Fred Taylor updates ? ? (1 Viewer)

[The Moz]

Anyone here hear about Freddy T's status ? I mean Mo DRew didn't get all those carries becasue Taylor was okay did he ?

Just wondering if anyone has heard anyhting about Taylor health since I see no real threads on it

 

[H.K.]

This was all I saw on KFFL:

Jaguars | Taylor shaken upSun, 29 Oct 2006 21:04:50 -0800Jacksonville Jaguars RB Fred Taylor was shaken up briefly during the team's Week 8 game after coming down hard on the football.

Taylor did have a carry or two after the injury, too.

 

[Spike]

All I know is that I watched most of that game and - goodness gracious! - did Freddie ever look good!!!!

 

[Mordraken]

Yup, Fred looked awsome. He fell on the ball and got the wind knocked out of him, and missed a few plays. If it weren't for Maurice Jones-Drew, he would have been in there again (full time). It looked to me like he was pacing the sidelines with his helmet on lobying to get back into the game, but he was held out. I think at the time of the injury he had 95 yards (very early in the 2nd half) and got a few more carries so he could top 100, then was held out of the rest of the game.

Like I said - no serious injury and he was fine within 10 minutes of falling on the ball.

 

[joffer]

All I know is that I watched most of that game and - goodness gracious! - did Freddie ever look good!!!!

his start/stop acceleration and lateral movement yesterday were Sanders-esque. absolutely awesome.

 

[The Moz]

It looked to me like he was pacing the sidelines with his helmet on lobying to get back into the game, but he was held out. I think at the time of the injury he had 95 yards (very early in the 2nd half) and got a few more carries so he could top 100, then was held out of the rest of the game.

What does Del Rio got against Taylor ? its almost like he is determined to screw him however he can in regards to getting carries.

 

[H.K.]

It looked to me like he was pacing the sidelines with his helmet on lobying to get back into the game, but he was held out. I think at the time of the injury he had 95 yards (very early in the 2nd half) and got a few more carries so he could top 100, then was held out of the rest of the game.

What does Del Rio got against Taylor ? its almost like he is determined to screw him however he can in regards to getting carries.

Follow the $$$, this was on the blogger about a week ago:

Taylor and agent Drew Rosenhaus approached the Jaguars before training camp to talk about a new contract, then again last week during the club's bye week.

Rosenhaus declined comment when reached on Friday, but Taylor didn't hesitate to voice his thoughts, which included the possibility of retiring.

"It's crossed my mind, the more and more things are taken away from me, like playing time," Taylor said. "You exert so much energy into one cause and it's not reciprocated. It's like putting money into an ATM machine. You keep putting money in, but every time you use your card, it says insufficient funds.

"At some point, you're going to quit putting money into it."

Paul Vance, the Jaguars senior vice president of football operations, declined comment when reached on Friday.

"I think Fred felt he would like to talk about a contract," Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver said back in July. "We still have a number of years left on Fred's contract [which expires in 2008], and we felt the timing wasn't right [for a new deal]."

Through five games this season, Taylor is eighth in the AFC in rushing (367 yards). He ranks No. 5 in career yardage (8,734 yards) among active running backs. Yet Taylor's rushing numbers have diminished somewhat this season, in part because of the emergence of rookie running back Maurice Drew.

"Let me say that I'm fine with the rotation system," Taylor said. "But I've got incentives [in my contract]. How can I reach them when you're cutting my playing time? I start thinking about little things like that when I see other guys around the league with the same numbers as me, but they don't have to earn their money through incentives."

Taylor's incentive-heavy contract includes him receiving $40,000 for each game he dresses, which cost him $200,000 last season because he missed five games. He also receives $140,000 for reaching 1,300 yards and another $140,000 for each 100 yards after that, up to 1,600.

"We're just asking to turn the incentives into real money," Taylor said. "It's killing me. That makes me think of wanting to be traded or to retire. It's one or the other. I guarantee that if Greg [Jones, who suffered a season-ending injury] was here, I would've been on the [trading] block."

 

[The Football Freak]

It looked to me like he was pacing the sidelines with his helmet on lobying to get back into the game, but he was held out. I think at the time of the injury he had 95 yards (very early in the 2nd half) and got a few more carries so he could top 100, then was held out of the rest of the game.

What does Del Rio got against Taylor ? its almost like he is determined to screw him however he can in regards to getting carries.

Follow the $$$, this was on the blogger about a week ago:

Taylor and agent Drew Rosenhaus approached the Jaguars before training camp to talk about a new contract, then again last week during the club's bye week.

Rosenhaus declined comment when reached on Friday, but Taylor didn't hesitate to voice his thoughts, which included the possibility of retiring.

"It's crossed my mind, the more and more things are taken away from me, like playing time," Taylor said. "You exert so much energy into one cause and it's not reciprocated. It's like putting money into an ATM machine. You keep putting money in, but every time you use your card, it says insufficient funds.

"At some point, you're going to quit putting money into it."

Paul Vance, the Jaguars senior vice president of football operations, declined comment when reached on Friday.

"I think Fred felt he would like to talk about a contract," Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver said back in July. "We still have a number of years left on Fred's contract [which expires in 2008], and we felt the timing wasn't right [for a new deal]."

Through five games this season, Taylor is eighth in the AFC in rushing (367 yards). He ranks No. 5 in career yardage (8,734 yards) among active running backs. Yet Taylor's rushing numbers have diminished somewhat this season, in part because of the emergence of rookie running back Maurice Drew.

"Let me say that I'm fine with the rotation system," Taylor said. "But I've got incentives [in my contract]. How can I reach them when you're cutting my playing time? I start thinking about little things like that when I see other guys around the league with the same numbers as me, but they don't have to earn their money through incentives."

Taylor's incentive-heavy contract includes him receiving $40,000 for each game he dresses, which cost him $200,000 last season because he missed five games. He also receives $140,000 for reaching 1,300 yards and another $140,000 for each 100 yards after that, up to 1,600.

"We're just asking to turn the incentives into real money," Taylor said. "It's killing me. That makes me think of wanting to be traded or to retire. It's one or the other. I guarantee that if Greg [Jones, who suffered a season-ending injury] was here, I would've been on the [trading] block."

I think limiting his attempts to just under 20 will actually help him reach his goals. He looks fresh and fast the way he is playing now and is getting solid stats. If they let him play more in the 20-25 range he would look great for a while...until nagging injuries show up. I think this allows him solid stats in a great rushing attack and allows him to stay healthy all year (which he has done for a few years now).

 

[Mordraken]

Yup, I agree with Fooball Freak. The Jags were winning, and with a quality #2 (Jones-Drew) they could afford to keep Fred on the bench. I'm kind of surprised since Jones Drew put the ball on the rug at least twice (1 lost) but they still stuck with him.

I think Del Rio said "Freddy - you did OK, but gave me a scare with that injury... take the rest of the game off and stay fresh for next week".