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Speaker 1: It's Titans week and we visit with pride of the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars running back Fred Taylor, who has a genuine deep

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Speaker 1: hatred of the Tennessee Titans. We know this, um, it's

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Speaker 1: what it is. And the Jags get them twice in

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Speaker 1: the next five weeks. Spread how are you? I'm good.

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Speaker 1: I'm good. I feel the same way no matter the year.

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Speaker 1: The mindset never changes when it's Titans Week. So this

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Speaker 1: is a team that I absolutely, absolutely personally despise, and

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Speaker 1: I hope these young players this team, I hope they

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Speaker 1: grow into that same lovely hatred you know that I have.

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Speaker 1: I hope they somehow find a way to develop it.

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Speaker 1: Because this is a team that's been a thorn in

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Speaker 1: uh leaders right now, so obviously you want to be

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Speaker 1: able to take them down. Uh if you're gonna be

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Speaker 1: the best team in this division. Uh. As a Jaguar player,

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Speaker 1: that's who you aim at. You aim at the Titans.

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Speaker 1: So hopefully they'll be able to bounce back from last

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Speaker 1: week's game and and find a way to be competitive

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Speaker 1: and win this one. Obviously, you know, to have a

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Speaker 1: It has not been that as of late, certainly over

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Speaker 1: the full scope of the series. But the Titans one

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Speaker 1: nine of the last ten and five in a row,

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Speaker 1: at some point you've got to break that trend and

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Speaker 1: and figure it out. But the Titans have built their

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Speaker 1: one in the league on third downs on defense somehow,

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Speaker 1: even though they give up some yards in the passing game.

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, this Tennessee team is may not

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Speaker 1: be the powerful number one seed Tennessee teams of old,

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Speaker 1: you know, one of the top A f C teams,

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Speaker 1: but um, they can still get it done in certain

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Speaker 1: situations on the ground. And it's Derrick Henry, of course.

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Speaker 1: So let's start with him, Fred. The last four weeks

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Speaker 1: he hasn't been over a hundred yards, the last two

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Speaker 1: it takes one or two Mr Simons on defense, or

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Speaker 1: And that's the beautiful thing about the run game. You

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Speaker 1: I think running backs know that it only takes one.

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Speaker 1: You know. I was always that guy who felt like,

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Speaker 1: at any given moment of the game. So patients, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a virtue when you're back. And uh, look, we

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Speaker 1: know Derrick Henry, he hasn't had a ton of highlights

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Speaker 1: But when you look at the stat book, you're seeing him,

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Speaker 1: And really that's just the credit to his consistency when

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Speaker 1: know what did Jack Jaguars have to do? They have

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Speaker 1: they have to be in their gaps. They have to

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Speaker 1: space is accounted for um. But more importantly, you have

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Speaker 1: late now, guys, So how concerning is that for you?

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Speaker 1: And and how do you move past that as a team?

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Speaker 1: biggest concern JP is if the guys believe that they

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Speaker 1: on and making that excuse for them, Well, they're young.

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Speaker 1: They gotta find a way. Look, there's an NFL ball club.

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Speaker 1: You know, if they're winning, you know, they people my

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Speaker 1: He's gonna play, So that's great news. So um, you know,

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Speaker 1: try to fight back in this game in Detroit. That

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Speaker 1: and it wasn't as bad as you look. However, JP,

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Speaker 1: How did you do them boast at the same time? Okay,

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Speaker 1: run with the football. Right. Yeah, it's kind of like you,

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Speaker 1: But it hurts like crap, I can tell you that much.

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Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with us prior of the Jaguars running back.

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Speaker 1: All right, so how are you feeling about this game?

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Speaker 1: Jags Titans. It's not the tighten the powerful Titans teams,

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Speaker 1: as we said, but it's a Jags team that they

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Speaker 1: gotta bounce back. That was a bad performance last week,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, no, wait, what is this all about? Um?

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Speaker 1: the Titans JP. I absolutely despise that team. And I

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Speaker 1: it's one of those names that UH will bring out

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna always hope and cross my fingers that somehow,

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Speaker 1: because it's the NFL, that this might be the day

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Speaker 1: that we get an upset. And that's what we're always

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Speaker 1: searching for when we play the Titans as an upset

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Speaker 1: because they're, you know, unfortunately the better team statistically and

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Speaker 1: usually across the board. Somehow they find a way to

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Speaker 1: get those wins. So hopefully we can be a team

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Speaker 1: that find way to get that win today. Appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Fred has always I love the insight on the toes also,

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Speaker 1: and we'll talk to you after the game. I'm looking

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Speaker 1: forward to we keep talking about some more toes. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go get those terms so I can correct myself.