Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues the Jaguars and the Indianapolis Colts
Speaker 1: at four five Eastern time today in week seventeen. As
Speaker 1: always on the program, it's Pride of the Jaguars running
Speaker 1: back Fred Taylor. Good afternoon, Fred, JP is a little
Speaker 1: odd to UH have a fof especially just late in
Speaker 1: the season. Hopefully going forward in a fuge rafters skiing
Speaker 1: their first pick and UH drafting a Trevor Lawrence if
Speaker 1: that's the guy you know, hopefully we can have a
Speaker 1: few more of these games. You wanted to play meaningful
Speaker 1: games in December. This is not quite what we were
Speaker 1: thinking of, but that's what happens. Games get flexed, and yes,
Speaker 1: I think you're right. If the team is better in
Speaker 1: the future, then you get better time slots and Sunday
Speaker 1: Night football and Monday Night football and four o'clock CBS games.
Speaker 1: This is the one o'clock special, at least in for
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, because they haven't proven anything over the
Speaker 1: last couple of years too to earn those spots, and
Speaker 1: this year they certainly have a fourteen game losing skid
Speaker 1: now one and four team record, just trying to wrap
Speaker 1: up the season. It's Week seventeen, finally here, but they're
Speaker 1: playing a Colts team today that has to win. They
Speaker 1: are up against it in the playoff chase. And it's
Speaker 1: odd that that Week one win for the Jaguars is
Speaker 1: what's really holding them back right now, one of the
Speaker 1: few losses they've had this year. But it comes down
Speaker 1: to Week seventeen for the Colts, and the Jags have
Speaker 1: a chance to spoil the Colts playoff chances and and
Speaker 1: that has to be something to hang your hat on.
Speaker 1: That's exactly what this game is about today. I mean,
Speaker 1: other than guys getting out there naturally competing, you know,
Speaker 1: trying to leave one last vision, you know in the
Speaker 1: eyes of the of the front office, the people that
Speaker 1: are making decisions and determining who's gonna be back next year,
Speaker 1: you know, in the building. So this is a you know,
Speaker 1: one shot for these guys that go out there and
Speaker 1: just put everything on tape. You know, no matter what
Speaker 1: it is. You've got a lot of young guys that
Speaker 1: you know, are excited that one the season is about
Speaker 1: to be over. Let's let's be realistic. There's no playoffs
Speaker 1: in their future. But they can you know, play spoiler
Speaker 1: and and and uh with the confidence knowing that they
Speaker 1: beat this team in week one, you know that's sitting
Speaker 1: in the back of their mind and hopefully, uh they
Speaker 1: can get that done today. Uh, the Coats aren't going
Speaker 1: to back down. You know a lot of guys over
Speaker 1: there saying, man, this team hasn't won the game since
Speaker 1: they beat us. We gotta be better. And then there
Speaker 1: are a group couple of guys over there saying, um,
Speaker 1: this team is sorry. Maybe they're looking past Jacksonville, you know,
Speaker 1: looking past Jacksonville. Uh, getting ready for next week. Who knows,
Speaker 1: But this won't be an easy game. Uh the guys,
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna get after them, and uh try
Speaker 1: to close this thing out with a win. The first
Speaker 1: pickets occurred, so there's no need to not play solve,
Speaker 1: no need to not have gadgets lined up, there's no
Speaker 1: need to not blitz the you know, mess out of
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. So just just throw the kitchen table to sink,
Speaker 1: everything you can imagine, throw it at those guys and
Speaker 1: try to keep them out of the playoffs. The table
Speaker 1: to sink, the dining room table, the chairs, everything dishes
Speaker 1: solverwhere we're throwing everything at Philip Rivers today Fred Taylor
Speaker 1: with us prior to the Jaguars running back. But it
Speaker 1: has to be only natural for certainly a player in
Speaker 1: for the Jaguars. What is a game that doesn't have
Speaker 1: a lot of meaning in terms of standings and all
Speaker 1: that to look ahead to the off season because Monday
Speaker 1: is the start of really one season in a lot
Speaker 1: of ways. As a player's mindset, at what point do
Speaker 1: you take some time away, When do you get back
Speaker 1: in the weight room, When do you get back in
Speaker 1: football mode? If you will? For you know, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: pretty sure j P. There are some guys in the building,
Speaker 1: you know for the past two weeks at least maybe three, Uh,
Speaker 1: the guys that have to travel away, Guys that don't
Speaker 1: live local, or maybe some of the veteran guys that
Speaker 1: have homes and you know, other states. For me, what
Speaker 1: I would do two days prior to that last game
Speaker 1: if we didn't make the playoffs, I would just make
Speaker 1: U haul reservations for my wardrobe and and just thrown
Speaker 1: on the back of my truck back there. We would
Speaker 1: drive down here to Miami for five hours and that
Speaker 1: would be the start of my off season. But I
Speaker 1: would I would typically do that about two days after
Speaker 1: the exit physical, which will take place tomorrow. For these guys. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna suck for the guys that are injured because
Speaker 1: they can't check out. They have to make sure that
Speaker 1: they're fully recovered before they signed that release form uh
Speaker 1: stating that they're okay. So they're gonna have to stay
Speaker 1: behind and rehab. And it's not the end of the world.
Speaker 1: I mean, some guys want to hurry up and get out.
Speaker 1: Some guys they realized, look, this is an opportunity for
Speaker 1: me to hit the ground running. I'm ready to get
Speaker 1: back training. And as I got older and when I
Speaker 1: as I became more tuned in with this being my job,
Speaker 1: I did everything in my power to treat it as such.
Speaker 1: So I was training with my trainer here. I rushed
Speaker 1: to get here because I wanted to hurry up and
Speaker 1: get to Pete by Merito so I can get my
Speaker 1: body back and tiptop recovery mode. I would also get
Speaker 1: my massages chiropractice. I would just realign my body so
Speaker 1: I can get strong again because the season takes it told. Uh,
Speaker 1: And I'm pretty sure a lot of these guys are
Speaker 1: ready to get back to their whatever their destinations are,
Speaker 1: rebuild themselves and look forward to the next season. Because
Speaker 1: this season is done. Season is done for sure, and
Speaker 1: it feels that that way a lot of ways to
Speaker 1: Obviously in the standings it's officially done really out of race,
Speaker 1: but in the front office side of things too, they're
Speaker 1: already interviewing general manager candidates for paying and beyond. And
Speaker 1: I mean I would expect Fred for something in that
Speaker 1: realm to be announced fairly quick if they're already doing interviews,
Speaker 1: I think, and this is just me thinking that you'd
Speaker 1: like to have some leadership in place very soon in
Speaker 1: the offseason to set a course and set a direction
Speaker 1: for the future. Well, without a doubt, JP, I can
Speaker 1: tell you that the meetings aren't done until I get
Speaker 1: my interview. Wink wink, uh. But no, seriously, I I
Speaker 1: you know, being that you know, Shot is all business.
Speaker 1: I think he's been in it long enough to kind
Speaker 1: of understand the process, you know, understand the timing of things.
Speaker 1: We have to make sure they have somebody in place now.
Speaker 1: The draft isn't gonna wait on anyone. Uh. Looking at
Speaker 1: roster collegiate rosters to see, you know, who's who's announcing. Uh,
Speaker 1: you want to look at you know, the senior guys
Speaker 1: that are out there. It's such a big uh piece
Speaker 1: of evaluation that these guys have to do that at
Speaker 1: g M will have to do. Uh so making sure
Speaker 1: Uh the GM. I don't know if they're gonna decide
Speaker 1: if you know, the GYM is gonna hire a coach,
Speaker 1: or if they're gonna retain Doug. You know, I I
Speaker 1: don't know what's going on in that room, but I
Speaker 1: think you make a decision here possibly within the next
Speaker 1: uh two weeks, um, and you get them in, get
Speaker 1: them comfortable, get them familiar with everything, with everybody in
Speaker 1: the building, so they can feel comfortable knowing this is
Speaker 1: my job, and this is the job that I have
Speaker 1: in front of me. Uh, this is the challenge. They
Speaker 1: need to learn the roster. If they don't know the
Speaker 1: roster already, I'd be surprised if the GM comes in
Speaker 1: and not know the roster. That's just not being prepared.
Speaker 1: But they have to make sure that they're just on
Speaker 1: point with everything and now it's the time to get
Speaker 1: it done. So uh, it's a sense of urgency so
Speaker 1: we can get back to what we need to be
Speaker 1: what was that for four or five years ago? All right?
Speaker 1: When they make the a f C Championship, Bryan, So,
Speaker 1: I think all the pieces of the pubs will need
Speaker 1: to get in place now, Fred, great stuff. As always,
Speaker 1: We will talk to you in the post game after
Speaker 1: Week seventeen, looking forward to as always JP Back in
Speaker 1: a moment, we'll have the final word with head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Baron before kickoff. The Jaguars and the Colts coming
Speaker 1: up at Lucas Oil Stadium, and this is countdown to
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