Speaker 1: Countdown. The kickoff continues, the Jaguars and the Cincinnati Bengals
Speaker 1: coming up in Week four or one o'clock kickoff time
Speaker 1: today at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati on the banks
Speaker 1: of the Ohio River. The guy who's played a few
Speaker 1: games in Cincinnati over the years is Fred Taylor, pride
Speaker 1: of the Jaguars running back. What's up, Fred? All as
Speaker 1: good j p A. Those are games that I looked
Speaker 1: forward to. I knew for a fact pretty were pretty
Speaker 1: close to the fact that I was going to get
Speaker 1: a hundred yard that they were our prunching bag. They
Speaker 1: played some closed games. Man. They just recently finished with
Speaker 1: a tie the week prior to that, and they lost
Speaker 1: by five. In the opening week they lost by three,
Speaker 1: so they've they've been fighting, so they're not so much
Speaker 1: a punching bag as they were back in the day.
Speaker 1: But that was a game that I always looked forward to. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it would be nice if the Jaguars could replicate that,
Speaker 1: of course, what you used to do up there, or
Speaker 1: replicate what they did last season up there. The Jags
Speaker 1: went for over two hundred on the ground last year
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. Now they've tried to upgrade the defense in
Speaker 1: the off season there in Cincinnati. But the Wars have
Speaker 1: a new running back this year as well, James Robinson,
Speaker 1: undrafted player. We talked about him every week, but his
Speaker 1: three d thirty nine scrimmage yards are the most for
Speaker 1: an undrafted player through three games in league history. He's
Speaker 1: doing some big things here for the Jags. You just
Speaker 1: gotta get that running game going a little earlier in
Speaker 1: the game. It's been tough. Yea, you know what, he
Speaker 1: has done some special things and uh, I salute him,
Speaker 1: I slew him for his effort, his hard work. I mean,
Speaker 1: he really looked like a guy who should have been drafted.
Speaker 1: This week is definitely a week to build in the
Speaker 1: thirty one in the league and rush defense. So this
Speaker 1: is an opportunity. It's a great opportunity for the offensive line.
Speaker 1: You know, they should sit back and consider the feast.
Speaker 1: The key JP is going to be if the defense
Speaker 1: starts fast and not allow the offense to to have
Speaker 1: to play from behind where they can't mix up to
Speaker 1: play calls and or can't you know, call more runs
Speaker 1: to give James that opportunity. So the key for me,
Speaker 1: again as it is every week, is how fast will
Speaker 1: the defense Fred Taylor with US one more offensive. Though
Speaker 1: DJ Chart missed last week's game, how much did they
Speaker 1: miss his presence? Especially downfield? Ah, he's a huge influence.
Speaker 1: I mean, coming in, it starts starting to shine, you know,
Speaker 1: with with the connection between him and Gardener, him and Menshew.
Speaker 1: So I really believe that when you take away the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks the number one option, you know, much like if
Speaker 1: you watch the Monday night game Drew Brees, uh, without
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas and the Saints, they're your progressions aren't the
Speaker 1: same because you're used to seeing you know, a certain
Speaker 1: number out there, you know, and it's just one of
Speaker 1: those things where you can just out of a flash boom,
Speaker 1: my guy, he's over there. I know where my guy
Speaker 1: is pre snap each and every snap. Uh and going
Speaker 1: back to it. And no, I haven't watched the film,
Speaker 1: but in my mind, I do believe on the offense
Speaker 1: sideline and they're streaking down the field with Chris Connolly
Speaker 1: wide open for a post. If that had been DJ Chart,
Speaker 1: immediately being that he's the number one guy, he's the
Speaker 1: ultimate threat out there, Menshew would have found him and
Speaker 1: maybe the team would have had that fast start and
Speaker 1: scored on the first play of the game, much like
Speaker 1: we did when I was able to catch out on
Speaker 1: a Savity plush Ard touchdown. So he's a huge influence.
Speaker 1: He's a difference maker. The defenses have to play honest,
Speaker 1: they have to play cover two, which allows opportunities in
Speaker 1: the run game. But when he's not out there, defenses
Speaker 1: are gonna bring eight in the box. They're gonna play
Speaker 1: single high safety in disrespect the other receivers that are
Speaker 1: on the field, and it's gonna make it a tough
Speaker 1: night for the entire offense. Fred Taylor with us friend
Speaker 1: of the Jaguars running back on countdown to kick off.
Speaker 1: You mentioned the defense and the slow starts. Another one
Speaker 1: last week, three consecutive touchdown drives to open the game
Speaker 1: for the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night. What is the
Speaker 1: trick to a faster start on defense? Is there a
Speaker 1: magic bullet that can fix this thing? And or is
Speaker 1: it just playing better overall? You know, I wish there
Speaker 1: was a little hocus polk. JP will be three and
Speaker 1: oh right now, because I'll be the magician that no
Speaker 1: one has ever seen before. I think with the defense,
Speaker 1: they are limited across the board. There's not a lot
Speaker 1: of depth, and we're actually praying and hoping that these
Speaker 1: young guys are studying hard during the week. We hope
Speaker 1: it translates to execution on the field on Sunday. You're
Speaker 1: kind of skating on thin ice. But to answer your question, UH,
Speaker 1: it has to be a marriage of of things and opportunity. Uh.
Speaker 1: Play calling that has to be right on point, and
Speaker 1: the guys have to be in position to make those plays.
Speaker 1: They have to understand the situation so they can think
Speaker 1: of play ahead and that will allow them to play
Speaker 1: faster from an individual standpoint. Now, when you put that
Speaker 1: together as a group collectively, it should result in the
Speaker 1: defense playing faster, getting after the quarterback on third down.
Speaker 1: That's always key into playing fast from a defensive standpoint.
Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with us, you're mentioning the past rush here.
Speaker 1: There has been really a lack of pass rush for
Speaker 1: the Jaguars defense this year. They have three sacks all season,
Speaker 1: one in each game. But it feels like this could
Speaker 1: be a get right game for the Jags pass rush.
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow has been, as you mentioned earlier, a punching
Speaker 1: bag this year. He's been hit thirty one times, eighteen
Speaker 1: last week and he was sacked eight times with against
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Can they get home this week? If you
Speaker 1: don't get home this week, it might be a while, right.
Speaker 1: It all starts with the pass rush. If they can't
Speaker 1: rush the passer, it's gonna be a lot of thinking dumps,
Speaker 1: much like what the Dolphins did last week. And it's
Speaker 1: gonna expose a lot of things, whether it's your man
Speaker 1: coverage or your zone coverage. You have to be able
Speaker 1: to have that pass rush up front because the guys
Speaker 1: in the back they can't cover all day. But that
Speaker 1: has to marry up. You know, it's not a one
Speaker 1: level thing when it comes to defense more so, uh,
Speaker 1: if someone makes a mistake on defense, it's gonna be exploited.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Burrow being hit a lot. Now he's still
Speaker 1: a young guy, but he's a feisty, you know, strong
Speaker 1: young guy who's gonna keep coming at you because he
Speaker 1: has a tor on his show and he wants to
Speaker 1: prove a lot. This is the week, I'm sure Josh Allen,
Speaker 1: you know he's biting at the chop to uh to
Speaker 1: to get out there and get after him. So you know,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm really gonna tune in to see what happens
Speaker 1: this week, because if this isn't the week, I don't
Speaker 1: think there's gonna be a week. Josh Allen Tayle and
Speaker 1: Jason Dan Smooth for that matter, all person should be excited.
Speaker 1: He should be excited his former teammate. So, I mean, hey,
Speaker 1: I got so excited when I had an opportunity to
Speaker 1: hitch upon cursing the Ribs on some past blocking there.
Speaker 1: So get geeked up, man, Let's go go get him
Speaker 1: Fred great stuff. We will talk to you a little
Speaker 1: bit later in postgame coming up, JP. I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to a bus all right. When we returned, Jeff logum
Speaker 1: And has the final word with head coach Doug moron
Speaker 1: the Jags and the Bengals coming up in Week four.
Speaker 1: And this is countdown to Kickoff on Jaguars Radio