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Fred Taylor hoping to see red-zone efficiency | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's time for our weekly conversation with Pride of the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. It is week to Fred.
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  Speaker 1: The Jags need a w How are you? I'm good? JP?
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  Speaker 1: Week dose? Can I have a dose? Headcaes? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: is it a is it a official? Do have an official?
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  Speaker 1: Uh beverage sponsor or anything? Because I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: mess up anything. But you know, I was relaxing watching
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  Speaker 1: the game last week and joining those decades, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: the guys couldn't pull it out, but they looked okay, man,
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  Speaker 1: that's the point I'm trying to make. I'm really just
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  Speaker 1: trying to get to that point. You know, the team looked,
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  Speaker 1: you know, really good man, and uh, I wish they
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  Speaker 1: would have finished like we all do. But hopefully we
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  Speaker 1: can get it done here today it's five o'clock somewhere. Fred. Um, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta think about it sometimes, and you know, any
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  Speaker 1: more of those red zone failures will be to drink
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  Speaker 1: you know sometimes too. Uh. They failed in the first
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  Speaker 1: half last week three times in the red zone. They
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  Speaker 1: had those those opportunities, just a couple of overthrows, a
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  Speaker 1: drop by E. T N And you're just gotta learn
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  Speaker 1: how to finish those inside the Yeah, you definitely want
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  Speaker 1: to close those out, you know, uh, take advantage of
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  Speaker 1: those opportunities. You know, they were there. You know, they
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  Speaker 1: came out driving the ball, well got down there. I
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  Speaker 1: think it was third and fourteen from like the fourteen
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  Speaker 1: or something like that, or fifteen or something. You know,
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  Speaker 1: those eyes converted are extremely high, Um, I mean are
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  Speaker 1: extremely low. Forgive me, and uh, you know they do
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  Speaker 1: have to finish out JP. You know that along with
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  Speaker 1: early tackling woes, you know, because the commanders they weren't
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  Speaker 1: doing anything extremely sexy. You know, they were just taking
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  Speaker 1: advantage of what the defense was giving them, which was
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  Speaker 1: soft coverage and miss tackles. Early on in the second half,
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  Speaker 1: they buckled that up. You know, they got better and
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  Speaker 1: I think they ended up going to for two in
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  Speaker 1: the red zone right in the in the second half, uh,
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  Speaker 1: to finish two five. But I I really think that
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  Speaker 1: just a few things, being better in the red zone,
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  Speaker 1: tackling early so the other team can't build up their confidence,
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  Speaker 1: and then uh third down defense getting the other team
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  Speaker 1: off the field, you know, giving your offense the opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to you know, execute and capitalize when they are you
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  Speaker 1: know out there, so some things that clean up, and
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  Speaker 1: hopefully today as the day they do that. Fred Taylor
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  Speaker 1: with us. It was a good sign. Notice see wide
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  Speaker 1: receivers running open in the Yeah, it's been a minute
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  Speaker 1: since we've seen that on a regular basis around here.
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  Speaker 1: That's a good start. You got a veteran receiving corps
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  Speaker 1: and they can get open. That's a good thing. Good
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  Speaker 1: place to be. Yeah, definitely, very much so. JP the
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  Speaker 1: good thing that I enjoy because you know, I'm you know,
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  Speaker 1: I play a little fantasy football here and there. I
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  Speaker 1: just I'm going through the receiving corps and I need
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  Speaker 1: a receiver. You know. After Keenan Allen went down like okay, hmm,
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  Speaker 1: well she's Christian Kirk got twelve targets. You know, he
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  Speaker 1: had a nice forty nine yard reception there. Hundred hundred yards.
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  Speaker 1: I would have liked to see him, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: not stumble right there. If the ball was thrown a
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  Speaker 1: little bit better, you know, he would have been able
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  Speaker 1: to catch that in stride and score a touchdown. He
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  Speaker 1: looked amazing. Zay Jones nine targets, you know, had so
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  Speaker 1: the targets are high, is what I'm getting at and
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  Speaker 1: so I was able to pick up one of those guys.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna tell you who, but I took one
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  Speaker 1: of them on my roster yesterday on the transaction on
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  Speaker 1: a on the waiver wire. But it's good to see
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  Speaker 1: him running open. You know the old line. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they minimized a lot of the pressure early on. I
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  Speaker 1: thought they you know, we're gonna struggle against that veteran
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  Speaker 1: D line, but they actually held up. Okay, I think, um, uh,
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  Speaker 1: the rookie center, I have memory laps at times. I
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  Speaker 1: forget his name right now. Partner, he did well. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he did well versus the pro bowler and leaders at
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  Speaker 1: that defensive front. Uh from Washington. So um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: given all things, man, uh fall two point conversion, you
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  Speaker 1: missed the field goal and then you have a drop
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  Speaker 1: by e t N that could have potentially converted. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You give up a big play by Shaquille Griffin there
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  Speaker 1: on the sideline late, some miscommunication early on a touchdown
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  Speaker 1: on Shaquille side. So I mean, just a whole lot
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  Speaker 1: of stuff JP that they can definitely go and clean
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  Speaker 1: up and really give this coachs team. You know, a
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  Speaker 1: run Fred Taylor with us. Let's flip it to defense. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Last season, Fred, the Jaguars had nine takeaways all year long.
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  Speaker 1: Awful they that's awful, right. They had three in Week one.
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  Speaker 1: That's a good step in the right direction. Impact players
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  Speaker 1: making big time plays. The most spectacular of those, though,
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  Speaker 1: was the Trayvon Walker interception where he comes off and
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  Speaker 1: jumps in front of the screen and stiff arms a
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  Speaker 1: guy and for the quarterback cutting him and tackle him.
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  Speaker 1: He's in for the end into the endzone for a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great It's a good beginning for him. Um.
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  Speaker 1: He had some splash, impact plays, but what can he
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  Speaker 1: do more in this defense? He's gonna be tested to
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  Speaker 1: to really see what he can do today. You know.
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  Speaker 1: A week ago, Yeah, they played a team that wasn't
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  Speaker 1: as dynamic as this coach team is gonna be because
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  Speaker 1: we know what the coaches want to do. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they want to come in and pound it and give
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  Speaker 1: the ball to Jonathan Taylor thirty one times again if
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  Speaker 1: they can afford that. You know, the good thing that
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  Speaker 1: I noticed from our overall defense, um, is that they're
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  Speaker 1: pretty stout versus the run. You know, they look pretty
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  Speaker 1: good versus the run. What I said earlier about them
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  Speaker 1: coming up being better tacklers, not letting the ball carries
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  Speaker 1: carrier getting started is what they need to improve that.
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  Speaker 1: But across the front, they look pretty stout insta run
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  Speaker 1: and they're gonna need that today. And I think just overall,
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  Speaker 1: you know, rallying to the ball, uh being you know,
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  Speaker 1: uh turnover happy, hustling in those plays will create turnovers.
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  Speaker 1: And I and I really think that they have a
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  Speaker 1: great opportunity to go out there play some amazing defense,
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  Speaker 1: minimize Pittman. You know, he's gonna be the number one
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  Speaker 1: target for Matt Ryan and Jonathan Taylor. That's where it
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  Speaker 1: all starts. It's a different type of game playing this week,
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  Speaker 1: but I think they're capable of getting it done. I
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  Speaker 1: will go out on limb j P and I know
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  Speaker 1: we got more time, but I'm gonna guarantee this win.
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  Speaker 1: I I just I know that in the past, I've
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm not out there playing obviously, so my
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  Speaker 1: my word don't always mean a lot. And I pray
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  Speaker 1: that the people out there gamblet don't take you know
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  Speaker 1: what I say here to go and try and make bets.
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  Speaker 1: But in the in my heart of hearts, you know,
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  Speaker 1: looking at how the team looked a week ago, looking
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  Speaker 1: at how the coaches play verse of the Texans, I
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  Speaker 1: do think we can stop the run. It's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: all day dog fight. I think we can start to
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  Speaker 1: stop the run. I've never really been overly impressed with
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  Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, and I think we can get after him
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  Speaker 1: as well with the front. So with that, if we
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  Speaker 1: get opportunistic in the turnover category, stop the run, we
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  Speaker 1: can win this game because our offense is gonna score
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  Speaker 1: on their defense. Fred Taylor's stone cold lock of the Week. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I told a few guys that a couple of days ago. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: let's stalk to Ryan and Channing. We were doing some
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  Speaker 1: stuff for DraftKings. You know, they were like, so, what's
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  Speaker 1: your h what's your lock? You know, away from the camera,
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  Speaker 1: they asked me what my lock was I and I said,
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  Speaker 1: this game because I really feel that I'm just looking
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  Speaker 1: at the matchup. You know, Jacksonville is a much better
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  Speaker 1: improved team. I think they're ranked like thirty one. I
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  Speaker 1: just saw the rankings come out a few days ago,
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  Speaker 1: and they were ranked thirty first in the NFL. Overall,
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  Speaker 1: They're they're better than the Texans. The Texans were ranked
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  Speaker 1: I think like or something, so Jacksonville will win this game.
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  Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with us, all right, I'm gonna give you
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  Speaker 1: an off the cuff one or the other. And why
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  Speaker 1: Jan Taylor or Derrick Henry? You're funny? Whoof oh Man?
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  Speaker 1: Can I can I take you the long route or
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  Speaker 1: you need a quick answer because the long route is
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  Speaker 1: for the podcast only. So I'm a Florida boy. I
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  Speaker 1: gotta rock with my Florida boys. Drey Henry he's a
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  Speaker 1: whole different type of animal. You know, he's an amazing animal.
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  Speaker 1: He's you know, aside from you know, his his rookie year,
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  Speaker 1: I believe after that, he's just been doing stuff that
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  Speaker 1: we hadn't really seen at that position, especially from a
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  Speaker 1: big guy of that stature. Uh. And then John J.
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  Speaker 1: T on the flip side. Now I'm a little bit
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  Speaker 1: by seeing, you know, with Taylor on the back run
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  Speaker 1: down the field and I kind of love to see
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  Speaker 1: that other than this matchup. And I've grown him to No. J.
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  Speaker 1: T um Man, that's a good one. You stumped me
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  Speaker 1: on that one. But it's it's a narrow margin for me,
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  Speaker 1: and I think that I gotta stay in the state.
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  Speaker 1: I got my Florida tattoo right here. You know, even
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  Speaker 1: though he sold us out, he didn't go to Florida.
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  Speaker 1: He went to Bama. You're you know, your school, your place.
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  Speaker 1: I still gotta go with the him. I want to
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  Speaker 1: go with the young Juicston jt Um. But I I
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  Speaker 1: gotta go with Derek Him. I mean, yeah, Derek Henry
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  Speaker 1: because he's he's just been a monster. He's shown consistency.
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  Speaker 1: Uh he's two thousand yards back. Um. JT still has
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  Speaker 1: to get there. Uh, he's capable. He's more than capable.
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  Speaker 1: I love both of that running style. Um. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if I I think in my short list of
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  Speaker 1: top five backs in the league, I don't know how
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  Speaker 1: my mind works. I love guys that has the same
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  Speaker 1: running style as me, you know. So that's how I've
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  Speaker 1: been picking my top five. And and sometimes sometimes Derrick
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  Speaker 1: Henry he doesn't make the list all the time, you know,
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  Speaker 1: even though here I'm telling you I'll take him over
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  Speaker 1: j T for purposes of building a franchise. But when
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  Speaker 1: I go do my top five, I don't know, man,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes he's not in there. I mean, I like Junthan Taylor,
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  Speaker 1: Tay Kwan Barkley, Christian McCaffrey, Avian Camara, and M I
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  Speaker 1: said j T so Derrick Henry. So it's Derrick Henry,
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  Speaker 1: Nick Chubbs, but he's definitely before Nick Chubbs. So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, man, but that was a good one.
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  Speaker 1: The good thing is I'm not a gym right now,
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  Speaker 1: you see, I say right now because you never know,
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  Speaker 1: but it might not ever be like that. Yeah, you
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  Speaker 1: got to, man, you got to. Uh and uh, these
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  Speaker 1: guys are great though. Both of them are great, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and both of them are in the FC South, so
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  Speaker 1: I get uh multiple opportunities to watch them because I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna watch my Jaguars. So I just love both of
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  Speaker 1: their running styles and what they bring to their team's respectively.
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  Speaker 1: Bred always a pleasure. I always love the insight and
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  Speaker 1: I always learn a lot of football talking with you.
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  Speaker 1: We'll catch you again next time. Always looking forward to it, man,
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars lock