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Fred Taylor on Jaguars Rising up to the Pressure | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's time for our weekly conversation with Pride of the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. Monday Night football the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: and the Bills under the lights at Orchard Park in
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  Speaker 1: Week three. I gotta have a game for the Jags, Fred,
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  Speaker 1: And here we are on Monday night.
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  Speaker 2: Finally, but didn't think we'd be old too going in.
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  Speaker 3: Be honest with you, Yeah, JP is certainly surprising for
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  Speaker 3: all of the Jaguar fans, yourself, myself, everyone that considered
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  Speaker 3: considers themselves a Jaguar. Bad start to the season, but
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  Speaker 3: not the end of the season, certainly a must win.
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  Speaker 3: I don't say that to put everyone in panic mode.
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  Speaker 3: I say it more so to put pressure on yourself.
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  Speaker 3: Pressure is privileged, like you have to be able to
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  Speaker 3: rise to the occasion. You have to turn into a
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  Speaker 3: diamond under pressure. And I believe these guys are set
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  Speaker 3: for the center stage. Diamond signs brighter under the night lights,
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  Speaker 3: especially in New York or your park. I don't know,
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  Speaker 3: but it's New York, so and it's Monday night, and
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  Speaker 3: it's an opportunity for these guys to get out there,
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  Speaker 3: get their shine on and show the world, not just Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 3: but the entire world on the national stage what they're
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  Speaker 3: all about. So gotta gotta get get get get rid
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  Speaker 3: of the oh and three mindset everybody hard. Time is now,
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  Speaker 3: it's time to win. Time to get back and the
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  Speaker 3: win column. And they played well against Buffalo in the past,
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  Speaker 3: so hopefully it's the same key as they take on
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  Speaker 3: the Bills.
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  Speaker 1: What was the number one concern for you about this
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  Speaker 1: team coming out of the Browns game, Freend.
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  Speaker 3: Number one concern is they don't necessarily have a real identity. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: there's no tempo on the offensive side. Everyone's been saying
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  Speaker 3: they seem to play flat. Not only that, they seem
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  Speaker 3: to have come out flat in front of the home crowd.
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  Speaker 4: You want to get up for your home opener.
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  Speaker 3: So I need to see a bit more energy, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more flying around. I need to I
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  Speaker 3: think it was a preseason game. After Brian Tummas Junior
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  Speaker 3: called a big pass. You see the entire sideliney rup like,
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  Speaker 3: we need that sort of energy. We need to see
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  Speaker 3: big shots that will provoke that sort of energy. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: Just they throw a deep why not, That's that's my question.
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  Speaker 3: Why not on the defensive side of the ball. Same energy,
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  Speaker 3: same flying around. There's a lot of the same confidence.
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  Speaker 3: But start a little faster, you know, second and long
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  Speaker 3: second in twenty twenty one, third and twenties.
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  Speaker 4: Eliminate those, you know, make them, make them, make them work.
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  Speaker 3: You know you're bending and you're trying not to break,
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  Speaker 3: but then you eventually break, you know, get rid of
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  Speaker 3: that and continue to just believe in your sales. I
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  Speaker 3: think the defense will be the key obviously to beating
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  Speaker 3: his Buffalo Bills team as talented, as talented.
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  Speaker 4: As they are from an offensive standpoint.
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  Speaker 1: Right of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor with us,
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  Speaker 1: Let's get into some of these matchups this week, and
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  Speaker 1: let's start with the Jaguars offensive line. They've taken some
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  Speaker 1: heat this week outside the building after the performance last week.
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  Speaker 1: But it doesn't get any easier this week. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the Bills front's really good as well. Rousseau and von
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  Speaker 1: Miller looks like he's back to form. I mean, this
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  Speaker 1: is another challenge this week, and what's the best way
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  Speaker 1: to slow those guys down?
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  Speaker 3: Fred, you know, they've had great challenges, you know, against
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  Speaker 3: since the start of the season. You know, to be honest,
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  Speaker 3: Miami has a pretty amazing front four last week. We
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  Speaker 3: know that defense can really get it done. Let by
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  Speaker 3: Miles Garrett. They actually showed up in crunch time when
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  Speaker 3: they needed to provoke him that sack right there when
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  Speaker 3: it was the game on the line. And you'll get
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  Speaker 3: the same thing out of Buffalo at home on Monday night.
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  Speaker 4: First game for them home this season. So expect them
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  Speaker 4: to come out with high energy.
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  Speaker 3: But you can neutralize that in the past game simply
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  Speaker 3: by get some draw runs off. I haven't seen the
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  Speaker 3: draw forever in this offense, but run the draw when
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  Speaker 3: it's passing downs. Make sure you're running backs are chipping
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  Speaker 3: on their release on their way out. Coach Polar, my
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  Speaker 3: former running backs coach. He used to tell us to
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  Speaker 3: take chunks. Take chunks out of the guys. So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: you want to make sure your backs are upon exiting
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  Speaker 3: on their route release in the pass game, chip the
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  Speaker 3: slow down, that pressure even in the interior.
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  Speaker 4: Knock those d tackles off as well, not just the ends.
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  Speaker 1: Brett Taylor with us Josh Allen on the other side,
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  Speaker 1: of course, well the Jaguars Josh Allen now Josh Heinz
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  Speaker 1: Allen had a big game against this Bills team back
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  Speaker 1: in twenty one, it was the nine to six game,
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  Speaker 1: and then he actually had to get a good.
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  Speaker 2: Game last year and the Jags went over the Bills
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  Speaker 2: in London.
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  Speaker 1: So the matchup this week against the Bills Josh Allen,
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  Speaker 1: who's playing well early in the season, big body, he's
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  Speaker 1: got everything you want as a quarterback. So how do
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  Speaker 1: they make it three straight against this Josh Allen of
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  Speaker 1: the Bills.
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  Speaker 3: You know, pressure, you know, first start off by neutralizing
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  Speaker 3: that run. James Cook had a really great game against
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  Speaker 3: their like the Dolphins and the Bills last out, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, neutralize them. You don't want to have them
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  Speaker 3: give them an opportunity to create balance. Josh Allen. Not
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  Speaker 3: our Josh Allen, Josh has Allen, but Josh Allen a quarterback.
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  Speaker 4: He is best when he can manipulate you in the
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  Speaker 4: run game through play action and that comes by way
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  Speaker 4: when they're running the ball very efficiently and effectively. Uh
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  Speaker 4: and also when he's out of the pocket. So he's
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  Speaker 4: a he's a super talent. You know, he's a super talent.
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  Speaker 3: He's out to prove everyone that he can get it
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  Speaker 3: done without his star receivers and trading away Stephan Stephan
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  Speaker 3: Diggs and then uh losing gave Davis to us at
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  Speaker 3: the Jaguars. So he's out to prove a lot. He
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  Speaker 3: doesn't have great passing numbers this year. He's at about
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  Speaker 3: one seventy five or so one eighty per clip per game,
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  Speaker 3: but he's doing it on the ground. You know, he's
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  Speaker 3: taking his team and converting the plays that then he
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  Speaker 3: converted on big third downs. I've seen make some big
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  Speaker 3: runs this year already. A guy who has fifty five
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  Speaker 3: career rushing touchdowns. It makes me a little jealous because
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  Speaker 3: I had sixty six touchdowns. I'm a running back, so
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  Speaker 3: certainly a guy who can get it done.
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  Speaker 4: But you got to get after him.
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  Speaker 3: Our Josh Alan, our josh Hines Allen is no stranger
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  Speaker 3: to it, and I know he'll be ready to play Beret.
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  Speaker 2: Jaylor with us prime of the Jaguars running back.
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  Speaker 1: And we heard Trevor Lawrence after the game last week
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  Speaker 1: pretty much laying it out there. This team is not
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  Speaker 1: good right now. We've got to work on everything. It
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  Speaker 1: starts with me. It goes through from getting the plays
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  Speaker 1: into how this team responds to that. Those comments from
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback I think is big moving ahead, but the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback has to play well on his own to get
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  Speaker 1: a lot of that respect, I would think, Right, so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what is he lacking? Trevor Lawrence? And how
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  Speaker 1: does he take that next step? It's not just him,
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  Speaker 1: you know there's people around him, but how does he
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  Speaker 1: elevate his game?
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  Speaker 3: You know, one would say just the immediate transparent answer
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  Speaker 3: is he's lacking wins JP. Yeah, I mean, man, I
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  Speaker 3: don't ano they're going to highlight on the national spotlight.
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  Speaker 4: But he's two and eight and his last ten starts.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you don't. You're a franchise quarterback. You have
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  Speaker 3: to play better than that. And you know, the tone
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  Speaker 3: in Jacksonville from all of the Jaguar fans everywhere is
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  Speaker 3: when you know Trevor yet, like we're still waiting. And
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  Speaker 3: I love Trevor as a human. He's a great person,
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  Speaker 3: a great character. Now this is a kid who I would,
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  Speaker 3: you know, want my daughter today. He's outstanding and he
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  Speaker 3: stands for all the right stuff. Just throw you throw
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  Speaker 3: that out though when you're playing football, like no one
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  Speaker 3: cares about that.
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  Speaker 4: Like if if you're dating my daughter, I don't care.
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  Speaker 3: I want you to win football to Trevor, and you
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  Speaker 3: got to go out there and play well. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you got to continue to stay confident, first and foremost,
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  Speaker 3: continue to be a leader. We know he's going to
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  Speaker 3: do that. Uh, continue to lead those guys, because it's
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  Speaker 3: not all him. You've seen guys drop the ball at
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  Speaker 3: the most center opportune times. He would actually be one
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  Speaker 3: in nine or three and seven and the last ten
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  Speaker 3: if Etn hadn't fumble there, or maybe even if Johnson,
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  Speaker 3: he could possibly even be, you know, two wins this
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  Speaker 3: year if our running after running back position had done
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  Speaker 3: better at handling the ball and handling situational aspects of
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  Speaker 3: the game. So not to get too long winded, it's
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  Speaker 3: not all Trevor, but certainly he's the leader.
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  Speaker 4: He's a quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: He's going to take the brunt of it when the
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  Speaker 3: media is talking about his team because he gets the
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  Speaker 3: big bucks and all that other different stuff. But I
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  Speaker 3: think Trevor's the guy for it. He doesn't have thin,
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  Speaker 3: thin skin. I think he has an extremely thick callige,
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  Speaker 3: so that won't affect him. So it's always rooting for him, certainly,
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  Speaker 3: as long as he's steering the wheel of this Jaguars organization.
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  Speaker 3: So but it's time to win, time to get a win.
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  Speaker 2: Monday night football.
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  Speaker 1: I mean you always get amped up anyway, knowing you
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  Speaker 1: Fred for whatever game, because all games are important. However,
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  Speaker 1: when the lights come on on Monday night, did you
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  Speaker 1: crank it up a little more?
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  Speaker 4: Hey?
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  Speaker 3: I before this song even came out, Like, I was
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  Speaker 3: like I heard Rihanna in my headsets and the song
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  Speaker 3: wasn't even out yet. It's like Shane Bright like a
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  Speaker 3: diamond under the lights. Because I know the pressure, I
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  Speaker 3: know the excitement. I never put that, you know, added
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  Speaker 3: pressure on myself, but I enjoy the good pressure. It's
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  Speaker 3: the pressure to go out there and perform, and I
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  Speaker 3: always felt like I delivered. Monday Night was remember my
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  Speaker 3: first Monday Night game. It was actually against the Dolphins
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  Speaker 3: at home there Probably many probably have seen these highlights
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  Speaker 3: if they passed past my Instagram page. Heyer is perk
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  Speaker 3: listening because I need some new highlights. I need some
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  Speaker 3: new highlights. I know we got a vault of Freddy
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  Speaker 3: t runs, so not to get side track, but I
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  Speaker 3: just caught a little feeling right there, JP. But my
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  Speaker 3: first run was a seventy nine yard touchdowns against the
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  Speaker 3: Dolphins on a Monday night. I'll never forget that. And
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  Speaker 3: it's just that moment, and not only that the local
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  Speaker 3: fans see it, fans and fans across the entire football
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  Speaker 3: spectrum across the entire country.
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  Speaker 4: They get an opportunity to see you as well.
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  Speaker 3: And you get an opportunity to get out of a
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  Speaker 3: small market mindset.
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  Speaker 4: And showcase your talent. So this is the stage.
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  Speaker 3: They're going to talk a lot about Buffalo because they're
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  Speaker 3: saying Buffalo storyline is team no one expected them to
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  Speaker 3: be to or no after the transitions and all that
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  Speaker 3: different stuff. But Josh Allen, Josh Allen, Josh Allen, they're
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  Speaker 3: gonna found that a way in the in the broadcast.
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  Speaker 4: So let them talk about the Jacks. So, but you
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  Speaker 4: gotta win in order to do that, Brett.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't realize we're gonna have karaoke today on this.
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  Speaker 4: I'm just missing.
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  Speaker 3: All we need is the monitor and we can go
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  Speaker 3: anytime you ready.
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  Speaker 2: That'd be one hell of a night.
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  Speaker 4: That would be an amazing night.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, maybe Monday night, how about that?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe?
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  Speaker 1: So maybe we do it the post game, who knows,
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  Speaker 1: that's right after a wind.
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  Speaker 3: Postgame pressure, we pivot to the postgame pressures of of
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  Speaker 3: of of the Jaguars postgame radio to Karaoke Night starring J. P.
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  Speaker 4: Shadwick and Fred Taylor. Mike, you can control the monitor.
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  Speaker 2: We'll talk to you later.
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  Speaker 4: Fred, all right, my brother,