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JAXvsPHI is Fred Taylor's matchup of the week | 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. It is Week four, the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars and the Eagles coming up. The Jags and Eagles
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  Speaker 1: are both in the first place to their respective divisions.
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  Speaker 1: What a battle this should be, friend, JP, say that
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  Speaker 1: again there and what in what place? In the respect?
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  Speaker 1: I haven't haven't heard that, even while it sounds so good. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: But both teams are playing great. Both teams are playing
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  Speaker 1: lights out. You know, I actually picked this from my
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  Speaker 1: matchup of the week considering you know, there the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: are three and oh and the Jags are two and one,
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  Speaker 1: possibly could easily be three and oh. But you have
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  Speaker 1: one team that's extremely dynamic and prolific on the offensive
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball, and the Eagles. You have a
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  Speaker 1: young Jaguars defense that's played great, and this is an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to see if it's real. You know, Jalen Hurts,
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  Speaker 1: he's leading those guys, usually a j Brown, Davante Smith.
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  Speaker 1: To have Miles Sanders in the backfield. You know, Hurts
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  Speaker 1: can run it, he can row a big guy. Our
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  Speaker 1: defense lad by Josh Allen. You know, uh, just recently,
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  Speaker 1: Devin Lloyd and I know we're gonna get there. I've
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  Speaker 1: been named the ANFC Rookie of the Month. So they
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of guys out are finding around playing good,
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  Speaker 1: solid football. But what the Eagles want to do, they
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  Speaker 1: want to spread us out, you know, and they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: test you know, those guys discipline, They're gonna test the
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  Speaker 1: defensive coordinator's patients. So it's gonna be a really good
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  Speaker 1: game to watch. Fred. The Eagles have four hundred yards
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  Speaker 1: of offense at each game so far. Like you said,
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  Speaker 1: they have been prolific this season. What is the biggest
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  Speaker 1: challenge with a quarterback like Hurts who has that dual
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  Speaker 1: threat ability. He can talk it and run, but he's
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  Speaker 1: really standing in there and making throws down the field too. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he has that dual threat ability, and uh, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: a subtle, you know, dual threat ability. You know, you
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  Speaker 1: look at a guy like Lamari Jackson and you can
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  Speaker 1: automatically say, well, Lamar wants to run it first. He's
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  Speaker 1: such a threat. He wants to run first, but he
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  Speaker 1: also can pass it. We're seeing a lot more of
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  Speaker 1: that as the season's progressing. With Lamar, but with Jalen
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  Speaker 1: you know, you don't. He doesn't really want to run first.
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  Speaker 1: He's a guy who's smart. He's always been telling it.
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  Speaker 1: You can look at his transition in college when he
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  Speaker 1: was when he left Bama and I went to OU
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  Speaker 1: and still didn't fall off. He actually got better, and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know that's a testament to his his abilities. And
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  Speaker 1: he's a young guy, which means he has a lot
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  Speaker 1: of a lot of that story testosterone and uh, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of extra juice when he needs it. But the
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  Speaker 1: thing is what Philly is doing great is they're spreading
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  Speaker 1: a lot of teams out, you know, and they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: figure out if you're gonna go man and man, if
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna play his own versus are open sets. So
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  Speaker 1: they've been doing a lot of open sets, leaving Jalen
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  Speaker 1: back there by himself. And with that, you have to
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  Speaker 1: make a decision. You want to blitz us, we gotta
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  Speaker 1: get it out quick. You want to go zone, we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna sit back there. We're gonna pick your apart. And
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  Speaker 1: if you get impatient and zone or undisciplined, Jalen can
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  Speaker 1: run it for four or five yards. He doesn't need
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  Speaker 1: much more than that. And if you go man. And
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  Speaker 1: it breaks down, you know, we can throw it deep
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  Speaker 1: with dev Smith certainly a j Brown, a guy who
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  Speaker 1: deserves a lot of attention. He's a big, strong, fast
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  Speaker 1: guy that they brought in in the off season. Or
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  Speaker 1: if it breaks downs further, you know, Jalen can diep
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  Speaker 1: dump it off to a running back and you know,
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  Speaker 1: one on one matchup with the back against the linebackers.
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  Speaker 1: Or he can tuck it and running himself. So they
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  Speaker 1: have several options and it's gonna be extremely tough challenge
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  Speaker 1: for the Jaguars defense. Fred Taylor with us front of
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars running back, We'll stay on the Jaguars defensive side.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Devid Lloyd, the a f C, the NFL
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  Speaker 1: defensive rookie of the NFL. I apologize short and shot
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  Speaker 1: I started in no, but hey, it's it's been a
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  Speaker 1: great start for him, obviously after not playing in the
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  Speaker 1: preseason much. Last game and then the first week, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you had some tackles, but he was just trying to
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  Speaker 1: find his way. I think he's found his way the
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  Speaker 1: next two weeks. Interceptions back to back weeks, and then
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  Speaker 1: you've got other guys on this defense playing well to
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  Speaker 1: Josh Allen's getting some sacks. Of course, Trayvon Walker's showing
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  Speaker 1: his ability. The interior guys, Roy Robertson Harris is really
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  Speaker 1: off to a good start. And in the secondary, the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars fred lead the league and passes defense this year
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  Speaker 1: twenty six passes defense as a team, that's the most
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  Speaker 1: of the NFL. They're getting turned overs. This is, uh,
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  Speaker 1: this is we haven't seen this kind of defense around
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  Speaker 1: here since. Yeah, without a doubt, just starting with Devon Uh,
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  Speaker 1: deservingly so a guy who hadn't play any of the
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  Speaker 1: preseason for the most part, to be able to get
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  Speaker 1: out there and turn it up and UH take that
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  Speaker 1: award from most of the time. You see that award
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  Speaker 1: given to a lot of defender, defensive backs because those
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  Speaker 1: are the guys that are on an anterception Uh, in
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  Speaker 1: an interception category. Those guys are recognized more so than
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  Speaker 1: linebackers for that award. But he went out there and uh,
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  Speaker 1: he just snatches away from everybody. But he's playing at
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  Speaker 1: an extremely high level. Now, I want to go to
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  Speaker 1: the secondary. You talked about those twenty six past defense.
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  Speaker 1: That just means JP not only that they're playing great. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: In coverage, but they're closure and closer to turnovers themselves
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  Speaker 1: on the back end. You know. I text Tyson throughout
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  Speaker 1: the game before the game was over last week and
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  Speaker 1: I said, hey, you know, I know it was you know,
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  Speaker 1: fourth down and late in the game, and you had
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity to pick that ball off right there and
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  Speaker 1: uh but you dropped it. So he gave the Jacks
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  Speaker 1: better field position. I think they got it back out
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  Speaker 1: around the thirty or so. But I'm like Tyson, No
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  Speaker 1: one never remembers that you made a team play to
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  Speaker 1: to to you know, uh, not secure that interception. What
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  Speaker 1: they were Remember it's the actual interception, regardless if you
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  Speaker 1: caught it on the three flip the game or whatever
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  Speaker 1: it might have been, because it's like, yeah, I owe
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  Speaker 1: you one. I say, no, you owe you one. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: So they're closer to um, you know, getting turnovers on
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  Speaker 1: the back end, and if they can put that all
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  Speaker 1: together as a group collectively, they're gonna be you know,
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  Speaker 1: a team, a defense that teams are gonna fear, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when when it's time to match up with them, they're
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  Speaker 1: gonna say, this team is serious. What do they do great?
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  Speaker 1: Who do we need to neutralize. Do we need to
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  Speaker 1: chip the defensive ends in tray run and Josh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: what are we gonna do with the interior guys? You know?
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  Speaker 1: And haris who who's pushing the pocket back, the lineback
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  Speaker 1: and court. They're fast, they're young, they're moving around there
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  Speaker 1: a smart group. And then the secondary Jenkins he's been
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  Speaker 1: playing like so he's all over the place. So again,
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  Speaker 1: this has been my matchup of the week. Guys tease
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  Speaker 1: me and it's called me a homer, but the Jags
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  Speaker 1: are serious. Is versus a great uh to this point,
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  Speaker 1: a great Eagles offense led by Jalen Hurt. So this
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  Speaker 1: is my matchup of the week and I'm interested in
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  Speaker 1: seeing how it unfolds today. Fred Taylor with us. Let's
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  Speaker 1: flip it now to the Jaguars offense. Trevor Lawrence the
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  Speaker 1: a f C Offensive Player of the Week after his
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  Speaker 1: performance against the Chargers. Three touchdowns, no interceptions. He hasn't
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  Speaker 1: been sacked in two weeks. The offensive line stepped up
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  Speaker 1: and played well. Wide receivers are getting open and and
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  Speaker 1: they're taking what the defense gives him. It's not a
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  Speaker 1: lot of deep shots down the field, but hey, they've
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  Speaker 1: they've been okay with ten twelve played drives and I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if you can make a living year round
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  Speaker 1: like that in the NFL. It's tough to do. But
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  Speaker 1: so far, so good. And actually talking to Trevor this week,
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  Speaker 1: his his head's in a good spot. He's not you know,
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  Speaker 1: they know they have a lot of work to do
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  Speaker 1: on offense. Still, it's still a young group together, but
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  Speaker 1: this recognition is a good step in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: I was early. Uh it is. And congratulations to Trevor. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's been, you know, showing his maturation in these last
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  Speaker 1: two weeks. But I want to give a shout out
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  Speaker 1: to coach Peterson. You know, he's a consonant pro. You know.
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  Speaker 1: I like his demeanor and his attitude. He has some
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  Speaker 1: he has that I played in his league before, that
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  Speaker 1: type of attitude and cockiness. It's subtle, but it's just
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  Speaker 1: it's not cockiness, it's just confidence because he knows the game.
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  Speaker 1: He's taking a year off and he's back and he
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  Speaker 1: really Uh he has a project and Trevor, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a young player who he believes that could be a
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  Speaker 1: great player in his league. So those two together, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the work that they're putting in. It's starting to show,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's starting to show. And Trevor's play, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just you know, just the translation from the from the
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  Speaker 1: room to the field and how he's making great decisions
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  Speaker 1: and his passing. He's always been a smart player, so
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  Speaker 1: he's taking advantage of the first break, rushing of his
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  Speaker 1: reads if it's a short ball, and let those guys
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  Speaker 1: run after the catch, so be it. They're throwing great
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  Speaker 1: intermediate past game, it's been solid with a Jones again,
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  Speaker 1: Marvin Jones. He's you know, he's the veteran guy who's
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  Speaker 1: sticky fingers. He's gonna catch everything. Uh intermediate short, uh
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  Speaker 1: back showed or whatever it might be. They haven't gone
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  Speaker 1: deep a lot, but the Christian Kirk passed I believe
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  Speaker 1: against uh was it the Coats commanders, he's he's gotten
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  Speaker 1: back there. He's gotten back there. But they haven't gone deep.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, teams have challenged them. Things will say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: they don't throw deep, they won't threaten your deep. We're
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  Speaker 1: gonna get up in their faces and challenge them. And
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  Speaker 1: then those will leave for opportunities to go deep. So
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  Speaker 1: you gotta pick your poison and take advantage of whatever
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  Speaker 1: the defense is showing you. And UH today the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: wild show some press coverage that by big Place Slate
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  Speaker 1: in that secondary. Uh just recently had multiple picks and
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  Speaker 1: a big Monday night game. UH. And he is a
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  Speaker 1: guy who is extremely good, He's savvy, he's been around.
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  Speaker 1: He's gonna jump some routes, so he's gonna challenge them.
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  Speaker 1: But I think the Jacks offense is up for the tax.
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  Speaker 1: Offensive line will have a little bit of a test
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  Speaker 1: in the interior this week as well. With Fletcher Cox
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  Speaker 1: doing his thing. I think it's your tub boy for
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  Speaker 1: him and that guy can still play. So Luke Fortner
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  Speaker 1: h In, the left guard Ben Bartch, and the right
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  Speaker 1: guard Brandon Sheriff will have their hands full this week. Fred,
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  Speaker 1: Let's wrap this week with the big story outside of
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  Speaker 1: the game. It's the return of Doug Peterson and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of this Jaguars coaching staff to a place where
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  Speaker 1: they want a super Bowl in Philadelphia. We know how
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  Speaker 1: notorious the Eagles fans can be about it. It's a
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  Speaker 1: tough place. You told us that story and post game
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  Speaker 1: last week about your visit there, but it might be
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  Speaker 1: a little old warmer very little warmer for Doug coming back. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you have some experience going back to a place that
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  Speaker 1: was near and dear to you. When you left the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 1: you went to New England. You had one game against
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars. It was a two thousand nine in December.
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  Speaker 1: You had eleven carries thirty five yards. The Patriots blew
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  Speaker 1: out the Jaguars. But Doug might have some similar emotions
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  Speaker 1: this week coming out of that tunnel. He might not
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  Speaker 1: admit it right now, but what are some of those
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  Speaker 1: feelings when you're going back to a place that you
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  Speaker 1: spent so much time. You know, it's a feeling of excitement,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to start and and Uh, it's a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a different scenario in a sense that he's going
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  Speaker 1: back home. You know. I was in New England facing
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  Speaker 1: some of my old teammates, UH and my old coach,
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  Speaker 1: who I certainly wanted to show that I still had
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  Speaker 1: a lot left in the tank. Unfortunately for me, JP,
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  Speaker 1: I was battling double turf toe, so I couldn't give
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  Speaker 1: him my best. But that's neither here nor there. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: the excitement was still there, you know, the juices were
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  Speaker 1: still flowing. I didn't feel a whole lot during the game,
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  Speaker 1: but after the game, I felt those toes. Uh So, Doug,
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  Speaker 1: He's he's keeping it, you know, he's keeping it under wrapped.
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  Speaker 1: But I can assure you that, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the trick plays that he pulled out in the Super Bowl,
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  Speaker 1: what was it called? What was that play called? Special?
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  Speaker 1: The Philly Special. He's gonna have a few Philly Specials
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  Speaker 1: in his bag. You can bet that he's had. He's
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  Speaker 1: had a year off to think about the team that
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  Speaker 1: let him go, and now he's had some weeks after
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  Speaker 1: he saw it on the schedule to think about the
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  Speaker 1: team that let him go. You know, nothing's more refreshing
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  Speaker 1: than the opportunity to you know, to get get get
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  Speaker 1: a win today versus your old club. He'll embrace it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they got a ring from him. They tried
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  Speaker 1: for years to get a ring with Andy Reid and
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  Speaker 1: they didn't succeed. A coach who they still respect to
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  Speaker 1: the utmost to the day. Uh So, their fans are brutal,
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  Speaker 1: but a lot of times they're fair. Uh So, they'll
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  Speaker 1: they'll honor him for a split second, I believe, and
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  Speaker 1: then they'll boo him when they need to. You know,
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  Speaker 1: to try to get under his skin, but it won't
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  Speaker 1: matter if the Jaguars are winning or if they come
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  Speaker 1: away with the winning day. Um that that all subside, right,
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  Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to this matchup. I am as well.
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  Speaker 1: I think old Jaguars fans are the way the start
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  Speaker 1: of this season is gone, and this will be a
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  Speaker 1: huge step if they can go toe to toe with
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles in Week four. We'll talk to you in
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  Speaker 1: the post game. Fred. Thanks, I'll be there. JP.