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Durable Taylor

Jacksonville Jaguars
09/07/2007 9:52 PM
The Florida Times-Union reports RB Fred Taylor used to be known as fragile. Now he should be called durable. There are only 30 players in the league entering their 10th season in the league who've been with the same team their entire career. Taylor is the only running back in the group. "It's a good feeling," Taylor said. "The media tore me up earlier in my career with the Fragile Fred thing. I sit back and smile about it now. It's not how you start, but how you finish. I never was fragile." Taylor, who enters the season with 9,513 yards, wants to break the 10,000-yard mark in the fifth game against Houston and his goal for the season is 1,500 yards. Read more