1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Time for a weekly conversation with part of the Jaguars 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: running back Fred Taylor. Titans Jaguars Week seventeen. Merry Christmas, Fred, 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: I hope you had a good one. How's it going? 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 2: Oh it's good, man. Christmas was good. Kids found out 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: that they're going to Paris for Yeah, they'll be going 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 2: to Paris for New Year. So that was their present. 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: They opened these empty boxes and boom it has Taylor 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: Paris Takeover was in there on some hoodies and they 9 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 2: got tickets, that whole thing. So to see the smiles 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 2: on their faces, you know that that made me feel great. 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: And they only get one gift, Like we're at the 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: point you get one or two gifts and that's that, 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: you know, know the ones big Santa stuff. 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: You know, that's a pretty damn good gift, by the way. 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: And but how's your French? 16 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 3: Fred? 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: You know, it's awful. We is about the only thing 18 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 2: I know, and and my wife knows a little bit more. 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: But my son Austin, and he took French four years 20 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 2: in high school and he'll be kind of doing the 21 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 2: translations for us. So yeah, he's excited more than anybody. 22 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 23 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: WE is usually the right answer when the wife asks 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: a question. 25 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 3: So that's the only answer almost. 26 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: It's about right Fred Taylor with US week seventeen. You 27 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: know this, well, this game last week against the Raiders 28 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: was just painful again a lot of the same reasons though, 29 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: I mean big plays on defense allowed the offense unable 30 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: to get anything really going consistently. Let's start on defense. 31 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: They're facing Mason Rudolph this week at quarterback for Tennessee 32 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: and they've got powered in the running game and Calvin 33 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: Ridley down the field. So you know what about this 34 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: Jags defense now in week seventeen? How do they know? 35 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: It's the same question every week? What do they do? Now? 36 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 3: You know? They one? You have to start with not 37 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 3: jumping out sides. 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 2: Let's start there, oh man, Let's start with having a 39 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: little bit of discipline. Start with acting like we're you know, 40 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: veteran players that are getting paid a handsome ransom to 41 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: go out there and do a job. Right, So diwal 42 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 2: in on that. Focus on that. Learn how to line 43 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 2: up properly, you know, know your assignments, you know, no 44 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 2: buster coverages. That's going to make the job for the 45 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: Titans that much easier if you do those things. 46 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: Improperly or incorrect. 47 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: So line up properly, stay on side, know your assignment, 48 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: and go out there and compete. Just play hard, and 49 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 2: really that's the formula that can help you get halfway 50 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: through some of these losses that you've had, if you 51 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: only just do what you're supposed to do. I think 52 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 2: on the flip side, you mentioned Mason Rudolph Kelvin Ridley, 53 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 2: who I know wants revenge, you know, more than a 54 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: good performance. He wants to beat the Jags after you know, 55 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: coming there for a year then going back, I mean 56 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: leaving to go over to Tennessee. 57 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 3: You can bet he's going to play his tail off. 58 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: And Tony Parlot he's been their only real bright spot offensively. 59 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 2: I thought he came in from Dallas and did well 60 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 2: this year for what they had over there. So I 61 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: don't expect it to be a high scoring game. It'd 62 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 2: be a lot like the very first matchup. Hopefully the 63 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 2: Jaguars don't need a last minute fourth down stop to 64 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 2: preserve a victory, but if they do, they have to 65 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 2: be prepared to go out there and make it happen. 66 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,239 Speaker 1: Andrew Winger should be in the lineup this week. Darnell 67 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: Savage in the concussion protocol, and you know, he was 68 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: a little chippy after the game last week. I don't 69 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: know if you saw his comments that hey, Warmer in 70 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: the lineup, I don't know. 71 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 3: I was ready to play, you know. 72 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: And it was one of the most raw answers we've 73 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: heard in that locker room this year. There's okay, there's 74 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: a fine line there, right. You don't want to really 75 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: upset the coaching staff and things, but you also got 76 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: to tell the truth sometimes. And Andrew wingerd if anything, 77 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: is going to go out there and tell you what 78 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: he feels. Now he's got a chance to go out 79 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: there and play like he feels too. 80 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. You know, NFL still is the hierarchy system. 81 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 2: You know, you may think off season moose and you're 82 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: going to give those guys a first bite at the apple. Uh, 83 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 2: And you have guys that are quietly in the background, 84 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: who knows their assignments, who you can depend on from 85 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 2: a hustle and a competitive competing standpoint. 86 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 3: I think Winger is that guy. 87 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: You know, he's a guy who's played hard to stay 88 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: around here, and he wants to show that I'm ready 89 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 2: to play, and he's kept himself ready to play, So 90 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 2: those comments don't bother me. If I were a coach, hey, 91 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 2: I got to find a way to get the players 92 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,679 Speaker 2: that want to play out there, the players that aren't 93 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 2: gonna have the mental errors or are the you know, 94 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 2: busted coverages or what have you. So if he's that guy, 95 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 2: you know, give him a shot. He might not be 96 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 2: the most talented from a physically gifted or athletic standpoint, 97 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: but if you know what you're supposed to do again, 98 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 2: you're halfway there because you can anticipate things happening. And 99 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: that's what it is on defense. It's personnel recognition, formation recognition. 100 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 2: These are the concepts that potentially might come from these 101 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: personnels and formations. And if you can get everybody lined 102 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 2: up communicate fast on defense, then you can play better, 103 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: put yourself in position and make plays. So and if 104 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 2: wingers that guy, give him a shot. 105 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: Bred Taylor with US Jaguars offense as the new left 106 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: tackle this week. 107 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 3: Walker Little is out, so. 108 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: Van Landon is going to go there again. Let's see 109 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: the running game. Tank Bigsby had a fumble last week 110 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: to have those no, that's kind of popped back up again. 111 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: We'll see what happens with that down the stretch. But 112 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: there's always Brian Thomas Jr. And even he had a 113 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: drop last week, it was a holding call, wouldn't matter anyway, 114 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: But you got to keep feeding this guy. This is 115 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: the positive really one of the biggest positive story in 116 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: this team. I think down the stretches the development of 117 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: Ryan Thomas Jr. 118 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 3: And what it means for the future. Yeah, I mean, 119 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 3: he's an outstanding talent. 120 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: You know, he's crushing a receiving record each and every week. 121 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 2: I was asked if he's the next Jimmy Smith, and 122 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: simply put, I said, he has a lot of work 123 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: to do, but I love the potential, I love the upside. 124 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: You have to continue to feed him. You know, double 125 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 2: digit targets per game should be a goal of the 126 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 2: offensive coordinator and potential. Hopefully they can get the offense 127 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 2: inspired behind his play. Yes, we don't want to see 128 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 2: any drops from our receivers, especially beautiful deep balls that 129 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 2: they laid out for him last week. But he bounced back. 130 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 2: I thought. I thought he bounced back, continued to get 131 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: open hauled one end. Didn't get frustrated by that one 132 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 2: MISSU there in the running game yeah, Tank can't fumble 133 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 2: the ball. You know, Travis still waiting to see something. 134 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: I don't know what it is. I'm trying to figure 135 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 2: it out. I can go and watch a ton of 136 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 2: film possibly figure it out. But as of now, just 137 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 2: look like his confidence is a bit shattered, potentially soaking, 138 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: you know, not understanding why he's not performing well, why 139 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 2: he's not getting you know, those carries, those touches, and 140 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 2: you need that sometimes. But if Tank keeps fumbling, he's 141 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 2: going to be forced to get the touches. That's just 142 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 2: how it goes, and he has to be ready. So 143 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 2: hopefully they can put something together man figure it out. 144 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 2: But again, I think this could potentially be a low 145 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 2: scoring game. I don't know a seventeen ten type matchup 146 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 2: with the Jaguars win. 147 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: Well it was last time it was ten to six? 148 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: Is the final? 149 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, something like that. 150 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 2: But I think you know a lot of times in 151 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: these divisional matchups, when you know each other so well, 152 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 2: you can either go lower or guy can anticipate things 153 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 2: happening and make bus and you know that sometimes leads 154 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 2: to score. So still, overall, I think it'll be pretty 155 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 2: low scoring game. And that doesn't mean go on your 156 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 2: FanDuel or Art rock Back or whatever. I'm just saying 157 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: in my mind, I think it's a low scoring game. 158 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: Fair enough. Gotta put that out there for sure. All right, 159 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: let's get a sweep of the Titans. 160 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: That would be nice, Fred, Yeah, take you back to 161 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 2: ninety nine and do that. That would have been a 162 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: little nicer. That still haunts me. Well, the sweep is 163 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,719 Speaker 2: a sweep, right, so you know, even if the Jaguars 164 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 2: are having a down season, to beat the Titans twice 165 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: in the season, it's something to you know, hopefully encourage 166 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 2: yourself going forward to the next season. 167 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 3: We need something we do. 168 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: We'll see if we can get it today. Fred, we'll 169 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: talk to you in the post game. Appreciate it. 170 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 3: We we I will be there. Fun Voyage, Fun Voyage.