Speaker 1: How what was your reaction when the Jets, Uh, I
Speaker 1: guess kind of ramped up offered or offer last week?
Speaker 1: Were you surprised? Um, you know, I'm just happy to
Speaker 1: get a you know, get a deal done. I'm I'm
Speaker 1: glad that you know, Uh, this part of the situation
Speaker 1: is over with and now I can just focus on
Speaker 1: football and um get ready for the season. How much
Speaker 1: of a weight? How much? Like I said, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm happy that the deal is done. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm thankful to Mr Johnson and address organization. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: and I'm glad that you know, my agent, you know,
Speaker 1: got the deal dune for me and everybody who's you know,
Speaker 1: on my support system, and uh, you know, ready to
Speaker 1: get things rolling now, you know, like I said, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't have to focus about, you know, a contract situation.
Speaker 1: I can continue my rehab and get ready for the season.
Speaker 1: And how how's your rehab going? How far along are
Speaker 1: you in that process? Rehab is going well? You know,
Speaker 1: I'm running, you know, four times a week and just
Speaker 1: taking it day by day. Would you expect to be
Speaker 1: ready next week when camp starts. Do you think you're
Speaker 1: gonna start on the populist. Um, you know, Uh, I
Speaker 1: don't know right now, but I'm just going to continue
Speaker 1: to just keep rehabbing and and uh you know, whatever
Speaker 1: the you know, the strength coaches and training staff have
Speaker 1: in store for me. You know, that's what I'm gonna
Speaker 1: keep on doing. Any But still no doubt in your
Speaker 1: mind that you'll be ready for a week one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll be ready for a week one. We're looking back
Speaker 1: to this process mode of the contract situation for you.
Speaker 1: What was this experience like? Yeah, never gone through something
Speaker 1: like this before. What was it like? Um, you know
Speaker 1: I've noticed, you know, it's part of the business, you know,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I started, you know, going into
Speaker 1: my sixth season, you know, just seeing how the business works,
Speaker 1: you know, and that's how the NFL works. It's a business.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, I'm proud to you know, to
Speaker 1: experience it. And now that it's over with, like I said,
Speaker 1: you know, I can just focus on football and getting
Speaker 1: back in the locker room my teammates and continue to
Speaker 1: be the leader that I am with this team. How
Speaker 1: intent were you on wanting to stay with the Jets.
Speaker 1: This is an area where you grew up in You
Speaker 1: have a lot of family around here. Still, how much
Speaker 1: did you, in your heart of hearts really not want
Speaker 1: to leave this place. I definitely wanted to be here,
Speaker 1: you know. I wanted you know, I'm from you know,
Speaker 1: New Jersey and from here. Uh, you know, my family's here.
Speaker 1: I wanted to raise my children here, you know. So
Speaker 1: I'm very excited to be back here. What's your first
Speaker 1: sick purchase going to be with a new country act
Speaker 1: let whether it be for you or for maybe someone else.
Speaker 1: And however, I haven't really thought about that, you know.
Speaker 1: I definitely make sure my mom and my family had
Speaker 1: taken care of. But as far as materialistic things, you know, UH,
Speaker 1: haven't getty much thought. You know. I have tremulous love
Speaker 1: for the game of football. You know, I'm pretty sure
Speaker 1: people know that. You know, I'm very grateful for, you know,
Speaker 1: this opportunity to keep playing, you know, and uh, I'm
Speaker 1: just going to keep you know this focusing on football,
Speaker 1: you know, not worried about those things. Well, how good
Speaker 1: do you think the Jets defense can be? Obviously you
Speaker 1: left to keep part in Damon. Um, you know, we
Speaker 1: could be disguised limb with this defense. We could be
Speaker 1: as good as we want to be as long as
Speaker 1: everybody's putting in the work each and every day, you know,
Speaker 1: and help pushing each other, you know, and and you
Speaker 1: know everybody should come out there on the field and
Speaker 1: want to be great, you know, and also pushing each
Speaker 1: other to be great. And I think, you know, we
Speaker 1: can be as good as we want to be. You know,
Speaker 1: we was, you know, I had a good record last
Speaker 1: year at ten and six, and we just got to
Speaker 1: build off that. Well. It have been difficult for you
Speaker 1: to play under the franchise tag this year, tough with
Speaker 1: that of them. I would have just continued to you know,
Speaker 1: be the person I am, you know, each and every day,
Speaker 1: coming in ready to work, and that's would have been
Speaker 1: that how just focused on football. I haven't been worried
Speaker 1: about out of that under that when it got down
Speaker 1: to it in the last week here, I guess in folks,
Speaker 1: you know, within the context of the situation here, we're
Speaker 1: surprised that the thing got done. That you know that
Speaker 1: that the deal actually got done. Were you? I mean,
Speaker 1: had you prepared yourself in your mind to play under
Speaker 1: the tag this year? Um? You know, to speak on
Speaker 1: my agent, you know, I would have spoke with him
Speaker 1: and you know my business people and we would have
Speaker 1: just took things from there, you know. But I'm glad
Speaker 1: to say that, you know, that's something that I don't
Speaker 1: have to worry about with focus on because you know
Speaker 1: I'll be here. We've got the extension done and you know,
Speaker 1: I'm grateful and happy about that. Mom, I thot you've
Speaker 1: gotten the stunts is all come together? U Does it
Speaker 1: make you more have more positive from mind that maybe
Speaker 1: it can come together and get downe with Ryan Fitzpatrick. Um, honestly,
Speaker 1: I don't you know, uh, comment on other people contract situations.
Speaker 1: You know, that's something you have to talk to the
Speaker 1: people upstairs about. Yeah. And then as you kind of
Speaker 1: alluded to there and we've alluded to, the quarterback situation
Speaker 1: is un circain But in your mind, considering how could
Speaker 1: you guys got to the playoffs last year, considering what
Speaker 1: you bring back, should do you think this should be
Speaker 1: a playoff team this year? I think, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we just got to keep building off last year. Like
Speaker 1: I said, we had a good record at tennant six
Speaker 1: and we didn't get into the postseason. So we just
Speaker 1: got to make sure we build off that to make
Speaker 1: sure we get into the postseason. Well, how much would
Speaker 1: you like to be able to get on the field
Speaker 1: during pre season? Have you even thought about that or
Speaker 1: is it just aiming to it? September eleven. I'm just
Speaker 1: focusing on my leg and rehabbing. Like I said, each
Speaker 1: and every day. When UH the training staff and you know,
Speaker 1: the strength coaches and the coaches sil that, you know
Speaker 1: it's it's time for me to get out there on
Speaker 1: the field and I'm ready to go then and I'll
Speaker 1: be out there. You had alluded moor running. I think
Speaker 1: you said four times a week. Is that a new
Speaker 1: thing or have you been doing that for a few
Speaker 1: weeks now. I've been doing it for a few weeks.
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm just gonna like I said, I
Speaker 1: want to continue my routine and following up with the UH,
Speaker 1: with the training the room and the training staff and
Speaker 1: just do whatever they got to store from