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Fred Taylor on how to get right in the 2nd half of the season | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's time for a weekly conversation with Pride of the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. A week nine, the Raiders
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  Speaker 1: and the Jaguars at t I A A. Bank Field.
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  Speaker 1: It's a five game skid now for the Jaguars. Fred
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  Speaker 1: at two and six. The Raiders got shut out last week.
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  Speaker 1: There two and five, two teams that really need one
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  Speaker 1: this week, Fred j p A. I was it going. Man,
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  Speaker 1: We're at over the halfway point and that's crazy. Man. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: I would have never thought I would be saying that
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  Speaker 1: right now. Man. Season goes by so quick, right, But
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  Speaker 1: even so, JP, Both of those teams are both teams
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  Speaker 1: I thought we would would have a better record to
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  Speaker 1: this point, both teams with brand new head coaches. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they made some great offseason acquisitions and um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's just mind boggling. But the NFL is the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: and that's how it goes. You get what you earned,
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  Speaker 1: what you earned. And both teams have played some really
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  Speaker 1: close games. Jacksonville has played a lot of closer games.
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  Speaker 1: I think their wins have been all less than um
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  Speaker 1: double digit losses. I mean, I'm sorry that one score. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so that's encouraging. Still not good enough for the fan base.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously not good enough for the players themselves. Um, but
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  Speaker 1: the guys steady, you know, they continued to uh grind
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  Speaker 1: and turn away and hopefully, Um, today is the day. Fred.
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  Speaker 1: Let's start with a couple of the issues for the Jaguars.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of good things going on. You call
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  Speaker 1: them issues. I like that. I like issues more than problems.
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  Speaker 1: The issues they're not impossible to correct. Um, there's not
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  Speaker 1: the end of the world. It's not ideal, but there
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  Speaker 1: are things they can improve upon these issues, and one
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  Speaker 1: of those is red zone offense and gold to go offense.
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  Speaker 1: So last week, Trevor Lawrence through an inexplicable interception first
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  Speaker 1: and goal with the one rolling right. It was designed
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  Speaker 1: to get it out quick to Christian Kirk and if
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't, there is a us to throw it away. Well,
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  Speaker 1: he kept rolling and rolling and then straight to the
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  Speaker 1: safety on the goal line. Second time we've seen that
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  Speaker 1: in three weeks. By the way, a goal to go interception.
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  Speaker 1: He can't leave those points out there, and the quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: has just gotta figure out a way. How how do
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  Speaker 1: you fight through that? I mean, in a moment he
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  Speaker 1: does the same thing again at some point he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: have Yeah, I was gonna tell you, don't remind me
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  Speaker 1: that the recent one was three weeks ago. It seemed
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  Speaker 1: like it was much longer where he had time in
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  Speaker 1: between two figure this stuff out and not make those
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  Speaker 1: situational errors as he continues to make. I want to
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  Speaker 1: go back to the designer to play for me JP
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  Speaker 1: first and foremost first down from the one. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think that would be the design that I would call,
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  Speaker 1: But I am not the head coach and that decision
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  Speaker 1: is above my pay grade. Um, especially when we have
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  Speaker 1: an exceptional running attack, no question about that. Uh. E
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  Speaker 1: t N is more capable of getting that those short
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  Speaker 1: yarady situations done. But that's neither here nor there. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: If Trevor was coached that we're gonna look for a
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  Speaker 1: quick hit and if nothing's there, you got to toss
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  Speaker 1: it in the twentieth row row sounds better, Um, then
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  Speaker 1: he should do that. That's his job. And these players
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  Speaker 1: are so impressionable that because they're so young, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you could tell him anything. And most of the times
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  Speaker 1: it sticks with young guys, and sometimes it doesn't. But
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  Speaker 1: in the case of Trevor, you know, a guy who
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  Speaker 1: was drafted as high and where the expectations are, and
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  Speaker 1: as smart of a person as he is, that should
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  Speaker 1: translate to his decision making on the field. And I
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  Speaker 1: think Trevor has to um tell himself look one to
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  Speaker 1: one to these are my progressions. I gotta get I
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  Speaker 1: gotta play fast, and this is my thought process, Kirk,
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  Speaker 1: That's it. And I think as he continues to play.
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  Speaker 1: I had a discussion with my guys yesterday and on
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  Speaker 1: the podcast, and I said, look, we need to toss
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  Speaker 1: out Trevor's first year, like can we get a do over?
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  Speaker 1: And they kind of argued me, but I gave him
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  Speaker 1: a few points that warranted a do over, and they said, okay, well,
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  Speaker 1: this is his rookie year. Let him make his rookie
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  Speaker 1: mistakes this year. And hopefully this is what we're seeing
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  Speaker 1: because all of the guys were considering great quarterbacks right now,
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  Speaker 1: the Josh Allen's of the world, the Jalen Hurts, who's
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  Speaker 1: turned a new leaf. They're hitting their stride in year three,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and hopefully I wish if we had a
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  Speaker 1: crystal ball, we can see Calvin Ridley with with with
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  Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, which will be his year, his true year three.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully that can be something that will start to see
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  Speaker 1: him turn over a new leaf. But that's neither here
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  Speaker 1: nor there now, JP. I know the fans wanted right now,
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  Speaker 1: and we're talking about last week game and how Trevor
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  Speaker 1: can improve right out. I think they lean on a
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  Speaker 1: run game a bit more, get into some e t
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  Speaker 1: N takes some pressure off Trevor while at the same
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  Speaker 1: time consistently hammer away at him situational decisions. This is
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  Speaker 1: what we gotta do, and hopefully UH take heat to
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  Speaker 1: it and UH do it while they're plan on Sundays,
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  Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with us. The other part of the equation
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  Speaker 1: is on the defensive side, and now the last four
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  Speaker 1: losses the jaguarris have had a fourth quarter lead, but
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  Speaker 1: the defense has been unable to hold it for whatever reason,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's a big pass in a key moment or
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  Speaker 1: a four minute running drill for the opposition where they
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  Speaker 1: can't get off the field and it's eight straight power
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  Speaker 1: runs to the right, that's what the Giants did. Either way,
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  Speaker 1: they've got to figure out how to make a play
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  Speaker 1: in a key moment. They can play a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: game and get to that moment, but more often than
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  Speaker 1: not lately nobody has been able to make the play
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  Speaker 1: and and or they've avoided a certain situation at that
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  Speaker 1: key moment. The other side too, Yeah, you you said it, JP,
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  Speaker 1: And I know the fans are probably uh, the listeners
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  Speaker 1: are probably tired of hearing he said. But there's one
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  Speaker 1: thing I learned in two thousand nine and ten that
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  Speaker 1: hammered away at me. That took forever for me to
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  Speaker 1: get there. We practiced it, especially with Coach Coughlin, but
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  Speaker 1: there was a hiatus for a few years under Jack,
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  Speaker 1: but Coach Belichick re established it's situational. You said, situation
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  Speaker 1: you have to the repetition have to come more on
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  Speaker 1: those situations. It's like the coaches have to play, have
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  Speaker 1: to be um you know, uh, like they have to
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  Speaker 1: have a crystal ball. They have to know certain situations
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  Speaker 1: that come up. But the four minute drill you mentioned
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  Speaker 1: that says old as anything. That's what as a defensive
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  Speaker 1: player you get excited for. It's mono imano. It's like,
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  Speaker 1: I got my lane, my gap, this is my assignment.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna not mess it up. You know, I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: be one step ahead of the guys, you know, and uh,
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  Speaker 1: in that particular situation. And the other thing is this
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  Speaker 1: big place. You know, you have to be ready for
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  Speaker 1: the shot place as a defense as if I'm a safety,
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  Speaker 1: if I'm a free safe, I gotta know they're not
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  Speaker 1: gonna try Tyson Campbell for the most part. You know,
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  Speaker 1: if I had to pick between sides, it's not gonna
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  Speaker 1: be Tyson Campbell, you know. So if I'm a safety,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna tilt my responsibility to the weak link, you know,
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  Speaker 1: who they might want to take a shot at. And
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  Speaker 1: and you know Trey Hunting has gotten picked on the
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  Speaker 1: last two weeks. That's just the facts. Uh, well they
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  Speaker 1: were picking on uh, and they're not picking on Tyson Um.
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  Speaker 1: So I think from a situational standpoint, the players as well,
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  Speaker 1: they have to know this is what the other team
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  Speaker 1: is thinking. It should be a no brainer at this
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  Speaker 1: point where in weeks in the season, you gotta know
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  Speaker 1: your your strength or weaknesses, etcetera, etcetera. When guys are
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  Speaker 1: banged up, guys going in the game, you gotta know
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  Speaker 1: what it tilt responsibility. Uh. From a defensive standpoint, that's
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  Speaker 1: just help. And if you if the players can't get
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  Speaker 1: that the coach has got a bed to make calls
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  Speaker 1: that will favor you know, the opportunity for the players
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  Speaker 1: to make those plays even if it's a safe play. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Even going back to the Denver game, that that third
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  Speaker 1: and ten or eleven rut, the rust scramble and break
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  Speaker 1: down and contain. Those are things that fans look at
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  Speaker 1: the games and they say, Okay, we lost the game
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  Speaker 1: by x amount of points. They don't specifically go back
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  Speaker 1: and say, well, this player had a bus right here,
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  Speaker 1: this play right here, unless it's extremely obvious like a
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  Speaker 1: lee ball, they don't say that. But situational awareness. All
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  Speaker 1: the players got to understand that the coach has got
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  Speaker 1: to protect the players and their calls. UM. I hope
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  Speaker 1: lead that can marry up into uh some wins because
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  Speaker 1: they're not losing by blowouts like we're used to in
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  Speaker 1: the past. A really good team. They just got to
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  Speaker 1: find a way to be a better team. Fred Taylor
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  Speaker 1: with his proud of the Jaguars running back and a
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  Speaker 1: good running back match up today you mentioned Travis et
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  Speaker 1: and of course, boy he really ran hard last week
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  Speaker 1: in London and I think had his best game obviously
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  Speaker 1: his best statistical game with the Jaguars. But he's finding
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  Speaker 1: a way now and on a roll now for four
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  Speaker 1: straight games over one d scrimmage yards and he has
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  Speaker 1: more yardage in his first three starts in the NFL
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  Speaker 1: than you now. Um, so that's that's a good step
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  Speaker 1: in the right direction. And then on the other side,
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  Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs, he had three straight one hundred yard games
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  Speaker 1: before last week's lost in the shutout loss in the
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  Speaker 1: Superdome last week for the Raiders. But he's really finding
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  Speaker 1: a way in his career too. Uh. There's a really
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  Speaker 1: good running back matchup, a very solid running back matchup.
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  Speaker 1: You got my fantasy football guy and Josh Jacobs. I
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  Speaker 1: can't see him on the bench. Uh. I would like
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  Speaker 1: for him to have a decent game and a loss,
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  Speaker 1: you know. Uh. And Travis E. T N. I went
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  Speaker 1: searching for Travis too late in my fantasy league and
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  Speaker 1: he's been all snatched up, which means, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: fantasy owners are excited about Travis, much like the coaching staff.
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  Speaker 1: They showed that when they said, look, we're gonna trade
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  Speaker 1: away James Robinson. You know, we we don't need uh
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  Speaker 1: insurance policy. We don't we believe in Travis e t
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  Speaker 1: N and he stepped up to the plate. He's playing
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  Speaker 1: lights out JP. I mean, she's I think at one
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  Speaker 1: point last week he was averaging over seven yards and
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  Speaker 1: carry um even midway through the game, and I think
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  Speaker 1: he finished the averaging over six point whatever carry. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what his seasonal AVERAGEES haven't charted that, but
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  Speaker 1: going in high so last week, going into the game,
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  Speaker 1: he was six point one, which was fourth best in
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  Speaker 1: the league. And it went up that's how good and
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  Speaker 1: it went up wow. Uh So yeah, he's uh, he's
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  Speaker 1: certainly uh playing lights out. You mentioned. I saw a
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  Speaker 1: stat pop up there on the Jaguars social media the
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  Speaker 1: other day where in his first three games, three games, right, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he total screaming yards. He has more yards than myself,
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  Speaker 1: m R. Reese, number one in team history. And that
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  Speaker 1: says a lot about that accomplishment because he's you know,
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  Speaker 1: we've had some pretty good backs. You know, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: gonna sit here and try and be humble. Now. My
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  Speaker 1: rest was a hell of her back, and I know
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  Speaker 1: I was a hell of her back. So what he's
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  Speaker 1: done done to this point, he's a great accomplishment. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm biased. I'm gonna always root for him.
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  Speaker 1: I was rooting for him way back in the preseason
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  Speaker 1: that I love how electrical he is. I love his explosiveness,
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  Speaker 1: his vision. I would like to see him, uh take
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  Speaker 1: care of the ball better. Uh and uh, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure he can go into that. But he's playing the
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  Speaker 1: way they wanted to play and playing that well. JP. I.
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  Speaker 1: I think I should give the coaches more confidence to
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  Speaker 1: to to give him those carries and I hopefully take
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  Speaker 1: some pressure off of Trevor and also design some simple
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  Speaker 1: checkdown throws. Just get the ball to his in his
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  Speaker 1: hands really quick. Uh. Get the linebackers to stop dropping
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  Speaker 1: back so far, allowing my opportunity to run until the
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  Speaker 1: defense catch onto it, and then we can hit him
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  Speaker 1: with the intermediate passes. Uh, and then the offense will
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  Speaker 1: start to clicking on all Senators. So shout out to
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  Speaker 1: the run game man. Keep feeding him first and one
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  Speaker 1: from the one first and goal from the feed the man, baby,
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  Speaker 1: feed the beast. And it's all about the fantasy. But
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  Speaker 1: it's all about the fantasy too, funny man. You know
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  Speaker 1: it's it's you know I it can marry up j P.
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  Speaker 1: Think about it, you know, I've seen, you know, teams
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  Speaker 1: go out and rush for two hundred and lose. Wink wink.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen that, so it happens. So yeah, I get
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  Speaker 1: my fantasy guy a little love. I'm sure the defense
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't care about you know, one fifty two touchdowns and win.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just kidding. I'm just of course they would care. Yeah, whatever,
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  Speaker 1: whatever the outcome is is what it is, um, and
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  Speaker 1: that be that. You know, Fred, it's always a pleasure
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  Speaker 1: and looking forward to. And we'll talk to you the
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  Speaker 1: post game coming up. See you in a few j P.