Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - Crossover: Patriots vs Jaguars Collide | Trevor Lawrence-Drake Maye Duel

Episode Date: September 24, 2026

Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots face early-season crossroads as Trevor Lawrence and Drake Maye battle to avoid a 1-2 start. Can Lawrence exploit New England’s banged-up secondary, or will Maye rebound after a rough outing and lead the Patriots to a vital road win? Depth issues, injury updates, and intriguing lineup changes set the stage for a matchup with major AFC playoff implications.Nick Cattles and Tony Wiggins break down offensive line woes, key positional battles—like Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker against the Patriots’ patchwork O-line—and the chess match between Christian Gonzalez and Parker Washington. Special teams surprises, turnover margins, and strategic game flow take center stage, with both teams under pressure from tough division rivals ahead. Will the winner gain momentum, or will roster uncertainty dictate the outcome in this pivotal showdown? Photo Credit: Eric Canha-IMAGN IMAGES Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/podcasts/locked-on-patriots/Locked On NFL League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Draft, & More🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/leagues/nfl/#patriots #newenglandpatriotsSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!OdooGreat organizations win because operations matter. And that’s why you should get Odoo. Try for free today at https://Odoo.com/lockedon.Gameday Men's HealthBook your complimentary test and consult at https://join.gamedaymenshealth.com/reasons_to_choose_gameday-1201?utm_source=lockedon&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=NFL&utm_network=lockedon&utm_adgroup=corp&ghl_tag=national,corpButcher BoxIf you're looking for an easier way to get great meals on the table, give ButcherBox a try. Go to https://ButcherBox.com/LOCKEDONNFL to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year — with free shipping always.IndeedListeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast.PrizePicksVisit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNFL and use code LOCKEDONNFL and get $150 if you win your first $5 lineup!KALSHIToday's episode is brought to you by Kalshi. For a limited time, Download Kalshi and use code Locked On to get $25 when you trade $25. Kalshi. Trade what’s next.GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase.FanDuelGet three hundred fifty dollars in Bonus Bets — GUARANTEED — when you bet five dollars every day for seven days. Join all the action at https://FANDUEL.COMFANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Both the Patriots and the Jaguars need a victory to avoid going one and two. Nick Cattles and I'll tell you all about it. You are locked on NFL crossover. Part of the Locked on podcast network. Your team every day. It's Tony Wiggins here and Nick Cattles. Locked on Jaguars, Locked on Patriots crossover here on Thursday. Today's episode is brought to you by Fandul.

Make this your most rewarding season ever with Fandul. Awards Club every week. Check the Fandu app to see what's waiting for you. I know it's waiting for you now. Me and Nick going to tell you exactly what it is. I'm going to tell you where we're going and where we're going to end up. Not necessarily a prediction, but maybe a game flow and how we believe the game will go and who will win and lose based on certain scenarios. Then we'll talk about the winning formula and keys to victory. Key match up, but we'll first get started with the big storylines. The big storylines to me is two ascending quarterbacks, Drake May and Trevor Lawrence, both one and one.

Both teams have had a good week, bad week for the Jaguars, kind of bad, bad week, good week for New England. How do you think it's going to go, Nick? I think it's going to be a really, really good game here, and I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, it's an interesting one, right? I mean, you got two coaches in their second year with their programs, respectfully.

You've got two young quarterbacks playing. I think you've got two good to really good defenses the way they've played the first couple of weeks. And I know everybody's looking at the quarterback position, And I understand it's the low hanging fruit, right, is May watch in New England. And what is Drake May going to do in Jacksonville after not playing great the first couple weeks? I think the biggest storyline, Tony, in New England is injury. I think it's injury watch.

And Mike Vrable during the preseason, he came out and said, you know, flat out, we're not deep. We're not a deep football team. And one of the reasons why we're not playing our starters is because we need those guys to be healthy. And now you look, Tony, and after last week against Pittsburgh, that thin, 53 man is even thinner. A.J. Brown is out, of course. Michael Wenu, starting right guard, is going to be out. He was placed on IR.

And when you look at the receiver position alone, just to give you an example, you know, Matt Collins, Pop Douglas, and Kyle Williams last weekend combined for four catches and 37 yards. That ain't going to do it this weekend. No, it's not, which brings me back to something that I featured on a lot. on NFL is like, I don't know why they trade in Kishon Bouta. I'm like, you know, that's a pretty decent player. DeMario Douglas, however, is a Jacksonville, Florida native.

So we always like when he does good things. But much like New England, the Jaguars did not play their starters in the preseason at all. They had three joint practices each week. And they settled with that. Mainly because the offensive line, most of those, some of those guys were banged up, being switched around, moved to different positions. Cole Van Lannan really didn't practice until the last week. week prior to it was after the 53 was already made up.

So he got one week of practice. And then, oh, by the way, you're moving from left tackle to right tackle because Anton Harrison is now our left tackle. And the first week it didn't matter much. They were hot. They came out the box and beat Cleveland soundly. And then all of a sudden last week played really well in the first half, seemed to run out of gas in that altitude in Denver.

So both teams are now in a position where they're one and one, both were considered playoff teams. We don't have as much down here to worry about because even though we're one-on-one, everybody else in the division is 0-2. And we still have to play them. Right. On the other hand, you guys got the big blue, red, white, blue. I would say blue red and white, but those are y'all colors too, but I call it the red, white, blue gorilla up in northern New York, upstate New York, that is going to be the team that you have to reckon with. Yeah. And they're coming up next week. So, you know, if you're the Patriots, we were looking at this when they lost to Seattle, right tough loss obviously drake may melted down in the fourth quarter everybody saw it

and you're saying to yourself you know last weekend's game was was a really big game even though it was only week two because you now have to go on the road to jacksonville and then you follow that up by going on the road to buffalo obviously that ain't no joke back to back so you know if you're going to get one out of the two on the road you feel like this one would be easier than buffalo's but the problems you talked about the offensive line you know with micha wenu being out for the page Patriots now at right guard. Greg Van Roten replaced him last week, and he was atrocious. Now, I'm going to give him some grace, Tony, because he joined the team very late.

He missed pretty much all of camp. So he was thrown into the deep end against the talented defensive line of Pittsburgh, but he's got to play much better. You also mentioned the Kishon Booty trade. Look, Kishan Booty the Patriots, they saw their receiver room. They said we're deep there. It's one of the only positions that we go six or seven deep. and because of what Mike Vrable said, we're not deep enough.

We're going to go out and make some moves and add to this roster. And part of that was Jalen Reed. So you fast forward to this weekend, Craig Woodson did not practice on Wednesday. He had a sling on Sunday. But apparently according to reports, that sling is now off. So maybe Woodson plays, maybe he doesn't. But he is, he is a very good football player. So Craig Woodson at safety, he might be out.

Del Pettis, their third safety to start the season. And he was placed on IR with a high ankle sprain. So now you've got Jalen Reed. And that's why you made that trade because you needed more depth at that position. It's going to be a lot of pressure on Jalen Reed on the back end this weekend if he has to play. Because again, the booty trade happened on August 24th. So he's been in New England for about a month. And he's going to be put out there against Trevor Lawrence and company.

Yeah. And the receivers, even with Brian Thomas Jr. struggling, the receivers might be the best unit on the Jaguars team. but you have to be able to get to that. Last week against Denver, they weren't really able to get to it because their offensive line had problems blocking Denver, and when the best part of your team is the part that needs time

to get in and out of their routes, stack, release, and all of that stuff, you got to wait and get the ball to them first. But if your quarterback is under duress and Trevor Lawrence is under the rest a couple of times, not all game, but enough that it forced them into a couple of mistakes in early throws that led to drops because Brian Thomas Jr. wasn't ready for the ball. All of these things kind of work together like clockwork. Now, I know you guys, you guys do have one player, though,

Gabe Yacchus, that we were very, very happy with him in the pre-draft process, but the Jaguars chose to go the other way. So go ahead and tell us, man, how good he is. Because me and John Ledger used to go back and forth about him. John Lett, you wasn't very high. And I said, I don't know what you look at him. I like him. He looks like he has all the goods, doesn't it?

Yeah. So Gabe Accus, you know, when you look at what he did in the preseason, he was a disaster. Joint practices, preseason games, he was a mess. No discipline, no awareness, completely lost on way too many plays. Tony, he's been a different guy since the beginning of the regular season. And he might be one of those cats. You and I have seen this before, right? When somebody might not be the practice player, might not be the joint practice player,

definitely not the preseason player, they're not necessarily game planning for those teams, those weeks. Whereas when you get into the regular season and you get a rhythm, you get a full week of preparation. And Accus might be one of those guys that just his confidence and his ability on the field, his awareness is so much different and better when he has that full week under his belt because he has looked like a completely different guy. Last week, Pittsburgh went after him.

They went after him early. It didn't work. They try to kill him on a play action. bootleg and he stayed right there on the edge. He dropped against Darnell, Washington at one point in that game. And Rogers kind of, you know, was bootlegging and trying to extend the play and bring Accus, I think, up. And Accus stayed with Washington the entire time.

And it ended up being a throwaway play for Aaron Rogers. So he has been a completely different guy. And I'll tell you, Tony, they need that. The Patriots need that because their edge position was a big question coming in to this season. Elijah Ponder, by the way, he's been terrific. he was the best player I thought on the field last week for that defense. He's been good.

Accus has been good. And they might even have to be better because Draymont Jones left that Steelers game last weekend with an injury. We don't know if he's going to play this weekend. Didn't it look like he practiced at all on Wednesday. Then we found out that Quintavius Hutchins, who was their fourth edge player on the 53 man, he is also hurt. So last week they put Millie.

Milton Williams on the edge for a few snaps. That's something that they might do again on Sunday. And they also sign Jose Ramirez. If you know, I'm good luck to you. No, I don't. He's an edge player from a small school. I think it's central Michigan, western Michigan, one of those Michigan. And they're going to sign him to the 53-man roster.

So that defensive end position might be another problem. Oh, and by the way, I got to throw this out there because you brought up the wide receivers. Carlton Davis missed last week with the neck. He was back at practice on Wednesday, so it looks like he's probably going to be good. But man, oh man, if Davis takes a step back at practice this week and you're going into this weekend with, you know, Craig Woodson, Carlton Davis, Draymont Jones, those guys, you know, out and not playing on that side of the football could be a very tough challenge for that Patriots defense. The way you described that has given my Jaguar listeners here. Okay, now, Whig, they don't have no reason to. not win because Nick Cattles just said half their team is the walking wounded.

And the other thing is you said, Yaccas ain't necessarily a practice player. He's a game player. They want Travis Hunter to play 120, you know, he's coming off an injury. He needs refinement. He's learning two things at once. They say, just put him out there. I told him football that would work that way. But I don't know.

Gabe Yaka's just showing up and playing well when the game start. Jaguar fans might think that that's what Travis can do too. We're going to talk about some more of these key matchups. I want to focus specifically on the offensive line. From my standpoint, the offensive line against the Jaguars, edge rushers, and their interior. We'll get to that in just a second here on the crossover on locked on, Jaguars and Locked-on Patriots. All right, today's show is sponsored and brought to you by Fandu. Welcome to your most rewarding NFL season ever only on Fandu.

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key matchups, winning formulas, all of those things. For me, from the host team's perspective, I'm going to go with. the pass rush duo of Josh Allen and Trayvon Walker, setting the edge, but also getting to Drake May. Last week, the Denver Broncos were able to get the ball out really, really quickly on three-step drops. And even when he didn't get it out quickly, Bo Nix has a getaway car, you know, he can get away from whoever he needs to, and he was able to throw the ball away. Drake May also has a getaway car in his feet who can also run. how's the Patriots offensive line played despite those injuries, the rookie from last year, Campbell, how's he doing?

Is he doing a little bit better? What do you say on the edge of that line? Well, Campbell's been much better. You know, I know a lot of people outside of New England just watch the playoffs and they just watched the Super Bowl. And look, Campbell, you can't put lipstick on that pig the way he played in the postseason. But he did have an injury and he told people. And there was a lot of, you know, talk about how injured he was,

how injured he might not have been. he's looked like a completely different guy, Tony, from the beginning of camp. He's put on a little bit more weight and muscle. His frame is better. His anchor is better. His technique is better. He has more versatility with that technique. So he's been much better.

And the fact that he's played against the two defenses he's played against and the fact he's played pretty well make me even more bullish on how he's done because it's not like he's beating up the, you know, a junior college football. team, right? I mean, you play against the Seahawks, you play against the Steelers. Those are no jokes when it comes to getting out to the quarterback. So Will Campbell's been good. Elijah Verit Tucker was terrible in week one. He was much, much better in week two. So maybe he knocked the rust off and he's ready to go. Jared Wilson at Center really was the biggest problem last week in past protection. That's his natural position. He's a little light in the took us. And so certain matchups might give him some

issues, but he and past protection. I thought run blocking, he was really good, by the way. Past protection, though, he's had some problems. Greg Vanro and Reichardt, as I mentioned in the first segment, replacing Michael Wenu. That could be a big issue. And Morgan Moses is just steady at right tackle. He's not great, but he's not bad. He's going to give you some steady play. So that's how the O lines looked at. If you're going to get this offensive line, most of it's been through the interior so far. Yeah, and that's good for the Jaguar fan base, because the interior is where they struggled last week. And it was one of the biggest off-season things that they don't feel was properly

addressed, even though they did make a trade for Rooka Rororoa from Atlanta. And they drafted Albert Regis. And they got Eric Armstead back healthy, which he wasn't last year. Through two games, they haven't really gotten what they want in that area. The Jaguars are still very, very good against the run. Deverely was able to pop some things late in that game to sort of burn the clock. But that's because at that point, the Jags, I think, were affected a little bit by that altitude early in the season and the fact that you add the altitude to the fact that they didn't play much in the preseason. And then they didn't have, they could rotate a lot during Cleveland, the game against Cleveland because they were winning a lot.

I think a whole bunch of things, Murphy's Law just kind of caught up with them in a lot of ways. And then I don't want to shake a stick at Denver. There was a pretty good football team. So those things can absolutely happen. From your perspective, what are the things that you're looking forward to or not looking forward to in this matchup? You know, I'm fascinated by what the Patriots are going to do against Parker Washington. Christian Gonzalez, obviously, is their number one guy. He's been absolutely unbelievable to start this season.

He is playing like an all pro. He is playing like arguably the best corner in football. You can put him with Patrick Saratan early on, maybe a couple of other guys. But he's been that good, Tony. I mean, he has been terrific. Last week, the Patriots played 48% man coverage, which is a very, very high number in 2020. 26. And that was without Carlton Davis. And so Christian Gonzalez has been terrific. Their coverage

has been mostly terrific. And so I wonder, you know, will they say, hey, look, Gonzalez is going to shadow Parker Washington? Uh, you know, will that be his assignment? Will Marcus Jones get Washington from time to time? Because I feel like, you know, he's the heart of that offense with the passing offense, right? Jacoby Myers, you know, MIA, Brian Thomas Jr. still very up and down, which I'm still surprised by. So when you look at this offense, it's like if you can bottle up Washington, you feel pretty good about limiting that passing offense.

But if he gets going, now you're worried about the other guys on the outside, and all of a sudden it rolls downhill and you can have a problem. The other what I'm looking at, by the way, for the Patriots, on the good side is their interior defensive line and Christian Barmore and Milton Williams and what they can do possibly against the Jaguars Interior your offensive line because, you know, I saw, I've watched three quarters of the four quarters

against the Broncos. And they had some problems on that offensive line last weekend. And they have problems with Zach Allen. So if I'm Milton Williams, I might be licking my chops. Yeah, they did have problems. And to me, that's all the moving around. You know, they believe in versatility. The problem is with moving guys around this year, it wasn't just like the, so it wasn't

like the five or six guys that they were going to play. play, they started moving them around early. They moved them around late because dudes were getting hurt and weren't coming back from injuries. So that's the part of this. It's not just the new familiarity with the new position. I call it cohesion, chemistry, and all of those things that Lyman have to have. It's also, you ain't practiced there very much.

So Liam Cohen even mentioned some of the things that they need to improve on. They have to show those things first in practice. Travis Hunter's probably going to get a heavy dose. I know he's going to play more on defense. At least that's what it sounds like, and then they're going to find some spots on offense. We've been reminding Jack for our fans for three days. This is the long game with him.

He's coming off of a major injury where he didn't do anything for eight months. So part of this whole thing with Travis is it's about whether or not the team wins, not necessarily whether or not they showcase him as the best two-way player to ever play the game. We'll get into him, some other people that would be key contributors to this game and we'll do it in just a second here on the crossover edition of locked on Jaguars and locked on Patriots. All right.

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plan, it's going to be what it's going to be. And I think this game is going to be very, very physical. Both coaches believe in physicality. They believe in establishing their dominance, trying to assert themselves. That, to me, the first thing I think about is Milton Williams. The second thing I think about is Gonzo, because he absolutely can shadow Parker Washington. Now, according to true media, I believe Parker Washington was only guarded for 15 to 16, percent of the time by Pat Surtain. This is a whole different team with a whole different concept. Last week it was Jacobi Myers that drew Pat Sartan.

This week it has to be probably Jacoby Myers to take the heap off of Parker Washington a little bit. And Brian Thomas Jr. has to get rid of those yips or whatever it is that making him drop balls as soon as he has contact. To me, the key is that. Turnovers, trying to establish the run, getting to the point where you can dictate and run when you want to, not just when you have to. It's going to be the key for the Jaguars.

The thing that they have to do, though, is what the Patriots did after week one. You got to shake that hangover off and get right back on the horse and let that game be gone and move on to the next one. Yeah, talk about running the football. And I feel the same about the Patriots. You know, I think the Jaguars, they'll play some too high safety. And the Patriots have to prove they can run the football against those alignments, against that scheme. And that's been a big part of the problem. defenses are telling Drake May, we're not going to give up the deep ball against you.

We're going to force you to dink and dunk. We're going to force you to be patient. We're going to force you to make maybe some tough throws underneath. And we're going to force you to run the football. And the Patriots, they knew this was coming. You know, during the off season, they signed Julian Hill from the dolphins, a really good blocking tight end. He got hurt for the year. So he's done.

And they brought in Reggie Gilliam from Buffalo, fullback, who has been one of the best fullbacks in football over the past few years. but he has not been very good, Tony, early on in this season. So they need Reggie Gilliam to be better. They need to run the football, attack the two high safeties, that helps you with down and distance. There's less pressure on Drake May,

and it opens up the play action more often, which theoretically will get Drake May going. And you mention it, I agree with you. You know, physical, nasty. That's the tone that this game, I think each coach wants this game to feel like. And so which one imposes their,

will at a higher level. And I also noticed that Bo Nix was able to run on that defense a little bit with some design runs. So I just have to wonder, the Patriots haven't done a lot of it, but maybe just maybe we see a couple of Drake May designed runs on third down

this weekend to mix it up a little bit. Yeah, and see, that's the dangerous part. Everybody does their job. And then all of a sudden, in the process of doing that job, if the sticks are third and four, Drake May is definitely somebody that can get to those sticks. So, and that negated the pass rush for the Jaguars last week, too. I think another key to this game is the Jaguars can't look at who's not there for New

England because it sounds like, I honestly sound like we work at a insurance company with the way to all those names that you were listening to the page of, well, who's going to show up, right? But the problem is, is I hope that they don't worry about that. The other part of this that I hope that they cannot do and not afford to do. do is start looking ahead because just like you mentioned, you guys have Buffalo. We got Cincinnati and Philadelphia and then Houston. Yep. So it's almost if there's a so-called must-win game in week three for two teams that have

high aspirations, this might be it, bro. It might be. I mean, when you look at the absences, you say, look, don't overlook the Patriots. And Mike Rable was, you know, known in Tennessee to get the most out of his team and to win games that he wasn't supposed to win with so many injuries on his roster. So, you know, that's something to keep in mind. But I think it's also defensive communication, right? Like Liam Cohen is going to throw a lot of stuff at the Patriots defense.

He's going to throw a lot of formations, a lot of different personnel, motion. He's going to do a lot of different things. And so if the Patriots do have young guys, new guys, dudes that are being thrown in, you have to communicate. You have to communicate because, you know, one or two mix-ups can result in one or two explosive plays. And one or two explosive plays can be the difference in this game on Sunday. So with if there are going to be a lot of changes,

like if Draymond Jones is out and Woodson is out and those other guys are out, can you communicate and execute? But first, communicate. Because if you get lost against Liam Cohen's offense, it could be a long day. You're going to give up big plays. you just can't afford that if you're the Patriots. No, you can't.

So the Jaguars went from week one looking terrible on kickoff coverage. They fixed that somewhat last week in Denver. And then last week, it seems like every time it was an opportunity for something to go bad in the second half where they got outscored 17 to 3. That's what happened. My key to victory here and not really a score or game prediction, if the Jaguars are going to win this game, every single time they cross-me, field, they have to come away with points, even if it's three, because the kicker is normally

very sure he hones the NFL record for a field goal. He missed one in Denver last week that would have kind of been like the Spurs hitting a bucket in the fourth quarter against the Knicks in one of those games that would have at least held them off for one game. It's like every single opportunity that the Jaguars had to stop that momentum last week just went out of the window. So they have to take advantage of all of the things that are presented to them. use the fact that it's the home field

because they're not going to be back here for a while. It's going to be three or four weeks before they come back here for another game. That's what I think the keys are. The keys are to take advantage of everything that you get and don't make a whole bunch of mistakes. Yeah, the final key for me for the Patriots is take care of the football. And I know it's cliche and I know it's easy to say. But the Jaguars, you know, you look at their turnover differential,

they're plus two through two weeks. Drake May has turned the ball over way too much. He obviously has the four interceptions. and I would say all four are bad. They're just, they're bad interceptions, they're bad decisions, a couple of bad throws mixed in as well. So you've just got to be able to take care of the football

because Jacksonville, you know, they've created three turnovers. They only have one giveaway, so they've done a really good job of protecting the ball. I don't know what Trevor Lawrence was thinking last week with that pick. Maybe he's just like, hey, Riley Moss, and just keep throwing it at him and, you know, he'll drop it. But I don't know what that was all about.

It was not a great. play by Trevor. I thought he was really good through the three quarters that I watched outside of that play. But yeah, you got to take care of the ball because you're on the road. you've got these injuries. I don't know if you're going to be able to explode for a bunch of points against this defense. So you've got to value those possessions and you can't have your quarterback puking on himself because if that happens, the game's over. Yep, no doubt about it. Either way, I know after the game, man, we're going to have a lot to talk about. And I'll do the post-game show for here. I know you'll get on yours

because your post game show after the first week, man, was one of the best shows I heard in a long time. And I told you that too, man. I said Cato's killed that thing, man, but the reaction after Drake made, I almost had a similar reaction when Trevor Lawrence threw that ball last week, but it was, you know, I didn't want to be trying

to look like I was intimidate, imitate you and all of that stuff. But yeah, man, it was good time. Now, I know for the Jaguar fans, do you guys have locked on Patriots hit? Yes, we do. Okay, so that's what we're going to tell you about right now, as we send you until Friday, it's going to be, if you want another way to be on Locked on Jaguars every day,

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