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Fred Taylor Outlines Where Jaguars Need to Improve in Preseason Week 2 vs. Saints · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: We're with proud of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor
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  Speaker 1: once again. Preseason week two, Jaguars Saints coming up with
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  Speaker 1: a Superdome and another week of training camp. Fred coming
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  Speaker 1: off preseason week one, a good week of work and
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  Speaker 1: the first chance, I guess for the guys to take
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  Speaker 1: a look at the mistakes from last week and some
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  Speaker 1: good things they did and try to get better from
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  Speaker 1: all of it, right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, JP first and foremost, just getting right to it. Man.
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  Speaker 3: We said last week injuries injuries for me were you know,
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  Speaker 3: the primary goal to get everybody out of the game
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  Speaker 3: clean an injury free so that they can continue to
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  Speaker 3: get back to practice and build reps with the guys
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  Speaker 3: that they project that's going to be here to help
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  Speaker 3: build a successful team this year.
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  Speaker 2: And that happened, you know.
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  Speaker 3: I think the next thing you look at is the operations,
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  Speaker 3: the communications. How can we clean that up? They jumped
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  Speaker 3: off start. They had a false start on the very
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  Speaker 3: first player game. You know that's a no note. Now
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  Speaker 3: you're behind the sticks is first and fifteen. You got
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  Speaker 3: to come off script. The other that was big maybe
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  Speaker 3: didn't cost them this preseason or I don't.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 3: If it's gonna cost them a game because we have
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  Speaker 3: a kicker and Cam Little that can bang them from seventy.
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  Speaker 3: But jumping off sides on fourth down when you're attempting
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  Speaker 3: the field goal is total Well, no, my apologies. Twelve
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  Speaker 3: men in a huddle on fourth down. That's a disaster
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  Speaker 3: because those are opportunities you get to put three on
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  Speaker 3: the board and five yard difference can be the difference
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  Speaker 3: in deciding if that kicker is gonna miss or make.
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  Speaker 2: A field goal.
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  Speaker 3: So just cleaning up the operations, cleaning up the coverage
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  Speaker 3: defensively on the back end, I think those probably were
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  Speaker 3: the things of emphasis throughout the week of practice. And
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  Speaker 3: here we are as they prepare to take on the Saints.
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  Speaker 3: We want to see those departments a bit cleaner.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And to your point on the defensive side, especially
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  Speaker 1: William Cohen, this week had a period of practice where
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  Speaker 1: it was alignment, assignment and communication. It was literally just
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  Speaker 1: that there was no let's just get to the line
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  Speaker 1: and then not snap it and do it again and
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  Speaker 1: again and again, and you have to wrap it and
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  Speaker 1: you gotta nip it in the butt now because that
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  Speaker 1: can fester as you move on.
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  Speaker 3: Right and again, that's the standard. You know, they're going
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  Speaker 3: to have a standard of just doing things. Let's get
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  Speaker 3: back to the basics, right. We can't play on an
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  Speaker 3: advanced level if we can't maintain and take control of
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  Speaker 3: just the simple basic things, the things that the snap
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  Speaker 3: that starts to play, right, So you have to be
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  Speaker 3: able to understand the snap, understanding progression and what it
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  Speaker 3: takes in that department. So I love that concept. Get
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  Speaker 3: back to the very basics football, one on one. Let
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  Speaker 3: us have walkthroughs, let us get our alignments properly, let
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  Speaker 3: us get our assignments, have those handle and then that way.
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  Speaker 3: Now you don't have to think. You can just get up,
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  Speaker 3: get up to the line, you know, and play fast.
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  Speaker 3: So visualization techniques, you see. I close my eyes as
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  Speaker 3: I say this because I can see all the different
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  Speaker 3: moving pieces. And that's what I enjoy about football so much.
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  Speaker 3: Is it's not just the physical game. You have to
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  Speaker 3: be mentally sharp and focused at all points in time
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  Speaker 3: so you can execute on the highest level.
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  Speaker 1: Brett Taylor with us our weekly Travis Hunter update. Last
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  Speaker 1: week eleven offensive snaps officially eight defensive snaps, but not
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  Speaker 1: you know, not right next to each other. He wasn't
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  Speaker 1: running off the field offensive right back on on defense.
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  Speaker 1: That could be the next step though, right, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: at some point he's going to have to do that
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  Speaker 1: if he's going to play both sides.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Travis, it was a good start.
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  Speaker 3: It was great for you know, every Jaguar fan across
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  Speaker 3: the globe to be able to see him get in
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  Speaker 3: there and do what they said they were going to do.
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  Speaker 3: They made a commitment on draft night that they will
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  Speaker 3: continue to play him both ways.
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  Speaker 2: He was able to get out there, have some.
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  Speaker 3: Snaps on offense, have snaps there on defense, and they're
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  Speaker 3: going to find a way to utilize him. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he's such a gifted athlete and he's to play on
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  Speaker 3: the elite level. So they just got to find a
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  Speaker 3: way to dial in, you know, those reps so they
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  Speaker 3: can maximize his opportunities, opportunities on both sides of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm sure they're gonna have some gadgetry and some
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  Speaker 3: deep shots and a few things so that they can
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  Speaker 3: utilize him and crunch situations, because that's what it's gonna
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  Speaker 3: boil down to. Yes, he can do it on first
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  Speaker 3: first down and first and ten. You know, to start
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  Speaker 3: the game and get three, four or five yards on
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  Speaker 3: the hitch or slant. But we want to be able
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  Speaker 3: to see him come to life as a big time
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  Speaker 3: playmaker on you know, those third down situations or even
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  Speaker 3: the first down go balls. You know, even something as
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  Speaker 3: simple as clearing out for another guy to get someone
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  Speaker 3: else open. And then on the flip side defensively, obviously
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  Speaker 3: he needs to be in there getting those big time PBUs,
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  Speaker 3: getting those interceptions to give the offense the ball back
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  Speaker 3: as well as you know, I'm a little greedy because
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  Speaker 3: I love Travis, so a pick six here and there
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  Speaker 3: wouldn't hurt Fred.
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  Speaker 1: One of the kind of the oddities of the way
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  Speaker 1: college football is operated now is that players can transfer
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  Speaker 1: multiple times without penalty. Trevor Lawrence is now entering year
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  Speaker 1: five in the NFL. But on the other side today,
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints rookie quarterback Tyler Shuck is the same age.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, he's a week older than Trevor Lawrence and
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  Speaker 1: he's a rookie in the NFL. It kind of tells
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  Speaker 1: you some of the differences right in the way college
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  Speaker 1: has played these days.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the big difference.
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  Speaker 3: You can see a lot of these guys, especially in
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  Speaker 3: that window, that age group, when they come out that late,
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  Speaker 3: most of them are taking.
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  Speaker 2: A pay cut to come to the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: They stay back in college and they secure the bag,
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  Speaker 3: so there's no urgency ready to leave.
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  Speaker 1: But they used to just make fun of Eric Dickerson
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  Speaker 1: for that, but now you know they don't.
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  Speaker 2: Do that anymore. They don't do that.
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  Speaker 3: But you know it's a new day and age that
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  Speaker 3: we kid a lot more ninety four class guys. We're
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  Speaker 3: still on the group chat University of Florida guys that
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  Speaker 3: ike Healers and retail Anthony jacqu west Green, those guys. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we kid man like we're twenty years too
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  Speaker 3: early or too late. I'm sorry, but college football landscape,
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  Speaker 3: what a time to be alive. But either case, those
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  Speaker 3: guys are getting the opportunity to fulfill their dreams. You know,
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  Speaker 3: they're blessed and fortunate to be able to you know, earn.
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  Speaker 3: They make these colleges as a ton of money, so
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  Speaker 3: you know they're able to earn and rap share and
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  Speaker 3: now go on to the next level in the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: No matter the age, they still get an opportunity to compete.
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  Speaker 3: So you're gonna look out there. You know, you're gonna
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  Speaker 3: see a guy who was drafted number one overall and
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  Speaker 3: you're going to see a guy who you know, just
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  Speaker 3: happy to be out there getting opportunity to you know,
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  Speaker 3: create a name for himself, you know, in the NFL
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  Speaker 3: on that on this level, so you know it'd be interesting.
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  Speaker 3: But obviously at the end of the day, we're going
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  Speaker 3: to need Trevor Lawrence to go out there, uh and
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  Speaker 3: just operate and show them mechanics and be a leader
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  Speaker 3: and you know, point this team Jaguars in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: Fred always a pleasure. We'll call it a day and
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  Speaker 1: we'll do it again next week.
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  Speaker 3: JP always going to go, man and the hustle and
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  Speaker 3: the bustle, and you know, you know, I love you
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  Speaker 3: and I'm sorry we had to cut it short today.
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  Speaker 2: It's okay, man.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate you making time in your busy schedule. You're
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  Speaker 1: pivoting everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I got a shirt over there and I said,
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  Speaker 3: never too late to piot, are never too early to pivot.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, so we're always pivoting.
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  Speaker 1: Man, You too, You're in a perpetual You're in a
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  Speaker 1: perpetual pivot.
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  Speaker 2: Very much so very much so.
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  Speaker 3: But and I'm going over to enemy territory too, so
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna say if I can spy a little bit
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  Speaker 3: coach camp a little later in the day, so we'll
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  Speaker 3: see what I can get. If I can get some information, I.
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  Speaker 2: Kid, I kid, you know, we get it. Wink wink.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just kidding. See your friend take