WEBVTT - Jets Training Camp Preview with Special Teams Coordinator Brant Boyer (7/22) 0:00:04.400 --> 0:00:06.840 We were presented by went Bet. Betting is a team sport. 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:09.760 Bet Together went Bet. Eric Ellen here inside the studio, 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:13.760 joined by Jets Special Teams coordinator Brandt Boyer on the 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:16.880 eve of training camp. It is finally here. How was 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:19.560 your summer? Summer was awesome. Did a ton of fishing 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:21.239 and it sat out, sat on the river and I 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.400 think I just was explaining to Youd of thirty days. 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:26.680 I think I was in my camp or on a 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:30.600 river and we traveled all over Wyoming and Montana and everything, 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:33.120 did some fishing. It was great. Did fly fishing You 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:35.680 take a lot of videos and photos while you're out there? Yeah, 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:37.319 I do. I've got a ton on my phone. So 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:39.159 it was a great time. Go with a bunch of 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:41.519 buddies and take my kids out all the time on 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.640 there in Utah and and um. So it was good. 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.040 Called a bunch of fish and seeing a bunch of wildlife. 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:49.559 And it's like my yoga. My wife calls it all 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.879 the time. Fair enough. So what kind of fish did 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:57.240 you catch? All trout? All trout? Yeah, so brown's cutthroats, rainbows, 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.360 everything like that. So it was awesome. When know we'd 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:02.840 spend five or six days at one place, go three 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.160 or four to the next place, and wherever's fishing, good, 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:07.480 we go. You know. So it was it was it 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.920 was a good time. Are you able to get your 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:14.080 mind completely away from football during this absolutely, Like that's 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.959 the only time when I can totally separate and and uh, 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.200 you know, rejuven h in, get you back ready for 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:24.120 the grind that's gonna happen here starting starting today. You know, 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.200 at what point do you start getting at itch where 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:31.800 like it's getting closer and your body clock for somebody 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:35.560 like you, you have to there's got to be changes 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:37.760 that happened. Because he played in the league as well. Yeah, 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:39.520 this is twenty three years I think in the league, 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.440 so as a player and as a coach, and and uh, 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:44.600 you know, you start thinking about it in that last 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:46.679 week or two. You know, it's good to get away 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:48.680 in the first couple of weeks, but then you start 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:50.920 missing the guys and stopping, you know, start missing being 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.760 on the grass and everything like that. And uh, you know, 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:55.880 while it's good to have a vacation, you know what 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:57.680 we're here for and we're here to win and try 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.120 to win a super Bowl, and and uh, you know, 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.200 I really miss that when when you're off so along, 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:04.920 you get start getting bored a little bit. And I 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.040 mean it's hard to think that you can get board 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.560 fishing every day. But um, I really enjoy it, like 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:13.919 really enjoy coaching, being on the grass and getting these 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:15.919 young kids, you know, trying to get them right and 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.920 working with the kids and and uh, and I think 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.400 that's that's the awesome part of the job. This roster 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:25.480 has changed a lot since we last talked in this space. 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.960 We were in Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Bowl in January, 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.240 and a lot of people think in terms of offense 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:36.440 defense rightfully, so, but that's gonna impact your unit, your 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.800 units as well. Yeah, anytime that that there's huge turnover 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:41.640 and everything like that. We had a really young group 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.320 last year, um, first year in the system. Guys came up, 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:47.000 came in and did a pretty solid job. You know, 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:48.760 there's a lot of things that that I would have 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:50.520 liked to cleaned up from last year. But you know, 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:52.760 it's exciting to have all these new kids in and 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:55.400 and uh, you know, a bunch of new veteran players, 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.720 a bunch of new young guys, and you know, and 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.520 infusing a life so to speak. And I think that, 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.400 you know, you have some really really talented kids. I 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:08.280 think you have some some grinder guys that that are 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:10.920 that are that are smart and and uh, you know, 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.040 can learn the system right away and can adjust to 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.760 what we're teaching and from their old systems and stuff 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.720 like that. And I think that, you know, I'm really 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:20.840 looking forward to to getting started with these guys, that's 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.800 for sure. You're all pro kick Returner took to social 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:29.200 media recently was not happy with his Men strength number 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:34.239 they gave him fifty three. Yeah, so Braxton put out 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:37.480 on social media said he basically doesn't mind, but it 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:42.120 was he had a post with himself benching with the 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:46.920 shirt off, and you know, Burials is pretty it's pretty jacked. Yeah, 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.600 he's pretty jacked. What I'll say to that is better 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.800 be underrated than overrated him, right, And so you know, 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:56.080 I think he's everybody sleeps on him and everything and 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.360 and uh because of a short stature and stuff like that. 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:00.280 The kid has one hell of a football there and 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:02.840 does a great job for us. I know that he's 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:05.240 such a nice dude. He's so well liked inside the 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.960 locker room, and I know you love his approach. Um 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.720 do you see the chip in terms of more so 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:15.040 on the field than the way he interacts with others. Oh, absolutely, 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.960 I think that. You know, anytime a guy has doubted 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:21.320 as much as he is and you don't be honest 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:22.920 with you, I felt like that in my career, and 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.680 and uh, that chip on your shoulder never leaves you 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:27.880 and and you always have something to prove. And I 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.520 think that's probably what makes him work so hard and 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.720 what makes him great. And I think that, you know, 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.080 the harder he works and the more he keeps thinking 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.400 about that, the better he's going to be in his career. 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:40.880 And you've seen him just every year he's gotten better 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:42.800 and better and better, and and uh, you know, I 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:45.160 don't see any reason why he won't continue to do so. 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.520 You know, you're not living in the past. But your 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:51.479 numbers across the board were so good last year kick return, 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:56.720 uh um, kick return coverage and punt return of course, 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:00.200 can you speak to that because by any measurement, you'd 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.800 say you guys were top two in the league and 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.000 each of those categories. Yeah, I think that, you know, 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.760 obviously it's a guy. It's it's all about the guys. 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:10.680 And and uh, can the guys block in space. Can 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.200 they can they understand what we're trying to get get 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.120 done and and teach them. And the guys did uh 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.599 last year, they did a fantastic job. You know. There's 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.880 got to be some things that we really improve on 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.560 this year. Some things I want to get better. Number one, 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:25.880 we gotta get rid of the damn penalties. Committed way 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.400 too many penalties last year. Um. But I thought the guys, 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:31.719 you know, I think our double teams up to the 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.680 safety need to get better. Some of our single work 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.640 needs to get better. Um. But I'm really excited about 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.160 the group that we've got and the guys and they 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.680 really take the coaching and and um, you know, for 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.240 such a young group last year, UM, you know, I'm 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:46.479 really excited to see where we can go a year 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.040 two and hopefully we can keep um, you know a 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.480 lot of these guys together and um, you know, I 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.400 hopefully we can. How tough is it for you? In 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:58.760 another opening day? Another new kicker. I know sometimes people 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.000 would just say it's just the name cure of the business, 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.719 but Eddie came on board last year, goes eight for eight. 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:09.040 And then you had Greg the leg who's Zeroline, who 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.479 has one of the strongest legs in the National Football League. 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:13.599 We're to see that competition playoff. Yeah, it's gonna be 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.280 It's gonna be interesting to see how that plays out 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:17.960 because it was so close in the spring. Um, you know, 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.320 it was neck and neck in the spring, and both 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.520 of them kicked really well, and and um, you know, 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.440 it'll be interesting to see how how those guys doing games. 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.880 Eddie came in, did a great job. Greg's obviously been 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:31.000 approven talent in this league. Um, they're both great guys. 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:32.800 Having the locker room, I'd take either one of them 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.479 right now. Um. And they they've they've done a great 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:38.920 jobs since they've been here and adjusted to the room 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.440 as well. And you know, they've SNCD up really well 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:45.120 with with Thomas and Bradon and and the operations, you know, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.800 quick and precise and and that's what we can ask for. 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:51.440 And we'll see how it plays out during training camp. 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.280 And and you know, what it comes down to is 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.680 who kicks and does well in the games, you know, 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.479 And because I think they're very very similar, and both 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.680 of them approached the game the right way, and both 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:05.080 of them are very serious and and you know, really 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.760 I think they they think their job is important, obviously, 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.360 and they approach it that way. And and I really 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:14.560 look forward to that competition for sure. The lines numbers 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:18.400 over fifty yards fifty to fifty nine yards throughout his 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:23.120 career really something, Yeah, you're talking about in between. I 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:28.160 think it's probably around fifty five for his career fifty 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.559 nine and then Panero three for three in his career 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.760 fifty plus. And I think a lot of people thought 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:38.080 of him in terms of h he played at Florida. 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:39.960 I don't know if he can play up here in 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.160 the Northeast. He didn't find job for you guys, stop 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.920 of stretch. Yes he did. Like I think what people 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.600 you know obviously don't know about eighties he had. He 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.880 had some injury issues before he came here and and 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.440 maybe he shouldn't even have kicked last year. Um, And 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.120 he sucked it up and did a hell of a 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.440 job for us. Um you know, came in and did 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.200 a great job. And so he uh you know that 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.760 that to me speaks to how important it is, um, 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.320 how how much he cares everything like that. And then 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:07.800 you've got Greg who's been, like I said, a proven talent, 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:11.880 um who's had a great career and it's gonna be 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:13.880 it's gonna be awesome to see these guys go head 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.760 to head during training camp. Yeah, how tough is it 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:20.320 for you as a coordinator of special teams that there's 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.120 just three games now because you just talked about, Hey, 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:28.400 practice is important, but for us, we got away what 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:31.880 you're doing under the light? Right, Yeah, I think you know, 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:33.480 it makes it hard with three games. You know, you 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.440 used to have five, used to have four, whatever it 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.320 is depending on the year, and and um, you know 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.200 you could see them under the lights, but what you 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.080 see is the big body of work, and you see 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:44.959 their ball flight, and you see, um, how they adjust 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.480 and how they handle the pressure situations. And that's what 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.439 goes into the you know, when we sit down with 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:52.400 Sla and Joe and and um, you know, that's the 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.560 decisions that we make as an organization moving forward. How 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:57.920 how are we going to proceed with that position and 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:02.280 that any position you know for for that matter. So, um, 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.160 you know that's that's a cool part about the job 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.880 is that you see how these guys compete head to head. 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:08.439 And if one guy goes out there and bangs of 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:10.280 four eight yarder and the next guy has a chance 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.160 to hit a fifty. Then then they compete with each 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.680 other all the time, and and they kick the same 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.680 same amount of balls, the same distances, the same hash 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:23.480 marks everything every day that we kick and so and 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:25.480 then and then you weigh all those factors in and 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.520 you come up with with who gives you the best 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.400 chance in the organization's eyes, right went but is not 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.240 live in New Jersey, and they're bringing the excitement of 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.600 the win Las Vegas to online sports betting, getting on 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.360 all your favorite teams players in sports, from boostep parlays 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.600 to live in game odds on every major sport. They 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:41.599 have what you need to win. 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Must 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:56.160 be twenty one the older at president of New Jersey. 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:57.839 If you're someone you know has a gambling problem called 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.720 one seven zero seven one one seven at a luxury 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.360 having a guy like Brandon man because their lines kickoff 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:08.959 percentages last year was which is great in terms of touchbacks. 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.800 But you do have Eddie here and then you do 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.480 have a guy like Man who can come in for 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.880 you as well. Yeah, like you know, I was speaking 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:21.200 on on earlier Eddie's strength coming back this year, coming 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.680 coming off that injury early early last year. Um, his 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:27.600 strength is way better than it was last year. Um. 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.440 So those guys, all three of those guys, I would 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:34.760 have no problem starting as the as the starting kickoff guy. Um. 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:36.760 You know, I think they all can kick touchback saying 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.680 all mortar to both sides really well, Um, I think 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:43.040 that you know, they have a good arsenal on side kicks. Um, 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.800 So I'd have no problem putting any of them out there. 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:48.400 Can I ask you about del Shan Phillips. He doesn't 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.160 get a lot of the headlines, but he was a 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.600 core guy for you last year. Can you talk what 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:57.480 he brings the table across the board. I think that 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:00.160 del Shawn has done one heck of a job. Um. 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:02.439 You know, I think he's he's one of our obviously 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:06.040 our top linebackers in production and everything like that. Um, 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:08.720 what he does, he's a he's Basically, he's like a 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.200 silent assassin the guy. You know, he doesn't say much, um, 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.160 but he comes out and he works every day and 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.480 and um, you know, he does a really nice job 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:19.640 and coverage phases and you know, there's some things I'd 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.040 like to clean up with him, and being another year 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.520 in this system and stuff like that, we can get 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.880 that addressed and everything. But for him to come in 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:31.160 first year, all these new techniques that he's learning, um, 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:33.360 take a leadership role in in the room a little 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:36.400 bit um, you know, and and turn around and do 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.280 what he did last year, I think he's You're going 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:41.240 to see nothing but improvement from him moving forward, that's 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:43.680 for sure. I'm not really excited about him. How about 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:46.400 what you have on the outside. We talked about Justin 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:51.480 Hardy in the past and his leadership role and everything 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.640 he brings to the table. But I wanted to ask 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:57.960 you about Jeff Smith because he was flashing offensively during 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.000 the spring. He's got a great story, former college quarterback. 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:03.880 But uh, he's also a guy who I think has 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.000 thrived under your guys. Absolutely, I think Jeff has done 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.600 a great job. You know, you got Hardy out there, 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:11.520 and then you've got Jeff, and you've got a group 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.960 of guys who are gonna be fighting for those gunner positions. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.720 And and obviously with Hardy's leadership and and the way 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.440 that he has proven talent and and you know, he 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.920 plays with a dog mentality all the time and gets 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.720 after people and and uh, you know, I think he 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:29.280 needed a heck of a job last year. Jeff. I 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.000 don't think that you can anybody in this probably in 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:35.280 this building, would would argue maybe had the best spring 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.160 out of any player that there is. Um you know, 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.800 at least that that I've seen, you know, especially on 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:42.800 special teams, and the way he works and the way 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.960 he prepares and and he practiced like a man on 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.000 a mission this spring, and I think that, you know, 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:49.839 there's some bright things that are going to come out 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.080 of that for Jeff. Um, you know, I really think so. 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.280 I think he's got you know, obviously he can run, 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:57.719 he's got talent um, and he's a worker, and uh, 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.120 I think he had just my own personal opinion, I 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.280 think he had one of the best springs that there is. 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:06.360 What changes for you and it's a tight end position 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.800 because you you really depended on those guys last year 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:11.920 West goes still on the roster. We know that, and 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.520 he kind of is a slash fullback. I don't even 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.000 know what we list them as offensively, but I know 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.520 you lean on him a lot. What about some of 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.680 the additions as well. Yeah, I mean we we obviously 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:25.720 try to get a lot out of our our fullback 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:28.520 and and tight end positions, you know, because we keep 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.960 five linebackers instead of six. So it really helps to 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:34.000 have Nick Bowden here and guys like that that are 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.240 tough guys, you know, really really smart guys. And I 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.040 can just their chest pieces and I can put them 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:43.520 everywhere and and uh conklin um us alma um. You 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.679 know all those guys ya Boa comes in and does 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.079 a great job. So those are guys that I can 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.680 move anywhere and and um they do a great job, 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:53.560 you know. And they they've adjusted well of the scheme, 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:55.560 and we'll see how it all fits, you know. I 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:57.320 think that we've got a lot of work to do 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.400 from here to the season, but the offseas and show 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.800 promise on all those guys. I think that that it'll 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:06.600 be exciting to see how how they progress. But he's 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.840 a cool cat, a tough customer. Yeah, yeah, former college quarterback. 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:14.199 He's another former college quarterback. But man, he will get 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.000 after you. Yeah, he will get after you. And and 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:17.880 you know he's a guy I'd loved to play with 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.400 and and uh, you know, we we've got a bunch 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.480 of really really good guys in that room and he's 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.840 one of them. And you know, he stands for everything 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:28.000 that that that that I like and toughness and and 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.680 you know, study and all the time and and being 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.920 you know, having this this be you know if not 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.320 one you know, other than your family, you know the 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.040 most important thing in your life. And that's what it 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.560 needs to be, uh for for a six month period 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:42.760 of time during the season, and the focus needs to 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:45.040 be there and everything. And he's the epitome of of 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.800 that that studies all the time and and prepares and 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.600 works his butt off and lifts weights and watches his 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:52.840 diet all the time and and and things like that. 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.280 There's a a big group of guys here that we 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.480 have here now that that are that are starting in 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.840 that mold. And I think that you're you're seeing just 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.800 little progressions of how how this is getting better since 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.080 I've been here. Um, and I think it's I think 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:08.400 it's exciting to see little progressions. What do you see 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.480 from Brandon last year? We talked about him before and 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:13.800 what's his next step? Is a punner, I think. I 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:17.600 think you know, obviously that injury setting back a little bit. Um, 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.520 you know, it was very unfortunate. In the first game 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:23.080 he gets run into and and um, you know, obviously 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.720 we can't have that stuff happen again. But I think 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:29.560 that you've seen as as the year went on, um, 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:33.080 you know, when he came back and uh and um, 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.560 I think that by by the game, you could see 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:39.560 him start to slowly get back into rhythm and slowly 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.760 start making strides and and where I thought he was 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:44.640 going to be towards the end of the year, I 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:48.360 thought he kicked really really well. Um and and even 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.640 midway through the year, coming back from an injury like that, 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.760 it's really hard, but but he did a really nice 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:55.480 job of progressing every week, folks, in every week on 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.560 where he needs to be. I think his hang times 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.360 have gotten better, his directional ability has gotten better. Uh, 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.800 since in this offseason. Um, I think he's you know, 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.320 I think he's got as much talent as anybody in 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.520 this league. I really do that's that's true fact. And 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.600 he can do so many things with on site kicks 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:14.880 and kickoffs and and you know, I mean, hell, he 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:16.480 can even long snap, to be honest with you, I 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:20.200 mean it's crazy, you can tackle, you know. I mean 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.840 he's a really really talented kid. And uh, and I 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:26.080 think that that he's going to do an outstanding job 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:27.560 for us this year. I really do. All right, so 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:29.960 tell us the truth. Well, let's go inside the meeting 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.160 room right now. It's time's time to see you ever 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:36.320 had a bad snap? According urals, we'll knock on wood. Um, 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:39.320 you know, not many that I've seen. And he's as consistent, 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.280 um and and as and as professional as you will 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.440 ever find. And guys like that that will play, they'll 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:49.640 play fifteen years, you know, and if not more. And 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.160 so I think that he's just a pleasure to have 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.200 in the room. He never says boo if unless you 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:56.960 ask him. And and he's taken off a little more 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:58.800 of a leadership role, which I've asked him to do 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.080 because he because he never buddy that in their respects 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.400 him and knows how good a player he is. And 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:05.600 and uh, you know the things that since since we've 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:08.280 been here together. The things that I've asked him to correct, 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.440 he corrects it right away. There's never any any attitude 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:13.879 back if you know, he understands that it's a professional 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.280 business and we're trying to get the best out of him, 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:18.960 and he gets the stuff fixed and and uh, he 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.840 is an absolute pleasure and a good man to to 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.480 to be around. That's for sure. You've got a good group. 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:29.439 And we're gonna have to see how roster cutdowns all 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:34.280 turn out, because sometimes you lose a guy, um who 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:38.760 might be the fifth or sixth guy in his positional group, 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.879 but could have been maybe one of your core guys. 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.800 And that's just the nature of the business. So you're 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:49.240 one of those guys, quite quick thinker and also a 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:52.280 guy who gets everybody up to speed. And your units 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.679 last year really excelled. So everybody's looking forward to what 0:17:56.760 --> 0:18:03.160 the next step is from a team perspective. Everybody universally 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.600 across the board throughout the off season, externally not inside 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:10.640 the building, has lauded the Jets off season uh as 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:14.520 far as acquisitions and both free agency and the draft, 0:18:15.000 --> 0:18:17.840 and also looked at what kind of the teams set 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:21.200 up last year. There's some growing pains, but you guys 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:24.280 put your head down and went right through it. So 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:26.240 what do you think is happening here? And you're two 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.320 under Robert Sala? Well, I'm really excited. You know. I've 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:32.119 always said this, Um, you know that if I was 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:33.880 a player again, I would love to play for Saul. 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:36.560 And I'm not saying that, um for any other reason 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.760 that I truly mean it. Um. You know, he's a guy, 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:43.240 that's very sharp guy, he's always positive. Guys want to 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:46.000 play for him. Um, you know. And then the synergy 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:50.040 between him and Joe um and and the upstairs and 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.320 the downstairs is better than I've ever seen since I've 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:55.560 been here. Um, it really is. And I think that 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:58.720 that we're trending in the right direction. Hopefully that equates 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:02.400