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Run defense and consistency on offense important in Detroit matchup | 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. The Jaguars are on a
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  Speaker 1: roll right now, a little bit of one as we
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  Speaker 1: flip the calendar to December, and there are meaningful football
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  Speaker 1: games I had for the Jaguars, starting with the Detroit
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  Speaker 1: Lions in week third team. What's up, friend, It's nice
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  Speaker 1: to have those meaningful games. Hey, JP, how's it going, boss?
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  Speaker 1: Of course it is, man. I think Christmas came earlier
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  Speaker 1: with we considered that Thanksgiving or post Thanksgiving treat? Was
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  Speaker 1: that a snack? I mean, I don't know either case.
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  Speaker 1: There was a win, and that's what we need to
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  Speaker 1: see more of. But it starts here today. You know,
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  Speaker 1: against the Lions team who um they they They've had
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  Speaker 1: a lot of sporadic play. They're not a bad team.
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  Speaker 1: They're not the Lions of old. They're much improved team.
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  Speaker 1: They got a really good coaching staff, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: former players, and the players believe in those guys. They
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  Speaker 1: respect them having come from where they come from. Um,
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  Speaker 1: so the players are playing hard for them. But I'm
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to this matchup, JP. I think the interesting
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  Speaker 1: All right, we'll get to the Lions coming up, and
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  Speaker 1: they're running game because it's been a long time since
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  Speaker 1: they've had a running game like this in Detroit. That's
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  Speaker 1: coming up in a little bit. But for the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 1: it's the play of the quarterback that has heads turning
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  Speaker 1: around the league. I think we've I think, for the
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  Speaker 1: most part in Jacksonville believed in number sixteen. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: he's had some you know, some hiccups earlier in the season,
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  Speaker 1: some turnovers, but he's starting to turn the corner, it
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  Speaker 1: feels like, especially the last three games all over one rating,
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  Speaker 1: and then last week goes out in a two minute
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  Speaker 1: drive and makes some big time throws down the stretch
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  Speaker 1: for the team, and that gives not only hymn confidence,
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  Speaker 1: but that locker room confidence as well, and the fan
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  Speaker 1: base on top of that. Of course, it's the trickle
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  Speaker 1: down effect. You know, you bring in a guy who
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  Speaker 1: you deem as the franchise quarter back, obviously everybody's no
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  Speaker 1: patient and optimistic and UH rooting you on, UH and
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  Speaker 1: looking for you to do well. And then as good
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  Speaker 1: as shirt play goes, you know, it trickled down to
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  Speaker 1: down to everyone else. You know, and Trevor and don't
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  Speaker 1: don't This is an exact quote, but he said something
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  Speaker 1: to the extent of, I've always been that guy, you know,
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  Speaker 1: trying to you know, find myself, find a way to
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  Speaker 1: put it together. And he has shown those glimpses over
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  Speaker 1: the past three weeks. You mentioned his QBR has been
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  Speaker 1: you know, astronomical. It's been very consistent. You know, that's
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  Speaker 1: what I love to see. Well into triple digits, over
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  Speaker 1: a hundred in the last three games. And if I
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  Speaker 1: think if he can find himself a window where he's
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  Speaker 1: playing obviously one game at a time, but at the
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  Speaker 1: end of three games, at the end of the quarter,
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  Speaker 1: if he boxes it in for himself and say I
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  Speaker 1: was three out of four, I did this, I did that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, these are the things I can look back
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  Speaker 1: at within this stretch. These are the things I did great.
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  Speaker 1: These are the things that I have to continue to
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  Speaker 1: prove on. I think he can create himself a routine
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  Speaker 1: which he might be used to write having been successful
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  Speaker 1: down the Clinton Uh. And we're seeing those glimpses. As
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned, I think that as well as he plays,
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  Speaker 1: it'll lift up the other guys play. You know, they'll
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  Speaker 1: be so confident in his quarterback that they can make
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  Speaker 1: things happen and they're all on the same page. Now
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  Speaker 1: I think the receivers are catching the balls. We saw
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  Speaker 1: some drops earlier in the season and some key moments. Hell,
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  Speaker 1: Marvin Jones could have dropped that that passed there, and
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  Speaker 1: we wouldn't be having this conversation. We just it would
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  Speaker 1: look like the Chiefs game, you know, where he had
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  Speaker 1: high QBR and he the accuracy was there, his percentage
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  Speaker 1: per completion was there, yet the plays weren't made, and
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  Speaker 1: you you know, you have games as such. But I
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  Speaker 1: think the guys are picking up their play and everyone
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  Speaker 1: is starting to show some consistency across the board. Fred
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  Speaker 1: Taylor with US. Last week, Travis CTN Jr. Left the game.
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  Speaker 1: It was a foot issue. He sounded confident this week
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  Speaker 1: that he'd be able to go again, but ja Michael
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  Speaker 1: Hasty stepped in and played a big role in last
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  Speaker 1: week's game, certainly in the passing game. Now this feels
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  Speaker 1: like a week against Detroit. I mean, this is a
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  Speaker 1: defense in Detroit that is ranked very low, the bottom
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  Speaker 1: of the league and most every metric, major metric at least.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this is a run the football game, right
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  Speaker 1: I mean they're gonna do it on the other side, Detroit.
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  Speaker 1: This is one where hey, the offensive line, go handle
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  Speaker 1: business up front and hand it off to these guys
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  Speaker 1: and get the job done. Yeah, you know numbers are
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  Speaker 1: tricky in NFL that it gets you excited. You know,
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  Speaker 1: whether you're the one pat and your stats are you
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  Speaker 1: looking at someone that's ranked at the bottom of the
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  Speaker 1: league and a statistical category. It does get you excited,
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  Speaker 1: and rightfully so it should. But the games are played
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  Speaker 1: on Sundays. You don't have the depending paper isn't out
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  Speaker 1: there on the field. You gotta go out there. You
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  Speaker 1: gotta beat your guy. You know, you have to win
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  Speaker 1: your individual matchup, especially you know if you're gonna try
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  Speaker 1: and run the ball. You know, obviously all the guys
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  Speaker 1: have to be on one accord, but it's about individual matchups,
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  Speaker 1: you know, from each guy making sure you can account
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  Speaker 1: for that eighth defender in the box when they come down,
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  Speaker 1: knowing if they have a week run game, week run defense,
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  Speaker 1: you know that defender is gonna come in the box
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  Speaker 1: and they're gonna try to force you out of running
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  Speaker 1: the ball and make you beat them deep. And I
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  Speaker 1: think that will be a situation that we will see
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  Speaker 1: here versus the Lions. They're gonna try to force Jacksonville
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  Speaker 1: to throw the ball because they know Jacksonville is fairly
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  Speaker 1: uh you know, they're in the middle of the NFL
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to running the ball. So I think
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  Speaker 1: that the Jaguars do have a challenge in front of them,
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  Speaker 1: but like they've done multiple games this year, I also
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  Speaker 1: think that they will be successful and running the ball,
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  Speaker 1: and that's where they start. If they're gonna win a day,
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  Speaker 1: they gotta run it. And on the flip side, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: the rushing defense, who was once in the top five
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  Speaker 1: to start the season, they have to step it up.
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  Speaker 1: I think, what are they are, number twelve or so
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  Speaker 1: or something like that. But yeah, they're gonna have to
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  Speaker 1: step up to the plate and play like they played
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  Speaker 1: versus the Ravens. They did a great job of containing
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  Speaker 1: Lamar and the Ravens rush attack. I think they have
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  Speaker 1: to also show the same uh today. So I like
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  Speaker 1: this matchup again. I said, it's gonna be interesting. You
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  Speaker 1: have two teams that play really hard something they either
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  Speaker 1: lose it close or or win it close. This is
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  Speaker 1: a good one. Prent Taylor with us and yeah, you've
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  Speaker 1: mentioned that Lions rushing attack. It's their best rushing total
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  Speaker 1: as a team through eleven games since a guy named
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  Speaker 1: Barry Sanders was in the backfield, so that it's been
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  Speaker 1: a while since they've run the ball this effectively. This
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  Speaker 1: is not a one man band though they've got multiple
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  Speaker 1: running backs. Jamal Williams leads a league in touchdown rushers
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  Speaker 1: this year. DeAndre Swift can do his thing. They have
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  Speaker 1: a fullback fread those are rare these days, so they'll
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  Speaker 1: line it up and smack you in the mouth. You
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  Speaker 1: gotta look at the head coach. Coach see he he Uh, tough,
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  Speaker 1: old school, hard nosed guy, still believe in you know,
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  Speaker 1: the one person now, Yeah, you know they It starts
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  Speaker 1: with Swift obviously, uh. And they have a tremendous backfield man,
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  Speaker 1: very much capable. And again you have to play gap
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  Speaker 1: integrity and lane assignment. If you're a Jaguars the defender,
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  Speaker 1: you have to be able to communicate those personsonnel sets
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  Speaker 1: and those formations. You know, you have a player former
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  Speaker 1: Jaguar that's on their coaching staff who hung out and
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  Speaker 1: spent a lot of time in Jacksonville. Obviously being a
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  Speaker 1: former quarterback. He has a quarter quarterback mindset at the
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  Speaker 1: same as coach Peterson. So um, you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: Mark will help their defense this week, you know, with
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  Speaker 1: some of his take in studying the Jaguars offense. And
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  Speaker 1: let me just make one more comment on Brew. I'm
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  Speaker 1: done with their running backs. Man. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: a lot of fans out there listening to know this.
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  Speaker 1: Brew obviously one of my favorite teammates. I think he's
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  Speaker 1: done a great, a tremendous job with Jared Golf, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and keeping his confidence high and having him play as
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  Speaker 1: well as he's playing. And I also say that I
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  Speaker 1: wish Brew was in Jacksonville coaching the young quarterback we
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  Speaker 1: have and maybe he at some point if he sticks
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  Speaker 1: around long enough, meaning Mark and coaching, hopefully he can
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  Speaker 1: come back home at some point and coach Trevor, look
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  Speaker 1: at that, s Freddie t starting stuff. You're one of
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  Speaker 1: the best to starting stuff. Friend Taylor with us, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: when did you realize that Mark would make a good coach?
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  Speaker 1: Did you see that when you were a teammate of his.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Mark was always a great player, obviously uh
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  Speaker 1: so dynamic and his ability as a player, but also
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  Speaker 1: as a player coach. I remember when a young left
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  Speaker 1: which came to town, you know, and they were trying
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  Speaker 1: to make a decision on which way to go if
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  Speaker 1: the young quarterback was ready. You know, Mark still took
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  Speaker 1: Byron under his wings, and uh, you know, he taught
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  Speaker 1: him some stuff and you know, he was very open
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  Speaker 1: armed and receptive. Obviously he still was able to compete
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  Speaker 1: for his job, but yet he still was able to
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  Speaker 1: coach a younger player. And that's what he's doing now.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he coached at high school. On the high
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  Speaker 1: school level, he's always been a great uh quarterback, and
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  Speaker 1: he was a consummate bro uh in the classroom, very attentive,
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  Speaker 1: took his notes. Uh. So yeah, it just carried over
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  Speaker 1: to what he's doing now. I think he's doing a
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  Speaker 1: good job, all right, Fred, Um, how are you feeling
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  Speaker 1: about this? One? Six ago? Down three to the first
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  Speaker 1: place Titans in the division with two coming up against them.
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  Speaker 1: If the Titans lose a game against another team and
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars went out, guess what the Jags are at
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  Speaker 1: the top. We might be a little early for that,
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  Speaker 1: but that's yeah, that's that. But you know, you got
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  Speaker 1: I loved optimism I I tend to leave you with that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I like this matchup. As I mentioned, I do like
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  Speaker 1: this matchup. I will not dismiss how hard the Lions
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  Speaker 1: play weekend week out. They've been in some close ones
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  Speaker 1: and they've lost a few, you know, and comeback fashion
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  Speaker 1: or giving up the game. I don't want to call
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  Speaker 1: a lock. I just want to see a competitive of hard,
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  Speaker 1: funk game. And you know, the bias and me wants
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  Speaker 1: Jacksonville to win it. I would prefer blowout and not
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  Speaker 1: one of those nail bodies that we saw last week.
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  Speaker 1: But hey, at the end of the day and winning
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  Speaker 1: his way take it any type of way. I can't.
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  Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. Fred will talk to you
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  Speaker 1: in the post game. Man. Appreciate it all right, j P.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Boss,