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Fred Taylor on Keys to Success in Home Opener | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown. The kickoff continues, the Chiefs and the Jaguars coming
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  Speaker 1: up at EverBank Stadium. It's a one o'clock kickoff time,
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  Speaker 1: and boy, what a game it's gonna be. It's time
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  Speaker 1: for our weekly conversation though with pride of the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: running back Fred Taylor. Big time home opener. The Jags
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  Speaker 1: have a divisional road win in their back pocket already.
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  Speaker 1: They get one this week that sends a message to
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. Good afternoon, Fred.
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  Speaker 2: A JP, Good afternoon, first and foremost man, Congrats to
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  Speaker 2: the guys. They did an amazing job on the road
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  Speaker 2: to open the season. But now we're home. We're home
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  Speaker 2: against a team that we lost to that ended our
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  Speaker 2: season a year ago in the playoffs. Very competitive matchup, Ben,
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  Speaker 2: I expect it to be as competitive or better you know,
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  Speaker 2: this week for the opener at home. I know the
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  Speaker 2: fans are going to be crazy. They've been waiting and
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  Speaker 2: waiting and waiting for football. The excitement has been in
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  Speaker 2: the air for several months. We got some new additions.
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  Speaker 2: They want to with the new toys alike. When we
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  Speaker 2: roll them out there on Sunday, I'm excited. I'll be
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  Speaker 2: in the house having some fun. I got some friends
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  Speaker 2: in town that are Chiefs fans, and I'm asking for
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  Speaker 2: sideline passes for these dudes. But I love him, Raceive Wallace.
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  Speaker 2: He's in the house, so I did him a favor.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm gonna get the last laugh because we're gonna win.
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  Speaker 2: He's gonna go back home sad.
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  Speaker 1: Well, maybe you'll get those passes. Considering your name is
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  Speaker 1: on the wall, I think I think you'll be able
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  Speaker 1: to get those. Fred call me crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Hey.
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  Speaker 1: The Chiefs Jaguars matchup happened twice last year, once in
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  Speaker 1: the regular season at Arrowhead, once in the Division round
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  Speaker 1: of Arrowhead. But you just mentioned something that's key to
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  Speaker 1: this matchup. The new weapons for the Jaguars. Calvin Ridley
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  Speaker 1: was not in this game last year. It's the Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: defense that doesn't mind taking a few chances here there.
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  Speaker 1: Knowing what they have on offense, this could be an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for the Jaguars to to get some big plays
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  Speaker 1: down the field.
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  Speaker 2: It feels like, yeah, this game has to be very strategic.
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  Speaker 2: We know what the Chiefs offense can do. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we know what you know Patty Mahomes, what he's built,
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  Speaker 2: you know what he's made from uh. He's unreal, unbelievable.
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  Speaker 2: He can get it done at the drop of a dime.
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  Speaker 2: A week ago they didn't have. You know, they're his
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  Speaker 2: favorite target and Travis Kelcey, so we're gonna have to
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  Speaker 2: deal with that. From a defensive standpoint, the Chiefs are
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  Speaker 2: gonna have to find a way to contain Kelvin Ridley.
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  Speaker 2: But that's what they're gonna do. You know, they're gonna
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  Speaker 2: try to take him away first and with that, it's
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  Speaker 2: going to create opportunities for other guys. Last week, to
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  Speaker 2: start from last season, Christian Kirk, he didn't get much
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  Speaker 2: played last week. Well, he played a lot, He got
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  Speaker 2: his usual run, but you know, he didn't get those
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  Speaker 2: those catches we had seen him getting, you know, last year.
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  Speaker 2: But they're gonna come. We all know they're gonna come.
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  Speaker 2: Coach Peterson, Trevor, they're great at uh spreading that ball around,
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  Speaker 2: so they're gonna come. And this week is a perfect
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  Speaker 2: time for him to step up and play big. I
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  Speaker 2: remember a year ago he had some nice cross the routes.
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  Speaker 2: He had a deep ball down the sideline and he's
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  Speaker 2: a playmaker and I think he's gonna be the key
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  Speaker 2: to victory when they try to take away Calvin in
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  Speaker 2: this matchup. I believe those other guys are certainly gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to step up in that run game. That run
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  Speaker 2: game is gonna have to do his thing. Because Chris
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  Speaker 2: Jones returned for the Chiefs, you know, he's absolutely gonna
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  Speaker 2: be excited for his first game of a year. We
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  Speaker 2: had some injuries there against the Coats, and when Sheriff
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  Speaker 2: went out, it seems that that's when the coach defense
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  Speaker 2: started to penetrate and create some havoc. So we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to play solid across the board with those guys
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  Speaker 2: up front, protect Trevor. Hopefully he has enough time to
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  Speaker 2: get the ball down Phil. In the run game, it's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be as big as they need to be to
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  Speaker 2: be a big keep that Chiefs offense on the sideline
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  Speaker 2: a bit and slow them down.
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  Speaker 1: Bret Taylor with us, and to your point about the game,
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  Speaker 1: you talk about this all the time. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: three yards, it's two yards, it's four yards, then it's
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven yards. And that's what happened last week for
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  Speaker 1: this Jaguars rushing attack. They were patient, they kept pounding
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  Speaker 1: their head against the wall and they finally broke through it.
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  Speaker 2: JP. I used to tell guys all the time, the
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  Speaker 2: opposing team they get a sack, I mean, they get
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  Speaker 2: a stop, and they go, oh, I got you, I
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  Speaker 2: got you. Okay, be patient, it's gonna happen. But that's
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  Speaker 2: the beauty of a run game. You can have, you know,
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  Speaker 2: five one yard runs and then pop off an eighty yarder.
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  Speaker 2: Now you got six carries for you know, eighty five
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  Speaker 2: yards and a great average.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: It also reminds me of when we played the Dolphins
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  Speaker 2: on Monday night. First play of the game, I was
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  Speaker 2: out the gate seventy eight, you know, and then the
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  Speaker 2: next ten carries I had ten yards and I finished
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  Speaker 2: the game with eleven carries for eighty eighty eight yards
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  Speaker 2: or something crazy like that. But that's just a beauty.
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  Speaker 2: Be patient. Those opportunities will present itself, and when it does,
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  Speaker 2: you have to take advantage of it. But more importantly,
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  Speaker 2: and this is for a tank, I hope you're listening,
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  Speaker 2: we gotta take care of the football, minimizing turnovers across
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  Speaker 2: the board. Go back to the Monday night game that
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  Speaker 2: the Jets wreck havoc on the Bills and those four
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  Speaker 2: turnovers will costly and that's why the Bills lost. So
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  Speaker 2: protect the football, run the ball efficient efficiently, play ben,
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  Speaker 2: but don't break defense. Try your best to slow those guys.
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  Speaker 2: Now should get victory.
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  Speaker 1: Bret Taylor with us. Now to the Chiefs offense. We
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  Speaker 1: know all about Patrick Mahomes and what he can do,
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  Speaker 1: but the weapons around him have changed over the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of years. They don't really have that big over
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  Speaker 1: the top threat they used to have with Tyreek Hill.
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  Speaker 1: He's down by you now in Miami. They've got Canarius Tony,
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  Speaker 1: but he had four drops in Week one on Thursday Night.
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  Speaker 1: They've got Kelsey, but he's coming off a knee issue
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  Speaker 1: that he missed last week's game. It's still Patrick Mahomes
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  Speaker 1: and Andy Reid dialing it up though. At the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day, they're gonna find whoever's open on this offense.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think of this group overall?
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  Speaker 2: You know, JP first and foremost. What jumped out when
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  Speaker 2: you said they got Patrick Mahome and Andy Reid. It
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  Speaker 2: instantly reminded me of the Patriots of over Look. They
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  Speaker 2: had guys in and out of that system. The best
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  Speaker 2: receiver you know, in the short span was Randy Moss
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  Speaker 2: when he came to town. You may not remember some
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  Speaker 2: of those other receivers, well, Julian Element's and then Grunkowski,
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  Speaker 2: but that was later. But prior to those guys arriving
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  Speaker 2: to Foxborough, what other receivers do you really remember just
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  Speaker 2: off top of your head. The same thing with Andy
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  Speaker 2: Reid and Patrick Mahomes. As long as they got those
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  Speaker 2: two guys, they have a chance. I think the group
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  Speaker 2: is okay. I think they have an average group of
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  Speaker 2: guys that when they do get the ball in their hand,
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  Speaker 2: when they do catch the ball, they have the ability
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  Speaker 2: to light up. They're all fast. Those guys with with
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  Speaker 2: protecto coming out the backfield. Those guys are playmakers when
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  Speaker 2: they execute, when they catch the ball, they light up
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  Speaker 2: and they make plays. And somehow Patrick, the play seems
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  Speaker 2: to be broke, it seems that it'll break down. Patrick
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  Speaker 2: finds a way with his improvisation. Is that a word?
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  Speaker 2: With his improvising talent that he is, he makes it happen.
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  Speaker 2: And you mentioned Travis Kelce being available, bang him up.
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  Speaker 2: He had knee injury. It's the NFL. You play to
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  Speaker 2: their weakness. What's your strength going to be? Bang them
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  Speaker 2: up at the line, or try to bang him up
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  Speaker 2: at the line, which isn't easy, but you got to
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  Speaker 2: be extra physical with him, knowing that he was just
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  Speaker 2: dealing with a hyper extension knee. So you get extra
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  Speaker 2: physical with him because he's going to turn into a
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  Speaker 2: basketball player. So every time you get an opportunity, put
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  Speaker 2: your hands on him and make him, you know, earn
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  Speaker 2: each and every catch that they're gonna try to find.
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  Speaker 2: And that's how you defend the Chiefs offense. Today.
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  Speaker 1: The Jaguars running back Fred Taylor with this big picture
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  Speaker 1: here you mentioned the coaching quarterback. The Jaguars hope they
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  Speaker 1: have that combination as well moving ahead. But the Chiefs
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  Speaker 1: finally got that combination and they overtook the Patriots. Patriots
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  Speaker 1: were the standard of the AFC. Chiefs come in, they
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  Speaker 1: make that move and now they're really considered the standard.
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  Speaker 1: The Bengals got them one year. They're kind of on
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  Speaker 1: the doorstep there, But the Jaguars, I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: today would be the barometer of that, but it would
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  Speaker 1: be a step in the right direction of maybe one
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  Speaker 1: of those teams to take over the Chiefs throne and
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  Speaker 1: the AFC in the years to come. That said, it's
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  Speaker 1: still just week two. There's a lot of football ahead Fred,
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  Speaker 1: So there's a balance here, right, the excitement of playing
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  Speaker 1: this game and it could be big for seeding later,
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  Speaker 1: but there are fifteen games to play after today too.
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  Speaker 2: Look it's all about today. That's where it starts. You know.
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  Speaker 2: It's the small, small wins, small things add up, you know,
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  Speaker 2: That's what chie and now look at their dynasty, much
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  Speaker 2: like what the Patriots did. You know, in hindsight, we
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  Speaker 2: can look back and we can see those incremental steps
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  Speaker 2: kind of develop over time. You go, man, the chief
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  Speaker 2: the Patriots they kind of came out of nowhere and
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  Speaker 2: then they turned it to this powerhouse. The Chiefs they
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  Speaker 2: came out of nowhere. Now they're powerhouse franchise. The Jaguars
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  Speaker 2: can follow in those footsteps as well, but it's always
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  Speaker 2: special when you can kind of be there and witness it.
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  Speaker 2: It's about going through your valleys and hitting those peaks.
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  Speaker 2: Last year was exciting. This year, the expectations are high.
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  Speaker 2: We talked about the new tools and the toolbox, the
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  Speaker 2: guys that Trevor, you know, he's able to play with now,
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  Speaker 2: the Calvin Ridley's other world, the defense were turning those starters.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys should be in sin This is gonna be
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  Speaker 2: their biggest test of the season, this early in the season.
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  Speaker 2: This is gonna be their biggest test because what they're
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  Speaker 2: gonna find out is this team is gonna come back.
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  Speaker 2: The consistency is key and all of that that we
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  Speaker 2: mentioned in building those winning organizations, It's always about consistency.
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  Speaker 2: How do you get those pieces in the building each
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  Speaker 2: and every year. You can do it once and it
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  Speaker 2: can seem like, look, can you do it again? And
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  Speaker 2: then again and again and again? And those are typically
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  Speaker 2: the great organizations. And hopefully, just hopefully we've gone through
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  Speaker 2: our valleys and now's the time where we can start
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  Speaker 2: creeping to the mountain top into those peaks seeing some
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  Speaker 2: great Jaguars football over the next decade or so.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's a big game because it's the next game,
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  Speaker 1: but it's a really big next game, the Chiefs to
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars.
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  Speaker 2: Colossal, humongous. It's the biggest of the biggest. It's the
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  Speaker 2: biggest because it's now, So guys, gotta do us proud man,
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to it. Bred well done.
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  Speaker 1: As always that we'll talk to you in the post
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  Speaker 1: game show coming up.
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  Speaker 2: A big win in the post game.
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  Speaker 1: Is that a lock?
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  Speaker 2: Lock in it, clink clink, lock it, throw away the key.
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  Speaker 1: You heard it here first, Fred Taylor locking away against
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs.