WEBVTT - Countdown to Kickoff: Fred Taylor, Titans-Jaguars

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<v Speaker 1>Countdown to kickoff continues the first place Tennessee Titans at

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<v Speaker 1>eight and four meat the one and eleven Jacksonville Jaguars

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<v Speaker 1>in week fourteen, and it's time for our weekly visit

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<v Speaker 1>with pride of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. What's up, Fred? JP?

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<v Speaker 1>All is good? Man? All good? How about yourself? We're

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<v Speaker 1>hanging in there, you know, four games to go. We're

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<v Speaker 1>counting them down at this point. That's the way it

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<v Speaker 1>goes when the football team is one and eleven. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure you were never on a team that lost

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<v Speaker 1>eleven in a row. How do you think the mindset

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<v Speaker 1>is come December? You know it's coming down close to

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<v Speaker 1>the end, and really all you have left is direct

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<v Speaker 1>other teams hopes and dreams of the playoffs. Well, you know, JP, um,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess that's the only incentive. Two things actually, just

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity to play another game. Just being able to

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<v Speaker 1>get out there play another game. That should always, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>bring a little something to you, righte. Uh. Your mindset

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<v Speaker 1>should always be competing and trying to win. Uh. The

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<v Speaker 1>other thing is playoffs. You know you're not going. You

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<v Speaker 1>gotta find something in your mind to play for and

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<v Speaker 1>uh being able to play spoiler. It's a good feeling.

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<v Speaker 1>The one game that's the determining you know, who's who's

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<v Speaker 1>leading in the a f C South between the Titans

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<v Speaker 1>and the coach is the game that we want to

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<v Speaker 1>open the season versus the Coats. Uh. And just little

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<v Speaker 1>things like that. You never know what type of impact

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna have on the season, but it's gonna play

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<v Speaker 1>out someway somehow. Fred Taylor with us and of course,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the last few games, it's felt like, except

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<v Speaker 1>for the Steelers game, that the Jags have kind of

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<v Speaker 1>been in it. You know, second half, fourth quarter of

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<v Speaker 1>play here, play there, the ball doesn't bounce your way.

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<v Speaker 1>They couldn't finish an overtime last week, but they got

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<v Speaker 1>to overtime last week. I mean that this is not

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<v Speaker 1>a team that's getting blown out by thirty every week.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they have I'm packed it in, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, as I mentioned in the post game, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just looking at everything. Uh, some of the fans might say,

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<v Speaker 1>we we gotta lose so we can get ourselves in position,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to get the quarterback out of Clemson, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>some fans, you know, they don't care about draft position.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to see their their team that they root

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<v Speaker 1>on win and these guys are fighting. I mean they've

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<v Speaker 1>interchanged so many different pieces, whether it's due to COVID

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<v Speaker 1>or coaches, whether it's due to injuries. You know, uh

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<v Speaker 1>C j Henderson our first round thinking he's not there.

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<v Speaker 1>The secondary is beat up. You know, we don't have

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Josh Allen, you know he's not. Their injuries

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<v Speaker 1>across the board. But what we do have, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>let's focus on that the guys that are out there playing,

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<v Speaker 1>and most notably James Robinson a great surprise. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he's number three right now in the NFL and Russian.

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<v Speaker 1>That's huge, man for a guy who's been undrafted, just

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<v Speaker 1>a few yards away from a thousand yards. So we

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<v Speaker 1>do have some bright spots. Again, the season isn't over.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see what goes on the last four games, and

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<v Speaker 1>that the match up against today against the Titans, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the last game of a year against the Coats,

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<v Speaker 1>that can have some impact on what those guys are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do in terms of playoff positioning. Fred Taylor with US.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned the name James Robinson and he is getting

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<v Speaker 1>close to those big numbers as the year goes along here.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I think he's got two hundred twelve rushing

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<v Speaker 1>attempts this year, only twelve of those are for negative yardage.

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<v Speaker 1>So the guy could just continues to plow forward even

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<v Speaker 1>though defenses know that he's gonna get the football a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times, and he's still just finding a way

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<v Speaker 1>to get it done. You're right, he's finding a way.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the guy who is excited. You know, they spoke

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<v Speaker 1>about the rookie wall, you know, get him some rets,

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<v Speaker 1>getting the other backs and carries. I don't think he'll

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<v Speaker 1>see a rookie wall, not when you're out there and

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<v Speaker 1>you're proving guys wrong. You know, he's been playing with

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<v Speaker 1>a chip on his shoulder by Louren his shoulder, and

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned it jp barely any negative runs, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's a testament to himself. You know, the guys

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<v Speaker 1>up front, you know, they came with it this year

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<v Speaker 1>in the run game. But they're motivated. They know they

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<v Speaker 1>have a guy by find them who's ready to run

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<v Speaker 1>the ball each and every week, a great path level,

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<v Speaker 1>his quickness, everything, and as you said again, the defenses,

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<v Speaker 1>they know he's going to get the ball. They know

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<v Speaker 1>we've struggled in the past game you see eight guys

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<v Speaker 1>in the box each and every week. But yet he's

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<v Speaker 1>still running efficiently and effectively. And again he's my brightest

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<v Speaker 1>spot on the team this year and hopefully I'm going forward.

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<v Speaker 1>They can continue to add pieces and build around him.

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<v Speaker 1>On the other side, we know about the freight train

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<v Speaker 1>that is Derrick Henry. He is the league's leading rusher.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, one way to get him out of

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<v Speaker 1>the game plan is to do what the Browns did

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<v Speaker 1>last week and put up thirty eight in the first

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<v Speaker 1>half where he can't run the football. That's one thing

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<v Speaker 1>that worked last week. Now that's asking a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>this worst team to do that, but it worked for

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<v Speaker 1>the Browns. That's the really the only way. If they

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<v Speaker 1>get in going and balance it out on offense with Tannehill,

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<v Speaker 1>throw it around to those guys outside. That's when the

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<v Speaker 1>Titans are really really dangerous. Yeah, they they are dangerous

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<v Speaker 1>if they can get into their play action game. They

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<v Speaker 1>do want to get into their stretch offends outside zone.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when Derek's most dangerous. When you give up the edge,

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<v Speaker 1>he gets out there and then now he's into your secondary,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's gonna straight arm every defensive back that comes

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<v Speaker 1>within his arm length, his seven eight feet armspan, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it is, it seems like it's never ending. Uh, to

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<v Speaker 1>be honest with you can't let him get on the edge.

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<v Speaker 1>Our defensive ends will have a big task today by

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<v Speaker 1>h making sure they secure the edge. Uh. If they

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<v Speaker 1>can get stow him down from the outside run game,

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<v Speaker 1>and they will minimize their play action opportunities. And then

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<v Speaker 1>after that you have to get after tenne Hill. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he's the same guy who was in Miami a few

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. That same guy is still in him. But

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<v Speaker 1>you have to find a way to shut the run

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<v Speaker 1>game down first and then put some pressure on Tannihill

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<v Speaker 1>and hopefully that will translate to a few turnovers that

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<v Speaker 1>are translated into solid fuel position that hopefully it'll eventually

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<v Speaker 1>translate to points in a win for the Jaguars. And

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<v Speaker 1>that would be nice, That would be really nice, indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>and that would mean a fun post game show with

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<v Speaker 1>you a little bit later. Fred, we'll talk it will yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it will talk to you later. JP. Al Right, Fred Taylor,

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<v Speaker 1>with this pride of the Jaguars running back, we're back

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<v Speaker 1>with the final word before kickoff with head coach Doug Moron.

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<v Speaker 1>The Jags and the Titans coming up at one o'clock

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<v Speaker 1>and this is countdown to kickoff on Jaguars Radio