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Speaker 1: Countdown to kickoff continues, the Jags and the Texans coming

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Speaker 1: up at one o'clock Eastern at NRG Stadium in Houston,

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Speaker 1: and pride of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor joins

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Speaker 1: us now as the Jags get back on the road. Fred,

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Speaker 1: are you ready for this Houston game? JP? I am

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Speaker 1: definitely ready. Man. I hope the guys are ready, but

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Speaker 1: they they better be because this Houston team is coming

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Speaker 1: off a week where they fired their head coach Bill

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Speaker 1: O'Brien after an old and four start. In your experience

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Speaker 1: one of the earliest in a long time in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: But how does a team respond to something like this?

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Speaker 1: Is there a boost that comes to a team that

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Speaker 1: maybe everybody kind of has their act together a little

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Speaker 1: bit more? Man, and you you in the perfect world,

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Speaker 1: that's what you hope and look for. Coach Cornell, who

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Speaker 1: who's stepping stepping as from coach is his overall record

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Speaker 1: to the guys getting out there. Uh and making plays,

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Speaker 1: making things happen today. Uh, and it really for me.

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Speaker 1: JP is is gonna start with our offense playing well. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Coach O'Brien used to play caller. They didn't put up

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Speaker 1: a lot of points. They don't put up twenty points

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Speaker 1: so I can understand why they they fired him. But

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Speaker 1: side of for the texts, they have some issues. It's

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Speaker 1: perfect timing for the Jaguars and hopefully translate to a

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Speaker 1: get out of the L column and put something in win.

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Speaker 1: College have three straight losses for the Jags. We'll get

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Speaker 1: back to the Shaguars team coming up in a moment.

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Speaker 1: But around the league this week, some more COVID nineteen

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Speaker 1: positive tests spread. A handful of teams had more positives

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Speaker 1: this week, and it brings up obviously you nique challenges

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Speaker 1: and logistics for the NFL moving ahead. What is your

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Speaker 1: confidence level right now of how the league has has

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Speaker 1: I guess besides the unexpected. Really, I'm very impressed to

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Speaker 1: how they handled it to date. I mean, going through camp,

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Speaker 1: keeping the numbers down because they're they're they're micromanaging tons,

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Speaker 1: tons and tons of players. You're talking about the administrators, staff,

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Speaker 1: the players, you know, even the young guys that excited

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Speaker 1: extremely high immaturity level. You know, they're telling them you

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Speaker 1: can't do this, so the protocol is tight. I'm really

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Speaker 1: a big skeller thing, if there is a fifteen players

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Speaker 1: in the in the International Football League, the percentages are

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Speaker 1: really small. Going forward, I'd like to see football. I'm

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Speaker 1: released a new protocol. You know, I still keep in

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Speaker 1: touch with Mercedes Lewis. The Packers are on the bye week. Uh.

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Speaker 1: They can't leave town. You can't leave your your city

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Speaker 1: taking this thing extremely serious, and if the number spiked,

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Speaker 1: enjoy the best board in the world. Fred Taylor with

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Speaker 1: US proud of the Jaguars running back Well said, Fred,

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Speaker 1: let's get to the Jags last week. The Jaguars defense

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Speaker 1: So I think strip drills this week are important for

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Speaker 1: and he deserves he's playing well and it's a big

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Speaker 1: looking up his numbers. JP sixty carries to eighty five,

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Speaker 1: If we can get him going and being able to

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Speaker 1: is an opportunity for the Jaguars offensive line of the

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Speaker 1: put it on tape because I think this young guy,

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Speaker 1: he's definitely a bright spot on the offense along with

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Speaker 1: DJ Chart, Fred Taylor with us. You mentioned the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: Fred with two touchdowns too spectacular players really the toe

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Speaker 1: And he makes a difference. Obviously. When he's back in

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Speaker 1: the lineup, you can spread some things out and and

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Speaker 1: it'll be good to get him going. DJ Chart going on.

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Speaker 1: It helps out Robinson and vice versa. Much like myself,

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Speaker 1: they've been good, but they haven't been great. I should

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Speaker 1: say DJ involved early, get Gardner, you know, um in

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Speaker 1: back home with a victory. Good stuff, Red. We will

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Speaker 1: talk to you in the post game, hopefully after the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars snapped this three game skid. How about it? As always,

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Speaker 1: JP man, I stay looking forward to it, but this

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Speaker 1: week I want to have some fun with him, and

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Speaker 1: I want to have some manager and that only happens

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Speaker 1: if we win. Coming up the final word with head

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Speaker 1: coach Doug Moron the Jaguars and the Texans coming up

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