Jaguars Happy Hour: Thursday, March 12

program today. We've got a lot to get to it on a day it's been around the world of sports. Here's what's coming up on the show. Coronavirus impact not only in the NFL, but around the entire sports land endscape. Today another wild day of cancelations and suspensions. We'll see some of the responses some of the leagues have had. We'll talk a little football a little later in the show. Unique and got Way. The tag deadline is still intact, and free agency the opening of the league year is

still intact next week as well. The league has not changed those dates. We'll get to that. We'll talk a little offensive line, and we'll go around the National Football League, but let's start with the latest from the Jacksonville Jaguars. Just a moment ago, the Jaguars put out an announcement on social media and we'll read the whole thing here. The Jaguars and Bold Offense are taking all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of our staff and community amidst

the rapidly evolving COVID nineteen situation. Both organizations are following the guidance of government officials and health organizations to implement a plan for all employees. Traveling team personnel have been instructed to return to their families, and while the Jaguars and Bold Events remain open for business, employees have been

encouraged to work for home from home if possible. For the time being, private events, concerts at Daily's Place, and fan events are being carefully evaluated on a case by case basis, and while the situation remains fluid, the Jaguars will continue to communicate with fans, ticket purchasers, and media regarding any updates about the team and events at t

I A. Bank Field and Daily's Place. The Jaguars and Bold Events encourage all Northeast Florida residents to take the proper precautions and follow follow best practices is recommended by the CDC. The point there is, of course, the main point is that the Jaguars and Bold Events Daily's place are still open for business. You can email, you can call the the office, call your representative for tickets. It will go straight to that person wherever they are and

they will be working remotely for the time being. So that's the Jaguars response this afternoon. But what a day it has been around the sports world. But I don't think we've seen anything like the way you gotta go

back to one last night in the basketball game. I think that was one of the big eye openers with with the game in Oklahoma's city, right the Jazz and the Thunder, And I think that's probably not I think things like that where people can put a name in a face with this virus, then I think then it really impacts people much more than nameless, faceless people that might be somewhere, you know. So what happened with the

NBA them postponing the season. Tom Hanks and his wife reported to have the virus, and so now all a sudden people are saying, I know the people and it's impacted them a boy, it could impact me now and so uh. And of course the financial markets have been crushed the uh. For many years, sports was always kind of considered what's the right word, um, recession proof, And in fact, I think sports in a lot of cases during recessions have been have been a bastion of happiness

for people, a way to get away from me. Think about you know, the Pittsburgh Steelers and in their heyday, and then the steel mills were closing down and the seals were ripping, I mean, and and being made the Steelers near and dear to those fans hearts and but boy, uh, sports is not virus proof. This is this is something that is unprecedented. It is something that uncharted waters, whatever term you want to use. This is historic in so

many different ways. I mean, you're talking about sports, I mean, because this is what we are. We are sports on the Jaguar Show here, and so we're talking specifically about how this can affect the Jaguars daily course of business. I mean it's far reaching. You're talking about can the league operate with all the recommendations from the CDC and the World Health Organization because right now, Oh, they're recommending

a lot of things that are pretty drastic. Uh. And as you can see from the Jaguars information that they released, there are people are gonna be working from home. Okay, well, you have free agency, you have the draft coming up, you have ticket sales coming out. I mean, all of those activities are going to be greatly impacted because of this virus. And now and now you're talking about you. This is a business. It's every team in every league.

Now the businesses impacted greatly. How long will it take to get past it? Uh, nobody knows the answer to that. I don't know. So this is Uh, it's scary. I mean it really is. And I'm not saying that it's scary from from the standpoint of am I worried about? Okay, do I get if I get this, I'm not gonna die.

I mean that that's concerned. Um, But what we're finding out about this disease, and from what I've read, and I'm not an expert that you know, typically the or not typically sometimes death is usually because of some underlying cause that's that's on top of the virus with certain people.

But I mean, this is scary. I mean, we're talking about people changing the way they go about their business on a daily life, changing the way that they go about their their activities on a on a day to day basis, and and this football team as a whole, and so and we haven't seen much of a response from the league, and I'm kind of a little bit surprised about that. The only thing official from the league as of yet was that they've canceled the NFL annual meeting,

which is at the end of the month. It's it was down in going to be a Palm beach this year, So they've canceled that. They moved all the football matters of that meeting to mail and that and that thing, and and that meeting is essentially the only something that the league has that's imminent that needs to be addressed right now. But there's some other things it probably need to be addressed to. Okay, because you think, what are what are Dave called well in his scouting department doing?

They are they still traveling around attending at schools, not anymore after this announcement to But but here's my thing, and in my opinion, this should be a league wide

thing that that that needs to be addressed. The commissioner needs to come out and say, hey, look, we as a league, we don't want to do this anymore, because what happens is you don't want one team doing it and one team is not doing it, because then somebody thinks, oh, well, they got an advantage they're doing it, when if they're doing it, we gotta do it, you know, because it goes back to the same thing back before, when before they collect the bargaining agreement got ironed out and there

was very strict guidelines about what you could and could not do in the off season because somebody was running thirty practices in the all season until they finally wrote a rule that said you can't do that. But I mean, there needs to be I think of response from the league that says, look, as a league, we're telling our teams you cannot do this. You can do this, but you cannot do That's to make it uniform, because this is a league, even though it's a collection of thirty

two individual institutions. I get that it is a league and it has to operate from the same set of guidelines to make it fair. And I think the league needs to address that and and here's the reality to provide guidance for some of the teams that don't know there which way is up, I'll put it. That's a good way to put it. That's fine because I think that they're in in some cases in this league, there

are situations like that. I will say this, And obviously a lot of these other sports leagues are in season right now. They're having to put their seasons on hold and not know when or how many games A you're gonna have when you come back, or an n see A tournament you're this is tournament time, the selection Sundays coming up. All those conference tournaments got canceled today, so who knows if that's going to be played. As of right now, I believe it is the n c A tournament,

but that could change. With some of these schools banning athletic travel for the rest of the year. I think I think athletics is for the remainder of this winner And I mean, even though we're in our spring mode here in North Florida, but we're still in winter from the counter perspective, but I think Winner sports and spring sports for the most part, they're done. It's um, they're done. Yeah,

And mL is on hold. MLS is on hold. Major League Baseball canceled the rest of spring training and they're delaying the start of the season. Not true win. NASCAR is still gonna run races, but with no fans the next two weeks at least, to see how that goes. Golf still going well. We'll hear from Jay Monahan coming up. He spoke with the media today at the commissioner of

the PGA Tour. They're here this week, that's what. And they're they're going to continue the players, but without a gallery for I heard somebody said this today and I was like kidding me, like, oh boy, they're gonna make a lot of money on TV now. TV ratings are going to go through the roof. Wait a minute, the TV ratings may go up, sure, but does that mean that they're gonna make money hand over fish because the TV ratings are gonna go up. No, No, there, they

just got their deal. The deal is the deal, right, I mean, think about all the lost income for all of these sports that may continue to play with nobody in attendance. It doesn't matter that it's just gonna be on TV. They're not gonna make up that that income, that lost income because it's now low, no longer open to fans. I mean, this is this is this is far reaching. You're talking about everybody. The guy that's selling a coke at a game don't have a job now,

food food truck vendors at the players this weekend. They have all this product ready for thousands of people and spent the money to get ready, to well, to get in there and to prep to get ready to solve this one decision. Okay, Now who pays for that? I mean? But but I mean, those are the things that look the league, and I don't want to say they're fortunate, but I mean they're fortunate. There's not a lot of things that are that are imminent on it from a

scheduling standpoint. But the next thing really on the horizon is free agency, okay, and that's starting next week. As a league, shouldn't you come out with some type of uniform response to to the way that you handle free agency? Okay? Should the players even be traveling to a different city, getting on an airplane as in doing the wine and dine free agent visits? Now, as we said, as of I'm a free agent, you know what I'm saying I'll see whatever we can do a virtual meeting, but I'm

not I'm not traveling there. And if if I need a physical, okay, send the doctor to my house. Send a local doctor to my house, and you're gonna go to give me a physical. But I mean, those are the things that I think from the league standpoint, that that they've got to take a look at. Because it's free agency starts next week, um, Wednesday at at four o'clock eastern right, so um here it is, it's um,

it's right around the corner. And the few through a few different sources today, the league said that basically those dates are not changing. The tag deadline will go up until a certain time frame and then boom the league years. And I look, I think there's been some criticism from some people, and I don't think that that's fair about christicism that the league should move the start of free NC back. Look, all that stuff can still happen, but there it's just got it's got to be different, and uh,

and that's that's the way it is. I mean, things can't be normal for this free agency period and this is certainly a time in our lives that I don't I don't know if we'll ever forget. I mean, this is uh, I think we're just getting started to Well, there's all I mean, there's a lot of things going on. I mean I just literally minutes ago I opened up an email that I got from my son who's a college student, and it an email that he forwarded me.

There they're closing campus. They are telling all the kids leave, leave, and we're we're gonna we're gonna teach you virtually online. Uh. He's he's an athlete. Guess what. There's no more athletics. There's no athletics, there's no class. Go home to wherever it is that you came from, and you're gonna take class via the internet. Amazing, it really is. That is crazy, right, that's where we are. That's where we are. No travel from Europe for the next thirty days. The thing Jaguars

planning to play two games in London, UK is still allowed. Well, just okay, guess I mean that that's now part of the conversation, right can is that is that is that gonna be on? Is that on the table? I mean as as a if you're talking about as from a player standpoint, do you want do you want to have two games over in London with with a pandemic going on. Um,

I mean, I think just what I say. There's a lot on the table from the NFL standpoint right now, and I think the most pressing thing that needs to be addressed is some of the guidelines for club personnel to utilize during this time, at this moment, for scouting, free agency and things of that nature. And and I

think the league needs to address that. And I know the Jaguars have some other teams have their own and some have, but at some point I think some teams need a little help, because I said, some teams don't know they're ahead from the other part of their body. Thank you. How would you like to have your electric bill paid for the entire Jaguars twenty regular season? Are good friends of mc gawan's Heating and air Conditioning are giving you that chance? Go to Jaguars dot com slash

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Jeff Laghman. But in the sports landscape here in Jacksonville, this is a huge weekend each and every year with the players in town, forty four actual players and then thousands upon thousands making their way upon a vidra. And they were there today, they will be there the rest of the weekend. The fans were not will not be allowed. Media will still be there, television coverage, they'll still play the tournament, but no fans, and that's um. That's an

unfortunate development. And uh, for certainly for this area and for the city of Jacksonville and in the surrounding areas. And I know that the Jaguars an organization. They I mean, they pretty close relationship with the PGA tour and and there was a lot of business that was conducted for the Jaguars at the PGA Tour, yes, and now that's

not there. So every year the you know, for example, the Jaguars have um a certain area out there on seventeen where they entertained clients and crests and and a lot of business there, and that's not there right now, You're losing an opportunity to conduct business in a very casual,

entertaining setting. So uh, and look, and I feel bad for all the golf fans that have made the commitment to travel to North Florida and then to either be on the way here or to get here and then be told, Okay, starting tomorrow, nobody's allowed to come here. And but I but I understand, I mean, like I said before, there's there's no book that you can pull off the shelf and say this is what we need to do with a pandemic. Breaking news right now, the n C Double A has just canceled the men's and

women's basketball tournaments, canceled them all together. They were going to and as I said to you, said, the winter and spring sports are are done. That's right collegiately, So, um, they haven't. They canceled the remaining winner in spring championships, not just basketball, but every other spring championship as well, so in every sport. Well, and here's the thing just came up. Uh, those students won't be on campus for

much longer. Everybody scattering. And that's right, Just like I was talking about how my son's college is canceling classes and everybody's gonna be done online. I'm sure every campus from a from a college standpoint is considering doing that, if they have not already initiated the steps of doing so. I'm sure. And I know that from talking to certain people that there are some private schools in Jacksonville that that is a possibility as well. High schools. You mean

high schools, um, elementary schools, middle schools. Yeah, I mean that stuff is on the table. So um, yeah, it's a I think until until you kind of figure out from the book that doesn't exist. What's what do you do next. I mean, it's that's what you do. You're you're trying to and and look, you gotta react, and you've got to respond because anything that you if you if you don't take steps, then what it could get

worse and it could be very costly. It could be very costly from a life standpoint, and then I think from a liability standpoint as well, which unfortunately, I think that that also plays somewhat of a part and and some of the decisions and but you know, uh, personal safety and health is obviously the at the forefront of everybody's minds. But it's, uh, this is crazy, j JP. I mean it is crazy. I mean, guess what, we

might be doing a show virtually from my house. I'll do it from my you know, we'll become hermits what not. I don't you know. I'm game, let's do it next week. Yeah, well I don't know. Yeah, we'll have to figure that out. I don't know. This is this is different now. And like I said, I want to go back to I think the league needs to address some of things that are coming up next week. And I think it's are happening. Well. I think at some point they soon what are you wait?

What are they waiting on? I mean today's today? Well today is the Thursday. Okay, Um, we understand what it is. It's a worldwide pandemic, right, yes, okay, so let's have let's have some poe thought and address some of the issues that are immediately at hand. We are, oh gosh, the draft is in late April, so let's be the next one event on the calendar. So will that happen? Probably not. They'll probably still draft. Will it be in a ballroom? Will it be in a you know, is

they're gonna move it from Vegas altogether? I mean, who knows? That's the question. Can I'm gonna see how the next few weeks go. I can't. I can't imagine that being any in any semblance what it used to be the draft. There won't be six d thousand people like they were in Shield. I mean, it's not gonna happen, whether whether something positive happens, because people will still be like, WHOA

wait a minute. I mean, look, even if you get to the point to where the CDC and the World Health Organization says okay, look, okay, it's it's all kind of manageable. Now do you think people are gonna want to rush back out and go hang around a bunch thousands of other people. Ain't happening. It ain't happening. So next on the calendar the tagging deadline, franchise tag, transition tag deadline. Of course, the big name associated with that deadline,

with the Jacksonville Jaguars is unique in gock way. Um, which way? I mean they could go either way? Right, transition tag or franchise tag? Which way should they go here? And the differences of them? Of course, the transition tag guarantees the original club the first rider of a fusual match. Any offer the player may make with another team. The franchise tag, you get the average salary of the top three for one year if they sign it. Of course, Yeah, I don't I don't see. I don't see the Jaguars

using the transition tag. If you're going to use the tag, it be transition tag, franchise I mean friendship. Yeah, So I don't see the transit transition tag being used, you know? And so does does what's happening right now change the economics of how you do business as a football team.

It's a great question. It's a great question. I mean, you don't know, really, I mean because when you're talking about committing nineteen million to a player, and uh, from a salary cap standpoint, the estimates of what the cap was going to be coming up in our estimates, but you know, the real money has to be spent. So if if the landscape has changed, revenues change, do you want to have a nineteen million dollar commitment to a player out there that for one year? I don't know

the answer to that. I'm throwing the question out there because it just goes to show you that things have changed. And obviously you in a perfect world, you know, you just keep operating business as usual, But there is no such thing as business as usual anymore right now? So ah, I don't know. Um does anybody know? Probably not. I mean, it's because if if the salary cap and here's the

other thing, you don't know, what is it? Saturday? Is there is the final day in which the NFL players have until to get their vote in up or down on the the extension of the c b A. There's another unknown, So what are the operation guidelines going forward? Is under? Okay, this is the last year coming up of the current deal, and that the extension didn't go through or is the extension going to go through? And

then okay, now we operate under the extension guidelines. But then also what are the economics going forward with with

a worldwide pandemic? So, I mean, there's so many things that you just don't know that, and I'm sure that there's a lot of general managers head coaches that are having conversations and mainly the conversation from the the owner, team presidents, etcetera, talking to the head coach and general managers about how do we go about our business moving forward because that's certainly changed, and what are the economic realities of the future for each and every organization, which

is I think every organization is different. So I mean, if you if you take what if there's not a season? Yeah, I mean who knows well really for that, but yes, here's here's reality. I mean, typically what the next thing up is the off season program? How many people? That's what eight eighty guys, yeah, coming to work out here, They're coming from everywhere, coming from all over, getting eighty guys in a group working together, sweating together. Is that

is that something that you want? Is it? What is would that be something that the CDC says, okay, hey, they have no problem. Get eighty guys together, sweat on each other, work out together, no problem. A lot of questions. Let's come back. We'll delve into the offensive line. Hey, can I throw out of congratulations real quick? Sure to Ted Dickman. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I got married. Ted Dickman, who works for the Jaguars public relations department, got married

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Jacksonville Jaguars. Now the offensive line and you're just had a meeting before we came in, and we feel like that's actually one of the strong points of us. But I think the NFL is going to and off scheduled quarterback and when you have a quarterback that that can do some off scheduled plays and and uh when when things break down or create a play with their feet, and and and get third, third down and convert to a first down. I think with Gardner that that's a

that's a very good trade to have. Dave called well Jaguars GM at the combine a couple of weeks ago, I asked about the offensive line and some of the thoughts of maybe going there in the draft or in free agency, and it seems like he's pretty confident there. Also sounded like he's pretty confident in one of the quarterbacks on this team. When in the rest of that conversation there, um, where are you on the offensive line right now? Logs, are you in the camp that you

need to go get a guy or two? Are you? Could you roll out this group right now and be confident in them, Um, are you well, I mean for me, for I think the first question is is is everybody back? Because there's some questions, you know, could anybody be a

cap casually? Okay, assuming they're all back, I would like competition and left tackle and if and if I have an opportunity early in the draft or in the first round of the draft at what many people believe is is a dominant cornerstone left tackle, take him every time. Um'm gonna make your quarterback better, gonna make your offensive line better, gonna make your running game better. I don't care if you have an all scheduled quarterback or not.

Offensive line make a quarterback better. I mean, so it goes back to JP what what I said last year, the year before that, and year before that and that because this team I think had the outlook that they were okay at quarterback with Blake Bortles, and then they also did that with Nick Boles, and then I don't know if that's the case now with Gardner Minshew and Nick Foles, because they you've heard a quote from Sean con and said that they have a wealth of riches

at the quarterback position. I think that was the term something something to that affair, and in my opinion, you you never take anybody off the table. I mean, look, if if you've got Tony Basselli left tackle, or are you gonna draft the left tackle? No, but Cam Robinson

is not Tony Basselli. That's the reality. So if you have and for me high in the draft, the only position along the offensive line that would really warrant that that type of possibility would be left unless look if the guard that Indianapolis drafted Um a couple of years ago. If Quentin if the next Quentin Nelson is on on the board and he's sitting there and he's a guard, take him in a minute. Not many Quentin Nelson's come

along like like him. No, you know so, and you you know you're very really gonna draft from those in the top ten. No, But I mean, I think I think it's pretty apparent though that you can kind of I don't say it's apparent. It seems that the staff listening to Dave Calldwell talk, listening to Doug Marone talk, that there's a lean towards Gardner Minshew and this whole all schedule thing, the interview with h with Jay Gruden kind of kind of the same thing. You heard that

same thing. So I mean, is is is Dave echoing something that Jay said? Is is Jay echo when something that Dave said? I don't know, but you can see that they're kind of on the same page. And and from what it sounds like, it sounds like, even though there's not a declared starter that right now, Gardner Minshew is is is leading in that category. Speaking of the quarterback Gardner Minshew. Just a few minutes ago, Ian Rappaport NFL Network put out the top twenty five performance based

paid distributions for twenty nineteen. He should be top of the list. He is in the top twenty five. We'll give you that. I don't say top of the list. He should be amongst the top players in the league. Fact, there are two Jaguars in the top twenty five. Let's see if you can name them. Well, you know one Minshew obviously, Um, I'm trying to thank your performance. Trey Herndon. Hey there, you gonna look at you. Wow, you got

them both. So Gardner Minshew is eighteen. He was paid three hundred nineteen thousand dollars and three hundred nineteen thousand, ninety eight dollars for his performance based pay, so that was that was in addition to his normal salary. He got an extra three hundred nineteen. Trey Herndon sixt in the league at three seven thousand and fifty dollars for his performance this year. Good for him. Number one in the league. Trevarius Ward cornerback, Kansas City four eight thousand dollars.

If you remember, I think it was Keeling Cole in his big year, got a hun drafted guy to minimum huge number eight hundred thousand or something that ain't gonna needn't get that much. I remember it was big. No, he didn't get that much. He got he got good money,

but he didn't get that much. Because the performance based pacers might like it, and I think it I don't want to say it makes it equitable, but it makes it a little bit more equitable for some of the players in the league that aren't making very much money that play a significant role for their team. Three hund

in one for a quiling coal his rookie year. Yeah, I mean, I mean that's and I'm glad the league has that, you know, I mean they should have that because there's a lot of players that don't make squad that play a lot and play well and should get more money. So more more power to them. I'm I'm curious though, Um, that number is gonna go up if this new CBA comes along, right, that pool of money for this kind of the minimums go up. I mean for so, I mean, everybody's gonna get a pay increase.

That's not a superstar, sure, but even in this situation, this performance based pay distribution, that pool of money would probably go up as well. I'm gonna guess, right maybe. I mean, and look, if if the total revenue rises, then the performance based pool should also reflect some of

that rise. But I think most importantly with the extension that is being voted on right now by the players, with the minimums going up and the additional aim the increase and revenue from the seventeenth game, When that does happen, everybody's gonna have a pay increase. And and that's a significant pay increase for the guys that are on the lower end of the spectrum. You know, some were I mean the superstars. Look, I mean, they're still they're getting

paid anyway. So I mean, but a guy that's making minimum, which there's a bunch of them on every team and are guys that are closed to minimum that that represents a pretty significant pay increase. And the performance based pay system is another way to kind of is it to raise the floor, so to speak, to where everybody is making relatively good money in the league. But I'm not saying that superstar shouldn't make money. I'm not saying that

superstar should make money. There's a reason that they're superstars and that they play the way they do and then they get paid the way they do. It's like Tom Brady, what what would Tom Brady make on the open market if if he didn't have what's going on right now with Corona, Well, you're you're talking ballpark because it's not just about pay for Tom Brady or or the level of play equaling what he's gonna get paid. It would it would be what can he do for ticket revenue?

What could he do is for performance? And then also what can he do for the marketing of a team? Yeah, you could do a lot. What do you think he'd be worth? Ballpark? Because I mean some of the contracts right now of guys that are looking at getting extended, we're talking about million dak Prescott and Tom Brady's got six rings and he's the face of the NFL and he could be the face of your franchise for the prices right how much? Why not all day long? All

day long? What is Patrick Mahomes worth whatever he's getting paid right now until the next we'll just be gladly and you know what, after the Super Bowl though it was talk that they were gonna work on the extension earlier with him. Well, I mean they later, and the Chiefs have said that they'll work on at the right time. But I mean, if, if, if Tom Brady's worth forty because he provides you so much more than just the level of play. Patrick Mahomes gives you all of that

as well. Who's younger? Who has forty million dollars available? Though for one player? Oh you can, you can make it happen. I mean, I don't want to say every team could make it happen, but I mean you would have you wouldn't have much else. I mean you'd think the salary cap would expand with a new numbers and all that. That's why it's so it's so critical that you draft and developed, draft and developed and and it's

and It's an experience that never ends. It's not like you can just draft well for a couple of years and and and then you keep them and then you you know you you don't draft again. You have to constantly draft well to replace the lower level pool of players. When I see lower level as far as pay scale goes, the lower level pay scale players on your roster, you always have to be able to replace them. That's why you have the draft, and that's why you have to

draft well. If you don't, then you're unable to to be a sustainable winning franchise unless you have greatness, which the Patriots found in Tom Brady and that they have in Bill Belichick as their coach. I mean, that's been the two cornerstones of that organization and their success for all those years. Great quarterback, great coach, and also a guy that's not just a coach. I mean he he runs. I mean he's he's the flagship carrier of that organization.

And uh, what what would Bill Belichick makes on the open market? I mean whatever? Right, I mean, Gruden's making ten twice what Gruden what I'm saying all day long, we really don't know what he's getting paid in New England. But I just don't know if you were. If you were, if you were an owner, JP, that would be awesome. What would you pay? What would you what would you pay Belichick? What's he worth? I don't know. I mean

that's a tough question. What else? What's he bringing? Is he bringing the Bill Belichick that we all know that's what he is? Okay? What do you what? What would you be willing to pay him? Well, I mean it depends on how because that comes out of my pocket, That's come out of the s it comes out of my pockets. All it all comes out of the same pocket though, JP, that's true. But this is whether it comes out of the salary cap or whether it comes directly out of your pocket. How bad do I want

to win? I want to win pretty bad. Let's go Okay, let's go hoist Lombardi. I mean that's that's what it is, right, How bad you want to win? How bad do you want it? How bad do you want it? And so so how much will that help your business? I mean it's probably helped. So if you could, if you were a franchise, would you pay Belichick twenty million and Tom Brady forty that's sixty and two guys, two pretty important guys. Would you do it? It's a big ask. It's a

big ask. Now, probably not? Probably not. We could talk about this all night though. You don't want to win, man, I want to win. I mean I barely nobody else wants to win either. Nobody else is gonna do that. Oh somebody would do that, you think, Oh, absolutely somebody would do that. Um. I know what you're gonna be doing in June, and that's going to this concert at t I A bank Field, def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison, Joan Jet. You're a Motley Crue guy. I love seat

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headphones of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Let's go around the National Football League. Let's do that, and let's continue with the topic of certainly this month and the months I had this coronavirus COVID nineteen and the fact that we mentioned earlier, scouts and coaches are out on the road. This is that time of year. It's Pro day season. Many schools are canceling pro days now. Of course, to be honest for teams. A few teams today have suspended travel for

team personnel. Jets, Giants, Vikings, Panthers just to name a few of the Jaguars have done it now. Um, I think pretty much every team, well, if they haven't announced it already, it's I think a lot of that stuff is overblown. Anyway, Look, you you here, here's the most Yes, here's the most important thing. You have access as a scout and as a general manager, talent evaluator, coaching staff.

You have all the film available to you electronically that you can watch the film of all prospects from wherever you are and watch it at home, can watch it in your office. Okay, the NFL Combine, it happened. The most important information for the most part at the combine

is the health questions that were answered. That's the entire that was the first that was the whole purpose of the combine when it initially started, was to have a medical evaluation of all the prospects that would be coming in the league and essentially located so that they could get it all the information that they need. A lot of the testing, etcetera, the measurables, the heightweight, time, strength reps and all that kind of stuff was was kind of a sidebar or an added value to getting the

medical questions that that we're out there answered. So you've got all that. Do you really need a private pro day workout to determine whether this guy can play in the NFL or not? Do you mean do you really need that? No, Look, we'll find out. I mean paralysis happens in over analysis. Okay, use the film. Talk to the people that worked with the player to get the information. It's like Nick Saban set did you see that. I'm

sure you did. This piece that was done with Sabing and Belichick, and say if Saban talked about It's amazing how few personnel people in the National Football League called him to ask him specifically about prospects from his team. That's embarrassing. Pick up the phone and talk to the people that worked with these prospects for the last four years or three years or whatever how long it was to get the insight that you need. And sometimes you

gotta trust that source though too. You know, if the sources trying to that that's part of the skill set of Scott, why wouldn't you do that? I mean, for me, when Nick Saban said that, and he was telling Belichick, it's amazing how few people actually call him to ask him about some of his guys. And Saban was very blunt and said, look, if somebody had called me and asked me about player acts, I would have told him that that's you know what you're thinking, that's probably how

not how you want to use him. And so the whole proalysis by over analysis. I'm a big believer in that, and that the game film is the most important thing. And then after the game film, you want to certainly talk to people to find out the character of the player. And a lot of people think that they can look into a player's eyes and see the character. That's a bunch of hokey. You talk to the people that have spent time with the prospect to find out the character

of the player. You can't sit there and in five minutes, in a conversation of five minutes, determined whether somebody has good character or not. It doesn't happen a bunch of hokey. Huh that the Titans at least a couple of players running back Dean Lewis and Cameron Wait, all out there, Cameron Wake was not that productive. He is almost forty years old. He's had a tremendous, tremendous career for Mercy.

F Feller came to undrafted, came into the league. He he has the all time record number of sacks and career sacks. And what's the number of sacks that he has got? A hundred point five unbelievable, the most ever by an undrafted player in NFL history. You're talking about a guy who, you know, Hall of Fame type numbers. Okay, I mean it's kind of hard to deny that. I mean, a hundred sacks, so uh, great career, the thirty first

on the all time list. He said he still wants to play, but he's not gonna get paid like he has recently. Keep playing. No, I mean he's he might be a situational pass rusher type of guys. How old is he now? Let's he's got to be thirty eight? Um? Yeah, yeah, thirty eight thirty eight years old? About that? For Cameron wack Uh former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski close to a deal with w W E pro wrestler and Tony came. What happened? I don't know. But here's my question to you?

What would be needs to be in the A E W I agree? What would be your wrestling outfit? I'm going single it? What single it? Like? A single? Like under the giant news? Do it? One strap? All right? What are you wearing? All right? So my question is I'm really concerned JP actually knew what a singlet was he? So, dude, you have a whole closet a single I got none of them? None of them? All right? All right, I'm worried. I'm worried about your JV. You don't answer the question

what kind of an output your Gronk wear? No? You if you're a pro wrestler, I'm not a pro wrestler. Good luck out there, I'll see you in your single. Jeff Lockman, j P. Shadrick Jack's Happy Hour