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Titans Preview with Fred Taylor | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues and it's time for our weekly
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  Speaker 1: conversation with Pride of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: It's week eleven and the Jaguars are trying to get
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  Speaker 1: off the deck after a blowout loss to the forty
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  Speaker 1: nine ers last week. And the only way to do that, Fred,
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  Speaker 1: is to move straight ahead to the Tennessee Titans.
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  Speaker 2: How are you, JP, I am great man, and I
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  Speaker 2: think they will move ahead just to get right into it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, this is a game that we all look
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  Speaker 2: look forward to, and I'm pretty sure these guys are
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  Speaker 2: feeling the exact same way right now. They don't want
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  Speaker 2: to lose too in a row, you know, as they
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  Speaker 2: did I believe earlier in the season. So they're going
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  Speaker 2: to have to try to avoid that sort of action.
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  Speaker 2: But these Titans aren't as complicated as the Titans up
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  Speaker 2: the past. They have a rookie quarterback, they still have
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  Speaker 2: their superstar running back in Derreck Henry.
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  Speaker 3: He's not having the Derrick.
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  Speaker 2: Henry monster like season, but he's still capable, So you
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  Speaker 2: can't go to sleep on that. So yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the Jaguars just got to handle Jaguars, I said, and
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  Speaker 2: I believe in the pregame show with myself from Brian
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  Speaker 2: Game Day Live, the Jaguars just got to worry about themselves.
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  Speaker 2: It was always the Jaguars, is going to always ever
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  Speaker 2: be the Jaguars. If you look at the game last week,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I want to say, of course san Fran
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  Speaker 2: did some stuff. They executed at a high level, but
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  Speaker 2: a lot of that also came because the Jaguars were
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  Speaker 2: asleep at the wheel to start the game and they
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  Speaker 2: kind of got themselves in the hole they couldn't get
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  Speaker 2: out of and eventually lost. So if they can avoid
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  Speaker 2: that sort of start this week, they'll be fine.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Fred Doug Peterson, at least in his time
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  Speaker 1: in Jacksonville, has twice been able to get the team
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  Speaker 1: back on track after ballout losses the game of Detroit
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  Speaker 1: last year, of course, they finished with five straight wins
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  Speaker 1: to end the regular season. They had to come back
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  Speaker 1: in a bunch of those, but they got it done.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, this year, after one of the games you
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  Speaker 1: referenced against Houston, they go five games and win all
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  Speaker 1: five of those in five stadiums. I'm not predicting anything here,
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  Speaker 1: but it's something about his leaderships style, right and how
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  Speaker 1: he can refocus a team and get them to respond.
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  Speaker 1: And maybe that's internal with the players too. You want
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  Speaker 1: to put on your best performance after showing an embarrassing
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  Speaker 1: outing last time.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, without a doubt.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't know what it is with Doug,
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  Speaker 2: but he's an amazing person. I can say that first
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  Speaker 2: and foremost, and that carries a lot of weight in
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  Speaker 2: the locker room, guys trusting and believe in him.
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  Speaker 3: And then his track record. Now he's a champion.
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  Speaker 2: He has a statue for christ say, he has a statue,
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  Speaker 2: but more than that, he's been in it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he never seems to panic. He's always calm, you know
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  Speaker 2: his demeanor. And I believe when you look at the
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  Speaker 2: trend as you mentioned that after blowouts they're able to
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  Speaker 2: move in trunches of five five, then it would be
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  Speaker 2: really nice to get five straight now because they have
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  Speaker 2: five AFC opponents and all of those tie breakers and
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  Speaker 2: different things come into play, and I mean I could
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  Speaker 2: take five in a row from here JP, And I
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  Speaker 2: believe the players they're gonna fun. You know, they're gonna
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  Speaker 2: go out there because it's a crucial time of the year.
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  Speaker 2: Teams will start to separate themselves. If you look out,
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  Speaker 2: you know, what was it the Monday night game. You're
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  Speaker 2: looking at the Denver Broncos versus Buffalo Bills. Here you
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  Speaker 2: have a team that was like three and five, I believe,
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  Speaker 2: versus a team that was five and four, and you go, well,
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  Speaker 2: I went, I'm like, well, five and four, three and five.
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  Speaker 2: That's not a big margin at this point in the season.
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  Speaker 2: So teams are gonna start to really show their identity
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  Speaker 2: and separate themselves. And if Jacksonville wants to be one
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  Speaker 2: of those teams that we all think they can be,
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  Speaker 2: now is the time.
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  Speaker 3: Now, it's time to move.
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  Speaker 2: Now, it's the time to stay focused or refocused and
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  Speaker 2: start piling up these wins and just been more disciplined,
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  Speaker 2: more focused, and more urgent.
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  Speaker 3: Got to play with a better sense of urgency.
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  Speaker 1: Bred Taylor with us. And that's on offense, especially for
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  Speaker 1: this Jaguars team.
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  Speaker 3: Fred.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's been the talk this week of Doug
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  Speaker 1: Peterson talked about, Hey, yeah, we just need to throw
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  Speaker 1: some shots down the field more. If we need to
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  Speaker 1: get more vertical, it's just let's try some And it
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  Speaker 1: does feel like at times it's quick passing, it's get
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  Speaker 1: it out fast, and even Ard and Key on the
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  Speaker 1: other side saying hey yeah. And San Francisco said it
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  Speaker 1: last week going into the game, everybody were jumping routes
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  Speaker 1: because they're not going to go deep and they haven't
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  Speaker 1: been able to do that a lot. So how do
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  Speaker 1: you change that idea? Is it just throw it up
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  Speaker 1: and spread them out a little bit? I mean, how
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  Speaker 1: do you begin to change that idea?
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  Speaker 3: On offense? J P throwing it up?
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's the infamous, the classic fifty to fifty ball.
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  Speaker 2: You know, in NFL, pass interference is just as good
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  Speaker 2: as a deep catch. You know, going back a week ago,
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  Speaker 2: we had a couple of calls against there guys, San
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  Speaker 2: Franz guys, whereas I think it was Kevin Ridley. He
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  Speaker 2: drew two pass interference calls and we were able to
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  Speaker 2: move the sticks. And as a player, I can tell
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  Speaker 2: you this, whether it's a fifty yard run, although I
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  Speaker 2: do like fifty yard touchdowns, if we're moving the ball
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  Speaker 2: down the field to put ourselves in position to score,
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  Speaker 2: I'm all for. I love when we call audible to
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  Speaker 2: a zero or just call a fadure oute straight out
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  Speaker 2: the gate, because you also have check with me. If
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  Speaker 2: the coverage isn't in your favorite then you have an
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to check out of the play. And I'm pretty
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  Speaker 2: sure at this point of Doug's and Trevor's relationship and
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  Speaker 2: they trust, they trust one another, he gives Trevor full
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  Speaker 2: range to go out there and change the play iff
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  Speaker 2: need be, So I think you take shots. I think
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  Speaker 2: that'll excite the defense. Just go deep and that will
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  Speaker 2: excite the offense. I know it'll it'll incite the excite
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  Speaker 2: the play, the people. I'm going crazy. I'm excited. It'll
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  Speaker 2: excite the people in the stands when they do connect.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, take those shots. You know they don't hurt you.
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  Speaker 2: Calculated shots obviously, Maybe even start the game out with
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  Speaker 2: a d ball. But make sure it's very close to
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  Speaker 2: the sideline, just outside the red line. For people who
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  Speaker 2: don't know what the red line is, it's five yards
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  Speaker 2: from the sideline. It has to be outside over the
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  Speaker 2: shoulder of the receiver. They give him the best opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to catch it and minimize a chance for turnover education
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  Speaker 2: one oh one.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, take those shots.
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  Speaker 1: That the red line is actually painted on the practice field,
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  Speaker 1: so not on the game field. So that's why it's
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  Speaker 1: called the red line. Fred Taylor with us the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: running back, you know what the Tennessee Titans are going
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  Speaker 1: to be with Mike Rabel as the head coach, They're
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  Speaker 1: gonna try to just punch you, and they're gonna run
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  Speaker 1: the ball with Derrick Henry. And yes they have a
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  Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. There are some changes in the organization. There's
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  Speaker 1: a new GM and all that, but they still have
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  Speaker 1: Henry and Henry still putting up some numbers. May not
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  Speaker 1: be the astronomical rushing numbers that we've seen in the
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  Speaker 1: pass room, but he's still right there near the top
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  Speaker 1: of the league. Has he has he changed in time
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  Speaker 1: and is now getting a little bit older in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Can you see any change in Derrick Henry?
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's just one of those things that follow
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  Speaker 2: the running back position. Obviously, Yes, Age is undefeated Father
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  Speaker 2: Time is undefeated in that position. It seems that he
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  Speaker 2: expedits his scoring record. I think Derek. I think Derek
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  Speaker 2: is still a high caliber running back. He can certainly
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  Speaker 2: get the job done. And when you understand the running
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  Speaker 2: back position, you know you can bottle me up for
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  Speaker 2: twelve plays you know, all it takes is one I
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  Speaker 2: can have twelve yards on twelve carries, and that thirteenth
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  Speaker 2: carry can be an eighty eight yarder. Now I got
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  Speaker 2: thirteen for one hundred, you know, in a touchdown or so.
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  Speaker 3: So I mean he's patient.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's not having the highlight type runs that
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  Speaker 2: we're used to seeing with the ferocious, stiff arm and
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  Speaker 2: trucking people.
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  Speaker 3: Teams are learning how to defend him better.
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  Speaker 2: It took him a while to figure it out, but
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  Speaker 2: they are kind of catching up with him.
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  Speaker 3: But he's still dangerous. You know, you're not going to
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  Speaker 3: go to sleep.
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  Speaker 2: And luckily for the Jaguars, they are doing very good
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  Speaker 2: against the run.
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  Speaker 3: Even a week ago.
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  Speaker 2: Versus a Christian McCaffrey, one of the top three backs
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  Speaker 2: in the entire NFL, they still did a pretty style
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  Speaker 2: job with him. But yeah, you have to you have
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  Speaker 2: to finish, finishtry of tackles, take him down, hopefully create
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  Speaker 2: some turnovers and levis. I think if you minimize the
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  Speaker 2: running back, then you have an opportunity to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: play strong in the box and jump some routes. Versus
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  Speaker 2: a young rookie quarterback, send some calculated bitches, after him
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  Speaker 2: as well and try to minimize their deep ball opportunities.
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  Speaker 3: But when they do throw it, you have to be ready. Well.
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  Speaker 1: Still out there at wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans
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  Speaker 1: is a familiar face. DeAndre Hopkins been around for a
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  Speaker 1: while now. We all remember those great battles with Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Ramsey back in the old days, right, the old days,
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  Speaker 1: like sixty four years ago. Name of that old I
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  Speaker 1: feel old memes old. But Hopkins is still there. They've
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  Speaker 1: had some success at least when when Levis first rolled
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  Speaker 1: out there three weeks ago with that connection.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, And in our attempt JP to talk
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  Speaker 2: about the Titans offense, we mentioned a rookie quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: We mentioned a superstar running back in Derek Henry.
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  Speaker 2: What we failed to mention for a brief moment, and
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  Speaker 2: you can't go to sleep on this guy, And I
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  Speaker 2: know the secondary won't go to sleep on DeAndre Hopkins,
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  Speaker 2: former Pro Bowl All Pro receiver.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what's going on in his career.
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  Speaker 2: I know he's changed a couple teams, but he's still
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  Speaker 2: more than capable, much like Derek Henry. And when they're clicking,
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  Speaker 2: when they have an established running game, and they force
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  Speaker 2: you to go single high coverage and put eight in
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  Speaker 2: the box again.
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  Speaker 3: Football went on one.
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  Speaker 2: The eighth man in the box helps minimize your run
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  Speaker 2: game opportunity, but it exposes you on the back end
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  Speaker 2: of your secondary and you have to get really cautious
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  Speaker 2: in the coverage you call when you face the receivers
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  Speaker 2: as a DeAndre Hopkins, because he can get deep, the
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  Speaker 2: young rookie quarterback, he can throw it deep. We've seen
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  Speaker 2: that connection a couple of weeks ago. And if you
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  Speaker 2: fall asleep out there, they're gonna take their shots, the
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  Speaker 2: same shots we spoke about our offense or the jaguar
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  Speaker 2: as our offense taken. I think the Titans are looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to doing that, especially when you don't know what
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna get from Tyson Campbell. The hamstring kind of
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  Speaker 2: still creeping up on him. The secondary is still playing okay,
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  Speaker 2: But a week ago there were some deep shots taken
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  Speaker 2: by the Niners, and I expect the Titans to do
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  Speaker 2: the same this week.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta be ready. Are you feeling good about this matchup?
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  Speaker 3: Fred?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I feel better about this matchup now than
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  Speaker 2: I have in the past. Somehow, with the threat of
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  Speaker 2: Devin Henry and the fact that the Titans really really
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  Speaker 2: had our number for you know, quite a few years.
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  Speaker 2: It was like, but you know, the optimism in the
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  Speaker 2: former player in me, and the fact that I absolutely
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  Speaker 2: despised the Tennessee Titans. I felt in my heart, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna win, We're gonna play hard, We're gonna win, even
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  Speaker 2: though I.
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  Speaker 3: Might not have always believed it.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, I gotta try to find some energy
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  Speaker 2: to kind of help these guys get close to the win.
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  Speaker 2: But now I think that's a bit different. I don't
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  Speaker 2: look at them a like I look at the Texans.
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  Speaker 2: The Texans are tricky because somehow they kind of slither
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  Speaker 2: into a win for the most part. But this Titans team,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think they could beat this Jaguars team. I
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  Speaker 2: think this team is much better than the teams of
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  Speaker 2: the past. I think they're a bit more consistent, even
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  Speaker 2: though they've shown some kinks in their armor. But I
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  Speaker 2: do like this team a lot more than I liked
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  Speaker 2: some of the teams in the past.
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  Speaker 1: Let's hope it carries over AFC South games this weekend
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  Speaker 1: next and then three straight in the AFC norths If
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars are going to be a playoff team and
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  Speaker 1: a division champion. Well, we're about to find out and
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk to you next week, Freend.
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  Speaker 3: Always looking forward, JP