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Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues the oh and two Dolphins and

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Speaker 1: the one and one Jaguars coming up at eight twenty

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Speaker 1: eastern on Thursday Night Football and is always on countdown

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Speaker 1: to kickoff. We visit with pride of the Jaguars running

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Speaker 1: back Fred Taylor, and here we go in prime time. Fred.

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Speaker 1: Nothing like prime time man, no matter the time in

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Speaker 1: the season, prime time game, especially in Jacksonville is huge.

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Speaker 1: Now a Fred, Let's get right to it. The running

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Speaker 1: game last week was fantastic. James Robinson sixteen carries a

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Speaker 1: hundred two yards a touchdown, and we're seeing more and

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Speaker 1: more as the weeks go along. Here Why they believe

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Speaker 1: so much of him? You know what? First of all, JP,

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Speaker 1: I gotta give him a call, say hey, slow down

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Speaker 1: the pace man. You can't be out here breaking my

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Speaker 1: the rookie remarks that I set. But it's just a

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Speaker 1: testament to him. He has great ability, being able to

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Speaker 1: run the ball downhill outside. He shows feed. He has

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Speaker 1: great vision. In my opinion, the offensive line got to

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Speaker 1: get a big boys credit up front, and I think

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Speaker 1: that the coaches believe that they found something. They found

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Speaker 1: a guy who can do it all pretty much. He

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Speaker 1: catches well out of the backfield as well, so you

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Speaker 1: might as well continue to rick that horse alongside Robinson

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Speaker 1: in the backfield. There is another weapon for Jay Gruden

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Speaker 1: at his disposal this year and as Laviscus Chernault. And

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Speaker 1: we've seen him the rookie lined up everywhere wide receiver

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Speaker 1: making some catches. But last week they lined him up

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Speaker 1: he's running over guys. I mean he is six one seven.

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Speaker 1: I guess that makes sense, but it's still something you

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Speaker 1: don't expect to see from a guy listed as a

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Speaker 1: wide receiver. Well, JP, I came in, I was six

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Speaker 1: one seven. My my, my, my rookie year six seven.

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Speaker 1: And and the thing about being able to be as

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Speaker 1: versatile as he is, you know, Jet coach bruten can

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Speaker 1: get very creative. You know, he can put those guys

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Speaker 1: in the quarterback position, the running back position, he can

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Speaker 1: put him and he can put him in tight so

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Speaker 1: those guys can run reverses, quick handoffs, uh motion you

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Speaker 1: know motion hand off. So you can get very creative

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Speaker 1: with a guy who was as versatile. You'll see them

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Speaker 1: design certain things, some toss passes where they are able

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Speaker 1: to pitch it to him by design, and he's able

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Speaker 1: to throw the ball downfield. From what I've seen, he

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Speaker 1: has a pretty good arm as well. So I'm on

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Speaker 1: standby to see how creative that offense can get. I

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Speaker 1: don't remember you throwing a pass, Fred, Am I wrong?

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Speaker 1: You know what? I just stuck to what I did best.

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Speaker 1: That was running the ball, whether it was running past you,

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Speaker 1: juke you, spend, move, whatever it might have been. I

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Speaker 1: was limited to that and that's just fine. It worked

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Speaker 1: out well, that's all I needed. It worked out just well.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're straight. Fred Taylor with us slow starts

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Speaker 1: defensively for this football team so far, put him in

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Speaker 1: holes early of fourteen nothing this week after two drives.

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Speaker 1: It's a young defense. There's some young players on the

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Speaker 1: back end. Is that something they can grow out of?

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Speaker 1: You know, I think it's a combination of things that

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Speaker 1: it's a situation where the coaching staff they're also trying

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Speaker 1: to fill out what the opponent is doing. Unfortunately, the

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Speaker 1: first two weeks of the season, you know, they got

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Speaker 1: they got down. Hopefully this week they'll be able to

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Speaker 1: get more pressure when it's uh, you know, thirt and

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Speaker 1: longer along down passing situations that can create some opportunistic

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Speaker 1: situations for the defense and being able to change the

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Speaker 1: field position early and get the ball in the offense.

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Speaker 1: And who's actually playing pretty well. Predd Taylor with US

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Speaker 1: Slits discussed the Dolphins offensive here if they have at

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Speaker 1: the running back position Jordan Howard, And he's the fifth

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Speaker 1: leading rusher in the league since joining the NFL, and

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Speaker 1: he's already racked up thirty yards. It is his third

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Speaker 1: team in the NFL. What do you know about Jordan Howard.

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Speaker 1: He's a guy that started out in Chicago by way

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Speaker 1: of Indiana, right, and uh, he's somewhere from your neck

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Speaker 1: in the woods up in Obama. But Jordan's he's a

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Speaker 1: good running back. He's solid. They're gonna have to wrap

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Speaker 1: him up. You know, he gets the ball downhill again.

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Speaker 1: He was drafted by the Bears. And you know the

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Speaker 1: solar backs, they like one cutting in downhill, run through.

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Speaker 1: Some guys get the tough four is what I've always

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Speaker 1: loved to see in him. But he's a LUs and

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Speaker 1: also get out in the open field, still form some

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Speaker 1: cornerbacks and and take a distance. Thursday night football, Big

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Speaker 1: ball game against the Dolphins coming up, and we'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you a little later. I love those interstate matchups.

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Speaker 1: Man looking forward to a jp A Sunshine State showdown.

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Speaker 1: The Dolphins and the Jaguars coming up, and Jeff Logaman

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Speaker 1: has the first word with head coach Doug maron coming up.

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Speaker 1: The Dolphins and the Jaguars coming up on Thursday Night Football,

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Speaker 1: and this is countdown to kick it off on Jaguars Radio.