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Speaker 1: Time down for our weekly conversation with Pride of the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. It's preseason week three. The

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Speaker 1: Jaguars face the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes has Been in

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Speaker 1: Stadium in downtown Atlanta, and Fred, it's the final chances

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Speaker 1: for a lot of these guys that might be looking

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Speaker 1: for a roster spot and are on the so called

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Speaker 1: for the coaches and the personnel staff. JP. That's crazy, man, Hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm still getting used to this thing. You know, I'm

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Speaker 1: old school, right, So you say preseason week three, I'm ready.

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Speaker 1: I'm in my bag like I'm in mid season four.

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Speaker 1: This game, I'm ready to go and see what we got,

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Speaker 1: you know, the extended version, which is what they played

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Speaker 1: a week ago. Uh, but you said, you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: still also trying to get used to the Washington Commanders,

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Speaker 1: you know, this whole red Scant Commander thing. I might

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Speaker 1: slip the time or two, but I know the team

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Speaker 1: has to make sure that they're fine to them so

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Speaker 1: they can figure out who's gonna be on the world

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Speaker 1: roster Week one versus the Commanders, So final cut is lurking.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be interesting, But I know some guys need

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to put something out there on film because

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Speaker 1: it doesn't stop here. Jacksonville is one of thirty two,

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Speaker 1: uh total stopped thirty one other teams out there that

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Speaker 1: these guys that can impress upon. So I would suggest

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Speaker 1: this go out there until the best and whatever happens

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Speaker 1: to have the chips fall, you play them and you

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Speaker 1: go from there. Fred Taylor with US head coach Doug Peterson,

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Speaker 1: said earlier this week that most of the starting spots

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Speaker 1: are solidified. That's a good thing, right, You don't have

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Speaker 1: to worry about a lot of battles. There are still

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Speaker 1: a couple that are hanging out there, especially at right tackle,

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Speaker 1: and that continue to practice this week. Walker Little and

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Speaker 1: Juwan Taylor were rotating reps on Wednesday and again on Thursday,

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Speaker 1: and at least earlier in the week there were plans

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Speaker 1: to have both still playing this game on Saturday. There

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Speaker 1: there's really no rush, they say, to figure out who

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Speaker 1: it is. Both guys are gonna be on the team.

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Speaker 1: They feel like both will probably contribute at some point.

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Speaker 1: So that's a good place to be, right. You don't

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Speaker 1: have to make a one of whoever doesn't get the

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Speaker 1: And again I mentioned on pregame a week ago that

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Speaker 1: as players, we welcome the competition. You know, I want

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Speaker 1: your best, give me your best. Let the coaches figure

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Speaker 1: it out. It's only gonna make us better, which I think,

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Speaker 1: in turn, will only make the team better when you

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Speaker 1: have healthy, you know, none biased or unbiased competition and

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Speaker 1: let the coaches decide, you know. And then that other guy,

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Speaker 1: he just goes and get in his playbook and he

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Speaker 1: finds a way to become a better player and seem

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Speaker 1: like that of your fold. And if you fold, this

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Speaker 1: isn't a guy we went out there in the first place. Uh.

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Speaker 1: But again, the coaches enjoy that too, you know. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they would rather have a starter ceemented, you know,

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Speaker 1: and before everything goes out from a communication standpoint along

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Speaker 1: across the line and making sure they're used to know, um,

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Speaker 1: the different commands from Trevor so um, you know, whatever

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Speaker 1: it is, man, both guys will be on the roster.

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Speaker 1: That's a good thing. And maybe they can even create something,

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Speaker 1: you know, um unbalanced line where guys are playing next

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Speaker 1: to each other. Some guys are picking up reps at

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Speaker 1: a different position, but whatever the case is, they'll have

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Speaker 1: two players that are ready to go. Fred Taylor with us.

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Speaker 1: When you're running back lined up with your hands on

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Speaker 1: line out there and extra tackle, that's gonna make a

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Speaker 1: running back smile, right, what hey, that's that's the no

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Speaker 1: brainers j P. That's like, Okay, we're nowhere. Um, there's

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Speaker 1: a pretty good chance we're running the ball. But there's

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Speaker 1: also some gimmicks stuff involved too, But percentage on a

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Speaker 1: percentage base, definitely, we want that extra blocker out there

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Speaker 1: so we can throw the defense off, you know, whatever

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Speaker 1: it might be, but we give us the rock. Fred

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Speaker 1: Devin Lloyd has been back in practice this week, first

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Speaker 1: round linebacker out of Utah. Of course, he had a

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Speaker 1: hamstring injury in the conditioning drill the day before the

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Speaker 1: plans to play him in tonight's game for about a quarter.

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Speaker 1: They need to see him on the field to get

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Speaker 1: a little bit of action. Really going to see him

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Speaker 1: He needs to see it. He needs to feel it,

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Speaker 1: and he mentioned he was sore. Uh, that's part of

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Speaker 1: full speed and not necessarily the hamstring alone. I haven't

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Speaker 1: you know. But uh, those things happen. But you know,

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Speaker 1: all the Jaguar nations, man, they want to see what

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Speaker 1: the kid has. We spent a pretty high pick on him,

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Speaker 1: which means we believe he has the potential to get

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Speaker 1: out there and help the team get better. But it starts,

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Speaker 1: you know, here in the preseason and uh, looking forward

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Speaker 1: it was that playoff run where you had a little

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Speaker 1: it looks like the hamstrings fine for Fred Taylor. At

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Speaker 1: what point do you get past that mentally just running

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Speaker 1: that's that's what That's how you prepare. Right you're running,

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Speaker 1: It's one of those things where you know, on that

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Speaker 1: younger player. I remember hurting my hamstring against the Carolina

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Speaker 1: the most mysterious, curious, frustrating injury to have. UM. But again,

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Speaker 1: we like to see him bad, love to you know,

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Speaker 1: hope that he gets to um Devon gets the full

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Speaker 1: which I think is gonna be really good this year.

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Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with us all right after this week, Fred,

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Speaker 1: The roster cut to fifty three is Tuesday. There are

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Speaker 1: a few practices on the schedule next week during I

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Speaker 1: guess the bye week if you will, before the regular

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Speaker 1: season opener on September eleven. That's a lot of time

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Speaker 1: between the final preseason game and week one kickoff weekend

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Speaker 1: in Washington. As a player, do you like that time?

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Speaker 1: Is it anxious? Are you just ready to go out

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Speaker 1: and play a game? Do you need that to rest

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Speaker 1: religively new phenomenon. Well, yeah, we know what that's about.

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Speaker 1: You know, the players, we know what it's about. I

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Speaker 1: think as a player, Uh, you're you're just ready for

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Speaker 1: to some real games, training camps done. You know. I

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Speaker 1: which is now while we are seeing three games and

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Speaker 1: period where they're still gonna be able to service the

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Speaker 1: team and get quality reps from guys that they probably

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Speaker 1: already have but since that aren't going to make the team,

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Speaker 1: you know, But for that player, you know, it's an

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Speaker 1: opportunity for him to collect game film. Uh, even the

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Speaker 1: you're a bubble guy, you just don't know. You want

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Speaker 1: put as much on tape as you pretty much can.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're regardless if you're just a practice body.

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Speaker 1: We just what we used to call the guys that

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Speaker 1: coach is gonna take advantage of that time, right and

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Speaker 1: the players shouldn't mind it. You know, their job is

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Speaker 1: to want to make a roster um. But yeah, things

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Speaker 1: it's good and we'll get used to it as the

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Speaker 1: years come. Fred final thought, what's up on the pivot?

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Speaker 1: Coming up? I mean, this thing is going all over

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Speaker 1: the place. And what do you got coming up in

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Speaker 1: uh Tampa Bay Buck offensive coordinator. We did be left.

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Speaker 1: It was amazing. Sit down. We got a lot of

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Speaker 1: have even Leonard for nets On there somewhere down the

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Speaker 1: road that would be interesting. That will be interesting, um.

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Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a good it's good thought provoking,

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Speaker 1: very transparent um. And it's good to hear from those guys.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, the pivot's gonna always pivot because that's what

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Speaker 1: we do. We like to say anybody can podcast, but

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Speaker 1: not everybody can pivots, right O. Man at heart, your

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Speaker 1: you tease like nobody's business. That's perfect and it's always

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Speaker 1: great to visit with you. And we'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: a little bit later down the line. Appreciate you, JPC

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Speaker 1: in a minute,