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Fred Taylor on tough task for Jaguars defense against Chiefs | 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 and the Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: a monumental tasks this week to go into Arrowhead. Fred,
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  Speaker 1: It's nice to see it and talk to you. What's
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  Speaker 1: up same likewise, a p It's certainly a monumental task. Man. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's reminded me of last year's Buffalo game. That's the result.
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  Speaker 1: I want to see what was it? Nine at three
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  Speaker 1: or in the six nine to six? Yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Buffalo is a great team, was ascending on their way
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  Speaker 1: into the playoffs, looked unbeatable and getting bamed a Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: team who was jockeying for position to for a draft stock.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they end up upsetting probably one of the
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  Speaker 1: biggest upset of the year, next to them knocking the
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  Speaker 1: Coats out of the playoffs. This will be a great
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  Speaker 1: game in my opinion. I don't see a blowout. I
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  Speaker 1: don't see you know, any moral big three. I see
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars winning this thing. Well, I'll say this. If
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars hold the Chiefs to six points, uh, that's uh,
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  Speaker 1: that would be a hell of a day at the office.
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  Speaker 1: It's the number two offense in football, it's number one
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  Speaker 1: in passing offense. They've got my homes, They've got Kelsey,
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  Speaker 1: they've got receivers, They're gonna get some of theirs. That's
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  Speaker 1: just how they roll on off Yeah, and that might
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  Speaker 1: be crazy that I could be crazy at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day. But this game is just just the
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  Speaker 1: makeup of it. Like this is one of those unexpected ones,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Um that the team can go out there
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  Speaker 1: and surprise themselves. You know, maybe they play up a
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  Speaker 1: notch to their talent, you know, the the opponent that
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  Speaker 1: they're playing. You know, I don't know, but a lot
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  Speaker 1: of us is whistled thinking, but the guys haven't played, Um,
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  Speaker 1: they haven't just played flat out awful. They've been very
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  Speaker 1: competitive and each and every matchup I think it's a
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  Speaker 1: touchdown and a point differential in their six losses. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they're coming off of a win, you know, so maybe
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  Speaker 1: that can give him some additional motivation there. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see what the outcome is after the
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  Speaker 1: clock strikes zero. Patrick Mahomes is number one of the
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  Speaker 1: league in passing yards, passing touchdowns. He doesn't have that
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  Speaker 1: real deep deep threat anymore. With Tyreek Hill, they're trying
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  Speaker 1: to figure it out. I think they're figuring it out, okay,
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  Speaker 1: otherwise on offense, but you know it's Patrick Mahomes. He
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  Speaker 1: can get out of the pocket and extend plays and
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  Speaker 1: then he's running around. He's side arm and balls, he's
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  Speaker 1: no looking throws. I mean, this is next level offensive
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  Speaker 1: play for head coach Andy Reid. When you have a
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  Speaker 1: guy like Mahomes back there doing it like this. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: best in the businessman always, you know, a top three
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  Speaker 1: guy each and every year m v P. He's lights out.
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  Speaker 1: You no one to expected this. As you mentioned Tyreek Hill.
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  Speaker 1: They thought, you know, they were going to slow down
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  Speaker 1: and they have some challenges earlier in the season, but
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  Speaker 1: they're hitting on you know, all cylinders now full stride.
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  Speaker 1: You know, with the addition of Juju Smith Schuster, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's starting to come around. McCole, Hardeman, he's he's actually,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a threat in his own right. And let's
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  Speaker 1: not forget Travis Kelsey, you know, just always a beast.
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  Speaker 1: But they put they still have a lot of players
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  Speaker 1: around him. You know, Andy Reid is Andy Reid one
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  Speaker 1: of the most brilliant offensive minds and head coaches. You know,
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  Speaker 1: in the history of the game, every quarterback that he's coach,
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  Speaker 1: you know, from the mcnabs to the Alex Smith, you know,
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  Speaker 1: all these guys, they've been great. He has a great
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  Speaker 1: system and those guys, he knows how to get the
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  Speaker 1: position to thrive. So the toughest challenge is gonna be
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  Speaker 1: getting after my homes. But we've seen some teams put
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  Speaker 1: pressure on them, putting pressure on the quarterback. So Lexingville
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  Speaker 1: can somehow create a pass rush this week, then they're
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  Speaker 1: getting the opportunity to win the game. Man, You're right
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  Speaker 1: about that Jack's pass rush. They got a little from
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  Speaker 1: the interior last week to one. Smooth had a couple
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  Speaker 1: of sacks of Keywan late in the game. But they
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  Speaker 1: need a little more production from the edge. We talked
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  Speaker 1: about that week over a week. It's been a little
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  Speaker 1: while since Josh Allen has put a sack on the board.
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  Speaker 1: This would be a good week to start at least
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  Speaker 1: getting some of that consistent pressure from the outside to
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  Speaker 1: keep that quarterback contained. Oh, without a doubt, and that's
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  Speaker 1: what they're gonna need. You know, that is surely gonna
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  Speaker 1: need pressure, pressure, pressure, you know, and hopefully you know,
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  Speaker 1: Josh understands that he's the anchor. You know, you you're
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  Speaker 1: the one with that Captain Patrick in your chest, You're
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  Speaker 1: you're the leader of that defense. So obviously he feels
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  Speaker 1: the pressure on the weight on his shoulder, and I
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  Speaker 1: think this is a game and the matchup that he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna want to deliver all and he hears the whispers.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's been you know what sack less. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's been getting close, but he's you know, close isn't
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  Speaker 1: always good enough, especially for that caliber talent in Josh Shalent. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: So that's the challenge, you know, obviously this week, as
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  Speaker 1: it is every week, but more so this week, knowing
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  Speaker 1: the firepower you have on the opposing side and the
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  Speaker 1: only way to slow them down is by pressure. So
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  Speaker 1: hopefully Josh goes out and half the greatest game of
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  Speaker 1: his career. Fred Taylor with us prior of the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: running back last week, Trevor Lawrence missed one pass in
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  Speaker 1: the second half. It's arguably his best outing. He's not
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  Speaker 1: fireworks Patrick Mahomes putting up five dred yards a game
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  Speaker 1: right now, but consistency is important for this offense. To
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  Speaker 1: to stay on the field and keep it moving and
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  Speaker 1: keep moving the ball. And Trevor Lawrence had a fine
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  Speaker 1: outing last week. It helps when you have the run
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  Speaker 1: game going to I don't know if Travis E. T
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  Speaker 1: N is going to carry it twenty eight times per game,
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  Speaker 1: but hey, this would be a good week for him
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  Speaker 1: to to keep Patrick Mahomes over on the sideline sipping Gatoray.
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  Speaker 1: And certainly we're that we you know, having a ball
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  Speaker 1: control offense out there. Trevors can Trevor first had a
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  Speaker 1: great game. You know, he managed the offense, which is
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  Speaker 1: what we always want to see him do. Uh situationally,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he didn't make those mistakes and I think
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  Speaker 1: the coaches put him in better situations a week ago
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  Speaker 1: and he managed them accordingly. I think we charted in
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  Speaker 1: the second half. He was fifteen or sixteen a touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: a hundred and I think close to the the hundred and
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  Speaker 1: twenty yards or so, maybe a bit more. So. That
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  Speaker 1: was a consistent effort in the second half to put
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  Speaker 1: his team back and striking distance. Ultimately they end up
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  Speaker 1: winning that game. And we want to see the same thing, right,
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  Speaker 1: We want to see him go out there methodically get
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  Speaker 1: the balls out on his first progression. If that's not there,
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  Speaker 1: get to your checkdown. You got you have a guy
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  Speaker 1: in Travisy t N who's running lights out. Well, he's
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  Speaker 1: getting the handoff or in the reception, he's showing that
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  Speaker 1: he can actually carry the load, and uh, he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be competitive. He's gonna make people miss. So I think
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  Speaker 1: if Trevor just honed in on first progression, if that's
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  Speaker 1: not there, let's let's take advantage of the check down.
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  Speaker 1: You know, against a seft defensive coverage. The Chiefs don't
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  Speaker 1: have the greatest defense. You know, they have a good defense,
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  Speaker 1: but they're always playing from ahead. But if you can
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  Speaker 1: rattle that department and somehow fine get your offense to
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  Speaker 1: get ahead of these guys, then you change the way
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  Speaker 1: their defense is called and you get to control the
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  Speaker 1: moments of the game as well. By allowing Travis E.
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  Speaker 1: T N those carries and those opportunities as he got
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  Speaker 1: a week ago carries back to back. That's a tall order, man. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: I remember that that's old school football. JP. That's that. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: that's the eighties or nineties my time type of football.
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  Speaker 1: It's tough. I don't know if the new guys are
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  Speaker 1: ready for it, but you have to find out some
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  Speaker 1: type of way. Hopefully, uh hope it lends itself, you know,
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  Speaker 1: closer to him having to carry a lot that means
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  Speaker 1: we have a close ball game. You need to stretch
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  Speaker 1: out a little bit more before a game like that.
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  Speaker 1: I guess you gotta do a lot more before a
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  Speaker 1: game like that, especially recovering from the previous week. JP.
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  Speaker 1: I mean the massages, the caro, the extra massages, the
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  Speaker 1: cold tub, the hot tub, the nutrition side of it,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the hyperbaric chambers. It's so much you try
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  Speaker 1: to do mentally to get sharp and ready for that game.
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  Speaker 1: Because you know, we see twenty eight carries. We forget
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  Speaker 1: about the three or four receptions he had, so it
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  Speaker 1: was well over thirty plus touches for the game. The
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  Speaker 1: part of the game we don't chart is him releasing
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  Speaker 1: through the line and getting banged and having a chip
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  Speaker 1: on his way out. Those tend to feel like carries
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  Speaker 1: without touching the ball, because that's physical contact. So maybe
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  Speaker 1: in the course of sixties something plays. You know, last week,
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  Speaker 1: you know you probably got hit well over fifty times,
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  Speaker 1: you know, so young guy, Young guys can recover quick.
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  Speaker 1: That's the blessing and Beauty have been a young player,
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  Speaker 1: but they're gonna need everybody, and I think he's up
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  Speaker 1: for the Tad Travis et Fred Taylor with US Road
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  Speaker 1: environment today. This is one of the toughest places to
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  Speaker 1: play in the NFL and Arrowhead. It is loud, it
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  Speaker 1: is consistent, and especially if they have the lead, and
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  Speaker 1: if you're behind the chains and they're yelling at you,
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  Speaker 1: it can be tough to really manage and get in
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  Speaker 1: and out of the huddle a lot of times. How
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  Speaker 1: do you how do you deal with that if if
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden, all hell's broken loose and it's
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  Speaker 1: the environment where you just can't communicate, well, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the one way to deal with it is to have
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  Speaker 1: success on offense when you don't have to worry about it.
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  Speaker 1: But you're asking from a standpoint that all hell has
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  Speaker 1: broken loose. You know, I guess that's not a good thing.
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  Speaker 1: But as a player, you're supposed to be able to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, dial into safe space. A lot of these
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  Speaker 1: guys have have experienced these moments, you know, maybe not
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  Speaker 1: to the scale of Arrowhead, but they've been in pressure situations,
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  Speaker 1: at pressure moment where it's just loud. It starts with
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback hopefully, um, you know they have a system
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  Speaker 1: in place from a communications standpoint, tapping the center centers,
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  Speaker 1: tapping the guard and looking back at the quarterback. Whatever communication,
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  Speaker 1: uh communications they have in place, they're gonna have to
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  Speaker 1: utilize it effectively, and that can scramble. Then expect chaos
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  Speaker 1: from the offensive side, But it starts with from the
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  Speaker 1: sideline getting the place in early. If you can get
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  Speaker 1: to play in early enough and break the huddle with
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  Speaker 1: say eighteen seconds, so you can get up there and
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  Speaker 1: go through your operations, they'll be just fine. It's gonna
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  Speaker 1: hurt them if they break the huddle less than fifteen
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  Speaker 1: seconds and they're on to the line to ten seconds,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot of quick snaps, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of quick snaps. That tends to calm down the crowd,
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  Speaker 1: you know, if your successful in doing it. But it
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  Speaker 1: starts with the sideline getting to play in, breaking that
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  Speaker 1: huddle and get into the line I'd say around the
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  Speaker 1: eighteen second market. If they can operate in that fashion
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  Speaker 1: and that efficiently, they should be able to handle a
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  Speaker 1: crowd noise. All right, Fred, you're feeling good about this game.
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  Speaker 1: We like that. We hope you're right. And well, we'll
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  Speaker 1: hopefully recap a W on the road in Arrowhead and
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  Speaker 1: that could change a lot of minds about this Jaguars team. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's always better to recap with the W man. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: But again, I trust that these guys will be very competitive.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'm not gonna call it a lock. People
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  Speaker 1: been taking my advice and losing, I believe so those
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  Speaker 1: people are crazy JP. I'm not gonna say it's a lot,
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  Speaker 1: but I think they're gonna go out there and compete,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm just looking for an upset. We'll talk you
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  Speaker 1: in the post game. Fred, thanks a lot. I'll be there, boss,
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  Speaker 1: see you