Fred Taylor

Fred Taylor
Former NFL running back who joined the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1998 and became the franchise's all-time leader in rushing yards with 11,271 over the course of his 11 years with the team.
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth27 January 1976
pressure secondary understood weakness
Their weakness is their secondary and we understood that. You want to put pressure on their weakness.
sounds won
I know it probably sounds like we won a championship or something, but I feel good.
develop discipline including talking
If we can develop a better sense of discipline, I think we'll be fine, including myself. I'm not just talking about one individual, just the whole team.
key plays
He plays like a 23-year-old veteran. He's a key to their defense.
appreciate opportunity time understand
I appreciate it a lot more. I understand it more. The time is here. It's an opportunity and a challenge. To me, it's more of an opportunity than a challenge.
excited ready regardless
I feel I'm more than ready to play. I'm just excited about everything, about getting back on the field, regardless of the opponent.
cherish couch serious
I don't want to get too excited, but I'm going to cherish this moment. It was a pretty serious injury. I was on the couch thinking, 'What am I going to do without football?
attempt ball break considers crunch himself player record sure
I'm sure every player in this league, every player that considers himself a competitor, they want the ball in crunch time. I want the ball all the time, ... I want to break the single-game attempt record one day. I could have got it (Sunday) if we had enough plays.
alarm deterred thinking
I'm thinking to myself, if the alarm has not deterred this guy, something is going on, ... In my mind, I'm thinking he is going to do us some harm.