1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: It's our weekly visit with Pride of the Jaguars running 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: back Fred Taylor. And here we go. It's week number five. Fred. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: The Houston Texans are coming to town. And not only that, 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: it is alumni weekend, a lot of former Jaguars. I 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: almost said old Jaguars. I won't go there. Former Jaguars 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: will come. But Sully received his proof Football Hall of 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: Fame Ring Good. Good afternoon, Fred, Good afternoon. J p A. 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: I'm glad you paused and didn't say old, because I 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: like to think of it as seasoned. You know, I'm 10 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: a firm believer that old stuff you toss out. We're 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: not ready to be tossed out. We're seasoned vets. We're 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: the good guys now on the other side of life. 13 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: But you know what, J Pete, man, is so good 14 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: to see the guys. Man. You know, this is always 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: a great time, you know, having the alumni Legends weekend 16 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: is what they call it now, Uh, in recognition of 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: all the guys that put in the hard work and sacrifice, uh, 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: you know, to to provide entertainment. Right. Uh. But it's 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: a great reunion. You know. It's always a blessing to 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: see the guys, and thankfully, um, you know, the majority 21 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: of the guys that show up there in pretty good shape. 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: They're in good shape mentally, you know, physically. We don't 23 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: have any guys that have ballooned up to four hundred pounds, 24 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: thank god. Oh but you know it's always a good moment. 25 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: It's even special more so this time around because you 26 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: know the honoring Tony today. You know that's gonna be 27 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: I'm certainly it's gonna be huge. I'm looking forward to it. 28 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: And uh what else, Houston Texans. That's the reason we're here, right, 29 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: divisional opponent. You know, when I was speaking to the 30 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: guys yesterday, uh, some of the alumni, I might look, man, 31 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: what how how sweeter can it be to come back 32 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: to kick it with your old teammates, you know, break 33 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: bread and then have an opportunity to watch your team, 34 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: your former team, go out there. Now that they're playing better, 35 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: they're leading the division, they have an opportunity to win 36 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: this game. So you know, it's a lot to look 37 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: forward to today. We'll get to this game coming up, 38 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: but let's rewind to last week. First, some nasty weather 39 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, a really good football team and the Eagles. 40 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: The Jaguars, though, felt like in the locker room this week, 41 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: talking to a couple of guys, they felt like they 42 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: were the better team than the Eagles. Five turnovers will 43 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: give the Eagles more opportunities. Four of those fumbles from 44 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. That's an NFL record for a single game 45 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: from one player. Four fumbles loss origunally right, That's that's 46 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: a tough one to take. And they still had the 47 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: ball in their hand down eight inside two minutes with 48 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: a chance to go tie after the first four giveaways. 49 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: You gotta protect that football, though, you certainly got to 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: protect the football. JP. Wow, I didn't know he broke 51 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: a record. That's that's not something you want to be 52 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: associated with, but hey, it happened. They got to move 53 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: past it, and it sounds like the guys have moved 54 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: past it. Uh. You know, to to turn the ball 55 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: over five times, uh and still be down to lose 56 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,679 Speaker 1: the game by touchdown, it's encouraging. You know, no moral victories. 57 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: You gotta win the games. Uh. As the season goes, 58 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: you know, those close, those sort of games, you'll look 59 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: back and say, well, if we didn't fumble the ball 60 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: x amount of times maybe we win this game. We've 61 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: been the playoffs or et cetera, et cetera. But that's 62 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: the vieuty of the NFL. The era for margin is 63 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: so narrow, and certainly miss mismanaging or mishandling the football 64 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: is one of those huge errors, you know, increases the 65 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: margin for losing for losses. So I just think that, um, 66 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: the guys can bounce back. It's good that they're confident 67 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: knowing that they had an opportunity they were in the 68 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: game versus one of the elite teams to start this season. 69 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: And it's funny JP you mentioned week five man times fine, 70 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: it just seems they kicked off a week ago to 71 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: open this season. But jack Jacksonville is certainly a better team. Uh, 72 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: they have to finish those games. They gotta protect the 73 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: ball and end up with a debut. I mean a 74 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: win in the win column. And that's really what it 75 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: boils down to at the end of the day. Jaguar's 76 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: defense gave up two rushing yards last week to the 77 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. That won't win you many games. And you know, 78 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: after full we found a cossi left the game. A 79 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: lot of those yards came later, but that line for 80 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: Philly is really good. Kelsey of the center was all 81 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: over the field making play Philadelphia. So it doesn't get 82 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: any easier in this division. Houston likes to run the ball. 83 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 1: We know what Tennessee and Indy like to do, so 84 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: they had buttoned it up the first three weeks. It 85 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: felt like what happened last week you mentioned it. You know, 86 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: you lose, you lose some guys. You you played against 87 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: a very solid veteran offensive front out of Philly led 88 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: by Kelsey, and uh, you know, just the circumstances of 89 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: the game. Philly had a great game plan going in. 90 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: You know they were gonna stretch him out a little 91 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: bit and have a box count. If Jacksonville had six 92 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: in the box versus their self personnel. It was run 93 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: and they didn't shy away from a lot of zone reads. 94 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: You got to account for Jalen Hurts. He's so dynamic 95 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: and his approach from being able to throw it out 96 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: of the pocket not even looking to run, also being 97 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: able to throw it on the run as well as 98 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: being able to run the ball. One of the bigger 99 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: plays for me was when they went down to tie 100 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: it up. I think it was third and goal uh, 101 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: from like twenty yards out, uh, and they converted you know, 102 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: to get down to the two and then they punched 103 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: it in you know, the next place. So we had 104 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: those plays back to back. But it just shows how 105 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: dynamic there their approaches and the conviction they have and 106 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: sticking with the run, especially when the team isn't stopping it. 107 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: So Jacksonville just has to go back to the drawing 108 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: board and hopefully they did it. You know this past week. 109 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: Where play your assignment. It's all about gap integrity. If 110 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: you're in the gap, stay in that gap. Don't get 111 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: overly excited to try to rush and make a play. 112 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: You do your job, do your assignment. The linebackers on 113 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: the next level, they have to be disciplined for the 114 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: cutback and those zone reads. The defensive ends are more 115 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: important versus the zone read because they have to determine 116 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: if they're going to attack the carrier or the quarterback 117 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: and whatever their key is, they have to read it, 118 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: stick with it and let everybody else uh do their jobs. 119 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: And you know that's one thing about defenses versus offense. 120 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: JP you have on the offense, we have to trust 121 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: that the guy is gonna do their job. But we 122 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: can get away with some stuff. Defense isn't isn't quite 123 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: like that. Uh, if you have two guys that are 124 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: getting anxious and overly excited, you know, one guy is 125 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: out of position, that can lead to an eight yard 126 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 1: you know, So defense really have to dial it in 127 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: and be more disciplining trying to stop the run. Because 128 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: Pierce Houston, Texans, with Pierce one of my old Gator guy, 129 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: they're gonna try to stuff it and run it down 130 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: and throw because he's been bawling. So that's the that's 131 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: the biggest bright spot. So we know what they're gonna 132 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: try to do today. I just gotta get out there, 133 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: line up and stop it right of the Jaguars running 134 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: back Fred Taylor with us. It seems like a season 135 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: at least so far to break some streaks, you know, 136 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: the Jags and not one on the road and forever 137 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: until they went to l A and beat the Chargers 138 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: without Houston's won eight straight against the Jaguars and fourteen 139 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: of the last sixteen meetings. The only wins in that 140 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: spanned for the Jags seventeen when the Jags swept the 141 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: season series. So that's all in the past. So the 142 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: way Doug Peterson talks about it, All those guys are 143 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: pretty much gone. I mean this is a new team, 144 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: new personnel. So this is a team. Though. If you 145 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: feel like you're better than the Eagles, then in theory, 146 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: you're better than the Texans without a doubt. The Jags 147 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: haven't been in a scenario where hey, we need to 148 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: go win this game because we're better than this team. 149 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: Just go take care of business. How do you get 150 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: that mindset? They should certainly have to embrace that mindset, 151 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: but you gotta go out there and do it. You 152 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: know you mentioned coach Peterson saying, you know, uh, that 153 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: stuff is old news. Well, they dismantled that team well 154 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: over a year ago, and a lot of those players 155 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: that they had back in the day, you know that 156 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: contributed to that, uh, that eight game winning street versus Jacksonville. 157 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: You know, those guys are gone a year ago and 158 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: Houston still got busy and beat the Jags, uh a 159 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: year last year without the Shaun Watson, you know, their 160 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: star quarterback. So uh, you know, here is a team 161 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: that you look at their roster, I don't know many 162 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: guys on that roster, Like they don't have any star 163 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: players they have a emerging running back in Piers and 164 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: after that it's a toss up for me j P. 165 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: I mean I kind of peek around the league, and 166 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: you know, the a team, even bad teams, you will 167 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: have a few solid, good players that you can name 168 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: me your sleep. But the Texans isn't that team. So 169 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: I don't see a reason why, uh, Jackson Bville should 170 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: win the day other than turning the ball over five times, 171 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: possibly even missing tackles versus a solid runner and peers 172 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: and not playing gap integrity lane assignment. Uh. So they 173 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: have to be disciplined, they have to minimize the penalties. 174 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: Offense did a good job a week ago and not 175 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: being penalized. The penalties were on the defensive side. But 176 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: you know, as a collective, both all sections, all phases 177 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: of the game has to be played equally so that 178 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: they can come away with a W. What's your level 179 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: of respect for Lovey Smith's what kind of organization can 180 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: he put together? And you know, love is um you 181 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: know you look at Lovey Smith and uh his demeanor 182 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: is like Melotone. It's just real steady. You know, he's 183 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: just smooth and you know, charismatic. He's just a coach 184 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: that the guys that I know, his former guys when 185 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: Chicago had their big run, the Super Bowl run. A 186 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: lot of those guys from that defense, they absolutely love him, 187 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: you know, and um, you know, just a guy that 188 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: coaches respect. Obviously, he found his way back to the 189 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: NFL when there were other candidates out there, but you know, 190 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: Houston thought highly of him and they brought him back 191 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: in because there's a no nonsense guy. Although he carries 192 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: himself with a different demeanor in the press. You know, 193 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: on television, you rarely see him getting too high, getting 194 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 1: too low. I don't know if I've even ever seen 195 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: him yell on the sideline. Maybe I'm missing something, but 196 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: I just don't recall. But I certainly respect him as 197 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: a man first, uh, and as a coach. You know, 198 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: he has a pretty solid body of work. Um and 199 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: thankfully he has a bad roster. Hopefully that will contribute 200 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: to Jacksonville win the day. It's all about the w's 201 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: no matter, Yeah, I worry about Love you later right now. 202 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: Let's get this bread well done as always, and we'll 203 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: talk to you in the post game. Have a good will, 204 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: enjoy legends weekend. You better believe it man, see you soon.