WEBVTT - Countdown to Kickoff: Fred Taylor - Bears vs. Jaguars

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<v Speaker 1>Countdown to Kickoff continues. The Jaguars host the Chicago Bears

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<v Speaker 1>today at one o'clock in week sixteen, and as always

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<v Speaker 1>in this program, we visit with pride of the Jaguars

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<v Speaker 1>running back Fred Taylor. Good afternoon, Fred, JP. What's up,

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<v Speaker 1>boss man. We're ready for some football today. Two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>to go in the regular season, the Jaguars are one

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<v Speaker 1>in thirteen. But the big news this week the Jets

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<v Speaker 1>are also one in thirteen. They got a big win

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<v Speaker 1>last week, a crazy win on the road in l

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<v Speaker 1>A against the Rams. The Rams are a seventeen point

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<v Speaker 1>favorite in that game, and your guy Frank Gore got

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<v Speaker 1>it done. So that means the Jaguars as they sit

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<v Speaker 1>right now, would hold the number one pick in the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL draft. But there's two games to go in this

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<v Speaker 1>season and head coach Duck Barone this week said they're

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<v Speaker 1>trying to go out and win football games. Still. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a fine balance there, right because Jags fans everywhere want

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<v Speaker 1>that number one pick, and that would mean Trevor Lawrence,

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<v Speaker 1>the players and coaches still want to win football games, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, we we we kidded and we

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<v Speaker 1>joked around a little bit in the post game last week. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Christmas came early on the flip side of that. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really hard to try and and lose a game,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, on any level. You know, we've been taught

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<v Speaker 1>our entire lives to go win and to get out

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<v Speaker 1>there and say, hey, let's let's try and well not

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<v Speaker 1>let's try to lose these two games, because Doug has

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<v Speaker 1>said that's not gonna happen. You know, they're gonna go

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<v Speaker 1>out there and fight. And I really think the players,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't get involved in the draft and and the

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<v Speaker 1>draft positioning and all that stuff. Guys are out there

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<v Speaker 1>focused on their job, trying to do their best. They

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<v Speaker 1>want to compete naturally, that's what's in their heart. And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really hard to just get out there and roll over.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean it is what it is. Right we're

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<v Speaker 1>in this position. Do you roll with it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you do not game playing and you just go out

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<v Speaker 1>with whatever it is you're gonna go out with, or

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<v Speaker 1>do you really get out there really coach him up

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<v Speaker 1>and and and and and pray for the best, pray

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<v Speaker 1>for a beautiful loss. I mean, who knows. Trevor lawns

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<v Speaker 1>Man he's just he's an organization changer, it seems right.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to prematurely crowning King. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a great talent, Uh, not just on the field, but

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<v Speaker 1>he's a guy who can get into your community and

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<v Speaker 1>do some great things. I mean, he's high Christian faith

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<v Speaker 1>guy kid. So he just seems as if it's our time,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you mess this up? But again, being a

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<v Speaker 1>player is hard to just get out there with thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>of losing in your mind. That that doesn't fly. The

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<v Speaker 1>Ravens ran up and down the field on them last week.

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<v Speaker 1>The defense is like on the third string guys now.

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<v Speaker 1>And they've played seventy nine players this year. They might

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<v Speaker 1>just not be good enough this year. I know they

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<v Speaker 1>were close in the middle of the season, they almost

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<v Speaker 1>got some wins there. But I mean that's what they

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<v Speaker 1>are right now. They're not a really good football team.

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<v Speaker 1>You're right, j P. You know that they're not a

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<v Speaker 1>great team. They fought the entire year, you know, plug

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<v Speaker 1>and play, plug and play. They've had there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of starters been out for the last couple of months. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>just that all around the team. The offense has been

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<v Speaker 1>more healthy than anything more so than the defense. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but they've also had their issues as well, shuffling the

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<v Speaker 1>offensive line, you know, receivers, starting receivers, chart in and

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<v Speaker 1>out line up. Young team. You know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>guys have potentially hit that wall, you know that that

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<v Speaker 1>they talked about. So, um, they haven't played bit long

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<v Speaker 1>until any season. So yeah, maybe it's just caught up

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<v Speaker 1>with him. Chicago very inconsistent team, but still has some ability. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>they went out and won their game last week. And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>they have a few guys man that are that are

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<v Speaker 1>good players on the offensive side and defensive. You talked

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<v Speaker 1>about Khalil mac as far over there, and then let's

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<v Speaker 1>also talk about Montgomery in the backfield. He's leading a charge.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm pretty sure Trabinsky, you know, he every week

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<v Speaker 1>he's trying to prove people wrong considering what he's going

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<v Speaker 1>through and the way he was able to come back,

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<v Speaker 1>and I guess he's playing fairly decent for him. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's a team who at five hundred, I'm pretty sure

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<v Speaker 1>they wanted the season would have ren winning record, and

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<v Speaker 1>they have an opportunity, so they're not gonna lay down, alright,

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<v Speaker 1>fred So Pro Bowl Voting results came out this week.

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<v Speaker 1>There were no no Jaguars on the list. The name

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<v Speaker 1>that should have been on the list is running back

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<v Speaker 1>James Robinson. You've been in this boat before, Fred the

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<v Speaker 1>same thinking ship Man. It's you know, here we are

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two years after my rookie year. I don't understand

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<v Speaker 1>how they can't get this right. You know, something has

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<v Speaker 1>to change in that in that process. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>James is a guy who's third in the NFL and

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<v Speaker 1>rushing UH number two in the AFC behind Derrick Henry.

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<v Speaker 1>And his numbers are I think when I looked at it,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a hundred and sixty yards better than Josh Jacobs

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<v Speaker 1>and and Nick Chubb is much further down the list.

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<v Speaker 1>His numbers are better than both of those guys. UH,

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<v Speaker 1>and I get it. Sometimes they look at the team wins.

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<v Speaker 1>That would mean Cleveland, Nick Chubb. You know they have

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<v Speaker 1>a much better record. I don't know the Raiders overall record,

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<v Speaker 1>but there there there. I guess they've had a decent year.

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<v Speaker 1>But still, if we're looking at individual performances and just

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<v Speaker 1>backing everything out totally by the numbers, and also let's

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<v Speaker 1>look at what he has done for his team, he's

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<v Speaker 1>been the you know, the the workhorse. He's been the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest bright spot. When you look at percentages of plays

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<v Speaker 1>output performance, you give it to James Robinson. Again, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how they can mess this up, but they

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<v Speaker 1>messed it up years ago when I was a rookie.

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<v Speaker 1>My numbers were better, better than Eddie George's number in

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<v Speaker 1>that season. I feel that I should have got an opportunity.

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<v Speaker 1>The veterans once told me that, well, you have to

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<v Speaker 1>put in a year before they recognize you. I call

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<v Speaker 1>it bs. I call it crap, but they say that's

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<v Speaker 1>the way the dice roll, and I have to live

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<v Speaker 1>with it. And I've been living with the crappy dice

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<v Speaker 1>for more than twenty two years. And again, Uh, they're back,

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<v Speaker 1>you know at those crazy games. By doing James the

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<v Speaker 1>way they did, that's just not right. I think they

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<v Speaker 1>should just take the top three guys statistically, make it easy,

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<v Speaker 1>and you earn it that way as a player, and

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<v Speaker 1>you take the voting, you take all of the other

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<v Speaker 1>craziness out of it. Because it's a name thing, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it becomes a marketing Uh it's kind of like a pageant,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just something that looks good on the surface.

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<v Speaker 1>Names Uh, let's see how we can sell tickets, bring

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<v Speaker 1>get the fans and ball. That's just absurd in and

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<v Speaker 1>out of this world. Mr Congeniality, is the award that

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<v Speaker 1>feels like James Scott exactly. That's not the one you want.

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<v Speaker 1>Fred Taylor with us. I'm gonna finish with a very

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<v Speaker 1>simple question, Fred, do you want Trevor Lawrence? Yeah, simple answer. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll talk to you in the post game. Looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to a JP Fred Taylor Pride of the Jaguars running back.

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<v Speaker 1>We're back in a moment final word with head coach

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<v Speaker 1>Dug Baron before kickoff. The Jaguars and the Chicago Bears

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<v Speaker 1>coming up. And this is countdown to Kickoff on Jaguars Radio.