November 1, 2024 • 8 mins
Pride of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor previews Jaguars-Eagles Week 9 matchup. Fred discusses throwing last week out the window and Jaguars keys to victory this week against this dominant Eagles team on Countdown to Kickoff.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's time for our weekly conversation with Pride of the
Jaguars running back Fred Taylor, and here we go. The Jaguars,
now two and six, headed to Philadelphia.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
There's no room for air from here on, Fred, how
are you?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I'm good, JP. No room for air at all. Man.
Speaker 4 (00:16):
We've been saying this for a few weeks now, but
still nine games remain in the regular season.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
You're right there at the halfway mark. Still a lot
of football. All you need to do is get hot.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
You gotta win one, got to win one, and then
you take that into perspective and try and get the
next one. But each week is it one season or
one week playoff approach type season for those guys, and
they let that one last week slip away from them.
They gotta throw that one out and just look forward
to this game. The Eagles are a really good team,
(00:50):
having won three in a row, so it'll be interesting.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Big news around the Jaguars. Of course, this week, Cam
Robinson traded to the Minnesota Vikings. He's been here's the
last guy on the twenty seventeen playoff team still around
for the Jaguars, so no longer he's out of here.
This will be Walker little chance the rest of the
way to play left tackle in the final what nine
games of his rookie contract.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
So what do you make of the trade?
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Look, you know some sometimes change is good. You know
they're going to see what they have. I believe with
where Cam was and where Walker is now in terms
of dollar for dollar, and I think when you look
at it across the board, where you have a Cam Robbinson,
someone who's operating under the new contract, and you have
(01:38):
a rookie, a young guy coming off his rookie deal
who hadn't played a lot, you have more leverage, you know,
with with the Walker little little and potential. So you
look at leverage and potential when you look at players
and all that stuff. So I believe it was a
good deal. Especially if Cam goes over and does well.
It can turn into a higher round pick, an earlier
(02:01):
round pick, I'll say, from that angle, So it could
pan out. You know, you can find a lot of
good players in that fourth, fifth round, even the sixth
round slot sometime, especially at the lineman position. But it
is Walker Lodle's term right now. He's the next man up.
That's what you play for. You play for opportunity, and
(02:22):
when it's your opportunity, you don't look back. So I
hope he does well for all of you know, the
Jaguars faith for around the globe. He has two hundred
and fifty million reasons to play well.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
We'll see what happens next week when Cam comes back
with the Minnesota Vikings to play the Jaguars.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
We'll discuss that of course next week.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Yeah, I'm looking forward to that conversation.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I think it's gonna be interesting. We'll see if travese
etn Jr. Is back in the mix this week coming
off the hamstring injury. If he is, how do you
balance the carries this week?
Speaker 4 (02:56):
You know, I think you go with with with with
how the guys are feeling. You know, understand that Tank
has had a hot hand even a week ago. You know,
he got some carries in there, had a great yardish
per average carry. We all thought that we should have
seen him touch it a few more times.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
But he has a hot hand, and you know, he's
running very effectively. He's quickie sharp, he's.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Downhill running with power, and the ham strings are tricky,
you know, So even though there's a potential chance that
Travis can shut up. The ham strings are one of
those tricky It's one of the trickier injuries you can have.
As soon as you think you're ready from practice, you
get in the game and try to burst and explode
(03:39):
and it lets you downs, like having a flat tire
doing sixty.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Five or nine ninety five or JTB.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Park Well he or something you just pull over frustrated
and the P word it's off.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
That kind of stuff.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
So, and that's what we'll see if he has any setbacks.
But we're gonna hope that he doesn't have set backs
and they'll get back to being that one to two punch.
You know, I think it's good, and I've said this
that it's better to have a really solid one two
punch where you can, in theory, minimize the potential for
(04:17):
injury or even give another or spell another guy when
he's you know, sort of banged up like the travest
n So we'll.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
See, keep our fingers crossing hope he's one hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Fred Taylor with us.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
This Jaguars defense this week has its hands full against
an Eagles offense that can run the football, physical offensive line,
a dual threck quarterback certainly but Saquon Barkley is there now,
second in the league in rushing yards. Give us the
scattering report on Saque from your perspective.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Don't flinch. You can't flinch, I mean, but it's it is.
Saque one of my top backs. I've said that since
he's he entered the league six years ago. One of
my favorite people, you know, on the entire planet. Just
the amazing person more so than a talented football player
that he is. Uh, he's the complete package. He could
(05:12):
do at all. He has the best jump cut ability
of all the running backs in the entire NFL. He's explosive,
he's fast, he runs with power, and if you flinch,
like I said, he's gonna let you know. So the
best way to attack Saquon is to just just just
(05:33):
go at him. You can't hesitate. You have to just
run through tackle and wait for the calvary to hope
that they're there to rally behind you. But you got
to shoot your shoot your shot, you know, and just
just go through them. De Troy pot Malu, you know
that sort of approach. Don't break down, just go And
I hope that's the coaching thing for this week, because
(05:56):
if you break your feet down to set your hips.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
He's you're gonna give him too many the options.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
And then you gotta deal with those other guys in
the passing game, which makes this game easier. Jalen Hurts
zone readability. His mobility as a QB is accuracy. You
got Brown aj Brown out there, who's a monster, big, strong, fast,
He does it all intermediate, short, deep routes. DeVante Slim Smith,
(06:26):
he can get deep behind you. Amazing prospect. Alabama just
recently got him a brand new bag. So they're all
paid up there, they're all excited. They're all on a
roll now after starting two and two.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
So Philly's a team.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
I think they're they're finding their mojo and they can
be tough to reckon with if you're not prepared.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Finals at about this Eagles defense that the Jaguars will
have to face this week, I MA think Georgia players.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Can you have on one defense? First of all, I
mean they're illegal.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
It should be illegal of some sort.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
I mean, this is why Georgia has been as good
as they've been the past several years. In college. They
have tremendous athletes coming out of Georgia the past several years.
And not only that, the guys that come from those defenses,
you know, at all levels, you know, linemen, linebackers, secondary,
(07:25):
they've been absolutely great. And I don't know the real
answer jp to that question, but they should make you
cap you know, cap at like half or fifty of
your players. But there's very good defense and they're only
getting better.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
They're all getting better. It's a good group.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
They don't take the ball away a lot, but they
play good, solid defense all the way.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
They keep themselves in the game. They keep themselves in
the game. You don't see them break down a lot.
You know, the secondary leader leader in big play, sligh
on the back in. Like I said, they got players
on all levels. They give up some plays, but they
bend and don't break. A lot of times those turn
(08:10):
into field goals and they do just enough to stay
in the game on a three game win streak.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Let's see how goes.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
We're about to find out and we'll catch up with
you after the game.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Fred, appreciate it. I'll be right here, be ready to go.
It's time for our weekly conversation with Pride of the
Jaguars running back Fred Taylor, and here we go. The Jaguars,
now two and six, headed to Philadelphia.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
There's no room for air from here on, Fred, how
are you?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I'm good, JP. No room for air at all. Man.
Speaker 4 (00:16):
We've been saying this for a few weeks now, but
still nine games remain in the regular season.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
You're right there at the halfway mark. Still a lot
of football. All you need to do is get hot.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
You gotta win one, got to win one, and then
you take that into perspective and try and get the
next one. But each week is it one season or
one week playoff approach type season for those guys, and
they let that one last week slip away from them.
They gotta throw that one out and just look forward
to this game. The Eagles are a really good team,
(00:50):
having won three in a row, so it'll be interesting.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Big news around the Jaguars. Of course, this week, Cam
Robinson traded to the Minnesota Vikings. He's been here's the
last guy on the twenty seventeen playoff team still around
for the Jaguars, so no longer he's out of here.
This will be Walker little chance the rest of the
way to play left tackle in the final what nine
games of his rookie contract.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
So what do you make of the trade?
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Look, you know some sometimes change is good. You know
they're going to see what they have. I believe with
where Cam was and where Walker is now in terms
of dollar for dollar, and I think when you look
at it across the board, where you have a Cam Robbinson,
someone who's operating under the new contract, and you have
(01:38):
a rookie, a young guy coming off his rookie deal
who hadn't played a lot, you have more leverage, you know,
with with the Walker little little and potential. So you
look at leverage and potential when you look at players
and all that stuff. So I believe it was a
good deal. Especially if Cam goes over and does well.
It can turn into a higher round pick, an earlier
(02:01):
round pick, I'll say, from that angle, So it could
pan out. You know, you can find a lot of
good players in that fourth, fifth round, even the sixth
round slot sometime, especially at the lineman position. But it
is Walker Lodle's term right now. He's the next man up.
That's what you play for. You play for opportunity, and
(02:22):
when it's your opportunity, you don't look back. So I
hope he does well for all of you know, the
Jaguars faith for around the globe. He has two hundred
and fifty million reasons to play well.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
We'll see what happens next week when Cam comes back
with the Minnesota Vikings to play the Jaguars.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
We'll discuss that of course next week.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Yeah, I'm looking forward to that conversation.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I think it's gonna be interesting. We'll see if travese
etn Jr. Is back in the mix this week coming
off the hamstring injury. If he is, how do you
balance the carries this week?
Speaker 4 (02:56):
You know, I think you go with with with with
how the guys are feeling. You know, understand that Tank
has had a hot hand even a week ago. You know,
he got some carries in there, had a great yardish
per average carry. We all thought that we should have
seen him touch it a few more times.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
But he has a hot hand, and you know, he's
running very effectively. He's quickie sharp, he's.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Downhill running with power, and the ham strings are tricky,
you know, So even though there's a potential chance that
Travis can shut up. The ham strings are one of
those tricky It's one of the trickier injuries you can have.
As soon as you think you're ready from practice, you
get in the game and try to burst and explode
(03:39):
and it lets you downs, like having a flat tire
doing sixty.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Five or nine ninety five or JTB.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Park Well he or something you just pull over frustrated
and the P word it's off.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
That kind of stuff.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
So, and that's what we'll see if he has any setbacks.
But we're gonna hope that he doesn't have set backs
and they'll get back to being that one to two punch.
You know, I think it's good, and I've said this
that it's better to have a really solid one two
punch where you can, in theory, minimize the potential for
(04:17):
injury or even give another or spell another guy when
he's you know, sort of banged up like the travest
n So we'll.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
See, keep our fingers crossing hope he's one hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Fred Taylor with us.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
This Jaguars defense this week has its hands full against
an Eagles offense that can run the football, physical offensive line,
a dual threck quarterback certainly but Saquon Barkley is there now,
second in the league in rushing yards. Give us the
scattering report on Saque from your perspective.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Don't flinch. You can't flinch, I mean, but it's it is.
Saque one of my top backs. I've said that since
he's he entered the league six years ago. One of
my favorite people, you know, on the entire planet. Just
the amazing person more so than a talented football player
that he is. Uh, he's the complete package. He could
(05:12):
do at all. He has the best jump cut ability
of all the running backs in the entire NFL. He's explosive,
he's fast, he runs with power, and if you flinch,
like I said, he's gonna let you know. So the
best way to attack Saquon is to just just just
(05:33):
go at him. You can't hesitate. You have to just
run through tackle and wait for the calvary to hope
that they're there to rally behind you. But you got
to shoot your shoot your shot, you know, and just
just go through them. De Troy pot Malu, you know
that sort of approach. Don't break down, just go And
I hope that's the coaching thing for this week, because
(05:56):
if you break your feet down to set your hips.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
He's you're gonna give him too many the options.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
And then you gotta deal with those other guys in
the passing game, which makes this game easier. Jalen Hurts
zone readability. His mobility as a QB is accuracy. You
got Brown aj Brown out there, who's a monster, big, strong, fast,
He does it all intermediate, short, deep routes. DeVante Slim Smith,
(06:26):
he can get deep behind you. Amazing prospect. Alabama just
recently got him a brand new bag. So they're all
paid up there, they're all excited. They're all on a
roll now after starting two and two.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
So Philly's a team.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
I think they're they're finding their mojo and they can
be tough to reckon with if you're not prepared.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Finals at about this Eagles defense that the Jaguars will
have to face this week, I MA think Georgia players.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Can you have on one defense? First of all, I
mean they're illegal.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
It should be illegal of some sort.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
I mean, this is why Georgia has been as good
as they've been the past several years. In college. They
have tremendous athletes coming out of Georgia the past several years.
And not only that, the guys that come from those defenses,
you know, at all levels, you know, linemen, linebackers, secondary,
(07:25):
they've been absolutely great. And I don't know the real
answer jp to that question, but they should make you
cap you know, cap at like half or fifty of
your players. But there's very good defense and they're only
getting better.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
They're all getting better. It's a good group.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
They don't take the ball away a lot, but they
play good, solid defense all the way.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
They keep themselves in the game. They keep themselves in
the game. You don't see them break down a lot.
You know, the secondary leader leader in big play, sligh
on the back in. Like I said, they got players
on all levels. They give up some plays, but they
bend and don't break. A lot of times those turn
(08:10):
into field goals and they do just enough to stay
in the game on a three game win streak.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Let's see how goes.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
We're about to find out and we'll catch up with
you after the game.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Fred, appreciate it. I'll be right here, be ready to go.
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