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'The Duval Boyz' say Jaguars' success in 2017 not good enough

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jaguars won their first division title since 1999, made the playoffs for the first time in a decade, played a home playoff game for the first time in 17 years, and came within 10 minutes of reaching the Super Bowl last season.

None of that, however, was good enough.

According to a couple of crazy (wanna-be) professional wrestlers, anyway.

That was the message sent by Jaguars defensive linemen Calais Campbell and Malik Jackson in a video made by Campbell’s sports/comedy production company called The Team Network. Campbell and Jackson are "The Duval Boyz," a pair of wrestlers who conduct an interview reminiscent of the ones done by WWF wrestlers during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Campbell and Jackson rant about “killing offensive linemen” and “devouring running backs” as well as “wreaking havoc all over the football field” while at the same time saying that wasn’t enough. “We’re coming for the Lombardi Trophy,” Campbell says. “That’s what we want, baby!”

Campbell said he and Jackson had a blast filming the one-minute, 25-second clip. They got help from Campbell’s brother Jared, who is a stand-up comedian and co-owner of The Team Network.

“We definitely kind of winged it,” Calais Campbell said. “It was mostly improv. My brother is a stand-up comedian and very creative so he helped give us some guidance.

“We were laughing the whole time. The reason we did multiple takes was we were laughing.”

Campbell and his brother started the production company several years ago. The two teamed with the Uninterrupted to produce the video that documented Campbell’s free agency in 2017, which ended with him signing a four-year, $60 million contract with the Jaguars.

Since then they’ve shot numerous pieces, some of which have not been released yet. Jackson has been involved with several projects, and Campbell said they decided to do The Duval Boyz piece – Jacksonville is in Duval County -- to have fun and at the same time let Jaguars fans know they should expect the 2018 team to be even hungrier than last year’s team.

“You start back at zero, so everybody’s equal,” Campbell said. “You have to earn the right to have the opportunity to make it to the playoffs. When people start picking you as the favorite and [predicting] what you should do, it’s kind of poison. You’re kind of relaxing and start believing you’re better than you are. I experienced that back in '15 in Arizona. We went to the conference championship and everybody next year predicted us to win the Super Bowl. I think it kind of affected the way we played. I think we kind of believed it instead of earning it.

“It means nothing what we did last year. All that matters is the work we put in and the discipline we play with.”