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Speaker 1: It's time for a weekly conversation with Pride of the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. The Jaguars are on a

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Speaker 1: roll right now, a little bit of one as we

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Speaker 1: flip the calendar to December, and there are meaningful football

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Speaker 1: games I had for the Jaguars, starting with the Detroit

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Speaker 1: Lions in week third team. What's up, friend, It's nice

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Speaker 1: to have those meaningful games. Hey, JP, how's it going, boss?

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Speaker 1: Of course it is, man. I think Christmas came earlier

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Speaker 1: with we considered that Thanksgiving or post Thanksgiving treat? Was

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Speaker 1: that a snack? I mean, I don't know either case.

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Speaker 1: There was a win, and that's what we need to

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Speaker 1: see more of. But it starts here today. You know,

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Speaker 1: against the Lions team who um they they They've had

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Speaker 1: a lot of sporadic play. They're not a bad team.

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Speaker 1: They're not the Lions of old. They're much improved team.

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Speaker 1: They got a really good coaching staff, a lot of

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Speaker 1: former players, and the players believe in those guys. They

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Speaker 1: respect them having come from where they come from. Um,

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Speaker 1: so the players are playing hard for them. But I'm

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Speaker 1: looking forward to this matchup, JP. I think the interesting

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Speaker 1: All right, we'll get to the Lions coming up, and

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Speaker 1: they're running game because it's been a long time since

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Speaker 1: they've had a running game like this in Detroit. That's

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Speaker 1: coming up in a little bit. But for the Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: it's the play of the quarterback that has heads turning

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Speaker 1: around the league. I think we've I think, for the

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Speaker 1: most part in Jacksonville believed in number sixteen. Of course,

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Speaker 1: he's had some you know, some hiccups earlier in the season,

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Speaker 1: some turnovers, but he's starting to turn the corner, it

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Speaker 1: feels like, especially the last three games all over one rating,

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Speaker 1: and then last week goes out in a two minute

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Speaker 1: drive and makes some big time throws down the stretch

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Speaker 1: for the team, and that gives not only hymn confidence,

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Speaker 1: but that locker room confidence as well, and the fan

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Speaker 1: base on top of that. Of course, it's the trickle

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Speaker 1: down effect. You know, you bring in a guy who

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Speaker 1: you deem as the franchise quarter back, obviously everybody's no

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Speaker 1: patient and optimistic and UH rooting you on, UH and

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Speaker 1: looking for you to do well. And then as good

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Speaker 1: as shirt play goes, you know, it trickled down to

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Speaker 1: down to everyone else. You know, and Trevor and don't

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Speaker 1: don't This is an exact quote, but he said something

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Speaker 1: to the extent of, I've always been that guy, you know,

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Speaker 1: trying to you know, find myself, find a way to

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Speaker 1: put it together. And he has shown those glimpses over

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Speaker 1: the past three weeks. You mentioned his QBR has been

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Speaker 1: you know, astronomical. It's been very consistent. You know, that's

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Speaker 1: what I love to see. Well into triple digits, over

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Speaker 1: a hundred in the last three games. And if I

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Speaker 1: think if he can find himself a window where he's

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Speaker 1: playing obviously one game at a time, but at the

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Speaker 1: end of three games, at the end of the quarter,

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Speaker 1: if he boxes it in for himself and say I

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Speaker 1: was three out of four, I did this, I did that.

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Speaker 1: You know, these are the things I can look back

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Speaker 1: at within this stretch. These are the things I did great.

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Speaker 1: These are the things that I have to continue to

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Speaker 1: prove on. I think he can create himself a routine

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Speaker 1: which he might be used to write having been successful

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Speaker 1: down the Clinton Uh. And we're seeing those glimpses. As

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Speaker 1: I mentioned, I think that as well as he plays,

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Speaker 1: it'll lift up the other guys play. You know, they'll

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Speaker 1: be so confident in his quarterback that they can make

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Speaker 1: things happen and they're all on the same page. Now

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Speaker 1: I think the receivers are catching the balls. We saw

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Speaker 1: some drops earlier in the season and some key moments. Hell,

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Speaker 1: Marvin Jones could have dropped that that passed there, and

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Speaker 1: we wouldn't be having this conversation. We just it would

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Speaker 1: look like the Chiefs game, you know, where he had

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Speaker 1: high QBR and he the accuracy was there, his percentage

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Speaker 1: per completion was there, yet the plays weren't made, and

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Speaker 1: you you know, you have games as such. But I

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Speaker 1: think the guys are picking up their play and everyone

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Speaker 1: is starting to show some consistency across the board. Fred

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Speaker 1: Taylor with US. Last week, Travis CTN Jr. Left the game.

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Speaker 1: It was a foot issue. He sounded confident this week

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Speaker 1: Hasty stepped in and played a big role in last

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Speaker 1: week's game, certainly in the passing game. Now this feels

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is a run the football game, right

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Speaker 1: I mean they're gonna do it on the other side, Detroit.

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Speaker 1: This is one where hey, the offensive line, go handle

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Speaker 1: and rightfully so it should. But the games are played

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Speaker 1: on Sundays. You don't have the depending paper isn't out

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Speaker 1: gotta beat your guy. You know, you have to win

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Speaker 1: your individual matchup, especially you know if you're gonna try

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Speaker 1: uh you know, they're in the middle of the NFL

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Speaker 1: and that's where they start. If they're gonna win a day,

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Speaker 1: they gotta run it. And on the flip side, obviously,

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Speaker 1: this matchup again. I said, it's gonna be interesting. You

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Speaker 1: mentioned that Lions rushing attack. It's their best rushing total

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Speaker 1: this year. DeAndre Swift can do his thing. They have

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Speaker 1: gotta look at the head coach. Coach see he he Uh, tough,

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Speaker 1: old school, hard nosed guy, still believe in you know,

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Speaker 1: you have to be able to communicate those personsonnel sets

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Speaker 1: spent a lot of time in Jacksonville. Obviously being a

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Speaker 1: former quarterback. He has a quarter quarterback mindset at the

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Speaker 1: same as coach Peterson. So um, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: Mark will help their defense this week, you know, with

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Speaker 1: let me just make one more comment on Brew. I'm

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Speaker 1: done with their running backs. Man. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: a lot of fans out there listening to know this.

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Speaker 1: Brew obviously one of my favorite teammates. I think he's

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Speaker 1: done a great, a tremendous job with Jared Golf, you know,

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Speaker 1: come back home at some point and coach Trevor, look

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Speaker 1: at that, s Freddie t starting stuff. You're one of

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Speaker 1: the best to starting stuff. Friend Taylor with us, Hey,

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Speaker 1: when did you realize that Mark would make a good coach?

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Speaker 1: Did you see that when you were a teammate of his.

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Speaker 1: You know, Mark was always a great player, obviously uh

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Speaker 1: You know, he coached at high school. On the high

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Speaker 1: good job, all right, Fred, Um, how are you feeling

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Speaker 1: about this? One? Six ago? Down three to the first

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Speaker 1: If the Titans lose a game against another team and

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars went out, guess what the Jags are at

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Speaker 1: the top. We might be a little early for that,

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Speaker 1: but that's yeah, that's that. But you know, you got

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Speaker 1: I loved optimism I I tend to leave you with that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I like this matchup. As I mentioned, I do like

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Speaker 1: this matchup. I will not dismiss how hard the Lions

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Speaker 1: play weekend week out. They've been in some close ones

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Speaker 1: and they've lost a few, you know, and comeback fashion

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Speaker 1: or giving up the game. I don't want to call

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Speaker 1: a lock. I just want to see a competitive of hard,

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Speaker 1: funk game. And you know, the bias and me wants

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville to win it. I would prefer blowout and not

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Speaker 1: one of those nail bodies that we saw last week.

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Speaker 1: But hey, at the end of the day and winning

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Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. Fred will talk to you

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Speaker 1: in the post game. Man. Appreciate it all right, j P.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Boss,