. We
Liam Cohen talked a little bit yesterday about what he
wants to see from his team coming.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Out of the buy the teams that maybe identify I
guess you could say an issue right issue or somewhere
where you're underperforming, slash where you're what you're doing well,
and either coming into this week right of their next game,
addressing those tangibly.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Like all right, we want to improve in this area. Well,
if you just say it might not get done, you're
usually from players, you get what you emphasize very very often.
And so if there's areas where you're trying to show
and improve, not just talking about it or getting the
stats and showing it well, going out addressing it in
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the meeting, showing the examples, but then applying it to practice,
applying it to the walkthroughs of Okay, guys, these are
the tangible areas where we need to improve and what
we want to improve upon and actually go attack it right.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
We've seen a lot of behind the scenes what the
team's been working on addressing some of the issues. Penalties,
you know, mistakes, kind of self inflicted stuff. But the
Raiders are going to come out this week doing similar things.
We both had disappointing games going into the bye week.
What's it going to take for the Jaguars to actually
correct these issues?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Listen, what are the issues?
Speaker 5 (02:03):
Right?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
I mean it's a long list. Whether it's lack of
sacks or too many sacks given up for penalties or
third down. If you get the running game started on offense,
I think that changes the dynamic. You know, look at
the numbers. The last three games. The Jaguars have not
run the ball very effectively and they have found themselves
behind the six having to convert on third down. And long,
and that of course leads to holding penalties or illegal
(02:25):
man downfield penalties. There's been a lot of them if
you get the running game, and I suspect, especially after
watching practice on Wednesday, I suspect that is a major
area of focus for this football team. The ability to
run the football like they did the first four games.
It will solve a lot of problems. It will calm
down an offense that was out of sorts the last
two games in particular.
Speaker 6 (02:46):
Yeah, I think what Liam said during his you know
the quote, we ran.
Speaker 7 (02:53):
Coaches do believe that if you emphasize something hard during
a week, you're gonna see it on Sunday. He's been
talking about penalties and pre snap stuff all season. I'm
sure they've addressed it in practice all season, but you know,
his emphasis on it since the Rams game has been
so big. I think he'll be disappointed on Sunday if
(03:17):
we see a repeat of Seattle and the Rams, which
was so much pre snap stuff and so many avoidable issues.
So to me, that's the storyline this week and they
cut those things out. If they do, they can get
to all the things that Brian was talking about, playing.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Smart football, big thing number two is going to be
back in action. We're talking about the Raiders. Rock Bauer
is going to be back in there. He was dealing
with an injury previously. John Liam Cohen talked a little
bit earlier this week. Actually, let's hear from coach Cohen.
He talked a little bit about what rock Bowers does
in the field.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
He gets in and out of break so well. I
know he was like forty something men's vertical coming out
of high school. He's a very good athlete. He's like,
what do you need to fine as a football player?
I mean, he just has a knock for getting open.
He's harder to tackle than maybe just looking at the tay.
(04:06):
He'll break tackles, drag people down. He knows how to
wiggle and separate and also the contested catchability. So very
good player.
Speaker 8 (04:16):
Have a lot of respect for him.
Speaker 9 (04:18):
John.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
We saw firsthand what rock Bars can do when they
played the Raiders last year. Now with him back in action,
what kind of problems does he present?
Speaker 7 (04:25):
Well, sometimes in this league we've seen it a couple
for the last couple of years. Sometimes Hall of Fame
skill players win games. Jamar Chase DeVante Adams. I'm not saying,
brock Bars is the Hall of Famers in his second year.
But he's got that level of talent, that level of ability,
and when he's been healthy in the NFL, that level
of production. Him being back makes this a dramatically different
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Raiders offense. You know, he's the kind of guy that
you can play well on first and second down, and
then it's third and eight, and then it's first and
ten because they throw him the ball. Bran He's he
makes this a much different dynamic for the Raiders offense.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Two guys in the locker room yesterday, John and Kai
that were focused on rock Bowers. The first was Trayvon Walker,
who played with him at Georgia. He just smiled and said,
he's a great player. Don't matter what you ask him
to do, whether it's to stand up and get down
the field or whether it's to put your hand in
the ground and block someone, He's just a great player.
And the other was Jordan Lewis. Now, normally you don't
(05:25):
talk to a cornerback about a tight end, but this
is the main receiving threat for the Las Vegas Raiders,
and they will put him out wide, they'll move him
into the slot Jordan Lewis talked about how the cornerbacks
have to be very respectful because he's tall, he's got length,
he's got strength over most corners in the league. The
Raiders use him and will create mismatches, and he's the
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type of guy that they will look to first, they'll
look to second, they will throw the ball even when
it appears he's covered. He's a tremendous football player and
changes the dynamic for a Raiders team that hasn't played
very well recently.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Our final big thing today is going to be no quit.
Look to the other side of the football. Max Crosby
is obviously the name that sticks out. Trevor Lawrence talked
him a little bit about his energy and the no
quit attitude.
Speaker 9 (06:09):
Really good player, very good. He's just he's one of
those guys you know, there's a there's a handful of them,
I mean a lot of great players in this league.
But as far as just those defensive edge, you know,
defensive end, pass rusher guys that are he's just constant, NonStop.
I think that's what you know is admirable about his
play is that it is just such a high motor. Obviously,
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he's athletic and he's skilled and strong and good instincts,
but he plays really hard, so and that's something where
he makes a lot of plays because of that.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Now, Brian, Max Crosby didn't practice yesterday. I have a
feeling he'll probably find his way onto the field this
weekend though, And that what Trevor was just saying there.
He doesn't quit, so you can't just block him once.
You have to continue and follow through on it.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
He's a great player and when you talk to people
all around the league and they talk about the Raiders,
he's the first name that they go to. I asked
Robert Hainsey, the center, about him, and Robert will see
him over him very much. But he talked about communication
being the key with Max Crosby and everyone knowing where
he's at and what the blocking scheme is, and him
as the center identifying and be able to get the team,
(07:13):
the offensive line together to understand that ninety eight doesn't
ever stop, so they've got to know where he is
at at old times and they will be very aware.
Speaker 7 (07:23):
Yeah, you need to run well and you need to
get a lead in this game to keep Max Crosby
from being as much as the factors. Otherwise it could
be if his game gets close late. The Raiders have
two guys they can depend on for big plays late
while one is Bours the Olwen's Crosby. You don't want
to be in an obvious passing situation late in the
game with Crosby knowing you got to pass because he's
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as Trevor said, he's one of a handful of guys.
What you know that in this league Miles Garrett who
if you're up, even if you double team him late,
he can wreck your game. So be up more than Yes, that's.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
A good plan.
Speaker 6 (08:01):
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Speaker 1 (08:02):
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Speaker 6 (08:06):
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Speaker 1 (08:08):
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Behind Enemy Lines where we check in with a media
member from the Jaguars opponent team, and this week the
team is heading to Las Vegas, so checking in with
Levi Edwards from the Raiders. Levi, thank you for joining us.
(08:38):
It's exciting, exciting times. I hope you had a great
bye week like we did, but similar situations this team
was in last year. I remember when we played, both
teams were kind of figuring out where they were going
to be in the draft lottery and whatnot. And now
going forward kind of in the midst of a rebuild. Right, So,
you guys have Pete Carroll coming in. When you look
back at the first eight weeks or so, what's kind
of your reflection of what you've seen so far.
Speaker 8 (09:00):
Really just a lot of things need to be cleaned
up for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
That's been my reflection.
Speaker 8 (09:05):
You definitely see us, you know, some good things happening,
and there's definitely been a culture change, which is good. Obviously,
Pete Carroll has come in and he has that, you know,
experience of being able to turn the locker rooms around
and get guys to play for him, and I don't
necessarily see that being a problem. However, I just believe
that execution has not been at full strength. I think
(09:27):
a lot of these guys are still trying to acclimate,
especially on the offensive side of the ball, trying to
acclimate to a new playbook, to a new play style.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
I just think that there's been some things that need
to be cleaned up.
Speaker 8 (09:38):
Also, injuries have also played a factor, and it also hurts,
you know, when you don't have the depth that you
would like on this team to where you can't afford
to lose guys like Rock Bauers and lose guys like
the Kobe Myers and lose guys like Holton Mill. You
just can't afford to lose those kind of guys on
a team like this with the depth not being as
strong as you would like. So that's just been my
(09:59):
reflection so far.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
You guys had a tough loss kind of going into
the bye week. The Jaguars in a similar position moving
to the Rams. As practice goes on this week, what
are some bye week changes maybe you're expecting or hoping
to see coming out this week?
Speaker 8 (10:13):
Really just guys coming back, guys getting healthy. You see
Jacob Meyers back on the field, You see Brock moving
around a lot faster, a lot better. And we all
know what Brock can do when he's fully healthy. We
know what he's capable of. I believe we saw that
first hand even last year when the Jaguars came to
the Allegiance Stadium.
Speaker 5 (10:30):
So a dynamic player, Gino Smith. He gets one.
Speaker 8 (10:33):
Of his receivers that he's best friends with, Tyler Lockey.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
He just entered the building.
Speaker 8 (10:38):
And signed his contract and went straight to the practice field,
already not wasting any time making sure that he gets
back on the same page with Gino Smith, and they
did some great things with each other in Seattle. So
really what I'm looking forward to coming out of the
bye week because guy's just getting healthy, Guy's getting back
on the field. Also another guy, Lonnie Johnson's safety, who
literally broke his leg in training camp and now seven
(11:00):
weeks into the season he's coming back, which is remarkable.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
So I'm excited for that too.
Speaker 8 (11:04):
He was a guy that was potentially in line to
be a starter coming into the season and now he's
back and hopefully he can get that spot back.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
The Jaguars have a new offensive system here there. We've
seen the growing pains. I'm sure when you talk about
the growing pains as well, what are you hoping to
kind of see evolve as the season goes along. As
they're getting used to the new system.
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Really, they just need to play faster.
Speaker 8 (11:26):
I think everything just needs to look a lot faster
and a lot effortless.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
I think guys are still out there thinking too much.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
Whether it comes down to, you know, the right assignments
in terms of Ash of Gendi going through the right
reads you know when he's running the ball, or you know,
the blocking coming together and making sure that they're all
collectively doing what they got to do to make sure
that the pass blocking, you know, is syncd up with
Gino Smith and then the run blocking is synced up
with Ash and Raheem. I think there's a lot of
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things like that that.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
Just need to be cleaned up moving forward.
Speaker 8 (11:59):
And it's still a lot of time left in this season,
so I'm looking forward to it. But it's gonna be
difficult against the Jags defense this week that I feel
is pretty impressive. Devin Lloyd, who's a Defensive Player of
the Year candidate right now. Strong defensive line with Josh
Allen and Eric Armstead and treymon Walker.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
I really like those guys up front.
Speaker 8 (12:18):
That front seven for the Jaguars are tough, so they're
really going to have to all be on the same
accord going into this game, or they can make life
really difficult for Geno and Ashen.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
What have you seen from the defense so far? Obviously
Max Crosby is always a name that people key in on,
whether it's you know, rushing the passer or stopping the run.
But what have you seen from the defense so far
this season?
Speaker 8 (12:39):
I think the defense has played fairly well in some parts.
I think that they've been kind of screwed over a
little bit with really bad field position at times. I
think offensively, you know, when you have so many turnovers,
you get on the field and you're just kind of
like straggling along, you know, in your territory or special teams,
whether a block punt or a bad field you know,
(13:02):
whether you allow a really big kicker punt return, that
can also factor in. So I think the defense have
been kind of like a ben but don't break unit
where they are still trying to figure out like, Okay, well,
you know we're putting these bad situations on the field,
but we still got to come out and we got
to do our job and limit it from.
Speaker 5 (13:19):
The three or zero points at all.
Speaker 8 (13:22):
I think there's only been a couple of times this
season the Colts and the Chiefs game that we saw
where the defense just did not come to show up.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
They just did not play good football.
Speaker 8 (13:33):
But I think every other game this year you could
point to young guys stepping up and really playing good ball. Obviously,
Max Crosby's doing his thing and he's going to continue
doing this thing.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
He's Max Crosby.
Speaker 8 (13:42):
But you see some other guys like Eric Stokes, Devin White,
Jonah Lalu, who's tied with Max for the team leading sacks.
You see some guys like that really stepping up and
doing some cool things. So I think the defense for
the most part, has played as well as they can
considering the circumstances put in.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
All right, if you could give us one or two
X factors, who are two names that you kind of
have your eye on if the Raiders want to get
a win this weekend.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Well it has to start off with Geno Smith.
Speaker 8 (14:12):
Obviously, Geno Smith is the head of the Snake and
he's a guy that is uncharacteristically not playing up to
the standard of what we know he can play at
what we saw in Seattle. And there's a lot of
factors behind it, you know, with the offensive line and
having young receivers who you know are not as experienced
as you're used to. But I think Geno Smith, if
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he can come out and he can play the game
that he needs to play, then I feel like everything
else will take care of itself, especially with Broad coming
back and another guy on defense that I would name
as an X factor's a guy like Eric Stokes at corner,
because now you have to play lockdown on.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
Brian Thomas Junior.
Speaker 8 (14:51):
And I know Brian Thomas Junior hasn't been having the
most exceptional season compared to what we saw him do
his rookie year when he tore up Allegian had a great,
you know, rookie of the Rookie of the Year.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
Finalist type of season.
Speaker 8 (15:04):
But he's still a good receiver, and Eric Stokes is
going to have to make sure that he does his
job and really lock that down. Especially now on the
opposite side you have Travis Hunter, and so now it's
one of those things you just can't game plan for
this one receiver as much as you'd like because you
have another young boy on the other side that's going
to do his thing too, and Kye Blue Kelly is
gonna have to worry about that on the other side, So,
(15:26):
I think Eric Stokes has been playing really good football.
If you look at what he's been doing statistically, he's
been having a great season. And Brian Thomas Jr. Is
going to be another great challenge for him going into
this game. So I think those two guys are going
to be ex factors for us.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
A lot of good stuff. Leeb I, thank you so much,
look forward to see you on Sunday.
Speaker 5 (15:42):
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
That was our behind enemy Line segment. We leave by
Edwards from Raiders dot Com. Stay with us here on Jagzam.
Coming up after the break, we will tell you what
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(16:10):
We're going to do our best to predict the future
as we do on Thursdays. We're going to try to
figure out what the headlines will be on Monday morning.
After this game in Vegas on Sunday. Brian, what do
you think the outcome will be?
Speaker 4 (16:20):
I'm going wild out West because you've got two teams
that are coming off four touchdown losses and the bye
week with first year head coaches. Pete Carroll obviously has
a long history, and we're just seeing the beginnings of
the Liam Cohen program here. I expect both teams to
have worked very hard to work on their deficiencies, Like
Liam alluded to earlier in the show. I think the
(16:43):
Jaguars will run the ball. I expect to see Travis
Hunter involved in a big way, and I think the
Jaguars win a close one, something like thirty one twenty eight.
I mean you'd like to think, Wow, they're two and
five and you're not playing all that well.
Speaker 5 (16:58):
Hey, neither're the Jaguars.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
So I think it's going to be a shootout, and
I expect the Draguars to find a way to win.
Speaker 6 (17:04):
Yeah, I think it's gonna be close.
Speaker 7 (17:06):
I think it's gonna be a little lower scoring than
that because the Jaguars haven't showed that they can get
to thirty. Uh so let's hope that they can. I
went with Viva Viva the run, and I wish that
I had gone with Viva the takeaway, but I wanted
to use Travis Atn as the picture, so I couldn't
go to takeaway because they're not gonna eat takeaways unless
(17:27):
something weird happened. No, I'm I'm talking about it a
lot more than I thought about it, thought a dozen exactly.
But they need takeaways and they need to run. Think
about the formula they had and how they checked every
box against Carolina in Week one coming out of the bye.
(17:48):
To me, they need another box check game where they
get what you know.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
They need to be more physical.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
They need to take the ball away, and I think
being more physical will get us to Viva a run.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
Viva a run.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
All right, here's my final. Las Vegas pun play their
cards right here we go.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
Yeah, see cards.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
I will not be anywhere near casino, So.
Speaker 6 (18:09):
So say I stayed away from the game leads topic.
Speaker 9 (18:10):
This way, Environ.
Speaker 6 (18:11):
We already got the speeches.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
We're not going anywhere near casino. I think the team
a lot of you know what they talked about self
inflicted blood. Right, If they go out there, they play
well on paper, they are a better team. They should
win this football game. There's a reason you play the games.
They go out there and they can limit their penalties,
like John said, get a takeaway, establish the run. They
should win this football game. Now we have to see
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them do it. So if they can play their cards right,
I think they should definitely go out there, get a
win and start the second half of the season off.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Of the right foot.
Speaker 5 (18:38):
Liam talked about it.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
If you're going to do that, you better practice well, right.
You better have a really good day on the practice
field today and tomorrow. You better focus on those things
that they've talked about. But the practice field leads to
the playing field on Sunday, So hopefully he's getting what
he's asking from his players, which was the theme of
his press conference on Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
So an opportunity and hopefully it is a good one
that they take advantage of.
Speaker 6 (19:01):
So stay with us here.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
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it's a little bit different this week because it's Flora, Georgia.
So the team's gonna head out early on Saturday, very early,
and get to Las Vegas. And Liam Cohen was pretty
upfront about the schedule. When they get there, there will
(19:43):
be no trips to the casino, staying far away from that.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
They're gonna do.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Walk through at a local high school and team meetings
all day. But Brian, as you mentioned, a lot of
the focus has to be on today's practice and kind
of Friday a little bit as well as just getting
on the same page.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Well, I do think that's the case, and I also
think that's Saturday. The advantage to going out there and
getting a walk through out there is a little more
acclimatization and a little bit more focus on those things
that we've all talked about this week, and you know,
running the ball and knowing where Max Crosby is, I mean,
all of them. It gives you one more opportunity as
(20:17):
opposed to practicing here, getting on the plane, losing your distraction.
I think it's a perfect week for.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
Them to go early.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Yeah, you hope, And I don't know why they wouldn't
field real urgency. This is you know, there's a big
difference in this league between five and three and.
Speaker 6 (20:33):
Four and four.
Speaker 7 (20:33):
Yeah, you know, in other sports, not a big deal.
Seventeen games get to five and three. It's me a
huge difference coming back five and three and.
Speaker 6 (20:41):
Four and four. This is a big one.
Speaker 4 (20:42):
I also think this is a game where you prove
to everybody not the same old Jacks, right. I've heard
that the last two weeks since the loss in London
and how it seemed like it was the same old Jacks,
and those of us who are around here and understand
what Tony Boselli and James Gladstone and Liam Cohen have done,
understand that it's a different program entirely. This would seem
to be a game where you could prove that to
people by going and winning a game that most people
(21:03):
think you should win but won't be an easy game
at all.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
So I think that this is bigger than just that.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
I think this is about winning, and it's about the
effect of the win being confidence.
Speaker 5 (21:13):
In your fan base.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
A huge opportunity to instill some confidence in the fan base. Also,
if you want to make a playoff push, you bet
you definitely need this win. So we will be out
in Vegas for the game. Of course, we'll have your
post game coverage on Jaguars dot com Jaguars YouTube. Will
be back here in jag XAM on Tuesday to enjoy
the game.
Speaker 6 (21:28):
Enjoy your weekend.
Welcome into this Thursday edition of jagsam Kay Nanni Stevens,
Brian Sexts, and John Osier w Withney. Today's we're getting
ready to talk about the Jaguars Raiders game gonna happen
on Sundays. This team heads to Las Vegas a little
bit early this week to get ready for a matchup
their first after the bye weeks. Let's talk about our
big Things today, brought to you by de EH Government
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(00:38):
thing number one, bye by bye week last week for
the Jaguars, bye week last week for the Raiders. We
Liam Cohen talked a little bit yesterday about what he
wants to see from his team coming.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Out of the buy the teams that maybe identify I
guess you could say an issue right issue or somewhere
where you're underperforming, slash where you're what you're doing well,
and either coming into this week right of their next game,
addressing those tangibly.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Like all right, we want to improve in this area. Well,
if you just say it might not get done, you're
usually from players, you get what you emphasize very very often.
And so if there's areas where you're trying to show
and improve, not just talking about it or getting the
stats and showing it well, going out addressing it in
(01:29):
the meeting, showing the examples, but then applying it to practice,
applying it to the walkthroughs of Okay, guys, these are
the tangible areas where we need to improve and what
we want to improve upon and actually go attack it right.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
We've seen a lot of behind the scenes what the
team's been working on addressing some of the issues. Penalties,
you know, mistakes, kind of self inflicted stuff. But the
Raiders are going to come out this week doing similar things.
We both had disappointing games going into the bye week.
What's it going to take for the Jaguars to actually
correct these issues?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Listen, what are the issues?
Speaker 5 (02:03):
Right?
Speaker 4 (02:03):
I mean it's a long list. Whether it's lack of
sacks or too many sacks given up for penalties or
third down. If you get the running game started on offense,
I think that changes the dynamic. You know, look at
the numbers. The last three games. The Jaguars have not
run the ball very effectively and they have found themselves
behind the six having to convert on third down. And long,
and that of course leads to holding penalties or illegal
(02:25):
man downfield penalties. There's been a lot of them if
you get the running game, and I suspect, especially after
watching practice on Wednesday, I suspect that is a major
area of focus for this football team. The ability to
run the football like they did the first four games.
It will solve a lot of problems. It will calm
down an offense that was out of sorts the last
two games in particular.
Speaker 6 (02:46):
Yeah, I think what Liam said during his you know
the quote, we ran.
Speaker 7 (02:53):
Coaches do believe that if you emphasize something hard during
a week, you're gonna see it on Sunday. He's been
talking about penalties and pre snap stuff all season. I'm
sure they've addressed it in practice all season, but you know,
his emphasis on it since the Rams game has been
so big. I think he'll be disappointed on Sunday if
(03:17):
we see a repeat of Seattle and the Rams, which
was so much pre snap stuff and so many avoidable issues.
So to me, that's the storyline this week and they
cut those things out. If they do, they can get
to all the things that Brian was talking about, playing.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Smart football, big thing number two is going to be
back in action. We're talking about the Raiders. Rock Bauer
is going to be back in there. He was dealing
with an injury previously. John Liam Cohen talked a little
bit earlier this week. Actually, let's hear from coach Cohen.
He talked a little bit about what rock Bowers does
in the field.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
He gets in and out of break so well. I
know he was like forty something men's vertical coming out
of high school. He's a very good athlete. He's like,
what do you need to fine as a football player?
I mean, he just has a knock for getting open.
He's harder to tackle than maybe just looking at the tay.
(04:06):
He'll break tackles, drag people down. He knows how to
wiggle and separate and also the contested catchability. So very
good player.
Speaker 8 (04:16):
Have a lot of respect for him.
Speaker 9 (04:18):
John.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
We saw firsthand what rock Bars can do when they
played the Raiders last year. Now with him back in action,
what kind of problems does he present?
Speaker 7 (04:25):
Well, sometimes in this league we've seen it a couple
for the last couple of years. Sometimes Hall of Fame
skill players win games. Jamar Chase DeVante Adams. I'm not saying,
brock Bars is the Hall of Famers in his second year.
But he's got that level of talent, that level of ability,
and when he's been healthy in the NFL, that level
of production. Him being back makes this a dramatically different
(04:48):
Raiders offense. You know, he's the kind of guy that
you can play well on first and second down, and
then it's third and eight, and then it's first and
ten because they throw him the ball. Bran He's he
makes this a much different dynamic for the Raiders offense.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Two guys in the locker room yesterday, John and Kai
that were focused on rock Bowers. The first was Trayvon Walker,
who played with him at Georgia. He just smiled and said,
he's a great player. Don't matter what you ask him
to do, whether it's to stand up and get down
the field or whether it's to put your hand in
the ground and block someone, He's just a great player.
And the other was Jordan Lewis. Now, normally you don't
(05:25):
talk to a cornerback about a tight end, but this
is the main receiving threat for the Las Vegas Raiders,
and they will put him out wide, they'll move him
into the slot Jordan Lewis talked about how the cornerbacks
have to be very respectful because he's tall, he's got length,
he's got strength over most corners in the league. The
Raiders use him and will create mismatches, and he's the
(05:45):
type of guy that they will look to first, they'll
look to second, they will throw the ball even when
it appears he's covered. He's a tremendous football player and
changes the dynamic for a Raiders team that hasn't played
very well recently.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Our final big thing today is going to be no quit.
Look to the other side of the football. Max Crosby
is obviously the name that sticks out. Trevor Lawrence talked
him a little bit about his energy and the no
quit attitude.
Speaker 9 (06:09):
Really good player, very good. He's just he's one of
those guys you know, there's a there's a handful of them,
I mean a lot of great players in this league.
But as far as just those defensive edge, you know,
defensive end, pass rusher guys that are he's just constant, NonStop.
I think that's what you know is admirable about his
play is that it is just such a high motor. Obviously,
(06:30):
he's athletic and he's skilled and strong and good instincts,
but he plays really hard, so and that's something where
he makes a lot of plays because of that.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Now, Brian, Max Crosby didn't practice yesterday. I have a
feeling he'll probably find his way onto the field this
weekend though, And that what Trevor was just saying there.
He doesn't quit, so you can't just block him once.
You have to continue and follow through on it.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
He's a great player and when you talk to people
all around the league and they talk about the Raiders,
he's the first name that they go to. I asked
Robert Hainsey, the center, about him, and Robert will see
him over him very much. But he talked about communication
being the key with Max Crosby and everyone knowing where
he's at and what the blocking scheme is, and him
as the center identifying and be able to get the team,
(07:13):
the offensive line together to understand that ninety eight doesn't
ever stop, so they've got to know where he is
at at old times and they will be very aware.
Speaker 7 (07:23):
Yeah, you need to run well and you need to
get a lead in this game to keep Max Crosby
from being as much as the factors. Otherwise it could
be if his game gets close late. The Raiders have
two guys they can depend on for big plays late
while one is Bours the Olwen's Crosby. You don't want
to be in an obvious passing situation late in the
game with Crosby knowing you got to pass because he's
(07:47):
as Trevor said, he's one of a handful of guys.
What you know that in this league Miles Garrett who
if you're up, even if you double team him late,
he can wreck your game. So be up more than Yes, that's.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
A good plan.
Speaker 6 (08:01):
I like it.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Stay with us, Sarah and jag Zam coming up after
the Brave Gay checking when Raiders were poor, Leevi Edwards
to get a more.
Speaker 6 (08:06):
In depth, in depth look at the game.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
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Speaker 6 (08:17):
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Behind Enemy Lines where we check in with a media
member from the Jaguars opponent team, and this week the
team is heading to Las Vegas, so checking in with
Levi Edwards from the Raiders. Levi, thank you for joining us.
(08:38):
It's exciting, exciting times. I hope you had a great
bye week like we did, but similar situations this team
was in last year. I remember when we played, both
teams were kind of figuring out where they were going
to be in the draft lottery and whatnot. And now
going forward kind of in the midst of a rebuild. Right, So,
you guys have Pete Carroll coming in. When you look
back at the first eight weeks or so, what's kind
of your reflection of what you've seen so far.
Speaker 8 (09:00):
Really just a lot of things need to be cleaned
up for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
That's been my reflection.
Speaker 8 (09:05):
You definitely see us, you know, some good things happening,
and there's definitely been a culture change, which is good. Obviously,
Pete Carroll has come in and he has that, you know,
experience of being able to turn the locker rooms around
and get guys to play for him, and I don't
necessarily see that being a problem. However, I just believe
that execution has not been at full strength. I think
(09:27):
a lot of these guys are still trying to acclimate,
especially on the offensive side of the ball, trying to
acclimate to a new playbook, to a new play style.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
I just think that there's been some things that need
to be cleaned up.
Speaker 8 (09:38):
Also, injuries have also played a factor, and it also hurts,
you know, when you don't have the depth that you
would like on this team to where you can't afford
to lose guys like Rock Bauers and lose guys like
the Kobe Myers and lose guys like Holton Mill. You
just can't afford to lose those kind of guys on
a team like this with the depth not being as
strong as you would like. So that's just been my
(09:59):
reflection so far.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
You guys had a tough loss kind of going into
the bye week. The Jaguars in a similar position moving
to the Rams. As practice goes on this week, what
are some bye week changes maybe you're expecting or hoping
to see coming out this week?
Speaker 8 (10:13):
Really just guys coming back, guys getting healthy. You see
Jacob Meyers back on the field, You see Brock moving
around a lot faster, a lot better. And we all
know what Brock can do when he's fully healthy. We
know what he's capable of. I believe we saw that
first hand even last year when the Jaguars came to
the Allegiance Stadium.
Speaker 5 (10:30):
So a dynamic player, Gino Smith. He gets one.
Speaker 8 (10:33):
Of his receivers that he's best friends with, Tyler Lockey.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
He just entered the building.
Speaker 8 (10:38):
And signed his contract and went straight to the practice field,
already not wasting any time making sure that he gets
back on the same page with Gino Smith, and they
did some great things with each other in Seattle. So
really what I'm looking forward to coming out of the
bye week because guy's just getting healthy, Guy's getting back
on the field. Also another guy, Lonnie Johnson's safety, who
literally broke his leg in training camp and now seven
(11:00):
weeks into the season he's coming back, which is remarkable.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
So I'm excited for that too.
Speaker 8 (11:04):
He was a guy that was potentially in line to
be a starter coming into the season and now he's
back and hopefully he can get that spot back.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
The Jaguars have a new offensive system here there. We've
seen the growing pains. I'm sure when you talk about
the growing pains as well, what are you hoping to
kind of see evolve as the season goes along. As
they're getting used to the new system.
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Really, they just need to play faster.
Speaker 8 (11:26):
I think everything just needs to look a lot faster
and a lot effortless.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
I think guys are still out there thinking too much.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
Whether it comes down to, you know, the right assignments
in terms of Ash of Gendi going through the right
reads you know when he's running the ball, or you know,
the blocking coming together and making sure that they're all
collectively doing what they got to do to make sure
that the pass blocking, you know, is syncd up with
Gino Smith and then the run blocking is synced up
with Ash and Raheem. I think there's a lot of
(11:55):
things like that that.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
Just need to be cleaned up moving forward.
Speaker 8 (11:59):
And it's still a lot of time left in this season,
so I'm looking forward to it. But it's gonna be
difficult against the Jags defense this week that I feel
is pretty impressive. Devin Lloyd, who's a Defensive Player of
the Year candidate right now. Strong defensive line with Josh
Allen and Eric Armstead and treymon Walker.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
I really like those guys up front.
Speaker 8 (12:18):
That front seven for the Jaguars are tough, so they're
really going to have to all be on the same
accord going into this game, or they can make life
really difficult for Geno and Ashen.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
What have you seen from the defense so far? Obviously
Max Crosby is always a name that people key in on,
whether it's you know, rushing the passer or stopping the run.
But what have you seen from the defense so far
this season?
Speaker 8 (12:39):
I think the defense has played fairly well in some parts.
I think that they've been kind of screwed over a
little bit with really bad field position at times. I
think offensively, you know, when you have so many turnovers,
you get on the field and you're just kind of
like straggling along, you know, in your territory or special teams,
whether a block punt or a bad field you know,
(13:02):
whether you allow a really big kicker punt return, that
can also factor in. So I think the defense have
been kind of like a ben but don't break unit
where they are still trying to figure out like, Okay, well,
you know we're putting these bad situations on the field,
but we still got to come out and we got
to do our job and limit it from.
Speaker 5 (13:19):
The three or zero points at all.
Speaker 8 (13:22):
I think there's only been a couple of times this
season the Colts and the Chiefs game that we saw
where the defense just did not come to show up.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
They just did not play good football.
Speaker 8 (13:33):
But I think every other game this year you could
point to young guys stepping up and really playing good ball. Obviously,
Max Crosby's doing his thing and he's going to continue
doing this thing.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
He's Max Crosby.
Speaker 8 (13:42):
But you see some other guys like Eric Stokes, Devin White,
Jonah Lalu, who's tied with Max for the team leading sacks.
You see some guys like that really stepping up and
doing some cool things. So I think the defense for
the most part, has played as well as they can
considering the circumstances put in.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
All right, if you could give us one or two
X factors, who are two names that you kind of
have your eye on if the Raiders want to get
a win this weekend.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Well it has to start off with Geno Smith.
Speaker 8 (14:12):
Obviously, Geno Smith is the head of the Snake and
he's a guy that is uncharacteristically not playing up to
the standard of what we know he can play at
what we saw in Seattle. And there's a lot of
factors behind it, you know, with the offensive line and
having young receivers who you know are not as experienced
as you're used to. But I think Geno Smith, if
(14:33):
he can come out and he can play the game
that he needs to play, then I feel like everything
else will take care of itself, especially with Broad coming
back and another guy on defense that I would name
as an X factor's a guy like Eric Stokes at corner,
because now you have to play lockdown on.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
Brian Thomas Junior.
Speaker 8 (14:51):
And I know Brian Thomas Junior hasn't been having the
most exceptional season compared to what we saw him do
his rookie year when he tore up Allegian had a great,
you know, rookie of the Rookie of the Year.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
Finalist type of season.
Speaker 8 (15:04):
But he's still a good receiver, and Eric Stokes is
going to have to make sure that he does his
job and really lock that down. Especially now on the
opposite side you have Travis Hunter, and so now it's
one of those things you just can't game plan for
this one receiver as much as you'd like because you
have another young boy on the other side that's going
to do his thing too, and Kye Blue Kelly is
gonna have to worry about that on the other side, So,
(15:26):
I think Eric Stokes has been playing really good football.
If you look at what he's been doing statistically, he's
been having a great season. And Brian Thomas Jr. Is
going to be another great challenge for him going into
this game. So I think those two guys are going
to be ex factors for us.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
A lot of good stuff. Leeb I, thank you so much,
look forward to see you on Sunday.
Speaker 5 (15:42):
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
That was our behind enemy Line segment. We leave by
Edwards from Raiders dot Com. Stay with us here on Jagzam.
Coming up after the break, we will tell you what
our predictions for the headlines are going to be on Monday.
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(16:10):
We're going to do our best to predict the future
as we do on Thursdays. We're going to try to
figure out what the headlines will be on Monday morning.
After this game in Vegas on Sunday. Brian, what do
you think the outcome will be?
Speaker 4 (16:20):
I'm going wild out West because you've got two teams
that are coming off four touchdown losses and the bye
week with first year head coaches. Pete Carroll obviously has
a long history, and we're just seeing the beginnings of
the Liam Cohen program here. I expect both teams to
have worked very hard to work on their deficiencies, Like
Liam alluded to earlier in the show. I think the
(16:43):
Jaguars will run the ball. I expect to see Travis
Hunter involved in a big way, and I think the
Jaguars win a close one, something like thirty one twenty eight.
I mean you'd like to think, Wow, they're two and
five and you're not playing all that well.
Speaker 5 (16:58):
Hey, neither're the Jaguars.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
So I think it's going to be a shootout, and
I expect the Draguars to find a way to win.
Speaker 6 (17:04):
Yeah, I think it's gonna be close.
Speaker 7 (17:06):
I think it's gonna be a little lower scoring than
that because the Jaguars haven't showed that they can get
to thirty. Uh so let's hope that they can. I
went with Viva Viva the run, and I wish that
I had gone with Viva the takeaway, but I wanted
to use Travis Atn as the picture, so I couldn't
go to takeaway because they're not gonna eat takeaways unless
(17:27):
something weird happened. No, I'm I'm talking about it a
lot more than I thought about it, thought a dozen exactly.
But they need takeaways and they need to run. Think
about the formula they had and how they checked every
box against Carolina in Week one coming out of the bye.
(17:48):
To me, they need another box check game where they
get what you know.
Speaker 6 (17:51):
They need to be more physical.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
They need to take the ball away, and I think
being more physical will get us to Viva a run.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
Viva a run.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
All right, here's my final. Las Vegas pun play their
cards right here we go.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
Yeah, see cards.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
I will not be anywhere near casino, So.
Speaker 6 (18:09):
So say I stayed away from the game leads topic.
Speaker 9 (18:10):
This way, Environ.
Speaker 6 (18:11):
We already got the speeches.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
We're not going anywhere near casino. I think the team
a lot of you know what they talked about self
inflicted blood. Right, If they go out there, they play
well on paper, they are a better team. They should
win this football game. There's a reason you play the games.
They go out there and they can limit their penalties,
like John said, get a takeaway, establish the run. They
should win this football game. Now we have to see
(18:32):
them do it. So if they can play their cards right,
I think they should definitely go out there, get a
win and start the second half of the season off.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Of the right foot.
Speaker 5 (18:38):
Liam talked about it.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
If you're going to do that, you better practice well, right.
You better have a really good day on the practice
field today and tomorrow. You better focus on those things
that they've talked about. But the practice field leads to
the playing field on Sunday, So hopefully he's getting what
he's asking from his players, which was the theme of
his press conference on Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
So an opportunity and hopefully it is a good one
that they take advantage of.
Speaker 6 (19:01):
So stay with us here.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
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(19:23):
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it's a little bit different this week because it's Flora, Georgia.
So the team's gonna head out early on Saturday, very early,
and get to Las Vegas. And Liam Cohen was pretty
upfront about the schedule. When they get there, there will
(19:43):
be no trips to the casino, staying far away from that.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
They're gonna do.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Walk through at a local high school and team meetings
all day. But Brian, as you mentioned, a lot of
the focus has to be on today's practice and kind
of Friday a little bit as well as just getting
on the same page.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Well, I do think that's the case, and I also
think that's Saturday. The advantage to going out there and
getting a walk through out there is a little more
acclimatization and a little bit more focus on those things
that we've all talked about this week, and you know,
running the ball and knowing where Max Crosby is, I mean,
all of them. It gives you one more opportunity as
(20:17):
opposed to practicing here, getting on the plane, losing your distraction.
I think it's a perfect week for.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
Them to go early.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Yeah, you hope, And I don't know why they wouldn't
field real urgency. This is you know, there's a big
difference in this league between five and three and.
Speaker 6 (20:33):
Four and four.
Speaker 7 (20:33):
Yeah, you know, in other sports, not a big deal.
Seventeen games get to five and three. It's me a
huge difference coming back five and three and.
Speaker 6 (20:41):
Four and four. This is a big one.
Speaker 4 (20:42):
I also think this is a game where you prove
to everybody not the same old Jacks, right. I've heard
that the last two weeks since the loss in London
and how it seemed like it was the same old Jacks,
and those of us who are around here and understand
what Tony Boselli and James Gladstone and Liam Cohen have done,
understand that it's a different program entirely. This would seem
to be a game where you could prove that to
people by going and winning a game that most people
(21:03):
think you should win but won't be an easy game
at all.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
So I think that this is bigger than just that.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
I think this is about winning, and it's about the
effect of the win being confidence.
Speaker 5 (21:13):
In your fan base.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
A huge opportunity to instill some confidence in the fan base. Also,
if you want to make a playoff push, you bet
you definitely need this win. So we will be out
in Vegas for the game. Of course, we'll have your
post game coverage on Jaguars dot com Jaguars YouTube. Will
be back here in jag XAM on Tuesday to enjoy
the game.
Speaker 6 (21:28):
Enjoy your weekend.
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