Jonathan Taylor: Inside the mind of one of the NFL’s best, talks Derrick Henry and Saquon, Shane Steichenn's leadership, fatherhood, definition of greatness, what it takes to win and why Colts are playoff contenders

**SPEAKER_1** (0:01)
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**Channing Crowder** (0:30)
Jonathan Taylor wasn't a late bloomer. People were just late to the party. A track star and a record breaking running back from Salem, New Jersey, it took a little longer for recruiters and colleges to catch on. Once they did, Taylor made sure they never forgot his name. Records seem to fall whenever JT touches the football, from New Jersey to Wisconsin to Indianapolis, and now with another coach record within reach, he's already proven who he is. The next challenge, turning individual greatness into team success. We get into small town beginnings in the Wisconsin running back pipeline. The star back talks about his new contract, the best backs in football, and how those stars are creating a new mold in today's game. He downplays his record breaking numbers, but praises Shane Steichen's genius and Philip Rivers greatness. Finally, we get into Colts quarterback play, Daniel Jones, the Irsay ownership legacy, and what the Colts need to do to finally get over the hump. If you don't know JT, then you don't know Ball, but we can fix that. Join us as we head to Indianapolis, and Jonathan Taylor sits with me, Chan and Freddie T on the Pivot training camp tour.

**Fred Taylor** (2:03)
There you go. What's up, Derrick?

**Ryan Clark** (2:04)
You good? Good brother.
What's up, boy?

**Channing Crowder** (2:08)
How you doing, man?

**Ryan Clark** (2:09)
You good? Thank you.

**Fred Taylor** (2:13)
Feeling all right?

**Jonathan Taylor** (2:14)
I'm feeling great.

**Fred Taylor** (2:15)
I love to see you.

**Channing Crowder** (2:16)
Hey, JT, that fire from the building back your neck, though. Y'all here in this old black hoodie.

**Jonathan Taylor** (2:20)
The Pivot.
Y'all boys came through. Okay. The boys came through.

**Ryan Clark** (2:26)
Yo, we been talking about this for a minute.

**Channing Crowder** (2:28)
This is like the best one we've done here, though, because at least you didn't have to come out the practice field.

**Fred Taylor** (2:32)
Yeah.

**Ryan Clark** (2:33)
We're waiting.

**Jonathan Taylor** (2:34)
Yeah, that's kind of hectic.

**Channing Crowder** (2:36)
Oh, hell yeah.

**Jonathan Taylor** (2:37)
Oh, man, that grass. Listen, they gonna be on that grass. I'm telling you right now, they gonna make sure it's good to go. We ain't even practicing today.

**Ryan Clark** (2:42)
We got walkthrough. They still on the ground.

**Jonathan Taylor** (2:45)
They gonna make sure it's good.

**Channing Crowder** (2:46)
Hey, they ain't cutting nothing, though.

**Jonathan Taylor** (2:49)
This y'all is perfect. I don't know what they do, but they make sure when we come out here, it's ready.

**Channing Crowder** (2:53)
Yeah, this joint is perfect, man.

**Ryan Clark** (2:55)
I'm keeping that check coming in. I'm gonna go hit that grass real fast, boss man.

**Channing Crowder** (2:59)
The thing is, though, you know, I don't mean to be the old guys and be like, back in our day, we'd be practicing right now.
This would be the first one of the day. Then you get that little break, you back out like three.

**Ryan Clark** (3:10)
Yeah, they don't know about two of these.

**Jonathan Taylor** (3:12)
That's what I'm saying. I don't know how like, I'm thinking about the first practice. Like, okay, let me get in the tub, treatment. So to know like, I got to go back out there again, same day. Another practice. I'm like, hey, y'all real ones.

**Channing Crowder** (3:26)
You know how it is, man. You do what you have to, man. Jonathan Taylor, welcome to The Pivot. That is Fred Taylor, Channing Crowder, Ryan Clark. Pivot fam, thank you all for pivoting with us. I want to get this out the way right now.
100-meter dash in our high school primes. Fred Taylor or Jonathan Taylor?

**Fred Taylor** (3:45)
This ain't about me.

**SPEAKER_1** (3:45)
Why y'all pulling me in? Fred was sliding.

**Fred Taylor** (3:48)
Why y'all pulling me in?

**Jonathan Taylor** (3:50)
You know I work out with Frank, so he telling me, like, he know about the wheels. He knows. He knows.

**Fred Taylor** (3:56)
We just talked to Frank yesterday.
Where'd you go in the 100-meter? I know you're a two-time state champ, right?

**Jonathan Taylor** (4:01)
Yeah, but in Jersey, 10-4-9 is going to win it. Like, that's going to win it in Jersey. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's different breeds.