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Speaker 1: It's our weekly conversation with pride of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. But this week in person in London, the Jaguars here for the ninth time all time. And it's good to be back in London. Great to see you also, friend, It's always good. JP is different. This is a different interview. Uh, if only everyone can see us shooting this interview right now for pregame radio. But it's really different because we're across the pond. We're not in Jacksonville with nowhere in the States, and uh, here's a place where the team has had success. And I was sharting some stats earlier, JP, I didn't realize we are, oh in three versus NFC teams over here, and what we're four and one versus um the a f C. We have an a f C opponent today which I think we will eventually leave here victorious. And and make that five and one. Did you do high knees down the aisle of the plane on the way over here like Russell will soon apparently did, or you passed up you know that's such a huge joke, Like come on, well, I saw I got no notifications that he worked out on the plane. I mean that's either dedication or delusion. I don't know which side the defense to be on, but JP, I can tell you that if they judged whether he would play or not, you know based on that, I mean, I just don't get to understand. But to answer your question, no, no, I did not. I was sleeping. The wine and the vodka took me out. So it happens. That's Fred Taylor and the Jaguars and the Broncos coming. Got the Broncos offense, though with or without Russ it's among the worst in the league statistically across the board. They can't score. Um, They've got injury issues popping up on the offensive line now and if there's any week the Jaguars defense needs to try to get it together for a full game. This is the one UH easier said then done, get time is against Russell Wilson. But this seems like a gettable day for this defense and they need one in a bad way right now. A thousand percent. I agree with you on that, JP. I expect a very low scoring game. You have two really solid defenses, UH, which are the strength of in the heartbeat of both teams. As you mentioned, potentially, UH, if if Russ retired today, in my books, he's a he's a Hall of Famer, just a special guy, special player. And uh, this game, this matchup, Um, uh we're out. So I don't know if he's gonna play, but we're out. And if he happens to play, it seems that it would be you know, the perfect Russell Wilson's story, you know, the passion, desire to want to the leadership, you know, and and no matter what if he's plays or not, Uh, the Jaguars defense has to get up there, have to get out there, and they have to get after him. The past couple of games, they haven't shown to get much pressure excuse me, to the quarterback as they showed earlier in the season. And I think that's been sort of the the one thing that have determined the outcome. You know, if the success of their of their games earlier in the season, they're opportunistic and and getting getting turnovers. We haven't seen many of those in the past several weeks. But it starts with the down for and if I can guarantee you jp that if they get after if they get some pressure on the quarterback, quarterback, no matter who it is, they should win the game because that's been a formula. So they have to subscribe to that. Get back to it. Put pressure on the defense, on me on the quarterback and on the flip side. Keep pressure off of Trevor from their defense, which is stout uh led by you know, Pat Certain junior uh lockdown Pat Certain the second lockdown cornerback, and then they're front four. They're looking to get after two. So we have to block on one side and on the other side, we have to get pressure Taylor with us. The big news earlier this week, of course, James traded to the New York Jets for a sixth round conditional pick, could be a fifth if he achieved certain milestones this year statistically. What was your reaction did you when you heard the news. I know Travis c t N was a little surprised by it when James told him about it. Yeah, I was much like Travis, you know, I was surprised, yet also in a sense, you know, not surprised. It's the NFL. Those sort of things happened in Travis to learn that, you know, the longer he plays in this league, now it's his show. You know, there's no excuses for not to get the carries, the touches. You know, they say, hey, we believe in you as a first rounder a year ago, which is really this year is truly his rookie year. And we've seen some pretty exciting things out of Travis, uh, minus the turnovers. But we're gonna work on that, and I'll do my best from the sideline to remind him that you gotta take care of the football or you will be out of a job. But certainly surprising h that Uh James was traded. But James is a really good back. I think it was a perfect situation from him after Breeze Hall, after he went out, and the Jets needed a guy in that same mold and they took James. So, uh, you know, wishing him luck, you know, wherever he goes, I mean wishing him luck. However that unfolds and uh again stole that running back. Uh. But the coaching staff or maybe even the guys in the front office, whomever decided to make that decision, they believe that we have someone in Travis E. T N who can get it done. Fred. Full disclosure, we're recording this interview after a luncheon on Thursday. You were on the stage with the owner, the team president, Neil Reynolds, Tony Bosella. You how many events like this do they have you doing this week? And what are some of your game day responsibilities at Wembley. You know, it's such an amazing time over here, JP, Uh. As I mentioned H during the luncheon. You know, I was over on the first trip, UH, the inaugural international game for the Jaguars, and UM, that didn't go so well then actually the first two didn't I think was the forty Niners and the Cowboys, and then we went on a three year run of success and then we had two years down. Then we got back to winning versus the Dolphins a year ago, and UH, we're gonna win. We're gonna beat the Broncos. But yeah, this this week is is for me, is filled with you know, appearances, opportunities, connect opportunities to uh uh showcase Jacksonville. UH and the team, the city and the team and what they're building from through community efforts, through shots commitment. You know what he set out to do when he asked here and people a lot of people don't remember this, but he acts to do a tenure UH commitment. Uh they're not narrated down to five and that expired right just during the pandemic. And now they also have a they renew three year commitment with Wimbley where they take over full operations and that again shows the commitment that they put out. But to bring you know myself, Tony Boselli, some guys that are the faces of the team, to be able to move around throughout London, uh, the pub party event, shot shot party, luncheons, various jack tag events throughout the week, and just different appearance opportunities. We have some stuff at Fanatics, another sponsor of the of the Jaguars. UH. So for me it's great and for the fans, the fans that I engage with through social media is great for them. The opportunities to meet and greet uh, such a great cool experience. Uh. It takes a game away from the local market. But to be able to see the local market fan base travel and follow their team no matter what you know, through highs and lows, ups and downs. Uh, that's what true fanatics are in my book. To see a lot of local fans over here, just the testimony to their commitment to the team and the team commitment to UH growth and growing the NFL game abroad. Um I love it. I absolutely love it each and every time. Um I expect to be here, you know, for years ago,
Speaker 1: It's our weekly conversation with pride of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. But this week in person in London, the Jaguars here for the ninth time all time. And it's good to be back in London. Great to see you also, friend, It's always good. JP is different. This is a different interview. Uh, if only everyone can see us shooting this interview right now for pregame radio. But it's really different because we're across the pond. We're not in Jacksonville with nowhere in the States, and uh, here's a place where the team has had success. And I was sharting some stats earlier, JP, I didn't realize we are, oh in three versus NFC teams over here, and what we're four and one versus um the a f C. We have an a f C opponent today which I think we will eventually leave here victorious. And and make that five and one. Did you do high knees down the aisle of the plane on the way over here like Russell will soon apparently did, or you passed up you know that's such a huge joke, Like come on, well, I saw I got no notifications that he worked out on the plane. I mean that's either dedication or delusion. I don't know which side the defense to be on, but JP, I can tell you that if they judged whether he would play or not, you know based on that, I mean, I just don't get to understand. But to answer your question, no, no, I did not. I was sleeping. The wine and the vodka took me out. So it happens. That's Fred Taylor and the Jaguars and the Broncos coming. Got the Broncos offense, though with or without Russ it's among the worst in the league statistically across the board. They can't score. Um, They've got injury issues popping up on the offensive line now and if there's any week the Jaguars defense needs to try to get it together for a full game. This is the one UH easier said then done, get time is against Russell Wilson. But this seems like a gettable day for this defense and they need one in a bad way right now. A thousand percent. I agree with you on that, JP. I expect a very low scoring game. You have two really solid defenses, UH, which are the strength of in the heartbeat of both teams. As you mentioned, potentially, UH, if if Russ retired today, in my books, he's a he's a Hall of Famer, just a special guy, special player. And uh, this game, this matchup, Um, uh we're out. So I don't know if he's gonna play, but we're out. And if he happens to play, it seems that it would be you know, the perfect Russell Wilson's story, you know, the passion, desire to want to the leadership, you know, and and no matter what if he's plays or not, Uh, the Jaguars defense has to get up there, have to get out there, and they have to get after him. The past couple of games, they haven't shown to get much pressure excuse me, to the quarterback as they showed earlier in the season. And I think that's been sort of the the one thing that have determined the outcome. You know, if the success of their of their games earlier in the season, they're opportunistic and and getting getting turnovers. We haven't seen many of those in the past several weeks. But it starts with the down for and if I can guarantee you jp that if they get after if they get some pressure on the quarterback, quarterback, no matter who it is, they should win the game because that's been a formula. So they have to subscribe to that. Get back to it. Put pressure on the defense, on me on the quarterback and on the flip side. Keep pressure off of Trevor from their defense, which is stout uh led by you know, Pat Certain junior uh lockdown Pat Certain the second lockdown cornerback, and then they're front four. They're looking to get after two. So we have to block on one side and on the other side, we have to get pressure Taylor with us. The big news earlier this week, of course, James traded to the New York Jets for a sixth round conditional pick, could be a fifth if he achieved certain milestones this year statistically. What was your reaction did you when you heard the news. I know Travis c t N was a little surprised by it when James told him about it. Yeah, I was much like Travis, you know, I was surprised, yet also in a sense, you know, not surprised. It's the NFL. Those sort of things happened in Travis to learn that, you know, the longer he plays in this league, now it's his show. You know, there's no excuses for not to get the carries, the touches. You know, they say, hey, we believe in you as a first rounder a year ago, which is really this year is truly his rookie year. And we've seen some pretty exciting things out of Travis, uh, minus the turnovers. But we're gonna work on that, and I'll do my best from the sideline to remind him that you gotta take care of the football or you will be out of a job. But certainly surprising h that Uh James was traded. But James is a really good back. I think it was a perfect situation from him after Breeze Hall, after he went out, and the Jets needed a guy in that same mold and they took James. So, uh, you know, wishing him luck, you know, wherever he goes, I mean wishing him luck. However that unfolds and uh again stole that running back. Uh. But the coaching staff or maybe even the guys in the front office, whomever decided to make that decision, they believe that we have someone in Travis E. T N who can get it done. Fred. Full disclosure, we're recording this interview after a luncheon on Thursday. You were on the stage with the owner, the team president, Neil Reynolds, Tony Bosella. You how many events like this do they have you doing this week? And what are some of your game day responsibilities at Wembley. You know, it's such an amazing time over here, JP, Uh. As I mentioned H during the luncheon. You know, I was over on the first trip, UH, the inaugural international game for the Jaguars, and UM, that didn't go so well then actually the first two didn't I think was the forty Niners and the Cowboys, and then we went on a three year run of success and then we had two years down. Then we got back to winning versus the Dolphins a year ago, and UH, we're gonna win. We're gonna beat the Broncos. But yeah, this this week is is for me, is filled with you know, appearances, opportunities, connect opportunities to uh uh showcase Jacksonville. UH and the team, the city and the team and what they're building from through community efforts, through shots commitment. You know what he set out to do when he asked here and people a lot of people don't remember this, but he acts to do a tenure UH commitment. Uh they're not narrated down to five and that expired right just during the pandemic. And now they also have a they renew three year commitment with Wimbley where they take over full operations and that again shows the commitment that they put out. But to bring you know myself, Tony Boselli, some guys that are the faces of the team, to be able to move around throughout London, uh, the pub party event, shot shot party, luncheons, various jack tag events throughout the week, and just different appearance opportunities. We have some stuff at Fanatics, another sponsor of the of the Jaguars. UH. So for me it's great and for the fans, the fans that I engage with through social media is great for them. The opportunities to meet and greet uh, such a great cool experience. Uh. It takes a game away from the local market. But to be able to see the local market fan base travel and follow their team no matter what you know, through highs and lows, ups and downs. Uh, that's what true fanatics are in my book. To see a lot of local fans over here, just the testimony to their commitment to the team and the team commitment to UH growth and growing the NFL game abroad. Um I love it. I absolutely love it each and every time. Um I expect to be here, you know, for years ago,
