Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast powered
Speaker 1: by Amazon Web Services. On today's episode, e A caught
Speaker 1: up with the general manager himself, Joe Douglas one on
Speaker 1: one and talked about this Jets draft, his first draft
Speaker 1: as general manager, and where this roster is right now
Speaker 1: as it stands on April twenty nine. Then e A,
Speaker 1: before we hear from the architects himself, how do you
Speaker 1: feel like he went about his first draft as general manager,
Speaker 1: especially when you consider the unusual circumstances. To say the least,
Speaker 1: Green's patient, calculating, well thought out. I thought the Jets
Speaker 1: to a man, they raved about the communication heading up
Speaker 1: to the draft. Their preparation was on point. I think
Speaker 1: the collaboration between Joe Douglass and his personal staff and
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze and the coaching staff was tremendous. I think
Speaker 1: the guys felt very good heading into the weekend, and
Speaker 1: then Joe Douglas had every reason to feel very good
Speaker 1: about improving his roster after the weekend. That his first
Speaker 1: draft class is general manager in the New York that's
Speaker 1: nine players, uh, and he also traded for one. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I consider a time person class. But I just thought
Speaker 1: Joe was patient and the other thing that he did
Speaker 1: he never reached. That's what it felt like throughout the draft, Greens,
Speaker 1: and we saw him make three trades, so we thought
Speaker 1: going into it, yeah, he probably make a trader too,
Speaker 1: but three trades very interesting. So um And and when
Speaker 1: you trade down, Greens, you have to have confidence in
Speaker 1: your selection of players, in the prop that you've had,
Speaker 1: because when you trade down, that means that some players
Speaker 1: are gonna obviously go off the board. So you have
Speaker 1: to have a group of players you're comfortable taken. And uh,
Speaker 1: I think Joe Douglas is every reason to feel very
Speaker 1: good about what transported. Let's hear from the headman himself
Speaker 1: before we talk about this roster anymore. Here he is
Speaker 1: Joe Douglas, one on one. Joe, how special was your
Speaker 1: first draft as general manager of the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: It was great, It was It was a great process.
Speaker 1: I think the best part was getting getting in with
Speaker 1: our our scouts and our and our coaching staff and
Speaker 1: having that weekend meetings and you know, hearing everybody's rankings
Speaker 1: and hearing everybody's reports and the discussions that we had
Speaker 1: that kind of that led us into last weekend's draft.
Speaker 1: It was I thought it was a great process and
Speaker 1: everything everything works smoothly. We were able to upgrade the
Speaker 1: talent of the team. First virtual draft in NFL history.
Speaker 1: Your wife, she had an offered to keep the kids
Speaker 1: in the basement, but you decline. When Addison hugged hugged you,
Speaker 1: when Eddie hugged you, and Tommy and Lulu were there.
Speaker 1: Can you describe that moment? Yeah, that was surreal. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, they wanted go down the basement because they
Speaker 1: didn't want to be too loud, but it was such
Speaker 1: a it's such a unique thing to have your family
Speaker 1: this close to you during the draft, and with them
Speaker 1: being in the room opposite and then having the call
Speaker 1: with McKay and how excited he was and his family was,
Speaker 1: and so that that gets you fired up. And then
Speaker 1: in walks uh your children and you know they're hugging
Speaker 1: you and telling you how proud they are, and you know, um,
Speaker 1: you've worked so hard for for a moment like this,
Speaker 1: and it really put things in perspective. It really hit
Speaker 1: me like this, this is truly a special evening. Speaking
Speaker 1: of perspective, if you had an emphasis on the offensive line,
Speaker 1: a need for speed and playmakers around your quarterback Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: the quest for position flexibility, and you wanted to shore
Speaker 1: up some needs. Just how far has this roster come
Speaker 1: since January? When you look at it from the perspective,
Speaker 1: not only is just the draft, but free agency as well.
Speaker 1: You know, I think from the from the start, UM,
Speaker 1: our focus was going going to be to improve the
Speaker 1: protection and playmakers on offense. I feel like we address
Speaker 1: that in free agency. UM. And then the draft was
Speaker 1: another opportunity to address it as well. And you know,
Speaker 1: the pieces that we're able to bring in over the weekend,
Speaker 1: both offense and defense. UM, you know, the the explosive playmakers,
Speaker 1: guys that can play multiple spots. UM. What we're able
Speaker 1: to do in free agency, Uh, you know, offense and
Speaker 1: defense bringing back some key some key players from last
Speaker 1: year's team. UM. You know, I feel I feel good
Speaker 1: about where we are, UM go after after free agency
Speaker 1: in the draft, but we also know we have a
Speaker 1: lot of work to do as well. UM. You know,
Speaker 1: any opportunity we can to shore up any any position group,
Speaker 1: we're gonna look into it. Mackay Beckton and when did
Speaker 1: he jump on your radar during the pre draft process,
Speaker 1: McKay jumped on my radar probably around October. UM, just
Speaker 1: you know, are our scouts send in a little stock
Speaker 1: up stock down report every every week just from the
Speaker 1: places that they've been, the players they looked, and you know,
Speaker 1: mackay was a stock up guy, and UM scouts were
Speaker 1: excited about him and as a possible underclassman that was
Speaker 1: gonna come out early and just going out to practice
Speaker 1: and seeing seeing how big he was and how he
Speaker 1: moved around. So um, just seeing that that that report
Speaker 1: from our area area scouts and over the top scouts
Speaker 1: and then putting the tape on. I think the first
Speaker 1: game I watched was the Notre Dame game, and you
Speaker 1: just see this this hulking uh left tackle that moves
Speaker 1: moves so easy and he's able to just um, you know,
Speaker 1: snap snap defenders heads back every time he hits them,
Speaker 1: and he lifts guys off there, you know, in in
Speaker 1: in uncomfortable positions and put put putting guys on the
Speaker 1: ground and it's uh, it's eye opening and says, Okay,
Speaker 1: this guy has some unusual traits that get you fired
Speaker 1: up at the tackle spots. So that was really the
Speaker 1: genesis of how mackay got on my radar, Joe. I
Speaker 1: know the film is so important and that doesn't lie.
Speaker 1: But when a guy goes to Indianapolis and you're sitting
Speaker 1: there at the combine six seven four pounds and he
Speaker 1: runs a forty yard dash in five point one seconds,
Speaker 1: have you ever seen anything like that before? Yeah, you
Speaker 1: knew he was a good athlete from watching the tape.
Speaker 1: You knew he could, he knew he could slide his feet,
Speaker 1: you knew, you knew he could mirror defense, uh, edge
Speaker 1: rusher's um in pass pro Uh. But when you saw,
Speaker 1: when you saw the forty, it just confirmed everything you
Speaker 1: saw on tape that this is a big athletic man
Speaker 1: that can do that, can do a lot of things. So, um,
Speaker 1: it was certainly it was certainly impressive to see a
Speaker 1: man that size moved out well, But but it was
Speaker 1: it wasn't out of it wasn't out of character for
Speaker 1: for for many thing we saw on tape. Okay, right
Speaker 1: prior to the drafts. I think it was a day
Speaker 1: prior you gave McKay a call. Can you give us
Speaker 1: the nature of that conversation and why you came out
Speaker 1: of that feeling good? If that guy's on the board.
Speaker 1: He might be in New York chet. Yeah. You know,
Speaker 1: with with some of the things that had come out,
Speaker 1: you know, there there were questions that you know, we
Speaker 1: wanted answers on, and um, you know, I can tell
Speaker 1: you that the conversation that I had with McKay was
Speaker 1: a great conversation. And uh, there was upfront. He was
Speaker 1: up front. Um, there was there was honesty, he was authentic. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, he took he took ownership, and you know,
Speaker 1: it was it was a really it was a really
Speaker 1: good conversation. And you know, just being able to spend
Speaker 1: a little extra time with him one on one on
Speaker 1: a FaceTime call, it was a it was a good experience.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go through the dry player by player. I
Speaker 1: talked to you about a bunch of these guys over
Speaker 1: the weekend. But when you think about a foundation pillar
Speaker 1: perhaps and McKay back then developmental piece along the offensive line,
Speaker 1: a playmaking receiver to versatile highly skilled athletes for the defense,
Speaker 1: backups for a pair of signature players on offense, a
Speaker 1: pair of cornerbacks and U punner, six team captains in all,
Speaker 1: how do you think this class of two thousand twenty
Speaker 1: potentially can help build the foundation of what you're trying
Speaker 1: to do here. Yeah, we'll see, We'll see down the
Speaker 1: road how all these guys pan out. You know, we're
Speaker 1: obviously excited about the character and the ability we were
Speaker 1: able to add. Um, I think all these guys have
Speaker 1: great opportunity to come in and compete and really make
Speaker 1: a name for themselves with this training camp. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm excited about our process how it played out.
Speaker 1: But you know, this, this is a this is a group.
Speaker 1: You know, we were we were fortunate. Um, we were
Speaker 1: able to acquire some extra picks and trades and we
Speaker 1: were fortunate on how the board fell and we were
Speaker 1: able to get get get the right guys. Um that
Speaker 1: that are good players. So, um, they're gonna they're gonna
Speaker 1: have opportunity. That's all you can ever ask for, and
Speaker 1: they've got they each of them have great opportunity to
Speaker 1: make an impact on this year's roster. That's how strong
Speaker 1: has the collaboration been throughout the offseason despite this un
Speaker 1: precedent of time with not only you and your personnel staff,
Speaker 1: but your staff with Adam Gaze and the coaching staff. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean there's so many good people in this building.
Speaker 1: And you know, I know I've mentioned Murph and Steve
Speaker 1: in the I T group and how they really helped
Speaker 1: us with h with the video teleconferenceaing and getting our
Speaker 1: coaching staff and personnel staff set up. But then you know,
Speaker 1: when you have guys like Dan's Vowski, you know who's
Speaker 1: who's our director of who as our director of personnel coordinator,
Speaker 1: he does he does such a phenomenal job of getting
Speaker 1: everybody on the same page and so um, you know,
Speaker 1: when we were able to get on the same page
Speaker 1: with teams, app get everybody in check in terms of
Speaker 1: the video conferencely with the players, and then come together
Speaker 1: for this this week of draft meetings that we have
Speaker 1: with the coaches, and everyone was able to just put
Speaker 1: their opinion out there. Um, And if you did the work,
Speaker 1: you get a chance to speak your mind on the player.
Speaker 1: And we're always not going to agree, and but we're
Speaker 1: gonna hash it out respectfully and we're gonna we're gonna
Speaker 1: try to come to the best, uh, the best decision
Speaker 1: for the New York Jets moving forward. So I think
Speaker 1: it was a good process. I think everybody, I think
Speaker 1: everybody was all in Um, you know, from from uh
Speaker 1: collaboration standpoint new Adam Gates going into this and then
Speaker 1: obviously you had last year to kind of watch the
Speaker 1: coaching staff and this and their players in action. But
Speaker 1: just how well have things worked between you two guys
Speaker 1: this offseason. No, it's been good. I mean we've been
Speaker 1: able to either uh get on the team's app or
Speaker 1: call each other just about every day and check in
Speaker 1: and you know, bounce ideas off each other, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, these meetings were great, you know during during
Speaker 1: the week, and then the strategy meetings that we had
Speaker 1: leading up to the great leading up to the draft.
Speaker 1: You know, we we had a lot of a lot
Speaker 1: of conversation, you know, and even and even uh me
Speaker 1: and coach we didn't always see eye to eye on
Speaker 1: exact rankings, but we talked it out. We had we
Speaker 1: had great discussions and I think I think both of
Speaker 1: us were really happy on how this this year's draft
Speaker 1: turned out. Joe, what do you think about the support
Speaker 1: you've put around Sam Donald. We oftentimes have talked about
Speaker 1: the offensive line and that was one area where you
Speaker 1: really emphasize. But you're bringing Rashod Perryman a free agency
Speaker 1: you raft Denzel Men's in the second round. You already
Speaker 1: have Jameson Crowder here on campus, so to speak. Your
Speaker 1: tight ends include Ryan Griffin, who kind of did everything
Speaker 1: for you last year. You're hoping to get Chris Hernon back.
Speaker 1: At two thousand twenty, you still have one of the
Speaker 1: most talented running backs in football, and Levian Bell. You
Speaker 1: add la Michael p. Ryan to the mix. How much
Speaker 1: better do you feel about the offensive weapons around Sam
Speaker 1: right now? Yeah? I think I think I feel good
Speaker 1: about where we're heading up front in terms of in
Speaker 1: terms of the other line. I feel like also that
Speaker 1: a lot of people forgot about Chris Herndon and how
Speaker 1: good of a player that he is. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: a little bit snake He was snake bit last year
Speaker 1: with the suspension and then the injury coming off of suspension.
Speaker 1: But you're talking about a tight end as a rookie
Speaker 1: that I want to say was the number two tight
Speaker 1: end in all of the NFL and explosive plays as
Speaker 1: a as a rookie. So, um, you know, not having
Speaker 1: him last year it hurt. And so I'm really excited
Speaker 1: to get Chris back, and you know, with him, with
Speaker 1: Griffin and Ryan Ryan was a great addition, and then
Speaker 1: a young guy like west go. So Phil, Phil feel
Speaker 1: excited to see these tight ends come back. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, the depth that we've added at wide receiver,
Speaker 1: the depth that we've added at a line, the depth
Speaker 1: that we've added at running back. You know, I'm just
Speaker 1: excited to get these guys on the field. And and
Speaker 1: uh hopefully you know, we need to get on the
Speaker 1: field and get some chemistry. But the there there's uh,
Speaker 1: there's talent that excites you. But I talked to you
Speaker 1: about this in Indianapolis and you said the need for
Speaker 1: speed you address both sides of the ball um specifically
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position. Brashad Perryman bring him in a
Speaker 1: free accene and then Denzel Men's we talked about him
Speaker 1: over the weekend, a long strider. But both of those
Speaker 1: guys have sub four four speed. So how potentially cannot
Speaker 1: help Sam, because I know you've mentioned it before and
Speaker 1: Adam has two, is that you can't have the stress
Speaker 1: to all the time of matriculating the ball down the field,
Speaker 1: so to speak. With twelve plate drives, sometimes you got
Speaker 1: to score quickly in this league. Yeah, I know we
Speaker 1: talked a little bit at the combine about the vertical
Speaker 1: aspect of an offense and and how we saw the
Speaker 1: two teams competed in the Super Bowl, how both of
Speaker 1: their offense feature a vertical passing gaming, how and how
Speaker 1: much pressure that puts on a defense. And so when
Speaker 1: you have guys like Perriman, Um, like like Prashad, like Denzel,
Speaker 1: who are two big guys that run really fast on
Speaker 1: the outside, Um, the those those guys can put a
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on the defense. Um, you have you
Speaker 1: have to be on alert for them when it comes
Speaker 1: to the vertical passing game. And so the hope is
Speaker 1: that that opens up a lot of free space for Jamison,
Speaker 1: for love Um, for for Herndon, for Griff for Westco.
Speaker 1: So you you're you're hoping that this speed can really
Speaker 1: open up the door and pass game for a lot
Speaker 1: of other people. Last question about offensive line real quick,
Speaker 1: How big was it for you in Baltimore that you
Speaker 1: had a Hall of Famer at left tackle in Jonathan Ogden,
Speaker 1: and then in Philadelphia you had Jason Peters, who I
Speaker 1: think is gonna definitely get Hall of Fame consideration. And
Speaker 1: we're not gonna put any kind of um projections I'm McKay,
Speaker 1: Beckton or anybody for that matter. But with that being said,
Speaker 1: how much can potentially a guy like who has talent
Speaker 1: like that help an offensive line? Yeah, you just mentioned
Speaker 1: two unbelievable players, Um, both both. You know, Jo is
Speaker 1: the first pound of Hall of Famer. JP is going
Speaker 1: to be a Hall of Famer. Um. And you know
Speaker 1: those when you have when you have a tackle like
Speaker 1: at left tackle like that, you go into a game
Speaker 1: very relaxed in terms of in terms of protection. Just
Speaker 1: you know, havening't been in Baltimore as long as I was.
Speaker 1: You you you went into games and you just you
Speaker 1: really didn't have to worry, um about about the other
Speaker 1: team's best pass rusher unless they moved into the other
Speaker 1: side of the formation, which oftentimes they did. So when
Speaker 1: you have a tackle like that, um, it takes. It
Speaker 1: makes you sleep a little better at night before a game.
Speaker 1: You know. And um, you know I I wouldn't. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna. I'm not gonna compare McKay um to those
Speaker 1: two guys. I mean, McKay has got to blaze his
Speaker 1: own trail. Um. But uh, you know you're excited about
Speaker 1: the ability. You know, you're excited about about the traits
Speaker 1: that he has, the mentality that he plays with, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we we feel like he's a guy that
Speaker 1: could that could, that could be a difference maker for
Speaker 1: us up front. Where do you think the steam is
Speaker 1: a defensively you were side Jordan Jenkins and Brian Pool
Speaker 1: among others, but then in the draft you get a
Speaker 1: pair of highly athletic players who provide speed and versatility.
Speaker 1: And that's the thing with all these acquisitions we're talking
Speaker 1: about with Joe Douglas right now, is the multiplicity of
Speaker 1: positions that these guys can play. Ashton Davis and Jabari's aninga.
Speaker 1: I think you should be perfect fits for a defense
Speaker 1: that employs so many different packages. With Greg Williams excited
Speaker 1: about the both those guys. You know, Ashton brings speed,
Speaker 1: ball skills, versatility. Um, he's a guy you can want.
Speaker 1: You can throw the type tape on. You can see
Speaker 1: him line up over slot receiver and cover them in
Speaker 1: man coverage. You can see him line up as a
Speaker 1: high safety and range over to the sideline to make
Speaker 1: up play on the ball. You can see him attack
Speaker 1: the alleys in the in the run game. You can
Speaker 1: see him blitz so Um, what what we have with
Speaker 1: with Jamal, with Marcus and you know National letting him compete. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the hope is that he can he can
Speaker 1: provide that that kind of versatility and playmaking to our
Speaker 1: back end. Back end and a guy like Jabari's Aniga
Speaker 1: who battled injury this year. But another guy, uh, he
Speaker 1: can he can play the end, he can reduce inside
Speaker 1: and Nickel packages the lineup over guard. You know his suddenness,
Speaker 1: his explosiveness off the ball, you know his motor, his
Speaker 1: play temperament, how hard he plays, that jumps off the tape.
Speaker 1: So so Um, with those two guys, we feel like
Speaker 1: those are guys that can that can line up in
Speaker 1: in different positions on and he can play and you
Speaker 1: know based on matchups and help us. So you know,
Speaker 1: we're just we're excited to add those guys. Something that's
Speaker 1: flying onto the radar here. I think externally, at least
Speaker 1: not internally, is the emphasis you put on special teams
Speaker 1: to Aston Davis was a very good kickoff returner at California.
Speaker 1: Michael p Ryan contribute on teams that have Florida and
Speaker 1: then we talked about it. Grandpore stood on the table
Speaker 1: for his partner of Brandon Man and you guys picked
Speaker 1: him up in the sixth round. So, UH, shouldn't we
Speaker 1: think in terms of not just the way you're attacking
Speaker 1: offense and defense, but where some of these acquisition acquisitions
Speaker 1: UH will help in fact or in do special teams play? Yeah,
Speaker 1: the best teams are balanced teams across the board in
Speaker 1: all three phases, and they have depth and um, you know,
Speaker 1: we feel good about the depth we've had and on
Speaker 1: special teams, you feel good about something some guys that
Speaker 1: can compete to be contributors next year on special teams.
Speaker 1: I know brands fired up about a few guys, but
Speaker 1: also you know, like you like you excuse me, like
Speaker 1: you mentioned on man Um a guy that we were
Speaker 1: excited about, I mean, and the things that he can
Speaker 1: do with his directional kicks, the leg strength, um, the
Speaker 1: ability to kick off if need be. So another guy
Speaker 1: that can that can really do more than one thing.
Speaker 1: The virtual off season program under way, Joe, what's going
Speaker 1: to be the challenge ahead for UH? We talked about
Speaker 1: Sam's aren't a little bit a lot of new pieces
Speaker 1: on offense, but we don't know when you guys will
Speaker 1: be able to see the field, just like anybody in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. But uh, what do you think
Speaker 1: about your head coach, Adam Gates talking about he's got
Speaker 1: to become an extension of the coaching staff. Now, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, these these virtual meetings, Um, these virtual O
Speaker 1: t a s. They're big, you know, and just having
Speaker 1: the opportunity to jump into a couple of different meetings,
Speaker 1: seeing the interaction that's going back and put back and
Speaker 1: forth between the players and coaches. Um, you know, going
Speaker 1: over last year's tape, going over the things that we
Speaker 1: could do better, Uh, going over just the base the
Speaker 1: day one basic fundamentals. Um, you know, there's there's an energy.
Speaker 1: You know, there's there's a lot of hungry guys. So
Speaker 1: I think I think the energy is there, hunger is there.
Speaker 1: And now the next step is us getting together and
Speaker 1: building the chemistry. And so that's that's obviously there's uncertainty
Speaker 1: with what's going on around the world, but I think
Speaker 1: that's the next step when we get together again, is
Speaker 1: to really start building that chemistry that takes good teams,
Speaker 1: that can take you from being a good team to
Speaker 1: a great team. And so, um, you know, we we've
Speaker 1: got a lot of work to do like we said,
Speaker 1: But I think I think that's gonna be a big
Speaker 1: thing for us moving forward and we're able to get
Speaker 1: back together under one roof. Do you think you guys
Speaker 1: took a step forward with the culture here in the
Speaker 1: off season because you targeted specific people and free agency
Speaker 1: not just the roles on the field, but what they
Speaker 1: would bring inside your room, and then you followed it
Speaker 1: up within the draft you selected six team captains out
Speaker 1: of your nine picks. Yeah. I mean, we're excited about
Speaker 1: the character that we added. Um. You know, I know
Speaker 1: we talked about a little bit earlier. UM, you know,
Speaker 1: they're we're excited about the ability and we're excited about
Speaker 1: the character. You know. We we just we just have
Speaker 1: to get everybody in the locker room and and let
Speaker 1: that character show in the locker room, in the building,
Speaker 1: on the field. UM. So just just excited to to
Speaker 1: get everybody back to get everyone together. Um. But yeah,
Speaker 1: that I think we I think we drafted um and
Speaker 1: brought in through free agency passionate guys that love football. UM.
Speaker 1: And I think I think we're going to see that
Speaker 1: really show when we get back together. And the final
Speaker 1: question here, do you think Adam gaze talks always that
Speaker 1: always in terms of we want to be a team
Speaker 1: that gets to determament and competes for a championship. I'm
Speaker 1: not asking for any playout predictions, which would be ridiculous
Speaker 1: or anything like that. More so, do you like where
Speaker 1: you're at and do you think you've taken a step closer?
Speaker 1: And now it's got to come together, Like you were
Speaker 1: mentioning chemistry wise, we get on the field and see
Speaker 1: what happens. This roster is coming together the way you
Speaker 1: envisioned it. Yeah, I feel we talked a little bit
Speaker 1: earlier about about the character, about the ability, that that's
Speaker 1: really the baseline, that's the foundation. And then we and
Speaker 1: then we had the chemistry of all being together. And
Speaker 1: then um, you know, I think once once we do
Speaker 1: all those things and we actually have we start stringing
Speaker 1: good practices, good good periods, good practices together, good good
Speaker 1: weeks together, good games together. And then that's when the
Speaker 1: last thing comes, and that's the confidence. You know that
Speaker 1: we can go out and compete uh weekend week out
Speaker 1: with any team in the National Football League. And once
Speaker 1: once we have that chemistry and confidence, um, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a powerful thing. You know, we we've we've just
Speaker 1: got to get together and build that, you know, and
Speaker 1: you know, to to get to our ultimate goal, you know,
Speaker 1: we we have to we have to get in the tournament,
Speaker 1: you know. And that's you know that you know, you're
Speaker 1: not gonna win a super Bowl unless you unless you
Speaker 1: get into the dance. So and and if you're not
Speaker 1: trying to win a super Bowl every year, you shouldn't
Speaker 1: be in this business. So um, you know that's our
Speaker 1: goal every year. You know it should try to try
Speaker 1: to punch our ticket in this dance and uh and
Speaker 1: make some noise, you know. But again, like I said,
Speaker 1: we've got a lot of work to do. He a
Speaker 1: great insight from Joe Douglas as always, and let's take
Speaker 1: a look at where this roster is now. You know,
Speaker 1: this defense has a chance to be kind of scary
Speaker 1: when you think about it, with C. J. Mosley and
Speaker 1: Jamal and a revamped secondary. And you know, we'll see
Speaker 1: what happens with Avery Williams and how he comes back
Speaker 1: from his a c L injury. But you know, this
Speaker 1: defense has a chance to really do something nice here
Speaker 1: in two thousand and twenty. I think I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be very strong. I don't even think it's an argument.
Speaker 1: C J. Mal is Lean Jamal Adams like two of
Speaker 1: the best players at their respective positions in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. Okay, uh, that defense is it should take
Speaker 1: a step forward. Remember it's year two for them too,
Speaker 1: and now Sam Donald will be staying in the same
Speaker 1: offensive system and the Jets have gotten better around him.
Speaker 1: We'll have to see how it all plays out at
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position. Thing is is Sam they have
Speaker 1: embraced him offensively, putting him in position potentially to be successful. Now,
Speaker 1: how is it all going to play out with the
Speaker 1: virtual offseason program and when these guys actually can get
Speaker 1: on the field, And Donald's gonna have to be the
Speaker 1: extension of coaching staff. But yeah, I think there is
Speaker 1: reason for optimism right now. Remember this team one seven
Speaker 1: and nine last year. You don't get medals for when
Speaker 1: it going seven and nine, but you know they headed
Speaker 1: in the off season with the six and two stretch.
Speaker 1: And now I think everybody you would talk to externally
Speaker 1: would even admit that this roster looks a lot better
Speaker 1: on paper than it did when it closed the year
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. I absolutely agree with that, and That is
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