Bucky Previews Jaguars vs. Bengals | Huddle Up

0:00Welcome to Huddled up. Huddled up. Jaguar Senior Writer John Ocean and NFL Network Analyst in Former Jaguar Bucky Brooks bring you to the latest. Don't you, Jacksonville Jaguar. Huddled up starts right now. All right, welcome in to Huddled up with Bucky Brooks. I'm John Ozer from the Hyundai Studios in Jacksonville. Bucky Brooks, I'm assuming, is in Los Angeles. As he always is and Huddled up with Bucky Brooks is brought to you by Field's auto group, Jacksonville. See Field's first, Jacksonville's premier luxury auto group. Go to FieldsAuto.com and Bucky, a big one on Sunday. It's a huge win over New England and I guess what I want to ask you first, I had a feeling that people like didn't notice this big win for the Jags. I'm not talking about the respect thing.

1:00It was almost like once they got ahead and won it big, you almost assumed they were going to do it. There wasn't a lot of fanfare over it. Maybe that's good. But you know what I'm getting at? Yeah, definitely not a national scene. It didn't get the kind, it didn't register the kind of response that normally would happen when the pages are taken down and a beat down like that. And you wonder if it's a look at lack of respect for the Jags. Is it a, it became to expect that because Drake May is struggling on the other side? I don't know, but it's certainly just kind of fluent in the rate I like, oh ho hum, 35 six Jags went onto the next. Yeah, I think for that reason, you follow the league more than I'm able to. I don't care if Drake May is struggling. I don't care if the Patriots had a couple of injuries. This team played in the Super Bowl last year and I believe they're a well-coached good

2:06team. And you not only beat them, you, you handled them. And I get there were a few plays in the first half like any game where things sort of rise and fall. It's a big moment lead. You dominated the game and you've dominated now six straight home games. Some level of competition rise and fall. But these are things that good teams do. The Jaguars are doing them and I don't care about the national recognition thing. But how important do you think that kind of win was where it's just, you can now beat teams like that comfortably. It's a hard place to get to, I guess is what I'm getting at. Yeah, really are a place we've talked about it. This league is a one-score league. Most games have decided in the fourth quarter. Most games have decided by eight points of fewer. So to have the kind of margin that the Jaguars had early in the fourth quarter, that is uncommon. Particularly when it was a team that came in and people haven't talked about, look,

3:11they hadn't given up a lot of points. They might have been like the number one team and points a lot or whatever, like coming in. So to put 35 points on the board, that should have drawn a lot of positive responses about the Jaguars. And we talk about controlling the game and the way that Trevor played and those things, not from a statistical standpoint, but from a feel. It was a dominant performance from beginning to end. That should have been talked about more. I guess I'm so used to the lack of respect thing that it's almost boring. So look, everybody else can talk about that. And so I guess before we get into Jaguars 35 Patriots 6, I want to ask you from a, as objective as you can be, yes, they lost to Denver, but they beat what now appears. What we all kind of thought was an OK Cleveland team. We were impressed about the handle, but you didn't know. For three games, what's your feel for this team?

4:17You're starting to be able to smooth out some of the highs and lows and see a couple of trends, maybe. What's your feel for this team? I think we're a really good team. And I think, and I felt like this coming in, we have a much better team. I just don't know if the record is going to reflect how good we are. We won't really get a chance to see it into the postseason. That said, you think about the three teams that we played. The Cleveland Browns everyone kind of, kind of chalked it up to be in a gimmick. But then you watched them play the last two weeks looked at knocked off Tampa. They come back and get a big win against the Carolina Panthers. They're not a bottom feeder. Is what you're getting now, right? Not a bottom feeder. Everybody kind of thought that. Yeah. Yeah. So the Denver Broncos come back and knock off the LA Rams, much like they came back and knocked off us. But another good team, another team that you expect to be in the postseason. And then this Patriots team, who we always celebrate, might be able to be in one of the top coaches from a tactical and strategic standpoint. Look, the quarterback was MVP runner up a season ago.

5:17They had a lot of good players. And I didn't hear about the injury situation until after the game, not really prior to the game. And we handled them and we had our way with them, running the football, throwing it efficiently. To me, look, it was a really good performance. And I'm going to say this, John, like when you look at the tape, it wasn't an A plus performance. We didn't play a glove our head. We just had a solid game based on how we prepared. And so this is what good teams do. They take care of business. They win their games at home. And they're okay matching up with top teams because you get used to playing top teams each and every week. Yeah, Bucky, you already got into it a little bit. But I wanted to ask you about a stat that I didn't really notice maybe on Sunday night. And then after I thought about it a little bit, it really struck me. A five red zone touchdowns. And I'm to the point now where I just think Liam can really call red zone offense. I mean, I think he is a master at drawing those things up.

6:21You couple that Bucky with a good, efficient running game, but they got what, 140 yards. I think it was around that. But there weren't any explosives. In the passing game, the running game is really interesting to me because usually 100 plus games are often built on a 35 yard run mixed in. So it's just an efficient game and efficient performance to me, Bucky, against a team that tries to take your efficiency away. I mean, it is one of those things that we know to be true when it comes to one at Mike Raeble team for all those years. We had to deal with the Tennessee Titans and also something that has been a hallmark and doing them forever. They're going to try and make you play left handed. So they're going to take away what you do really well. They're going to limit the explosives. They really want to bottle up the run and they want to make you throw against their loaded coverages. Normally, they came in being a heavy man to man team this week for whatever reason.

7:23They played more zone and didn't want to let the ball go over the top, kept everything in front. And to Trevor's credit, he was very patient. He took the check down. He worked the underneath areas of the field. That's a big thing you're getting to. I mean, it's made what you're saying is a big deal. Yeah, I mean, they methodically worked the ball down the field and the same thing in the running game. And so you know and Liam always talks about it. How hard it is to score points when you don't have explosive plays. Explosive plays runs over 10 yards, passes over 20 yards. It is hard in our game to drive it on a bunch of five, six, three, seven, three, two, down the field. It's just hard to, I'd say you can have a penalty. You can get thrown behind the chains. You have a turnover. You're just not going to be able to complete the drive. And for the jacks to do that to me speaks to the growth of the team, but really speaks to Trevor finally doing what I would say great quarterbacks do. Great quarterbacks have the ability to do that delicate dance between being a game manager

8:26and a playmaker, given what the situation is. Sometimes a, you know what, this is a game where I just need to distribute a ball, manage the game. I don't need to insert myself in force plays. Other times a gotta put it on my shoulders. I'ma have to make big plays. But the thing is you have to be both people in the same game sometimes. Trevor does that when you see him throw a dart to Parker Washington on a third and forever goal to go situation. He comes back and throws another one to Josh Cameron like over and over again. So it's there, but in this game, he was comfortable taking the check down and no matter what defensive coaches say, because look, being in those meetings, we always say, make them throw the check down. They won't stay with the check down. But what happens is every completion changes the defense because for so long, if you see guys throw it to the back or whatever, all it takes is one undisciplined defender to run up, then you hit the 15 yard dig right behind him. And so it's understanding that chess match, Trevor's beginning to understand it.

9:27And when he's patient and disciplined, man, this offense looks terrific. Final question for him of one of the defense. I've been trying to ask people about this and getting close to the answer. I felt the other day like the running offense is starting to get to where Liam visions it. And I didn't watch everything that he did with the bucks, but the balance, the being able to run with power, the play where they pitch it out and then sort of run back to the middle. And we talked all off season about this, about them wanting to be a more efficient, you know, effective running game, and that it might not have the explosives that it have a Travis CTN or HN. I'm sorry. Does it feel like they're stepping toward that vision? Yes, funny. Listen to his presser throughout the week.

10:29He talked about the run game, the efficiency of the run game, how they put a lot into it. And you know, it's funny, right, man, and this is why the judgment of draft picks and those things immediately after they're selected. That's you. That's your game. It's really silly. I hate it, but it's one thing you do. But now let's think about what has really changed with the offense line and the offense of front. Nick Borkertr comes over to solidify the edges as a blocking tied in. The man you're pregnant is inserted at left guard to give them a physical force. Both of those picks were a pan when they made it, but when you think about the collective and how the unit is operating now, you see the vision. They wanted to be a power running team. They wanted to be able to be able to get dirty when it came to the run game, run between the tackles and pose their will on opponents. And you're seeing that and we can say this now that Travis HN has gone, they wanted a little more of a physical presence, a little more of a rugged running game.

11:34And for all the great things that Travis was when it came to the explosive plays, there was a feeling inside that maybe there was a little more meat on the bone. We're trying to get that accomplished with guys who may not be as heralded, but they certainly fit the system. And that's why the offense is having success on the ground. We're going to talk a lot about the defense in a future segment. So that's me. I mean, I see one thing. I think I saw on Sunday what you've been telling me Travis Hunter is on that play, meaning reacting to the ball in the air, a moment type player. Just kind of talk about him, any thoughts on Travis Hunter. No, look, I give Travis Hunter a lot of credit, right, Vanded Noise was so loud. And I know you're in town. You can hear it. You can hear it on the talk radio. I see it on Twitter, verse, everything. It was crazy about Travis Hunter and how he got a plan. There was a lot of pressure on Hunter and make a play, even though he's 10 games really into his career. What I saw a team that finally understands like, Hey, here's how we're going to play our

12:36cornerbacks, including number 12. It's my observation, but I felt like he was playing to the field. I looked at some of the coverages that they were using against New England. They felt like they matched up better. So you did see some man to man. You did see some what they call cover six, what they cloud one side. And the front side has some man match principles. We did see man to man, but two man where he had two safeties over top. So those guys could get to it and put their hands on them and all of those things played really, really well for Travis Hunter. But the big thing that we saw is you can't teach coach instincts awareness in ball school. You can't. He has it. Is this a matter of can we keep him ready to go? Yeah, I think Bucky was freezing up there. I'm going to break. I thought Travis's instincts on that play and the awareness we're high in. We'll get to Bucky after this. This weekend's Jaguars Bengals match up though is presented by Bud Light. Bud Light, the official beer of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

13:39When we return, we're going to look at Cincinnati Bengals on Huddled Up with Bucky Brooks. Talk about any lockdown corner in this league and it's still right. He's still going to get his, I don't know what he had exactly stat line against Houston, but we all know Dirk's then he's a really good player and he's going to get his like it's very difficult to say like he's just not going to catch balls this week, right? All right, welcome back to Huddled Up with Bucky Brooks. I'm John Ozer and that full press conference is available at Jaguars.com or the Jaguars YouTube channel. Cheer on your Jacksonville Jaguars as they travel to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals this Sunday at the official away game watch party at Mr. Chubby's West Side location. Indulge in the best wings in town with appearances by the roar in Jacksonville. Get the chance to win autographed items and game tickets all while soaking up the lively

14:40atmosphere with fellow Jaguars fans. Mr. Chubby's wings proud partner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bucky Liam was talking about Jamar Chase. I don't think anybody follows the NFL is surprised to hear those comments. He says potential future hall of fame or I think I think Jamar Chase is going to the hall. He's one of those guys after the game last year, right? He had 14 for 180 or something absurd and I talked to Besele the next day and I said, you know, sometimes hall of fameers beat you. There was a lot more to it, but sometimes hall of fameers changed games. He changed that one. Him, burrow. I guess there's other past catch guys that are as good, but I can't think of any. No, he's terrific. He's a triple crown winner. He has done that. Liam and their press conference talked about his lower half. He was talking about parking lots and we just talked about how those guys break tackles,

15:41how you have to hit them solidly to take them down. But he's going to get his and you have to know that I think the big thing is you want to limit the explosive place, even going back to the last year when you saw him. He got him a couple of times. He was kept in check for most of the day and then a couple of times he leaked out and got behind him. And I think if you can just make him earn it, don't give him anything cheap, nothing deep, make him earn it on a bunch of intermediate catches and those things. That's the best that you can do because he is a really good player. He is going to find ways to do it. And look, Zach says he's going to find a way to make sure he touches it, but you want to minimize his impact by not allowing him to have those explosive plays. Yeah, Bucky, they're also a team that, you know, I just recall last year, Jaguar's kind of had him down. And you know, Chase and Higgins fits this too, but it feels like Chase sort of defines it where I think the Jaguars, this is a game in the second half. If you're up 10 offensively, you still better be pushing because the bangles are just that

16:47they always believe that as long as one's on the field, that they can go score fast and get back in it. They're probably going to get a fourth quarter touchdown on you if you're up 10. You know what I'm getting at? They're relentless offensively. Some teams you know you can sort of, okay, we're up. This team's going to keep coming at you. Yeah, they'll keep coming at you. And I'll say this because I believe this impacted the game last year. The Jaguars took a collective deep breath when Joe Burr went out to the game last year. Yeah. The backup came in. You didn't have film on them, but I think the natural tendency and inclination is, hey, the backup is in. He's not going to be as good as the starter. We should have our way. This game is over and Brownie came in and the second half he found his rhythm. They found some big plays. But we talk about the controversial Piacol on Travis Hunter, but they found their way in the second half. But there was a lot that this team learned from that. They talk about closing the game out, being able to take care of business when it's right there to do. We'll see a much better effort.

17:48But my expectation is the same way that this team handled them last year early. I think we can do it and continue to do it for 64 minutes. Yeah. Last year it felt like, I remember that entire game. I had this impression of, oh, watching it and realizing the Carolina game the week four ahead and met a flick. That was the game where I thought, okay, they're going to, as long as they keep playing to Liam's style, which I didn't doubt that they would, I came out of that game knowing this team was going to be competitive. I didn't make it to be 13 and four. I thought, okay, 10 and seven, they're going to get their games. Talk to me about the BINGLE's offense. Everybody knows Chase, everybody knows Burrow, everybody knows Higgins. What else are they? I mean, those are the guys. I mean, they were on studos. Those playmakers on the outside. They're trying to run the football. The offense line has improved. But Mary Smith is playing really, really well. So we'll be challenged on the edges in terms of Josh, Hines, Allen and Trayvon Walker trying to get to the quarterback. But look, man, this is a team. They're going to throw it all over the yard. They're trying to run it to close it out, but they kind of were one dimensional.

18:49They have Mariana Rivera here. They're going to throw it a cutter and you've got to be able to deal with the cutter. I mean, that's just what it is. And so if we do a great job of not giving up the explosive plays, if we allow them to have some yards between the 20s but make them kick instead of score sevens, man, we'll do what we want to do and we'll win the game. I have confidence that as accurate as Joe Burrow is, at some point, man, when you're unable to generate that big play, you begin the force of the end. That's when you have to take advantage of it. I think most people who watch this and listen to this watch enough NFL, they can kind of close their eyes and see what the Bengals offense is. If you close your eyes and think about the Bengals defense, you're probably thinking about the past, which isn't necessarily what they are. They're in their second season under, under coordinator alcohol and they've added pieces. Is Dexter Lawrence the key to the improvement? Is he everything? Tell me about the Bengals defense. Yeah, he's been a big addition for them.

19:51Coming over the off-road, No Stack had a lot to prove. He was coming off a disappointing year in New York. They traded a tenth overall pick to bring him over. He's been exactly what they want. Dominic playmaker on the inside. He kind of sparks it up because he's talking to him. He likes to get into it. He likes to engage. He can be intimidating and menacing. What he has done, he and Jonathan Allen, they've given them a presence on the inside. And then when you think about what they've had on the outside, Cassius Howell, who they drafted this year, Boyet Maffe, who they got as a free agent, heading into the last week's game, they were leading the league in sex with eight. They stopped the run on early downs. They want to bring a four-man pressure, four-man rush, and they want to play maximum coverage behind it. And when they're able to get it on their terms, they're tough. The thing about this is, we must be able to run the football effectively. Not saying that it's going to be a hundred yard day, but you have to run the football. You cannot let Dexter and those guys force you into a one-dimensional game plan

20:53without at least being tested. And then they're going to be some shots down the field with their corners and those things. You got to cast a lottery ticket. If we get those shots, we've got to make them pay because that's the only way to bring them out of some of those soft-shell looks that they want to play. Yeah, I think Liam talked about that a little bit in his pressur today. It's going to be a game where they got to make plays. And it's a cliche, and we talk every week, it's a playmaker's league, et cetera. But maybe more so than last week, Bucky, it's about when the opportunities are there, you got to hit them, whereas last week felt like, is it harder to be methodical against this team, I guess, than it was for the Jaguars last week? I was able to do this job without fully hearing your question because some technical issues are there. Is it harder to be methodical against the Bengals than the Jaguars were able to do last week? No, no. I think last week, one, the Patriots did a really good job of throwing that umbrella

21:56over the covers. They were not going to do it. They played very soft, different than normally what you would expect for them. I think this is easy to be methodical against the Patriots because when I was on the sideline, I couldn't in my mind imagine them scoring more than 24 points. I see. I feel like the magic number was 24. The Bengals, man, that number is going to be 34 that you're going to have to get to, just to comfortably understand where they're at. So you're going to have to be more aggressive in terms of, hey, I can't just completely take the air out of it. I got to continue to play offense. I got to continue to find ways to steal points in those things. And it's a change. But I think it's a change that, look, I am not sitting here ready to say that the Bengals are the best defense that we've seen. I am, well, let's say that when Dexter Lawrence is on, he can change the game against a run game. But you got to get him blocked. You got to be able to run it. And then you got to find a way to take advantage of these, I would say, favorable matchups on the perimeter. I don't want more questions. I wanted to ask you about the Bengals defense and then we'll move on.

22:57I guess more about the Jaguars offense, really. It seems like maybe more so than last year. Maybe it's because of the running game. Maybe we've already discussed it. That they have more or that Liam has more answers to more questions than he did last year, meaning more ways they can play offensively and feel good about it. And I feel like they're being forced there. Am I reading that right? I think you are right. I think we have more talent for sure. I think we go back this time last year compared to what we have this year. I think the development of our players has made us a more talented unit. But I really believe it's about Liam as a play-caller. And he said this and I understood it when he said it. And he said this maybe after the Denver Broncos game, he talked about, he was using college football as a reference. We're not Ohio State where we force beat the ball to Jeremiah Smith. And I had to remember that I am at my best when I just get the ball to everybody.

24:01And whoever has the hot hand happens to have the hot hand. Sort of a home. Yeah, like we are going to spread it around and those things. But I believe he says this. And I also believe he's very sensitive to the guys that he has in that room. But I think it's very obvious. The big three are Parker-Waston, Jacobi-Mindton, Breton Strange. When the ball goes to those guys, good things happen. Brian Thomas Jr. has a role. He's a vertical playmaker. He's a big play specialist, all those things. You throw the check downs to the running back. But to me, it's not a coincidence that last week, there were 29 pass attempts from Trevor Lawrence. 18 went to that trio. My year's Washington in Strange. Pretty good percentage. And interestingly, going into the game, Parker-Waston was the guy who had the second most target percentage behind JSN. It was like a 34, almost 35%. Last week, it came down to 18%. This team is better when it operates as a we, as opposed to a me, like when it operates

25:05as a group, they're better. And I can't say that they look as the best-wide receiver core. Like if we take all the individual talents, but collectively, when they play together, it's a very dangerous and complimentary set of pass catchers that can give people problems. Yeah, good, deep and versatile. We'll be back in a moment to further discuss what is going to be a battle of strong defenses. This is how to lap with Bucky Brooks. You can tell their linebackers are so much more patient. They're not biting quite as hard on play action as maybe they did at times last year. When you have a front disrupter like Dex, it makes everybody's job easier. He's essentially handling multiple gaps on his own. It's challenging. Back block him. It's challenging to obviously when you get him in a zero nose to one on one block him, whether it's on a run or a pass. Yeah, there's a reason why he lines up so close to the ball.

26:09Welcome back to Huddle Up with Bucky Brooks. Defensive coverage of the game presented by G-E-H-A, government employees' health association. Benefits for federal employees and retirees. I Bucky was talking about Dexter Lawrence there. We talked about him quite a bit. Not sure how much more there is to go into. Want to talk to you about the Jags defense a little bit. Leading the league and scoring defense. High and rushing defense. It's not quite number one, but I get the feeling that's going to trend toward that. Once again, good and take away. It feels a lot like last year's defense, which is very positive. Leading the league and scoring defense. It's early, but it's kind of reflective of what they're playing, isn't it? Yeah, when you look at that stats, if we keep it up, the only thing that really matters in the national football league points to allow take away. Those are the only things that matter. You can give up all the yards and all this stuff, but if you don't give up points and

27:09you take the ball the way you can win a ton of games. Now what goes with that are the stats that are right beside that. Third down, can you get off the field? Yes. Tied for third, 29%. Red zone, what do we look like? Second, that's why we're at the top of the charts and points aloud. This team is playing the kind of defense that Liam wants. We talked about it. We'll give up yards. It doesn't matter where they're at in yards. They're going to stop the run. You're going to have yards between the 20s. But at the end of the day, this team is going to make you keep field goals and they're going to turn you open. They just believe if they play sound and if they don't bust coverage, which is why last week's practices were so good because they felt like they had too many mental errors, just assignments. They get lined up. They played. They simplified everything. They go keep the ball in front and they just believe over time. Something good is going to happen for the defense whether they turn it over off a tip or an overthrow. They punch it out. You drop the snap. Something is going to happen because they feel like good things happen when you run to the ball. Everybody's talking about the quote lack of pass rush.

28:12I think we're still figuring that out in terms of just where it is. But from what you've seen of this, it's three games. It's still a small sample size. How does what they're doing translate over the course of the season? It feels solid enough to be sustainable to me. Meaning you have a lot of consistency, veteran in other different spots. You have D-Ham who clearly is a guy you can depend on. How dependable is this performance when you stretch it out over 17 games? I think you can count on it. However, I would say some things still need to happen. You've got to have a pass rush to eventually impact the quarterback because what happens is the better quarterbacks, particularly ones that are disciplined, they are going to take down the underneath stuff. They are going to take the check down over and over and over again and they are okay moving the ball down the field in a very methodical fashion. So you have to be able to generate a pass rush so they can't just get comfortable settling

29:12for the underneath stuff. You've got to quick in the clock there. That said, you saw for a long time in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis goals had a lot of success playing. What I would deem a Bimba don't break defense where they stopped the run. They let you throw it out there but when the field condenses, you get three additional defenders, the two sidelines in the end line to play what you are 11 and you are going to have a tough time throwing it into the end zone. The Jaguars have found a way to be like that and all of the conversation over the off season where they talked about wanting to be tighter and those things. It is balanced by the fact that we don't want to give a big place because we sat in and talked about it. If you go back and out of challenge anybody, go back and look at the play by play drives of any NFL game. Normally there has to be an explosive play for that team to score points. There has to be either a big run, a big pass, something that is a chunk gain for you to put points on the board. If you own defense, cannot give those things up more times than now.

30:13You can win a lot of games. All right. I am going to go inside football. My little segment with the inside football guy. Why is Devine Hamilton arguably the best nose tackle in the NFL right now? No. It is not a say pass rush but stop in the run. Break him down for me. Lord Man, he is heavy handed. He is low one. I think everyone has to understand. You have to look at him and look at the statue. The way that he is built, he is like a fire hydrant. You can't move him. And when you can't move him off the spot, it just changes everything because you want to be able to combo block one of those guys at the point. Well you can't move him. And so he makes it hard for you to gain positive yards because he is in the way. Secondly he has great shed and disengage ability because he is strong with his hands. He can work off blocks and he makes plays. And then I'll say this man, the physicality, the toughness, the effort, the energy, he brings all of that. And he has gotten so much confidence in knowing, man, I'm one of the best at doing this.

31:16He relishes the opportunity to do it. And he flashed a little pass rush ability the other day. He had half a sack. So you got to like that. He was around the ball. That's why he was on Sunday. He were. Yeah, such a good dude. I mean, he's just really is. I want to ask you about his sustainability, meaning he's sort of deep in his career. If he played running back, you'd think, okay, well, he's near in the end. At that position, you know, there's a feeling around here. He's just entering his front. Oh yeah, because now you begin to understand how people are playing, how they're blocking you. You've mastered some of the tricks of the trade. You're fully mature in terms of your body. You've grown. You can throw people off. So yeah, I still think man, his best, his next three, four years are going to be the prime years of his career. And if he continues to do what he's been doing for the jacks, yeah, they're going to sing his phrases as a pro bowl caliber player.

32:17Yeah, no doubt. When we return, we're going to look at the AFC South and get out of here, huddle up with Bucky Brooks, retainer, mom, will return in a moment. It's definitely something that when you're going into this game that you think about, I mean, you're sitting there thinking about it every second of the day and all week, but I've thought about it, you know, it's a team that we haven't beat. We lost a tough one there earlier in the season last year. And, you know, that's one that we definitely went back. And I think that's all those things that you think about it and you move on and you got to put it towards, put your energy, energy towards something that's, that actually does something for you, which is preparing and getting ready to go put together a great plan to win the game. That's what we're going to do and that's what our plan is. And we got to put our energy towards that. Welcome back to huddle up with Bucky Brooks. Huddle up with Bucky Brooks is brought to you by Fields Auto Group, Jacksonville. See Fields first. Jacksonville's premier luxury auto group. Go to Fields Auto.com and Bucky.

33:17He was talking there about night having beaten the Bengals. He was pretty good on it. So I included it in the show. To me, he's played like, I thought he played great two or three years ago against this team in the prime time game. They got hurt late. They played fine last year. This is not a Trevor Lawrence campaign. It's the Bengals thing. It just, there's been some pretty good games with some weird circumstances as to why they lost. I thought the fourth game of his rookie year was trying to figure stuff out. So anyway, I don't really believe that has that much to do with it. Although, you know, the factor here is you play these guys a lot because they're in your conference. They're a good team in your conference. So, you know, everybody pointed toward Denver and New England. Since that is a good team that you want to get, you want to beat him. You want to get ahead of him and you want to have a tiebreaker over him because you think you're a contending team. Absolutely. And this is the team that has kind of had a little thing over.

34:18So we want to give rid of that. We don't want a team to beat us what has been two times in a row, three times in a row. Sure. We lost a prime time game. We lost last year. Then we get him again. Now, we want to make sure we take care of that. But to do it, we have to finish it off. And I think, offensively, we have to use our offense as our best defense. Liam is very transparent and very clear. And they're going to get theirs. They are. And like to think that we're going to hold them to seven points, that's an unrealistic expectation. But what we certainly can do offensively is we can control the tempo. We can dictate the terms. We can score every opportunity we have to make them have to go chase a high number against the defense that may concede yards. But we're not going to give up the big place. So this has to be a complimentary football game. Trevor's going to have to kind of weigh do that dance between playmaker and manager. But I think it will. I think it will be very, very happy and satisfied with the result on Sunday night. All right, quickly, Jaguars, two and one in the South, culture one and two.

35:19Titans and the Texans are both 0 and three. Obviously, I think the 0 and three Texans sort of stand out as something to discuss. Any thoughts on the division at this point? I know it's early, but it still matters. Yeah, man. We just want to keep stacking dubs and keep moving away from those competitors. The schedule is tough for the guys, particularly the Texans. They plan the cowboys this week, and they got another tough one before we get a chance to take care of them. You know, we want to put them out there misery early. The coasts are going to be there. They're scrappy and feisty and competitive. But we're going to have to control what we control. And I just don't know if the Tennessee Titans are ready yet. Quarterback is struggling to the point we're going to talk about. Maybe they got the wrong one. So there's a lot of angst and turmoil going on there. To me, it's the Jaguars versus everybody else. If we handle our business, it won't matter what these other guys do because they won't catch us. They're not as good as us. I feel like we've gone into Sunday pretty heavily, but anything that we haven't discussed that strikes you about this game. Any thoughts?

36:21There's a key. Yeah, well, no, look, I think the main thing is Liam talked about Jermar chase getting his, but I think you cannot talk about their passing in without the other guy on the other side, T Higgins. As much as Jermar can take over the game, T Higgins is a big play threat who also can do it. I'm curious about the cornerback rotation and the matchups. How are they going to match up with these guys on the outside? Are they going to designate Montague Brown on one side and Travis on the other side of the game play it? Naturally, are they literally going to shadow designated people? It appeared to me in the last game. Montague Brown played the boundary corner, always into the short side of the field. Some of that might be because the way some of the coverages are constructed, he can be the zone player. To the field side, it becomes a little more man-to-man-like, which might play the Travis on the strengths. I want to monitor that early to kind of see how we use them as Jermar and Jones also rotates in and out of the game. Give me a feel for how you see this one playing out style overall. I look, I think it's going to be more scoring than we've seen like the last week or so, but

37:26I think, look, it's going to be very, very tight in the first half. I think I know having been in so many of those halftimes with Liam, they do a great job of adjusting in the second half. They're not many times that I've watched the game, we're going into halftime and not seeing this team play different in the second half, typically for the better. I think it'll be that and I think we'll end up walking away at the end. I think it's a seven to ten point victory in favor of the good guys. That'd be good. That'd be a good thing. Winning is better than losing, Bucky. For Bucky Brooks, for Joe Fortunato, for Brent Reiber, I'm John Ozer. This has been Puddle Up with Bucky Brooks. Good job, Bucky. We'll see you Sunday. Hi, man. We'll see.