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Derrick Henry's Last Game as a Titan? Fred Taylor Previews Week 18 | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues. It is week eighteen and assigned
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  Speaker 1: for our weekly conversation with Pride of the Jaguars running
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  Speaker 1: back finalist Freddy fred Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, Finalist Freddy, oh man, it needs to change
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  Speaker 2: here soon, but you know, we're very patient.
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  Speaker 3: We've been patient and we will continue to display that.
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  Speaker 3: But it's cool, man. It's been fun.
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  Speaker 2: Sort of, you know, sharing it with the fans, as
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  Speaker 2: I spoke last week, sharing it with the fans, seeing
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  Speaker 2: all of the support, you know, the people that are
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  Speaker 2: reaching out if I can do anything for you, say
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  Speaker 2: anything for you, all that different stuff. Working with Sam
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  Speaker 2: Colevoris has been very good, you know, that has been
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  Speaker 2: really good. And Sam is kind of you know, he's
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  Speaker 2: the front man for it, so we have to low
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  Speaker 2: him up with as much ammunition as possible so when
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  Speaker 2: he goes in those rooms, people can kind of really
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  Speaker 2: get a feel for, you know, my career and what
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  Speaker 2: I did. So Finalist Freddy has a good ring to it.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see what happens going forward.
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  Speaker 1: Red It's week eighteen and the division comes down to
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  Speaker 1: the final week of the regular season. Of course, the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars visit the Titans today and the Colts and the
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  Speaker 1: Texans play each other, so it's a must win basically
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  Speaker 1: for the Jaguars. They could miss the thing altogether if
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  Speaker 1: they lose. Let's not go down that path though, So
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  Speaker 1: it's as simple as that. The messaging is simple, win
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  Speaker 1: and you're the division champs.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's the message. You know, football we kind
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  Speaker 2: of overcomplicated sometimes, but.
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  Speaker 3: We're here now, you know.
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  Speaker 2: They they and I don't want to go back, so
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  Speaker 2: I won't even start down that road.
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  Speaker 3: They just need to put on their blinders. You know.
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  Speaker 2: They went out there with an underachieving Panthers team last.
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  Speaker 3: Week and they beat them as they were supposed to.
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  Speaker 3: They played really well.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they could have went out there and kind of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, play sloppy ball, played on disciplined, but they
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  Speaker 2: played very, very good, sound football last week. And it's
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  Speaker 2: going to take that same sort of effort this week.
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  Speaker 2: We spoke about it in the in the post game,
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  Speaker 2: how tricky the Titans can be this week. The tricky Titans,
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  Speaker 2: let's just call them that, because they have nothing to
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  Speaker 2: play for it other than pride. Their season is over,
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  Speaker 2: so they can play. Excuse me to be the spoilers
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  Speaker 2: here and Jacksonville has to really be ready for everything
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  Speaker 2: they dish out along with executing themselves on both sides
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  Speaker 2: of the ball as well as special team. So this
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  Speaker 2: will be an interesting matchup simply because there are a
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  Speaker 2: lot of unknowns that are gonna come from the Titan side.
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  Speaker 3: But what is known? And you just said that, JP,
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  Speaker 3: this is a must win. You win and your in
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  Speaker 3: and that's it.
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  Speaker 1: My friend bred Taylor a man of many words.
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  Speaker 2: Today, I thought you, I thought you were gonna let
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  Speaker 2: me start freestyling right here.
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  Speaker 3: I was going to say a one and a two.
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  Speaker 1: Before as yours friend, whatever you want to do, go.
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  Speaker 2: Ahead, I'll lead a freestyle for the Jags. Maybe they
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  Speaker 2: should say a one in a two. You know what
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  Speaker 2: we came to do, and that's just when baby, when, Baby,
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  Speaker 2: that's it.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, all right, So let's talk running backs.
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  Speaker 3: Here, let's do it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know Trams EGN goes over one hundred last
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  Speaker 1: week here the big the long run to get over there,
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  Speaker 1: and they dedicated themselves to it. I mean they ran
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  Speaker 1: the ball twenty nine times with running backs. That was
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  Speaker 1: the goal going into the game. Should that be the
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  Speaker 1: same goal this week?
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  Speaker 2: No matter the question, it should certainly be the same goal.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, you look back and old school
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  Speaker 2: football is thirty plus carries for one runner. Now we're
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  Speaker 2: fighting to get thirty carries between the entire group. So
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  Speaker 2: I mean, but you want to go in with that
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  Speaker 2: running ball mindset, and the defense has to go in
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  Speaker 2: with their same mindset. You can establish the run well.
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  Speaker 2: You can establish the run by displaying your will, blocking
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  Speaker 2: up perfectly, hitting the proper reads, all that good stuff
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  Speaker 2: blocking down field. The defense can also help you establish
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  Speaker 2: the run game by winning the field position battle, winning
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  Speaker 2: third downs, getting the other offense.
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  Speaker 3: Off the field, as we did last week.
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  Speaker 2: I believe the statistic was they held the Panthers for
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  Speaker 2: one to thirteen on third down. So that also afforded
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  Speaker 2: the offense and opportunity to call more run plays and
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  Speaker 2: not get away from it.
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  Speaker 3: Even though there.
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  Speaker 2: Was some lack of production until Etn's big pop out
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  Speaker 2: sixty two yarder, you still want to call it up
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  Speaker 2: because that's just the beauty of the run game. No
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  Speaker 2: game three yards two yards minus one a no game
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  Speaker 2: five yards, boom sixty two, And that's just how it goes.
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  Speaker 3: And it's funny. JP.
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  Speaker 2: You said, let's talk about running backs and it was
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  Speaker 2: such a perfect queue. And I don't know if I
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  Speaker 2: can show this here, but Marcus Allen, Marcus Allen just
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  Speaker 2: text me at nine. Yeah, Marcus Allen just text me
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  Speaker 2: and he said, you can't teach that.
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  Speaker 3: This is pure. He sent me my highlights.
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  Speaker 2: And every time I talked to Marcus, he says, if
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  Speaker 2: I were a GM, you would be my first pick.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, it's just you. You queued it up when
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  Speaker 2: you said let's talk running backs and the text came
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  Speaker 2: in right on time. That's that's wow, that's crazy. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the running game is very vital. It's going
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  Speaker 2: to be important this game. That way, you can the
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  Speaker 2: more you better you run it, you can minimize those
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  Speaker 2: tricky play opportunities that Tennessee's offense might attempt.
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  Speaker 1: Bred Taylor with us a name dropping today. I love
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  Speaker 1: that you know this is what it is. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you got to run it out of their leverage.
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  Speaker 2: You have to learn to leverage your relationships, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like you know, my son made thirteen fifty. He wants
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  Speaker 2: to go to University of Florida. All of a sudden,
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  Speaker 2: and I might know a few people I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: or maybe a few people might listen to this show
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  Speaker 2: and say, well, Freddy's son has a thirteen fifty SAT
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  Speaker 2: and you know, four points some gpa. It's hard to
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  Speaker 2: get it in, but maybe it might better. You know,
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  Speaker 2: name drop a couple of names. I'm just saying, you know,
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  Speaker 2: other than the trickery that we should expect from the
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  Speaker 2: Titans this week. You know, I'm a disciplinarian man. I
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  Speaker 2: played by the rules. I work hard, but every now
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  Speaker 2: and then, you know, I might have to.
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  Speaker 3: Call on a friend. If that makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: It does absolutely. That's a horse, yes, sir, Derrick Henry
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  Speaker 1: over a thousand yards, but it doesn't feel like it
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  Speaker 1: this year. I mean they have just you know, they're
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  Speaker 1: not playing well. The quarterback's not playing well. I don't
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  Speaker 1: have the skilled players around it. But it could be
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  Speaker 1: his last game in Tennessee. How motivated will he be?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it can go either way. I think with
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  Speaker 1: that it could go either way. Obviously he does want to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, put on tape. He still has it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a thousand yards. The last time I checked, it is
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  Speaker 1: still a thousand yards.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we it hadn't been in the typical Derrick
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  Speaker 2: Henry fashion.
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  Speaker 3: They made him work for it.
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  Speaker 2: It reminds me a lot of how Eddie George used
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  Speaker 2: to get his yards. This is the first season I
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  Speaker 2: believe he's under four yards per carry. He's had some tough,
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  Speaker 2: grinded games this year, but yet it's still a guy
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  Speaker 2: who has ninety three hundred yards and an eight year career.
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  Speaker 2: I mean he should be approaching. He's knocking on the
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  Speaker 2: ten thousand yard mark, and I don't see many other
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  Speaker 2: ten thousand yard backs after there.
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  Speaker 3: Eric. Uh, but let's just hope he stays healthy. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I root for Derek.
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  Speaker 2: He's a Florida boy right right there from Yuli, so
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  Speaker 2: I root for him. And my son Kevin Kelvin came
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  Speaker 2: out the same season out of high school. So I'm
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  Speaker 2: always a fan of Uh. Let's call him King Henry,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, just not when he plays the Jags.
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  Speaker 2: I wish him success every game other than when he's
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  Speaker 2: versus the Jaguars. Uh, but I expect those strict plays JP.
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  Speaker 2: I expect Derek to throw, potentially throw a half back pass.
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  Speaker 2: I expect throw back to the quarterback, some double play,
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  Speaker 2: gadget trickery. All that stuff will be dialed up in
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  Speaker 2: this game, they're they're gonna go forward on a lot
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  Speaker 2: of multiple fourth downs, as you've seen that happened last
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  Speaker 2: week with Carolina. I think they went forward on almost
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  Speaker 2: every fourth down, which was crazy. Uh, And I expect
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  Speaker 2: that here from the Titans as well.
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  Speaker 1: Six one hundred and fifty one yards away from ten thousand,
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  Speaker 1: so he'll get that early next season. And then you know,
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  Speaker 1: to your point, he's seven of nine passing in his
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  Speaker 1: career with four touchdown passes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think that would certainly be something they
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  Speaker 2: would want to dial up, especially if the Jaguars are
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  Speaker 2: going to be aggressive, you know, and in the box
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  Speaker 2: to try to stop him, stop the run, because they've
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  Speaker 2: had some issues at a quarterback position. They cannot let
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  Speaker 2: him get going unless also remind ourselves that we still
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  Speaker 2: have Hopkins on that side of the ball, who's very
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  Speaker 2: still a very good receiver, very very very much capable
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  Speaker 2: of getting a job done.
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  Speaker 1: Pet Taylor with his final thought, did you ever throw
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  Speaker 1: a pass?
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  Speaker 3: The passes I threw, I believe were in.
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  Speaker 2: Practice only, and I think they all touched the day
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  Speaker 2: before they touched the receiver. So coach Coauflin exit it
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  Speaker 2: out for me. I believe Stacey Mack has more pass
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  Speaker 2: attempts in the game than I do. I know Jones
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  Speaker 2: Drew does, but Shorty could really throw the ball. I'll
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  Speaker 2: call him Shorty. He's probably gonna hear this and say, oh, Freddie,
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  Speaker 2: you're taking shots at me. But that's mjd is my guy.
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  Speaker 2: He certainly had a much better arm. And I'm just
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  Speaker 2: gonna say I think I had better legs. I still
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  Speaker 2: have nicer legs.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, I'll take your word for Fred Taylor. Always
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  Speaker 1: a pleasure. Well, we'll talk after a division title, hopefully today.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll be ready right now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna hop off and go and do this thirty
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  Speaker 2: minute treadmill walk and work on my sexy legs. How
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  Speaker 2: about that until we talk again, my friend. Happy New Year,
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  Speaker 2: Happy New Year,