Fred Taylor Fan Site

Fred Taylor was active and saw a little action in Saturday’s Jacksonville Jaguars game against the Miami Dolphins. Fred ended the game with 4 carries for 7 yards. All his carries were right up the center of the line, and on one of the plays he ran right into the back of one of the offensive linemen.

I was very surprised Jack Del Rio let him play for nearly an entire quarter. I would have only had him in there on 1 series. It’s just not worth the risk of injury. Fred was getting hand offs and running into the backfield looking for receptions.

I know it’s just preseason, but the Jaguars offense looked horrid. They couldn’t get anything going against a terrible Miami defense. I hope we can get it together by week 1 of the regular season. Taylor suggests that we’ll see some improvement by next week.

“The third one [preseason game] is always the one that simulates real-time stuff more than any other preseason game,” Taylor said. “I guarantee we’ll look better than we looked tonight. I promise you that.”

Fred Taylor sat out the first Jaguars preseason game on August 9th, and for good reason. There is absolutely no reason a 10 year veteran should trot out there for 1 carry in a meaningless exhibition game. Now that week 2 of the preseason is coming up and the Dolphins are coming to town, I think we might see Fred get 1-2 carries. Although I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Del Rio holds him out again.

Fox Sports posted an article with the NFL’s top 10 duos. Missing from the list is Jacksonville’s dynamic duo of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew.

They listed Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor as the #1 duo. That’s probably right, considering they rushed for more yardage then Fred and Mojo (although only by 215 yards). But after that, they are second to none.

This is just another example of the national media paying no attention to Jacksonville. They probably think Fred Taylor was injured for 6 games in 2007. What’s funny though is that they put Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown on the list! What a joke.

Two days ago I made a trip down to Gainesville, Florida… home of the University of Florida Gators (where Fred Taylor went to college). Outside the stadium, they have a huge Gator statue, and on the floor around it are stone plaques honoring the All-American players UF has had over the years.

I snapped a picture of the Fred Taylor 1st Team All-American 1997 plaque.

Pete Prisco is a writer for CBS Sportsline, and he also does a local radio show in Jacksonville, Florida. He’s been one of Fred Taylor’s biggest media supporters throughout Fred’s entire career. Pete only has positive things to say about Fred and always gets exclusive interviews with him on the radio.

The other day, Pete posted an article on Sportsline titled “Numbers don’t lie, Taylor has HOF goods”. It’s a great piece that dives into Fred Taylor’s chances of reaching the Hall of Fame. Because Pete is such a big Freddy fan, you’d think it was filled with just one man’s opinion, but the article is actually backed with stats and facts.

Here’s an excerpt:

Sitting on a bench outside Jacksonville Municipal Stadium last week, the sweat from a morning practice still rolling down his forehead, Fred Taylor stared at me with a puzzled look. My question stumped him for a second, just as it had the many others who tried to answer it.

How many of the NFL’s all-time, top 20 rushers, a club in which Taylor has a membership card, have both a better yards-per-carry and per-game rushing average than Taylor?

“Barry?” Taylor answered. He paused. “And Jim Brown?”

I’m not going to spoil the answer for you. So go read it for yourself.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are holding a scrimmage tonight in the stadium. It is free and open to the public (I also heard there will be $2 beers). I went last year and it was a lot of fun. There must have been 15,000 people there. Fred Taylor will be there and in action.

The Jags did have a light practice this morning to get ready for tonight. Fred had a couple of carries that he turned into decent gains. But he also showed nice hands on a catch out of the backfield. We haven’t seen Fred involved in the passing game since Maurice Jones-Drew arrived, so this was quite a treat. I’d love to see Fred catch 30-40 balls this year.

Jaguars WR Reggie Williams will undergo arthroscopic surgery after re-injuring his right knee during training camp. But wait, I thought this is a Fred Taylor fan site… why are we getting news on Reggie Williams? This very quick video will help make the connection

Reggie Williams is the one of the best blocking WRs in the NFL. His value to our run game is unmeasurable. If Reggie can’t get back ont he field for the first few games, then Fred Taylor’s ability to break the big one will suffer. Wish him well!

Fred Taylor is back at Jaguars Training Camp and is looking as good as ever. He even scored a touchdown yesterday as the Jaguars practiced their red zone offense. Too bad Del Rio rarely gives him opportunities inside the 10 yard line. Freddy scores his points busting the long ones.

If you’ve missed out on seeing Fred Taylor in action during the 2008 Training Camp, there is a man by the name of FBT on the Jaguars.com message board that prepares comments on his observations. Here’s what he had to say about Fred Taylor’s practice yesterday. “Fred Taylor continues to amaze with his precision, and his explosive burst. Fred really looks strong out there. It is interesting watching him preparing for the practices because while the rest of the team is out doing field drills to loosen up, Fred is by himself going through an extensive stretching ritual that is clearly working well for him.”

The Jaguars have an AM and PM session today and only a PM session tomorrow.

The 2008 Jacksonville Jaguars training camp started yesterday morning. Fred Taylor was excused from Saturday’s practices because he was attending Samari Rolle’s father’s funeral. All reports coming out are that the Jags had an awesome camp, Garrard and MJD looked very sharp. There’s no doubt if the Jaguars stay healthy they will have an explosive offense and put up a ton of points. I want to see Fred get in the endzone 10 times this year!

I’ll be sure to bring you more updates once Freddy is back at camp.

We have just learned that Fred Taylor will represent the Jacksonville Jaguars for this seasons The Real website. Last year, Maurice Jones Drew was the cover boy. You can read the release about it here. “The REAL campaign tells the unscripted stories as told by the players themselves in their own voice who they are as people off the field,” NFL PLAYERS COO and Executive Vice President Andy Feffer said. “REAL is a window into their accomplishments, beliefs and unique personalities.”

Fred Taylor will be a great addition to this campaign. He’s been around the league a long time and no doubt has some fun stories to tell. We won’t know for awhile what they have cooked up for Freddy T, but I’m sure it will be awesome.