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Speaker 1: all the service members who are intendance tonight. It is
Speaker 1: Salute the Service Week for the New York Jets, so
Speaker 1: a very special week for the Green and what. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it is a special week. You know, we like to
Speaker 1: honor those who serve for our country and thank you
Speaker 1: so much for everything them and their families have sacrificed
Speaker 1: for our freedom. So you know, we'd like to give
Speaker 1: him a salute. E A loaded schedule because on Tuesday, uh,
Speaker 1: the Jets are gonna host Navy military members for a
Speaker 1: flag football game at MetLife Stadium. That will always be fun,
Speaker 1: and the Jets are also gonna donate five thousand dollars
Speaker 1: too Long Island carriers to feed hundreds of veterans as well.
Speaker 1: That's beautiful. You know, they're getting together for that football game,
Speaker 1: and MetLife Stadium is going to be exciting. Some of
Speaker 1: the players are gonna be coaching. Oh yeah, you gotta
Speaker 1: gotta have the players, and there's probably gonna get real
Speaker 1: competitive and feisty. Would be a good time. Yeah, let
Speaker 1: a lot of trick play, double passes and everything. So
Speaker 1: and then on Wednesday, there will be special Salute to
Speaker 1: Service jerseys for the Jets to wear at practice. Players
Speaker 1: are gonna autograph them and Commuter Relations will put those
Speaker 1: up for auctions. So special jerseys throughout the week for
Speaker 1: the Green That's gonna be cool. Man. I love what
Speaker 1: they're doing. I wish we did this back when I
Speaker 1: was playing, you know. I love to be a part
Speaker 1: of something like this. And then festivities will conclude Sunday,
Speaker 1: of course, at Montlife Stadium, as the New York Jets
Speaker 1: host the Buffalo Bills their annual Salute to Service game.
Speaker 1: But let's get to the moment at hand. The Jets
Speaker 1: now three and six with a thirteen to six defeat
Speaker 1: to the Miami Dolphins. This is the first time all
Speaker 1: year this team is three games under five hundred. What
Speaker 1: did you think about the game? Overall? It was it
Speaker 1: was a tough one, you know, it's a tough one
Speaker 1: to watch, you know, because the defense played so well.
Speaker 1: You know, I thought, um that they dominated this game.
Speaker 1: They only gave up six points. Um. Offensively, you can
Speaker 1: never they can never really get anything going, so you know,
Speaker 1: that was that was a little bit frustrating. I'm sure
Speaker 1: it was for the for the team as well. But
Speaker 1: you know, I thought the Jets played good enough to
Speaker 1: win this game, you know, but when you lose that
Speaker 1: turn Yeah, defensively they did, but when you lose a
Speaker 1: turnover battle, you know, you don't really give yourself a
Speaker 1: chance to win the game. So you gotta take care
Speaker 1: of the football. Defensively, you know, they played great, but
Speaker 1: they didn't turn the ball over. They gotta get get
Speaker 1: some turnovers, get the ball to Sam Darwin and some
Speaker 1: great field position to give him some opportunities to capitalize inside.
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Speaker 1: by Jets defensive lineman Leonard Williams. The Big Cat you
Speaker 1: have been in those post game locker rooms after you
Speaker 1: put forth a great defensive effort. How frustrated are you
Speaker 1: at that point, knowing that you put together a winning performance,
Speaker 1: your side of the ball took care of business. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, as a defender, it is very frustrating, you know,
Speaker 1: because you know, uh that you played well enough to
Speaker 1: win this game. But at the same time, you keep
Speaker 1: it in perspective because there have been plenty of games
Speaker 1: where the offense probably bailed you out. So it's a
Speaker 1: it's a team effort. You know, you win as a team,
Speaker 1: you loses a team. But when you play that good
Speaker 1: on defense, you know you would like to come out
Speaker 1: with a victory, and uh, you know, it's gotta be frustrating.
Speaker 1: It's gotta be frustrating for the offense as well, you know,
Speaker 1: not being able to make the plays that they want to, uh,
Speaker 1: knowing that they was probably did a great job of
Speaker 1: scheme in the Dolphins, had a great game plan for
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, but when it came to playing, the Dolphins
Speaker 1: out executed him. What does it say about the standard
Speaker 1: this defense has that the guys talked much like you
Speaker 1: are Sunday in the postgame locker room where I was
Speaker 1: there in South Florida hard Rock Stadium. The fellows were saying,
Speaker 1: we had to come up with takeaways, and I'm thinking
Speaker 1: to myself, you guys did everything. But yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: but that's what you expect of your out of your defense.
Speaker 1: You know, when you have such a dominant group on
Speaker 1: the on that side of the ball, they want to
Speaker 1: win the game themselves. You know, they want to give
Speaker 1: them you know, know know when you have a rookie quarterback
Speaker 1: who's gonna take his lumps, he make his mistakes. As
Speaker 1: a defense, you want to come in and and over
Speaker 1: exceed all your expectations. You not only want to keep
Speaker 1: them off the board, but you also want to score
Speaker 1: on defense. You want to you know, get some turnovers
Speaker 1: on defense and make some big plays to help win
Speaker 1: this game. Okay, So what do you think about Jamal Adams?
Speaker 1: After the game, we went we went to his locker
Speaker 1: and I actually put this on social media, and I
Speaker 1: think a lot of people saw this as that he
Speaker 1: said enough is enough. I'm sick or lose him. I
Speaker 1: think he just echoed everyone else is at a to
Speaker 1: you know, I think this is a team full of winners.
Speaker 1: I don't think any of them are used to win.
Speaker 1: And you know, you when you go to NFL teams,
Speaker 1: most of the roster is built up off of winners,
Speaker 1: Guys who won in high school, guys who won in college.
Speaker 1: And when they get to the NFL, it's tough to win,
Speaker 1: you know. And when you go on these losing streaks
Speaker 1: and you lose these tough games, these games that are
Speaker 1: just heartbreaking, it gets old. It gets old quick, and
Speaker 1: hopefully that it echoes around the team. They take that
Speaker 1: perspective to practice, They work harder in preparation and go
Speaker 1: out there and execute. This week, playing against the Buffalo Bills,
Speaker 1: all right, we're not gonna bury the lead here. What's
Speaker 1: going on with Sam Donald? Why did he struggle so
Speaker 1: much against the Dolphins? Four interceptions, including a backbreaking pick
Speaker 1: six that made a two possession game, And at that
Speaker 1: stage in the fourth quarter against the Dolphins, it didn't
Speaker 1: feel like a ten point deficit. It felt like a
Speaker 1: twenty four point deficit. Yeah, you know, those are the
Speaker 1: things that are gonna happen with the young quarterback. You know,
Speaker 1: he's gonna make his mistakes in front of the world.
Speaker 1: And it was a combination of Sam trying to force
Speaker 1: the ball, trying to make too many plays. Another you know,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins did a great job of mixing up their
Speaker 1: defenses and they just made some great plays. So you know,
Speaker 1: there are a couple of things happen on those interceptions. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, especially on the one with the linebacker when
Speaker 1: he to pick six, that was just a great athletic play. Yes,
Speaker 1: Sam probably tried to force that ball in there, but
Speaker 1: there aren't too many linebackers that can cover a tight
Speaker 1: end on a corner route make that catch. Face but yeah,
Speaker 1: he was, but it was but it was a great play.
Speaker 1: And and that's the thing that we say when you
Speaker 1: get in the locker room. They get paid to sometimes
Speaker 1: the other team is gonna make big plays and and
Speaker 1: the and the Dolphins did when they needed it. Okay,
Speaker 1: So what has Donald done when he's had success and conversely,
Speaker 1: what happens when he starts scuffling, Well, you know, I
Speaker 1: think you see the ball get out of his hands
Speaker 1: a lot quicker when he when he's having success, he's
Speaker 1: more confident in what he's doing. Uh, he understands how
Speaker 1: the defense is attacking them. And you know, sometimes when
Speaker 1: they mix things up, Sam gets a little uncomfortable, and
Speaker 1: and that's it's your quarterback. You know you're gonna lock
Speaker 1: onto your receiver. You might stare him down too much
Speaker 1: because at practice he was open. On film, you visualize
Speaker 1: yourself making this throw. But every once in a while
Speaker 1: the throw wrinkle into the defense and it doesn't turn
Speaker 1: out the way you know. That's that's what we take
Speaker 1: pride in on defense is disguise and coverage make it
Speaker 1: look the same. At the last second. You might rotate.
Speaker 1: You might play inside leverage, and in the past you
Speaker 1: played outside leverage. So that makes a world of a
Speaker 1: difference when you're playing against a young quarterback. And those
Speaker 1: are things that as a rookie you see on the
Speaker 1: field you after you make the mistake, you don't get
Speaker 1: to see those things in the film room, where you
Speaker 1: don't get to watch anyone else make those mistakes. Now,
Speaker 1: I talked to Chi Pennington about this. Today we take
Speaker 1: the segment and you can watch it and Jets Flight
Speaker 1: Plan that there's eleven thirty Sunday mornings here in New
Speaker 1: York locally. You also can check it out New York
Speaker 1: ches dot com. But he said, sometimes you have to
Speaker 1: take the checkdowns when they're available. Sometimes you're gonna look
Speaker 1: down the field at your first and second progression and
Speaker 1: you've gotta come off that using your feet, and then
Speaker 1: sometimes it's okay to get five or six yards with
Speaker 1: the dump to your running back. Yeah, sometimes that checkdown
Speaker 1: or that throwing that ball away out of bounce is
Speaker 1: the best throw. You know. Sometimes that defense will put
Speaker 1: together a plan where every route is covered, you know,
Speaker 1: and there's no no one opened down the field, and
Speaker 1: throwing the ball away, checking it down to a running
Speaker 1: back is your best option, you know. I think back
Speaker 1: to that third down, third and fourteen when Donald threw
Speaker 1: that interception on the dig route. They ran the dagger
Speaker 1: um A nun Wall was on the outside a round
Speaker 1: a fifteen yard en route and he was staring the
Speaker 1: receiver down and you can tell him that situation. It
Speaker 1: was third down and fourteen towards the end of the game.
Speaker 1: The Jets needed to continue to drive and Sam thought,
Speaker 1: you know, I need to get this first down, and
Speaker 1: sometimes the play is just not there. You need to
Speaker 1: check it down and live to see another place. So
Speaker 1: I think he'll learn from that and he'll continue to grow. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what strong comments from Sam Donald today
Speaker 1: as he addressed the New York media as he typically
Speaker 1: does filing a ballgame. He he said, it's just not
Speaker 1: playing to the best of my abilities. Quite frankly, just
Speaker 1: playing stupid. I thought I played stupid football yesterday, and
Speaker 1: I just gotta be better. And I know that the
Speaker 1: coaches know that, everyone knows that. I respect that from
Speaker 1: your leader. You know, he's a rookie, and it's easy
Speaker 1: to deflect and say, you know, we all could have
Speaker 1: played better, you know, offensively are or we could have
Speaker 1: all made some plays out there. Instead, Sam decided to
Speaker 1: take that one on the chin. He pointed the thumb
Speaker 1: at itself. And and that's very mature of him, especially
Speaker 1: when you're talking about being in New York, because they're
Speaker 1: gonna be very critical in the media. We're gonna be
Speaker 1: very critical of you. And Sam just took it on
Speaker 1: the chin, didn't say it was anyone else's fault but
Speaker 1: his own, and he's got to learn from it if
Speaker 1: this team is gonna get better. I definitely respect that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: definitely so much to get to in regards to the
Speaker 1: New York Jets and Sam Donald, and we'll be back
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Speaker 1: Myers lines up from fifty yards away to try to
Speaker 1: tie the game. The snap, the placement down, the kick
Speaker 1: is on the way, it's got the distance floating right
Speaker 1: and it's no good. Twelve thirty seven ago in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter and the Dolphins maintained their lead. Welcome back
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Speaker 1: there is Bob was shusan uh. Just a tough day
Speaker 1: at the office for the Jets scoring two field goals.
Speaker 1: You're not gonna win many games in the NFL if
Speaker 1: you come home with six points. No, you're not. And
Speaker 1: I remember, you know, back to my Jets days when
Speaker 1: Herm Edwards used to always say, we have to score
Speaker 1: twenty four points, you know, And if you look at
Speaker 1: the average of the other scores, have you win twenty
Speaker 1: have you scored twenty four points. The you'll win probably
Speaker 1: twelve of year games, and of course every week is
Speaker 1: not gonna happen, but offensively, you've got to put a
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Speaker 1: York Jets. All right, let's get back to Donald. So
Speaker 1: before the season, he played so well in the spring
Speaker 1: and the summer that the Jets said, here are the keys,
Speaker 1: we are going to ride the ups in downs with you. Well,
Speaker 1: in Miami you experience the down and I think a
Speaker 1: gut reaction of a fan. Some fans were saying, Hey,
Speaker 1: what are we gonna do out here? Should you put
Speaker 1: Josh McCown in? You have to stick with this guy
Speaker 1: right now, do you not? I would say so, you know,
Speaker 1: because I mean, listen, and I'm saying that's extreme, But
Speaker 1: I'm saying a lot of people are like, what's going on?
Speaker 1: And he's regressing. I don't know if he's necessarily regressing.
Speaker 1: He's gonna have points of the season where you're like Indianapolis,
Speaker 1: complete of his passes, or he's throwing touchdowns left and right,
Speaker 1: or the last couple of weeks he's really experienced a
Speaker 1: couple of roll blocks. Yeah, I mean there, they're gonna
Speaker 1: be a lot of ebbs and flows, you know, playing
Speaker 1: quarterback in the the rookie position, and when you're a rookie,
Speaker 1: you know you're you're gonna go through the ups and downs.
Speaker 1: And as the Jets, they decided to go with Sam
Speaker 1: Donald at the beginning of the year, and like you said,
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to ride those things out. And and
Speaker 1: I don't I think listen, last Sunday, he took a
Speaker 1: step back, but before that he had he had been
Speaker 1: getting better every week. And I think that he will
Speaker 1: continue to get better and grow as a quarterback. And
Speaker 1: I think it's the right decision to stay with him.
Speaker 1: You know, Um, Josh McCown is is a great player.
Speaker 1: I think that if you start off with Josh, maybe
Speaker 1: you win a couple of games and and phase into Donald.
Speaker 1: But that's not the way that they went about it.
Speaker 1: They went with Donald. I thought it was a great
Speaker 1: decision as well. He played so well in the preseason.
Speaker 1: He showed that he has the ability to lead this team.
Speaker 1: And I think everyone has has confidence in him, you know,
Speaker 1: everyone on the offense and the defense. They definitely do.
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying and that noise is loud right now.
Speaker 1: My point is you heard whispers from fans just being
Speaker 1: on social media yesterday and some people are like, when
Speaker 1: I'm moving to football at all, you make a change
Speaker 1: and you can't do that with the young quarterback. You
Speaker 1: decided to go with him, and at this point in time,
Speaker 1: it's not like he's taking a physical beating. He get
Speaker 1: they get sacked four times against Miami Dolphins, but it's
Speaker 1: not at that stage of his rookie season where you're panicking.
Speaker 1: You cannot panic as a franchise, and that's what has
Speaker 1: gotten teams in trouble. That's what has gotten organizations and
Speaker 1: trouble in the past. Yeah, I think you have to
Speaker 1: have that patience. And when you look at the organizations
Speaker 1: that have traditionally had success, you know, you know, I
Speaker 1: hate to bring him up with like the Steelers or
Speaker 1: or or New England or someone. There's there's continuity there.
Speaker 1: You know, they're the coaches have been there for a
Speaker 1: long time. The quarterback you know, everyone has been there
Speaker 1: for years and they've developed that say says. You know,
Speaker 1: it's not gonna happen overnight. You don't just draft a quarterback,
Speaker 1: plug him in and get some wins. You know, if
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to work at it, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a work in progress. And that's the way that the
Speaker 1: Jets are going right now. Uh the Jets on the
Speaker 1: positive side, on the offensive side of the ball, they
Speaker 1: got Quincy and no Wino back in the lineup, Robby
Speaker 1: Anderson uh suited up, and Eli McGuire came off injured reserve.
Speaker 1: I before we get to a noon while who's his
Speaker 1: stud I think a new um McGuire can provide a
Speaker 1: spark for this team down the stretch. He definitely can.
Speaker 1: And it was great to see him running the football yesterday. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, I think that he's you know, as he
Speaker 1: gets in game shape, as he gets prepared, you know,
Speaker 1: we we go through this next stretch of the season,
Speaker 1: he's only gonna get better. You know, he was a
Speaker 1: guy last year that that you know that he can
Speaker 1: do everything. He can catch the ball to the backfield,
Speaker 1: he can he can protect against the past. A lot
Speaker 1: of the things that below Pal does. But he's he's
Speaker 1: a lot younger. You know, he's another he's another dimension.
Speaker 1: So I think it's gonna be great with he and
Speaker 1: Crowel back there and you know how yes, you're gonna
Speaker 1: be missing, but Elijah McGuire can pick up a lot
Speaker 1: of that. This is a tremendous opportunity for him, no
Speaker 1: doubt about it, and great value in the draft from
Speaker 1: Mike mccagne getting him in the sixth round a year ago.
Speaker 1: How would you describe elis running stuff? He's, uh, he's slippery,
Speaker 1: you know, he's he's definitely explosive. I like how he
Speaker 1: runs in between the tackles. You know, he has a
Speaker 1: low center of gravity. It's rare that you see a
Speaker 1: linebacker get a full shot on him because he twists
Speaker 1: his hips and he gets lateral, he gets down to
Speaker 1: the you know, he has a great he has a
Speaker 1: great pad level, and he has great vision and he's explosive.
Speaker 1: So you know, he's a tough guy to tackle in
Speaker 1: an open field, one of those guys that has a safety.
Speaker 1: If you see him in this one on one, you
Speaker 1: know you're gonna be in trouble because he can make
Speaker 1: you miss when you're in the phone booth. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: very excited to see what he does over these final
Speaker 1: seven games. Why has the offensive line been inconsistent? We
Speaker 1: see them sometimes just tear people up on the ground,
Speaker 1: case and point the don ver Broncos done other games.
Speaker 1: It doesn't they don't win the battles in the trenches,
Speaker 1: like against the Chicago Bears. Against Miami they struggled inside
Speaker 1: as well. What's what they're inconsistency up front? Well, you
Speaker 1: know a lot of it has to do with there's injuries.
Speaker 1: You know, Spencer Long has been hurt. You know everyone
Speaker 1: knows that. You know, his snapping finger was injured, and
Speaker 1: I saw a couple of arrant snaps last week. But
Speaker 1: just that continuity, you know, the the way the game
Speaker 1: is going also changes that. If you're playing from behind,
Speaker 1: the defense knows that they can pin their ears back,
Speaker 1: get after the quarterback. If you start to play with
Speaker 1: the lead, start to run the football, you get that momentum.
Speaker 1: You wear down that offensive line, uh, you wear down
Speaker 1: the defensive line and start to make those big plays.
Speaker 1: It's something that that you can't just come out and say,
Speaker 1: you know what, we're gonna dominate this game, it's a
Speaker 1: work in progress. You wear those defenses out as the
Speaker 1: game goes. Do you feel as a for a former
Speaker 1: or for a guy like Spenser Long who's trying to
Speaker 1: play through a finger element where it is impacting his
Speaker 1: snaps where you don't know where that ball is gone
Speaker 1: when the Jets are lined up in the shotgun for formation. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's tough because you know Spencer knows. You know, he's
Speaker 1: one of the leaders on that offensive line. He's the
Speaker 1: guy that gets everyone lined up, he sets the blocking schemes,
Speaker 1: and you know he's done a great job of it,
Speaker 1: you know, up to up to now. You know, I
Speaker 1: think that that injury is kind of holding him back.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, when you're hurt, you want
Speaker 1: to be out there helping your guys. You don't want
Speaker 1: to see your guys out there struggling out there going
Speaker 1: through battle, uh with with you on the sideline. So
Speaker 1: I think that he tried to fight it as long
Speaker 1: as he could, and at the end of the game,
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Speaker 1: help the Jets put some points on the scoreboard ahead
Speaker 1: here it's Quincy and noon Law. Every time he touches
Speaker 1: the ball, he makes something happen. He's a beast. He's
Speaker 1: a beast, and it was great to see him back
Speaker 1: out are on the field. You know that there he
Speaker 1: had a couple of Quincy and None Wall type runs.
Speaker 1: You know where he caught the you know the short passes,
Speaker 1: carried about five guys down the field and got up
Speaker 1: with that intensity and his attitude is just infectious. You know,
Speaker 1: you can't help but want to play hard and bust
Speaker 1: your butt when you see a guy like that on
Speaker 1: the field, especially when he's you know he's hurting, you
Speaker 1: know that ankle injury. Yes he's out there performing well,
Speaker 1: but you know he's in some pain and he's fighting
Speaker 1: through it. And that that's what that's the character that
Speaker 1: this team needs to take. How much of an asset
Speaker 1: can he be in this team's screen game Because a
Speaker 1: lot of people are focusing at home about Donald's development, Well,
Speaker 1: how can you help him out? I think the Jets
Speaker 1: have shown to be a very good screen team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the screen is a is a great way to build
Speaker 1: the quarterback's confidence. Is a short pass, fairly simple pass.
Speaker 1: You just have to set everything up, get the blockers
Speaker 1: out in front, and it could be a two yard pass,
Speaker 1: but it ends up being an eight yard run. So
Speaker 1: I think those are the plays, those short blaze you know,
Speaker 1: similar to a checkdown. If you can get a checkdown,
Speaker 1: make someone miss spring go through for a long run,
Speaker 1: that really help the quarterback's confidence and it gets them going. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, it's tough when when you when you do
Speaker 1: a lot of checkdowns and all of a sudden you
Speaker 1: gotta make some deep passes. It's like shooting jump shots.
Speaker 1: It's easier when you, you know, you start with the
Speaker 1: layups and then work your way out and start hitting threes.
Speaker 1: You don't just come out shooting threes at the you know,
Speaker 1: at the end of the game. So I think that
Speaker 1: those the screen game is an integral part of this offense,
Speaker 1: and Quincy being back is gonna help out a lot.
Speaker 1: From a guy who used to play in the back end,
Speaker 1: what could you tell uh as far as what the
Speaker 1: Dolphins were doing to try to give the rookie different
Speaker 1: looks well, you know they were. They were mixing up
Speaker 1: coverages at the one. Once the ball was snapped, you know,
Speaker 1: they would give a two shell and then once the
Speaker 1: play started you would see someone creep underneath and rob
Speaker 1: you know the underneath paths. You gotta break this down
Speaker 1: for everybody at home listening to all it's so too
Speaker 1: deep shell. That's when you're usually playing cover to Both
Speaker 1: safeties are probably fifteen yards deep. They're lined up inside
Speaker 1: the numbers, and you know it's to cover two defense.
Speaker 1: You know that there's there's four, there's too deep, have
Speaker 1: nine guys underneath. You know everyone else is underneath seven
Speaker 1: seven underneath and coverage um and and defenses are trying
Speaker 1: to take away that down the field pass. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: there's certain plays that beat that cover two. So maybe
Speaker 1: Jeremy Bates calls a play to beat that cover two,
Speaker 1: but on the snap they rotate the safety down. Now
Speaker 1: was cover one. It makes things different. Now Sam has
Speaker 1: to think about the changes while he's dropping back, which
Speaker 1: bringing when the heat's coming on him. So it makes
Speaker 1: you think twice about you know, where is this throw
Speaker 1: Because before the snap you saw a cover two. I
Speaker 1: know that this guy is gonna be open over here
Speaker 1: and cover two. But now that the ball is snapped
Speaker 1: is cover one? Oh? You know, now you have to
Speaker 1: think and that's when he holds onto the ball, you
Speaker 1: get sacks. And that's what you like to do as
Speaker 1: a defensive guy in the secondary. Manipulate those young quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: make them see one thing and let them make the
Speaker 1: decision why they're dropping back. And that is the biggest
Speaker 1: difference between playing on Saturdays and playing on Sundays, is
Speaker 1: what those defenses try to do. Those offenses each and
Speaker 1: every week here in the National Football League. Off to
Speaker 1: a good start here on Inside the Jets. We're gonna
Speaker 1: come right back with defensive lineman Leonard Williams to go
Speaker 1: Donald and a shotgun on fourth and fifteen takes the
Speaker 1: staff drops back, looks over the middle, steps up, fire,
Speaker 1: swan into traffic and it's intercepted. Picking it off as
Speaker 1: t J. McDonald and he will simply lay down, give
Speaker 1: himself up at the fifty yard line with two fifteen remaining.
Speaker 1: Third interception of today for Sam Donald. Welcome to Inside
Speaker 1: the Jets. Welcome back to Inside Jets were broadcasting live
Speaker 1: from Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits. Inside the Windham, Hamilton's Park Hotel,
Speaker 1: Eric Allen alongside Eric Coleman. We're also closed here tonight
Speaker 1: at Vanderbilt's because a number of military families are here
Speaker 1: with us. So we thank you so much, not only
Speaker 1: for your service, but for coming out tonight well deserved,
Speaker 1: for the sacrifices you and your families continue to make
Speaker 1: each and every day. Uh, we are lucky. That goes
Speaker 1: without saying. But our player guest segment is presided by
Speaker 1: M ANDT Bank, the official community bank of your New
Speaker 1: York Jets. So without further ado, let's bring in the
Speaker 1: big cat Leonard Williams. Leonard, we were talking about it. Uh,
Speaker 1: E and I were talking about it, and me and
Speaker 1: you talked about it yesterday in South Florida. How tough
Speaker 1: was that for you? Guys? Is a defense knowing that
Speaker 1: predominantly you did your job for sixty minutes, but you
Speaker 1: still weren't able to come away with a victory. I
Speaker 1: mean there was a big moment for the defense. We
Speaker 1: obviously stepped up. We challenged each other all week and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we replied, we responded to that challenge, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, it showed in the game that everybody prepared
Speaker 1: great during the week, and you know, we we came
Speaker 1: out and executed during the on Sunday, and at the
Speaker 1: same time, we were obviously disappointed with the loss. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, we're not the type of team
Speaker 1: who's gonna point fingers and a point other fingers on
Speaker 1: other guys on the on the team, and so with that,
Speaker 1: so you know, even though we did good, like there
Speaker 1: were still guys like, man, we left this play out there,
Speaker 1: like we we could have scored on this play, and like,
Speaker 1: you know, we're just like, even though we had a
Speaker 1: great game on defense, we were still looking at what
Speaker 1: we could have done better. That's what I just was
Speaker 1: gonna ask you, because Mondays around the National Football League,
Speaker 1: you guys come in and usually have a walkthrough and
Speaker 1: go through your mistakes. I didn't see too many mistakes
Speaker 1: in the field Sunday. Yeah, See, that was what was
Speaker 1: huge about our the way we played this Sunday is that, um,
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of times we'll we'll play great,
Speaker 1: but then sometimes a guy will have a mental era
Speaker 1: here and it just creates a big gap. And then
Speaker 1: sometimes a guy will just misread this and they will
Speaker 1: create a big play. And I think that's what we
Speaker 1: executed well as a defense, is that everybody just knew
Speaker 1: their assignment. We had a super simple game plan going
Speaker 1: into the game, and uh, you know, we executed at
Speaker 1: a high level and we're able to play superfess now,
Speaker 1: you know, I know there's times as a defense when
Speaker 1: the offense may pick up for you. The defense yesterday
Speaker 1: picked up for the offense. Is it hard to keep
Speaker 1: the guys together when you play, when you play have
Speaker 1: such a dominant performance defensively and still come up short, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's hard. You you start to see guys um, you
Speaker 1: know not all the time. Like like I was saying
Speaker 1: about our team, we're the type that, you know, even
Speaker 1: if we lost the game and we played great, we're
Speaker 1: still gonna see like players that we could have made.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, it's hard to like tell
Speaker 1: guys like, man, even though we played great, we lost,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know a lot of guys didn't feel
Speaker 1: like we lost because we feel like we dominated the
Speaker 1: other team across the line from us, and then we
Speaker 1: still came away when we looked at the scoreboard with
Speaker 1: the with the w I mean, with the loss, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, it was kind of hard you gotta bring
Speaker 1: the guys together and be like, you know, we can't
Speaker 1: let this diminish uh, you know, our team and diminish
Speaker 1: our play, and we gotta keep coming and uh you know,
Speaker 1: grow from this and uh you know, continue to play
Speaker 1: this way as a defense and then uh, knowing that
Speaker 1: our offense is gonna come along with it. You know
Speaker 1: what I mean. Leo, you went to USC. Do you
Speaker 1: have any words of advice for young quarterback Sam Dartle
Speaker 1: after he experienced a bump in the road like he
Speaker 1: did Sunday against the Dolphins with the four interceptions. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, as if I'm talking to Sam, I would
Speaker 1: just say, you know, keep your head strong, keep fighting.
Speaker 1: You know, that's what we do at SCS, fight on.
Speaker 1: Uh you know he knows that, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: he's the type of guy who he loves to get better. Uh,
Speaker 1: even when he's at the top, he's trying to see
Speaker 1: what he can grow from and how he can keep growing.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure he's gonna take a lot away from
Speaker 1: this game and continue to grow as a great player
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, just stay at it. Do you
Speaker 1: do you feel as a defense, you know, as a
Speaker 1: leader of the defense that having a rookie quarterback who
Speaker 1: hasn't seen at all that you guys have to over
Speaker 1: you know, pretty much overdo what you would normally have
Speaker 1: to do. I go above and beyond force some turnovers
Speaker 1: get put points on the board. Do you feel like
Speaker 1: that as a defense? I mean, I feel like we're
Speaker 1: always gonna look that as a defense no matter how
Speaker 1: many game changing players we have an offense, we can
Speaker 1: have the best offense in the in the world, and
Speaker 1: our defense is still gonna feel like, let's put the
Speaker 1: weight on our back. So you know, that's what I
Speaker 1: love about our defense. We're gonna come out and attack
Speaker 1: and feel like we're the best thing on the on
Speaker 1: the field at all times. And uh, you know, I
Speaker 1: love playing for this team. And uh, you know, like
Speaker 1: you said, sometimes the offense is gonna pick up the
Speaker 1: slack for the defense. Sometimes the defense is gonna pick
Speaker 1: up the slack for the offense, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's kind of what happened in this past game. Defense
Speaker 1: was trying to pick it up and just keep him rolling.
Speaker 1: And you know, sometimes we'll make a huge playoff defense
Speaker 1: that we'll get the offense going to create some some
Speaker 1: hype for them and they'll charge on the field, so
Speaker 1: you know, it all works together. That's why it's a team.
Speaker 1: You know. Do you take pride in your durability and availability?
Speaker 1: I think that's yesterday against the Dolphins was fifty seventh
Speaker 1: consecutive start. I don't even know that, but I do
Speaker 1: take pride in that. Actually, and uh, you know a
Speaker 1: guy that I inspired me when I first was a
Speaker 1: rookie was the britishaw and uh, you know, he had
Speaker 1: some similar stats. We were actually a lot bigger stats.
Speaker 1: Is that like he went a few consecutive years without
Speaker 1: he missed one snamp and his entire career and they
Speaker 1: talk about it, yeah, they talk about special teams or yeah.
Speaker 1: So whenever I heard that, I was like, man, that's impressive.
Speaker 1: And you know, I want to I want to be
Speaker 1: that type of guy who can be available and ready
Speaker 1: to go every game. You know, I don't want to
Speaker 1: miss a game, and uh, you know, even last year
Speaker 1: I played through some injury and stuff like that just
Speaker 1: because I want to be available for my teammates. What
Speaker 1: kind of stuff do you do to take care of
Speaker 1: your body? I mean, do you do yoga? You know, massage, therapy?
Speaker 1: What do you do to keep your body safe. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was actually introduced to yoga um a few years ago,
Speaker 1: and that's something I've been trying to keep up with
Speaker 1: as much as possible. Just keep my body limber and
Speaker 1: flexible and stuff like that. And before the game, I
Speaker 1: have a whole routine acupuncture. I mean not acupuncture, but
Speaker 1: kyro I mean, sorry, the corractor, back stuff. There's a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff. But yeah, I see the chiropractor and
Speaker 1: I get stretched and all that type of stuff. And
Speaker 1: then on our off days tomorrow, um, you know that's
Speaker 1: when I see like acupuncturists and uh, I get a
Speaker 1: massage and you know, I get like hot tub, ice
Speaker 1: tub and all that all that stuff. You know, those
Speaker 1: are posing offensive linement are not gonna be happy that
Speaker 1: Leonard Williams is doing yoga because that elongates your muscles.
Speaker 1: And you are one of the longest limb guys in
Speaker 1: the national football and up there. Yeah, I mean I definitely,
Speaker 1: you know, try to use my length as much as possible. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, having long arms, especially as a d lineman,
Speaker 1: is very helpful. Um, you know, get separation with the
Speaker 1: with the big guy, you know, being able to lock
Speaker 1: my arms out with a huge guys. Uh, pretty helpful
Speaker 1: in my game. All right. So you are a very
Speaker 1: good football player. And again, each and every week, this
Speaker 1: Jets team and this defense can count on you. You
Speaker 1: are one of the core pieces here. Before we get
Speaker 1: back to the Jets, I want to talk about Leonard
Speaker 1: the person. Before the game Sunday at hard Rock Stadium,
Speaker 1: you had an emotional moment with one of your biggest fans.
Speaker 1: Who was that and can you tell us a little
Speaker 1: bit about your dad and where he's been and what
Speaker 1: that moment was like for you yesterday? Uh, yeah, that
Speaker 1: was a really big moment. Um. I haven't seen my
Speaker 1: dad since I was fourteen, and that's when I first
Speaker 1: started playing football. Actually was when I got to high
Speaker 1: school at fourteen, so he got to see me play
Speaker 1: um for j V high school football and then after
Speaker 1: that went to prison, and uh, I haven't seen him
Speaker 1: since then. And uh it's been ten years now and
Speaker 1: I'm twenty four. I'm a full grown man now, so
Speaker 1: it's like fundy for him to see me because he's
Speaker 1: still treating me like a little kid and I'm like, hey,
Speaker 1: I'm a man now, dad, Like you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: But It was pretty cool. Man. He seemed like he
Speaker 1: was pretty emotional and uh, you know, he seems like
Speaker 1: he's in a good place and you know, happy to
Speaker 1: be back out there and watching me play. He had
Speaker 1: my Pro Bowl jersey on and all that stuff, and
Speaker 1: I got him some field passes for him to come
Speaker 1: on the field and get the full experience. And you know,
Speaker 1: it was pretty big moment. You had a chance to
Speaker 1: spend some time with them Saturday too, didn't Yeah, we
Speaker 1: got in around like five thirty on Saturday, and we
Speaker 1: had meetings around eight, so I had some time to
Speaker 1: go to dinner with uh, you know, with my dad
Speaker 1: and his sister and some of my siblings. Man, that
Speaker 1: was emotional. You know when even when you talk about
Speaker 1: it now kind of get you choked up. That's a
Speaker 1: that's a beautiful thing. But you know, going through the
Speaker 1: circumstances of growing up without your father being in prison,
Speaker 1: it's two part question. How did you stay in the
Speaker 1: straight and narrow, do the right thing, make the right decisions?
Speaker 1: And also, I know you do a lot in the community.
Speaker 1: What do you tell kids going through your situation that
Speaker 1: you went through. Um, you know, I will start with
Speaker 1: the first part of the question is how how did
Speaker 1: I stay on track? As uh, you know, just from
Speaker 1: my mom, she was a strong, strong woman. She Uh
Speaker 1: she was a nurse and worked you know, like nine
Speaker 1: to five, like all all day, every day, and uh,
Speaker 1: I was the middle out of five children. So like
Speaker 1: to see her be able to take care of five
Speaker 1: women on her own, Like, I mean, five children on
Speaker 1: her own, I was like, man like, if she can
Speaker 1: do all this, and you know, I can get up
Speaker 1: in the morning and go to workouts and uh go
Speaker 1: to school and stuff like that. So she was a
Speaker 1: big motivation for me. And then, like as all players
Speaker 1: would probably say, a lot of mentors that have been
Speaker 1: in and out of my life. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: had a great high school head coach who um you know,
Speaker 1: I got huge senior itis my senior year and like
Speaker 1: stopped coming to school and stuff after this after the
Speaker 1: season was over, and uh, he like really just got
Speaker 1: on me one time and started picking me up every
Speaker 1: morning and taking me like making sure he went out
Speaker 1: his way to make sure that I was at school.
Speaker 1: So it's like guys like that that have always been
Speaker 1: in my life at the right time, at the right moments,
Speaker 1: that have a guided me and helped me get to
Speaker 1: where I wanted to be. It's never by myself. You know,
Speaker 1: you moved around a bunch. You weren't Sacramento, Michigan, Arizona
Speaker 1: all before you were even ten years old. I know
Speaker 1: the family eventually ultimately settled in Daytona Beach, but you
Speaker 1: went to homeless shelters at times, you had to stay
Speaker 1: in motels. I mean, was that Did you ever say
Speaker 1: to yourself, man, what's going on? Or you didn't know?
Speaker 1: You just thought, Hey, this is the normal for me
Speaker 1: right now. Um, I definitely didn't know. I definitely knew
Speaker 1: that it wasn't normal. But at the same time, I
Speaker 1: was so young and like not even stuff that I
Speaker 1: didn't really have a chance to comprehend what was going on,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like, um, I think it
Speaker 1: definitely helped me grow to like who I am today.
Speaker 1: Like I'm super adaptable just because I've been able to
Speaker 1: move around so much and like meet new friends and
Speaker 1: meet new people and uh being a whole new environment
Speaker 1: and circumstances and adapt you know what I mean. So
Speaker 1: that's why it was easy for me to move from
Speaker 1: Florida when I was seventeen and go all over the
Speaker 1: Cali and like not be homesick because I'm like, you
Speaker 1: know what, I'm used to this, and uh, the same one.
Speaker 1: I came from Cali all the way to New York.
Speaker 1: You know, it's kind of easy adjustment for me just
Speaker 1: because I've been able to adapt and I don't know,
Speaker 1: there's definitely been tough times growing up that I'm proud of,
Speaker 1: you know where I've gotten today because I've been through
Speaker 1: a lot. And uh, it's cool to see because a
Speaker 1: lot of the majority of the NFL players have come
Speaker 1: from like, you know, hard background, So it's cool to
Speaker 1: see like everybody's story. You know. Do you impart your wisdom?
Speaker 1: Do you impart your wisdom in the young folks who
Speaker 1: you might see going down the wrong path? Do you
Speaker 1: tell them who you are more than just Hey, I'm
Speaker 1: ninety two lining up on Sundays? Yeah, for sure. You know.
Speaker 1: I trained in San Francisco for the whole off season
Speaker 1: one time with you know, like some m M A
Speaker 1: trainer and this m M A trainer I knew was
Speaker 1: like huge into like the youth in that community and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. He took me and a few other
Speaker 1: football players and the guys who knew to like um
Speaker 1: like a prison, like a juvenile center. Yeah, we're like
Speaker 1: talking to all the kids about you know, how it's
Speaker 1: not over for you guys, Like we know you guys
Speaker 1: coming like through like tough backgrounds and like stuff like that,
Speaker 1: hard upbringings. But he was like using us as examples
Speaker 1: that you know there's ways out of it, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, like your life isn't gonna end here, and
Speaker 1: you know there's ways to get out of where you started.
Speaker 1: And that's what's good about America's you know, you can
Speaker 1: have a dream and you can pursue it. So that's awesome. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think it's awesome that you know, you
Speaker 1: take your time, take time out of your busy schedule,
Speaker 1: go back and in in part your wisdom to the
Speaker 1: youth because you know, I know, just like you know,
Speaker 1: going through tough times growing up, it would have been
Speaker 1: need to have an NFL player come and tell you,
Speaker 1: you know what, if you stay right saying the right path,
Speaker 1: do your job, things will be okay and things will
Speaker 1: work out for you. So so please keep up that
Speaker 1: good work. Yeah, I mean, I think it's really important
Speaker 1: for players or even successful people in general to get
Speaker 1: back just because, like I said, Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: have my mom as a big role model, but I
Speaker 1: also had a bunch of leaders and uh you know,
Speaker 1: coaches and mentors that have helped me get to where
Speaker 1: I am. So you know, we may not think it's
Speaker 1: that huge when we just say something small to a kid,
Speaker 1: or like do a little football camp or you know,
Speaker 1: go to a juvenile to center and like be there
Speaker 1: for like three hours and that's it. But it's huge
Speaker 1: to these kids, Like they remember it, and uh, you
Speaker 1: know it helps them sometimes that they're going through a
Speaker 1: hard time. They remember like, oh, this guy was successful
Speaker 1: and he went through the same thing I went through,
Speaker 1: So why can't I you know what I mean, you
Speaker 1: did not have to look far for somebody to look
Speaker 1: up to, because you told us before coming on the
Speaker 1: air tonight, Leo, that your mother couldn't even come to
Speaker 1: the game in Miami yesterday because she was working her
Speaker 1: job as a nurse. That just shows what kind of
Speaker 1: work ethic she has. Yeah, my whole family has been
Speaker 1: like that, even though my dad went to prison. Um,
Speaker 1: he was an engineer growing up, and uh, he was
Speaker 1: a hard working guy, was always out of the house
Speaker 1: before the sun even got up and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: So you know, I've definitely seen a lot of hard
Speaker 1: work from my parents, and uh, you know, once I
Speaker 1: started playing football, I got addicted to the grind almost
Speaker 1: like it was kind of addicting, like working out that
Speaker 1: like that much, you know what I mean. It was
Speaker 1: just like something to get away from everything that was
Speaker 1: going on in the house and stuff like that. And
Speaker 1: it was easy for me to focus on something good
Speaker 1: when there's a lot of bad happening that home, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, no doubt about it. I think people,
Speaker 1: a lot of people, youngsters growing up and looking at
Speaker 1: their situations and saying, you know, I got trouble, so
Speaker 1: they can look up to somebody like you who is
Speaker 1: in his fourth year in the National Football League. But
Speaker 1: not just the way you play on the field, but
Speaker 1: the way year approaches with people in your work ethic
Speaker 1: agree story, no doubt about that, a lio. But speaking
Speaker 1: of great stories, we only got about forty five seconds
Speaker 1: or so. But how how do you get to usc
Speaker 1: We're just talking about it because um, you're a Florida guy.
Speaker 1: I gotta imagine you were thinking the Gators. I went
Speaker 1: to graduate school in Florida, but you gotta way to
Speaker 1: USC and a famous coach at a hand in that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was really surprising for me as well, even one
Speaker 1: of my best friends who ended up going to USC
Speaker 1: right after me. Um, we were like the two big
Speaker 1: time recruits coming out of my high school at the time,
Speaker 1: and we were like completely sold on for the Gators.
Speaker 1: Like we both had like for the Gator back flaps
Speaker 1: in high school and like I wore like Gator Chuck
Speaker 1: Chuck Taylor's and like clothes all the time in school.
Speaker 1: So like when other recruiters will come to school, they'll
Speaker 1: see me wearing like Florida gear and they're like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: this guy's going to Florida for sure, you know. But
Speaker 1: I ended up going to like a bunch of camps
Speaker 1: um my junior year, and I went to USC as
Speaker 1: one of my camps. It was like a three day
Speaker 1: camp and Coach Oderon was the d line coach there,
Speaker 1: who is now the coach who's doing great at the
Speaker 1: l s U actually, and uh, he just struck me. Man.
Speaker 1: I was just like, man, I never met a guy
Speaker 1: like this in my life, Like I never had a
Speaker 1: coach like this in my life, Like he was just
Speaker 1: super like hard nosed, like grind, grind, grind, and uh,
Speaker 1: he seemed like hed never tried to like bs me like, um,
Speaker 1: you know sometimes I went to a lot of places
Speaker 1: and they all were like trying to like blow smoke
Speaker 1: and like be like, oh, like it's beautiful here, like
Speaker 1: you love it and stuff like that, and like whereas
Speaker 1: like Coach I was like, man, if you come here,
Speaker 1: you're gonna work hard, You're gonna play hard, like stuff
Speaker 1: like that. You know, he just kept it straight with me,
Speaker 1: and I could tell he was real and genuine, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know he still is that same type of guy.
Speaker 1: We still keep in touch and Coach Aldron is definitely
Speaker 1: the guy who got me to come all the way
Speaker 1: out to us. Well, real and genuine and a guy
Speaker 1: keeps on doing this thing that is Leonard Williams. Great
Speaker 1: spot here inside the Jets, Eric Coleman and I will
Speaker 1: be back for a final second shotgun for Darnald. Three
Speaker 1: receivers left, Growl to his right, takes the snap high snap,
Speaker 1: pulls it down with one Ham looks right, Rose right
Speaker 1: sideline intercepted, under throws intended target down the left sideline,
Speaker 1: walking into the end zone. It's a touchdown for Jerome Baker,
Speaker 1: the rookie linebacker. Welcome back to Inside the Jets Sarah
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Speaker 1: Great spot with Leonard Williams. Very interesting cat, the big cat,
Speaker 1: no no pun intended, um. Very productive player for this
Speaker 1: team and he plays a tough position. I know everybody's
Speaker 1: always talking about sacks. With Leonard, he brings a lot
Speaker 1: to the table. Man. Yeah, I mean you can. You
Speaker 1: can feel his leadership, you know, and his passion for
Speaker 1: the game, and it's infectious and it's in and it's
Speaker 1: rubbed off on a lot of players on this team.
Speaker 1: And they're gonna need leaders like Leinner to continue to
Speaker 1: grow and to continue to have the success. You know,
Speaker 1: we talked about Jamal Adams going off after the game,
Speaker 1: not accepting losing. That's the kind of attitude you need
Speaker 1: in an organization if you want to continue to grow
Speaker 1: and have success. Yeah, and I think when this team
Speaker 1: ultimately does turn the corner, he's gonna be a big
Speaker 1: reason why. And Leonard is more than just sacks, because
Speaker 1: I know people are are always gonna look at his
Speaker 1: sec totals. But just talk about the challenges of being
Speaker 1: a three four interior alignment and the attention you get
Speaker 1: there any responsibilities. Yeah, it's tough. You know, you don't
Speaker 1: get the notoriety that the four three defensive lineman get because, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're never coming free. Yeah, it's a three or four
Speaker 1: defensive end. You're lined up inside the tackle, inside the
Speaker 1: tight end most of the time. As soon as the
Speaker 1: ball snapped, you have four hands on you. You know
Speaker 1: you're getting double teams. You have to hold your gap.
Speaker 1: It's hard to get penetration. So you know, for Leonard
Speaker 1: to to have success, to get sacks, to make those
Speaker 1: tackles for Laws, he has to be defeat two guys
Speaker 1: to three pounders right now. And that's why he's talking
Speaker 1: about using his long arms to his advantage. He gets
Speaker 1: gets his arms on the guys, moves one player, it
Speaker 1: has the strength to get through and you know, it's
Speaker 1: it's just awesome to watch. I was encouraged by the
Speaker 1: Jets pass rush against the Dolphins. They got to us
Speaker 1: while theer four times and when there was blood in
Speaker 1: the water, they got after it because Juwan James starting
Speaker 1: right tackle for the Dolphins, one out and then Jordan
Speaker 1: Jenkins started eating. Yeah he did. And that's what you
Speaker 1: have to do. You have to spot the weakness of
Speaker 1: the opponent. And I think this defensive line has taken
Speaker 1: it upon themselves to get pressure out of the quarterback,
Speaker 1: get tackles for loss, playing the opposing team's backfield, and
Speaker 1: I think they've done a great job all year and
Speaker 1: that really sets the tone for your defense and makes
Speaker 1: life a lot easier for those linebackers. What do you
Speaker 1: think about this ball game coming up? The Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: two and seven. Their on offense, and people think the
Speaker 1: Jets are struggling offensively. The Bills are another level right now,
Speaker 1: but they play good defensive football and you could be
Speaker 1: involved in a dog fight here on Sunday, Yeah, playing
Speaker 1: against Buffalo. You know, no matter what the year is,
Speaker 1: that team is always physical, They're always strong, they're always
Speaker 1: sound on defense, play one on special teams, and that
Speaker 1: that does make for a dog fight. You know, the
Speaker 1: Jets have to be prepared to come in here and
Speaker 1: and fight at the beginning of the game. At least.
Speaker 1: Then you might make some big plays and start to
Speaker 1: separate later in the game. Before the first three quarters.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fight, you know. And they've done
Speaker 1: that the whole year. They've They've been in pretty much
Speaker 1: every game with you know, not last week, well every
Speaker 1: other game they I think the Bears didn't even have
Speaker 1: two yards of total offense against the Bills, but they
Speaker 1: continually turned the football over. Nathan Peterman has been an
Speaker 1: interception machine throughout his NFL career. We have no idea
Speaker 1: who's gonna be quarterback for the Bills. It could be Peterman,
Speaker 1: it could be Derek Anderson, or it could be Josh Allen.
Speaker 1: I anticipate Allen not playing. He's dealing with an arm
Speaker 1: issue and the Bills have a buy next week. I
Speaker 1: don't think you want to rush a rookie order back
Speaker 1: right back in the line up. No, you definitely don't
Speaker 1: want to do that. And if you're the Jets defense,
Speaker 1: you have to smell that blood in the water. But
Speaker 1: at the at the at the beginning of the game,
Speaker 1: you just have to start off doing your job. Just
Speaker 1: play your just pay, do your job. Don't try to
Speaker 1: force mistakes because quarterbacks, when you start getting after the quarterback,
Speaker 1: when Leonard starts hitting them, they're gonna make mistakes. They're
Speaker 1: gonna start getting nervous in the pocket. That's when you
Speaker 1: start throwing the balls up and you start taking advantage
Speaker 1: of those players and getting those turnovers. Yeah, the Jets
Speaker 1: defense has an opportunity to dominate this ball game because
Speaker 1: the Bills aren't beginning any push up front. Their old
Speaker 1: line is mediocre at best. Their wide receivers with Calvin
Speaker 1: Benjamin Z jones Um and company, they have struggled throughout
Speaker 1: the two thousand eighteen season. But like I said, the
Speaker 1: Bills post some problems defensively, so we'll have to see
Speaker 1: what happens. E this hour goes by so quickly. We
Speaker 1: want to thank Michelle back in the studio, justin of
Speaker 1: course on hand every week here and Frank the tank
Speaker 1: Bree Olivia was an attendance, and of course all the
Speaker 1: service members. We'll see you next week.