Countdown, the kickoff rolls along. The Lions and the Jaguars tea it up today at one o'clock in week six. Pride of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor joins us every week on this program, and he's here with us again today. Good after the Fred, JP, what's up, boss? I know I got I guarantee to win last week, and uh I now do it again this week. I don't care because I gotta be optimistic. Man. I believe they'll get one sooner or later. Well, this is one.
It kind of feels like, Fred, that they have to have considering the way things have gone the last few weeks. It's a younger football team that needs to have some confidence going into l A next week, and then the bye week, and then the schedule of course gets really tough after that. But this feels like one they really have to have to keep things together and keep that confidence going. I mean, in the perfect world, obviously, that's uh,
that's the feeling. And I'm pretty sure the guys are optimistic in the locker room saying, hey, we're gonna get one. Last week felt that way. You had a team that was owing for and a week before that, felt that way when when they faced off with the Bengals. Unfortunately need to need the one ended up with with the Jaguars victorious. But again, this is a new week, new team, new opportunity, and the opportunity for a lot of guys that hadn't played a lot of football to get out
there and play and make a name for themselves. Again, I'm optimistic. I would always be that way because I'm a Jaguar lifer. But it doesn't matter. I can talk all I want to talk behind his microphone. Those guys got to get out there and play, and I think that we'll see some good things happening. They just got to find a way to to provoke consistency and in in every aspect, and I think they'll find a way
to win a game. Let's get to the offensive side, and a talking point this week Fred has been the balance or lack thereof on the offensive side of the ball. Gardner mint, you through the ball forty nine times last week, and Jake Gruden himself said that's way too many. And of course, every game that he's thrown more than forty times this year, the Jaguars have loss. That's the last four James Robinson only had thirteen carries last week in the game. A balanced offense is the one j Gruden
feels like can get the most success. H No, I agree, JP. Um, he's calling the plays, so I mean he's he has full control of it. Uh, the opportunity to be as balanced as as they're gonna be. He's the man that's calling the shots. Just looking at the game last week for example, and it's really been the theme of the season. Uh, the slow starts. You know, Jane Robinson, he comes out, you know, he had eleven yard run, an eight yard run, a seven yard run, four yard, four yard and a
few no games. But that doesn't mean go away from the run game. That means dig in there and try to have some patience with it and hopefully some good things will happen. But he has shown early in the game feed me I want the rock. They gotta find a way to stick with it, which means the defense, you know, they got to play better on their side. They can't allow the other team to convience the field and win the field position battle, uh and and outscore
our offense. So if the defense isn't playing great, it's hard to find that balance on the offensive side. So it's a combination of things. Defense, special teams, offense. They all got to be firing on all cylinders and on the same page. So hopefully again this is the week. Detroit, they don't do a very good job at stopping the run as the other teams the past two weeks, uh
they were the same. So that means that Jaguar's offense got to go out there and force the issue sort of and hopefully have a few big plays, you know, within that within those calls. UH. And and that's what I expect. I think James Robinson he's fired up, he's geared up, ready to have a big week show. I'm gonna say he's gonna get a hundred on the ground this week. This is the week. This is the week. And I want to add to UH. And my my
rookie year in Jacksonville could have been your two. I remember another great Detroit Lion running back that came to town, Barry Sanders, and there was a rookie on the other side I believe was my rookie year JP. I have a duel Barry Sanders, and I'm pretty sure James Robinson he's looking he's gonna be looking over on the other sideline looking at Adrian Peterson, thinking that the same thing, same thoughts that I had back in the day when I wanted to out rush uh Barry that day, and
I did. I think I had a hundred eighty three yards. But who's counting? Who's counting? Uh? And I'm hoping that we have the same output today. Fred Taylor with a speaking of a P, how much juice does Adrian Peterson still have the steep into his career? Oh? Man, he looks good. I can see those knees aren't bending the same way they used to. But still he's running the ball effectively, very efficiently. So I mean, as long as he's putting up, you know, four yards a walk, we
can accept that. You know, he's the top five Russia all time, so you gotta respect that. You still gotta respect his ability what we saw him doing just a year ago in Washington, still ripping off some long runs and he still has that ability. Otherwise he wouldn't be in the NFL because he's definitely a young man's game, and the teams can find any young guy to get
out there and put up some numbers. So a P still has a lot of juice in his tank man and uh, I think his motivation is passing Barry Sanders, which he is about eight hundred yards shy of that to be number four all the time, Joe, you can't fall to sleep on him. Out their defense, Fred, Let's get to the Jaguars defense now. Of course, last week a handful of starters did not play, and it sounds pretty positive this week that the Jags will have a
lot of those guys back. But the guys who stepped in and played last week played pretty well, especially to a guy liked one, Smoot and Sydney Jones. Smoots, a guy who's been around here for a few years. Draft pick, was kind of working his way up. Sydney Jones had an injury in the free draft process, was with the Eagles that didn't work out. The Jags claimed him this year. But those two guys had nice performances and they might have a role moving ahead. And that's good news for
this defense. It's good news for the organization across the board. I mean, they the Jaguars front office, they said, look, we're gonna get younger. You know, we're gonna do some things through the draft. We're gonna release a lot of the guys that were heavy on our salary cap, you know, getting rid of Klaish boy A, even you know the Ramsey trade in gock Way. They made it known that they were gonna get young and started almost pressed the reset button. So what that's gonna do at least for
years ahead, if not this year. Uh, it's going to give guys an opportunity to get out there and get on the trail. The Jaguars Um front office, they're gonna be able to evaluate your fans might not always agree with it, but hopefully they can evaluate this talent. Uh, the guys that they drafted, the guys that are getting opportunity, like you know Sydney and those guys in smooth Um, they're getting opportunities now. So uh, the team, they're gonna
have an opportunity see what we have. And Uh, the more that guys are injured, the more other guys are gonna be able to play. And hopefully we can find you know, some future Pro Bowlers or some some some guys that will bring some wins to Jacksonville in the years to come. Well, let's try to get a win today first, and today faced the Detroit Lions in Week six and Fred, let's get a w and we'll talk to you in the post game. I'm looking forward to that.
JP back at the moment, the final word with head coach Doug Moron ahead of the Lions and the Jaguars. Or a one o'clock kickoff time at t I A A. Bank Field and let's just countdown the kickoff on Jaguars Radio.