1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Time for our weekly conversation with Pride of the Jaguars 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,359 Speaker 1: running back Fred Taylor, or should I say Pro Football 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame finalist Fred Taylor. It's about time we 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: got into the room. Fred. 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 2: How are you, JP? 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 3: I'm good man. I like to sound the finalist Freddy. 7 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 3: Can we make that a thing? They tried to call 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 3: me fragile Freddie, that kind of war and that's worn off. 9 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 3: I mean we're talking about thirteen years in you know, 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 3: they try to count me out. But now it's finalist 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 3: Freddy and it sounds pretty good man. I'm good JP. 12 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 3: How about yourself doing well? 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, finalist Freddy has a pretty good ring 14 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: to it. The next one would be gold jacket Fred. 15 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: But hey, it's a process, right, and hey, this is 16 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: the next step in that process. I don't you've been 17 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: waiting a long time to take this step. So how 18 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: did you react when you finally found out and got 19 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: the news? 20 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, JP, is certainly a process. It's the 21 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: next step. 22 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 3: It puts us one step closer. 23 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: My reaction was thank God. 24 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 3: I just I was sort of overwhelmed with joy, but 25 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 3: I also and then I immediately prayed, immediately thank God, 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 3: you know, forgetting me to this moment. This is where 27 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 3: we said we wanted to be where they can at 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 3: least hear the case right, especially for people that hadn't 29 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 3: really seen me play, the people that operated outside of Jacksonville. 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 3: So I felt great to answer that part of the question. 31 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 3: I felt great about it, and then I had to 32 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 3: recompose myself, regained my composure because I understand the process. 33 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 3: You know, I don't want to get too too excited, 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: but I am thankful for the moment. But also I know, 35 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: like Kobe Bryant said, the job's not done. The job's 36 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 3: not finished, so you know, still one more shot to 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 3: make the top five. And that list is you know, 38 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 3: you can say all of these guys are deserving, and 39 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: I think they are because they're on the finalist list. 40 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 3: So when you're in that sort of elite category, you go, 41 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 3: how do you ax guys out? How do you decide 42 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 3: who to exclude and who to give that nod to, 43 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 3: especially when you're not a or you're not considered a 44 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 3: first ballot you know. So and then there's guys that's 45 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 3: been in the finalist room for years, so well the 46 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 3: first time finally jump those guys or will. They kind 47 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 3: of areas of a pecking order. So yeah, I just 48 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 3: try to keep things in perspective. So I kind of 49 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 3: bring that joy back down. But I'm excited. I'm certainly happy. 50 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: A wise man once told me sometimes I think other 51 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 1: times I just don't know, And I think that applies 52 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: to the voting process and the whole You just don't know. 53 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: I mean, they can get in the room. 54 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: You're the only running back on the list, So if 55 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: it's time to get a running back, okay, well then 56 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,079 Speaker 1: maybe you just don't know how it's gonna go. So 57 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: the reaction, though, You've always had the support of obviously 58 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: Jaguar fans, but everybody seeing this news in the last 59 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: couple of days. 60 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 2: What does that meant to you? 61 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: To get those responses on I know you're big on 62 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: social media and everything, and that's got to mean something 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: to you. 64 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 3: It means a lot. You know, it's a bit overwhelming 65 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 3: because me what I said this time, unlike when I 66 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 3: do during the holidays or my birthday, I get tons 67 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 3: of text messages, you know, I wake up one hundred 68 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 3: two three hundred texts. I'm like, oh, I can't reply 69 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 3: to everybody, and I'm not a copy paste type of person. 70 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 2: I like to be sincere and my responses. 71 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 3: So for example, so when I woke up because I 72 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 3: fell asleep on the show, I was sleeping during the 73 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 3: announcement what was that Wednesday night NFL Network. But when 74 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 3: I woke up, I had tons of texts. I'm like, 75 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: I'm not in the mood to return these texts. It's 76 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 3: ten pm. You know, I got a lot of elderly 77 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 3: people on this line too. They might be sleep right now. 78 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 3: So the next day, so Yesterday, Thursday, when I was 79 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: flying up to Jersey, I ended up returning. 80 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 2: So I ended up returning a lot. 81 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 3: Of text messages the following day, and you know, one 82 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 3: side returned those messages. 83 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 2: I said, Okay, I did a good job. And then 84 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 2: I started getting. 85 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 3: More and more and more and more text like wow, okay, 86 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 3: this is a bit overwhelming again. And then a lot 87 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 3: of messages on Twitter, a lot of messages on Instagram. 88 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 3: The Jaguar social media team, you know, they're putting up highlights, 89 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 3: They're putting up the fact that I was accepted, well, 90 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 3: the fact that I made Top fifteen finalists, and it's 91 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 3: just a lot of people are tagging my page and 92 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 3: saying congrats, you deserve it. 93 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 2: You deserve it. 94 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: Well, the other guys deserve it too, But no, I'm 95 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 3: thankful JP man. 96 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: It's just. 97 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: I guess, you know, I guess if you talk to 98 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 3: Andy right now. My wife, she wus saying I get 99 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 3: this way during my birthdays. I get this way during 100 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 3: Christmas because I've always been a giver. I've always been 101 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 3: the one to take care of people, and now it 102 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 3: seems that when it's time for me to be taken 103 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 3: care of, I really don't know how to respond, you 104 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 3: know what I'm saying. So, you know, whatever the case is, 105 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 3: I'm thankful, and I'm appreciative of all of the congratulations that 106 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 3: people have been texting, tweeting, or even commenting on Instagram. 107 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,239 Speaker 2: So I'm just overwhelmed with things. 108 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 1: Gratitude absolutely, and it's well said. Fred Taylor is with us, 109 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: proud of the Jaguars running back. Let's get to this 110 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: Panthers Jaguars matchup game skinned for the Jags, but Fred, 111 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: they can clinch the division today with a win over 112 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: the Panthers and the Colts and Texans loss. All those 113 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: games were at one o'clock on Sunday, so you could 114 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: be handing out hats and t shirts by the end 115 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: of the day, or it could go the other way 116 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: and you could be behind the eight ball in the 117 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: division and only looking at a wild card next week. 118 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: I mean, this is how razor thin this is right now? 119 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty thin, you know. 120 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 3: But even with all of that stuff, the one leading 121 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 3: theme is Jacksonville. It's always been about Jacksonville, you know. 122 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 3: It's always been about the Jaguars. Even in the four 123 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 3: game Slit Scared, It's always been about them. Today is 124 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 3: no different. You have an underachieving, very much underwhelming, underachieving 125 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: Canters team, Panthers team, and you would say, all right, 126 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 3: you should beat them. They're two and thirteen, you should 127 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 3: beat this team. But it doesn't work that way. You know, 128 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 3: Jacksonville can't just limp out there because they're dealing with 129 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 3: a lot of injuries. You got one at the QB position, 130 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: you know, you got the receivers banged up, you got 131 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,119 Speaker 3: defensive players banged up. This injuries all over the place. 132 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 3: You're not running the ball well, you've been exposed seemingly 133 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: on defense when you can't get after the quarterback. So 134 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 3: it's not going to be just a walk in the park. 135 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 3: But it is going to always be about Jacksonville and 136 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: how they handle business. So they have to play mistake 137 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 3: free football. They have to play with a sense of urgency. 138 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 3: The offense has to find a way to stay consistent, 139 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 3: consistency and try to give the defense some life the defense. 140 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 3: I was told that my play excites the defense. When 141 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 3: I was out there, when I made big runs, it 142 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 3: excited the guys and it made them want to go 143 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 3: out there and play even harder, you know. So we 144 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 3: have to find a way to excite those guys, and 145 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 3: that comes by way of big plays and playing smash 146 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 3: mouth football. Giving Travis et in the rock, you know, 147 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 3: throwing a DJ out there, Johnson throwing a little bit 148 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 3: of tank out there. Whatever it is, protect Trevor, run 149 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 3: the football, walk away with the victory. 150 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: Red Taylor with us. Is it It's week seventeen and 151 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: we're talking about urgency? 152 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 2: Yeah? Is that bad? 153 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: I mean, can you find it this late? If you 154 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: don't have it now, can you find it? 155 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 2: You know? It's it's it's it's not bad because it's 156 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 2: a week to week thing. 157 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 3: A year ago, you know, we were we were the 158 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 3: team was in this position minus the slide. 159 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: They were ascended and everybody. 160 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,839 Speaker 3: Was like, all right, we're gonna are we gonna make 161 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 3: the playoffs, We're gonna make the playoffs, and the excitement 162 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 3: was in the air. They gotta find a way to 163 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 3: recreate that through urgency. A year ago is the same 164 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 3: sense of urgency that they needed to ascend to the 165 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 3: next round, which is the playoffs. So now you have 166 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 3: to find a way to get off this roller coaster. 167 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 3: You gotta get off the roller colder is going. It's 168 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 3: a steep decline, not just a decline, but it's a 169 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 3: very steep decline. You gotta find a way to kind 170 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 3: of been that thing backed up and you know, reassend 171 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 3: yourself and find some momentum because the league, the league 172 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 3: hasn't changed much. It's changed a lot, but the foundation 173 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 3: is always gonna be one of the foundations. Always going 174 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 3: to be teams that get hot at the right time. 175 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 3: Those are the teams you gotta look out for. It's 176 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 3: not too late for this team. You know, they did 177 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 3: it a year ago. Maybe the five game stretch could 178 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: be these two plus whatever they need to get to 179 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 3: the super Bowl, And let's hope that's the case. Because 180 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 3: they found a way to be magical last year and 181 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 3: that came by way of sin suburgency. So it's not 182 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 3: too late until it's too late, meaning once you're eliminated, 183 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 3: it's too late and you have to find out what 184 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 3: you're gonna do in the offseason. 185 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: The clock is still ticking, but it's getting close to 186 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: the end, so they better get something going now. Last 187 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: home game today, the Panthers and the Jaguars, and Fred 188 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: will talk to you in the post game. 189 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 2: Appreciated as always, I'll see j P. Always a pleasure.