1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues the Jaguars and the Indianapolis Colts 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: at four five Eastern time today in week seventeen. As 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: always on the program, it's Pride of the Jaguars running 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: back Fred Taylor. Good afternoon, Fred, JP is a little 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: odd to UH have a fof especially just late in 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: the season. Hopefully going forward in a fuge rafters skiing 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: their first pick and UH drafting a Trevor Lawrence if 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: that's the guy you know, hopefully we can have a 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: few more of these games. You wanted to play meaningful 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: games in December. This is not quite what we were 11 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: thinking of, but that's what happens. Games get flexed, and yes, 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: I think you're right. If the team is better in 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: the future, then you get better time slots and Sunday 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: Night football and Monday Night football and four o'clock CBS games. 15 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: This is the one o'clock special, at least in for 16 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, because they haven't proven anything over the 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: last couple of years too to earn those spots, and 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: this year they certainly have a fourteen game losing skid 19 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: now one and four team record, just trying to wrap 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: up the season. It's Week seventeen, finally here, but they're 21 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: playing a Colts team today that has to win. They 22 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: are up against it in the playoff chase. And it's 23 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: odd that that Week one win for the Jaguars is 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: what's really holding them back right now, one of the 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: few losses they've had this year. But it comes down 26 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: to Week seventeen for the Colts, and the Jags have 27 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: a chance to spoil the Colts playoff chances and and 28 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: that has to be something to hang your hat on. 29 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: That's exactly what this game is about today. I mean, 30 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: other than guys getting out there naturally competing, you know, 31 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: trying to leave one last vision, you know in the 32 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: eyes of the of the front office, the people that 33 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: are making decisions and determining who's gonna be back next year, 34 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, in the building. So this is a you know, 35 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: one shot for these guys that go out there and 36 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: just put everything on tape. You know, no matter what 37 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: it is. You've got a lot of young guys that 38 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: you know, are excited that one the season is about 39 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: to be over. Let's let's be realistic. There's no playoffs 40 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: in their future. But they can you know, play spoiler 41 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: and and and uh with the confidence knowing that they 42 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: beat this team in week one, you know that's sitting 43 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: in the back of their mind and hopefully, uh they 44 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: can get that done today. Uh, the Coats aren't going 45 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: to back down. You know a lot of guys over 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: there saying, man, this team hasn't won the game since 47 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: they beat us. We gotta be better. And then there 48 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: are a group couple of guys over there saying, um, 49 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: this team is sorry. Maybe they're looking past Jacksonville, you know, 50 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: looking past Jacksonville. Uh, getting ready for next week. Who knows, 51 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: But this won't be an easy game. Uh the guys, 52 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna get after them, and uh try 53 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: to close this thing out with a win. The first 54 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: pickets occurred, so there's no need to not play solve, 55 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: no need to not have gadgets lined up, there's no 56 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: need to not blitz the you know, mess out of 57 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. So just just throw the kitchen table to sink, 58 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: everything you can imagine, throw it at those guys and 59 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: try to keep them out of the playoffs. The table 60 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: to sink, the dining room table, the chairs, everything dishes 61 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: solverwhere we're throwing everything at Philip Rivers today Fred Taylor 62 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: with us prior to the Jaguars running back. But it 63 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: has to be only natural for certainly a player in 64 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: for the Jaguars. What is a game that doesn't have 65 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: a lot of meaning in terms of standings and all 66 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: that to look ahead to the off season because Monday 67 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: is the start of really one season in a lot 68 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: of ways. As a player's mindset, at what point do 69 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: you take some time away, When do you get back 70 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: in the weight room, When do you get back in 71 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: football mode? If you will? For you know, I'm I'm 72 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: pretty sure j P. There are some guys in the building, 73 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: you know for the past two weeks at least maybe three, Uh, 74 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: the guys that have to travel away, Guys that don't 75 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: live local, or maybe some of the veteran guys that 76 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: have homes and you know, other states. For me, what 77 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: I would do two days prior to that last game 78 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: if we didn't make the playoffs, I would just make 79 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 1: U haul reservations for my wardrobe and and just thrown 80 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: on the back of my truck back there. We would 81 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: drive down here to Miami for five hours and that 82 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: would be the start of my off season. But I 83 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: would I would typically do that about two days after 84 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: the exit physical, which will take place tomorrow. For these guys. Uh, 85 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna suck for the guys that are injured because 86 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: they can't check out. They have to make sure that 87 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: they're fully recovered before they signed that release form uh 88 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: stating that they're okay. So they're gonna have to stay 89 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: behind and rehab. And it's not the end of the world. 90 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: I mean, some guys want to hurry up and get out. 91 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: Some guys they realized, look, this is an opportunity for 92 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: me to hit the ground running. I'm ready to get 93 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: back training. And as I got older and when I 94 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: as I became more tuned in with this being my job, 95 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: I did everything in my power to treat it as such. 96 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: So I was training with my trainer here. I rushed 97 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: to get here because I wanted to hurry up and 98 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: get to Pete by Merito so I can get my 99 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: body back and tiptop recovery mode. I would also get 100 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: my massages chiropractice. I would just realign my body so 101 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: I can get strong again because the season takes it told. Uh, 102 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: And I'm pretty sure a lot of these guys are 103 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: ready to get back to their whatever their destinations are, 104 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: rebuild themselves and look forward to the next season. Because 105 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: this season is done. Season is done for sure, and 106 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: it feels that that way a lot of ways to 107 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: Obviously in the standings it's officially done really out of race, 108 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: but in the front office side of things too, they're 109 00:05:55,440 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: already interviewing general manager candidates for paying and beyond. And 110 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: I mean I would expect Fred for something in that 111 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: realm to be announced fairly quick if they're already doing interviews, 112 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 1: I think, and this is just me thinking that you'd 113 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: like to have some leadership in place very soon in 114 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: the offseason to set a course and set a direction 115 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: for the future. Well, without a doubt, JP, I can 116 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: tell you that the meetings aren't done until I get 117 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: my interview. Wink wink, uh. But no, seriously, I I 118 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: you know, being that you know, Shot is all business. 119 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: I think he's been in it long enough to kind 120 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: of understand the process, you know, understand the timing of things. 121 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: We have to make sure they have somebody in place now. 122 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: The draft isn't gonna wait on anyone. Uh. Looking at 123 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: roster collegiate rosters to see, you know, who's who's announcing. Uh, 124 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: you want to look at you know, the senior guys 125 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: that are out there. It's such a big uh piece 126 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: of evaluation that these guys have to do that at 127 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: g M will have to do. Uh so making sure 128 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: Uh the GM. I don't know if they're gonna decide 129 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: if you know, the GYM is gonna hire a coach, 130 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: or if they're gonna retain Doug. You know, I I 131 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: don't know what's going on in that room, but I 132 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: think you make a decision here possibly within the next 133 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: uh two weeks, um, and you get them in, get 134 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: them comfortable, get them familiar with everything, with everybody in 135 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: the building, so they can feel comfortable knowing this is 136 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: my job, and this is the job that I have 137 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: in front of me. Uh, this is the challenge. They 138 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: need to learn the roster. If they don't know the 139 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: roster already, I'd be surprised if the GM comes in 140 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: and not know the roster. That's just not being prepared. 141 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: But they have to make sure that they're just on 142 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: point with everything and now it's the time to get 143 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: it done. So uh, it's a sense of urgency so 144 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: we can get back to what we need to be 145 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: what was that for four or five years ago? All right? 146 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: When they make the a f C Championship, Bryan, So, 147 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: I think all the pieces of the pubs will need 148 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: to get in place now, Fred, great stuff. As always, 149 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: We will talk to you in the post game after 150 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: Week seventeen, looking forward to as always JP Back in 151 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: a moment, we'll have the final word with head coach 152 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: Doug Baron before kickoff. The Jaguars and the Colts coming 153 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: up at Lucas Oil Stadium, and this is countdown to 154 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: kickoff on Jaguars Radio.