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Speaker 1: It's time for our weekly conversation with Pride of the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. It is week to Fred.

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Speaker 1: The Jags need a w How are you? I'm good? JP?

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Speaker 1: Week dose? Can I have a dose? Headcaes? I mean,

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Speaker 1: is it a is it a official? Do have an official?

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Speaker 1: Uh beverage sponsor or anything? Because I don't want to

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Speaker 1: mess up anything. But you know, I was relaxing watching

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Speaker 1: the game last week and joining those decades, and you know,

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Speaker 1: the guys couldn't pull it out, but they looked okay, man,

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Speaker 1: that's the point I'm trying to make. I'm really just

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Speaker 1: trying to get to that point. You know, the team looked,

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Speaker 1: you know, really good man, and uh, I wish they

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Speaker 1: would have finished like we all do. But hopefully we

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Speaker 1: can get it done here today it's five o'clock somewhere. Fred. Um, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you gotta think about it sometimes, and you know, any

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Speaker 1: more of those red zone failures will be to drink

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Speaker 1: you know sometimes too. Uh. They failed in the first

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Speaker 1: half last week three times in the red zone. They

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Speaker 1: had those those opportunities, just a couple of overthrows, a

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Speaker 1: drop by E. T N And you're just gotta learn

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Speaker 1: how to finish those inside the Yeah, you definitely want

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Speaker 1: to close those out, you know, uh, take advantage of

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Speaker 1: those opportunities. You know, they were there. You know, they

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Speaker 1: came out driving the ball, well got down there. I

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Speaker 1: think it was third and fourteen from like the fourteen

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Speaker 1: those eyes converted are extremely high, Um, I mean are

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Speaker 1: extremely low. Forgive me, and uh, you know they do

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Speaker 1: have to finish out JP. You know that along with

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Speaker 1: early tackling woes, you know, because the commanders they weren't

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Speaker 1: doing anything extremely sexy. You know, they were just taking

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Speaker 1: advantage of what the defense was giving them, which was

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Speaker 1: soft coverage and miss tackles. Early on in the second half,

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Speaker 1: they buckled that up. You know, they got better and

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Speaker 1: I think they ended up going to for two in

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Speaker 1: the red zone right in the in the second half, uh,

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Speaker 1: to finish two five. But I I really think that

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Speaker 1: just a few things, being better in the red zone,

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Speaker 1: tackling early so the other team can't build up their confidence,

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Speaker 1: and then uh third down defense getting the other team

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Speaker 1: off the field, you know, giving your offense the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to you know, execute and capitalize when they are you

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Speaker 1: know out there, so some things that clean up, and

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Speaker 1: hopefully today as the day they do that. Fred Taylor

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Speaker 1: with us. It was a good sign. Notice see wide

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Speaker 1: receivers running open in the Yeah, it's been a minute

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Speaker 1: since we've seen that on a regular basis around here.

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Speaker 1: That's a good start. You got a veteran receiving corps

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Speaker 1: and they can get open. That's a good thing. Good

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Speaker 1: place to be. Yeah, definitely, very much so. JP the

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Speaker 1: good thing that I enjoy because you know, I'm you know,

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Speaker 1: I play a little fantasy football here and there. I

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Speaker 1: just I'm going through the receiving corps and I need

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Speaker 1: a receiver. You know. After Keenan Allen went down like okay, hmm,

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Speaker 1: well she's Christian Kirk got twelve targets. You know, he

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Speaker 1: I would have liked to see him, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: looked amazing. Zay Jones nine targets, you know, had so

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Speaker 1: the targets are high, is what I'm getting at and

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Speaker 1: so I was able to pick up one of those guys.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna tell you who, but I took one

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Speaker 1: of them on my roster yesterday on the transaction on

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Speaker 1: him running open. You know the old line. You know,

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Speaker 1: they minimized a lot of the pressure early on. I

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Speaker 1: thought they you know, we're gonna struggle against that veteran

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Speaker 1: D line, but they actually held up. Okay, I think, um, uh,

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Speaker 1: the rookie center, I have memory laps at times. I

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Speaker 1: forget his name right now. Partner, he did well. You know,

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Speaker 1: he did well versus the pro bowler and leaders at

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Speaker 1: given all things, man, uh fall two point conversion, you

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Speaker 1: of stuff JP that they can definitely go and clean

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Speaker 1: up and really give this coachs team. You know, a

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Speaker 1: run Fred Taylor with us. Let's flip it to defense. Now.

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Speaker 1: Last season, Fred, the Jaguars had nine takeaways all year long.

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Speaker 1: Awful they that's awful, right. They had three in Week one.

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Speaker 1: That's a good step in the right direction. Impact players

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Speaker 1: He's in for the end into the endzone for a touchdown.

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Speaker 1: It's a great It's a good beginning for him. Um.

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Speaker 1: He had some splash, impact plays, but what can he

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Speaker 1: A week ago, Yeah, they played a team that wasn't

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Speaker 1: I noticed from our overall defense, um, is that they're

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Speaker 1: But across the front, they look pretty stout insta run

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Speaker 1: we got more time, but I'm gonna guarantee this win.

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Speaker 1: But in the in my heart of hearts, you know,

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Speaker 1: on their defense. Fred Taylor's stone cold lock of the Week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I told a few guys that a couple of days ago. Uh,

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Speaker 1: your h what's your lock? You know, away from the camera,

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Speaker 1: this game because I really feel that I'm just looking

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Speaker 1: at the matchup. You know, Jacksonville is a much better

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Speaker 1: I think like or something, so Jacksonville will win this game.

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Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with us, all right, I'm gonna give you

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Speaker 1: an off the cuff one or the other. And why

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Speaker 1: Jan Taylor or Derrick Henry? You're funny? Whoof oh Man?

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Speaker 1: Can I can I take you the long route or

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Speaker 1: for the podcast only. So I'm a Florida boy. I

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Speaker 1: gotta rock with my Florida boys. Drey Henry he's a

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Speaker 1: whole different type of animal. You know, he's an amazing animal.

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Speaker 1: T um Man, that's a good one. You stumped me

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Speaker 1: on that one. But it's it's a narrow margin for me,

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Speaker 1: and I think that I gotta stay in the state.

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Speaker 1: I got my Florida tattoo right here. You know, even

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Speaker 1: though he sold us out, he didn't go to Florida.

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Speaker 1: He went to Bama. You're you know, your school, your place.

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Speaker 1: Uh he's two thousand yards back. Um. JT still has

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Speaker 1: I love both of that running style. Um. I don't

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Speaker 1: Henry he doesn't make the list all the time, you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes he's not in there. I mean, I like Junthan Taylor,

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Speaker 1: Nick Chubbs, but he's definitely before Nick Chubbs. So, uh,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, man, but that was a good one.

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Speaker 1: The good thing is I'm not a gym right now,

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Speaker 1: you see, I say right now because you never know,

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Speaker 1: but it might not ever be like that. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: got to, man, you got to. Uh and uh, these

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Speaker 1: guys are great though. Both of them are great, you know,

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Speaker 1: and both of them are in the FC South, so

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Speaker 1: I get uh multiple opportunities to watch them because I'm

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Speaker 1: Bred always a pleasure. I always love the insight and

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Speaker 1: I always learn a lot of football talking with you.

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Speaker 1: We'll catch you again next time. Always looking forward to it, man,

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