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Countdown to Kickoff: Fred Taylor - Steelers vs. Jaguars · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff rolls along as the Jaguars host the
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  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers in week eleven, a one o'clock kick time.
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  Speaker 1: Every week in this program, we visit with pride of
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. What's up? Fred? JP Man?
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  Speaker 1: Just happy to be uh, be a part of this
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  Speaker 1: thing again. Hopefully we'll get a win in the process.
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  Speaker 1: It will be a tough one. Today, the Pittsburgh Steelers
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  Speaker 1: are nine and oh undefeated, the only undefeated team in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. Well, before we get into this matchup today,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk a little bit about your history against the Steelers.
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  Speaker 1: We touched on this in the postgame show last week
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  Speaker 1: a bit. You've had some big games against the Steelers
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  Speaker 1: in your past. Would you consider them the biggest rival
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  Speaker 1: for you? Close to the Titans? Where do they sit
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  Speaker 1: in the rankings? You know, again, as I mentioned the
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  Speaker 1: Stiller is just uh, they brought something out of you.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they always brought out of me the same
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  Speaker 1: letter level of competitive fire as as the Titans did.
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  Speaker 1: Early in my career, we were in the same division
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  Speaker 1: and I had two opportunities to face those guys, and
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  Speaker 1: I would always get myself fired and geared up ready
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  Speaker 1: for those challenges with with the Titans. I'm still upset
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  Speaker 1: to this day. The closest opportunity I had to make
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  Speaker 1: it to the super Bowl was taken away by the Titans.
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  Speaker 1: So for that reason, you know, I'm still pissed at
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  Speaker 1: the Titans to this day. But I guess to answer
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  Speaker 1: your question, JP, I put them on the same level. Man,
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  Speaker 1: I have to put them on the same level. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you try to dissect who's the go Payton or Tom Brady,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Michael Jordan or Lebron James. These guys in
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  Speaker 1: my head and my brain, they feel the same hatred,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for a team. Even just watching them, I
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  Speaker 1: get upset when our guys don't beat them to this day. Story,
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  Speaker 1: but that's what being a fanatic is all about, right,
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  Speaker 1: So it still is right there, correct answers by the way,
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  Speaker 1: or Tom Brady and Michael Jordan's Hey do see see
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. So everybody has their opinion. On
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  Speaker 1: my left shoulder is saying, Fred, it's the Titans. The
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  Speaker 1: little guy on my right is saying, no, man, it's
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers. So I mean, you know, you weigh it
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  Speaker 1: how you weigh it, you deal with it. Fred Taylor
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  Speaker 1: with his front of the Jaguars running back Let's get
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  Speaker 1: to this game today and the Jaguars offensive matchup against
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers defense. Shake Lewton's third career start. Brandon Lender
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  Speaker 1: is going to be back in the lineup. That's good news.
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  Speaker 1: It's a front seven that if they have a lead,
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  Speaker 1: especially if a couple of scores, look out because they
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  Speaker 1: can get home on the quarterback. And this is a
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  Speaker 1: great challenge this week for the Jaguars offensive Live. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's not enough to to to have to go
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  Speaker 1: against the J. J. Watt twice a year. Now you
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  Speaker 1: gotta deal with his younger brother, T. J. Watt. By
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  Speaker 1: what I'm looking at here, he has nine sacks uh
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  Speaker 1: in nine games, so I mean a sack of game.
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  Speaker 1: He's a sacking machine. Uh. And then they have to
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  Speaker 1: deal with Vince Williams, you know, on the other side,
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  Speaker 1: who has three sacks on the other side over there. So,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the Stealers have always been known for their defense.
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  Speaker 1: That's why for me, they were a team that you know,
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  Speaker 1: I always wanted to get after. You know, I just
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  Speaker 1: admired playing those guys. But it's gonna be a tough challenge.
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  Speaker 1: But looking at them, you know, I'm just looking at
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  Speaker 1: going back looking at their schedule. If you take the
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  Speaker 1: Ravens out and then the Titans, those were their too
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  Speaker 1: closest games, and everybody else has been bad teams, you know,
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  Speaker 1: but some of those games have been close games against
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  Speaker 1: bad teams. So, I mean, they're beautiful, but they are
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  Speaker 1: a team that if you let them get up pot
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if you get down, uh, and they get
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  Speaker 1: up on you, they can build long day for you.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned the nine sacks for what he also has
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  Speaker 1: fourteen tackles for loss and twenty eight quarterback hits. That's
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  Speaker 1: a league high pressure. It is pressure for sure, and
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  Speaker 1: uh a challenge this week for the Jaguars offensive line
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  Speaker 1: against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Let's continue our conversation about this game,
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  Speaker 1: Fred on the other side here Jaguars defense against Big
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  Speaker 1: Ben and all the weapons on that other side. Ben's
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  Speaker 1: been at this for a long time. You're not going
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  Speaker 1: to surprise Ben Roethlisberger, much like last week Aaron Rodgers.
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  Speaker 1: You're not gonna surprise him much either. So what's the
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  Speaker 1: approach with Big Ben? They have the running game to
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  Speaker 1: go with the passing game and everything combined on offense.
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  Speaker 1: I mean that the big Ben, he's been a staple
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  Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh for years, goes back to my playing days.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Uh, I don't know how Jaguar Nation feels about.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we had opportunity to draft a big fellow.
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  Speaker 1: But he's been what he's been. He's still tough, he's
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  Speaker 1: still out there grinding along and he's getting it done. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, in years past, you would see have Ben Roethlisberger,
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  Speaker 1: who would have a game their interceptions right about now,
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  Speaker 1: you know, but Ben twenty two touchdowns, the four interceptions,
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  Speaker 1: He's been sacked ten times, so he has QB rating
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  Speaker 1: of one oh three late in his career. That's what
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  Speaker 1: you would consider having a great season. You know. That's
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  Speaker 1: pretty much where Aaron Rodgers was close to just a
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  Speaker 1: week ago before we faced the charges. And they have
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  Speaker 1: James Conner, you know, a guy who's who's a great
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  Speaker 1: running back. He actually pushed another great running back out
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  Speaker 1: of town. And let's not forget about ju Ju Smith.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's a guy who's hard, hard to guard
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  Speaker 1: out there. But they received a receiving corps with Claypool,
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  Speaker 1: Deante Johnson. They brought in Eric Ebram so, I mean
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  Speaker 1: they have a lot more weapons around Big Ben than
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  Speaker 1: they've had in the past. So it's a hell of
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  Speaker 1: a challenge for the defense, to say the less. This
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  Speaker 1: is probably as good as offense that they from a
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  Speaker 1: position standpoint that they faced all year. But the good
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  Speaker 1: thing for me, J P the way they played Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay a week ago. They were up for the task
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  Speaker 1: and I hope they're not deflated today when they faced
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  Speaker 1: the Stillers and Uh. If they can get out there
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  Speaker 1: and show that same effort as they did a week ago,
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  Speaker 1: I think they'll be okay. Just be in the fight,
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  Speaker 1: that's all I'm asking them. Be in the fight. And
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  Speaker 1: if we get lucky enough to pull it out and
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  Speaker 1: walk away with a victory, then that's just icing on
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  Speaker 1: the cake. Fred Taylor prior to the Jaguars running back
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  Speaker 1: with us every week on countdown to kickoff, We'll catch
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  Speaker 1: you in the post game, Fred, can I say what
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  Speaker 1: a victory you can? I think you just did well.
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  Speaker 1: They fought last week. JP man, Uh, I'm gonna give
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  Speaker 1: him an opportunity. It still to play a lot of
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  Speaker 1: close m and I know they can be beatable at times,
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  Speaker 1: so let's go with a dove I see you then,
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  Speaker 1: when we return the final word before kickoff with head
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  Speaker 1: coach Doug Barone the Jaguars and the Steelers at one o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: Let's just countdown to kickoff on Jaguars Radio.