Jack Rio
Jack Rio
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We try to add as many good football players as we can, coach them up to play to the best of their ability and give us a better chance to compete.
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With Jerome, he's been doing it a long time. He's been a great player for a long, long time and looked really good Monday night. We understand what he brings. Parker just brings some juice. This guy is fast. That really jumps out at you.
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We think this draft is deeper than 27 players. We think we can get a good and talented player there, who can come in and help us.
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We don't anticipate playing our starting players for long. The two major keys to this game is to complete the evaluation process and to get our team to the opener healthy.
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It was an opportunity to acquire a linebacker who's a good player and fits our system. It wasn't anything that was too costly or too difficult to pull off.
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Sometimes, if you don't fit properly on defense, you're going to have plays go against you. And there are sometimes some pretty good players on the other team. Vick is a heck of a player.
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I think the draft is deeper than 27 players. I think there will be several players that will have a chance to help our football team become stronger.
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Jimmy has been a special player for a long time. We felt like he deserved that opportunity. We got him his yards, and we were able to get him out of there.
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I think it's a great situation to be in. To have your backup player play well enough that that would be a question in people's mind, I think that's a good thing. It means a backup player came in and helped you win, which is a good thing.
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I think we're in a situation right now with our football team where we're not going into the draft with a glaring hole, or a glaring need that we must address. I think we're going in now, probably more so than any time that we've been together in Jacksonville, where we can go in and just select the best player and fill some depth on our football team that may emerge as a starter some day. In some cases, they'll have a hard time making our team, because it's a stronger team than we've had.
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He's had a great offseason. He's worked his butt off. ... I think he's more excited about the offense and how he's being utilized, and it's just all added up to a much more productive offseason. Our anticipation is he's going to be a fine football player for us.
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For the most part, he has really devoted himself to being a special player for using and having a great year. We want to take advantage of what guys are capable of and put them in positions to make plays. I think you've seen early in camp here that he is poised to have an excellent year for us.
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We see him as a guy who's played well, has started, so he has experience, has speed and can help us on (special) teams. We'll let him grow into a role.
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Andy Heck is an outstanding young football coach who has been a part of our club the last two seasons. He has an excellent working knowledge of our system and our personnel.