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Press Pass | Press Taylor: "Our Goal Will Never Change." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: In our goal will never change in terms of, you know,
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  Speaker 1: trying to achieve a super Bowl. So getting yourself in
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  Speaker 1: the playoff is the one way to give yourself an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to win the super Bowl. So I think I
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  Speaker 1: think just creating that environment, creating that culture, creating that expectation,
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  Speaker 1: set in the standard for what we expect out of
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  Speaker 1: ourselves and this this team organization or unit, whatever it
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  Speaker 1: may be. I think that goes a long way in
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  Speaker 1: terms of, you know, just how people view the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 1: And that's something that we value about.
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  Speaker 2: How the people view what's not It's also how free
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  Speaker 2: agents view them in the off season when they have
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  Speaker 2: when they have decisions to make.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the ramifications of this game to go far
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  Speaker 1: beyond just you guys getting into the playoffs. So we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna try to win, Yeah, I agree. So winning helps
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  Speaker 1: establish that and that's what we're trying to We only
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  Speaker 1: say that, yes, correct.
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  Speaker 3: How one, how did you kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of react as to play color after you know, you
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  Speaker 1: guys have struggled to run the football in a couple.
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  Speaker 2: Of games this year.
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  Speaker 3: Did it Bill? Did you have a reaction to it
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  Speaker 3: or was it.
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  Speaker 2: Just like okay, cool.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, anytime we score, we all have a reaction
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  Speaker 1: and everybody's going wild, especially something like that. Just you know,
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  Speaker 1: we it was a game we were able to stick
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  Speaker 1: with the run and it continued. We continued to try
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  Speaker 1: to pound it, pounded, pound it, and then it broke open.
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  Speaker 1: And that's kind of the way the run game is
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  Speaker 1: gone for us. You know, you think back early in
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  Speaker 1: the year, there was a couple of games like that.
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  Speaker 1: I think back to, uh it was it Buffalo Indy,
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  Speaker 1: a couple of those where we're just trying to hammer
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  Speaker 1: some runs and eventually Travis breaks one and provides that
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  Speaker 1: big spark for us to kind of get us over
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  Speaker 1: the hump in terms of the run game within a game.
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  Speaker 1: Uh So, something certainly we expect, we're capable of, and
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  Speaker 1: we're excited whenever we see it.
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  Speaker 3: Wide receiver rooms a little banged up right now. You've
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  Speaker 3: just watched the ball ague as they Jones this last week.
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  Speaker 2: Got some young guys that are playing, some reports that
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  Speaker 2: if you not knowing, maybe who the veteran guys that
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  Speaker 2: are going to be available on game day as you
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  Speaker 2: try and put together as the game plan for.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody, Yeah, you know, it's it's a challenge in some way,
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  Speaker 1: but the expectations of the next man up, so we
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  Speaker 1: expect a lot from the young guys even as they
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  Speaker 1: get in there. Now, it's not fair to them to
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  Speaker 1: expect to put them in the situations we're going to
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  Speaker 1: put the veteran players, the players that have played a
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  Speaker 1: lot in this system or in the league. It's not
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  Speaker 1: fair to us to put those young guys in that situation.
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  Speaker 1: So we do everything we can to manage it the
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  Speaker 1: best we can. We have a pretty good feel for
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  Speaker 1: who could go at some point in time, and there
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  Speaker 1: may be a lot of times where you build a
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  Speaker 1: plan just saying this guy can't play. It's easier to
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  Speaker 1: plug a good player into a plan that's built without them,
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  Speaker 1: as opposed to here's a plan for these really good
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  Speaker 1: players and all of a sudden, they're not. They don't
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  Speaker 1: make it on game day, and you're trying to shuffle
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  Speaker 1: and put young guys in situations that they haven't been in.
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  Speaker 1: So I probably I would say we probably take that approach,
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  Speaker 1: but we'll always continue to build it for who we
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  Speaker 1: know is available and then build the pieces around it
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  Speaker 1: as we get going.
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  Speaker 3: And Christian Kirk. Just what does he bring to the offense.
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  Speaker 3: I mean his veteranability, I mean the trust that he's
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  Speaker 3: built with Trevor Oresteim here, the kind of knew what
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  Speaker 3: he has with you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the big part is the chemistry is
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  Speaker 1: built with the quarterback, the trust he has from the
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  Speaker 1: coaching staff and Trevor as well, the quarterbacks as well.
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  Speaker 1: Just because he's done it for a long time. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's proven his worth in this league. He's a dynamic
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  Speaker 1: playmaker for us. He's a mismatch problem for us. He's
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  Speaker 1: a guy we can put in a number of roles,
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  Speaker 1: whether we intended to or not. As a game goes,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of times Christian just takes the next
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  Speaker 1: spot if somebody missed a rep, was out, whatever it
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  Speaker 1: may be, because he knows the system so well, he
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  Speaker 1: knows the expectation, he knows the details of everything we're
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  Speaker 1: asking to do. So he's certainly a very valuable piece
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  Speaker 1: for our offense.
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  Speaker 2: A game like this.
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  Speaker 1: Against the teams playing its final game, thinking if we
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  Speaker 1: just score, put the hammer down.
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  Speaker 3: Early, you know, we can take him out of the game.
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  Speaker 3: Is there any you know, idea to put the points
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  Speaker 3: out there and let's give.
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  Speaker 1: This one do Yeah. I mean, I think there's always
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  Speaker 1: kind of that thought process of, you know, a team
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  Speaker 1: that technically has nothing to play for, where you say
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  Speaker 1: that and the NFL had just doesn't tend to work
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  Speaker 1: that way. A lot of times. You know you're you're
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  Speaker 1: gonna get everybody's best shot. Playing a team like Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: You know what they're gonna be. They're gonna be tough,
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  Speaker 1: hard nosed, physical, smart, A great respect for for coach Rabel,
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  Speaker 1: the way he's built his program, the way they play,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, they certainly have our attention, our respect,
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  Speaker 1: and we don't expect them to lay over lay down
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  Speaker 1: for anything.
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  Speaker 3: You got a few guys chasing some benchmarks in the
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  Speaker 3: last game of the regular season. Does anybody bug you
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  Speaker 3: this week? Hey, coach tould help me get there?
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  Speaker 1: No, I think more than anything, you know, I recognize
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  Speaker 1: that because I know it's important to our players, and
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  Speaker 1: so there will be times where, you know, even the
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  Speaker 1: other day in the game, we I don't think we
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  Speaker 1: throw a pass in the fourth quarter of the game
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  Speaker 1: were we're pulling Calvin out of the game. At certain times,
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  Speaker 1: I try to kind of go out of my way. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: you know, understand what we're trying to accomplish. Those guys
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  Speaker 1: are awesome. They'd tell me stop talking before I get started.
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  Speaker 1: Evan Travis, Christian TJ. All those guys are kind of
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  Speaker 1: the coach. We're good. We won, we won. We understand
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  Speaker 1: what we're trying to accomplish here. You know, it's silly
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  Speaker 1: that you want stats for these guys, but you do
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  Speaker 1: because of what they put in the recognition they get.
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  Speaker 1: It's unfortunate we didn't have more Pro Bowl nominees or
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  Speaker 1: more Pro Bowl winners than we have because we have
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  Speaker 1: tons of players that are capable of it. But I
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  Speaker 1: think that speaks to the unselfishness of our group of
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  Speaker 1: they understand what we're trying to accomplish. I'm sure they're
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  Speaker 1: probably in some way, shape or form affected by it,
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  Speaker 1: but they don't show that to us in any way,
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  Speaker 1: shape or form. They'd never say anything like that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't be more proud of our group and the
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  Speaker 1: individual sacrifices they make for the betterment of the team
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  Speaker 1: and for our unit as well.
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  Speaker 3: CJ. I know you guys say he prepares like a
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  Speaker 3: starter every week, but if he does have to go
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  Speaker 3: this week. How much does it help that he actually
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  Speaker 3: got the start and played a game a week ago.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's a big deal. I mean, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: our guys, I think our guys have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: belief in CJ. But it's one thing to say that
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  Speaker 1: from what you've seen in preparation and practice in preseason
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  Speaker 1: and things like that, and then for him to go
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  Speaker 1: out execute the game plan, lead our team to a win,
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  Speaker 1: protect the football, you know that. I think that just
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  Speaker 1: increases everybody's level of respect and trust in him and
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  Speaker 1: what he's capable of.
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  Speaker 3: Mm hmm.