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Fred Taylor on Tom Coughlin Induction into the Pride, Colts Matchup | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Time for our weekly conversation with Pride of the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: running back Fred Taylor. It is week five, Fred, and
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars do not have a win yet.
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  Speaker 2: Let's hope today's today. How are you, yeah, I'm good, Jap.
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  Speaker 2: We're certainly hoping that there is today. I mean, we
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of alumni back in town, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, no other better feeling for former players
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  Speaker 2: to see our guys win. You know, even though we're
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  Speaker 2: not in the building, we still root and support the
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  Speaker 2: organization that helped change our lives, and we are usually
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  Speaker 2: the ones that are sort of the bud of the jokes,
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  Speaker 2: and we have to kind of maneuver, dip, dodge and
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  Speaker 2: try our best to remain sane, especially in this moment
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  Speaker 2: when the guys aren't you know, they're at the bottom
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  Speaker 2: of the league. Let's just call it what it is,
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  Speaker 2: but hopefully it does not rain on the alumni parade
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  Speaker 2: and also Coach Coughlin's induction into the Pride of the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 2: which I think more than anything is well long overdue
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  Speaker 2: and certainly well deserved, and hopefully the guys can put
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  Speaker 2: a good product out on the field so we can
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  Speaker 2: tier on both ends, right, So that's what I'm looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to, and that's what I hope happened. Fred.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get to the football team and the quarterback play.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he missed a couple big throws last week
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  Speaker 1: with guys that were opened down the field. That's happened
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  Speaker 1: a few times this year, and you know, at some
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  Speaker 1: point you just got to make those plays. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if he's pressing or what the story is,
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  Speaker 1: but what do you think the story is a treppor.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if I had answer to that man, I
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  Speaker 2: will give him the tripple and he'll make the entire
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  Speaker 2: team better, you know, all in the snap of a
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  Speaker 2: finger or maybe in the snap of a reception or
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  Speaker 2: a completion or whatever it might be. J Trevor is
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  Speaker 2: certainly struggling. We haven't seen him play this bad, and
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  Speaker 2: we mentioned in the post game that if he was
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  Speaker 2: playing as bad and winning, we wouldn't we wouldn't say
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  Speaker 2: a whole lot. We might acknowledge it, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: you win games, and NFL it's about winning games because
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  Speaker 2: everyone's good and the margins are very slim. Uh. Some
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  Speaker 2: guys are great, but in this particular case, we just
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  Speaker 2: want to win. We don't want him to play great.
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  Speaker 2: We want him to go out there manage expectations on
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  Speaker 2: the small things. And that's just completing passes when you're
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  Speaker 2: supposed to hit the receivers you're supposed to hit. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we see acrobatic catches, We see receivers making those type
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  Speaker 2: catches and plays and all these things, and we're able to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, sort of come away from that and cheer
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  Speaker 2: for those guys like, wow, we've never seen that before.
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  Speaker 2: But the same thing with quarterback making throws, making throws,
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  Speaker 2: clutch scrambling, moving around in the pocket. You know you're
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  Speaker 2: hitting a guy to allow them the tiptoe for an
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  Speaker 2: out of bounce catch, all that stuff. Like, just make
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  Speaker 2: the throws you're supposed to make. You don't have to
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  Speaker 2: do anything special, Like it doesn't have to be an
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  Speaker 2: oh moment, it has to be a he was supposed
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  Speaker 2: to make that throw type moment. And that's what it
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  Speaker 2: comes down in the NFL. Man, you you're supposed to
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  Speaker 2: make the plays you're supposed to make. The elite guy
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  Speaker 2: is supposed to go above and beyond the amount of
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  Speaker 2: money he was made, And we always go back to that, Yes,
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  Speaker 2: we put you in that elite category, and we feel
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  Speaker 2: that you should be able to play it above and
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  Speaker 2: beyond the simple x's and o's. But in this particular
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  Speaker 2: cave and going for looking in the eyes of zero
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  Speaker 2: and five, we just wanted to go out there and
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  Speaker 2: just make the simple throws that you're supposed to make.
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  Speaker 2: And those those throws, if you make them, you wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: be in this situation.
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  Speaker 1: Taylor with us print of the Jaguars running back and
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  Speaker 1: what did you think of the running game last week?
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  Speaker 1: ETN and especially Tank Bigsby and is this something that
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  Speaker 1: is trending the right way to do week over week?
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  Speaker 1: If they maybe found something in the running game?
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  Speaker 2: Now, that was the big question in the offseason, you know,
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  Speaker 2: while we were sitting there questioning the running game, which
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  Speaker 2: was I think more than anything, it was the offensive
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  Speaker 2: line was the theme in the running game. What were
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  Speaker 2: they going to do? Yes, they can be better in
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  Speaker 2: the pass petition, they could be better the run game.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen four we've seen three or four of these losses. Well,
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  Speaker 2: they've rushed over one hundred and twenty five yards per
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  Speaker 2: per outing first game against the offense, I think one
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight and They followed that up Cleveland one twenty something,
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  Speaker 2: although the run game did hurt them because the turnovers.
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  Speaker 2: You can't have those. But in terms of running statistics
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  Speaker 2: being able to create that balance you were looking for,
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  Speaker 2: the run game has been present. It's the passing game
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  Speaker 2: that's lacking. So I think you can try to force
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  Speaker 2: the issue a bit more. If you don't get behind
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  Speaker 2: the eight ball. If your defense is out there playing well,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to give you an opportunity run the ball,
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  Speaker 2: set up play actions off of those same runs, marry
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  Speaker 2: it up so whether they look identical, and then throw
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  Speaker 2: your deep shots, and if you don't have them deep there,
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  Speaker 2: throw your checkdowns to the running backs that are seeping
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  Speaker 2: out of the backfield. So that's usually a simple formula
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  Speaker 2: that can also help you in the long run. So
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  Speaker 2: establish a run. As much as they don't want to
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  Speaker 2: play the position JP, you still got to run the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Otherwise they're just gonna hammer down, pin their head their
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  Speaker 2: ears back, and come and get your quarterbacks. So established
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  Speaker 2: a run, run, play action off that, throw the checkdowns
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  Speaker 2: and throw a few deep shots if you can. If not,
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  Speaker 2: throw the checkdowns, but always try to keep the change moving.
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  Speaker 1: Bred Taylor with us on the other side. This week,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see what the status is for Jonathan Taylor, of course,
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  Speaker 1: and Anthony Richardson and of course Joe Flacco came into
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  Speaker 1: that game last week. I mean, we'll start with Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's had a couple of big games against
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  Speaker 1: his franchise in the past. You know, if he's healthy,
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  Speaker 1: where is he in terms of the hierarchy of running
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  Speaker 1: backs in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously this year JP the league is missing
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  Speaker 2: one of the best, and Christian McCaffrey terrible news came
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  Speaker 2: out about his achilles tendon. Nighter is I don't even
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  Speaker 2: know what that died, you know, just mean, but when
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  Speaker 2: you look at JT. Man, I don't like to see
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  Speaker 2: that Taylor twenty eight running down the field versus the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 2: But I do like to see it because it reminds
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  Speaker 2: me of another Taylor twenty eight in this league. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he has all the tools, he has speed, he has
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  Speaker 2: the power, he can catch the ball. And I don't
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  Speaker 2: say this, you know, to kind of toot my own horn,
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  Speaker 2: but he reminds me a lot of myself because he
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  Speaker 2: has that ability and in terms of the running back hierarchy.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I look at the younger guys now in
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  Speaker 2: Bijon Robinson, who I think is an absolute dog. Sacorn
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  Speaker 2: is still one of my favorites. I think he's stepping
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  Speaker 2: up his game in Philly now he has a more
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  Speaker 2: complete offense around him, whe he can showcase his abilities.
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  Speaker 2: And you put JT. Even in spite of those injuries,
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  Speaker 2: he's still the top five running back Jacobs in Green Bay.
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  Speaker 2: J T is certainly going to help that offense go.
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  Speaker 2: He's gonna take pressure off of sixty eight year old
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  Speaker 2: Joe Flacco and allow Joe to be able to get
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  Speaker 2: back there and do the things he's used to do.
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  Speaker 2: It as a veteran guy who's been around the block
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  Speaker 2: a few times. So this coach sitting can be scary.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're they're not as dynamic with Joe back there,
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  Speaker 2: but they're efficient. Joe's going to get the ball to
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  Speaker 2: the right guys. He's going to read a soft coverage
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  Speaker 2: if the Jacks play that, he's going to find the
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  Speaker 2: right throw. If you don't have pressure, he's certainly going
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  Speaker 2: to find a throw. He's still plenty accurate. You know,
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  Speaker 2: look what happened last year versus the the Browns and
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  Speaker 2: the Jags. You know, Joe led those guys to a victory.
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  Speaker 2: So it can get scary if JT gets off on
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  Speaker 2: a fast hot track if he is healthy, he had
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  Speaker 2: he had that minor at high ankle. If he gets
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  Speaker 2: off to a fast start, it can be a long
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  Speaker 2: day for the Jaguars defense. Taylor with us.
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  Speaker 1: You know you mentioned Flacco there, We'll see about Anthony
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  Speaker 1: Richardson as well. Obviously a totally different skill.
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  Speaker 2: Set than Joe.
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  Speaker 1: So anyways, but he's only started eight games in his career,
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  Speaker 1: and now it's a couple of years in the league.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, every time he's been injured, it's a design
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  Speaker 1: quarterback run, it seems like. So at some point the
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  Speaker 1: Coats will have to think about changing the way they
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  Speaker 1: utilize Anthony Richardson, right or Am I off base there?
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  Speaker 2: Now? You're you're you're right on point? JP Uh, you
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  Speaker 2: know I don't want to see it for Richardson ar
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  Speaker 2: Florida boy grew up in Gainesville right there at Florida Gators.
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  Speaker 2: So I know I'm well and I root for him.
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  Speaker 2: When I told him on the podcast, when he's not
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  Speaker 2: playing the Jaguars and going to root for him, and
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  Speaker 2: he's a big, strong young man, and it's unfortunate that
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  Speaker 2: you know, here are prone and susceptible to these these injuries.
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  Speaker 2: And they're not just regular injuries because he's strong like.
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  Speaker 2: They are injuries that make you force you out of games.
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  Speaker 2: And if they're not injuries, they're concussion and that's what
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  Speaker 2: we've seen from Anthony Richardson. So regardless of the fact,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think the Coats has I think they
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  Speaker 2: have two quarterbacks that are capable. You have one that's
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  Speaker 2: dynamic in his own right, sort of trending towards the
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  Speaker 2: way that that position has been sort of evolutionizing, going
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  Speaker 2: to and you have another one just just old school,
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  Speaker 2: going to stand in the pocket. He's not going to
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  Speaker 2: be sexy, but his experience will beat you. And that's
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  Speaker 2: Joe Flacco. So be an interesting matchup.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Fred, final thought with you, I mean you
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  Speaker 1: mentioned it earlier, but Alumni weekend is here and Tom
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  Speaker 1: Kaflin going to the Pride of the Jaguars and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I know you guys have a long history together and
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  Speaker 1: so I'm not going to ask you one memory, but
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this is it's fitting that the guy who
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  Speaker 1: started the organization is now on the wall here at
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  Speaker 1: EverBank Stadium, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just an extension of who he is, who
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  Speaker 2: he's always been, and who he will always be. He
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  Speaker 2: started his career building the foundation for this Jaguars organization.
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  Speaker 2: February twenty first, nineteen ninety fours to day they hired
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  Speaker 2: Coach Coughlin, and he hit the ground running. He hit
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  Speaker 2: the ground building the setting the foundation through hiring developing
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  Speaker 2: front office, helping develop the staff. Uh. It was the
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  Speaker 2: wea were ownership group and Coach Coughlin. They entrusted him
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  Speaker 2: to the ability to build inside out and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't always perfect, but we had some glory days,
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  Speaker 2: We had some great years, had a lot of Cofflin
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  Speaker 2: type fun. Uh, we had the TC moments. And I
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  Speaker 2: think if anyone's more deserving to be an extension of
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  Speaker 2: the building that he basically built, like he helped build
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  Speaker 2: this organization. Uh, and now he's gonna be a part
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  Speaker 2: of the building for eternity. You know, his grandkids and
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  Speaker 2: their kids, you know, they'll have an opportunity to walk
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  Speaker 2: in the building and see you know, uh, their their
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  Speaker 2: great granddad, great great grand that name on the wall.
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  Speaker 2: So for me, I think it's it's great. Uh. He's
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  Speaker 2: the seventh member of the of the Pride, Lucky number seven,
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  Speaker 2: and he's done so much not only for the organization
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  Speaker 2: but through the j Fund, his his philanthropic efforts, efforts
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  Speaker 2: in the community there. Even though he left, he never
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  Speaker 2: left excuse me, because the foundation always remained and he's
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  Speaker 2: always done some great things there on that end of
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  Speaker 2: the ball. So JP Man, My my best call flin
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  Speaker 2: memory is getting that call on Draft Day and his
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  Speaker 2: son the young man or young man, are you ready
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  Speaker 2: to build jag Warbar? But that wasn't gonna say no.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, that's the reason everybody gets to hear my voice,
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  Speaker 2: you know, each and every time we do pre imposed game,
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  Speaker 2: each and every time something's involved with the Jaguard, it's
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  Speaker 2: because he took a chance on this young kid out
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  Speaker 2: of bel Glade, Florida, who wasn't one hundred percent sure
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  Speaker 2: he was ready for the big time. But when he
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  Speaker 2: pulled that trigger and he called my name, my life changed.
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  Speaker 2: So I told him I'm forever and that it you know,
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  Speaker 2: to him. And if I had to vote for the
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  Speaker 2: Hall of Fame, he would get that too, and I
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  Speaker 2: would certainly put him in before I would vote myself.
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  Speaker 2: And so that's how much I think of him, and
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  Speaker 2: again it's certainly well deserved and hopefully we can finish
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  Speaker 2: off his day with a big win.
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  Speaker 1: Fred will talk to you a little bit later.
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  Speaker 2: Man, well done. You know I'll be here, I'll be
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  Speaker 2: ready