WEBVTT - Inside The Jets with Leonard Williams (11/5) 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.960 Live from Vetter Bill Sports and Spirits inside the Windham 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:10.880 Hamilton's Park Hotel. It see Inside the Jets brought to 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.360 you by e Y Building a Better Working World and 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:17.720 by M and T Bank, the official community bank of 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:22.240 your New York Jets. No, here's Eric Kallen and Eric Coleman. 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.640 Welcome to Inside the Jets. We're broadcasting live from Bannerbill 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:28.680 Sports in Spirits inside the wind On Hamilton's Park Hotel. 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:33.240 Eric Allen alongside Eric Coleman. We'd also like to thank 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:36.960 all the service members who are intendance tonight. It is 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.879 Salute the Service Week for the New York Jets, so 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:43.080 a very special week for the Green and what. Yeah, 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:44.920 it is a special week. You know, we like to 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.080 honor those who serve for our country and thank you 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:51.400 so much for everything them and their families have sacrificed 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:53.159 for our freedom. So you know, we'd like to give 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:58.080 him a salute. E A loaded schedule because on Tuesday, uh, 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.720 the Jets are gonna host Navy military members for a 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:05.600 flag football game at MetLife Stadium. That will always be fun, 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:09.800 and the Jets are also gonna donate five thousand dollars 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:13.880 too Long Island carriers to feed hundreds of veterans as well. 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:17.680 That's beautiful. You know, they're getting together for that football game, 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:20.040 and MetLife Stadium is going to be exciting. Some of 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.039 the players are gonna be coaching. Oh yeah, you gotta 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:23.880 gotta have the players, and there's probably gonna get real 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.520 competitive and feisty. Would be a good time. Yeah, let 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.840 a lot of trick play, double passes and everything. So 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:34.600 and then on Wednesday, there will be special Salute to 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:38.440 Service jerseys for the Jets to wear at practice. Players 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:43.600 are gonna autograph them and Commuter Relations will put those 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:48.320 up for auctions. So special jerseys throughout the week for 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:50.760 the Green That's gonna be cool. Man. I love what 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:52.200 they're doing. I wish we did this back when I 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:53.680 was playing, you know. I love to be a part 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:56.720 of something like this. And then festivities will conclude Sunday, 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.240 of course, at Montlife Stadium, as the New York Jets 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:03.640 host the Buffalo Bills their annual Salute to Service game. 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:08.480 But let's get to the moment at hand. The Jets 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:12.359 now three and six with a thirteen to six defeat 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:14.600 to the Miami Dolphins. This is the first time all 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:18.480 year this team is three games under five hundred. What 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.720 did you think about the game? Overall? It was it 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:22.079 was a tough one, you know, it's a tough one 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.520 to watch, you know, because the defense played so well. 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:26.880 You know, I thought, um that they dominated this game. 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.760 They only gave up six points. Um. Offensively, you can 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:33.120 never they can never really get anything going, so you know, 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.400 that was that was a little bit frustrating. I'm sure 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.280 it was for the for the team as well. But 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:38.840 you know, I thought the Jets played good enough to 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:40.720 win this game, you know, but when you lose that 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:43.799 turn Yeah, defensively they did, but when you lose a 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.239 turnover battle, you know, you don't really give yourself a 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.200 chance to win the game. So you gotta take care 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:50.880 of the football. Defensively, you know, they played great, but 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:52.720 they didn't turn the ball over. They gotta get get 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:55.360 some turnovers, get the ball to Sam Darwin and some 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:58.720 great field position to give him some opportunities to capitalize inside. 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:02.639 The Jets is supported by Elective Insurance Responses Everything Eric 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:06.560 Allen and Eric Coleman. Here we're gonna be joined momentarily 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:11.560 by Jets defensive lineman Leonard Williams. The Big Cat you 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:16.440 have been in those post game locker rooms after you 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:20.520 put forth a great defensive effort. How frustrated are you 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:24.760 at that point, knowing that you put together a winning performance, 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.160 your side of the ball took care of business. Well, 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.680 you know, as a defender, it is very frustrating, you know, 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.240 because you know, uh that you played well enough to 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.160 win this game. But at the same time, you keep 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.400 it in perspective because there have been plenty of games 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.680 where the offense probably bailed you out. So it's a 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:40.520 it's a team effort. You know, you win as a team, 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.600 you loses a team. But when you play that good 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:44.520 on defense, you know you would like to come out 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.120 with a victory, and uh, you know, it's gotta be frustrating. 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.480 It's gotta be frustrating for the offense as well, you know, 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.040 not being able to make the plays that they want to, uh, 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:54.880 knowing that they was probably did a great job of 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:57.200 scheme in the Dolphins, had a great game plan for 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.000 the Dolphins, but when it came to playing, the Dolphins 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.560 out executed him. What does it say about the standard 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:07.320 this defense has that the guys talked much like you 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.720 are Sunday in the postgame locker room where I was 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.840 there in South Florida hard Rock Stadium. The fellows were saying, 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.160 we had to come up with takeaways, and I'm thinking 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:19.960 to myself, you guys did everything. But yeah, I mean, 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:21.960 but that's what you expect of your out of your defense. 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.400 You know, when you have such a dominant group on 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.440 the on that side of the ball, they want to 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.200 win the game themselves. You know, they want to give 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:29.839 them you know, know know when you have a rookie quarterback 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:33.080 who's gonna take his lumps, he make his mistakes. As 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.240 a defense, you want to come in and and over 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.840 exceed all your expectations. You not only want to keep 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:39.719 them off the board, but you also want to score 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:42.479 on defense. You want to you know, get some turnovers 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:44.440 on defense and make some big plays to help win 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.960 this game. Okay, So what do you think about Jamal Adams? 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:49.559 After the game, we went we went to his locker 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:52.599 and I actually put this on social media, and I 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.600 think a lot of people saw this as that he 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.800 said enough is enough. I'm sick or lose him. I 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.080 think he just echoed everyone else is at a to 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.839 you know, I think this is a team full of winners. 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:04.640 I don't think any of them are used to win. 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:06.520 And you know, you when you go to NFL teams, 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.800 most of the roster is built up off of winners, 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:11.560 Guys who won in high school, guys who won in college. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.960 And when they get to the NFL, it's tough to win, 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.000 you know. And when you go on these losing streaks 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.360 and you lose these tough games, these games that are 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:21.520 just heartbreaking, it gets old. It gets old quick, and 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.159 hopefully that it echoes around the team. They take that 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.800 perspective to practice, They work harder in preparation and go 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:30.200 out there and execute. This week, playing against the Buffalo Bills, 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.560 all right, we're not gonna bury the lead here. What's 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.080 going on with Sam Donald? Why did he struggle so 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:39.560 much against the Dolphins? Four interceptions, including a backbreaking pick 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:43.080 six that made a two possession game, And at that 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:46.479 stage in the fourth quarter against the Dolphins, it didn't 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.680 feel like a ten point deficit. It felt like a 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.440 twenty four point deficit. Yeah, you know, those are the 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.599 things that are gonna happen with the young quarterback. You know, 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:55.719 he's gonna make his mistakes in front of the world. 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.960 And it was a combination of Sam trying to force 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.919 the ball, trying to make too many plays. Another you know, 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.279 the Dolphins did a great job of mixing up their 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.280 defenses and they just made some great plays. So you know, 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:11.000 there are a couple of things happen on those interceptions. Um, 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:12.680 you know, especially on the one with the linebacker when 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:16.600 he to pick six, that was just a great athletic play. Yes, 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:18.760 Sam probably tried to force that ball in there, but 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:20.880 there aren't too many linebackers that can cover a tight 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:26.360 end on a corner route make that catch. Face but yeah, 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:28.400 he was, but it was but it was a great play. 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:29.919 And and that's the thing that we say when you 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.360 get in the locker room. They get paid to sometimes 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.560 the other team is gonna make big plays and and 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:36.680 the and the Dolphins did when they needed it. Okay, 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:41.040 So what has Donald done when he's had success and conversely, 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:45.680 what happens when he starts scuffling, Well, you know, I 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:47.760 think you see the ball get out of his hands 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.400 a lot quicker when he when he's having success, he's 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.360 more confident in what he's doing. Uh, he understands how 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.080 the defense is attacking them. And you know, sometimes when 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.320 they mix things up, Sam gets a little uncomfortable, and 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.839 and that's it's your quarterback. You know you're gonna lock 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.080 onto your receiver. You might stare him down too much 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:07.440 because at practice he was open. On film, you visualize 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.680 yourself making this throw. But every once in a while 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.440 the throw wrinkle into the defense and it doesn't turn 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.320 out the way you know. That's that's what we take 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.720 pride in on defense is disguise and coverage make it 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.960 look the same. At the last second. You might rotate. 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.640 You might play inside leverage, and in the past you 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.760 played outside leverage. So that makes a world of a 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.360 difference when you're playing against a young quarterback. And those 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.800 are things that as a rookie you see on the 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:31.960 field you after you make the mistake, you don't get 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:33.400 to see those things in the film room, where you 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.760 don't get to watch anyone else make those mistakes. Now, 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.480 I talked to Chi Pennington about this. Today we take 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.720 the segment and you can watch it and Jets Flight 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:45.160 Plan that there's eleven thirty Sunday mornings here in New 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.440 York locally. You also can check it out New York 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.440 ches dot com. But he said, sometimes you have to 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:54.080 take the checkdowns when they're available. Sometimes you're gonna look 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.440 down the field at your first and second progression and 0:07:56.480 --> 0:08:00.760 you've gotta come off that using your feet, and then 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.760 sometimes it's okay to get five or six yards with 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:08.400 the dump to your running back. Yeah, sometimes that checkdown 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:10.760 or that throwing that ball away out of bounce is 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.320 the best throw. You know. Sometimes that defense will put 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.000 together a plan where every route is covered, you know, 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:17.680 and there's no no one opened down the field, and 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:19.760 throwing the ball away, checking it down to a running 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.200 back is your best option, you know. I think back 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.480 to that third down, third and fourteen when Donald threw 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:27.920 that interception on the dig route. They ran the dagger 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.280 um A nun Wall was on the outside a round 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:32.560 a fifteen yard en route and he was staring the 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.320 receiver down and you can tell him that situation. It 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.319 was third down and fourteen towards the end of the game. 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.240 The Jets needed to continue to drive and Sam thought, 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.679 you know, I need to get this first down, and 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:45.520 sometimes the play is just not there. You need to 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.040 check it down and live to see another place. So 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.920 I think he'll learn from that and he'll continue to grow. Well, 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.760 I'll tell you what strong comments from Sam Donald today 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.920 as he addressed the New York media as he typically 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:02.400 does filing a ballgame. He he said, it's just not 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.920 playing to the best of my abilities. Quite frankly, just 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:10.280 playing stupid. I thought I played stupid football yesterday, and 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:13.120 I just gotta be better. And I know that the 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:16.880 coaches know that, everyone knows that. I respect that from 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:19.600 your leader. You know, he's a rookie, and it's easy 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.840 to deflect and say, you know, we all could have 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.439 played better, you know, offensively are or we could have 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.600 all made some plays out there. Instead, Sam decided to 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.520 take that one on the chin. He pointed the thumb 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:32.640 at itself. And and that's very mature of him, especially 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:35.199 when you're talking about being in New York, because they're 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:37.480 gonna be very critical in the media. We're gonna be 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.160 very critical of you. And Sam just took it on 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.120 the chin, didn't say it was anyone else's fault but 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.000 his own, and he's got to learn from it if 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.080 this team is gonna get better. I definitely respect that. Yeah, 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.839 definitely so much to get to in regards to the 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:53.160 New York Jets and Sam Donald, and we'll be back 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:55.880 with much more. But you are listening to Inside the 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:59.960 Jets Eric Allen and Eric Coleman here at Vanbeld Sports 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.720 Spirits inside to Windham Hamilton's Park, will be right back. 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.080 Myers lines up from fifty yards away to try to 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.720 tie the game. The snap, the placement down, the kick 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:15.360 is on the way, it's got the distance floating right 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:18.320 and it's no good. Twelve thirty seven ago in the 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:22.360 fourth quarter and the Dolphins maintained their lead. Welcome back 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:25.400 to Inside the Jets, Eric Ellen and Eric Coleman here 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:29.040 at Vandable Sports and Spirits inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:32.120 Inside the Jets is supported by M ANDT Bank, the 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:36.200 official community bank of your New York Jets. The call 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.800 there is Bob was shusan uh. Just a tough day 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.679 at the office for the Jets scoring two field goals. 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:47.400 You're not gonna win many games in the NFL if 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:49.720 you come home with six points. No, you're not. And 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:51.800 I remember, you know, back to my Jets days when 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.160 Herm Edwards used to always say, we have to score 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.000 twenty four points, you know, And if you look at 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:58.199 the average of the other scores, have you win twenty 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.840 have you scored twenty four points. The you'll win probably 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.280 twelve of year games, and of course every week is 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.800 not gonna happen, but offensively, you've got to put a 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.440 couple of touchdowns on the board to give yourself an opportunity. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:12.000 Leonard Williams will join us in our next segment and 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:15.520 he will be our player guest segment, which is presented 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.480 by M ANDT Bank, Official Community Bank of your New 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.240 York Jets. All right, let's get back to Donald. So 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.560 before the season, he played so well in the spring 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.520 and the summer that the Jets said, here are the keys, 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:33.800 we are going to ride the ups in downs with you. Well, 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:38.720 in Miami you experience the down and I think a 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:42.440 gut reaction of a fan. Some fans were saying, Hey, 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:44.120 what are we gonna do out here? Should you put 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.960 Josh McCown in? You have to stick with this guy 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.880 right now, do you not? I would say so, you know, 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.640 because I mean, listen, and I'm saying that's extreme, But 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:55.600 I'm saying a lot of people are like, what's going on? 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:58.600 And he's regressing. I don't know if he's necessarily regressing. 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:03.240 He's gonna have points of the season where you're like Indianapolis, 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:07.959 complete of his passes, or he's throwing touchdowns left and right, 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:11.000 or the last couple of weeks he's really experienced a 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.040 couple of roll blocks. Yeah, I mean there, they're gonna 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.839 be a lot of ebbs and flows, you know, playing 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.440 quarterback in the the rookie position, and when you're a rookie, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.120 you know you're you're gonna go through the ups and downs. 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.480 And as the Jets, they decided to go with Sam 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:25.640 Donald at the beginning of the year, and like you said, 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:27.760 they're gonna have to ride those things out. And and 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.720 I don't I think listen, last Sunday, he took a 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:32.960 step back, but before that he had he had been 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.040 getting better every week. And I think that he will 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:38.040 continue to get better and grow as a quarterback. And 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:39.920 I think it's the right decision to stay with him. 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.400 You know, Um, Josh McCown is is a great player. 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.400 I think that if you start off with Josh, maybe 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:48.640 you win a couple of games and and phase into Donald. 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:50.840 But that's not the way that they went about it. 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:52.880 They went with Donald. I thought it was a great 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.439 decision as well. He played so well in the preseason. 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.920 He showed that he has the ability to lead this team. 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.520 And I think everyone has has confidence in him, you know, 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.800 everyone on the offense and the defense. They definitely do. 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:06.200 And I'm not saying and that noise is loud right now. 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:10.200 My point is you heard whispers from fans just being 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:13.880 on social media yesterday and some people are like, when 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:15.959 I'm moving to football at all, you make a change 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.560 and you can't do that with the young quarterback. You 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.920 decided to go with him, and at this point in time, 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.120 it's not like he's taking a physical beating. He get 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:28.560 they get sacked four times against Miami Dolphins, but it's 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:32.319 not at that stage of his rookie season where you're panicking. 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.840 You cannot panic as a franchise, and that's what has 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:40.079 gotten teams in trouble. That's what has gotten organizations and 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.000 trouble in the past. Yeah, I think you have to 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.199 have that patience. And when you look at the organizations 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:48.120 that have traditionally had success, you know, you know, I 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.040 hate to bring him up with like the Steelers or 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.520 or or New England or someone. There's there's continuity there. 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:55.240 You know, they're the coaches have been there for a 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.760 long time. The quarterback you know, everyone has been there 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.720 for years and they've developed that say says. You know, 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.280 it's not gonna happen overnight. You don't just draft a quarterback, 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:05.840 plug him in and get some wins. You know, if 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.360 you're gonna have to work at it, it's gonna be 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:09.400 a work in progress. And that's the way that the 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.120 Jets are going right now. Uh the Jets on the 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.120 positive side, on the offensive side of the ball, they 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.720 got Quincy and no Wino back in the lineup, Robby 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:22.760 Anderson uh suited up, and Eli McGuire came off injured reserve. 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.480 I before we get to a noon while who's his 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:30.080 stud I think a new um McGuire can provide a 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.360 spark for this team down the stretch. He definitely can. 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.200 And it was great to see him running the football yesterday. Uh. 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:37.280 You know, I think that he's you know, as he 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.720 gets in game shape, as he gets prepared, you know, 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:42.680 we we go through this next stretch of the season, 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:44.720 he's only gonna get better. You know, he was a 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:46.880 guy last year that that you know that he can 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:48.960 do everything. He can catch the ball to the backfield, 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.280 he can he can protect against the past. A lot 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.040 of the things that below Pal does. But he's he's 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:56.600 a lot younger. You know, he's another he's another dimension. 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:58.560 So I think it's gonna be great with he and 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.600 Crowel back there and you know how yes, you're gonna 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.520 be missing, but Elijah McGuire can pick up a lot 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:06.720 of that. This is a tremendous opportunity for him, no 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:08.600 doubt about it, and great value in the draft from 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.720 Mike mccagne getting him in the sixth round a year ago. 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:16.200 How would you describe elis running stuff? He's, uh, he's slippery, 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.280 you know, he's he's definitely explosive. I like how he 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:20.920 runs in between the tackles. You know, he has a 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.480 low center of gravity. It's rare that you see a 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.600 linebacker get a full shot on him because he twists 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.840 his hips and he gets lateral, he gets down to 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:30.760 the you know, he has a great he has a 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:34.240 great pad level, and he has great vision and he's explosive. 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:35.720 So you know, he's a tough guy to tackle in 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.520 an open field, one of those guys that has a safety. 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:40.800 If you see him in this one on one, you 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:42.440 know you're gonna be in trouble because he can make 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:44.120 you miss when you're in the phone booth. Yeah, I'm 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.240 very excited to see what he does over these final 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.880 seven games. Why has the offensive line been inconsistent? We 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:54.280 see them sometimes just tear people up on the ground, 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:58.040 case and point the don ver Broncos done other games. 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:01.800 It doesn't they don't win the battles in the trenches, 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:06.400 like against the Chicago Bears. Against Miami they struggled inside 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.040 as well. What's what they're inconsistency up front? Well, you 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.560 know a lot of it has to do with there's injuries. 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:14.080 You know, Spencer Long has been hurt. You know everyone 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.720 knows that. You know, his snapping finger was injured, and 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:20.800 I saw a couple of arrant snaps last week. But 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:24.920 just that continuity, you know, the the way the game 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.960 is going also changes that. If you're playing from behind, 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.200 the defense knows that they can pin their ears back, 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.400 get after the quarterback. If you start to play with 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.120 the lead, start to run the football, you get that momentum. 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.680 You wear down that offensive line, uh, you wear down 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.200 the defensive line and start to make those big plays. 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:42.920 It's something that that you can't just come out and say, 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:44.960 you know what, we're gonna dominate this game, it's a 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.840 work in progress. You wear those defenses out as the 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:51.400 game goes. Do you feel as a for a former 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.680 or for a guy like Spenser Long who's trying to 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:58.920 play through a finger element where it is impacting his 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.080 snaps where you don't know where that ball is gone 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.720 when the Jets are lined up in the shotgun for formation. Yeah, 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.240 it's tough because you know Spencer knows. You know, he's 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.040 one of the leaders on that offensive line. He's the 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.240 guy that gets everyone lined up, he sets the blocking schemes, 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:15.760 and you know he's done a great job of it, 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:17.280 you know, up to up to now. You know, I 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:19.600 think that that injury is kind of holding him back. 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:21.960 But at the same time, when you're hurt, you want 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:23.639 to be out there helping your guys. You don't want 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:25.760 to see your guys out there struggling out there going 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:28.639 through battle, uh with with you on the sideline. So 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:30.399 I think that he tried to fight it as long 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:31.680 as he could, and at the end of the game, 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:34.720 you know it's time to make that switch. Jets Rewards members, 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:39.200 don't forget to enter the code scoreboard in your Jets 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:42.760 Rewards portal during the show to earn a hundred points. 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:46.679 That is scoreboard. A guy who's gonna be able to 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:51.640 help the Jets put some points on the scoreboard ahead 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:54.840 here it's Quincy and noon Law. Every time he touches 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.840 the ball, he makes something happen. He's a beast. He's 0:17:57.880 --> 0:17:59.520 a beast, and it was great to see him back 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:01.439 out are on the field. You know that there he 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:03.640 had a couple of Quincy and None Wall type runs. 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:05.720 You know where he caught the you know the short passes, 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:08.520 carried about five guys down the field and got up 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:12.199 with that intensity and his attitude is just infectious. You know, 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:14.879 you can't help but want to play hard and bust 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:16.280 your butt when you see a guy like that on 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:19.080 the field, especially when he's you know he's hurting, you 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.800 know that ankle injury. Yes he's out there performing well, 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:23.879 but you know he's in some pain and he's fighting 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:25.600 through it. And that that's what that's the character that 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:27.440 this team needs to take. How much of an asset 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:30.560 can he be in this team's screen game Because a 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:34.000 lot of people are focusing at home about Donald's development, Well, 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:35.919 how can you help him out? I think the Jets 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.600 have shown to be a very good screen team. Yeah, 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:41.760 the screen is a is a great way to build 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:44.880 the quarterback's confidence. Is a short pass, fairly simple pass. 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.040 You just have to set everything up, get the blockers 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:49.400 out in front, and it could be a two yard pass, 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:51.400 but it ends up being an eight yard run. So 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:53.960 I think those are the plays, those short blaze you know, 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.199 similar to a checkdown. If you can get a checkdown, 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.080 make someone miss spring go through for a long run, 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.480 that really help the quarterback's confidence and it gets them going. Uh. 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.199 You know, it's tough when when you when you do 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.199 a lot of checkdowns and all of a sudden you 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:09.679 gotta make some deep passes. It's like shooting jump shots. 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:11.399 It's easier when you, you know, you start with the 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.920 layups and then work your way out and start hitting threes. 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:15.879 You don't just come out shooting threes at the you know, 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:17.679 at the end of the game. So I think that 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:20.199 those the screen game is an integral part of this offense, 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:22.280 and Quincy being back is gonna help out a lot. 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:24.480 From a guy who used to play in the back end, 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:28.199 what could you tell uh as far as what the 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:31.879 Dolphins were doing to try to give the rookie different 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:34.600 looks well, you know they were. They were mixing up 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:37.080 coverages at the one. Once the ball was snapped, you know, 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.159 they would give a two shell and then once the 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:42.040 play started you would see someone creep underneath and rob 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.520 you know the underneath paths. You gotta break this down 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:48.760 for everybody at home listening to all it's so too 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:50.880 deep shell. That's when you're usually playing cover to Both 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:54.440 safeties are probably fifteen yards deep. They're lined up inside 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.000 the numbers, and you know it's to cover two defense. 0:19:57.040 --> 0:20:00.119 You know that there's there's four, there's too deep, have 0:20:00.640 --> 0:20:02.960 nine guys underneath. You know everyone else is underneath seven 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:06.600 seven underneath and coverage um and and defenses are trying 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:08.800 to take away that down the field pass. Yeah, and 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:12.520 there's certain plays that beat that cover two. So maybe 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:14.760 Jeremy Bates calls a play to beat that cover two, 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:17.200 but on the snap they rotate the safety down. Now 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:20.200 was cover one. It makes things different. Now Sam has 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.720 to think about the changes while he's dropping back, which 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:25.920 bringing when the heat's coming on him. So it makes 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:27.880 you think twice about you know, where is this throw 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:30.359 Because before the snap you saw a cover two. I 0:20:30.400 --> 0:20:31.960 know that this guy is gonna be open over here 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.080 and cover two. But now that the ball is snapped 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:36.840 is cover one? Oh? You know, now you have to 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:39.000 think and that's when he holds onto the ball, you 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:40.960 get sacks. And that's what you like to do as 0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:44.240 a defensive guy in the secondary. Manipulate those young quarterbacks, 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:46.199 make them see one thing and let them make the 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:48.880 decision why they're dropping back. And that is the biggest 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:52.439 difference between playing on Saturdays and playing on Sundays, is 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:57.040 what those defenses try to do. Those offenses each and 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:00.720 every week here in the National Football League. Off to 0:21:00.760 --> 0:21:03.520 a good start here on Inside the Jets. We're gonna 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:10.159 come right back with defensive lineman Leonard Williams to go 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.080 Donald and a shotgun on fourth and fifteen takes the 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:16.160 staff drops back, looks over the middle, steps up, fire, 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:19.840 swan into traffic and it's intercepted. Picking it off as 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:23.760 t J. McDonald and he will simply lay down, give 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:27.200 himself up at the fifty yard line with two fifteen remaining. 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:31.040 Third interception of today for Sam Donald. Welcome to Inside 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:33.760 the Jets. Welcome back to Inside Jets were broadcasting live 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:37.600 from Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits. Inside the Windham, Hamilton's Park Hotel, 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:43.040 Eric Allen alongside Eric Coleman. We're also closed here tonight 0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:48.879 at Vanderbilt's because a number of military families are here 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:51.640 with us. So we thank you so much, not only 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:57.040 for your service, but for coming out tonight well deserved, 0:21:58.000 --> 0:22:01.600 for the sacrifices you and your families continue to make 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:05.720 each and every day. Uh, we are lucky. That goes 0:22:05.840 --> 0:22:09.000 without saying. But our player guest segment is presided by 0:22:09.119 --> 0:22:11.440 M ANDT Bank, the official community bank of your New 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:14.600 York Jets. So without further ado, let's bring in the 0:22:14.640 --> 0:22:20.800 big cat Leonard Williams. Leonard, we were talking about it. Uh, 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:23.119 E and I were talking about it, and me and 0:22:23.160 --> 0:22:26.800 you talked about it yesterday in South Florida. How tough 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:29.960 was that for you? Guys? Is a defense knowing that 0:22:30.480 --> 0:22:33.200 predominantly you did your job for sixty minutes, but you 0:22:33.359 --> 0:22:36.080 still weren't able to come away with a victory. I 0:22:36.119 --> 0:22:37.919 mean there was a big moment for the defense. We 0:22:37.960 --> 0:22:40.840 obviously stepped up. We challenged each other all week and uh, 0:22:40.880 --> 0:22:43.479 you know, we replied, we responded to that challenge, and uh, 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:45.520 you know, it showed in the game that everybody prepared 0:22:45.680 --> 0:22:48.000 great during the week, and you know, we we came 0:22:48.040 --> 0:22:51.040 out and executed during the on Sunday, and at the 0:22:51.040 --> 0:22:53.720 same time, we were obviously disappointed with the loss. But 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:55.520 at the same time, we're not the type of team 0:22:55.560 --> 0:22:58.520 who's gonna point fingers and a point other fingers on 0:22:58.560 --> 0:23:00.320 other guys on the on the team, and so with that, 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:02.159 so you know, even though we did good, like there 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:04.280 were still guys like, man, we left this play out there, 0:23:04.280 --> 0:23:06.119 like we we could have scored on this play, and like, 0:23:06.200 --> 0:23:07.600 you know, we're just like, even though we had a 0:23:07.600 --> 0:23:09.879 great game on defense, we were still looking at what 0:23:09.920 --> 0:23:11.560 we could have done better. That's what I just was 0:23:12.000 --> 0:23:14.879 gonna ask you, because Mondays around the National Football League, 0:23:14.880 --> 0:23:17.320 you guys come in and usually have a walkthrough and 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:20.000 go through your mistakes. I didn't see too many mistakes 0:23:20.000 --> 0:23:22.639 in the field Sunday. Yeah, See, that was what was 0:23:22.680 --> 0:23:25.399 huge about our the way we played this Sunday is that, um, 0:23:25.720 --> 0:23:27.680 you know, a lot of times we'll we'll play great, 0:23:27.720 --> 0:23:29.480 but then sometimes a guy will have a mental era 0:23:29.640 --> 0:23:31.360 here and it just creates a big gap. And then 0:23:31.359 --> 0:23:33.760 sometimes a guy will just misread this and they will 0:23:33.800 --> 0:23:36.040 create a big play. And I think that's what we 0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:38.720 executed well as a defense, is that everybody just knew 0:23:38.720 --> 0:23:41.800 their assignment. We had a super simple game plan going 0:23:41.840 --> 0:23:44.320 into the game, and uh, you know, we executed at 0:23:44.320 --> 0:23:46.880 a high level and we're able to play superfess now, 0:23:47.200 --> 0:23:49.280 you know, I know there's times as a defense when 0:23:49.280 --> 0:23:52.000 the offense may pick up for you. The defense yesterday 0:23:52.000 --> 0:23:54.920 picked up for the offense. Is it hard to keep 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:56.440 the guys together when you play, when you play have 0:23:56.560 --> 0:24:00.920 such a dominant performance defensively and still come up short, Yeah, 0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:04.040 it's hard. You you start to see guys um, you 0:24:04.080 --> 0:24:05.760 know not all the time. Like like I was saying 0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:08.760 about our team, we're the type that, you know, even 0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:10.680 if we lost the game and we played great, we're 0:24:10.680 --> 0:24:13.160 still gonna see like players that we could have made. 0:24:13.560 --> 0:24:15.440 But at the same time, it's hard to like tell 0:24:15.520 --> 0:24:18.280 guys like, man, even though we played great, we lost, 0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:20.560 and uh, you know a lot of guys didn't feel 0:24:20.560 --> 0:24:23.199 like we lost because we feel like we dominated the 0:24:23.240 --> 0:24:25.480 other team across the line from us, and then we 0:24:25.520 --> 0:24:28.280 still came away when we looked at the scoreboard with 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:31.000 the with the w I mean, with the loss, and uh, 0:24:31.080 --> 0:24:32.720 you know, it was kind of hard you gotta bring 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:34.520 the guys together and be like, you know, we can't 0:24:34.560 --> 0:24:37.200 let this diminish uh, you know, our team and diminish 0:24:37.240 --> 0:24:40.159 our play, and we gotta keep coming and uh you know, 0:24:40.280 --> 0:24:42.800 grow from this and uh you know, continue to play 0:24:42.840 --> 0:24:44.800 this way as a defense and then uh, knowing that 0:24:44.800 --> 0:24:46.480 our offense is gonna come along with it. You know 0:24:46.560 --> 0:24:49.239 what I mean. Leo, you went to USC. Do you 0:24:49.280 --> 0:24:52.320 have any words of advice for young quarterback Sam Dartle 0:24:53.040 --> 0:24:56.000 after he experienced a bump in the road like he 0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:59.600 did Sunday against the Dolphins with the four interceptions. Yeah, 0:24:59.600 --> 0:25:01.680 I mean, as if I'm talking to Sam, I would 0:25:01.680 --> 0:25:05.479 just say, you know, keep your head strong, keep fighting. 0:25:05.640 --> 0:25:07.359 You know, that's what we do at SCS, fight on. 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:10.560 Uh you know he knows that, and uh, you know, 0:25:10.680 --> 0:25:13.160 he's the type of guy who he loves to get better. Uh, 0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:15.440 even when he's at the top, he's trying to see 0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:18.719 what he can grow from and how he can keep growing. 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:20.560 And I'm sure he's gonna take a lot away from 0:25:20.560 --> 0:25:22.520 this game and continue to grow as a great player 0:25:22.560 --> 0:25:24.679 and uh, you know, just stay at it. Do you 0:25:24.720 --> 0:25:26.320 do you feel as a defense, you know, as a 0:25:26.400 --> 0:25:29.280 leader of the defense that having a rookie quarterback who 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:31.359 hasn't seen at all that you guys have to over 0:25:31.720 --> 0:25:34.040 you know, pretty much overdo what you would normally have 0:25:34.119 --> 0:25:36.800 to do. I go above and beyond force some turnovers 0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:38.720 get put points on the board. Do you feel like 0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:41.560 that as a defense? I mean, I feel like we're 0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.240 always gonna look that as a defense no matter how 0:25:43.320 --> 0:25:45.719 many game changing players we have an offense, we can 0:25:45.760 --> 0:25:47.280 have the best offense in the in the world, and 0:25:47.400 --> 0:25:49.560 our defense is still gonna feel like, let's put the 0:25:49.600 --> 0:25:51.399 weight on our back. So you know, that's what I 0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:53.360 love about our defense. We're gonna come out and attack 0:25:53.400 --> 0:25:55.560 and feel like we're the best thing on the on 0:25:55.600 --> 0:25:57.720 the field at all times. And uh, you know, I 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:00.119 love playing for this team. And uh, you know, like 0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:01.879 you said, sometimes the offense is gonna pick up the 0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:03.719 slack for the defense. Sometimes the defense is gonna pick 0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:05.480 up the slack for the offense, and uh, you know, 0:26:05.480 --> 0:26:07.720 it's kind of what happened in this past game. Defense 0:26:07.760 --> 0:26:10.080 was trying to pick it up and just keep him rolling. 0:26:10.119 --> 0:26:12.600 And you know, sometimes we'll make a huge playoff defense 0:26:12.600 --> 0:26:15.560 that we'll get the offense going to create some some 0:26:15.640 --> 0:26:17.960 hype for them and they'll charge on the field, so 0:26:18.400 --> 0:26:20.160 you know, it all works together. That's why it's a team. 0:26:20.200 --> 0:26:24.000 You know. Do you take pride in your durability and availability? 0:26:24.240 --> 0:26:28.920 I think that's yesterday against the Dolphins was fifty seventh 0:26:28.920 --> 0:26:33.199 consecutive start. I don't even know that, but I do 0:26:33.320 --> 0:26:35.720 take pride in that. Actually, and uh, you know a 0:26:35.760 --> 0:26:38.159 guy that I inspired me when I first was a 0:26:38.240 --> 0:26:40.800 rookie was the britishaw and uh, you know, he had 0:26:40.880 --> 0:26:44.160 some similar stats. We were actually a lot bigger stats. 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:46.960 Is that like he went a few consecutive years without 0:26:47.680 --> 0:26:49.760 he missed one snamp and his entire career and they 0:26:49.760 --> 0:26:56.000 talk about it, yeah, they talk about special teams or yeah. 0:26:56.000 --> 0:26:57.960 So whenever I heard that, I was like, man, that's impressive. 0:26:57.960 --> 0:26:59.359 And you know, I want to I want to be 0:26:59.400 --> 0:27:01.680 that type of guy who can be available and ready 0:27:01.680 --> 0:27:03.480 to go every game. You know, I don't want to 0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:05.239 miss a game, and uh, you know, even last year 0:27:05.280 --> 0:27:07.000 I played through some injury and stuff like that just 0:27:07.000 --> 0:27:09.800 because I want to be available for my teammates. What 0:27:09.840 --> 0:27:11.239 kind of stuff do you do to take care of 0:27:11.240 --> 0:27:14.000 your body? I mean, do you do yoga? You know, massage, therapy? 0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:16.200 What do you do to keep your body safe. Yeah, 0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:18.760 I was actually introduced to yoga um a few years ago, 0:27:18.840 --> 0:27:20.320 and that's something I've been trying to keep up with 0:27:20.359 --> 0:27:22.679 as much as possible. Just keep my body limber and 0:27:22.880 --> 0:27:25.399 flexible and stuff like that. And before the game, I 0:27:25.400 --> 0:27:28.440 have a whole routine acupuncture. I mean not acupuncture, but 0:27:28.680 --> 0:27:33.960 kyro I mean, sorry, the corractor, back stuff. There's a 0:27:34.000 --> 0:27:36.760 lot of stuff. But yeah, I see the chiropractor and 0:27:36.800 --> 0:27:38.760 I get stretched and all that type of stuff. And 0:27:38.760 --> 0:27:41.040 then on our off days tomorrow, um, you know that's 0:27:41.040 --> 0:27:43.600 when I see like acupuncturists and uh, I get a 0:27:43.600 --> 0:27:46.400 massage and you know, I get like hot tub, ice 0:27:46.480 --> 0:27:48.280 tub and all that all that stuff. You know, those 0:27:48.320 --> 0:27:51.080 are posing offensive linement are not gonna be happy that 0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:55.720 Leonard Williams is doing yoga because that elongates your muscles. 0:27:55.840 --> 0:27:58.760 And you are one of the longest limb guys in 0:27:58.760 --> 0:28:02.080 the national football and up there. Yeah, I mean I definitely, 0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:04.880 you know, try to use my length as much as possible. Um. 0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:07.040 You know, having long arms, especially as a d lineman, 0:28:07.160 --> 0:28:10.000 is very helpful. Um, you know, get separation with the 0:28:10.160 --> 0:28:12.440 with the big guy, you know, being able to lock 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:15.400 my arms out with a huge guys. Uh, pretty helpful 0:28:15.480 --> 0:28:18.440 in my game. All right. So you are a very 0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:21.919 good football player. And again, each and every week, this 0:28:22.080 --> 0:28:24.560 Jets team and this defense can count on you. You 0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:28.120 are one of the core pieces here. Before we get 0:28:28.680 --> 0:28:31.879 back to the Jets, I want to talk about Leonard 0:28:31.960 --> 0:28:37.160 the person. Before the game Sunday at hard Rock Stadium, 0:28:37.400 --> 0:28:42.920 you had an emotional moment with one of your biggest fans. 0:28:43.680 --> 0:28:47.400 Who was that and can you tell us a little 0:28:47.440 --> 0:28:50.840 bit about your dad and where he's been and what 0:28:51.000 --> 0:28:53.720 that moment was like for you yesterday? Uh, yeah, that 0:28:53.760 --> 0:28:56.240 was a really big moment. Um. I haven't seen my 0:28:56.320 --> 0:28:58.400 dad since I was fourteen, and that's when I first 0:28:58.440 --> 0:29:00.400 started playing football. Actually was when I got to high 0:29:00.440 --> 0:29:03.480 school at fourteen, so he got to see me play 0:29:03.600 --> 0:29:07.160 um for j V high school football and then after 0:29:07.200 --> 0:29:09.400 that went to prison, and uh, I haven't seen him 0:29:09.440 --> 0:29:11.760 since then. And uh it's been ten years now and 0:29:11.800 --> 0:29:14.600 I'm twenty four. I'm a full grown man now, so 0:29:14.680 --> 0:29:16.480 it's like fundy for him to see me because he's 0:29:16.480 --> 0:29:19.040 still treating me like a little kid and I'm like, hey, 0:29:19.080 --> 0:29:21.040 I'm a man now, dad, Like you know what I mean. 0:29:21.440 --> 0:29:23.800 But It was pretty cool. Man. He seemed like he 0:29:23.840 --> 0:29:26.040 was pretty emotional and uh, you know, he seems like 0:29:26.120 --> 0:29:27.840 he's in a good place and you know, happy to 0:29:27.840 --> 0:29:30.040 be back out there and watching me play. He had 0:29:30.080 --> 0:29:32.320 my Pro Bowl jersey on and all that stuff, and 0:29:32.480 --> 0:29:34.200 I got him some field passes for him to come 0:29:34.200 --> 0:29:36.720 on the field and get the full experience. And you know, 0:29:36.760 --> 0:29:38.520 it was pretty big moment. You had a chance to 0:29:38.560 --> 0:29:41.400 spend some time with them Saturday too, didn't Yeah, we 0:29:41.480 --> 0:29:44.240 got in around like five thirty on Saturday, and we 0:29:44.320 --> 0:29:46.720 had meetings around eight, so I had some time to 0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:49.320 go to dinner with uh, you know, with my dad 0:29:49.360 --> 0:29:51.960 and his sister and some of my siblings. Man, that 0:29:52.040 --> 0:29:54.080 was emotional. You know when even when you talk about 0:29:54.080 --> 0:29:55.880 it now kind of get you choked up. That's a 0:29:55.960 --> 0:29:58.520 that's a beautiful thing. But you know, going through the 0:29:58.600 --> 0:30:01.959 circumstances of growing up without your father being in prison, 0:30:02.240 --> 0:30:04.840 it's two part question. How did you stay in the 0:30:04.880 --> 0:30:07.280 straight and narrow, do the right thing, make the right decisions? 0:30:07.600 --> 0:30:09.600 And also, I know you do a lot in the community. 0:30:09.920 --> 0:30:12.080 What do you tell kids going through your situation that 0:30:12.200 --> 0:30:15.360 you went through. Um, you know, I will start with 0:30:15.400 --> 0:30:17.400 the first part of the question is how how did 0:30:17.400 --> 0:30:19.400 I stay on track? As uh, you know, just from 0:30:19.440 --> 0:30:22.160 my mom, she was a strong, strong woman. She Uh 0:30:22.320 --> 0:30:24.240 she was a nurse and worked you know, like nine 0:30:24.240 --> 0:30:27.320 to five, like all all day, every day, and uh, 0:30:27.360 --> 0:30:29.440 I was the middle out of five children. So like 0:30:29.880 --> 0:30:31.480 to see her be able to take care of five 0:30:31.560 --> 0:30:33.880 women on her own, Like, I mean, five children on 0:30:33.960 --> 0:30:36.240 her own, I was like, man like, if she can 0:30:36.240 --> 0:30:37.720 do all this, and you know, I can get up 0:30:37.760 --> 0:30:39.800 in the morning and go to workouts and uh go 0:30:39.880 --> 0:30:41.520 to school and stuff like that. So she was a 0:30:41.520 --> 0:30:44.560 big motivation for me. And then, like as all players 0:30:44.560 --> 0:30:46.840 would probably say, a lot of mentors that have been 0:30:46.960 --> 0:30:48.960 in and out of my life. Um, you know, I 0:30:49.000 --> 0:30:52.160 had a great high school head coach who um you know, 0:30:52.360 --> 0:30:54.720 I got huge senior itis my senior year and like 0:30:54.880 --> 0:30:57.000 stopped coming to school and stuff after this after the 0:30:57.200 --> 0:30:59.880 season was over, and uh, he like really just got 0:31:00.000 --> 0:31:02.040 on me one time and started picking me up every 0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:03.959 morning and taking me like making sure he went out 0:31:04.040 --> 0:31:05.760 his way to make sure that I was at school. 0:31:06.240 --> 0:31:09.239 So it's like guys like that that have always been 0:31:09.280 --> 0:31:11.400 in my life at the right time, at the right moments, 0:31:11.440 --> 0:31:14.320 that have a guided me and helped me get to 0:31:14.360 --> 0:31:17.280 where I wanted to be. It's never by myself. You know, 0:31:17.480 --> 0:31:22.320 you moved around a bunch. You weren't Sacramento, Michigan, Arizona 0:31:22.680 --> 0:31:26.160 all before you were even ten years old. I know 0:31:26.280 --> 0:31:32.160 the family eventually ultimately settled in Daytona Beach, but you 0:31:32.200 --> 0:31:35.400 went to homeless shelters at times, you had to stay 0:31:35.440 --> 0:31:40.440 in motels. I mean, was that Did you ever say 0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:44.280 to yourself, man, what's going on? Or you didn't know? 0:31:45.200 --> 0:31:47.320 You just thought, Hey, this is the normal for me 0:31:47.480 --> 0:31:51.480 right now. Um, I definitely didn't know. I definitely knew 0:31:51.480 --> 0:31:53.520 that it wasn't normal. But at the same time, I 0:31:53.560 --> 0:31:55.680 was so young and like not even stuff that I 0:31:55.680 --> 0:31:58.800 didn't really have a chance to comprehend what was going on, 0:31:58.880 --> 0:32:01.640 you know what I mean. Like, um, I think it 0:32:01.680 --> 0:32:03.840 definitely helped me grow to like who I am today. 0:32:03.960 --> 0:32:07.120 Like I'm super adaptable just because I've been able to 0:32:07.160 --> 0:32:09.000 move around so much and like meet new friends and 0:32:09.000 --> 0:32:11.680 meet new people and uh being a whole new environment 0:32:11.680 --> 0:32:13.920 and circumstances and adapt you know what I mean. So 0:32:14.480 --> 0:32:16.560 that's why it was easy for me to move from 0:32:16.560 --> 0:32:18.360 Florida when I was seventeen and go all over the 0:32:18.400 --> 0:32:21.240 Cali and like not be homesick because I'm like, you 0:32:21.280 --> 0:32:23.840 know what, I'm used to this, and uh, the same one. 0:32:23.880 --> 0:32:25.520 I came from Cali all the way to New York. 0:32:25.560 --> 0:32:27.400 You know, it's kind of easy adjustment for me just 0:32:27.440 --> 0:32:30.080 because I've been able to adapt and I don't know, 0:32:30.840 --> 0:32:33.920 there's definitely been tough times growing up that I'm proud of, 0:32:34.040 --> 0:32:35.880 you know where I've gotten today because I've been through 0:32:35.920 --> 0:32:38.120 a lot. And uh, it's cool to see because a 0:32:38.120 --> 0:32:41.320 lot of the majority of the NFL players have come 0:32:41.360 --> 0:32:43.920 from like, you know, hard background, So it's cool to 0:32:43.960 --> 0:32:46.960 see like everybody's story. You know. Do you impart your wisdom? 0:32:48.040 --> 0:32:50.960 Do you impart your wisdom in the young folks who 0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:53.200 you might see going down the wrong path? Do you 0:32:53.320 --> 0:32:56.840 tell them who you are more than just Hey, I'm 0:32:56.920 --> 0:33:00.160 ninety two lining up on Sundays? Yeah, for sure. You know. 0:33:00.240 --> 0:33:03.360 I trained in San Francisco for the whole off season 0:33:03.400 --> 0:33:05.600 one time with you know, like some m M A 0:33:05.640 --> 0:33:07.880 trainer and this m M A trainer I knew was 0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:09.920 like huge into like the youth in that community and 0:33:09.920 --> 0:33:12.480 stuff like that. He took me and a few other 0:33:12.480 --> 0:33:15.520 football players and the guys who knew to like um 0:33:16.560 --> 0:33:23.080 like a prison, like a juvenile center. Yeah, we're like 0:33:23.120 --> 0:33:25.880 talking to all the kids about you know, how it's 0:33:25.880 --> 0:33:27.520 not over for you guys, Like we know you guys 0:33:27.640 --> 0:33:30.680 coming like through like tough backgrounds and like stuff like that, 0:33:30.920 --> 0:33:34.640 hard upbringings. But he was like using us as examples 0:33:34.680 --> 0:33:37.120 that you know there's ways out of it, and uh, 0:33:37.200 --> 0:33:39.680 you know, like your life isn't gonna end here, and 0:33:39.920 --> 0:33:41.960 you know there's ways to get out of where you started. 0:33:42.040 --> 0:33:44.760 And that's what's good about America's you know, you can 0:33:44.800 --> 0:33:48.040 have a dream and you can pursue it. So that's awesome. Yeah, 0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:49.600 I think I think it's awesome that you know, you 0:33:49.640 --> 0:33:51.760 take your time, take time out of your busy schedule, 0:33:51.800 --> 0:33:55.000 go back and in in part your wisdom to the 0:33:55.040 --> 0:33:57.000 youth because you know, I know, just like you know, 0:33:57.840 --> 0:33:59.840 going through tough times growing up, it would have been 0:34:00.000 --> 0:34:02.000 need to have an NFL player come and tell you, 0:34:02.000 --> 0:34:04.360 you know what, if you stay right saying the right path, 0:34:04.440 --> 0:34:06.840 do your job, things will be okay and things will 0:34:06.880 --> 0:34:08.560 work out for you. So so please keep up that 0:34:08.600 --> 0:34:10.680 good work. Yeah, I mean, I think it's really important 0:34:10.719 --> 0:34:13.640 for players or even successful people in general to get 0:34:13.680 --> 0:34:16.440 back just because, like I said, Um, you know, I 0:34:16.440 --> 0:34:18.040 have my mom as a big role model, but I 0:34:18.040 --> 0:34:20.279 also had a bunch of leaders and uh you know, 0:34:20.320 --> 0:34:22.480 coaches and mentors that have helped me get to where 0:34:22.520 --> 0:34:24.560 I am. So you know, we may not think it's 0:34:24.600 --> 0:34:26.719 that huge when we just say something small to a kid, 0:34:26.800 --> 0:34:29.160 or like do a little football camp or you know, 0:34:29.200 --> 0:34:31.160 go to a juvenile to center and like be there 0:34:31.200 --> 0:34:33.640 for like three hours and that's it. But it's huge 0:34:33.640 --> 0:34:35.799 to these kids, Like they remember it, and uh, you 0:34:35.840 --> 0:34:37.680 know it helps them sometimes that they're going through a 0:34:37.680 --> 0:34:40.560 hard time. They remember like, oh, this guy was successful 0:34:40.560 --> 0:34:42.120 and he went through the same thing I went through, 0:34:42.160 --> 0:34:44.040 So why can't I you know what I mean, you 0:34:44.080 --> 0:34:47.239 did not have to look far for somebody to look 0:34:47.360 --> 0:34:50.160 up to, because you told us before coming on the 0:34:50.200 --> 0:34:54.160 air tonight, Leo, that your mother couldn't even come to 0:34:54.200 --> 0:34:58.439 the game in Miami yesterday because she was working her 0:34:58.520 --> 0:35:01.239 job as a nurse. That just shows what kind of 0:35:01.280 --> 0:35:04.400 work ethic she has. Yeah, my whole family has been 0:35:04.440 --> 0:35:06.520 like that, even though my dad went to prison. Um, 0:35:06.680 --> 0:35:09.680 he was an engineer growing up, and uh, he was 0:35:09.719 --> 0:35:11.520 a hard working guy, was always out of the house 0:35:11.560 --> 0:35:14.160 before the sun even got up and stuff like that. 0:35:14.239 --> 0:35:16.200 So you know, I've definitely seen a lot of hard 0:35:16.200 --> 0:35:18.719 work from my parents, and uh, you know, once I 0:35:18.719 --> 0:35:21.760 started playing football, I got addicted to the grind almost 0:35:21.840 --> 0:35:25.200 like it was kind of addicting, like working out that 0:35:25.400 --> 0:35:26.880 like that much, you know what I mean. It was 0:35:26.920 --> 0:35:29.680 just like something to get away from everything that was 0:35:29.719 --> 0:35:31.759 going on in the house and stuff like that. And 0:35:31.760 --> 0:35:34.120 it was easy for me to focus on something good 0:35:34.280 --> 0:35:36.160 when there's a lot of bad happening that home, you 0:35:36.160 --> 0:35:40.440 know what I mean, no doubt about it. I think people, 0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:43.880 a lot of people, youngsters growing up and looking at 0:35:43.880 --> 0:35:47.719 their situations and saying, you know, I got trouble, so 0:35:47.760 --> 0:35:50.279 they can look up to somebody like you who is 0:35:50.320 --> 0:35:52.319 in his fourth year in the National Football League. But 0:35:52.360 --> 0:35:54.160 not just the way you play on the field, but 0:35:54.200 --> 0:35:58.760 the way year approaches with people in your work ethic 0:35:59.640 --> 0:36:03.200 agree story, no doubt about that, a lio. But speaking 0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:05.400 of great stories, we only got about forty five seconds 0:36:05.480 --> 0:36:07.440 or so. But how how do you get to usc 0:36:07.600 --> 0:36:11.080 We're just talking about it because um, you're a Florida guy. 0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:13.960 I gotta imagine you were thinking the Gators. I went 0:36:14.000 --> 0:36:16.200 to graduate school in Florida, but you gotta way to 0:36:16.360 --> 0:36:20.080 USC and a famous coach at a hand in that. Yeah, 0:36:20.120 --> 0:36:22.440 it was really surprising for me as well, even one 0:36:22.480 --> 0:36:24.399 of my best friends who ended up going to USC 0:36:24.560 --> 0:36:27.000 right after me. Um, we were like the two big 0:36:27.040 --> 0:36:28.959 time recruits coming out of my high school at the time, 0:36:29.400 --> 0:36:31.800 and we were like completely sold on for the Gators. 0:36:31.880 --> 0:36:34.040 Like we both had like for the Gator back flaps 0:36:35.040 --> 0:36:37.479 in high school and like I wore like Gator Chuck 0:36:37.920 --> 0:36:40.360 Chuck Taylor's and like clothes all the time in school. 0:36:40.360 --> 0:36:42.520 So like when other recruiters will come to school, they'll 0:36:42.520 --> 0:36:44.439 see me wearing like Florida gear and they're like, oh, yeah, 0:36:44.440 --> 0:36:46.600 this guy's going to Florida for sure, you know. But 0:36:47.000 --> 0:36:49.000 I ended up going to like a bunch of camps 0:36:49.280 --> 0:36:52.960 um my junior year, and I went to USC as 0:36:53.000 --> 0:36:54.399 one of my camps. It was like a three day 0:36:54.440 --> 0:36:56.879 camp and Coach Oderon was the d line coach there, 0:36:57.000 --> 0:37:00.200 who is now the coach who's doing great at the 0:37:00.320 --> 0:37:03.960 l s U actually, and uh, he just struck me. Man. 0:37:04.040 --> 0:37:05.680 I was just like, man, I never met a guy 0:37:05.719 --> 0:37:07.279 like this in my life, Like I never had a 0:37:07.280 --> 0:37:08.880 coach like this in my life, Like he was just 0:37:08.880 --> 0:37:12.480 super like hard nosed, like grind, grind, grind, and uh, 0:37:12.560 --> 0:37:15.680 he seemed like hed never tried to like bs me like, um, 0:37:15.719 --> 0:37:17.360 you know sometimes I went to a lot of places 0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:19.720 and they all were like trying to like blow smoke 0:37:19.840 --> 0:37:22.080 and like be like, oh, like it's beautiful here, like 0:37:22.120 --> 0:37:24.000 you love it and stuff like that, and like whereas 0:37:24.000 --> 0:37:25.400 like Coach I was like, man, if you come here, 0:37:25.440 --> 0:37:27.600 you're gonna work hard, You're gonna play hard, like stuff 0:37:27.600 --> 0:37:29.000 like that. You know, he just kept it straight with me, 0:37:29.040 --> 0:37:31.200 and I could tell he was real and genuine, and uh, 0:37:31.520 --> 0:37:33.279 you know he still is that same type of guy. 0:37:33.320 --> 0:37:36.000 We still keep in touch and Coach Aldron is definitely 0:37:36.040 --> 0:37:37.880 the guy who got me to come all the way 0:37:37.880 --> 0:37:40.640 out to us. Well, real and genuine and a guy 0:37:40.840 --> 0:37:43.400 keeps on doing this thing that is Leonard Williams. Great 0:37:43.400 --> 0:37:46.520 spot here inside the Jets, Eric Coleman and I will 0:37:46.560 --> 0:37:54.640 be back for a final second shotgun for Darnald. Three 0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:58.160 receivers left, Growl to his right, takes the snap high snap, 0:37:58.239 --> 0:38:00.440 pulls it down with one Ham looks right, Rose right 0:38:00.480 --> 0:38:04.920 sideline intercepted, under throws intended target down the left sideline, 0:38:05.120 --> 0:38:08.480 walking into the end zone. It's a touchdown for Jerome Baker, 0:38:08.840 --> 0:38:12.720 the rookie linebacker. Welcome back to Inside the Jets Sarah 0:38:12.840 --> 0:38:16.880 Gallant and Eric Coleman here at Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits 0:38:16.920 --> 0:38:20.560 inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. Remember, Jets fans, you 0:38:20.560 --> 0:38:23.319 can stream Inside the Jets live through the Jets App 0:38:23.440 --> 0:38:26.120 presented by M and T Bank. Go to the app 0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:32.440 store or Google Play Now and search Official New York Jets. Uh. 0:38:32.719 --> 0:38:37.879 Great spot with Leonard Williams. Very interesting cat, the big cat, 0:38:38.400 --> 0:38:42.520 no no pun intended, um. Very productive player for this 0:38:42.600 --> 0:38:45.040 team and he plays a tough position. I know everybody's 0:38:45.040 --> 0:38:48.120 always talking about sacks. With Leonard, he brings a lot 0:38:48.160 --> 0:38:49.759 to the table. Man. Yeah, I mean you can. You 0:38:49.760 --> 0:38:52.239 can feel his leadership, you know, and his passion for 0:38:52.280 --> 0:38:54.719 the game, and it's infectious and it's in and it's 0:38:54.880 --> 0:38:56.720 rubbed off on a lot of players on this team. 0:38:57.000 --> 0:38:59.759 And they're gonna need leaders like Leinner to continue to 0:38:59.800 --> 0:39:02.040 grow and to continue to have the success. You know, 0:39:02.080 --> 0:39:04.640 we talked about Jamal Adams going off after the game, 0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:07.760 not accepting losing. That's the kind of attitude you need 0:39:07.880 --> 0:39:10.080 in an organization if you want to continue to grow 0:39:10.239 --> 0:39:12.600 and have success. Yeah, and I think when this team 0:39:12.880 --> 0:39:16.160 ultimately does turn the corner, he's gonna be a big 0:39:16.200 --> 0:39:20.080 reason why. And Leonard is more than just sacks, because 0:39:20.120 --> 0:39:22.400 I know people are are always gonna look at his 0:39:22.520 --> 0:39:25.879 sec totals. But just talk about the challenges of being 0:39:25.920 --> 0:39:30.120 a three four interior alignment and the attention you get 0:39:30.160 --> 0:39:33.239 there any responsibilities. Yeah, it's tough. You know, you don't 0:39:33.239 --> 0:39:38.680 get the notoriety that the four three defensive lineman get because, yeah, 0:39:39.000 --> 0:39:41.000 you're never coming free. Yeah, it's a three or four 0:39:41.320 --> 0:39:44.120 defensive end. You're lined up inside the tackle, inside the 0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:45.800 tight end most of the time. As soon as the 0:39:45.840 --> 0:39:47.880 ball snapped, you have four hands on you. You know 0:39:47.880 --> 0:39:50.080 you're getting double teams. You have to hold your gap. 0:39:50.120 --> 0:39:52.720 It's hard to get penetration. So you know, for Leonard 0:39:52.760 --> 0:39:55.239 to to have success, to get sacks, to make those 0:39:55.239 --> 0:39:57.920 tackles for Laws, he has to be defeat two guys 0:39:57.960 --> 0:40:00.839 to three pounders right now. And that's why he's talking 0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:03.919 about using his long arms to his advantage. He gets 0:40:04.040 --> 0:40:07.000 gets his arms on the guys, moves one player, it 0:40:07.040 --> 0:40:08.879 has the strength to get through and you know, it's 0:40:08.920 --> 0:40:10.759 it's just awesome to watch. I was encouraged by the 0:40:10.840 --> 0:40:12.920 Jets pass rush against the Dolphins. They got to us 0:40:13.040 --> 0:40:16.120 while theer four times and when there was blood in 0:40:16.160 --> 0:40:19.880 the water, they got after it because Juwan James starting 0:40:20.040 --> 0:40:22.800 right tackle for the Dolphins, one out and then Jordan 0:40:22.920 --> 0:40:25.319 Jenkins started eating. Yeah he did. And that's what you 0:40:25.360 --> 0:40:27.759 have to do. You have to spot the weakness of 0:40:27.800 --> 0:40:30.520 the opponent. And I think this defensive line has taken 0:40:30.520 --> 0:40:33.960 it upon themselves to get pressure out of the quarterback, 0:40:34.080 --> 0:40:38.160 get tackles for loss, playing the opposing team's backfield, and 0:40:38.200 --> 0:40:40.080 I think they've done a great job all year and 0:40:40.120 --> 0:40:42.120 that really sets the tone for your defense and makes 0:40:42.360 --> 0:40:44.360 life a lot easier for those linebackers. What do you 0:40:44.360 --> 0:40:47.320 think about this ball game coming up? The Buffalo Bills 0:40:47.520 --> 0:40:51.239 two and seven. Their on offense, and people think the 0:40:51.320 --> 0:40:55.120 Jets are struggling offensively. The Bills are another level right now, 0:40:55.440 --> 0:41:00.160 but they play good defensive football and you could be 0:41:00.239 --> 0:41:02.560 involved in a dog fight here on Sunday, Yeah, playing 0:41:02.560 --> 0:41:04.680 against Buffalo. You know, no matter what the year is, 0:41:05.000 --> 0:41:07.440 that team is always physical, They're always strong, they're always 0:41:07.480 --> 0:41:10.560 sound on defense, play one on special teams, and that 0:41:10.560 --> 0:41:12.279 that does make for a dog fight. You know, the 0:41:12.360 --> 0:41:14.400 Jets have to be prepared to come in here and 0:41:14.600 --> 0:41:17.000 and fight at the beginning of the game. At least. 0:41:17.960 --> 0:41:19.520 Then you might make some big plays and start to 0:41:19.520 --> 0:41:22.000 separate later in the game. Before the first three quarters. 0:41:22.040 --> 0:41:23.719 It's gonna be a fight, you know. And they've done 0:41:23.760 --> 0:41:26.080 that the whole year. They've They've been in pretty much 0:41:26.080 --> 0:41:28.960 every game with you know, not last week, well every 0:41:28.960 --> 0:41:32.520 other game they I think the Bears didn't even have 0:41:32.560 --> 0:41:35.359 two yards of total offense against the Bills, but they 0:41:35.400 --> 0:41:40.000 continually turned the football over. Nathan Peterman has been an 0:41:40.040 --> 0:41:44.320 interception machine throughout his NFL career. We have no idea 0:41:44.320 --> 0:41:47.400 who's gonna be quarterback for the Bills. It could be Peterman, 0:41:47.800 --> 0:41:51.880 it could be Derek Anderson, or it could be Josh Allen. 0:41:52.320 --> 0:41:55.920 I anticipate Allen not playing. He's dealing with an arm 0:41:56.000 --> 0:41:58.480 issue and the Bills have a buy next week. I 0:41:58.520 --> 0:42:00.400 don't think you want to rush a rookie order back 0:42:00.520 --> 0:42:02.640 right back in the line up. No, you definitely don't 0:42:02.640 --> 0:42:04.600 want to do that. And if you're the Jets defense, 0:42:04.880 --> 0:42:06.319 you have to smell that blood in the water. But 0:42:06.360 --> 0:42:08.560 at the at the at the beginning of the game, 0:42:08.800 --> 0:42:10.640 you just have to start off doing your job. Just 0:42:10.719 --> 0:42:12.480 play your just pay, do your job. Don't try to 0:42:12.520 --> 0:42:15.760 force mistakes because quarterbacks, when you start getting after the quarterback, 0:42:15.760 --> 0:42:18.520 when Leonard starts hitting them, they're gonna make mistakes. They're 0:42:18.520 --> 0:42:20.719 gonna start getting nervous in the pocket. That's when you 0:42:20.719 --> 0:42:23.000 start throwing the balls up and you start taking advantage 0:42:23.120 --> 0:42:25.400 of those players and getting those turnovers. Yeah, the Jets 0:42:25.520 --> 0:42:28.839 defense has an opportunity to dominate this ball game because 0:42:28.880 --> 0:42:32.520 the Bills aren't beginning any push up front. Their old 0:42:32.600 --> 0:42:37.560 line is mediocre at best. Their wide receivers with Calvin 0:42:37.600 --> 0:42:43.400 Benjamin Z jones Um and company, they have struggled throughout 0:42:43.440 --> 0:42:47.320 the two thousand eighteen season. But like I said, the 0:42:47.440 --> 0:42:50.359 Bills post some problems defensively, so we'll have to see 0:42:50.400 --> 0:42:53.799 what happens. E this hour goes by so quickly. We 0:42:53.880 --> 0:42:57.239 want to thank Michelle back in the studio, justin of 0:42:57.280 --> 0:43:01.959 course on hand every week here and Frank the tank 0:43:02.200 --> 0:43:06.160 Bree Olivia was an attendance, and of course all the 0:43:06.200 --> 0:43:08.560 service members. We'll see you next week.