Travon Extension, Draft Day 2 & 3 Expectations | Huddle Up
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The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network
21 min
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome to Huddle Up. Jaguar senior writer John Osher, NFL network analyst and former Jaguar Bucky Brooks, and senior reporter J.P. Shatterick bring you the latest on your Jacksonville Jaguars. Huddle Up starts right now.
Welcome to another edition of Huddle Up with Bucky Brooks, J.P.
What is the significance of Travon Walker's contract extension?
Shadrick, John Ogier from the Miller Electric Center. We're at the Hyundai Studios in Jacksonville. Bucky Brooks is in Los Angeles traffic per usual. Hi, Bucky.
What's going on, guys? What's happening?
Oh, you know, just re-signing defensive lineman this week, or a lineman, Trayvon Walker. And then I'll see some programs a couple weeks away. That's what's happening.
I like both of those things. I like the fact that Trayvon Walker is locked up, and I like the fact that the guys are scheduled to get back to work in a couple weeks.
Trayvon Walker, the extension, four years, $110 million, $77 million of that guaranteed. Let's hear from Trayvon Walker right after the signing. It was a new staff member last year, and they believed in him.
It really means a lot, because like you say, getting a new staff in, it's always that uncertainty. When they first got here, I feel like they did a great job of just communicating with me things, and that kind of already put in perspective to how that relationship was going to go. Sometimes you never really know how it's going to go, but ever since they've been there, I feel like on my end and their end, we've been transparent with each other, and we just have a conversation to where we can all just be comfortable, and that was one of Liam's. many things that say what's on your mind and go from there.
He was coming off back-to-back double-digit sack seasons going into last year. Of course, John, we know all about the injuries that plagued him throughout the year, stayed on the field most of the time, but now he's cashing in for $27.5 million a year.
Yeah, and look, I try to think of new ways to say what I like about Trayvon because for two or three years, talking about his strengths and what he brings, but to me, Bucky, you've been on the personnel side of it inside, and so you probably talk to more GMs on a personal level. of what motivates signings. But I remember GM told me a long time ago, when you're signing a guy to this kind of a contract, once he's got the money, you know exactly what he's going to be. And to me, Trayvon Walker, there's a lot of guys in the Jaguars like that. Trevor, you didn't worry about. Josh Hines-Allen, the effort and everything. But... Trayvon might define that to me of same thing every day. He already had the money from when he was a rookie, so it's not like it was going to change his life.
But he's the kind of guy, Bucky, to me, that GMs love to sign, and they can't wait to get a deal done. There's some that they sort of feel like they have to, and, you know, yeah, we've got to do this because of X, Y, Z. Trayvon's the kind of guy that you rush to get it done.
Yeah, and I think this continues the theme of the guys that the Jaguars have re-signed to lucrative deals have been their kind of guys, meaning the guys who not only are really great football players, but the character is exemplary. And with Trayvon Walker, one of the hardest-working guys in the building, a guy who's a stand-up guy. Whenever things go wrong, he's the first to take accountability if he has a part in it, but also the steady growth that he has made as the number one overall pick who was really – drafted and forced to play a different position because he was drafted as a projection as a defensive end as opposed to playing his natural spot. And he's only produced two seasons with 10-plus sacks.
He has 27 on his career. He's been really effective whenever he's played off the edges. And to me, he is a critical building block on a defense that played at a lights out level, really excited that he was able to get paid. But I'm also excited that in terms of the number that a Jaguars agreed to 27 and a half million annually puts them 12 amongst edge rushers.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:24
2
What is the significance of Travon Walker's contract extension?
0:24–5:36
3
How does Travon Walker's extension impact the Jaguars' locker room culture?
5:36–9:53
4
What are the expectations for the Jaguars in the upcoming draft?
9:53–15:44
5
Which top prospects are the Jaguars targeting in the second round?
15:44–19:40
6
How do NFL teams strategize without a first-round draft pick?
19:40–21:07
7
What factors influence a team's decision to trade up or down in the draft?
21:07–21:41
Speakers
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