Let's start with two weeks to go a thirteen game skid and trying to keep guys going down the stretch here, not worry about all the outside noise there's plenty of that, we know, but focusing on the task at hand, and that's going out and performing against the Bears this week. It's gotta be tough to say it was easy. I
would be lying to you. But you know, the one thing that that you have to lean on is the fact that that that you're professional and you remind your players that they are professionals, and that on the whole, lot of guys wish they would be in the position that they're in. You know, we get paid to do a job. We can't guarantee the outcome, but what you can guarantee is that you're gonna prepare yourself the very
best of your ability. You're gonna go out there, You're gonna you're gonna play to the very best of your ability and let the chips fall what they may. If you do that, then you can look at yourself in the mirror, regardless of the outcome, and live with Rod Lton with the Jaguars tight ends. Coach, Let's get into
your room and Tyler Eiffort. It feels like the last three four weeks or so, I think he's only missed two targets at that time, and you knew he was going to be productive as this year kind of went along. He's a veteran, he's been around the league for a while. Has there been anything different over the last month with Tyler? Our plan for him? You know, he's his career has been plagued with injuries here and there, and um, whether
nagging or season ending. He came in with the right attitude first and foremost, and I think UM coach Marone and the training staff but sat down and they had a plant that got a plan for him as far as we know what his strengths are, we know what his weaknesses are, we know why we got him here, so we're not gonna try to ask him to do things that you know that that that we have other people to do. Therefore we can get the best out
of his abilities. So I think that's first and foremost the plan that we have for him, as far as um not asking him to do everything, but to concentrate on the things that he's really good at. And it's worked out, you know, he's cone frotable. He knows his role. I guess that's that's I went the long way of saying that that he plays his role. He's playing his
role and he's comfortable with that. If we asked him to do a couple of things here and there that everybody is not expecting him to do, he has over delivered in every phase in my opinion. Yes, Ron Middleton with a Jaguars tight ends. Coach James O'Shaughnessy came into the year with the knee thing, trying to work his way back to productivity. We're seeing him on the field a little bit more as of late. It's been a difficult year for most everybody, but tell us about James
and how his progression has gone. Now at this point, you know, he's not he's not healthy yet. He's still working, but he's he's out up busting it. But I think he's done some good things for us this year. I can't wait to see him completely healthy to see where he can go from there. You've got some young bucks. Eric Sobert's tight end, Uh, he's a third year player. Then Tyler Davis is really a youngster. He was out there holding last week of all things and strangest of circumstances.
But will those guys get any time. There's one of those where it's kind of a little late in the season here. Well, you know, Eric, when when we lost we lost Bruce a fullback, Eric stepped up. You know, he came to me and said, hey, coach, I can I can play that fullback spot. Like get out of here. You're narrow your narrow hill. But you know he's like coaching, and I'll tell you what. He has done extremely well
at the fullback position. I told him to day say, hey man, that's that's what separates you from everybody else. So you can, um, you can play that fullback position. And we're not gonna just overdo it with him back there. But to sprinkling in enough, I was six snaps a game with spot. He's done really really well at that at that fullback spot. Tyler is uh, the arrow is still up on Tyler. I think the injury set him back a little bit way back. And uh, we we
got to remember he's still learning the position. But as far as size and speed and um strength, I mean, he's going to develop into a productive tight end in this league. It's you know, it just hadn't all clicked for him yet. And um, you know, converted quarterback, that's what he did in college. Held, he held the ball and you know, holding for for he was the holder. So I'm glad he was here to be able to do that with U with almost not having cooking out there.
So he came through big time for us last week