Jaguars Happy Hour: Thursday, February 10

We'll hear from Tony Basselli from l A at about four thirty or so. He's scheduled to join us today and we'll get his final thoughts ahead of what could be We all hope it is finally his day to get in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the announcement coming tonight. We'll go through a process with him as well. Today he's been around Radio row Well here from NFL Network, candabas Bucky Brooks and get his thoughts on the reported hirings of assistant coaches for the Jaguars. Bucky. About four fifteen.

Senior writer John Osier joining us from Los Angeles, coming up as well, and we'll hear a little bit of Doug Peterson's conversation with Brian Sexton. That's about fourty five today. The full conversation available on Jaguars dot Com, but at one on one conversation this past Saturday. As we said, tonight is the night the NFL Honors show from Los Angeles.

Part of the NFL Honors the announcement of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of the Modern Era candidates and the Chinese are the elected players would be announced tonight. Five of those will be We hope Tony Wasseli is in there well. John Osier has been running around l A for a couple of days. He joins us now from Radio Row at Super Bowl fifty six. John, Good,

afternoon to you. What's happening on radio road at day. Well, a lot of talk as you know from JP, I mean, as you know from being around this JP, but uh from for our world, for the Jaguars people who were here, Patrick Havanaugh, Dave Buchanis and myself. We're here for the announcement of Tony Biselli. We're hoping as you said at the top of the show February two, twenty two, what you hope is that this is a landmark day for the Jaguars, because that's really what it would be. It

would be a great day for Tony. He deserves it, but it would be the Jaguars first Hall of Famer. That'd be cool. It's a big deal obviously, the first draft pick and enfranchise history, five time Pro Bowl or three time First Team All Pro, the shortened career because of shoulder issues. But everyone you talk to, most everybody you talked to who either played against him one on one or played with him, know that in that window, he was the best player in football at that position.

Especially well. I was fortunate enough JP to cover I think all but maybe three or four of Tony's games I let in two thousand. Uh, he played a little bit in two thousand and one, but I saw the great majority of his career. In addition to that, I spent a lot of that time during that time covering the Jaguars for the paper for the Full Times Union,

So I talked to people about Tony. Uh. You know, I guess we're a little biased, but to me and to many many others, he was the best left tackle in what many people consider the Golden era of the position. Orlando paces I played at the same time, uh, Willie Rove played at the same time, UH, Jonathan Ogden played. Those guys are in. Tony was first Team All Pro three years in a row during that time with those guys in the league. That's the bell market the position.

That's what shows you who is the best. Tony was the best I ever saw play the position. Many others agree, Uh, I think this is his time. And what's interesting, JP, We've talked about a lot amongst ourselves, amongst Jaguars fans, it doesn't always work out that that first pick of a franchise who's supposed to be the cornerstone, is the cornerstone. He was the cornerstone. How fitting would be if he's the first and I think he will be. John Os, you're joining us from Radio Row at Super Bowl fifty

six in Los Angeles. Well, the process we've gone through a few times now, this process with Tony being in the finalists, he's obviously the last five years or so actually now six years as a finalist, the last five have been on the top ten. That means he's gotten through the first cut of the finalists in that room. We'll see where it goes tonight. But I mean, that's that's a lot of close calls. There have been a

number of first ballot players. Clark Judge wrote an article today uh talking to he's one of the electors, and said there were ten first ballot choices the last four years, and there was a run of offensive lineman. Of course we talked about Fantica, Hutchinson and Maai. Those are all gone now. So this seems like as good a year as any. This seems like the year. I've written about it and talked about it so much that I know people who have to listen to me a lot get

tired of saying it. Hudgenson, Fannik and Malay and miss Elli were the four or four or five years ago that every voter you talked to. And I'm fortunate enough to have known a lot of Hall voters for a long time, so I talked to him on and off the record about it. All of them said, all four of those guys will eventually get in. The people who are in the room and vote, they study this process. They know how it works. Tony has been. I think you said JP top ten five years in a row.

Very rare for guys to get that close and not eventually get in, because if you're getting that kind of vote, there are a lot of people in the room who firmly believe you're a Hall of Famer. I've never talked to anybody who thinks he doesn't deserve to be in. These votes can come down to circumstance, two votes to other players getting votes. Everybody I've talked to thinks this is Tony's year. I'm more confident than I ever have been.

I'd be surprised if it's not, but we'll see. Jaguars dot Com Senior writer John Os, you're joining us from Los Angeles. I loved your conversation with Anthony Monio's earlier this week. Gets on Jaguars dot Com right now. Hall of Fame player. Of course, his team is in the Super Bowls. A lot of folks want his thoughts on what the Bengals are doing this week, but your conversation with him was mainly about Tony Boselli, and he has him right up there at the top of that class

as well. Of those players that played in the mid to late nineties. Yeah, and Anthony has been quoted before say any things, Tony was the best ever better than him. I think that's some humility. Most people set Moonios as the gold standard of the position. But he shared a story in that conversation of him coming down when he was working for ESPN and doing a very good piece on Tony when Tony was in his prime n or

ninety seven. As he's relaying that story, I can remember as a reporter for the Times Union talking to Monos when he was in town at that point, maybe it was ninety seven, and Munio's detailing how he believed Tony was better, how how he believed Tony had the potential and was going to be and maybe even was the best to ever play the position at that point. Uh, Moonio's absolutely believes he should be in. Uh. There's a fraternity of great left tackles who have played the position

over the years. Pace we mentioned Ogden, Munos is one of them. Those guys already see Tony as one of them. He's in their fraternity. But you sort of need that gold jacket to be in in that fraternity. And j P, as I've told you before, the only problem with given Tony a gold jacket is he'll never take it off? No, never will. Well, he'll be wearing that thing everywhere, and of all the busts in that room and Canton, he'll

have the just bronze bust of them all. We know that for sure he won't be able to make it back out of the road. And I don't think so. No, John Osy with us from Radio Row. It's Super Bowl FI in Los Angeles, California. So all right, what does the rest of the day whole? It's a nine o'clock Eastern time show tonight eight seven, six o'clock Pacific time. Do they have do you know what time do the players find out? We'll ask Tony coming up a little more of the detail of that, But what do you

have the rest of the day to cover? Just sort of waiting on it. We'll go to the press conference that follows it, hoping to beat Uh. You know, I've joked all day. What I want to not do tonight is have to do sort of the cheek click interview where you go here we are again, Tony, because I've done that four or five years in a row. I've I've lived through seeing his family so disappointed. Uh, and you know it's it's tough. I mean, it's an emotional moment.

So from that point of view, he's lived through that disappointment so much that you hope it happens for him. For us, we'll be at the press conference, we'll be waiting, We'll have a stream live on on Jaguars dot Com. People can watch it there, and then we'll have the reaction from him afterward, which I hope is a happy reaction. That would be for sure nice. Uh was he he was around Radio Row I heard today right making the

rounds as usual. He was. I spoke to him for a few minutes, and then he was, you're talking to a lot of different people about it, and uh, I think he feels good about it, and he's hopeful, and uh, he reads the t leaves like everybody else, but he also knows that there's nothing guaranteed in this process. John, Hey, what's up? John Ozier with us from super Bowl Radio Row in Los Angeles. You know, this is Tony Boselli day. Hopefully we'll hear that call tonight when he's announced as

a Class of Pro Football Hall of Famer. What's the general reaction there about the Doug Peterson hiring, You've been able to kind of make the rounds of the room there all positive for the most part. Yeah, he's positive. I talked to uh Adam Kaplan yesterday who knows Philadelphia sports as well as anybody, and talked to Brian Baldinger

from the NFL Network. Uh the vibe is good. There's a lot of well, you know, it's it would be hard for it to be a step back because it was a tough year last year, so there's a lot of that as well. I think overall people nationally and people who knows who know the NFL, no Doug. They know what he's about, they know he can handle the job. They have the same vibe JP that you and I got from talking to him after the press conference on Saturday. He's a professional coach, he knows what, he knows what

he's doing. The word you keep hearing about him is a great collaborator. That's sort of what we heard on Saturday. Somebody who can bring the building together, who can coach his coaches, who players are going to believe in. All of those things that you heard leading up to it are things that you hear now that's what the franchise needs, and it feels like he's that guy. John. Thanks for

the time and enjoy the rest of the day. And uh, let's hopefully this gets done tonight with Tony Boselli in the Hall of Fame, dangers crossed, Let's bring home the gold, no doubt. That's John Ozer, Jaguars dot com senior writer, joining us from radio row at Super Bowl fifty six in Los Angeles. And as you heard him say the press conference tonight, if he gets in, we'll have it on Jaguars dot com. If that is the case, Daily's play schedule is heating up. Yes it is. Spring is

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Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network. You know, I think what really strikes players is that Doug is a judguine guy and he doesn't put on airs, and I think it's that resume with players, and really that's what it's all about here. There's no He'll say in a lot if you guys will say that there's no more team game than a football team. In a game like that, I mean, you have to get everybody to buy in. Whatever your role is, do your job, do

your job the best. If everybody knows their job great, then you're gonna have a lot of success. And that's really what Doug Peter does all. I think his motivation and you know the thing about Dougnans Philly, well we look at the Super Bowl win. He loved playoff appearances

after that. It wasn't easy in those three seasons. I mean one of the themes in his time here was a ton of injuries and Doug always was able to write the shift, the shift, stay calm, make sure that the next man up was prepared to play football, and you know by large and Jill's Eagles chef winning football games and reaching the fall season. That is Dave Spidero Eagles insider on the new Jaguars head coach. Of course,

Doug Peterson was a player in Philly. He was an assistant coach in Philadelphia, the head coach of the Eagles who finally got them to the mountain top and a Super Bowl championship. And welcome back, It's Jaguars Happy Hour. The full conversation was pedero available on Jaguars dot Com. Let's go back to Los Angeles now and welcome in NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks joining us from your home studio. That you know, Bucky, the Super bowls in your town right now, right it is in my town. It is

a little bit of a zoo down there. L a live in the convention center with everything that's going on. Radio Row is in full earnest and popping on a Thursday. I decided because of all that, I think we're going to stay at the house today. We're gonna avoid some of the rat race and I'm just gonna hang out with Way for JP to carr Well I mean you, you live the rat race every day. Let's be honest with you. You're all over the place. You've got you've got radio, you've got TV, you've got all these The

mock draft season is here. I mean you, you are in the rat race every day. Yeah. Look, I'm in the middle of it right now. It's a bit of a transition because it's the end of one as we know it with the Super Bowl culminating the end of the season, but it's the beginning of two. And so if we think about it from a Jaguars perspective, now that we have to hear coaching place, we're getting to

put the piece of the coaching staff together. Now we can start looking at those mob drafts with a little reality based sense and feel for who could be the next airs and so now seeing any time because remember JP, in a couple of weeks we met Indianapolis at the Combine, and I know that you've already made a reservations so we can go eat at a couple of fine establishments and you get the credit card are all paid down, so we can we can have a good time. I'm

looking forward to It's gonna be a blast. Yeah. The expense report. I'd like to apologize in advance for what's gonna happen in Indianapolis. Bucky Brooks with us NFL network analysts. All Right, so the Jaguars have reportedly come to terms with a number of assistant coaches. The word is when it's done. Maybe next week they'll have one full announcement with everybody on the list together. But today the most recent name has been out there is Press Taylor, offensive coordinator,

reportedly coming to terms with the Jaguars. And you know, Zach Taylor's brother first of all, and has a history with Doug Peterson in Philadelphia. He is the guy responsible for the Philly Special. How about that, Bucky? How about how about that? I think when you think about Press Taylor, I think we probably should examine all of those moves around the quarterback together. So as Press Taylor as the offensive coordinator, it's Mike McCoy as the quarterback coach, and

then as Doug Peterson as the ultimate play caller. Well, Press Taylor and Doug Peterson obviously have a history having worked there together. And so the one thing that we know is that there's going to be synergy. The verbiage and the language is going to be the same for the quarterback. Everybody is going to be in alignment with Mike McCoy. What you have is UM one, you have a guy who played like Doug Peterson, Mike McCoy and myself. We're all on the Green Bay Packers in the mid nineties.

Mike mccorby was on the practice squad, and so you have that connection and synergy between guys who know one another, who were in the same quarterback room, who understand how the position should be taught. And so when you think about trying to create that that that synergy from top to bottom, meaning everyone who touched the quarterback is saying the same things. And so there's no confusion in terms of drills, instruction, schematics, all of that stuff is together.

And so I love it the way that they're putting it together. You know, I think we buried the lead here. Forget Farv and Reggie White. I mean, you three guys were on the Packers together. I feel like that's forgotten. Yeah, look how about that, Like they're like, who knew like Doug Peterson, myself, Mike McCoy, we were all together in fact at the time. UM Mike McCoy and I were

on the scout teams taking it on. I was still playing wide receiver before moving to defensive back, and so like we brought around yard a little bit challenge to defense and do all that stuff. And so um, I'm excited. I can't wait to get back into town because for me, it's like an old reunion. Like maybe they can give me like a little whistle I can hang in the far corner of the practice field talk to here he goes again, Bucky's trying to, like, you know, politic for

a gig. I don't know, I necessarily want to gig, just like a T shirt, just some Jaguar gear. And okay, I'm with you. We could we could probably make that happen. Bucky Brooks with this NFL network analyst here on Jaguar's Happy Hour. You know, that's the offensive side, that's priority

number one, get things right around the quarterback. But if Doug Peterson, as he says, is gonna call plays and be offensive guy and do all that stuff, well, the the the defensive coordinator role is huge, and there's still kind of up in the air. Mike Caldwell's name was out there early Gerald. Alexander's name came in later. I haven't really seen a report of any resolution here, Bucky, but Mike Caldwell's name was the lead name for a long time. Yeah, Mike cal Will is interesting because Mike

call Will obviously worked under Doug Peterson. They have a history together. They they've been around each other, and so there's some familiarity with the players and so with the player and the coaches and and all that other stuff. And so when you think about Doug Peterson uh trying to I guess assemble the staff, you can say he's in a way trying to get the band back together. He wants people who can kind of run this games

that he's familiar with. Now. I think Mike cal Will is very interesting and very interesting higher because his time at Tampa Bay put him around Thy Bowls, Thy Bowls.

As you know, the Tampa Buccaneers defense is one of the most aggressive defenses that you will find a lot of zone dogs, a lot of pressure from everywhere, but they did things that allowed the corners to be safe and coverage to be interesting to see how much is that he would implement and Jack and Jacksonville if he is the guy and then Gerald Alexander, I would say, a former Jaguar, but someone I know personally, having watched him work out, having watched him come out of boys

as a good player. UM, a guy who I must tell you is one of the finest teachers that you will find at the defensive back position. Um. When you talk to the players that have been touched by Gerald Alexander as a coach, they rave about him talking to the players from California when they were coming out. They just talked about how he got them ready to play. His attention to detail and instruction is superb down in Miami, the impact that he had in a really quick time

on the young players from a developmental standpoint. And my look, if I had my dream list, I would like for both of those guys to come on board because I think there's value for both of them and what they could add to the unit. I don't know if that can happen, but I'm saying, you're talking about two very, very good coaches. UM. I think it certainly would be an upgrade of what we've seen previously. Is there any

hesitation there? With his just lack of NFL coaching experience, He hasn't been in the league as a you know, he was a dB coach the last couple of years in Miami, but that's really been the bulk of his time in the league. Yeah, I mean, obviously there's a little bit of a concern, but you don't get experience until you have opportunity. He played in the league for

a long time. I think what really helps and maybe what will buffer some of the inexperienced in terms of an NFL coach is that he had to do it in college as a position coach, and so when you're coaching college kids. We talked about the precision in the detail that you need to uh have to to take complex matter and make it very very sim pulled and digestible for your eight team to twenty two year olds. That experience could allow him to be a very a

very good teacher at the NFL level. As I said, if we could get both of those guys on board, I would be very very happy because I saw it with the Miami Dolphins defense looked like I saw haw Xavien Howard and those guys played under the two legion. Jerald Alexander, I know he did do a fine job, and he's a former Jaguars, so it also matters signed them all up. Yeah, I like that. Bucky Brooks with the NFL Network canalysts here on Jaguars Happy our special teams.

Heath Farwell a name that's been reported to the Jaguars. He's been in Buffalo. I believe as of late, there's a special teams group. Last year, I mean they had some struggles and coverage. They had a couple of early successes with the kick returns, but as the season went along, the roster changed in the churn and all that just didn't work out well in special teams last season. What do you know about far A while Well, I haven't watched far whill Um as undrafted free agent. I want

to say he came out of San Diego State. That is my area of the country when I was scouting. Look, this guy made a nice career for himself as a special teamer. Uh, someone who could come down and look really cover all the kicks, and he is taking it and he's become an outstanding special teams coach. When you look at what he's been able to do as assistance

with Seattle and Carolina respectively. You think about the Buffalo Bills and their special teams, and not only their special teams and how they play, but how they were part of the culture that Buffalo created. Um. Special teams have to be a special deal. It has to be important because what you're doing is you're trying to convince a bunch of guys who have never necessarily participated in the kicking game to not only participate, but to excel in that phase. And so the special teams coach has to

be enthusiastic. He has to be a great teacher. He has to be a great team builder because he has to build that team together. So he far world comes with a lot of accolades and recognition. He did a great job in Buffalo. I would expect him to do a great job down in Jacksonville. Bucky always appreciate the time, you know. It kind of feels like just reading the tea leaves and talking to people. We heard from John

Osier out there a minute ago. He's been around Radio Row that this should be Hopefully, Tony Boselli is night to get in the Hall of Fame. It would be nice to finally get that done. Oh look, man, tell me it's about time for Tony to go. Tony Um goes and then what that does is that opens the door for free at T and Jimmy Smith and maybe some other guys to eventually get through the door. But Tony Boselli um is one of the best players that

I've ever played with. I still have vivid memories of him dominating Bruce Smith in that postseason game where we upset them in the wild card round. Uh. Look, people talk about the brevity of the career. I don't worry about that. I worry about the dominance, and so if he does get in tonight, it is well deserving. He's one of the best players that the league has ever seen. Bucky, thanks for the time. As always, we'll talk to you a getting next week. Let's do it man, talk to

you Buck Brooks. NFL network analysts joining us here on Jaguars Happy Hours. Some thoughts about the reported coaching highers. As we said, when this thing is finalized, maybe next week, you can expect one big anouncement with all the coaches on one and maybe some availability of possibly the coordinators. That's down the road a little bit. Still a little work to be done on the Jaguars coaching staff in the days ahead. We're back in a moment, and we

are out to Tony Basselli. Yes, the man of the hour. Can he get into the Hall of Fame tonight? The announcement comes to NFL Honors tonight. We'll hear from Tony when we return. This is Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network. Welcome back at Jaguars Happy Hour on a Thursday afternoon. J P. Shadrick with you our thanks to John Ozer, Jaguars dot Com senior writer, joined us from Radio Row in Los Angeles. Super Bowl fifties six. Bucky Brooks, NFL network analysts, joined us from home his

home studio. You might get back in the fray tomorrow. Friday on Radio Row is usually a big deal. This is Tony Basselli's day. We hope prior of the Jaguars left joining us from Los Angeles. Now the NFL Honors show coming up at nine o'clock Eastern time tonight where they will announce the Modern Era electees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Tony, how you feeling? What's up? How am I feeling? I am feeling good? JP? I mean it's uh up. An old veteran of this is

a sixth time I've been a finalist. But yeah, it's good. You know, it's a lot of energy out in l A. You know, Honor showed tonight that they change the order a little bit. In the past, they that honors the night before the Super Bowl. Now they moved it up. So yeah, it's just kind of kicking off the Hall of Fame week, Tony. So take us through the process. In the past, you'd have the gentleman from the Hall of Fame come knock on the door if you're in, or you'll get a phone call if you're not. Is

it similar now since the COVID What has changed? Like, what's your process the next few hours? Yeah? They change it. I mean the you know, the process is different. They you know, taking account for COVID, making sure everything you know safe and everything else. So um, they're really trying to make it the big announcement at the Honnor show. So everyone will find out at the same time. So I'll be heading over there and we will see how it goes. Well, you'll find out. What do you get there?

You just gotta go and just go blind and then all of a sudden, either you're in or you're out. How about that it'll be. It's it'll be. It's gonna be a fun night. Yeah, I like that for sure. Tony Boselli with us. I heard you made the media rouse today on Radio Row. You do that most years. Of course, in the years past you've been involved with the broadcast on Westwood One. Not this year, but with the Hall of Fame stuff. I'm sure you're a popular guy today on Radio Row. Yeah, it was a busy one.

It was good. Um. It's funny. A lot of questions about the Hall of Fame, like, well, we'll find out tomorrow. I think some of them wish I would have come tomorrow and not today so that the you know, more details around the whole thing. Um. But yeah, it's it's almost back to normal JP. I guess you know, the super Bowl and Radio Row. It's probably of what it was pre COVID, um, you know, not as many stations. But it was good. It's good to have it back.

You know, you can sense the build up and you've been to the days before kind of each each day, but as you get closer to the game, there's more intensity and more exertmen. So it was good to be out there today. Tony Basselli with us prior of the Jaguars left tackle finalists for the Pro Pro Football Hall of Fame. We'll find out tonight NFL Honors Show nine

o'clock on ABC, ESPN Plus and NFL Network. Uh, you know, all right, let's talk big picture Tony Boselli career stuff, since this is the Tony Basselli day to do that and we don't do that a lot. What is your top career highlight, Tony. Um, that's a great question, JP. There's so many. I mean, I mean an overall over arching highlights. Just being a part of the organization from the beginning, you know, being the first pick and being on the expansion team and and kind of um, having

the success we did. It was an amazing Obviously that nineties playoff run we had with two big wins in Buffalo into Denver. Will I'll never forget ninety We have, you know, a great team. Unfortunately couldn't get over the hump because of the Titans. You know, there's you know, being able to go playing Pro Bowls and why as a young player was remarkable. Making you know, the playoffs four straight years was fun. You know, there's but at the end of the day. I think my favorite part

is the guys in the locker room. You know you missed, you missed that, you know, camaraderie and getting together and laughing at joking and and going out and competing together. So, um, there's a lot. It was a lot. It was great. It was a lot of amazing times, um that I had as a jaxsone Jaguar. Is that the whole of fame calling? Do you need to get that vone call Tony? I don't? Is that the I thought I don't want?

I got every I got every one of their brother in this room right now, trying to get ready, all my kids, life, people everywhere. It's chaos in here, JP. It's like another day at the Bassel household. I've seen this in person before. This is how it works all the time you've been to you've been to the house, you've been over for holidays, so you know how it is um around here. That's what they just called Thursday Land. For sure. It's a normal day. Really, all happened to

be in one hotel room. So interesting. Last couple of minutes with you will let you get on your way, and I get a lot coming on. So you know who was when you were coming up as a young player, who did you look up to as a left tackle? You know what, I want to play like this guy who was your your guy you looked up to? Yeah, I mean I didn't even play offensive lignement until I got my junior in high school. Um, you know, I was like everyone else wanted to play order back or

you know, defense or do something. It wasn't so my junior, my high school coach Sam Borgana moved me the offensive line, so I didn't even really you know, like most kids. He watched the ball. And then I think when I got to see I was fortunate to back my freshman year, Pat Harlowe was the starter, and uh it was the former first round draft picks, so I gotta watch him play. You know. Anthony Munos was a Sea grad and obviously that you know, my opinion, the greatest left hackle ever

played the game. You know, so I had watched tape on him, um and kind of model my game and see what he was doing and kind of the techniques and so you know, And I think the biggest thing JP is is I had great coaches. I mean the coaches I had, Um, we're remarkable. I mentioned Sam Bugano's my head coach in high school. Um, John Matsko, who's still coaching in the NFL today, was my offenseive line coach at USC. The first two years after that, it was Mike Barry, who coached all over college and was

an amazing influence in my life. And then I got to the pros and had another really good offensive line coach and Mike Maze. So, you know, so much of the things that have influenced me and contributed to whatever success I had was I was fortunate that God put really good people in my in my path. John Ozer talked with Anthony Munio's yesterday, Tony, and Munio said that, you know, he was offered the offensive line coaching job the year before you got to SC and didn't take it.

He said, if I had taken it, I might have messed up. Tony was silly. I don't know if I believe. I don't think I believe that Anthony's you know, one of the things that I always loved about watching Anthony he was such a technician, great athlete, I mean, an amazing athlete for a human being his size, but the way he approached the game and how um he performed so well because of the great technique that he had. So I bet you he would have been an awesome coach. Um.

So I've appreciated that friendship. You know, it's kind of growing as I got into the NFL, and uh, it continues to grow. So he's someone I've always looked up to. He's great players, great, he's a great person, great husband, father, um, And so having him on say nice things about you

is always a pretty cool thing. All right, Tony, We'll leave you this is It may not be a fair question for you, but you're here, so I'm gonna ask you what would what would this mean for first off, the Jaguars organization having the first Hall of Fame player in franchise history. And what would it mean for the city of Jacksonville and Jaguars fans to to finally have somebody with a bronze bust in Canton. Um. I mean they there's probab others that could answer that better than

I can. But I'll say this, I'll be proud to represent the Jaguar fans, the organization in our great city of Jacksonville. And so they've always been good to me, JP always been so supportive in this whole process when I was a player, when I got hurt, it may have been amazing. I mean, it's one of the reasons I choose to live in Jacksonville and raise my family and and and do life. So, UM, I hope, I hope I can do him proud. I hope that, UM, if it goes the way we all hope it goes, that,

they'll be excited because they're a big part of it. Um, They're a big part of this whole journey and uh and my growth as a player, and it's an individual Tell Angie and the kids high and good luck tonight, Tony. We'll talk to you all right, Thanks j That's Tony Vaselli. He is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The announcement tonight NFL Honors nine o'clock Eastern on ABC,

ESPN Plus and NFL Network. I'm not sure exactly what time in this show it will be announced, but if he makes it, if he's announced as one of the in Chinese coming up, then we'll have the press conference after live right here on Jaguars dot Com and Jaguars Social Media. When we return we'll hear from Doug Peterson. He sat down this past weekend with Brian Sexton one on one, and we'll get some thoughts from the new

Jaguars head coach. Will take a live look at the construction underway at the Football Performance Center as well as we do every week is Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network. Welcome back. Jaguars Happy Hour continues if you're watching on Jaguars dot Com or jack Social media. It's a look at the site of the Football Performance Center.

And yes, there is dirt moving. There has been dirt moved, There's been concrete removed, there's been field removed, and the footprint on the right is where the building will be at least the main building for the Jaguars Football Performance Center slept slated to open for training camp in so they are just getting started. But there is some progress, which is good news and it's a good thing to see the start of some great things here in downtown Jacksonville.

Welcome back at Jaguars Happy Hour. J P. Shadick with you. A busy day, of course, the NFL Honors Show tonight at nine o'clock Eastern time. They will announce the elected players for the Pro Football Hall of Fame from the modern era. Five of those players in the modern era will be announced tonight, and hopefully Tony Basselli is one of those. We heard from Tony just a moment ago or thanks to John Osier as well and Bucky Brooks

who joined us from Los Angeles. We we talked to Tony's a moment ago and we're asking him, hey, who'd you watch? Whould you like? You know when you were coming up? Anthony Monios was the name that he discussed, and we mentioned that conversation with John Osier. Let's still run a bit of that now. It's available on Jaguars dot Com, the full thing. But Anthony Monos yesterday at Radio Row with John Osier about Tony Basselli's chances of getting in the Hall of Fame and his ability as

a player. Hopefully, Uh, it's the weight is over for Tony. But you know, we talked about it all the time. A guy's amazing player. I mean, he's a great person as we all know. But uh, I had a chance to broadcast a couple of games and you know, we've we've I've kind of laughed over the years. Uh, I'm glad I didn't take the job because I might have

messed him up. But he was at USC and John Robins and offered me the offensive line job the year after I retired and Tony was there, So maybe it was good that I went into broadcasting and didn't coach Tony. That would have been fun though. But yeah, the guy is just amazing. I mean, you know the size, strange, speed, technical, you know the technical part of it, and then you know a little bit of the nasty streak that I like, or maybe a lot of this, but yeah, I'm curious

to here and see what happened. So yeah, I'm a big Tony fan from an x is a nose point of view. What made him great? I mean, you play the game as well as anybody, Well you know what I said. I mean, not only is what six seven, you know, three twenty three thirty whatever he weighed, but is you know, just the athleticism and the ability to move out in space, you know for a big guy.

You know, the leverage he played with and the hands that he I mean, it's just it's everything that you'd like to see an offensive lineman doing, especially an offensive tackle left tackle out in space, and like I said, he's a smart guy. I mean, you know when you get a smart guy out there that knows how to change it up when you're planning that that makes a big difference. And then you know you're throwing that that

nasty streak. To me, that that is ingredients for a Hall of Fame tackle you How well do you know him and what would this honor mean tunea to happen? You know him pretty well. Uh you know again, when he was at SC I watched him play and then I'll never forget. I was with ESPN at the time and they flew me down to down to Jacksonville and I wore sweats. He can't wore swets. We went out in the field and they just rolled the camera and we must have been out there for an hour and

we talked about technique, mental part of the game. I asked him questions, he asked me questions. So I got

to know him and then just see him. You know, there's a golf tournament that you know, just uh finished after twenty years in Orlando and he was always there and I always went down, so, you know, just different events, I've had a chance to be around him and uh so yeah, you know, I would say I know him pretty well and uh and it would not only be exciting to to hear that because of him and his family and you know, of course, first of all he was football his family and it doesn't hurt that we're

both Trojan. So have another trojan alignment that would be, you know, to join Ron Nix and Yarry and you know, Bruce Matthews and myself would be pretty awesome and things like this can to become a live sales but I've read herd maybe even you told me once he was as good as anybody who ever did it? Uh? Is it fair to ask you where he ranked? You know, it's tough because you know I put him up there, you know, Walter Jones, I really enjoyed watching guys like

really Rope and Jonathan Ogden. Um. I'm trying to think of some other guys, but you know, he would be probably a handful of guys I would put up there in the upper echelon as far as guys that when I watched, I said, I love watching the pretty impressive the humility there. He didn't mention himself. You're probably never one. So uh, final question, how deserving. Would this honor be for him? I mean, he's clearly a Hall of Fame guy. Well, no,

it's very deserving. I mean, if you know, if he just if he gets that call or whatever, that he's in very deserve mat because to me, it's, you know, the deserving part of it is what you did on the field. And I think you know, people talk about his career wasn't Hey, there's guys that have played, you know, and they were the best when they were playing, and that's what it's all about. If you're one of the

best ever and one of the best play. So I would say that deserving if he gets that call, very deserving. Anthony Monio's yesterday Hall of Fame tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals, joining John Osier on radio road at Super Bowl fifty six. The full conversation between those two available on Jaguars dot Com. Speaking of conversations earlier this week, knew Jaguars head coach Doug Peterson was in the building in fact over the weekend. He's in the building, yes, but he was here for

the press conference on Saturday. After the fact, a sit down interview one on one with Jaguars dot Com senior correspondent Brian Sexton, and a lot of conversation about the quarterback and much more, a great opportunity to really to really flip this organization and get it, get it back in the direction that it that it's I know that that Sean Khan wants to to go, and we all wanted to go. And you know, to have have the quarterback in places obviously a key thing. And it kind

of drew me to obviously this this franchise. And then you know, as you mentioned the draft, capital and and resources, it's just one piece of one piece of time. You're the first Jaguars head coach who has played the position to quarterback. How does your experience as a player translate to coaching the position. I just feel like I can see it through the quarterback's eyes. You know. I was never the starter a lot, you know, but I had had that career backup, so I was always in a

kind of a coaching sort of a mentor. You know, I see the game through the quarterback's eyes, and I think that's important to understand what they're what they're seeing with those guys are seeing out on the football field. And then obviously you haven't been coached by some some great coaches and you know head coaches in my career. It's something now that I can you know, pass on to it to a guy like Trevor and just just create that desire which is already there, but you want

to enhance the desire to to be great. And he wants to be he wants to be that way. I want that for him. And again, teams that have this position right are the ones that have had success in this league. And uh, you know, Jacksonville has gotten it right doing. Thank you, thank you, thank you. How we're doing, man? Just see how are you doing? Man? This roster I think has some players on it, guys like Josh Allen who are hidden Jim because this team hasn't had success

and people haven't seen him. Do you see some promise in this roster or do you see? This is a long haul job. No. I mean to me, the guys like Josh Allen, you know, on this roster are those guys that that are in the right spots, right positions to be successful. And and this is the other thing that attracted me to to this this job is the fact that these players are hungry to win. And that's all they want to do. They just want to play ball. These are these are these are kids who just want

to be out there on the grass. They want to compete and win games. And that that is a that is a key recipe to the success in the National Football League with teams that you see you're in a year out, you know, vying for those for those postseason spots. So how do you balance the need to win now? Right? The owner told the media and Jacksonville weeks ago, months ago. Now, uh,

you know, even want a five year plan. He wanted to win um and you just talked about the importance of that, but you have to be future focused also, how do you balance that? It's it's a fine line. It's really a fine line. Listen. I want to win. I want to win tomorrow. You know. It's it's something that that that we get into this business to win football games. That's where we get hired, right and and really that's the reason sometimes we get fired. We just

don't we don't win enough games. But to me, the foundations here and now you just build upon that right with with the coaching staff and the front office and obviously again as we talked with it with the quarterback, and you just you just start chipping away at it, and it's and it's a it's a it's a methodical process. But then then comes the day when when everything kind of is that aha moment and the light kind of

turns on. And then when it does, that's that's a beautiful thing when that happens, because your team's your team's united um and you start winning games. Having a portion of the conversation, the full sit down available on Jaguars dot Com. Doug Peterson and Jaguars dot Com senior correspondent Brian Sexton, it was a it was a fun saturday at t I A. Bank Field, have Peterson in the building taking a look around for the first time. The

press conference upstairs in the West Club. We had the live coverage on Jaguars dot com pregame show, and then Peterson joined us right after the fact, and I got to get in his head a little bit. And he's been right after busy, of course, with all the reports coming out of these assistant coach hires taking place, reports that they're in the building already, some of these guys already getting to work behind a little bit after a

linky search. But as Doug Peterson was saying during the press conference, he's quite confident that, um, this thing should get done pretty quickly, at least on the on the coaching side. And as we said earlier, once it's all hired and close to done, you can expect one big announcement the entire coaching staff on that. And the next question is what happens with the executive vice president roll that shot Khan discussed during the press conference there out

to the league. They've apparently got some interviews lined up. Uh, that will be in the next couple of weeks time. I think the next big storyline for the Jaguars today, though, of course, is Tony Basselli Day. Let's see tonight nine o'clock the NFL Honor Show is on NFL Network, ESPN Plus and ABC. That's when they'll announce the Modern Era electees from the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of two, and we hope Tony Boselli is a part of that. We heard from Tony coming up. A couple of other

Jaguars notes today. Are there reports this morning that Tony Khan was preparing a run for Congress, Well those are false. Tony Khan came out on Twitter himself with a wrestling style tweet if you will, and said the fact checking standard of Pro Football Talk reporting is far lower than that of a w's roving reporter Tony Schivanni. I'm definitely not running for Congress. This filing is faker than Eddie

Gilbert's apology to Tommy rich In. I don't know what that means, but they have it from Tony Khan's mouth to your ears. Uh. He is not running for Congress in District number four, he said so himself today. Real news, though,

the Jaguars are headed back to Wimbley Stadium. As part of the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's press conference yesterday, he announced two games are actually four games coming up in Germany, including this year in Munich, and of course the league has two games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium already on the

books in London. The Jaguars, not long after that announcement, announced that they will play at Wimbley Stadium in two and return to a place where they started playing games in the Jaguars and they've gone every year since they missed the COVID year of last season they win as part of the NFL package at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to play the Dolphins there and got the win on the long field goals at the end of the game to

get that done. Next season back to Wembley Stadium. We'll see what the future holds as well, but as of now the game announced um the schedule and the opponents will be announced closer to if not right at the schedule announcement, which usually is right around the draft, but you can probably expect that in early May here in

the campaign. So this year the NFL is scheduled to have five International Series games, three in London, the one at Wembley, into at Tottenham Hotspur, one in Germany and Munich and then Mexico City will host a game as well, and each team around the league starting with this season will have a rotation of games over a number of years in International Series games, so everybody will be involved

at least at some point. Moving ahead, the Jaguars of course will be involved, it feels like most every year moving ahead, and certainly this year at Wimbley Stadium, the national stadium in England. The first year for the Jags of course back in as we said, missed out in so the you have it that's the biggest news of the week of course tonight. Uh, let's all cross our fingers for Tony Basselli. He sounded confident there. You know, he's got the family there and we'll see what the

official word is coming out. The accolades we know are all there. Um. We we've heard about him for years and years and years. Hopefully tonight is the night Tony Basselli makes his way into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. There is another Jaguars connection that is a finalist tonight as well. That should be knocking on the door to Leroy Butler is the other Butler of course, twelve year player with the Green Bay Packers. He's from right here

at Lee High School in Jacksonville. I went to Florida state, of course, and could he get in Could it be a douvall double tonight? If you will? With Butler from here Baselly, the first Jaguars player drafted, it is possible that could happen tonight. That would be a heck of a run. And by the way, if this all happens, if you've never been to Canton, Ohio, why not, uh, you know, make a make a trek up there and

do it this time. If this is the case, if these both certainly, if both of these players make it into the Hall of Fame. Uh, it is surreal it's ever been to. I've never been to an in trinement ceremony, but have traveled to that place twice in two different years. Ninety one was the first time on a family vacation.

It was still the small little Hall of Fame at that point, and then again in like oh seven, it expanded and since then it's even they've added a whole new experience on the back end of that stadium's brand new. And it is a weekend to remember in Canton, Ohio. Let's hope that the Jaguars are involved in Jacksonville is the city has two players into the Hall of Fame

this year. It is well worth the trip if you are a football fan and a football his three fan make it the Canton, Ohio Thanks to all our guests today, well John Osier from Radio Row at Super Bowl fifty six, Bucky Brooks, NFL network analysts joining us, and the Hall of Fame finalist Tony Basselli joining us from his hotel room in l A nine o'clock Eastern time tonight NFL Honors on ABC, ESPN Plus and NFL Network. Our thanks to Joe Fortnado and Brent Reebert. For our entire crew,

I'm JP Shadrick. We'll catch you next time. It's Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network