Jaguars Happy Hour: Wednesday, August 28

Jaguars Happy Hour presented by the Fields Auto Group. I am J. P. Shadrick. That is John Ozer. The question is, is your idea of a food truck a guy with a pickup selling gas station sandwich. It depends on what food trucks. That's what I mean by that. There could be a lot of definitions. That's my idea. We've got a good program for you today. Here's what's coming up on this program. Quincy Williams back. We'll hear from the Jaguars rookie linebacker. It is the final preseason game coming

up Thursday tomorrow. So bubble players a big topic and guys who once were bubble players will get some different thoughts on what this week is and what this week means. In that locker room offensive line talk, still some business to attend to their at right guard. According to Doug Moron today at the luncheon and the uniform unvailing Jimmy Luck, we'll join us in studio as usual and we'll pick

our players to watch. You and I John will pick players to watch in this football game Thursday night against the Falcon. It's it's a limited list this week of players to watch. That's right. They always give the players not dressing or whatever in the preseason. It might be better to show the players who are dressing. That's kind of the where this thing's going. Yeah. I will write probably as much tomorrow night on on who's not playing is as who is, But that's that's a nature of

the preseason. Well, let's start with a guy who may or may not play tomorrow night. Quincy Williams, rookie linebacker. He's been out with the meniscus issue. They went in there, had a little surgery to clean it up. He's been back on the practice field this week. That's the good news. The question is whether he'll play or if he's gonna

be ready for the regular season without playing in the preseason. Well, we heard from Quincy Williams in the locker room this week and it was his first surgery really at all, and it was a little bit foreign to him. It was scary, um just going to I haven't I'm a healthy horse. Though then when he was like surgery, I was like, whoa hold on now? And then he was like, we need to get it done now, and I was like, so I were to like hospital. So it isn't my biggest thing. He's he's a great he's a joy to

talk to. Actually, he's he's a smart guy and a really good interview and a nice guy. And Uh, to have him back, I think it's good for the football team and certainly good for him. I mean, that's just the unknown for him, I think was the big concern there. And it's kind of a neat kid because I've only talked to him one on one maybe a couple of times. But he strikes he as a guy who went to Murray State. Uh, A lot of this is sort of

new and unexpected. He's not jaded all by it. He didn't go to you know, Alabama there's a lot of media, coach, a lot of scrutiny, so a lot of this it's still fun for him. And my understanding was I didn't get a chance of asking this yesterday, But I understanding was when they told him knee surgery, he didn't really know what that knee surgery meant. Like he heard knee surgery, I was like, wait a minute, is this like serious and had to be explained to him. Now it's it's

a clean up. You're finely back for the very good season. So I think once he found that out, he was very relieved. And he doesn't have the experience yet with surgery like Logs sits here and can rattle off his nineteam a thousand surgeries that he had and give you a laundry list and logs. You know, by the time a lot of these guys are in their eighth to ninth year, they know going in what it is, what to expect, this is, it was all new. The good news Quincy is he's gonna be back. I think he's

gonna be back by the regular season opener. I I don't get the idea listening to Doug All through this training camp in preseason This is a guy who has been cautious to a point of extreme, his air in the side of caution with everything. I can't imagine that he won't do the same thing with a kid who's coming off a knee. Uh. Who they believe in, who they've seen a lot out of, they like what they've seen. I think some guys might play Tom all night, who

they're not sure what they've seen yet. With Quincy, I think there's a belief that he's going to be good. Let's just be safe. I'd be surprised to be played Tom. I'm kind of with you on that. That makes a lot of sense. They like Nay good there, and even no matter what happens next week in that position, who they figure out to put out there, I think they're

both going to see some time. I don't think there's any Yeah, he talked about platooning and and I'll get this a minute, but he's talked about platooning right guard.

It's kind of hard to believe they wouldn't do that at a linebacker the first week and certainly have a I forget when DC talked about a couple of weeks back, talked about, Hey, you know you're go into these things with young guys of having a plan A and then a Plan B in Casey looks overwhelmed at first, I think the Plan B with Nagy Good is one they like. So maybe Quincy starts gets out there after a series. Hey, what do you see something like that would make sense.

We'll see moving ahead what the Jacks plan to do with the rookie linebacker. Well, this week is just always a little bit of an odd week in that locker room. It's ninety guys and then all of a sudden come Monday, they're fifty three guys plus ten practice squad guys, maybe not even ten practice squad guys at that point until they fill out the practice squad roster. So you're down from ninety to say sixty to sixty three guys on Monday.

It's a big change in the locker room. And we talked to a few different guys this week, John about about this with guys who haven't been through it yet, undrafted rookies this year or just going through it for the first time and might have their final chance on an NFL field or final chance with Jaguars. And then we've talked to some veteran guys who have been in the league now for seven years, who started as an undrafted player and then stuck and have been in the

league ever since. And one of those is Abvery Jones, Jaguars defensive tackle. He had to think back a little bit. It's been a while since he went through this week his rookie season, my rookie year, I felt like I did enough to make practice squad, so I was kind of just waiting on my call and hopefully just get picked back up. And then, you know, I didn't get a call. So you know, at first I called my agent, you know, make sure they had to see if they

called him. I know they have my right number or not, because they were still calling me arm but uh, well I didn't get I didn't get the call, so you know, when I realized it, it was kind of it was exciting, you know, you know, happy as hell. It's just overwhelming, especially when you think you're not gonna really make it, you're No. Fifty three or anything like that. It's just

life changing to me. It was like a quick transition period because I had to go to work the next day and I had nowhere to live, and it was kicking us out of hotel, So it was like, you know, it was a half moment, it was a quick transition. There's a lot going on in the guy's mind like that, I mean, out of places before. So you know how that is. It happens right, and if you're up against it, if you're trying to make a team or make a broadcast, whatever it is. I mean, in any world, walk of life,

you can go through something like that. It's a big moment. These guys been working through their college careers to try to get to the NFL and they're finally here, but you don't know where you're gonna be the next week. It's the weirdest day of the year when you walk in on Monday. And I know players sense it to they're like young guys. They don't talk much about it, but you've there's a the offseason team in locker room has a much different field than the regular season, and

there's ninety guys around. There's a lot of guys. They're all working, they're rehabbing together and they do build some bonds and then there's you know, probably forty five of these guys know that they're probably gonna be on the roster, but they make the team, and then there's eight guys who are overjoyed because they've made it, at least for a couple of days they're in. But then there's also even the stars go through this when they walk in

on Monday and look around. There's guys they were working out next to who there's that I'm sure fifteen twenty minutes where they're sitting there and the guys not there next to them. When they realize this is a business.

It's a tough business. It ends fast. Uh, And most guys I've ever talked to say that there are some there is some time on Monday where you sit back and think how lucky you are to be in this league, and how luck you already have the talent and too and for some of them, how lucky they are to have been in a situation where okay, this time it worked out. Because some of these guys who make it have been situations where they haven't made it before, so they get how difficult it can be. There's a lot

of guys on the team like that. This year, there's a lot of third or fourth year guys who are trying to make this who have a chance, and uh, it's always an emotional day and you go through these oceans. But yet at the same time, the coaches are telling them now is the time. It's it starts. Now all the preparation forget all that. Now it's time to go win. So all of a sudden you're in in uh, you know, game mode. So it's it's it's a very strange day

as a put it. You know, that's when you realize you're one of the chosen ones, that the organization feels you can help this team get to the Super Bowl and win the Super Bowl. And that's then it's time to play. And that's that's how it turns out. The year Abri got chosen, they weren't winning a Super but but the point is, all of a sudden they are

in it. And and for the young guys, they're not only going through Okay, I made it, but they're trying to The coach are trying to get them to the point of, um, there's a different level you have to play at now too. Okay, you've made it. That's great. You probably accomplished something that that you've been working for your whole life. Now, guess what we need need more, We need more intensity, we need more a higher level of play. That's why it's to be a rookie, because

you're not really ready for that. You mentioned some of these third fourth year guys that have been through this before. They're just trying to stick on another team with the Jaguars. One of those guys is Trey mcbrin wide received reasons.

He's in his fourth year out of William and Mary, And as is the case with you know, deep down the depth chart wide receiver's, fourth, fifth, sixth receiver types, special teams come into play and I had a chance to ask him what exactly does that mean for a player and what he's gone through in special teams in this preseason, I'm on the depth chart in all phases. I haven't necessarily wrapped each phase in every game. It's

kind of been split up. You know. Baltimore, I got some gunner, and I haven't seen much gunner since then, so you know, hopefully I get a chance to get some more gunner, which is an important role um on the coverage team for punt and uh, you know, I think that that's you know, really critical as far as is my specific career path is involved. But I've been doing kickoff coverage been you know, I had to tackle UM two weeks ago, and and you know, and assist

this last week. And uh, you know, I haven't haven't got a chance to be a feature returner, but I have stepped in and returned some um this preseason, and I thought that all those were you know, as far as I'm as far as like, the feedback that I've gotten from the coaches has been good. You know, I'm seeing it right and and and taking the cuts where they need to be and catching all of them and stuff like that. So you know, I hope that, uh,

I hope that all that stuff matters for me. I hope that they like, you know, I hope that that holds weight in the in the staff room. And because I you know, I believe that I can't help being tremendous help on special teams UM on all phases. I think I'm pretty versatile and you can kind of stick me in anywhere and I can get the job done. So there's uh, fantastic approach there for a guy who's, as we said, been through this before. He understands what it takes and and and and how this week goes.

And what a performance like that on special teams. Those those reps, those snaps, though they aren't on offense, are unbelievably valuable, especially in a week like this, and he's in a situation and there's a few of these situations out there this year for this team. Thomas Rawls comes to mind, um that, because everybody's looking for a story

right now and and you're looking for a hook. We all talk about bubble guys, and we all talk about the young guys, and we'll all be writing and discussing it on Monday when some of these guys have made it or they haven't made it. But for a guy like Trey McBride, his reality might be I don't think he's gonna make I think they're gonna keep six six receivers. I get the feeling one of them be prior, so

there's not gonna be seven. But for a guy like him, he clearly has shown this staff that he can get it done if needed. So there's a lot of guys like that who might not make the fifty three. But and it's an usual situation cause there's been no injuries at that spot this year. Usually guys like Tray McBride make it. If if you have a weird injury, then all of a sudden, that fifth or sixth spot comes open. So a guy like him a guy like role as

a guy like maybe Ben Koyak. These guys come to mind who've been the league for a while, They've shown and they want to show the coaches one more time Thursday, you can rely on me. So in September, if somebody does get hurt, these guys are the first call back because they know the scheme, they know what's going on.

They're comfortable. So sometimes these guys aren't playing for bubble spots right now as much as they're playing for Okay, we're on your list of ten or twelve guys that when attrition starts during the season, and it always does, these guys are often the first calls back. We've seen that over the years, many many times, guys who all of a sudden in October you're saying hello to him again. Elie and Ko has been around here for a couple

of years. He's a guy certainly on the bubble this year with a draft pick at the nose tackle spot this year and Dontevious Russell Elienko's approach, Hey just put it on tape. The goal is to approach it just as any other week. You know, obviously everyone's fighting for a job, whether it's you know here or somewhere else possibly. Um, everyone's just trying to have their best foot forward. You're not trying to stress yourself out with all these are

am I gonna make the team and blah blah blah. Um. At the end of the day, you just gotta put your your your best self on tape. Um. If if you're a bet, you're a good fit for this team, then you know you'll end up with this team. But if you belong on another team, another scheme, then so be it. And you see what he's done in his career. He's bounced around from the Texans to the Jags and has been in eleven games so far in his career with sack and a half so far in his time here.

And he's another example of what I'm talking about. You know guys who you know, even if they think they may not be making this team. Um. The coaching staff, especially a guy like Doug remembers, Hey, this was a guy who in that last preseason game maybe knew he wasn't gonna make it, still was prepared. Still gave it the best shots, still performed, and then when they're looking at a list of guys in October to bring back, who do you trust, Well, this guy did it for

me once. I don't know this other name over here. So that's the sort of thing that as disappointed as some of these guys will, we'll never be a lot of disappointment many of the guys who get cut. If if you cut what thirty five, twelve, sixteen of those guys wind up playing somewhere else. So that's sort of the very difficult journeyman part of the league. Our final thought on this topic today comes from an undrafted rookies perspective. We've heard from the seventh year player and Abrey Jones,

We've heard from the fourth year veteran and McBride. We've just heard from Anku who's a young player in this league now Tyree Brady, the undrafted wide receiver from Marshall. It can be a little nerve racking for an undrafted rookie. I can troll yousause you know it's a big it's a big um. It's a big game right here, you know, a big week, you know, and going into it, you know that that's the main part. You wanna you want to go in the East game with a clear mind.

It's just halfling out there. Just play ball, do what you do. So I mean, that's what I just mean, focused on just playing a ball, you know, just working on my technique, the little things like that. You know, I'm looking forward because it's a game, and you know, I'm insidy. I'm in the NFL, catching balls, running routes. So I mean, that's society. This happy to be here man in the NFL running routes and catching balls. One same deal has a chance to be on the practice squad.

He showed especially early in camp, really showed up probably a little bit more of a pure wide receiver, and it's it's hard to visualize him making a huge impact on special teams UM, just because of of the body type. He looks like a big guy who can play uh at the wide receiver position. Sometimes tough for those guys to be special teams guys. UM. But another guy who showed up early and wouldn't be surprising at all on the practice squad and a guy who winds up on

the ninety next year. Sometimes those you know you know you started calling first year veterans rather than rookies. A lot of times those guys are the guys who wind up showing up in training camp the next season. Fun conversation with him too, He's he's a fun guy to talk. I haven't talked to him. He seems like a good kid. Let's come back. We got plenty to come on the Jaguars Happy Hour presented by the Field's Auto Group. But

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during the break going through our TLC timelines. Yeah, and I was in seventh grade, I think, Yeah, I was. I was covering the Jags and uh, it was all you heard at Steven's point in their first training camp. If you went out to a restaurant with an after dinner cocktail involved, you were going to hear TLC. It was the It was the thing, crazy, sexy cool. That was name of the album. That's right, And um, all right, let's move along, shall we talk? We can just continue

Mid nineties pop music. It was big, all right, that was it was all kind of mashed in together in that year. So and Coolio was out that year too, Gangster Paradise. I really went down there right. Well, we did the other day on this show. That's why, that's why I remembered that right offense. Speaking of all offensive line talk here, um, right guard still up in the air, according to head coach Doug Marone, both yesterday and in the Back to Football lunch in a little earlier today, Um,

here's here. Here. Here's his thoughts yesterday on the position where it stands between we're Will Richardson and a j camp. You know, it's a tough decision. I don't know if it's I's one guy is going to be the starter and that's it. Uh, you know I have platoon players before, you know, a couple of series. We've seen that around the league. I think those are the decisions that will make you know going up to the first game. Said also that he doesn't really need more game time to

figure it out. They have enough practice time left. Do you really see them platooning? These guys are just naming a guy and going on. Well, a couple of thoughts on that. First of all, I think it's it's a good sign. And some people say, well, you know you're always gonna say it's a good sign. You're on Jaguars Radio. But Um. In the past, Doug has played guys who are going to play in the regular season in that

last preseason game. If I'm not mistaken, he did that in two thousand and seventeen with a lot of offensive linemen and and a j Can may have been one up UM. This year, I don't think you'll see those guys because I think he's telling the truth when he says he likes what he has seen from both. It's not a case of not knowing what they're going to do with the spot. It's a case of trying to decide between two guys that they like at the spot.

Big difference between that and what was going on two years ago when you remember it was chaos and the offensive line going into that regular season. So I I do think he'll think about I think he's gonna call it platooning, my guests. Is what they'll do is they'll start a j Can in the first game because of

the experience level. I think it was Jeff Lockman I heard saying this week the right tackle is playing his first game, and if they start Will Richardson at right guard and John Taylor right tackle, you're starting two players where their entire NFL playing experience is whatever snaps they could the two gets the Dolphins last week. Um, that

would probably make me uncomfortable. I'm a head coach, So you could see a scenario with a platoon a little bit in that first game, start a J. Give Richardson a couple of series. I think by the time we hit the end of September, I think it's gonna be Will Richardson starting because they like him, they like his potential. He's the player on the up swing. But what a great situation there. And everybody talks about the lack of depth on the team on the interior of the line.

When you've got shot leeann Can who can play all three spots, I think they're pretty deep, unusually deep on the interior of that line. And I do think A J. Cann is a guy that you know, we all saw it last year. You typically don't make it through an entire regular season with your offensive line healthy. Um, A J. Cann at some point if even start starting to right guard, it's gonna play significant minutes for this team, or isn't even place for this team. So but I think it

will be Will Richardson by October. But a J. Cann the first game just to get it, just to get it going, and then once there's more experience down the line and maybe switch it up well. And I think about last week, we're seeing a couple of penalties. You know, they don't if a j has been anything, It's been very reliable on the field in terms of his mental approach. He's a very reliable guy, so they probably trust that.

Coaches like veterans, I could see him holding that spot until until Wild Richardson plays well enough to just take it away. Let's continue on the offensive line. That's the topic we brought up on Monday Show with Tony Boselli. You might have heard of him. Jeff Loghuman was in for Pete Prisco. You've heard of those two guys as well. And Tony brought up maybe a little concern about the left tackle position. Cam Robinson's played six snaps in the preseason.

He'll play near seventy or so on opening day, and you know the backup, Oh boy, he has a hamstring issue. Right now, here's Tony Boselli, Jeff Loguman and yours truly on Monday Night. My position of camps that were changed. I think he's immensely talented. I love his nastiness. He's physical, he's tough. I just think his footwork has been just really average at best and what gets him in trouble. And um, I'm not gonna make any judgments from the

six place we saw, but it wasn't good. But that's okay, I mean, coming back from a c L just just beat out there, yeah, just yeah. I'm like, I don't want to be critical. Really he's working hard, but that has to get better, and his conditioning is not going to be where it needs to be. I mean, I'll tell you right now, I've I've done it playing temporary tem places in the preseason, coming off in a c L and I was seven and a half months and his is gonna be almost eleven. But you're for that

first few you're like that first game sucking wind. It's i mean, like, you know, seventy snaps. By the way, you're playing against a pretty damn good player in Frank Clark. He's pretty good. Yeah, and so I'm I'm a little worried about that. I think if you're John D. Philippo, you have the game plan for that. I mean, that's a game plan. And then and you better hope you got your rookie, right, got a rookie on the other side, Okay, right now, who are you more confident in. I'm more

confident in Juan Taylor and past protection. My point is you have to pick one. Yeah, that's right. There's Tony Baselly, Jeff Logan and and some concerns there because you know the length of the game and he hasn't gone that long in a while, and then you know, how many time do you keep an extra tackle that he normally would if a boy he's not ready, and there's some questions there. Yeah, I mean, I probably can't provide much more insight into what's wrong with cam Uh in terms

of his foot wark than Tony and Jeff can. The book on Cam early last year was that he needed to He had played well as a rookie for a rookie in two thousand seventeen was his rookie year, but that if he was going to fulfill his draft status and be that lockdown left tackle that you want, he had to get a lot better. Through three games last year or through through two games last year. The consensus was he was still struggling preseasons, still struggling with it.

So all of that is what was said about Ken Robinson last year. Um, he's certainly six plays is not enough to show if he's improved off that. I assume that at this point he probably hasn't improved off that because he's had no time to work on footwork. He's had no time to work on anything. So it's definitely a topic. Uh the tight ends not being healthy until now. Are they ready to help him in the passing game?

I think all those things are a huge concern. I think they have to run the ball well against Kansas City to win because of that. Well interesting plus, there the full archive from under available on Jaguars dot com and through the Jags app and on podcasts. Well we're coming, We'll come back in a moment. It's time to unbuild uniforms. Yes, what will the Jaguars wear tomorrow? We'll get that coming up.

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kind of cool. They're giving that out today, may or may not be a giveaway at the game. I don't know that. Demonstrate the bracelet please, that's what they're giving. If you buy tickets, you'll get one of those that Yes, it's lapping on. Remember that from the nineties. I actually don't to the head of in the nineties thing. Are you in the nineties too old? For I was thirty when the team started. I never had much of a life, but I had less of a life in the nineties.

I got you. That was kind of my prim back in the day. Yeah, it's all downhill since then. I thought you were running how I do in that time? Don't? Right? Um, well, here we are the final preseason game, and for you know, Doug Morons talked about this throughout the week, how tough this week is for him to cut the roster down and sit across from the guy and say, hey, whatever he says, and the guy's gotta go. Then the guys in the locker room this week say on Monday, well

it's empty. I mean, there's no nobody around and this is our team. We gotta go play a football game and forget about that. But the equipment, guys, I mean, you're getting rid of getting rid of, but you're losing a lot of guys. I have a lot of equipment. Yeah, it's it's kind of crazy. I mean, you get you get attached to some of these guys. They've been here since Um, you know, early in the year and been

here pretty much every day. And you know, this game, I think we're dressing, you know, right at ninety guys. And then the first game and next week, I mean we're gonna dress forty six guys, so it's almost half as many people. So, um, it's kind of it's kind of a weird time. The next few days. Um, you know, you're glad the season's here, but then it's not a good day for a lot of people too. That's something I think a lot of people don't realize. If you're

not around the team every day, you don't realize that. Uh, A lot of us are around it and we know players, but I might see your talk to three or four players a week. You guys are sort of the first line of defense with players and and and you're with them every day and you do get to know these guys. So when they leave, it is tough because it's work. But there are friendships involved here too. You get close to some of these guys, you pull form some of

them are nicer than others. I'm sure, I'm sure better relationships, but it's not an easy time. Yeah, No, there's no doubt. Like everybody, you kind of have like I work with the DBS, and you kind of get some favorites over there, and you obviously the veterans, you know we're gonna be here, but you know you might get a new guy like Pablo uh Picasso, I call him Pablo Picasso Nelson. I mean, he's he shows up every day, he's got a smile on his face, he's in the meeting rooms early. Like

you just root for that kid. So that's what you hopefully, hopefully he's done enough on pape that he can be here. If not, you know, I wish him well, but you know, he kind of kind of root for him a little bit, a little guy. So fun to see a guy like that baked you know, try guy who was a little bit of long shot here. All right, let's get to the moment of truth here. What will the jaguar you put your coffee? John Director should be mad at it? What are the jaguars wearing? Jimmy Luck. So we're gonna

go with the white pants, white pants, white pants? Okay, and then we'll go with the deal Jersey. Why not. It's a good look. Won't be getting dirty? Yeah, that one that one probably won't get too for the week. Hey j boys, he's from Atlanta, so that was kind of why I picked up. He wanted a community award today at the Back to Football lunch by the way, which was nice to see. And a j boy a

poised for another good season here with the Jaguars. Yeah, he actually is from like the little high school that's next door to mine, neighboring. We we didn't we didn't play them. They were a little bigger, but so I've kind of always been rooting for a j two. Jimmy luck could get open man headways even always open. That's right. Have it deal over white for the Jags tomorrow against the Atlanta Falcons. Jimmy, good to see coming down. Thanks for there is head equipment manager, and we're back in

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Jeff Lynne, surprisingly strong voice. Really good? How about that? Good to know. Let's finish up today with our players to watch tomorrow. I'm gonna start because I'm just gonna start about that. Give me d j Alexander linebacker, a guy who's been a pro bowler in his career as a special teams player, but for a linebacker room that it has some depth concerns. I think right now he's a guy to watch. You'll probably get some time tomorrow night.

Watch him on special teams, do his thing, d J Alexander, keep an eye on that linebacker, and then he makes the roster. You think so do you think so? Um? So something? Watch Tom should unpack the luggage because I said that, But I think John Ozer Jaguars got Tom reports. Uh. And then the other one for me is that we were talking about the tackle position earlier, the left tackle spot and Cam Robinson. We heard from Tony Boselli on Monday about that, maybe some concerns about the amount of

plays he's gonna have to play. And then a boy, he's got a hamstring issue. He hasn't been on the practice field. How many tackles do they keep? Is this the last time we see Josh Wells on a Jaguars uniform? Uh? He could get significant time in tomorrow night's game. Um. He's been around here for a number of years now, but has been banged up a few different ways throughout his career. Has not been able to be out there a lot, but he's had moments where he's filled in

and when he's been healthy. He's played a good, solid backup tackle for this football team. Uh So, watch for him tomorrow night. We may not get to say it, we'll see he's I think he's on the bubble right now. He's definitely on the bubble, um. And I sort of wonder if you know, he's an odd case because I hope he's around. I think he deserves to be around in terms of what he can do in the field. I almost wonder why, you know, I get why he'll play.

I almost wonder why in a sense because when he's played, he's played fine. There's no issue with Josh in terms of at how he plays. The issue is availability. He's been hurt so much. He was playing at a relatively high level last year. Some people thought he was playing as well or better than Cam Robinson had played a left tackle, and then against Kansas City, all of a sudden he's out for the season or out until the end the season at eight games. Um So, so that's

their dilemma with him. You keep him on the roster and he's your depth. Well they learned last year three games and out that's scary depth, um. And that's why I think of way he will be the swing tackle and it's why they've they've played him so much. Um. So he's a tricky spot. You'd love to see the kid make it, but sometimes guys just can't stay healthy and it's stuffed playing this leaf. You can't stay healthy. So for me, linebacker DJ Alexander and tackle Josh Wells

the players to watch. How about you, John Well? I went a different direction because everybodys talking about bubble guys this week. I figured we would talk about bubble guys before this segment, and I figured you would talk about bubble guys because you had seen You've already told me who you were talking about. So that was how I figured that we've we've had a whole show a bubble guys. So I went with Gardner Minshew was the first h

backup quarterback. Um I think he's definitely the backup quarterback. I don't think that for the end of the regular season, or or or for the end of preseason. And the reason I think that is if you were going to make a move there, I wonder why you wouldn't have already to bring somebody in who if you don't trust that, there would have been time to bring it in and get another look at something else and start teaching the

offense a little bit. Well, the problem is, like with that, everybody else is signed already still, and I don't know, it's hard to predict who else to be on the street. Some of this may come if a guy winds up on the street that you love, say okay, you know those would those would be decisions that get made Friday and Saturday. But you whether or not he's the guy. If you assume that he is the backup, you would still like to see him get the ball in the

end zone. That's his next step. He has improved dramatically since week one of the preseason, but you still have not seen him finish off a drive. Either side of that is, has he played with enough around him to blame him for not finishing off the drive. Maybe you would have loved to have seen him get a couple of series with the ones to see how he operated with that environment. But as a rookie backup quarterback in this league, you don't always get put in ideal situations.

So the reality there's Gardner Minshew, that's one for you. Another Well, we heard from Doug Moron this week about your next player and said, hey, sometimes you gotta strap it up and get your asks back out there and play. Yeah, and Tavin Bryant I think will play. You know, you never know with when choosing veterans for Week four, sometimes

the coaches decided not to play him. He played in the first two weeks, and considering that he has not played fantastically, he is a guy who you figure would benefit from a couple of series on Thursday, I think he will play. He obviously doesn't need to play well to make the team, but you would like to see the light go on or at least start to flicker a little bit in terms of field awareness, in terms of some of the things that he hasn't been doing.

So certainly if he's in the game, he'll be tightly watched because he has been a hot button issue throughout training camp and will continue to be until he becomes more consistent. He flashes, but not enough consistency yet. Yeah, reading your ozone every day it has become almost a pile on on It's a bit much, to be honest. I mean, he's not going anywhere. He's on this welt.

And and you said you read it every day and you sometimes search for a way to sum it up when you're answering questions about guys over and over again. And I think I like the sum up on him is he's he's not good enough to be starting, but he's not bad enough to be cut. You mean, no way do I think he's not one of the best ten linemen on the team. So you wouldn't cut him anyway because his first round pick, second year of his contract,

you don't give up on that. But even considering he hasn't lived up to the potential yet, he's he still helps you if one of these top two tackles get hurt, you still want him in the game. For his potential. You'd still worry about the inconsistency, but he's still the best guy. You guys can get better too, I mean, well, yeah, experience gives you that sometimes, and he needs to. But I think he's a year away from having roster pressure, but he's not a year away from needing to get better.

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