J.P. Shadrick & Fred Taylor Preview MNF Matchup vs. Chiefs | Jacksonville Jaguars

J.P. Shadrick & Fred Taylor Preview MNF Matchup vs. Chiefs | Jacksonville Jaguars

It’s time for our weekly conversation with pride of the Jaguars running back Fred Taylor. It is Monday Night Football. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Jacksonville Jaguars coming up in week five. The Jags at 3 and one. The Chiefs have found their way back to two and two. And this is a huge matchup, Fred, and I think all of Jacksonville is excited. Yeah, man. Huge matchup. All of Jacksonville is excited. And uh all of Jacksonville should be in Everbank Stadium or Everbank Field Stadium, one of those names tonight. And uh I’m looking forward to it, man. It’s been a while. And uh and I’m sure the fans are looking forward to it. So, man, I don’t believe it’s been that much excitement in the air, you know, this point in the season in some time. So, going to be an interesting matchup. It’s been a number of years. I I would guess 2017, early 2018. You know, they were hot early and then it just kind of collapsed. That might be the last time this early in the season there’s been this much excitement, but this team is really showing some personality here. Obviously, the defense is is wrecking things with 13 takeaways, leads the league. Um, but the Chiefs come in with only one giveaway all season. It’s Patrick Mahomes on the other side and their band of skilled players. I mean, this is um what what is the the number one priority for the Jaguars defense this week against Mahomes and the Chiefs offense? Well, I would say pressure. Continue that theme. It’s going to be pressure. You know, Patty Mahomes, man, he’s he’s the best to do it. He he’s the best in the NFL now. obviously with, you know, his his his his uh rap sheet, you know, going back to the amount of Super Bowls he’s been in, the amount of Super Bowl he’s he’s won and the way he just manages the game, you know, he’s not a Bryce Young, you know, and he’s not a CJ Stra, you know, he’s not a Jake Browning, you know, he’s not Brock Pery, you know, he’s none of those guys who the defense has faced. and uh quite naturally he’s he he’s going to protect the football. He’s not going to put his team in bad situations. So, you know, even with that pressure, he would give up a sack more so than a turnover. So, it’s it’s going to be a challenge in in that sense in itself uh because they are going to protect the football. So now I think on the flip side when the opportunistic, you know, style play that we’ve seen uh is minimized a bit. If if that’s the case, then the offense, you know, they’re going to have to do their part, which, you know, they have shown some glimpses in these first four matchups. The best being that the 80 86 yard was it 86 or 89 yard 14play drive just to see the adversity they had overcome and to be able to go down and punch it in. I believe that was the highlight uh of the of the season for the offense. So they’re going to have to play that style of football where you’re going to have to convert on third down. Trevor’s going to have to be the first round pick Trevor, you know, and not this Trevor Lawrence that we’re waiting to see. he’s going to have to be that guy in order to beat that guy, right? So, um, a couple years back, uh, I remember they they had that match up in the playoffs. I believe the Jaguars had an opportunity to win that game. Couple calls here or there didn’t go our way, but that was then. This is now. It’s a better Jaguars team. I believe more put together and, uh, the team that executes the best and penalized the least, uh, I believe we’re going to win the game. Brad, you know, you you’re talking about the offense there and the execution needed by the quarterback, but I mean, it really starts up front with this group right now. They’re running the ball very well. Even the the wide receivers and tight ends are blocking that that helps break big runs. That obviously happened last week with ETN, but is this and when Kansas City’s defense is in a favorable situation for pass rushing and they all they’ll light up blitzes and Spagnolo doesn’t mind like really mixing up the quarterback’s head. uh you don’t want to get in those situations. So, can this offensive line control the defensive line for the Chiefs? There’s some big names over there. Yeah, it’s going to start with Chris Jones. I mean, it’s no secret. Uh a couple years ago, I was hoping his hold out was going to allow him to miss the season opener, that game we played him early in the year. He came and he just wrecked havoc. You know, he’s sometimes he’s a oneman, you know, wrecking crew. Uh, so it’s going to start with with with making sure there’s a hat on him and then everything else kind of goes out. Um, but yeah, I I mean um if those guys up front can hold out and one of the best ways to do that is to do what they’ve been doing very well this year and that’s running the football. I think they’ve been consistent in that along with being consistent and protecting Trevor. So, but it starts with the run game obviously and if Travis ETN can uh duplicate the performance he had a week ago, you know, where he came out hit him big with a big play to one uh the 48 yard and then he had some consistent, you know, spurts in there on his way to 16 for a buck, you know, 30 or something like that. So if they can can run the ball, they won’t allow that pass rush just to tee off on on Trevor when it’s, you know, passing situations. Fred Taylor with us. Proud of the Jaguars running back. You’ve had some Monday night moments in your career. What does this kind of stage mean for players in that locker room, especially ones who might not have been able to to perform on it before? Well, first of all, JP, Monday night is this. Sunday is this, you know, so I brought the spotlight because it’s Monday night. So, and that’s exactly what it is, man. You’re under the lights. The whole entire, you know, country gets to see you. And even the the people on the international level that’s that’s up that time of morning that just absolutely loves NFL football, they have an opportunity to use their uh VPN networks and get some illegal NFL football. Uh so you know it’s the biggest of the biggest man minus the Super Bowl and and and sometimes the playoffs. So you know there’ll be you know a few times in there where you know guys like the Travis Hunters of the world they don’t know what to expect. They played in some big games in college but this is the biggest of their young career for a lot of the rookies I should say. uh Rachel Tutin will also get that same experience much like my first Monday night game came against Interstate rival um not necessarily rival but interstate team in the Miami Dolphins. Uh I heard about it a lot throughout the week. They know I like it’s just another game. No, it’s Monday Night Football. It’s a different energy. The fans are tailgating all day after work. you know, they’re a little drunker uh when it’s kicked off and uh you know, that that’s what it is to sum it up. So, it’ be a great matchup because it’s the Chiefs on top of the whole Monday night hype. It’s the team that everybody despises because they’ve been the best team in football the past uh uh eight years since Patrick Mahomes entered the building. So, I’m looking forward to it though, man. Um, we don’t get these often. You know, I believe a week ago they put the the league on notice by beating a a really solid 49ers team and they have an opportunity to display what they’re really uh uh made of. Um, so welcome to Doo Ball, man. It’s time to go. You know, if you said it, if we don’t get these often, well, if they start winning some of these, they might get them more often. That’s how it works. That’s exactly how it work. The NFL has to be able to put something on display and you know and and and even small markets can get love if you go out there and win. And winning changes everything, you know, and and that’s why the Jags are going to win this game because they’re going to let the league know that we want more of these. They’re going to like the way it tastes. uh and uh hopefully they can get a few games flexed to you know maybe not Monday night this year flexed but later Sundays, Sunday nights as the season goes things can kind of shift in your favor but you got to create that. You got to bring that energy. So we’re asking the fans to make sure you’re in the bank going crazy out there and and u help us get this win. Last one for you today, Fred. Uh, it sounds like you’re all in clearly with with the way this team’s played this year, but it also feels like the players are all in behind their head coach and we kind of felt that earlier in the year, but then last week happened in San Francisco and all the stuff after the game with the defensive coordinator for San Francisco. Um, a lot of players didn’t realize it until the locker room because they weren’t there, but then hearing from players this week, they’re like, “We love that energy. We love that, you know, you’re not going to mess with us mentality. He’s protected his team and his coach. That goes a long way, right? I mean, this has got to carry a lot of weight in this building, what Liam Cohen and his leadership has done so far. Yeah, it’s it’s top down and really it’s about buying in, right? I I think you know the one thing that stood out to me the most JP when I went to New England minus the rich tradition and all of sports around that region was how much everybody in the building bought into uh coach Bellich’s philosophy you know no one questioned a thing they bought into it and I don’t know if it was just Bill was just winning or a combination of the two but they bought in and and no one questioned and you know his authority and and and what he sat on the table. You know there are a few times where we’ve I’ve been in the building where you know guys weren’t all the way bought in because there were some gray areas. So I I think when the coaches are are there to let the players know look this is how it is. This is how it’s going to be. This is what you’re going to get from me. I’m going to show you how passionate I am for you guys and about this team and what we’re trying to accomplish. Then the players follow that. they follow that sort of energy and that sort of leadership. It’s like a moth to a flame, right? Yeah, that’s the saying. The moth to a flame or, you know, like, you know, a moth to a spotlight, you know? So, I mean, uh, I love it. I love that energy, man. I was fired up when I saw it. I can only imagine how they feel in the locker room when they, you know, caught a whiff of it. So, everybody’s all in on the same page is what it’s about. better go and get this win and back it all up though. Fred, it’s funny you mentioned the Patriots year because 2009, that season, was the last time the Jaguars beat the Kansas City Chiefs. They’ve lost eight consecutive matchups. And let’s hope that ends on Monday night. Always a pleasure, Fred. We’ll talk to you. It’s going to end. It’s over tonight in the bank. Is it a It’s a lock from you. Well, you know, I gotta be careful with locking these things, but my optimism, uh, I’m going to never say that Jagg’s gonna lose. I don’t care what it is. I’m just not built that way. Thank you, Fred. All right, baby. Later.

J.P. Shadrick hops on a call with Jaguars legend, RB Fred Taylor to discuss the Jaguars’ Week 5 game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

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