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Pressure on Mahomes key in Chiefs AFC Divisional Round matchup | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's turning out for a weekly conversation with Pride of
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor ahead of the a
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  Speaker 1: f C Divisional playoff game the Jacksonville Jaguars and the
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs coming up at Arrowhead. And oh my gosh, Fred,
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars are still alive. We talked about it in
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  Speaker 1: postgame last week. How we tried to talk about it.
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  Speaker 1: It was almost unspeakable what happened last week and they're
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  Speaker 1: they're still here. It's remarkable. What's happened is going man,
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  Speaker 1: of course, it's remarkable. Man. I try and salute those
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  Speaker 1: guys and you know, give them their flowers every time
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity I get them. I've been doing so much media,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm like, y'all, ain't gonna get tired as
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  Speaker 1: an old guy yet. But uh, I guess once you're
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  Speaker 1: a Jaguar, and I try and go out and make
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  Speaker 1: him understand it's always do all until we die. I
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  Speaker 1: have to explain the hashtag that whole stuff. And we
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  Speaker 1: haven't died yet. We're still grinding. The guys are still
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  Speaker 1: out there getting it in and you gotta commend them.
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  Speaker 1: So um football In January, eight January is beautiful red.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great match up of offensive coaching wit this week.
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  Speaker 1: Andy Reid, of course, has been at this for a
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  Speaker 1: long long time. Doug Peterson was a player under Andy
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  Speaker 1: in a two couple of different stops of course, Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay and Philly, and then coached under Reid and and
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  Speaker 1: then charted his own path. But here they are meeting
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  Speaker 1: for the third time against each other as head coaches.
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  Speaker 1: Andy Reid's won the first two meetings. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: in terms of innovation and ideas and just playing old
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  Speaker 1: fun on offense, these two guys are right there near
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  Speaker 1: the top of play colors right now, a thousand percent JP.
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  Speaker 1: I like to call him the uh the quarterback whisperers.
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  Speaker 1: Every quarterback that Andy Reids had has not could be amazing. Now,
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  Speaker 1: some of those guys have gone on to other teams
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  Speaker 1: and they haven't been so great, But it's just the
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  Speaker 1: deception that they bring a play called the formation sets,
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  Speaker 1: just the creativity. Everything about coach Read is simply amazing.
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  Speaker 1: And obviously, um you know his disciple and co Doug Peterson.
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  Speaker 1: You know he's it's a copycat league, you know, they say,
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  Speaker 1: but imagine being in the same room, able to share,
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  Speaker 1: you know, your thought processes. He was able to coach, tell,
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  Speaker 1: coach read for years and kind of you know, be
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  Speaker 1: that bug on the wall and just take away bits
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  Speaker 1: and pieces and and develop it as his philosophy. And
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  Speaker 1: Doug has done a great job, you know, his first
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  Speaker 1: year with you know, a top overall picking Trevor Lawrence.
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  Speaker 1: So I would right now we'll call him QB Whisper
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  Speaker 1: number two because the maturation that the style of play
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  Speaker 1: that we've seen Trevor bran along and within a year
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  Speaker 1: has been great. But I hope all of this talk
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  Speaker 1: that I'm talking about now just equates to win at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the day for the Jaguars. You know
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  Speaker 1: that it's a few good storylines in there, but bottom
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  Speaker 1: line is winning. When they've met in November, JP, I
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  Speaker 1: think that the Jaguars won the second half ten seven,
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  Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken. So I like to take that
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  Speaker 1: momentum from November a couple of with the momentum that
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  Speaker 1: they're having in December in January and and hopefully it
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  Speaker 1: equates to a win here tonight. So I'll be taking
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  Speaker 1: it out to see Fred Taylor with US quarterback whisper.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'd love to hear what Doug whispered and
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  Speaker 1: Trevor's here at around midway through the second quarter after
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  Speaker 1: picking right before right, I mean, how in the world
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  Speaker 1: does that performance turn from so bad almost all time
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  Speaker 1: bad too, one of the great performances in Jaguars history,
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  Speaker 1: all in the same sixty minutes. Yeah, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I would love to hear what he whispered to him
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  Speaker 1: as well, JP uh that night, Trevor said all types
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  Speaker 1: of records. I'm sure it was the four interceptions in
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  Speaker 1: the first half had to be a record, I know,
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  Speaker 1: four touchdowns for someone that young. He broke down Marino's
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  Speaker 1: mark for four touchdowns by the youngest player in league history,
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  Speaker 1: uh in the game. And then I'm sure he had
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  Speaker 1: to have broke a second half record too with those
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  Speaker 1: for with those uh touchdowns, I think he had three
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  Speaker 1: in a second half, right, So um, yeah, it's just
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  Speaker 1: an amazing uh show of uh press everance, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just faith and commitment and sticking to the game plan
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  Speaker 1: or just in the game planning then sticking to it,
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  Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. I think as a collective,
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  Speaker 1: the entire team, you know, just showed their confidence and
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  Speaker 1: conviction to each other, um and commitment to each other,
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  Speaker 1: and they found the way to do it that first
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  Speaker 1: case the game, referencing that they were down twenties or
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  Speaker 1: seven at the half. Then they eventually lost the twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven and seventeen, but you know, they fought and they
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  Speaker 1: ended up winning that second half versus the Chiefs. But
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  Speaker 1: again that should also give them the confidence they need
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  Speaker 1: to try and withstand any adversity or frustrating moments that
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  Speaker 1: come up in the game, because there will be some
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  Speaker 1: uh arrowheads as loud as it get, and I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: in the playoffs is twice as loud. So they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: a moment that they're gonna have to pull, pull within,
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  Speaker 1: you know, whatever they pull from last week and dig
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  Speaker 1: in deep and and get a w um. That's I
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  Speaker 1: cannot wait. I cannot wait to see this game kickoff.
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  Speaker 1: Frond Taylor with us. What is the ideal offensive game
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  Speaker 1: plan for the Jags this week? I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: you want to get in a shootout with Kansas City,
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  Speaker 1: so you know you gotta kind of methodically in theory,
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  Speaker 1: methodically moved down the field and just kind of eat
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  Speaker 1: up some games. What do you think, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think Case knows that uh there are any teams that
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  Speaker 1: want to come into Arrowhead and have a shootout, So
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  Speaker 1: for that, I think they tend to uh tilt heavier
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  Speaker 1: and too stopping the run from a defensive standpoint. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I think the first matchup, Jacksonville only had like seventy
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  Speaker 1: five yards rushing maybe thirteen fourteen carries. So if you're
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  Speaker 1: not having success in in Kansas City scoring, then it
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  Speaker 1: causes you to do some thing differently on offense, uh,
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  Speaker 1: and that's get away from your run. So hopefully uh
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  Speaker 1: e t and bring a few big ones earlier in
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  Speaker 1: the game and keep Kansas City's defensive play car off balance.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that will help Jacksonville stay in their bag
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  Speaker 1: of mixed goodies. So I believe that U. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you don't necessarily want to get in the shootout because
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  Speaker 1: my homes Kelsey, those guys the addition of Tony Juju,
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  Speaker 1: those guys are playing really well. So you don't necessarily
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  Speaker 1: want to get in shoot out. You want to focus
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  Speaker 1: more on your sets, you know, your script and trying
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  Speaker 1: to stay as close to that as possible. Bread On
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  Speaker 1: the other side, Jaguars defense is playing with a lot
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  Speaker 1: of confidence right now. They've down the stretch, made big
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  Speaker 1: plays and big moments. Even if they've given up yardage
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  Speaker 1: in a game, they've been able to stand up at
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  Speaker 1: the end and get a takeaway here or whatever it takes.
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  Speaker 1: And then last week, of course, just getting off the
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  Speaker 1: field almost every time and and giving the offense an opportunity. Well,
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  Speaker 1: how do you approach Mahomes and the Chief's offense this week?
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  Speaker 1: Do you do you bring pressure someone Patrick Mahomes. You
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  Speaker 1: gotta be careful if he gets out of there because
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  Speaker 1: things can get weird done the field. Yeah, I agree
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  Speaker 1: with you on that, JP. I think approach this week
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  Speaker 1: it certainly has to be different than last week. But
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  Speaker 1: last week wasn't necessarily the defenses fall early on because
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  Speaker 1: they had to defend a short field and extremely short
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  Speaker 1: field on several possessions. This week that has to be different.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we have to make sure we're punting, planning
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  Speaker 1: for field positions and make them earn it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we're out there and make them earn it. Make them
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  Speaker 1: drive eighty yards seventy five yards and we haven't been
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  Speaker 1: but don't break defensive been but don't break mentality. You
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  Speaker 1: want to make sure you protect a deep ball, protect
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  Speaker 1: a big play. Uh, there will be some good plays,
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  Speaker 1: but protect a bit big play, the fifty six yard scamper.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta protect that. And I think this game will
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  Speaker 1: come down to how well plays, how well Trayvon Walker plays,
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  Speaker 1: and how well Art and Key plays, and the guys
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  Speaker 1: on that defensive front. Foy Lot you know he has
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  Speaker 1: also helping that to make sure they run game to
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  Speaker 1: run defense. He's as stout as it's been the past
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  Speaker 1: several weeks. And then from there we I get pressure.
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  Speaker 1: We gotta play his own defense to get pressure through that.
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  Speaker 1: Mix it up with a little man defense, get pressure
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  Speaker 1: through that. If they don't get pressure, it is going
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  Speaker 1: to be a long day. I don't think you overly
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  Speaker 1: commit and blitz h too much, but you have to
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  Speaker 1: let the down four. No, look, we need guys to
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  Speaker 1: get home. As soon as you recognize past, you gotta go.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever you do, you gotta go, and you gotta get
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  Speaker 1: to this guy relentlessly. So yeah, I think that the
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  Speaker 1: down four will be the key to the victory today.
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  Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with his final thought, there was a send
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  Speaker 1: off for the Jaguars players Friday morning, fred Um, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of fans came down to the stadium to see
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars off to Kansas City. And we know that
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  Speaker 1: the excitement is building around town, and it has been
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  Speaker 1: for the last few weeks. But now we're hitting one
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  Speaker 1: of those high points. That's what this is about, right,
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  Speaker 1: playoff football. It's been a while for this team. This
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  Speaker 1: feels like it has some staying power. They're making an
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  Speaker 1: unbelievable run. And for the city of Jacksonville and Jacks fans,
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  Speaker 1: I know you're excited. And for a player, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta just soak this kind of moment in. These
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  Speaker 1: are special things that that may not happen again at
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  Speaker 1: this level of Jacksonville. Yeah, it's it doesn't happen happen often,
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  Speaker 1: you know, not just you know JACKSONVI, but around the league.
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  Speaker 1: It's a tough league. You know, teams can go through
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  Speaker 1: playoff droughts, they can go through you know, being one
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  Speaker 1: in you know, look at us, dude, we we got
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  Speaker 1: the first picking back to back of years. You know,
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  Speaker 1: that's crazy. You know, those things happen. Man, It's a tough,
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  Speaker 1: tough league. You have to have the perfect makes of
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  Speaker 1: getting the right coach, the right players, the right people
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  Speaker 1: in the front office. It's so much that needs to align.
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  Speaker 1: And you gotta have the right fan base who believes
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  Speaker 1: and they commit because it's not always pretty and and
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  Speaker 1: you know, the stadium isn't always field when you're not winning.
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  Speaker 1: But it's good to be in this moment. And the
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  Speaker 1: fans they can feel at this moment, they can feel
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  Speaker 1: that there's a shift, a subtle shift that's taken place
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  Speaker 1: in the commitment by Mr Khan. You know what Trent Lucky,
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  Speaker 1: what he's done in free agency, the players coming in
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  Speaker 1: and taking a series and you know, rewarding the fans
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  Speaker 1: and rewarding themselves by playing hard and winning these games.
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  Speaker 1: So now it's a it's a good marriage right now.
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  Speaker 1: In any marriages, ups and downs, and the fans gotta
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  Speaker 1: realize that there has got to realize that. But the
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  Speaker 1: commitment has to be that, you know, we're committed to
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  Speaker 1: each other. Uh So, yeah, it's a beautiful thing, man,
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  Speaker 1: when you have this moment, so embrace it, enjoy it.
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  Speaker 1: Screen your butts off. Pulled all types of energy from everywhere,
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  Speaker 1: all the jad War fans around the world, across the pond.
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  Speaker 1: You know, just everywhere. Man, we just gotta dig in
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  Speaker 1: and do all this thing and get this w today. Well,
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  Speaker 1: Fred will talk to you in the post game and
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  Speaker 1: hopefully we'll talk in pre game again next week before
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  Speaker 1: the a f C Championship game. We'll talk to you, man, man, man,
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  Speaker 1: you're making me. Don't make me cry right now, but
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  Speaker 1: I will be on post game. Okay, we'll start with that.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you then,