Speaker 1: We were presented by win Bet Betting is the team
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Speaker 1: joined by a special guest, one of my favorite Jets
Speaker 1: of all time, Jericho Catri j COO. So great to
Speaker 1: see you. Oh man, it's good to be here. Uh,
Speaker 1: first time since two thousand eleven. Yes, yes, it is so.
Speaker 1: So what was it like when the cars taking you
Speaker 1: to the building today And what's going through your mind?
Speaker 1: I will say, very very nostalgic, you know, um, nothing
Speaker 1: but great memories, you know, just just start you know,
Speaker 1: flooding your mind at that point, you know, and just
Speaker 1: walking into the building, you know, seeing that green, seeing
Speaker 1: that white. You know, we didn't want much black when
Speaker 1: I was here, but just seeing the colors here and
Speaker 1: seeing the logos, man, it was a special feeling. Do
Speaker 1: you like the black in the uniform? I do? I do?
Speaker 1: I do. I always wanted that, you know that I
Speaker 1: missed it. I missed it on both ends, you know,
Speaker 1: but when once I got here, they had discontinued it,
Speaker 1: and then once I left, we brought it back. Hey,
Speaker 1: can you go down memory lane and tell folks what
Speaker 1: it was like when you were drafted in all four
Speaker 1: because we weren't at this facility. We're on Long Island,
Speaker 1: on the campus of all Stree University. Well, first and foremost,
Speaker 1: it was a dream come true. You know, It's something
Speaker 1: I had worked for, you know, my entire life, you know,
Speaker 1: to to to have that moment. And then when the
Speaker 1: Jets called, when F five one six number popped up,
Speaker 1: it was an exciting feeling. It was the team that
Speaker 1: I had the best connection with, and the interview process
Speaker 1: had to combine, and so I was very excited to
Speaker 1: hear hear the voices on the other end of the phone.
Speaker 1: How were you only the sixteenth player selected in the
Speaker 1: two thousand four draft class? Because only one player in
Speaker 1: that draft class had more receiving yards in their career,
Speaker 1: and of course that was Larry Fitzgerald. Well, it was
Speaker 1: a loaded draft for sure. You know, we had we
Speaker 1: had every position you know, kind of feel there, you know, quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: you know, the receiver position, d lineman, you name it.
Speaker 1: All of those guys were in that draft, you know,
Speaker 1: And so I picked a good time to come out.
Speaker 1: But it was a different time back then, because if
Speaker 1: you look back at your numbers, oh four oh five,
Speaker 1: you really had to remain patient because they weren't forced
Speaker 1: feeding you into the lineup, right. And when I came,
Speaker 1: I was welcomed into a veteran group, and that was
Speaker 1: the blessing for me. You know, just had a bunch
Speaker 1: of veteran guys on offense. You know, Chad Pennington at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, Curtis Martin at the running back position,
Speaker 1: Kevin Y you know at center, Waynekerbet in the same room,
Speaker 1: you know, learning from him, and Sentinel Moss and Justin
Speaker 1: mccarren's all of these guys on offense. And and so
Speaker 1: just those first two years for me was a great
Speaker 1: learning experience because I had, you know, an offense that
Speaker 1: was filled with vets. But were there times and you're
Speaker 1: such a positive guy, but when were there times that
Speaker 1: you went home and said, what is going on here? Well,
Speaker 1: for me, I've always been about the team. That's something
Speaker 1: my dad instilled in me. You know, every time he asked,
Speaker 1: you know, about a game, you know, he asked about
Speaker 1: how the team did first before he asked about how
Speaker 1: I did. If he didn't see the game, and so
Speaker 1: it was just kind of instilled in me. And you know,
Speaker 1: I was playing on all of the special teams. So
Speaker 1: I felt like I was a starter. My wife, My
Speaker 1: wife can attest to that. And you know, I was
Speaker 1: a starter on special teams. You know. That's how you know,
Speaker 1: I kind of looked at it way back then, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I just tried to fulfill my role to
Speaker 1: the best of my abilities. What's your relationship like with
Speaker 1: her mother? Words? Because one thing that he has said
Speaker 1: post coaching Jericho contries I should have put him in
Speaker 1: the lineup earlier. Well, you know, that's hindsight, you know. Um,
Speaker 1: I knew that he loved me as a player and
Speaker 1: as a person as well. And uh, and he was
Speaker 1: a big part of me feeling like I had to
Speaker 1: that that best connection, you know, with with the Jets
Speaker 1: because of that interview process, you know. And uh, he's
Speaker 1: the reason why I had I wore the number eighty nine.
Speaker 1: You know, I wanted to switch back to my college
Speaker 1: number eighty two. Um, but he kept saying eight nine
Speaker 1: and eight nine the entire training camp, And by the
Speaker 1: end of training camp, I said, I guess I have
Speaker 1: to keep eighty nine. What clicked in all six he
Speaker 1: took off? I know, opportunity obviously did put you on
Speaker 1: the field. But the production was there. And what would
Speaker 1: you say in terms of when was it like clear
Speaker 1: in your mind that hey man, I'm gonna be here
Speaker 1: for a while. Well, just the learning process over those
Speaker 1: first two years. Uh, just soaking up all of the
Speaker 1: information I was getting from the VET. Uh that that
Speaker 1: took me under their wings, you know. And um, you know,
Speaker 1: once Lavernis Cold came the colds came back in two
Speaker 1: thousand and five. He was instrumental in that. UM and
Speaker 1: by the time I hit my third year, everything was
Speaker 1: just slowed down, you know. I just it just felt
Speaker 1: like college again for me. And you know, once the
Speaker 1: first game hit, first game of the year versus Tennessee,
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, and OH six scored a touchdown, and
Speaker 1: I felt like there was no turning back after that.
Speaker 1: There was no turning back after that. Your first postseason experience,
Speaker 1: you guys didn't get to win in New England, but
Speaker 1: you go for over a hundred yards receiving. Uh what
Speaker 1: was how would you remember that OH six campaign? Um?
Speaker 1: You know it. I just felt comfortable that entire season,
Speaker 1: you know, just kept felt comfortable with my game, Uh,
Speaker 1: felt comfortable with my preparation and you know, just my
Speaker 1: ability to go out and make plays, you know, and
Speaker 1: just the way that we prepared each and every week,
Speaker 1: you know, under the coaching staff that we had coach
Speaker 1: man Jeanie and Brian Shardenheimmer running the offense. Just you know,
Speaker 1: every week, I felt prepared to go out and make plays.
Speaker 1: And uh, and so I think that was the that
Speaker 1: was that was the biggest thing about it. Oh seven,
Speaker 1: your numbers continue to send, But obviously the team took
Speaker 1: a step back for a number of reasons. What was
Speaker 1: your reaction when you heard that the Jets that traded
Speaker 1: for Far and Away, Well, it was you know, a
Speaker 1: little bitter sweet in in a in a sense because yeah,
Speaker 1: Chad Pennison. Uh we we were part of ways with
Speaker 1: Chad Pennington, and then we brought in this exciting figure
Speaker 1: you know to come in and sling the ball around,
Speaker 1: you know, and so, uh, it was it was sad
Speaker 1: to see Chad go because he was instrumental in my
Speaker 1: development as well, you know, as far as that that
Speaker 1: quarterback to receive a communication that needs to happen on
Speaker 1: a daily basis, um that that was no longer there.
Speaker 1: But when Brett came in, obviously he had been in
Speaker 1: the league for a long time doing his thing, and um,
Speaker 1: the communication Paul was natural to him. So everybody was excited.
Speaker 1: And I remember the first practice he was there. I mean,
Speaker 1: we have fans out there two hours before the first practice,
Speaker 1: just filling up the stands out there on Long Island,
Speaker 1: and uh, it was there was a lot of excitement
Speaker 1: about that. What are plenty to meet your career? Well, uh,
Speaker 1: he meant a lot because of his his ability to
Speaker 1: address you know, not only the professional part of it,
Speaker 1: but the personal part of it. You know, UM, just
Speaker 1: letting guys know when they came in as as young rookies,
Speaker 1: we met with veterans. We have veteran guys, and so
Speaker 1: our first rickey meeting was with veteran guys, and you know,
Speaker 1: Chad encouraged them coming up and speaking to us. But
Speaker 1: with Chad making sure that we knew that we had
Speaker 1: to put in the time, you know, studying our playbook,
Speaker 1: put in the time, taking care of our bodies, um,
Speaker 1: and just making sure we're we're we're just taking care
Speaker 1: of every part of what it means to be be
Speaker 1: a professional, you know, and and that that involves the
Speaker 1: personal aspect of it. How good was that team? And
Speaker 1: oh wait you were eight and three. You went into
Speaker 1: Tennessee winning in Nashville and put on a thumping there.
Speaker 1: I mean that team was undefeated. Trying to know and
Speaker 1: then things kind of fellow apart, dumb stretch. We were
Speaker 1: really good, Yeah, I mean we were really good. We um,
Speaker 1: we had the makings of of a team that can
Speaker 1: do it. You know, they can win it all. And
Speaker 1: you know, just things that happened and throughout the natural
Speaker 1: course of a season, you know, with with injuries and
Speaker 1: things of that nature, that kind of affects your ability
Speaker 1: to to push forward. And unfortunately that that happened more
Speaker 1: so at the quarterback position than anything that that that
Speaker 1: played a big, big factor in us, you know, kind
Speaker 1: of going into that slump at the end of the year.
Speaker 1: How direct change the dynamic of this club And on
Speaker 1: night just him entering the building, but just a free
Speaker 1: flowing atmosphere. Um, you know, guys, guys just felt more
Speaker 1: relaxed and felt more comfortable to go out and do
Speaker 1: their jobs. And um, you know, guys were just having
Speaker 1: a lot of fun doing doing doing what we do,
Speaker 1: you know, and that's played played this child's game or football.
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's supposed to be fun. We know
Speaker 1: we have work to do, but um, the fun aspect
Speaker 1: is always in it. And um, that's that's what he brought.
Speaker 1: He brought a lot of fun and guys enjoy that.
Speaker 1: And you saw that free spirited nature that we had
Speaker 1: each and every week, you know when we when we
Speaker 1: stepped out on the field. Listen, you experienced a lot
Speaker 1: of success with different quarterbacks. It was of course to
Speaker 1: your career because you don't play from old four to
Speaker 1: fifteen if you can't make adjustments. With that being said,
Speaker 1: how tough was it for you to go from puntington
Speaker 1: too far to see chest? And that's not taking anything
Speaker 1: away from Mark. That's just a kid who started a
Speaker 1: number of games at USC, comes out early and walks
Speaker 1: into the situation, which it was a good situation, but
Speaker 1: still he's an experienced signal caller. Yeah, that's the frustrating
Speaker 1: part about about my entire career. You know, I look
Speaker 1: back and I say, man, I had all of these
Speaker 1: great guys, but then when you look at it closely,
Speaker 1: it's like I never had them long enough. You know,
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys get to play with the
Speaker 1: same QB for well over a decade. Right, then they
Speaker 1: get to reap the benefits from from that, you know,
Speaker 1: But I never never got that chance. And I felt
Speaker 1: like I was climbing with Chad. And then we had
Speaker 1: the quarterback change there, and then another quarterback change, So
Speaker 1: three three quarterbacks, three different quarterbacks and three three years
Speaker 1: and and so you're constantly working on the chemistry. You're
Speaker 1: constantly working on things, things that you know, uh, that
Speaker 1: would help you succeed on the field, you know, But
Speaker 1: that that that inconsistency is just gonna gonna creep in
Speaker 1: at some point, you know. So yeah, you know, it
Speaker 1: would have been fun. And you always took the high road,
Speaker 1: don't matter what came your way. Um, was that something
Speaker 1: you talked about how you were raised? Is that just
Speaker 1: something that you knew, Hey, this is how you're gonna
Speaker 1: handle the adversity no matter what happens. Well, people knew
Speaker 1: I was about the Jets. It was about the Jets
Speaker 1: winning force first and foremost. And everybody that knows me
Speaker 1: knows that, you know, and and so I wasn't going
Speaker 1: to make it about me when it comes to numbers
Speaker 1: or things of that nature. I didn't play for the numbers.
Speaker 1: I played to to lock arms with the guys beside me,
Speaker 1: and uh and go out and try to try to
Speaker 1: do something special, you know. And uh we we had
Speaker 1: a lot of winning years, you know, during the time
Speaker 1: I was here, and and that's something I look back
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Speaker 1: seven zero seven one one seven the on nine run.
Speaker 1: You guys takedown Cincinnati. You go into San Diego and
Speaker 1: take care of business against the Chargers and then against
Speaker 1: the Colts. You have more than a hundred yards receiving
Speaker 1: in that game, you have a double digit lead against
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning and his building. What stands out about on
Speaker 1: night just that breakthrough. You know, you felt like you
Speaker 1: were a team, you know that that can push forward
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. You felt like you had the components,
Speaker 1: you know, the go and win it all. And and
Speaker 1: you know, we we we battled throughout that entire year
Speaker 1: and then it came down to the last two games
Speaker 1: of the year to make it into the playoffs, and
Speaker 1: we wore those and got into the playoffs. People thought
Speaker 1: we backed into the playoffs, and then we showed up,
Speaker 1: you know, we showed up and we played well, and
Speaker 1: uh it was just a fun ride. And the biggest
Speaker 1: thing about about that ride was the Jets fans. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, because we're going on the road, right, We're
Speaker 1: going on the road. And when we stepped foot into
Speaker 1: those hotels, j E T S, Jets, Jets, Jets all
Speaker 1: over the place, and uh, that was that was a
Speaker 1: fun a fun ride ride for us all. So I'm
Speaker 1: getting goose bumps listening to you know, honestly, God, because
Speaker 1: you're talking about the fans and the connection they have
Speaker 1: with you and how loud they were during those runs.
Speaker 1: But there was a moment for me that stands out
Speaker 1: that defines your career and defines who you are. That's
Speaker 1: Cleveland two thousand and ten. Can you take me through
Speaker 1: that play from your advantage point and what happened, Because
Speaker 1: there's some people listening and watching who didn't have an
Speaker 1: opportunity to see that. They can look it up on
Speaker 1: YouTube right now, I suggest they do to find out
Speaker 1: what eighty nine was all about. Well, you know, coming
Speaker 1: off of the line of scriments, you know, UM going
Speaker 1: against the defender that I was going against. You know,
Speaker 1: dbs do their their normal thing. They try to get
Speaker 1: away with the little tugs, and this dB in particular
Speaker 1: tugged by handle Warmer. And when he did that, as
Speaker 1: I was pulling away from him by growing Popp just
Speaker 1: felt the pop boom popping them like man right in
Speaker 1: the middle of the play. And so I'm hopping through
Speaker 1: um and it looks like Sanchez was going to get sacked,
Speaker 1: and so now I got to kind of hopping in
Speaker 1: in position where where he can see me. A little bit,
Speaker 1: but not really a valuable option, you know. And he
Speaker 1: turns out and he's looking dead at me, and I
Speaker 1: know he's throwing it to me, and you gotta come alive.
Speaker 1: You gotta come alive and go and make that play
Speaker 1: for the team. At that point third and eight when
Speaker 1: I caught it, you know, just just trying to be
Speaker 1: mindful of of what the first down marker is and
Speaker 1: make sure I got the first down, you know before
Speaker 1: I you know, had to make my way off the
Speaker 1: feel how much does adrenaline adrenaline override the pain at
Speaker 1: that point? Oh, I mean just just what you're how
Speaker 1: are you how you phrased the question in the beginning,
Speaker 1: you know, just the mentality of it and um, and
Speaker 1: obviously that that adrenaline is gonna kick in when you
Speaker 1: have that, you know, kind of that mentality is just
Speaker 1: by any means, you know, just kind of helped the
Speaker 1: team out in any way you can, and uh, well
Speaker 1: we'll get the rest fixed. You know. After the game
Speaker 1: ten an amazing run, you go to man in his his place,
Speaker 1: you guys get it done in that final minute crow
Speaker 1: as the return Sanchez, it's bray um and then you
Speaker 1: go to New England. What was the experience like for
Speaker 1: you to go to Gillette Stadium after taking that pounding
Speaker 1: three about a month before. Well, we were ready for
Speaker 1: that moment, right we Uh, we made a big deal
Speaker 1: about that moment right after after they beat us forty
Speaker 1: three up there in Gillette and we're both were nine
Speaker 1: in two something like that going into that game for
Speaker 1: the division. We felt like we were about to take
Speaker 1: it from him. Uh and and they handed they handed
Speaker 1: it to us, and there was a lot of you know,
Speaker 1: uh in between the lines talking going on. And so
Speaker 1: after that we came back and buried that ball out
Speaker 1: there out back, and uh, we just kept that in
Speaker 1: the back of our minds. And when it was time
Speaker 1: to play them again, you know, we were already about
Speaker 1: we were are we all were ready for that battle
Speaker 1: and um and so to to go into their house
Speaker 1: at that point in time, and and and and and
Speaker 1: go and in advance to the FC Championship on their
Speaker 1: field was a was a was a big, big moment.
Speaker 1: Did you have a higher moment than that that game?
Speaker 1: Because you made so many contributions over the course of
Speaker 1: your career here up until eleven, but in terms of
Speaker 1: the lights being on the situation, how much that game
Speaker 1: met in the rivalry. Did anything that clips up I
Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know. I mean, that's that's the
Speaker 1: one to think about right there. I mean, with with
Speaker 1: everything surrounding the game and the way that they handled
Speaker 1: us in that that second game in the regular season, UM,
Speaker 1: no one really thought we were going to go in
Speaker 1: there and beat them, but we all felt like we were,
Speaker 1: you know, and so going into that matchup and just
Speaker 1: um just proving ourselves right in that sense, uh was
Speaker 1: was really fun. And so that that has to rank
Speaker 1: up there for sure. So it ranks up there. But
Speaker 1: what were your favorite moments during that game? Because you
Speaker 1: made some key catches, one over the middle that stands
Speaker 1: out to everybody, just nation where there's so many there
Speaker 1: are so many, you know, um, um Braylen's touchdown before halftime,
Speaker 1: uh LT had a nice grown um for his touchdown.
Speaker 1: Santonio Holmes his touchdown, and then um just when when
Speaker 1: they were battling back, just having that opportunity to step
Speaker 1: up in that moment with the long pass to catch
Speaker 1: a run that I had. Um, it was just all
Speaker 1: of that, All of that was just just fun to
Speaker 1: be a part of and then Sean Green sealing the deal,
Speaker 1: you know by with his long run down the sideline
Speaker 1: and uh going to sleep on the ball. We're not
Speaker 1: gonna talk too much about Pittsburgh. I talked to Sanchez
Speaker 1: about this a couple of weeks ago. But how would
Speaker 1: that been different? What what needed to change for you
Speaker 1: guys to win that game? Man? That's I mean, that's
Speaker 1: you know, I think after that game, UM kind of
Speaker 1: made a bad statement and saying that, you know, talking
Speaker 1: about how much they wanted it, Um, But we wanted it,
Speaker 1: you know, we wanted it as a group. Uh, the
Speaker 1: hunger in our eyes. It was. It was the same
Speaker 1: a week before. Um. Just one of those days, man,
Speaker 1: just just those those those moments where guys step up
Speaker 1: and make plays. And they had a bunch of guys
Speaker 1: on their side that did that. You know, as far
Speaker 1: as you know, the defense is concerned with the strip
Speaker 1: sack and they ran it back forward touchdown. UM ended
Speaker 1: up being being a big difference in the game eleven.
Speaker 1: It ends for you here as a jet Um. Do
Speaker 1: you ever go back and say, Man, I don't think
Speaker 1: you live like that. But with that being said, all
Speaker 1: these contributions such a talented guy, so ingrained in the community.
Speaker 1: Not only make contributions on the field, but you were
Speaker 1: a dude who went out in the community. Everybody loved
Speaker 1: you in the building. Um, how tough was that saying goodbye? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was really tough. And that's that's something that's you know,
Speaker 1: since since that day, that's been been really tough every
Speaker 1: time you revisited, you know, Um, because because like I
Speaker 1: said in the beginning, I'm about the Jets, you know,
Speaker 1: and that's kind of that's kind of however, mindset was
Speaker 1: my my entire family's mindset. My dad, you know, that
Speaker 1: path he passed away in two thousand and eighteen, he
Speaker 1: still had that Jets tag on on the front of
Speaker 1: his car. You know. I had moved on and played
Speaker 1: for two different teams after that, but he never took
Speaker 1: that Jets tag off the off that car. You know,
Speaker 1: it's still on it, you know. And so that's kind
Speaker 1: how you know, we we we roll really, you know.
Speaker 1: And uh so, so it was tough. It was tough
Speaker 1: for sure. Um, but I'm glad to be back, Glad
Speaker 1: to be back. We're pumped to have you back. What
Speaker 1: drew you into coaching because I know you were on
Speaker 1: Rivera's staff in Carolina and now you can tell us
Speaker 1: what you're doing on the college level. Just my love
Speaker 1: for the game. Love for the game, you know. Um,
Speaker 1: just football from Birmingham, Alabama. You know, as soon as
Speaker 1: you're born, they put a football in your hand, you know.
Speaker 1: And then actually who you're rooting for? Alabama, Alvern, you know.
Speaker 1: But but I just love a ball. Uh. And that's
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, that's that's what it is.
Speaker 1: And and so right now that love for the game
Speaker 1: has taken me down to Limestone University down in Gafney,
Speaker 1: South Carolina. I'm working for an unbelievable head coach and
Speaker 1: Mike Ferry with an unbelievable staff down there that he's
Speaker 1: put together. And uh, and so we're having a blast
Speaker 1: right now. We've only been on the job for almost
Speaker 1: three months now, but we've had we've had a blast
Speaker 1: coaching guys up, recruiting and getting ready for getting ready
Speaker 1: for this fall. He said it. Um, growing up in Alabama,
Speaker 1: you're giving a football to you in your hands. When
Speaker 1: you're a kid, it's either Alabama or over. How the
Speaker 1: heck did Yarcho Katri wind up at NC State. Did
Speaker 1: those schools not recruit you? They did, but they backed off.
Speaker 1: They did, but they backed off and and that's kind
Speaker 1: of how the story went for me with the N
Speaker 1: State in state schools and so, uh, NC State was
Speaker 1: the first school to offer me. And that was that
Speaker 1: came through my the guy that recruited me, my man,
Speaker 1: Joe Pate, and uh, he's stuck. He stuck with me
Speaker 1: throughout the entire time, made sure that I was getting
Speaker 1: everything handled as far as being eligible and getting you know,
Speaker 1: uh admitted to NC State and so, um, they stayed there,
Speaker 1: they day there and you know, at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, once I went on the visit, it was
Speaker 1: it was home for me. It was home for me.
Speaker 1: And I committed soon after that and and signed and
Speaker 1: I was ready to row. Do you and Philip Rivers
Speaker 1: still talk? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we do, we do. He's
Speaker 1: he's coaching ball down down in Alabama, UM, in high school,
Speaker 1: and so he's having a blast doing that. And that's
Speaker 1: that's something that we had talked about, you know, while
Speaker 1: we were in college, you know, cut playing and then
Speaker 1: when we're done, you know, coaching high school. UM. And
Speaker 1: Chad Pennanton kind of had that same same same mindset
Speaker 1: as well, grown up down the street from ut YEA yeah,
Speaker 1: yeah yeah, and so yeah, so Philip is having he's
Speaker 1: he's having a blast doing that, you know, and I'm
Speaker 1: rooting hard for him, and he's gonna be pretty good
Speaker 1: this year. We got a nice football too. They do,
Speaker 1: they do, and uh, I'm excited. I'm excited for what
Speaker 1: they have going on. Coach Doran down there is doing
Speaker 1: an excellent job. He's built that thing the right way.
Speaker 1: And they got a quarterback to lead them, you know.
Speaker 1: And they they've always played good defense, ran the ball well,
Speaker 1: and now they got a quarterback that's uh that they
Speaker 1: can they can go and win it. Full yeah, Devine, Larry, listen,
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Speaker 1: receiver have to do to fit in your room? Well,
Speaker 1: m would be a smart player. Um. I think at
Speaker 1: the from the outset, you gotta you gotta feel the description, right, Uh,
Speaker 1: you gotta get open and catch the ball and and
Speaker 1: will help you develop in those areas. Um. But when
Speaker 1: it comes to you know, being in my room, you
Speaker 1: gotta have that team mindset because we're all going to
Speaker 1: develop and we're all gonna be able to go out
Speaker 1: and contribute in some type of way. And so we
Speaker 1: got to have that team mindset to be able to
Speaker 1: when our number is called, go in and and make
Speaker 1: plays for the team and be excited about the success
Speaker 1: of the team. Because once the success of the team
Speaker 1: happens and everybody else is gonna gonna reap the benefits
Speaker 1: of it. What was it like for you to watch
Speaker 1: the Jets here at mini camp and go out on
Speaker 1: the green grass and and just take it in as
Speaker 1: an observer. That was really great to watch. It was
Speaker 1: really great to watch that practice. Um just the excitement,
Speaker 1: the enthusiasm of the guys, um, you know, just just
Speaker 1: the way that they were flying around in the communication,
Speaker 1: you know, the excitement about you know, the guy making
Speaker 1: the play. You know, whether that be offensively or defensively.
Speaker 1: Those those guys were m h. It looks like a
Speaker 1: close knited group already, you know. So it was it
Speaker 1: was fun. It was fun watching their practice. It was
Speaker 1: it was fun meeting coach and uh and and so
Speaker 1: I look I look forward and to to coming back more,
Speaker 1: you know, in the future. Yeah, what do you think
Speaker 1: about Robert Sala just from Afar and kneed an opportunity
Speaker 1: to talk to him today because you know, the players
Speaker 1: gravitate towards him. Yeah, yeah, coach alla Um. I was
Speaker 1: a fan of his before before the Jets, you know,
Speaker 1: I hired him. I just really enjoyed watching him, you know,
Speaker 1: just from a player's standpoint, right because I've played against
Speaker 1: you know, teams that you know he's coached on, and
Speaker 1: also coached against teams that he's coached on. But but
Speaker 1: his excitement about his players. I mean that's you know that,
Speaker 1: that's that's what you love of as a player. You know,
Speaker 1: coach coaches in this. You know, he's in this with us.
Speaker 1: And and so I've always admired at about him and
Speaker 1: uh just just just his his his vision about how
Speaker 1: he wants to do things and communicating that. Um that
Speaker 1: that's always something that I've beenmired about him. How can
Speaker 1: the receiver help a young quarterback? This whole roster is young,
Speaker 1: but Zack Wilson's entering year two being dependable, right if
Speaker 1: the if the quarterback is expecting you to be at
Speaker 1: a certain spot, just be at that spot right and
Speaker 1: and when you're at that spot, make the play right.
Speaker 1: So the more you make plays, um, the more the
Speaker 1: ball to come here away? Really right, because the quarterback
Speaker 1: throws the guys that they can trust. Right if is
Speaker 1: he gonna run the right route? You know, is he
Speaker 1: going to make a play for me? And uh, and
Speaker 1: so that's that's kind of how the quarterbacks, you know,
Speaker 1: view it overall, Right, does this guy know what he's doing?
Speaker 1: Is he gonna make a play for him? I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna ask you for a scouting report on every receiver
Speaker 1: out there. That would not be fair of me. But
Speaker 1: what just think just watching the group as a whole.
Speaker 1: Yea Corey Davis, who's a veteran receiver, Elijah Moore entering
Speaker 1: year to the Jets, drafted Garrett Wilson in the first round,
Speaker 1: number ten overall, they got Braxton Burials back. Well, it's
Speaker 1: a group that has a little bit of everything. You
Speaker 1: got big bodies in there, and you got you got
Speaker 1: fast guys, you got quick guys. Um, the physical part
Speaker 1: of it is in the group. Uh, you know, it's
Speaker 1: a group to be excited about, you know. And uh
Speaker 1: and so coach coach Austin is gonna do a great
Speaker 1: job with him. He has done a great job with
Speaker 1: him so far, and uh so I'm looking forward to
Speaker 1: seeing that development. What do you think about the way
Speaker 1: receivers salaries have just exploded across the National Football League? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Really really good for them. You know. Um, it's a
Speaker 1: position man that it's hard to make it. It's hard
Speaker 1: to make it in this league at that position. And
Speaker 1: you know, you you only got a few years before
Speaker 1: people start calling you a bust, you know, and so
Speaker 1: you gotta be on it. You have to really be
Speaker 1: on it. And and so when guys are on it,
Speaker 1: you know, ah, you know, it's good to see him.
Speaker 1: Read those benefits from it. Um, the versatility aspect of
Speaker 1: the game. How much did you like that for your
Speaker 1: team that Hey, yeah, I can play slot, but I
Speaker 1: can play outside. I can do anything you want. And
Speaker 1: how much of value is there for guys like they
Speaker 1: fourmentioned Elijah More and Garrett Wilson. We saw him Ohio
Speaker 1: State move around the formation. How much how helpful is
Speaker 1: that for receivers? Yeah, I love that, just putting guys
Speaker 1: in different spots to be able to make plays. Um,
Speaker 1: it speaks to coaching really, guys that coaches that can
Speaker 1: see that guys are not just this right just because
Speaker 1: he's you know, five ten, you know he's a slot guy.
Speaker 1: You know, if the guy can go out and make
Speaker 1: plays on the outside, he deserves to be on the
Speaker 1: outside as well. And so when coaches see that and
Speaker 1: they're moving guys around like that, I mean, that's that's
Speaker 1: a fun thing to watch, you know. And and when
Speaker 1: you've got guys that can make plays, you know, you
Speaker 1: can move into Elijah Moore around like that. Man, that's
Speaker 1: I know, that's that's got to be exciting, you know,
Speaker 1: because you you you the team that is playing you
Speaker 1: that week. They can't really you know, watch tape and
Speaker 1: and say this guy is gonna be at X or Z,
Speaker 1: you know, or in the slot. You know, he's he's
Speaker 1: gonna be moving around, you know, And so, uh, that's
Speaker 1: that's gotta be fun for a receiver. I want to
Speaker 1: ask you about Her Knocks because you were part of that.
Speaker 1: What was experience like? Because you're actually here tonight, You're
Speaker 1: gonna be at the premiere of our production Crews series
Speaker 1: Flight New Heights, which cool. Access is tremendous, But what
Speaker 1: was it like for you to be part of Her
Speaker 1: Knocks and having cameras everywhere? I can't wait to see that.
Speaker 1: By the way, I saw a clip of that. I
Speaker 1: saw a little trailer. I can't wait to see that. Um,
Speaker 1: but Hard Knocks, Uh, it was, it was. It was
Speaker 1: a great experience, really great experience. Um. You know, it's
Speaker 1: it's weird initially, you know, with all of the cameras around,
Speaker 1: but you know, after a week or so, you don't
Speaker 1: even realize they're there, you know. And uh, but it
Speaker 1: was really fun to just go back and watch and
Speaker 1: um and see you know, really kind of how coaches
Speaker 1: think about you, you know, and um, but also how
Speaker 1: you interact with your teammates and how how you as
Speaker 1: a group interact, and so that was that was a
Speaker 1: fun fun thing to watch. I watched it every every week. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I did with a training camp at Courtland. Listen, and
Speaker 1: have enjoyed this so much. UM, real quickly, let's go
Speaker 1: back to the fans, because you're gonna be able to
Speaker 1: mingle with some season ticket holders, some people who were
Speaker 1: at the seats and at Mattlife or the old medal lands. UM.
Speaker 1: Can you talk about your connection with the people who
Speaker 1: rooted you on early on in your career and again
Speaker 1: you went to two thousand and fifteen, and that speaks
Speaker 1: to your commitment to the game and everything you brought
Speaker 1: to the table playing with three different teams. I remember
Speaker 1: it all, you know. I remember getting drafted, and I
Speaker 1: remember the fans excitement about that, you know, UM, me
Speaker 1: being able to learn from Wayne, you know, just just
Speaker 1: hearing hearing all of those things. UM. I saw the
Speaker 1: excitement about me being extended, you know, as a young
Speaker 1: player that developed in this program. Um, you know, and
Speaker 1: and I still hear the excitement, you know. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: from time to time, and I meet a lot of
Speaker 1: Jezz fans no no matter where I go, you know,
Speaker 1: And I just love this fan base. It's a hungry
Speaker 1: fan base, um, and you know you gotta feed them,
Speaker 1: feed them, you know. But but everywhere I go, I
Speaker 1: meet Jezz fans. Um. Living down in Charlotte, Down in Concorde,
Speaker 1: there was a cupcake bakery that that I used to
Speaker 1: visit uh frequently and uh dough New York style bakery.
Speaker 1: They were Jets fans, and so I used to go
Speaker 1: in there and just top it up with them. We
Speaker 1: talked about Jets, We talked about the Jets, you know,
Speaker 1: and so um, just Jets fans is it's a big
Speaker 1: part of of of of of what we do, you know,
Speaker 1: it's a big part of what we do. And and
Speaker 1: I'm excited to meet me, meet me the group, meet
Speaker 1: the group tonight. Well I've really enjoyed this, and listen,
Speaker 1: don't be a stranger. This is home for you. You
Speaker 1: will always be part of the Jets family. I appreciate that.
Speaker 1: I've always felt that way. I always felt that way