1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: Countdown to kickoff continues as the Jaguars visit the Minnesota 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: Vikings today at one o'clock kickoff time j P. Shadrick 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: each week joined by a pride of the Jaguars running 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: back Fred Taylor. Hello, Fred, what's up? JP? More football man? 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: Gotta love it, gotta love it. Let's keep having football. 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: I know there's some games that have been in question 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, but so far, so good 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: for the Jacksonville Jaguars in terms of getting these games played. 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: Biggest news of the week Dave Colrell out as a 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: general manager. He started here in he had a playoff 11 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: rount in teen. There was some success in the later 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: rounds of the draft, not as much success at the 13 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: top of the draft, and I think that's the big key. 14 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 1: Now what for the Jaguars, you know, now what they 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: bring someone in and bring someone else in to call 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: the shots. You know, hopefully someone that will work in 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: a joint coordinated effort with the head coach to get 18 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: the type of players they need to fill the roster 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: and fill their philosophy. You know, a lot of times 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: uh gms and head coaches that have different ideologies and 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: philosophies and they don't mesh well. And I can put 22 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: a strain on the organization top down as it relates 23 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: to to to Dave Caldwell, I I really I like 24 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: Dave a lot. I think he's an awesome person. The 25 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: NFL is a business, more business than personal. The quarterback position, 26 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: I think that sort of hurt uh Dave earlier on 27 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: you know, the whole Blake borders that thing there. Although 28 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: they did have the one that run three years ago, 29 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: the defense was amazing. They built an amazing defense, so 30 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: I do give them credit for that, having one of 31 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: the best defenses, uh, statistically in the history of the 32 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: game at different points throughout that season. You're not measured 33 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: on one shot. It's about consistency in the NFL. UH. 34 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: And usually that comes from the quarterback position. First. If 35 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna be a team that's in it every year, 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: look at the successful teams around the NFL is the 37 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: quarterback position. And then you build out from there. Uh. 38 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: And you pretty much can do anything through draft, through 39 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: free agency. And unfortunately one of Dave's first picks was 40 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: the quarterback position and that didn't pan out. So it 41 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: created this trickle down effect and this is what we 42 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: have now. Hopefully going forward, uh shot Uh, the decision 43 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: makers in the front office, they can find somebody out 44 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 1: to get in there, and that would be solid, you know, 45 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: get us some solid picks in work coordination with with 46 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: the head coach whatever they're gonna do there. Uh and 47 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: and and hopefully that will all translate to wins for 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: the Jaguar fan base. And really that's all that matters. 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: The fans don't care about all this stuff. They just 50 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: want to see wins. The one way to get in 51 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: the stadium enjoy you know, spending their hard earned money, 52 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: seeing a great product on the field and enjoying their Sundays. 53 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: That's all they care about. Fred Taylor with us to 54 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: the Jaguars running back. So now it's on the Minnesota 55 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: and a really good battle of running backs here, of course, 56 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: James Robinson, the rookie for the Jaguars, and then Dalvin 57 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 1: Cook for Minnesota, the second best running back in terms 58 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: of yardage in the league this year. You gotta love 59 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: this matchup, Fred, You know, I do love the match up. 60 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: I've been a fan of Dalvin since his his days 61 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: at Florida State. Although he was a seminar but I 62 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: was still a fan. I my you know, his style 63 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: of run. I thought I always thought that he was 64 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: getting the NFL to have a successful career, you know, 65 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: not so much earlier on. You know, they they compared 66 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: him to a lot of the other guys around the league, 67 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: and he was slowed due to a few injuries. When 68 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: coach Kennedy Poland my old position coach, when they got 69 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: up there in Minnesota, and they adapted that that style 70 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: of play they had here under with under coach Pola 71 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: in the run game coordinator with myself from our reice, 72 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: we were very successful. Kp he reached out a lot 73 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: to me, you know, he talked about Dalvin and what 74 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: the young man brought to the table. He put us 75 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: on the phone together. He allowed myself to share my 76 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: experiences with with d C with Dalvin, and Dalvin started 77 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: training at my facility with coach Pete Bamrito here in 78 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: South Florida, and his career skyrocketed. I mean, he's having 79 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: a great last two years. He's been running really well, 80 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: really efficient, and he's learning how to stay healthy. And 81 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: and and James Robinson he'll do the same. You know, 82 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: He's having a pretty solid rookie campaign. He's really the 83 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: highlight of the entire team, you know, more than anything else. 84 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: That's usually what you're gonna get from the running back position, though, 85 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: you know, we we were that spark that the entire 86 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 1: ball club needs. But he's doing his job. Uh, he's 87 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: making the guys up front excited about blocking again in 88 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: the run game. He's doing it in the past game. 89 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: And uh, he's definitely been a great find for the Jaguars. 90 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: And again all the days out of the building, you 91 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: know that decision was made between he and coach Marone, 92 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: but again, um it wasn't through the draft. But he's 93 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: still a solid player, never the case, whatever the case 94 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: may be, and luckily he's on our side. Fred Taylor 95 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: with a final thoughts here, Fred, you know there's five 96 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: games left. The team's officially eliminated from postseason contention. They've 97 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: already made a change in the front office. Who knows 98 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: what other changes could come down the line here, but 99 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: there's still five football games left to be played. You know, 100 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: Doug Brone is trying to go out and get the 101 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: best out of this team that he can and still 102 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: try to win games. How difficult is it to to 103 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: stay motivated, to stay locked in, first as a football 104 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: team and then as an individual player when you know 105 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you're you're not going anywhere, 106 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: you know. I want to start from the individual side 107 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: and then look at it from the team aspect. I 108 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: think from an individual side, the guys are motivated from. 109 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: You know, some guys may have, you know, certain incentives 110 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: that they're close to hitting. Uh. Some guys just want 111 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: to put something on tape. You know, you got a 112 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: lot of young guys out there due to injuries that 113 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: they they understand that, hey, this might be my last shot. 114 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: Who knows, So I have to put some film on 115 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: tape and give myself an opportunity. And I think that's 116 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: a motivating factor. And how hungry these guys are gonna 117 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: be throughout the remaindering, pushed portion of the season. And 118 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: then now I want to talk about the team effort. 119 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: I think the key part for that is how well 120 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: they're communicating in the building throughout all of this madness 121 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: with COVID UH this whole season, UH, dealing with their 122 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: injuries and their personal frustrations. How well they're communicating these 123 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: these last five weeks, you know, how important it is 124 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: to them, uh from an individual standpoint, and now I 125 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: think that all bill on the team side, uh, the coaches. 126 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: The coaches want to finish for the bank. They don't 127 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: want to lose. You know. People tend to joke and say, well, 128 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: they're jockeying for position to to get the number one pick. 129 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: I don't know how true that is, because when you're 130 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: between the choke, you just want to go out there 131 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: and play your butts off. Coaches want to coach their 132 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: tails off, you know, because they know it's about opportunity 133 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: for them as well. So, UM, I don't know how 134 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: they're gonna you know, how it translates to the overall 135 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: team picture, but I do know that you have guys 136 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: in the building definitely. Over the last couple of weeks 137 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: have shown that they're hungry, they're still passionate about football. 138 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: The end result hadn't been great, it's not what they've wanted, 139 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: but they're out there playing their butts off. They're playing 140 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: hard down to the last whistle, and that's what I'm 141 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: excited to see. I'm excited to see the young guys 142 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: out there scrapping and hopefully those are building blocks that 143 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: will get us to where we want to be. You know, 144 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: where we were three years ago and hopefully where we 145 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: can be within the next three year window. As the 146 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: entire French Fred, great stuff. As always, We will talk 147 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: to you again in the post game coming up a 148 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: little later. I'm gonna see you there, Fred Taylor, pride 149 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: of the Jaguars running back and up next, the final 150 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: Word with head coach Doug Brone ahead of the Jaguars 151 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: and the Vikings in Week thirteen. This is countdown to 152 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: Kickoff on Jaguars Radio.