1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues. The Jaguars host the Chicago Bears 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: today at one o'clock in week sixteen, and as always 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: in this program, we visit with pride of the Jaguars 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: running back Fred Taylor. Good afternoon, Fred, JP. What's up, 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: boss man. We're ready for some football today. Two weeks 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: to go in the regular season, the Jaguars are one 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: in thirteen. But the big news this week the Jets 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: are also one in thirteen. They got a big win 9 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: last week, a crazy win on the road in l 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: A against the Rams. The Rams are a seventeen point 11 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: favorite in that game, and your guy Frank Gore got 12 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: it done. So that means the Jaguars as they sit 13 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: right now, would hold the number one pick in the 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: NFL draft. But there's two games to go in this 15 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: season and head coach Duck Barone this week said they're 16 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: trying to go out and win football games. Still. There's 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: a fine balance there, right because Jags fans everywhere want 18 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: that number one pick, and that would mean Trevor Lawrence, 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: the players and coaches still want to win football games, right. 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we we we kidded and we 21 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: joked around a little bit in the post game last week. Uh, 22 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: Saint Christmas came early on the flip side of that. Um, 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: it's really hard to try and and lose a game, 24 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: you know, on any level. You know, we've been taught 25 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: our entire lives to go win and to get out 26 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: there and say, hey, let's let's try and well not 27 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: let's try to lose these two games, because Doug has 28 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: said that's not gonna happen. You know, they're gonna go 29 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: out there and fight. And I really think the players, 30 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: they don't get involved in the draft and and the 31 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: draft positioning and all that stuff. Guys are out there 32 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: focused on their job, trying to do their best. They 33 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: want to compete naturally, that's what's in their heart. And uh, 34 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: it's really hard to just get out there and roll over. 35 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: But I mean it is what it is. Right we're 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: in this position. Do you roll with it, you know, 37 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: you do not game playing and you just go out 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: with whatever it is you're gonna go out with, or 39 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: do you really get out there really coach him up 40 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: and and and and and pray for the best, pray 41 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: for a beautiful loss. I mean, who knows. Trevor lawns 42 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: Man he's just he's an organization changer, it seems right. 43 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: I don't want to prematurely crowning King. You know, he's 44 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: a great talent, Uh, not just on the field, but 45 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: he's a guy who can get into your community and 46 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: do some great things. I mean, he's high Christian faith 47 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: guy kid. So he just seems as if it's our time, 48 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: how do you mess this up? But again, being a 49 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: player is hard to just get out there with thoughts 50 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: of losing in your mind. That that doesn't fly. The 51 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: Ravens ran up and down the field on them last week. 52 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: The defense is like on the third string guys now. 53 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,239 Speaker 1: And they've played seventy nine players this year. They might 54 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: just not be good enough this year. I know they 55 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: were close in the middle of the season, they almost 56 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: got some wins there. But I mean that's what they 57 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: are right now. They're not a really good football team. 58 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: You're right, j P. You know that they're not a 59 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: great team. They fought the entire year, you know, plug 60 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: and play, plug and play. They've had there's a lot 61 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: of starters been out for the last couple of months. Uh, 62 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: just that all around the team. The offense has been 63 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: more healthy than anything more so than the defense. Um, 64 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: but they've also had their issues as well, shuffling the 65 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: offensive line, you know, receivers, starting receivers, chart in and 66 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: out line up. Young team. You know a lot of 67 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: guys have potentially hit that wall, you know that that 68 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: they talked about. So, um, they haven't played bit long 69 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: until any season. So yeah, maybe it's just caught up 70 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: with him. Chicago very inconsistent team, but still has some ability. Uh, 71 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: they went out and won their game last week. And uh, 72 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: they have a few guys man that are that are 73 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: good players on the offensive side and defensive. You talked 74 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: about Khalil mac as far over there, and then let's 75 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: also talk about Montgomery in the backfield. He's leading a charge. 76 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: And I'm pretty sure Trabinsky, you know, he every week 77 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,839 Speaker 1: he's trying to prove people wrong considering what he's going 78 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: through and the way he was able to come back, 79 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: and I guess he's playing fairly decent for him. So 80 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: that's a team who at five hundred, I'm pretty sure 81 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: they wanted the season would have ren winning record, and 82 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: they have an opportunity, so they're not gonna lay down, alright, 83 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: fred So Pro Bowl Voting results came out this week. 84 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: There were no no Jaguars on the list. The name 85 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: that should have been on the list is running back 86 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: James Robinson. You've been in this boat before, Fred the 87 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: same thinking ship Man. It's you know, here we are 88 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: twenty two years after my rookie year. I don't understand 89 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: how they can't get this right. You know, something has 90 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: to change in that in that process. You know, the 91 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: James is a guy who's third in the NFL and 92 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: rushing UH number two in the AFC behind Derrick Henry. 93 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: And his numbers are I think when I looked at it, 94 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: he's a hundred and sixty yards better than Josh Jacobs 95 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: and and Nick Chubb is much further down the list. 96 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: His numbers are better than both of those guys. UH, 97 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: and I get it. Sometimes they look at the team wins. 98 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: That would mean Cleveland, Nick Chubb. You know they have 99 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: a much better record. I don't know the Raiders overall record, 100 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: but there there there. I guess they've had a decent year. 101 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: But still, if we're looking at individual performances and just 102 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: backing everything out totally by the numbers, and also let's 103 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: look at what he has done for his team, he's 104 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: been the you know, the the workhorse. He's been the 105 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: biggest bright spot. When you look at percentages of plays 106 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: output performance, you give it to James Robinson. Again, I 107 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: don't know how they can mess this up, but they 108 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: messed it up years ago when I was a rookie. 109 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: My numbers were better, better than Eddie George's number in 110 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: that season. I feel that I should have got an opportunity. 111 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: The veterans once told me that, well, you have to 112 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 1: put in a year before they recognize you. I call 113 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: it bs. I call it crap, but they say that's 114 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: the way the dice roll, and I have to live 115 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,119 Speaker 1: with it. And I've been living with the crappy dice 116 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 1: for more than twenty two years. And again, Uh, they're back, 117 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: you know at those crazy games. By doing James the 118 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: way they did, that's just not right. I think they 119 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: should just take the top three guys statistically, make it easy, 120 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: and you earn it that way as a player, and 121 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: you take the voting, you take all of the other 122 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: craziness out of it. Because it's a name thing, you know, 123 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: it becomes a marketing Uh it's kind of like a pageant, 124 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: you know, just something that looks good on the surface. 125 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: Names Uh, let's see how we can sell tickets, bring 126 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: get the fans and ball. That's just absurd in and 127 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: out of this world. Mr Congeniality, is the award that 128 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: feels like James Scott exactly. That's not the one you want. 129 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: Fred Taylor with us. I'm gonna finish with a very 130 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: simple question, Fred, do you want Trevor Lawrence? Yeah, simple answer. Yeah, 131 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: we'll talk to you in the post game. Looking forward 132 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: to a JP Fred Taylor Pride of the Jaguars running back. 133 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: We're back in a moment final word with head coach 134 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: Dug Baron before kickoff. The Jaguars and the Chicago Bears 135 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: coming up. And this is countdown to Kickoff on Jaguars Radio.