Jaguars Happy Hour: Thursday, March 25

At some point, we'll discuss the rumors around Gardner Minshew. NFL media reporter Judy Batista schedule to join us in about fifteen minutes. Will get a big scope view of things going on around the NFL and her thoughts of what the Jaguars have done the last a couple of weeks. Jaguars reporter Ashland Sullivan on the schedule at four thirty today.

She had some sit down conversations with some of the new Jaguars and we'll get some highlights from her of those conversations, and we'll go around the National Football League as we always do. Jeff Loghman, Good afternoon, what's up. It's all good, JP. The Jaguars are rolling in free agency right now. Yes, a lot of new guys here, yeah,

a lot a lot of new guys. But it's the I don't want to say the rebuild of the retooling of the roster, I think is what was needed to add some veteran presence and some some guys that have been proven and uh and I like that aspect of it. And and the beautiful part of that is is that you're creating competition at as many places as you can, and that's what makes teams better. They you know, early in free agent, the first day or what ever, the

negotiation windows open um. I think Jake fans on on social media are starting to freak out a little bit that they're not signing anybody. What's going on, They're not getting the big name tight ends, like what's happening? And then after a couple of days you realize, Okay, there's a different approach here. They might have wanted one of those tight ends, but they're not gonna spend twenty eight

million dollars to go get one. Well, I think Urban alluded to that, and he was talking about how a lot of times, you know, you you like to find or get guys. Then all of a sudden you find out that the asking prices, you know, twenty eight million a year or whatever. Forgotten he he was kind of

exaggerating obviously by saying twenty eight million. But we get his point, you know, and that, uh, you gotta compete, and this is not college football, and he knew, he knows that, and everybody knows that it's about the almighty dollar. And then when the dollars are similar, then certain things can come into play, like who the coach is, where the market is, how successful a team is, and all those other things factor in. But but make no mistake about it. To go back to one of the famous

movie quotes, ever, show me the money. Yes, it's all about the dollars. Yes, I've been in free agency and look and and I can tell you, you know, in order to have a conversation, the conversation needs to be started by money. Then you can progress. By the way, we have some breaking news, some Jaguars breaking news that has just happened. The Jaguars have resigned defensive end Adam Gotsis.

He's back six four two eighty seven pounder and played in all sixteen games and started fourteen last year for the Jags, thirty seven tackles, four tackles for lost, three passes defense. He was in Denver before that. He's from Australia and went to Georgia Tech, so he has been resigned. He's got a great accent. Yes, love listening to the guy talking. Uh, you know, how do you play? Last year? For you? I thought he was solid, and I thought that coming out of training camp you could tell that

his knee wasn't quite a hundred percent. But as this season kind of wore on, he got a little bit better, a little bit stronger, and uh, you know, with with the Joe Colin defensive coordinator, you're gonna see obviously some principles of the three four, and I think Adam Gotsis fits will fit that role of being able to play in a three four or four three. I think it fits into a t I'm not saying he's gonna become a pro bowler. That's not gonna happen, but I think

he's a good, solid rotational player. It feels like some of these other signings in the trade and there are guys that can play in both fronts if needed, right, I mean that they have multiple places they can play on the line, So versatility is key for Joe Colin on defense. I think we also in another well, the one thing I think that they did pretty good in Baltimore. They had some guys that fit the four three better and some that fit the three four better, and they

were able to rotate them kind of in waves. And if you were a better fit for the four three, then when they went to a four or three, you were playing and and the guy that was better in a three four, he was sitting on the bench and then backing up that role as far as playing in

that other defense. So you know, look, most of the defenses nowadays have become interchangeable for the most part, a lot of the principles because you know, we've got we get this question every year, you know, should the Jaguars play three four? If you look at teams that play a three four, A lot of teams that play the three four in the National Football League now are playing

the three four with principles of the four three. So it's not like the old school three four where you've got head up defensive ends and you've got this zero technique, head up, nose tackle. It's just they don't play that way anymore when teams are playing the three four some of the other editions. Of course, you know, defensive line was priority number two for Urban my arena after quarterback in the off season, and we'll get the quarterback coming up. So they did a lot of work there on the

defensive line. The secondary, of course, a killed griffin Rashon Jenkins added, and then a wide receiver and Irban Meyer after the first wave of free agency when they added Marvin Jones and Philip Dorsett, Meyer said, of course he likes those additions, but he does love the players that

are in place. But the one position I've been pleased with, and I actually when I first started watching the Jaguars is DJ Shark and Lavisca are two guys, and I think you can build their young They've I've spent a lot of time with them. They've been in to see me. They're anxious, they're ready to go. I hired an excellent receiver coach in san Jay lal Uh. That position is

going to be a huge part of our offense. Yeah, I'd say, And then they had the two guys they did in free agency, lugs in Marvin Jones and Philip Dorset to go with Shark and Channault and Colin Johnson. That's a pretty good five right there, by the way, Well, I think it's solid. Uh, Philip Dorset, to me, he's got a lot to prove. I mean, he's fast, but can you be a good wide receiver. I mean he's yet to prove that where he can be a dominant

force in in the National Football League. Bounced around a lot. When a guy bounces around a lot, that means that there's some questions about him, but there is reason to be excited. Laviska Chanlt young player that that you liked what he did last year. Colin Johnson, who I I still believe has more upside than Laviska Chanalt. He's a big guy, he's got speed, he gets great separation. So, uh,

there's gonna be a lot of guys. And I think the one category and the why and I think the wide receiver position is good, but it's not set by any means. They said a little more work, Well, a little more work, and there's gonna be a little bit more work when you get into the draft. And uh, and but you you. You really need to find what I what I would term the easy targets for your quarterback. And you still got work to do in that area.

And that's tight end and running back. And when I say running back, I'm not talking about a guy that can carry the rock on first and second down. I'm talking about a guy that can make defensive coordinators hold their breath. How are we gonna cover this guy? Are we gonna cover them with a safety, We're gonna cover them with a corner, or we're gonna cover them with a linebacker. Because if you have a great running back who's great out of the backfield, that stresses a defense

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the Quarterback Room. Speaking of throwing the ball around, they've added a quarterback. This week, c J. Bethard was signed. He is from San Francisco. Two years, five million dollar deal to and ten record as a starter in San Francisco. Passer logs thirty five yards or so in his career, eighteen touchdowns and thirteen picks. A third round pick back in out of Iowa. So the Jaguar's quarterback room at the moment is c J. Bethard, Jake Luton Gardner, Minshew.

That's alphabetical order. By the way, I first of all, his grandfather. I have a huge debt of gratitude for Bobby Bethard. When I was coming out as a college player, was the general manager of the Washington Redskins, and uh and through a friend of a friend, my dad, my family, we were able to ask Bobby a lot of questions about agents, the NFL, the process of the draft, and he was incredibly helpful to me. And so uh big thank you to Bobby. And obviously Bobby his which is

CJ's grandfather, is a Hall of Famer. So uh so I like him already because I know he comes from good people. And I got a text from a friend of mine and I shared it with you earlier a friend of mine that lives in Iowa, and he said, uh, in his text, he's at first and foremost. I want to tell you that you guys got a stand up

quality guy first and foremost. And then he started talking about you know, he's smart, he's got strong arm, tough as nails, great team player, and these are all the things that you need for a team that's expected to draft the future of the franchise, somebody that's a team player, and somebody that can help a young quarterback along because he himself is smart. But he but it's not just about having hiring another coach. You gotta have a guy that can play, and certainly c. J. Bethor has proven

that he has some traits that are pretty strong. You know, the name has been floating out there a lot in the last few weeks with the Jack's quarterback backup situation was Alex Smith, Right. I mean that that was the big cons jumping to conclusions a little bit because of the past connection, and that was the name is out there. So you think c. J. Bethard is is the veteran quarterback he's going to be. He can't be, absolutely, yeah, I mean, they don't go after somebody else. Does this

stop you from signing Alex Smith? No? Could it? Sure? Because here's the thing. Do you want to pay? What is Alex Smith gonna cost? I mean the backups right now have been going for ball park three three and a half million in some cases maybe a little bit more than that, but not many. With Alex's um injury history, does he go past that? I don't think so. You know, so he would probably cost him that rain. So I mean could he interested? You know, he might not even

be interested? I mean Alex Smith. I mean, look, when you come back and you fight back from what he had, do you want to come back just to be a backup or you want to come back and be a starter? You know? Look, I I get if he wants to be a starter, but the starter jobs are drying up. So I don't know what that means for for Alex Smith, but I think the writing is on the wall for Gardner minshow that was gonna be the next question? What

does that mean for the must day? I think I think that he's not going to be a Jaguar sooner rather than later. Or well, I mean, first of all, you're gonna try to get anything that you can for him, even if it's a biscuit. I mean, because look, you don't want to you don't want to cut a player if you can get something for him. And uh, and I think that that this does mean that Gardner Minshew is gonna be gone. I didn't talk to anybody that

told me that either. That's just what I infer when you sign a C. J. Bethard, when you have another young quarterback who has some of the physical traits that you wanted, a quarterback, young, strong, arm, tall, can see the pocket, can see the field, and that's what you have, and a young player in Jake Lewton, then I think that it would probably be time to move on from

Gardner Minshew. And look, I hope he gets an opportunity to go somewhere, and I hope he gets an opportunity to play and compete because here he's not getting that. Urban Meyer called him a competitive maniac talking about it and and and there's nothing wrong with that, and uh urban Meyer and I I anybody that's in the position of urden Meyer is gonna do nothing but praise and compliment any player that they have on their roster, even if they want to look at trading them just because

you certainly don't want to make any other comments. You want to build up any of the resources that you have so that you can get the top amount and return eventually if you'd like to trade them. And and like, I don't know if they're gonna let c J, Bethred and Garnerment should compete. They might, they might, they might. Uh for me, I don't see that happening. Let's come back. Plenty of show ahead. We'll return with NFL Network reporter Judy Batiste has covered the league for a long time.

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And somebody who's always busy on NFL Network and NFL Media is our good friend Judy Batista. Has been with the network since twenty long time with The New York Times before that. Judy, it's great to see you and talk to you. How are you guys everything here? Yeah, we're We're hanging in there. It's a lot of new

faces around the Jaguars these days. And you know, Irvin Meyer got his first taste of NFL business the last couple weeks um, you know, and he was asked, you know, this is not like recruiting where you get everybody on your list. You know, when all of a sudden, that guy on your list cost twenty eight million dollars, it's

almost a welcome to the NFL type moment. Juddy, Well, I loved this that he thought the system was terrible, that just signing these guys two big contracts and guys you've never met before, you've never looked in the eye. I mean, he's right, the system is terrible, but you know, welcome to the NFL. I mean, this is this is what it's like. It's not like being at Florida and Ohio State, that's for sure, Judy. Sometimes we and Jacksonville can look at things with teal cutter glasses. What is

the rest of the NFL. How do they look at what's going on in Jacksonville with urban Meyer? Well, I think there's a real sense of anticipation and and hope, not just for urban Meyer, but because of what we expect as going to happen in the draft, that this is a real opportunity to it to turn the page rather quickly. There's a lot of draft ammunition. You know, you were pretty active in free agency, and I think we're all curious to see how urban Meyer does in

the NFL. That's been the case for years, right, I mean, he's been successful literally everywhere he's been in college football, and so I think we're all curious to see how he does in the NFL. But I think a real sense of anticipation of him, paired with Trevor Lawrence, we assume um and and that potentially the franchise can really take off kind of quickly. Curious, Judy, you know, he's been a clear and concise communicator so far, and I'm not sure, really sure what we all expected on that

front here, but it has been nice. You know, every time he's been on a Zoom call, he's been pretty much straight to the point, he answers questions thoroughly. I'm curious, though, when when the balls on the tea in September and there's sixty people in the stadium and there's another football team and sideline and things adversity hits, which it will. How will that happen for Urban and how? I think

that's the big question he wants to answer himself too. Yeah, And and look, I mean, he obviously faced adversity as a college football coach and you know, and did just fine. The results speak for themselves. So I don't think it's that. I mean, certainly the NFL, the spotlight of the NFL is immense. He had an awful lot of spotlights on him, though, So I don't think that's going to be it. We

have seen. The fact is, we've seen a lot of really, really great college football coaches not do so great in the NFL. And that's why it's always so intriguing, right, I mean, we all look at Nick Saban. Now, maybe things would have been different. They almost certainly would have been different if the doctors had cleared Drew Brees and they had signed Drew Brees in Miami. But I mean, this is arguably the greatest college football coach in the history of the sport and he and he didn't do

great in the NFL. And so that's the most recent example. You know, I mean Chip Kelly wildly successful in college, not so much in the NFL. I you know, I I think Urban Meyer coached at a high level at high level universities with tremendous results. Um. It's as close as you can get to being an NFL coach without being an NFL coach. UM. So now we're going to see what he does at this level. He knows how

to coach. UM. I think the only real question is, you know, what's what's his judgment of players and you know, how does he assemble a roster and is that what what he needs to does he need to improve on it um at the NFL level or does he know exactly what he's doing right out of the game. Judy with with with a coach that's viewed is is outstanding? They want to coach And you've got to have an off season and players in front of you to be

able to coach. What do you envision the NFL all season looking like with COVID still kind of at the front lines of things in the NFL. Well, I I certainly don't expect it's going to look anything like on the offseason like you used to have to have. UM, it's gonna be um. I think something closer to what

we had last year. As as you well know, the players Union wants to keep it like it was last year all virtual they liked it that no surprise, Veteran players in particular don't want to have to show up for mandatory minicamps. Um that is being hashed out now between the league and the players Union. Obviously the league coaches in particular, but some owners to very much want

some in person work. Uh. I talked to an owner who said, you know, I said to him, like, did the did the level of play really drop off you think last year because you didn't have any offseason work, And he said, well, you know, when you talk to position coaches, they will point out, you know, parts of the fundamentals of the game that they just did not think we're being performed at the right level, and that that's the kind of thing you can do when you

have time during the off season program that you just can't do once you're in season and you're working on a game plan day to day. So certainly there's going to be some push and pull there. I suspect they will go somewhere in the middle, but it's I don't think it's going to be a normal off season program. Judy battis still with us from NFL Media and NFL Network here on Jaguar's Happy Hour. Next week the NFL

annual meeting. Speaking of virtual that will still be online, and there's some big things on the docket, some rule changes that are pending. I mean, there's a lot going on. What is the most notable news nugget we will get out of next week, Well, they are going to go ahead with the seventeen game regular season. That's definitely going to be the big thing. Actually, the rules changers are not going to happen at this meeting. They're pushing that

down the road a little bit. They're going to have another meeting in May, and that's something they'll probably vote on rules changes. But the big thing is that they're going to go ahead with the seventeen game regular season and trim the preseason down to three games. I don't think you'll get too many people crying about the loss of a preseason game, um, but that's that's the big change.

I mean, it's a huge change. And they will talk about how those games are going to be scheduled and what the matchups will be but that's obviously a gigantic change to the NFL calendar. Pushes everything back. The super Bowl will get played a week later. I think now we'll fall on President's Day weekend, So that's actually really good for your super Bowl parties that you'll have the next day off. Um, but you know, that's a that's a huge, huge change for the NFL. That's a big change.

I'm surprised it's going to stay at three preseason games duty I mean, one bregular season game is worth two in the preseason all day long. You can argue that point all day long. And I think what the owners would come back and tell you is like, you know, there's revenue. Like if you've cut a preseason game, you lose revenue, You lose ticket sales, you lose parking, you lose concessions, and all of that money comes out of the pot that gets split with the players. So that's

how they arrived at seventeen and three. Judye Batista with us. One of the big offseason storylines around the NFL is in this division down in Houston and what has happened with that organization that the storylines just keep piling up you know, there was the falling out between DeShawn Watson and the organization. He doesn't want to play there, they don't plan to move him. And now it's already been

a big story. There's all this the wild term recently, all these lawsuits are alleging sexual assault and harassment involving Massius' is with DeShawn Watson. Where are we with this and what's next? Judy, I think we're really only at the very beginning of this. Frankly, the NFL is going to investigate. That's just at the very beginning. I mean literally, it is at the you know, NFL sending a letter to the lawyer who has filed the civil suits, um, saying

we want to investigate. Will your clients cooperate? Will you cooperate? So it is at the already beginning, um, you know. I mean, these allegations are shocking, UM, certainly not anything

that anybody saw on the horizon, um, you know. And just to set aside the troubling nature of the allegations for a second, I mean, the fact that they're happening at the same time as there's all of this talk about his future as a football player in Houston makes it even more complicated because of course, you know over here you're talking about well would they trade him? And you know now the question is, well would anybody trade

for him? With all of this hanging over him, you have no idea how it's going to be resolved or when it's going to be resolved, and so everything is at a standstill right now. Not I don't think anything happens until the investigation proceeds. Um that's that's what comes next. And and I don't think that's going to be a particularly quick process. I mean, historically, you know, we've seen

other investigations in the NFL. They take some time and they require some cooperation, and it's going to be interesting to see the degree of cooperation they get and and high powered lawyers involved on both sides, so you know, you should expect quite a bit of public posturing in the interim. Rusty Harden has a history. Yes, LUs it's going to be out of Snail's pace. The more lawyers,

the slower it's going to go. And Judy with Commissioner Goodell, obviously he'll have a role in that at some time in the future. Labor Piece TV deal in place. What's next for Roger Dell. He probably wants to take a nap. It has been some year. I mean, it's been a very good year for him, but obviously an incredibly stressful, busy year for everybody in the NFL. UM they got the labor deal done a year ago. It passed by sixty votes of the players. I mean, it was a

very slim margin. And then almost immediately they had to turn right around and go back to the negotiating table because you realize you're going to play a season in the middle of a pandemic. They had to make a decision, are you playing a season in the middle of a pandemic? They had to redo the labor deal to account for what they knew was going to be a drop in revenue, and then they had to navigate through a pandemic, which was no small undertaking. I mean, I think this has

been his finest work, getting them through the pandemic. It took a lot. It took a lot of will, and it took a lot of manpower, and certainly it took a lot of financial resources. Um but they did it, and they did it on time, and that's a great deal of credit has to go to the commissioner who decided early on they were going to keep moving and they were going to keep the season on track, and they managed to do it. Um and now you've got

the big media deals. And I think if you asked the commissioner he would tell you himself like that's the last c B A and the last media deal he is going to be around for as the commissioner. I don't think he wants any part of of those processes in another ten years. Judy, great stuff is always appreciate you jumping on with us today and we'll talk to you soon. Great look forward to seeing you guys again.

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and a Deco Visit a Deco USA dot Com. I'm just gonna go out there and and lead by example. UM if if if I need to talk, then I'll do that too. UM. And usually usually when I talk, everybody listens. So UM, you know I've I've been doing this a long time, and I've been doing this at a high level for a long time. So UM, well respected and UM. And that's what I'm definitely I'll bring here.

That's tenth year NFL receiver Marvin Jones Jr. Now remember the Jacksonville Jaguars and welcome back to Jaguars Happy Hour was in a by the Duval Motor Company, JA P Shadrick, Jeff Lockman and the person who got that sound bite as part of the tour of the building for these new free agents. Ashland Sullivan, Jaguar's reporter, joining us now, Ashland, good afternoon, thanks for the time. What's up. We're hanging in there and getting ready for the draft. That's a

month away. That's that's coming up next. Logs the draft. We're gonna get to that a little bit later. But you've got a chance as part of this free agent round up. All these guys coming through the building, meeting coaches, meeting some other players the weight room, checking things out. Part of their tour Ashland was was sitting down with you in that environment. Um, And let's start with Marvin Jones.

I mean, this guy, obviously we know the statistics and what he's done, especially the last couple of years in Detroit, but you learned a lot about him off the field down the hall, Yeah, I did. He was definitely one of the most impressive guys that we sat down with. And a little nugget. We actually sat down with wide receiver G J. Chart today and he said that he was really happy that Marvin Jones took the time to

sit down with him during his free agency visit. And you guys know they're only here maybe four or five hours half to meet with all these coaches take towards the building, they might not meet their teammates during free agency visits. So D J. Charks said that definitely stands out. And one thing DJ said, I have the power now to go back to being a year old and being the young guy in the room. And I think there was a little bit of pressure that DJ had to

grow up quicker than he needed to. And now Marvin Jones is that veteran presence that the wide receiver room definitely needed, Ashlyn. One of the guys that I really enjoyed listening to was Jihad Ward. When you talk about bringing in guys that can carry a message and carry the coaches message, I'm sitting there and listening to him, going, I'm hearing Joe Colin speak through Jihad Ward. Am I be a mistaken there? Not at all. He brought up

Joe Colin. The very first thing that we asked him was that relationship, and urban Meyer said that he banged the table for him to come into this building. And I asked jahad Ward, what's that relationship like? And jahad War said, Oh, Joe Colin, that's my o G. That's the coach that I always talked to no matter where I am. That's a guy I'm going to have a relationship with. So safe to say they know each other

well and like each other. I think it goes back to even when when Ward was coming out in the draft, I think Colin was helping him work out and do something so that that is a really tight relationship. I think Colin Loggs has that with a lot of guys around the league. He is well respected and certainly among defensive line now, Joe's always made his presence felt everywhere he's been, no doubt, no doubt about that. So that's another fine edition. One of four defensive linemen added to

this team, but Ashton. They also did some work on the back end of the defense. That was one of the focus is for Urban Meyer this offseason, work on that secondary. They had a lot to a lot of work to do. Their Shack Griffin we heard frohim earlier in the show was probably the big name, the big splash name that really stands out. But they also have a starting in caliber safety back there in ray Sean Jenkins. Yeah, and I think that almost got a little bit overlooked

when you did sign Shot Griffin. Ray Sean Jenkins was a starter in Los Angeles, is coming off the best year of his career, and I asked him, you know, what is it like with this trust that you just got a big time contract in the NFL and the Jaguars. You're gonna be a key contributor to this team. And he said, you know, for them to pay me all this money, and I respected that he brought up the contract and he brought up the money. How life changing it was for them to trust me with this contract

is huge. And now you look at this safety room with Jared Wilson, Daniel Thomas, Andrew Wingard, now with ray Shn Jenkins, you feel a lot better about that this is gonna be one of your starting safeties and a guy that's coming off one of the best years of his career. I still think they can go draft one. Lugs pretty high. Yeah, you you still draft one because

the one thing about the safety position. First of all, you'd love to have three or four guys, but the ability to contribute on special teams from the safety position is a big part of teams. Yeah, and he you know, his first couple of years in his career, Jenkins were talking about here he was a special teams player, that was it, and he wasn't getting defensive snaps. And then there were some injury issues out in l A. So he had to jump in the lineup and he's taken

full advantage of it. And Ashlan, when you look at the safety position, the heighth weight speed, I mean, that's exactly what you're looking for with special teams, and ray Sean Jenkins cut his teeth. That's where he got to start at. Yeah, he's definitely hungry. And we asked him about that versatility. I have the list here, he said, I can play Amanda Man, I can do the post, I can come down in the box, I can help

with run support. I can play on special teams. We probably had more things to say if we didn't cut him off. So he's ready to help in all kinds of areas of the game. I love it. Good stuff. And those visits available on Jaguars dot com. I presume, I know they'll will be out in different forms coming up a little bit later. I'm sure right, yes, they will later on this week Jaguars dot com. You can see them all. Looking forward to that. And hey, thanks for your time, Shelynn, great to see you have a

good one. Thank you for having me so long, fellas, so long. Ashland Sullivan out of here, Jaguars reporter joining us in great job. I mean those some of these and you know what I like about this crew, the free agency crew that have come in here, it seems like they all have their act together, like they're at least the presentation that they had on the zoom call or the team's call. Excuse me, um, they're they're all

pretty sharp guys. Well, you have two people whose sole job is to to find guys they're gonna fit the culture. I mean literally, you have two guys. Okay they are. They're on staff that make sure that who they bring in fits what they want to be. And I'm talking about from uh everything is a player to the way that they carry themselves away from this facility. We're talking about two gentlemen, Ryan Stamper and Marcus Pollard. And Ryan

Stampers from Jacksonville. Marcus Pollard has been here for quite some time and and obviously Marcus Pollard has played the game and he knows what it what it takes to be a pro. And Ryan Stamper has a huge amount of trust from the head coach Urban Meyer, no doubt. And now those guys will really be key in the draft process too. You know, they got a lot of phone calls to make j petts because that's the one thing about the draft is because I mean similar to

free agency and an urban talked about. You know, you can't meet these guys or talk to them much before you've given them all these contracts. The draft is going to be similar in a lot of ways. You're not going to be able to spend as much time with a lot of these guys to maybe get to know him a little bit more and to be perfectly honest with you, I think that can be overrated. It's more value in talking to people that you trust, that have been around some of these prospects and they truly know

the makeup of the players. And if you can find the avenue, if you can make the phone calls to get that information, that's as good as anything you can get when determine whether a player fits here or not. If you're looking for a way to stay active and eat healthy, you can join Jack's alumni players as they teach football fundamentals and join members of the rule as they make their favorite dairy snacks. Visit jaguars dot com

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Visit experience pinpoint dot com. It wasn't no brander for me and once I saw Coach Mar become the head coach here, um, you know I had good years with Colos mar the Hall of State, and um, honestly, I've been waiting for Coos Marve becoming head coaching in there too, and uh, you know he's following here, and so it was a no brander for me to come to Jack. Me once I saw he came in here, coach here.

That's hide the Jaguars running back yet again. He was here in eighteen, traded over and was behind Leonard four Net and T J. Yeld and welcome back Jaguars Happy Hour, J P. Shadrick, Jeff Flagman. If you're looking for a way to stay active and eat healthy, you can join Jack's alumni players as they teach football fundamentals and members of the Roar as they make their favorite dairy snacks. Visit Jaguars dot com slash community to fuel greatness from anywhere.

And we're in the middle of season ticket renewal season longs. It's hot, it's it is. The phones are ringing off the hook over there, and the deadline, by the way, for existing season ticket members to renew, including those on pause from last year. April nine is the renewal deadline, So get in now before the folks who have deposits for this season, have their opportunity to get your seats

locked in because they will go quickly. To go back to when the Jaguars acquired Callers Hide, Yeah, the first time, that's right. That was a result of roster mismanagement. In

my opinion. You didn't have a deep enough running back room and then all of a sudden you got kind of desperate and then you had to do a trade and it didn't work out because it was just it was you can't do that if you had managed the position better leading up to the season and you brought in more people that could compete at that position, which they didn't do. And uh, and it cost him. It cost him a draft pick and and not a lot

of production out of the guy that you acquired. Now, now that Carlos Hide is here and he's gonna have full, you know, the full amount of time to get ready to play. As we've seen where he's been elsewhere, he's been good against this team, Yes, he was good. So the blame on the first go around where Carlos Hides lack of production, in my opinion, does not fall on Carlos Hide. That falls on the Jaguars roster mismanagement. At the time you have it. He's back. It's a new world.

It's really a new team for him, new leadership, new half the locker room at least will be new next year as well, and will be interested to see. You know, he's obviously James Robinson is the guy, but what hides role is here will be interesting to look. He's gonna be a guy that can spell him. I mean, flaw simple. He's along the same lines of player. He's a veterano, he's dependable, and he's tough, and he's been available throughout

his career. But you, as I said before, you need to find somebody else in that room that makes you hold your breath, that makes easy completions in big plays for your quarterback, for your young quarterback. Let's go around the National Football League some more signings, free agencies open. Of course, the big first wave is pretty much done, but there's still some names out there, but not Malcolm Butler. He signed with the Cardinals, adding to the list of

big names added in Arizona. J. J. Watt, A. J. Green, just a couple of those that they've added earlier in this offseason logs, and now they've got Malcolm Butler. Going to the place where he made the interception in the Super Bowl. Well, and that's why he has a big name. But if you look at these three guys in particular, Okay, J. J. Watt doesn't look like J. J. Watt that we've known. If you watched him last year, he's slowing down. When's the last time he has moments? JP? But he's not

the same place a couple of years. When's the last time A J. Green was dominant? It's been a little bit. Okay. And in Malcolm Butler, he made a great play in the Super Bowl, but he's a number one corner, you know. So even though you say they're big names, they're not big time players in my opinion anymore. They all three have a lot to prove, and they may prove it. I'm not saying they can't, but they got a lot to prove. A J. Green in the same division now

is Jalen Ramsey. They're old buddies. Yeah, they might have a little Kumbaya moment, right That could be an interesting watch. We'll have to watch those Cardinals. Rampsy Green lost his cool little uh yeah say so? Flipped him around on the field twice. Wide receiver t Y Hilton returning to the Colts one year, ten million bucks, eight million guaranteed his tenth season and end it's where he's going to end his career. It feels like he's, uh he's a

solid player. He is not. He doesn't make you hold your breath like he used to in the early days. He did when when t Y was in the first you know, five six years of his career, he was fantastic and his uh rate of putting up numbers was was tremendous the last couple of years, uh, you know, and part of that has been also due to the

lack of great quarterback play in Indianapolis. And I think he got back a little bit last year when he had the ability to play with Philip Rivers, but he got a couple of years before that that were kind of lost. And uh, good signing for him, you know, to go back and hopefully finish his career out as a cult. It's a air contract eight million plus two million incentives, and uh, I hope he doesn't earn any

of those incentives against the Jaguars. The NFL has cleared the way for Washington owner Daniel Snyder to buy out the minority investors in the team Finance Committee approved Snyder's application for a four hundred fifty million dollar debt waiver. Other owners will vote at the meeting next week on whether to approve the deal. It needs twenty four the votes in favor to pass. The total amount of the deal for the remaining shares is eight hundred seventy five

million dollars. He would have to repay that debt by well, because the League has if people didn't know this, they have rules about the amount of debt that each team can carry. And that's what why they're saying that they're allowing this to happen, but it has to be repaid

by and Daniel Snyder and the owners other owners. There's been a lot of things that have been reported about how contentious that relationship has been and that some of the accusations about Dan Snyder and the happenings in the organization were a result of some of the other owners maybe providing the information to people to expose Daniel Snyder.

And there's still the investigation going on, I think the league investigation as to some of those and and here's the reality jp the league is not approving all this debt relief if the investigation is going to go anywhere you have it. The NFL memo added another detail to team's draft preparations logs, relaxation on masking and distancing requirements. If all individuals in the draft room are fully vaccinated, there can be a maximum of ten fully vaccinated individuals

in the draft room for the team. If all are fully vaccinated, physical distancing is relaxed, eating and drinking will be permissible. Friday is a deadline for draft room plans to be reviewed and approved by NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Alan Sills. So there you go an additional change, which is uh. I hate to say this. A lot of that too, is also for appearances and because look, when you're when you're a successful league like the NFL is, you don't want to do anything to have a negative

pr hit. And so the league is going to do everything it can to make sure that no negative publicity comes out of these draft room cams. And uh and and it's and it's good business, it's smart business to do that. A bad story turned into a good story out in Tempe, Arizona, New England, Patriots reserve offensive tackle Justin Herron works out out there in the off season. He was honored by the Tempe Police Department. This week. He helped stop an attempted sexual assault at a park

over the weekend. The suspect was seen pushing a seventy one year old lady to the ground in broad daylight. Mind you um hereon and another man intervened when they heard yelling. They yelled at the man, pulled him off the lady and told him to sit down and wait on the cops. And they intervened and saved her, and

they have been honored by the police department. I hope that he gave the suspect a little bit of a the business, a little bit of a calmer, you know they call a calmer, you know, you getting a little feisty. Give him a couple of wraps upside the head, calm them down. I hope he got a little bit of that, yeah, giving him the extra pushing down a seventy year a

one year old woman, come on, crazy story. It turned out the suspect probably ran into a couple of trees while he was trying to run away from some folks there that that can happen. Probably. Let's finish today with veteran sportscaster Dick Stockton, retiring from Fox Sports fifty five years as a play by play announcer at least hundred and forty five network television games across four major pro

sports leagues, the NFL, MLB, NBA, in the NHL. That's more than any sports broadcaster ever, including seven hundred fourteen NFL games and and uh and I was a part of a couple of them and had production meetings with him. Super gracious guy, super nice guy. And I wish him the best. He swept seventy eight. Now I hope he enjoys every moment that that he has in retirement. He deserves it. He um. He called the Carlton Fisk nineteen seventy five World Series home running Game six in Remember

that I was not alive yet. I know that, but you remember as far as watching the highlights, because that's one of the greatest calls ever. Absolutely was. And he started back in Philadelphia, his hometown, Joe Fortunado's hometown in nineteen sixty five. So congratulations on the retirement and curious to see what happened. So are you going to fill his shoes? Jakes? I don't think no, come on, that's

our look around the NFL. Alright, so we've got a few minutes left your lock, So what is your what's your favorite free agent addition so far for the Jags? What's one stands out the most to you? Well? Do you have one yet? I really don't have one yet, but but here's what I do like, everybody that has come in here has said the right things as far as when you come in you know you don't have no, you don't come in and having an expectation of what you deserve. The players have come in and said I'm

willing to do anything for this team to win. And they keep using that word win. It's not about me and the attention that I get and the role that I'm gonna fill. It's about winning. And I think that's the thing for me that's been the most impressive is that everybody that has had a chance to get in of the MIC has always talked about team first and team goals before they talked about themselves. And that's critical to any team's success, especially one you're trying to rebuild.

You know who I'm excited to hear from. We haven't heard from yet. Tyson, one of the best guys ever. I don't know what he's scheduled. I don't worry, but I don't need to hear from Tyson. A law already know what kind of a guy he is. He's one of the best guys that has ever walked through these doors. Marvin and I will tell you Marcedes Lewis Tyson a La Wallu. I mean, two of my all time favorite

guys that have ever graced these hallways. And I'm excited to have Tyson back because he is as good of a guy as there is, and he's still a really good football player. You mentioned Mercedeses. I failed to include him in the NFL notes. He signed a new new deal two years, eight million bucks. Another guy that just continues to defy father father time, just like Tyson, no doubt. So there you have it. Our look around free agency and coming up next week, we're well, we're about a

month away from the draft logs. It is coming quick. Wick wonder, that's a great Maybe we'll have week maybe next week names that might be candidates. See if anything sticks, you know, that's a good idea. The real drama will be at twenty five though, of course, and all these mock drafts are are coming out. You know, John Ozier on Jaguars dot Com doesn't like a mock draft tracker

where he tracks all these mock drafts. Obviously, that's why it's named that, and everybody unanimously has been number one, Trevor Lawrence. But twenty five is a crap shoot, you don't know. I mean, every mock is different, and it just depends on the scenario above. And we'll see we could end, could be tight, it could be safety, could be tackle, anything could really it could be an anything

could be the best available. Here's one thing that's for sure, not a kicker upon me to find a serious contributor with that. I'm talking about something that's gonna walk in and play and contribute to make this team better immediately.

That's what you expect with first round picks. Thanks to Judy Batista NFL Media, one of the best in the business, Ashlyn Sullivan, Jaguars reporter, joining us as well, Brent Reaver on the video side, Joe Fortunato on the audio side, Jeff Logoman to my left side, your right side, I'm J P. Shadrick. We'll catch you next time. It's Jaguars Happy Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network,