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Speaker 1: and Spirits inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel. Eric Allen
Speaker 1: and Eric Coleman. Here we will also be joined by
Speaker 1: Jets rookie Titan Chris Hernan, who is on quite a
Speaker 1: scoring terrory. But first things first, the Jets dropped to
Speaker 1: three and five at the midway point with the twenty
Speaker 1: four the ten loss to the Bears in Chicago. Overall,
Speaker 1: what were your major take with you know, this game
Speaker 1: was it was a frustrating game. You know, there obviously
Speaker 1: were the pre snap penalties. Uh, you know, I thought
Speaker 1: defensively they played strong, but they gave up a few plays.
Speaker 1: And when you're when you're struggling offensively, the defense can't
Speaker 1: give up big plays. So, uh, you know that's my
Speaker 1: that's my my side on it. From a defensive perspective
Speaker 1: of course you take that defensive perspective. I mean because listen,
Speaker 1: as a defensive player with the rookie quarterback, when when
Speaker 1: things aren't going well, you have a lot of injuries,
Speaker 1: you feel like you have to make up that time.
Speaker 1: You have to make up for the loss of players,
Speaker 1: of stars on the offensive side, so you have to
Speaker 1: play followers football, and those a couple of mistakes came
Speaker 1: back to hurt him, all right. So the Jets caught
Speaker 1: somewhat of a break when in the one of the
Speaker 1: NFL's premier defenders was declared an act of Khalil mcna
Speaker 1: in a lineup. But the Jets aren't gonna feel sorry
Speaker 1: for any ball club, especially offensively Sam Donald right now,
Speaker 1: he was operating Sunday afternoon that Soldier field without Quincy
Speaker 1: and Noon while I was still dealing with that sprain ankle.
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson is top deep threat out with the quad injury.
Speaker 1: Blal Paul placed on injury reserve earlier that week with
Speaker 1: the bulging disc in his neck, and then finally Spencer Long,
Speaker 1: his center, was out of the line up. He's dealing
Speaker 1: with the finger injury right now. Jonathan Harrison started for
Speaker 1: the Jets so they total just two hundred and seven
Speaker 1: yards of offense. What do you think of Donald's performance
Speaker 1: and how difficult is it for a rookie quarterback who's
Speaker 1: eight games into his NFL career to be dealing with
Speaker 1: dealing with so many shuffling pieces out there. Yeah, it
Speaker 1: makes it tough. You know. You think of this rookie
Speaker 1: quarterback who spent his whole offseason working with these receivers,
Speaker 1: working with Robby Anderson, Quincy and noon While and just
Speaker 1: gaining a rapport with them, and then all of a
Speaker 1: sudden the middle of the season, they're out with injuries
Speaker 1: and you have to start working with guys who you
Speaker 1: who you don't have any experience with. And another tough
Speaker 1: part about that is that these are the second third
Speaker 1: string receivers. They're going against the other team's ones. Chances
Speaker 1: are when you have your ones going against the threes
Speaker 1: and twos of another team, they're gonna win. So they're
Speaker 1: challenging a lot of the short routes that Sam Donald
Speaker 1: loved to hit, so so you know so much what
Speaker 1: Quincy and done. While he hit a short route, Quincy
Speaker 1: break a tackle, make it a first down. Teams are
Speaker 1: starting to make Sam Donald play left handed. They're forcing
Speaker 1: his hand, trying to make him throw deeper routes and uh,
Speaker 1: with the receivers that he has right now without the rapport,
Speaker 1: it makes it tough. It certainly does. I mean, you
Speaker 1: got to think about what Donald's been dealing with lately.
Speaker 1: Richard Matthews into the lineup. Deonte Burnett was the Jets
Speaker 1: leading receiver. The guy was activated from the practice squad
Speaker 1: just last week. Your main curse has been a regular
Speaker 1: in the lineup, a fixture for him. But Andre Roberts,
Speaker 1: who's a special team's ace for this squad at returner,
Speaker 1: he's getting regular ERPs, as is Toron Peak. These are guys,
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys we're playing for Sam Donald
Speaker 1: to three weeks ago. Yeah, I mean, and it makes
Speaker 1: it tough. You know, the familiarity, and I think that's
Speaker 1: why you're seeing Chris Herndon gets so much love. I mean,
Speaker 1: he only had one catch yesterday, but three straight games
Speaker 1: with a touchdown. Sam feels comfortable with him, and he's
Speaker 1: gonna go in tough times when when he's facing pressure,
Speaker 1: when when you're losing games, you're gonna go to who
Speaker 1: you trust. And it's hard to trust someone who you
Speaker 1: haven't had many reps with a guy who just activated
Speaker 1: from practice squad, someone who you just signed. You know,
Speaker 1: it makes it extremely hard. But hopefully they can they
Speaker 1: can gain that back. They can gain that through practice,
Speaker 1: through film, study, understanding one another, where you know, Sam
Speaker 1: could tell him, you know, this is how I want
Speaker 1: you to run the route, and then you start to
Speaker 1: gain that trust with the players. I'm not worried about
Speaker 1: Donald's confidence, are you No, not at all. You know,
Speaker 1: this is a guy who when he faces adversity, he's
Speaker 1: on waivered. You know, when he when he goes through
Speaker 1: his highs, when he throws touchdowns, he's still the same guy.
Speaker 1: And that's what you love out of Sam Donald. He
Speaker 1: has that maturity where he's not gonna get too high,
Speaker 1: not gonna get too low when things aren't going well.
Speaker 1: You mentioned the defense or early on. I thought they
Speaker 1: played very well in the first half. They gave up
Speaker 1: the big screenplay to Drink calling right off the gut
Speaker 1: for seventy yard touchdown, But the Bearers had seven points
Speaker 1: at half high And this is the Chicago team that
Speaker 1: at average nearly thirty six points a game in their
Speaker 1: previous three games coming into that ball game. What changed
Speaker 1: in the second half when the Bears were able to
Speaker 1: score seventeen points and specifically when the Jets cut that
Speaker 1: ball game to a one possession contest on Herndon's touchdown
Speaker 1: at seventeen to ten. Why we were the Bears able
Speaker 1: to go right down the field? Well, you know that
Speaker 1: that was a frustrating drive. You know, the Jets come
Speaker 1: down to score touchdown, cut it to a one touchdown game,
Speaker 1: and you're you're you're waiting on your defense, who've been
Speaker 1: playing well for you the whole game and playing well
Speaker 1: with the whole season, and they let down. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: penalties extend drives, you know, you give up plays on
Speaker 1: third down to to keep the change moving, keep that
Speaker 1: drive going, and it gets kind of frustrating. But at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, if the offense is getting
Speaker 1: off the field on three announced, they're doing six play drives,
Speaker 1: not getting not flipping the field, it puts a lot
Speaker 1: of pressure on that. Do you feel that How much
Speaker 1: do you feel that as a defender, Because now the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, the takeaways haven't been there for the Jets,
Speaker 1: those momentum changing plays haven't been there. Yeah, you know
Speaker 1: you feel it, but again that's your job as a
Speaker 1: defensive player. You go out there and and right the wrongs.
Speaker 1: You know, if your offensive struggling, you have to pick
Speaker 1: it up. And it's tough getting turnovers when you're playing
Speaker 1: behind because that team is not forced to throw the football,
Speaker 1: They're not forced into a certain situation. They're not one dimensional.
Speaker 1: So when your team puts up points and you have
Speaker 1: to lead, that's when you that's when the team is
Speaker 1: your Your defensive line can pin back their ears, the
Speaker 1: safeties in the in the corners can start jumping to
Speaker 1: routes and forcing those turnovers. It's tough to do when
Speaker 1: you're playing from behind. Inside. The Jets is supported by
Speaker 1: selective insurance responses everything. What do you think about the
Speaker 1: response from Marcus May yesterday comes out there with that
Speaker 1: damage thumb all wrapped up and he leads the Jets
Speaker 1: and tackles. Yeah, it was great to see. You know,
Speaker 1: Marcus May does a great job of tackling. H I
Speaker 1: love how he takes space from the ball carriers. You know,
Speaker 1: he makes those those tough tackles, those difficult tackles look
Speaker 1: easy when there when there's a big distance between the
Speaker 1: ball carrier and himself. He takes that grass, cuts off
Speaker 1: the angle, comes in with with force and does a
Speaker 1: great job of wrapping up. I love the way he
Speaker 1: plays the game. He's a great free safety for the Jets.
Speaker 1: We got about thirty seconds before our first break. What
Speaker 1: do you do about the pre snap penalties? The Jets aid,
Speaker 1: I believe seven against the Bears. Yeah, that that's something
Speaker 1: that the team has to handle within themselves. You know
Speaker 1: you have to take responsibility. You cannot continue. It's week eight.
Speaker 1: You know you can't continue to to take turns, making
Speaker 1: mistakes and putting your team in in situations where it's
Speaker 1: first and fifteen that there's not many plays that gets
Speaker 1: you out of first and fifteen. It stops to drive,
Speaker 1: It stops all your momentum, and it has to come
Speaker 1: to an end of the Jets want to have success,
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. Okay, the Jets have reached the
Speaker 1: midway point with a three and five record. We are
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Speaker 1: back with Jets. Ricky tight Ad, Chris Herndon, Sam Donald
Speaker 1: calls for the ball, takes the snap pulling man Rock
Speaker 1: steps up, looks left, Rose left the part on speaking
Speaker 1: into the front right quarter of the end zone, but
Speaker 1: touchdown for Chris Herndon. Welcome back to Inside the Jets
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Speaker 1: on November five will be closed for military appreciation event.
Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing you the following week on
Speaker 1: November twelve. Eric Allen and Eric Coleman here our player
Speaker 1: guest segment is presented by M ANDT Bank, the official
Speaker 1: community bank of your New York Jets. Let's bring in
Speaker 1: now somebody who is a scorching hot receiver for the Jets,
Speaker 1: and that is tight End Chris Herndon. Chris, the folks
Speaker 1: appreciate your contributions for the Green on White. How does
Speaker 1: it feel to be the first tighten enfranchise history in
Speaker 1: terms of a rookie to have touchdowns, scoring receptions and
Speaker 1: three consecutive games. Um, I actually didn't know that until
Speaker 1: my my mom and girlfriend told me. But it's a
Speaker 1: it's a huge honor and I'm so thankful and you know,
Speaker 1: thank God for the opportunity he's given me to be
Speaker 1: here and the the chances he's given me to you know,
Speaker 1: go out there and showcase and show that I can
Speaker 1: compete at the highest level. When did they say that
Speaker 1: to you? They had a conversation with them last night
Speaker 1: over the phone, or when did you find out? I
Speaker 1: found out all of this today around this morning afternoon time.
Speaker 1: That's special, man. So let me ask you this. You know,
Speaker 1: your rookie year, how has it been. You know, you're
Speaker 1: a Georgia boy, went to school in Miami. What has
Speaker 1: it been like being with the Jets in New Jersey
Speaker 1: in the New York area. Um, it's definitely a different environment,
Speaker 1: especially you know with the weather. It's getting real cold,
Speaker 1: and I still have yet to you know, get the
Speaker 1: the proper attire for up here, but I'm definitely gonna
Speaker 1: get on that. But as far as the environment, it's
Speaker 1: it's very welcoming. My teammates and when you know, the
Speaker 1: rookies came in, they they were very welcoming for us
Speaker 1: and you know, welcomed us with open arms and you know,
Speaker 1: told us, you know, just follow them. And UM, I've
Speaker 1: enjoyed ever since we talked about it today. Chris, that
Speaker 1: your roommate when you got here the flooring park was
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback to Sam Darnold. How did that relationship blossom
Speaker 1: in the springt um It's really hard to say. We
Speaker 1: kind of when we first moved in, we didn't really
Speaker 1: say much to each other. We just knew we were
Speaker 1: teammates and we kind of just jelled easily. Though we
Speaker 1: didn't talk much. We weren't very talkative guys, but you know,
Speaker 1: we both very studious, and you know, after practice, after
Speaker 1: rookie KMP, we'd come in and both get in our
Speaker 1: playbooks and if I had a question, you know, obviously
Speaker 1: he's the quarterback, so I went right to him and
Speaker 1: he was, you know, more than happy to help me
Speaker 1: with anything that I needed. So, Chris, I can ask
Speaker 1: you this, what is your forty times? Because you didn't
Speaker 1: get the run out the combine right, But when I
Speaker 1: see you out there on the field, you're separating from dbs,
Speaker 1: you're separating from the linebackers, and you have a ton
Speaker 1: of speed. If you had a gauge, what do you
Speaker 1: what do you think around about numbers for your forty
Speaker 1: I say about a four six nice Okay. Inside the
Speaker 1: Jets was presented by e Y Building a Better Working World,
Speaker 1: Eric Ellen, Eric Coleman, and Chris Hern and Soul the Bears. Um,
Speaker 1: you guys wearing that ball game in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: your touchdown brought it to a one possession game. Can
Speaker 1: you take me through the route? And did you know
Speaker 1: pre snap, good opportunity here I'm gonna get the football. Um,
Speaker 1: it was just the basic sideline route. Um. I saw
Speaker 1: once we got lined up in our formation that the
Speaker 1: guy planned me man was inside of me, and I immediately,
Speaker 1: you know, take advantage that. Once the ball snap, I
Speaker 1: just took off full speed, kind of took them vertical,
Speaker 1: stemmed it off and came flash. You know, he could
Speaker 1: have undercut it. And once I made my cut, the
Speaker 1: ball was already coming. I just you know, made a
Speaker 1: play on it. And that's that. And you, you and
Speaker 1: Donald are hooking up each and every week. What did
Speaker 1: you do with We talked about it earlier today. What
Speaker 1: did you do with that first ball? Your first career
Speaker 1: touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts. Tremendous play called by Jeremy Bates.
Speaker 1: There everybody's thinking screen and there goes Hernon on the
Speaker 1: boat on the Girl Rock. Oh, if you go and
Speaker 1: watch the play. I held on to the ball very tight.
Speaker 1: You know. I didn't want to let all the emotion
Speaker 1: from my first NFL touchdown make me do something like
Speaker 1: spike it or throw it in the stand, So I
Speaker 1: held it really tight. My teammates made fun of me,
Speaker 1: but I got to the sideline and I asked them to,
Speaker 1: you know, hold it for me, and you know, make
Speaker 1: sure I get it. But it's still in the equipment
Speaker 1: room right now. Right. Oh, yeah, they're decorated and they stay.
Speaker 1: So I'm waiting to see what it looked like when
Speaker 1: they finished up. And where are you gonna take that
Speaker 1: back to Georgia or what? Yeah, I probably take it
Speaker 1: back home. Let my parents do something with it. I
Speaker 1: probably I won't do much with it if I keep
Speaker 1: finding But how a lot of that baby type? Okay,
Speaker 1: how about the pre draft A process about a year ago, calendar,
Speaker 1: a year ago, Miami's playing Pittsburgh. You go down with
Speaker 1: the knee injury. At that point, what immediately goes in
Speaker 1: your mind? Um? It was weird. Uh, you know I
Speaker 1: told you earlier when it happened, I didn't really feel
Speaker 1: it happened. It just happened so quick. But I knew
Speaker 1: when I got up something was wrong because my legs
Speaker 1: felt loose and weaker than usual. So I kind of
Speaker 1: limped to the sideline, and once I got there, I
Speaker 1: just I kind of knew what was going on because
Speaker 1: my my leg was a little bit unstable, and I
Speaker 1: just let out a quick cry and I went back
Speaker 1: to the training area where they took me under the
Speaker 1: tent and started examining me, and they told me I
Speaker 1: was done for the game. Found the news the next
Speaker 1: day that it was a torn and yell, and you
Speaker 1: know that was that now? Now, Chris, I had a
Speaker 1: couple of spraying m cls and never toured all the way.
Speaker 1: How long did it take you to gain back that trust, because,
Speaker 1: like you mentioned, the m cls on the inside of
Speaker 1: your knee, it messages with your stability. How long did
Speaker 1: it take for you after that recovery to get back
Speaker 1: to just planting on the full speed running full go um,
Speaker 1: It took a while. I know when I was first
Speaker 1: able to run, I was really unsure about it and
Speaker 1: I didn't really trust it that much. And you know
Speaker 1: where I trained that they were you know, pushing me
Speaker 1: each and every day, making sure that I wasn't holding
Speaker 1: back either, and um, I'm so thankful for that. And
Speaker 1: you know, once I was able to run again, it
Speaker 1: probably took about the extra two or three months. You know,
Speaker 1: I got into rookie camp. They they helped me with
Speaker 1: it there and gave me a brace just to be
Speaker 1: safe and around the middle of campus. When I finally
Speaker 1: took the brace off and I felt good. Then were
Speaker 1: you ever frustrated during the pre draft process, because you're
Speaker 1: probably be thinking before that Pittsburgh game, Hey man, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna finish out the year with the Kynes. We're gonna
Speaker 1: go in, We're gonna take care of business in the
Speaker 1: ball and then I'm gonna be raring to go. Uh
Speaker 1: for all these workouts and things like that. Instead, your
Speaker 1: days were full of recovery and treatments. It was it
Speaker 1: was pretty frustrating at times. You know, there was a
Speaker 1: point where I couldn't even bend my knee from being
Speaker 1: in the brace for so long. And you know the
Speaker 1: process of you know, even being able to pedal on
Speaker 1: the bike and then getting on the treadmill and taking
Speaker 1: slow steps on that, it was really frustrating, But I
Speaker 1: don't think I really got to down because I knew,
Speaker 1: you know, the work ethic that I had, that I
Speaker 1: could overcome that and come back better. So you come
Speaker 1: from University of Miami, you know, a school tradition, has
Speaker 1: a lot of tradition at the tight end position, Jeremy Shocky,
Speaker 1: Kellen Winslow, you know a ton of guys came from
Speaker 1: before you. What does it mean to be in the
Speaker 1: NFL making a big difference coming from University of Miami
Speaker 1: and representing your school. Oh, it's pretty cool, you know
Speaker 1: when you get it there. Well, for me, I wasn't
Speaker 1: really a Miami fan growing up. That's what's weird about it.
Speaker 1: I didn't learn about the history until I got there.
Speaker 1: But once I did and start to understand it, you know,
Speaker 1: you take a lot of pride in it, and you
Speaker 1: just try to live up to that. And you know,
Speaker 1: you try to, you try your best to, you know,
Speaker 1: be your own self and not try to you know,
Speaker 1: you look up to him, but you don't want to,
Speaker 1: you know, do anything that's out of Europe, you know, play.
Speaker 1: But you know, I just I went in there each
Speaker 1: and every day gave my all to the team and
Speaker 1: worked hard and you know, now I'm up here playing
Speaker 1: with the grads and hopefully, you know, I'll get a
Speaker 1: chance to meet a few of them. That's go. So
Speaker 1: none of them came back to Shocky ever come back
Speaker 1: or any tidy ends in the NFL come back and
Speaker 1: kind of give you some knowledge about the position and
Speaker 1: you know, the ins and out of what it's gonna
Speaker 1: take to get to the next level. Yes, sir, um Shocky.
Speaker 1: He came back my sophomore summer leading into junior year.
Speaker 1: And you know at that time it was me, David
Speaker 1: and Joku and Standish dough Bar, we were all the
Speaker 1: tight ends there. And he came back, you know, helped
Speaker 1: us with blocking, told us about route running, and you know,
Speaker 1: just you know, talk to us afterwards for a little bit. Um,
Speaker 1: how have you made that impact over the last three weeks,
Speaker 1: Because it's to me, it's like it's a starting point
Speaker 1: for you and Sam Donald I tweeted this yesterday. So
Speaker 1: when you guys got in the red zone, I said
Speaker 1: herndon time question mark, and sure enough Sam dialed you
Speaker 1: up on the next play. But now it's three consecutive
Speaker 1: consecutive weeks, where is your confidence level now that you
Speaker 1: continue to get the football and you're scoring. Um, it's
Speaker 1: definitely slowly going up, you know, like a you know,
Speaker 1: tell everybody's just gonna come with you know, practice time,
Speaker 1: you know, studying film, learning my opponents, and also watching myself,
Speaker 1: you know, being very critical after games and you know,
Speaker 1: not just looking at what I do good and you know,
Speaker 1: going and see what I did wrong and try to
Speaker 1: capitalize on watching film and you know, just continue to
Speaker 1: put that into my work ethic and make sure I'm
Speaker 1: you know, trying to be the most complete tight end
Speaker 1: that I could be. Now, now you seem like a
Speaker 1: quiet guy, but you turned into a great receiver right now.
Speaker 1: All the great the great receivers are known to come
Speaker 1: back in the huddle and tell the quarterback listen, I'm
Speaker 1: open every time. At what point are you gonna start
Speaker 1: doing that with Sam? Um? He probably just la some
Speaker 1: notes under the time. I don't know, I've never really
Speaker 1: been that type. You know, it's kind of just let
Speaker 1: let the game really come to me. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I definitely, like I said, I'm starting to feel my
Speaker 1: confidence continue to grow and you know, the faith in
Speaker 1: myself continue to grow. And seeing that I can compete
Speaker 1: with these guys at this level, is you know definitely
Speaker 1: you know, starting to show, and I'm just going to
Speaker 1: continue to you know, do the coaches are asking them me.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna, you know, really force anything. So so
Speaker 1: this probably goes back to your college days. But has
Speaker 1: there been that time in the NFL game where you
Speaker 1: see who's gardening and you're like, man, this guy can't
Speaker 1: cover me. Have you Have you been through that? And
Speaker 1: if so, was it a safety or a linebacker? Do
Speaker 1: you prefer going against one or the other? Honestly, I
Speaker 1: it's hard to really say that. You know, before the play,
Speaker 1: I don't really necessarily sue who's guarding me. I just
Speaker 1: kind of get a peek of who's there, and you know,
Speaker 1: if I'm running a route, try to see how I
Speaker 1: can run that route. I don't I haven't really paid
Speaker 1: attention much to who's guarding me. But you know, not
Speaker 1: like a cocky way. I just, you know, some more
Speaker 1: of us get over against anybody. I tried to. How
Speaker 1: can you guys gain a more traction as a whole
Speaker 1: collectively offensively because I know that we're out a lot
Speaker 1: of three and outs against the Bears. The run game
Speaker 1: really wasn't there, and there were a bunch of pre
Speaker 1: snap penalties that help you guys back. Um, I feel
Speaker 1: like that's just gonna come with you know, practice time,
Speaker 1: you know, starting to you know, amp up how we practice,
Speaker 1: you know, don't come out you know flat, come out
Speaker 1: with energy even because that leads to the games as well.
Speaker 1: So I feel like, you know, the more we emphasize
Speaker 1: that practice and get reps and you know, film study,
Speaker 1: taking notes, asking questions and you know, just continue to
Speaker 1: gain that chemistry is when others gonna come. It's gotta
Speaker 1: be interesting of Lake Chris when you go to the
Speaker 1: huddle because you don't know it's gonna be lining up
Speaker 1: next to you. Uhau goes to into reserve. So Richard
Speaker 1: Matthews was added last week, you had Robby Anderson out
Speaker 1: of the lineup. Um, Deante Burnett comes up. It's a
Speaker 1: lot of pieces in and out right now for this team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, it's just what comes with the game. Injury
Speaker 1: comes and you know, like you know Sam said earlier,
Speaker 1: you can't really make excuses because at the end of
Speaker 1: the day that they're not gonna stop the game. You're
Speaker 1: they're not gonna stop practice, and we gotta go out there.
Speaker 1: Nobody's gonna feel bad for you. Yeah, we gotta go
Speaker 1: out there with what we have and you know, trust
Speaker 1: that we practiced well enough and you know, got the
Speaker 1: reps and go out there and give your all to
Speaker 1: the team, and you know, every thing else come to you. Chris,
Speaker 1: what was your favorite sport growing up in Georgia? Because
Speaker 1: you were a state champion three times, three times doing
Speaker 1: football and wanting basketball. Um, that's funny. Um. Growing up,
Speaker 1: I actually used to swear that I wasn't gonna be
Speaker 1: a football player because basketball was really like my thing
Speaker 1: growing up. I started playing when I was four or five,
Speaker 1: and it was definitely my favorite compared to football. I
Speaker 1: didn't really like it. I was younger, I was weak,
Speaker 1: and I feel like basketball just came to me naturally
Speaker 1: at a younger age. But around freshman sophomore year in
Speaker 1: high school, you know, start getting the weight room, got
Speaker 1: my weight up, and saw that I was able to
Speaker 1: compete with the varsity guys, and that's when I started,
Speaker 1: you know, leading more towards football. Who was your team
Speaker 1: growing up as far as uh hoops? Did you like
Speaker 1: the Hawks or did you like some other team, and
Speaker 1: who were some guys you luked up to in terms
Speaker 1: of hoops? And also what position did you play in
Speaker 1: high school? Were you? Were you stretched four? I mean
Speaker 1: stretch three? What were you doing? I find a little
Speaker 1: bit of the three, four and five because I had
Speaker 1: a little jump shot, you know, not a lot I could.
Speaker 1: I could, you know, shoot it well here and there,
Speaker 1: but I could guard the the other teams big man,
Speaker 1: just because you know, football helped with that. So my
Speaker 1: coaches always used to, you know, let me guard them,
Speaker 1: and you know it's pretty successful against him. But as
Speaker 1: far as hoops went, my team was the Hawks, and
Speaker 1: I used to follow Joe Johnson heavy. You know, when
Speaker 1: he was there, he was the he was the guy there.
Speaker 1: He had to you know, the city alive when he
Speaker 1: was there, and you know, he just he just I
Speaker 1: like the way he bought. Now I'm gonna date myself here, Chris.
Speaker 1: I go back to thinking about the Hawks and say,
Speaker 1: Dominique Wilkins, you ever take a look at some of
Speaker 1: those sidelights I hear about him. Oh, come on, I
Speaker 1: mean it does sound bad, but I was more of
Speaker 1: a in my I'm a dinosaur. Yeah, I wasn't a
Speaker 1: type to go back and look at older highlights. And
Speaker 1: I kind of watched Michael Jordan before he you know, retired,
Speaker 1: but other than that, I didn't really go back too far,
Speaker 1: but I do I have seen highlights of him. So so,
Speaker 1: what about football wise, have you always played tight end?
Speaker 1: And if so, who were some of the guys that
Speaker 1: you looked up to growing up at that position? Um?
Speaker 1: Football wise, I actually haven't played tight in my whole life.
Speaker 1: I started off playing a center, which is another reason
Speaker 1: why I wasn't trying to play when I was younger.
Speaker 1: Then I worked my way to a little quarterback but
Speaker 1: not a lot, and then receiver just because you know,
Speaker 1: when I was younger, I was you know, skinnier. But
Speaker 1: when I finally put my weight on, that's when I
Speaker 1: started playing more tight end. But you know, being in Atlanta,
Speaker 1: you know I saw players like Algae Crumpler and Tony
Speaker 1: Gonzalez and I really looked up to them because, you know,
Speaker 1: they were great pass catchers and also could block and
Speaker 1: you know, get their nose dirty. And I really looked
Speaker 1: up to that because I, you know, I always wanted
Speaker 1: to be a complete tight end. Once I started playing that.
Speaker 1: How much pride do you take in your blocking. I'm
Speaker 1: glad you mentioned that because a lot of people are
Speaker 1: becoming aware of Chris Herndon's receiving skills. But if you
Speaker 1: watch the tape at Miami, you were a guy who
Speaker 1: didn't mind getting his nose dirty. Um. I've always taken
Speaker 1: a lot of pride in it because it's a way
Speaker 1: to not just show yourself what your team that you're
Speaker 1: selfless and you're willing to do whatever they need you
Speaker 1: to do too ultimately help your team win. And you know,
Speaker 1: when I was back in Miami, we emphasized blocking a lot.
Speaker 1: You couldn't or if you weren't willing to block, you
Speaker 1: really weren't gonna play. So you know, you just went
Speaker 1: to practice every day and that was one thing we
Speaker 1: worked on every single day. What do you think of
Speaker 1: the role the tight end in Jeremy Bates offense? Because
Speaker 1: I know j B likes the use of the tight
Speaker 1: ends Donald I've asked him about the tight ends here
Speaker 1: and he loves this group. And Bates specifically says, this
Speaker 1: is not a roster that has a fullback, so sometimes
Speaker 1: times you guys might be used as a fullback. Other
Speaker 1: times they'll take advantage of Chris Herningon's receiving skills and
Speaker 1: put your out why and then other times, of course
Speaker 1: you're gonna be asked to stay in line and be
Speaker 1: a blocker. Um. I feel like they use the tight
Speaker 1: ends in a very unique way in our offense, and
Speaker 1: it gives us a chance to to, you know, just
Speaker 1: expand our knowledge of the game, just because they're putting
Speaker 1: us in so many different places, and you know, we're
Speaker 1: having to watch film on different guys, different positions. So
Speaker 1: I feel like they do a good job of mixing
Speaker 1: it up with us. And you know, when they put
Speaker 1: us in, you know, it's our job to make a
Speaker 1: play when our name is called, our numbers called, and
Speaker 1: whether it's catching or blocking or even putting us on
Speaker 1: special teams, you know, we gotta go on there ready
Speaker 1: for whatever. So going down to Miami, how many ticket
Speaker 1: requests have you received? Are some of your boys gonna
Speaker 1: come watch you play or are they gonna be on
Speaker 1: the road still? You know, they actually have meetings and
Speaker 1: practice on Sundays, so most likely don't get to see them.
Speaker 1: But you know, my my family is gonna come down,
Speaker 1: and I have some friends down there that won't be
Speaker 1: in I mean football practice. But other than that, I'm
Speaker 1: not really you know, stressing out. I let my parents
Speaker 1: under the ticket. But how comfortable are you playing in
Speaker 1: the stadium. It's gonna be like a home game for you. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I got pretty comfortable while I was there, and it's
Speaker 1: gonna be different now because I've been playing in the
Speaker 1: chili Chili weather for about three weeks, so I know
Speaker 1: I've been hydrating already. Well, it is your first return
Speaker 1: matchup in the National Football Football League, and the Jets
Speaker 1: will have revenge on their mind because Miami took you
Speaker 1: guys down in week two in the home opener. But Chris,
Speaker 1: you're off to a great start with the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: We thank you so much for stopping by here tonight,
Speaker 1: and we'll be right back here on Inside the Jets.
Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, thanks for having me. Welcome back
Speaker 1: to Inside the Jets. Eric Gallen and Eric Coleman here
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Speaker 1: We just heard from Chris hernon what have you thought
Speaker 1: about his play early on in his NFL career? The
Speaker 1: Jets might have found themselves a steel in the fourth
Speaker 1: round of the two thousand and eighteen draft. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: excited about Chris. You know, he's done a great job
Speaker 1: and you can tell by the interview he's very humble.
Speaker 1: You know, football is important to him. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: I think that this is a kid who's going to
Speaker 1: continue to grow immature and become a star in this league.
Speaker 1: You know, with him and Sam having a great relationship
Speaker 1: with one another, things are only gonna get better for
Speaker 1: the two of them. Do you think it really does
Speaker 1: help that bond between a quarterback and a pass catcher
Speaker 1: that those guys room together in the spring, that they
Speaker 1: were Neither one of them are the most boisterous around
Speaker 1: when you're talking about guys, but very is studious. That's
Speaker 1: what hern It said that caught my ear, and you
Speaker 1: knew they were bouncing things off of each other each
Speaker 1: and every day. Yeah, you know, And and the Jets
Speaker 1: do it by design. You know, I'm gonna I'm gonna
Speaker 1: put my number one tight end with our quarterback, you know,
Speaker 1: because we want them to gain that relationship, and and
Speaker 1: it means something. You know, when you when you when
Speaker 1: you're going through practice, when you're going through games, situations,
Speaker 1: you're gonna lean on the guys who you spend time with,
Speaker 1: the guys who you like and and grew upon with.
Speaker 1: So I think that's very important for them to gain
Speaker 1: that relationship. Uh. You know, Chris can under get an understanding. Listen,
Speaker 1: run the routes. Run the routes this way. I want
Speaker 1: you to snap it off at ten yards this time.
Speaker 1: You know, they start to gain get little nuances in
Speaker 1: their routes, and uh, and great things happen. You asked
Speaker 1: him about his forty times. He is very athletic, is there?
Speaker 1: He is? He's you can see it in the way
Speaker 1: he plays. His game explodes on the top of his route.
Speaker 1: Tell me about the lee, So tell us about the
Speaker 1: challenges from safety. Okay, from a safety position. You know,
Speaker 1: I think about guy A guy who he mentioned in
Speaker 1: one of the player as he looked up to was
Speaker 1: Tony Gonzalez. You know, I got a chance to play
Speaker 1: against him in Atlanta for for three years. And Tony,
Speaker 1: when I'm telling you, at the end of his career,
Speaker 1: he was not the most explosive guy. But every single
Speaker 1: day before practice he worked at the top of his route,
Speaker 1: changing direction, and so he would work at the stem
Speaker 1: and every time in the game, everyone in the stadium
Speaker 1: will know it's third down and six, the balls going
Speaker 1: to Tony Gonzalez. He would find a way to make
Speaker 1: that separation and to get that catch. And I see
Speaker 1: a little bit of that. And Chris once he makes
Speaker 1: that break is when he's making defensive backs and the
Speaker 1: linebackers uncomfortable because he has so much explosion and it's
Speaker 1: only gonna get better when he learns the position. The
Speaker 1: Jets have reached the midway point in the two thousand
Speaker 1: and eighteen season. They are three and five. I mean, yes,
Speaker 1: they were there are three or five after eight games
Speaker 1: for a third consecutive year. What do you know about
Speaker 1: this team? What I know about this team is, uh,
Speaker 1: they're fighters. They're hard working, but they're young. You know that.
Speaker 1: You can see the youth in the way that they
Speaker 1: play from the mental mistake, but you also see it
Speaker 1: by the intensity at which they take the field. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, these guys are hard workers. Defensively, they're flying
Speaker 1: around every play. Offensively, there's been some some shiny moments,
Speaker 1: but what they're gonna have to gain, what that experience,
Speaker 1: is that consistency. Because the consistent teams are the ones
Speaker 1: that have success throughout the year and that that are
Speaker 1: going on playoff runs and making these these big runs
Speaker 1: at the playoffs. So I think I think experience is
Speaker 1: gonna help with that. They're gonna continue to get that,
Speaker 1: and uh, I love the future for this, for this team.
Speaker 1: But what I want to ask you is, I think
Speaker 1: a lot of people were taken aback yesterday when Todd
Speaker 1: Bowl said he was very proud of the way the
Speaker 1: Jets fought, stayed together, fought collectively. Just the feeling there.
Speaker 1: And a head coach knows his team better than anybody.
Speaker 1: So a lot of people looked at that ballgame and
Speaker 1: said the Jets didn't really have too much, they didn't
Speaker 1: bring too much to the game. But the head coach said,
Speaker 1: I liked the way my group came together. Yeah. You know,
Speaker 1: when when there's a team with tension, you can feel it.
Speaker 1: You can feel the aggravation on the sidelines, you can
Speaker 1: feel in the in the locker room, on the flight
Speaker 1: home with this team, you can see on on on
Speaker 1: the film. You can see it by the way they play.
Speaker 1: They actually like each other. This is a bunch of
Speaker 1: a group of guys who are fighting for one another
Speaker 1: instead of for themselves. You know, I've been a part
Speaker 1: of teams where we have a ton of talent and
Speaker 1: there's a bunch of individuals out there playing. You never
Speaker 1: have success. But once you start to make that fist
Speaker 1: and start playing for the man next to you, that's
Speaker 1: when you start to have success. And and that's what
Speaker 1: Todd Bows was talking about. These guys like each other,
Speaker 1: they like fighting for one another, and they're missing a
Speaker 1: couple of pieces right now. But as you start to
Speaker 1: add those pieces, some of the younger players get experienced,
Speaker 1: they're gonna start winning and it's gonna be a long
Speaker 1: span of winning for the Jets. Well, the schedule is
Speaker 1: going to be different too, because going to Chicago being
Speaker 1: so banged up, that's the tough assignment. Now, this assignment
Speaker 1: against the Miami Dolphins. I'm not taking anything away from Miami,
Speaker 1: but this is a different kind of outfit. And then
Speaker 1: you host the Buffalo bill as a team was they're challenging, Uh,
Speaker 1: they're facing challenging times themselves. The rookie quarterbacks out, they
Speaker 1: can't score offensively. They have a good defense. But first
Speaker 1: things first, Morris Clayborne said, Miami, it is a must win.
Speaker 1: Is it a must win? Absolutely, it's a must win.
Speaker 1: And you look at the next five games. Four out
Speaker 1: of the next five games our division opponents down. So
Speaker 1: this is when the season really starts, and it starts
Speaker 1: with Miami, and it's gonna be all about the Jets.
Speaker 1: And I'm not really worried about the opponent who they
Speaker 1: play against. It's about the Jets beating themselves. If they
Speaker 1: can take care of business. Everybody, take care of your assignment,
Speaker 1: do your job, make that play when your number is called,
Speaker 1: They're gonna win a lot of games, all right. So
Speaker 1: if you go back to the start of the two
Speaker 1: thousand seventeen seasons, the Jets are just two and ten
Speaker 1: on the road. Now, they started this season with the
Speaker 1: Bank going into Detroit and blowing out the lines. But
Speaker 1: what is this team have to do to have consistent
Speaker 1: success away from MetLife Stadium? Because you know, weekend, week
Speaker 1: out at MetLife Stadium, the Jets are either gonna win
Speaker 1: or they're gonna be in the ball game. Late it's
Speaker 1: been a different kind of feel on the road over
Speaker 1: the over the course of the last year and a half. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, when you're playing at MetLife, it's like going
Speaker 1: into a fight and you got your big Brothers data
Speaker 1: behind you. You know, all those fans that MetLife are
Speaker 1: are really gonna impact the game. When you go on
Speaker 1: the road is different. You have to lock arms, you
Speaker 1: have to put your back against the wall and come
Speaker 1: out fighting. And that's what this team is gonna learn.
Speaker 1: That's what they're learning. You saw it in the Detroit game.
Speaker 1: I believe this week you'll see it at Miami. This
Speaker 1: is a different team. They're fighting for something, They're fighting
Speaker 1: for one another, which is more important than anything. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it really struck me in the locker room last night,
Speaker 1: the way the guys were talking. Leonard Williams I was
Speaker 1: in his media huddel. He said, it's not the same
Speaker 1: old Jets. We have each other's back. Yeah, it's different,
Speaker 1: and you can see it. You know, no one didn't
Speaker 1: work out. You can see it watching. Yeah, you can
Speaker 1: here watching. You know it's a completely different team you're
Speaker 1: not seeing. Yes, there are a couple of pre snap penalties. Yes,
Speaker 1: there were a couple of mistakes but you know, I
Speaker 1: take for example, the play with Cohen when he had
Speaker 1: that big screenplay. It was a mental mistake, but that
Speaker 1: was a tough position for any player to be in.
Speaker 1: You know, the linebacker at the time was covering him
Speaker 1: as all out blitz. His assignment is to cover the
Speaker 1: running back, Avery Williamson. If that running back blocks Avery
Speaker 1: Williamson adds onto the blitz. Now, if you watch the film,
Speaker 1: Tyreek Terek Cohen looked like he was gonna go block Avery.
Speaker 1: So right when when every saw him set up the block,
Speaker 1: he saw red and he's going he slipped him at
Speaker 1: the end, and right after he took that second step,
Speaker 1: you saw Avery turn around and say, oh man. But
Speaker 1: then it's too late because Tyreka Tarik is an explosive player.
Speaker 1: And that's not a mental mistake. That's just a lapse.
Speaker 1: That's just a lapsing in play that that can be corrected.
Speaker 1: And if you eliminate some of those big plays in
Speaker 1: that game, it's a much different game. What's the teaching
Speaker 1: point there for Williamson? Though? Do you be a the
Speaker 1: jet sent seven? Is it a complete bull rush? Do
Speaker 1: you go in there and knock Tarik Cohen on you
Speaker 1: know what, my big teaching point on that situation is
Speaker 1: awareness understanding that Tarik Cohen is not in there to
Speaker 1: block you. He's a small running back. He's one of
Speaker 1: those wild card players that they're gonna run reverses too,
Speaker 1: They're gonna throw trick plays too. He's in there for
Speaker 1: a reason to catch that ball. When you see him
Speaker 1: lining up in the backfield and you have him, go
Speaker 1: grab him, go grab, don't let him out. So in
Speaker 1: our final segment, I want to discuss the trade deadline
Speaker 1: with you because that occurs tomorrow across the National Football League.
Speaker 1: But first things first, I do think the Jets are
Speaker 1: gonna get some help from within. Robby Anderson deal with
Speaker 1: that spraying ankle. Will have to monitor his status. You know,
Speaker 1: he's a South Florida guy. He definitely liked to be
Speaker 1: in a line up against the Dolphins this week. Jeremaine Johnson,
Speaker 1: it seems like he's inching closer to a return as
Speaker 1: while he's been out for a number of games now
Speaker 1: with that quiet injury, Buster Screen was back in the
Speaker 1: line up last week uh Sunday against the Bears, as
Speaker 1: was Marcus may So. I do think the Jets are
Speaker 1: gonna get healthier. The Paul going into reserve, that's a
Speaker 1: tough blow. You're just gonna have to deal with it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the the injuries guys coming back is gonna be big.
Speaker 1: I mean, you look at Spencer Long. He's in the
Speaker 1: center of that offensive line. He tells everybody where to go.
Speaker 1: And without that's like your quarterback for the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Without him, guys get kind of confused, and they were
Speaker 1: starting to gain that chemistry on the offensive line. Once
Speaker 1: you get him back, things change. Once you get Quincy
Speaker 1: back and Robbie back, the whole thing changes. But when
Speaker 1: you talk about the trade deadline, it's, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I think the Jets for right now, they have the
Speaker 1: pieces they need. You know, Yes, they're gonna have to
Speaker 1: add something the draft and through free agency after the season,
Speaker 1: but I think this is a young team that has
Speaker 1: a great foundation. All Right, we'll hold that thought because
Speaker 1: we gotta get into the trade done line and our
Speaker 1: final segment, we will be right back here on Inside
Speaker 1: the Jets. Welcome back to Inside the Jets were broadcasting
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Speaker 1: Vanderbilt's on November twelve, Eric Allen alongside Eric Coleman before
Speaker 1: we get to the trade deadline. Man the shirt tonight.
Speaker 1: I like it, but you're scaring me with the gun.
Speaker 1: I mean, people who are watching this right now and
Speaker 1: all the Jets platforms can check that out. Was today
Speaker 1: armed day in the gym? Today was not an armed day.
Speaker 1: It was chess day. But listen, I have two daughters
Speaker 1: and I have to make sure that when they come
Speaker 1: of age, I have to be able to knock one
Speaker 1: of these young guys out. Oh yeah, yeah. I have
Speaker 1: to stay ready for oh you're ready man, and my
Speaker 1: little guys coming up. He's probably gonna be bigger than me.
Speaker 1: So I gotta stay strong. Because fortunately for all of
Speaker 1: us here at Vanderbilts tonight and who have been at
Speaker 1: inside the Jets throughout the two thousand and eighteen season,
Speaker 1: we've gotten a chance to know Eric better and he
Speaker 1: is a nice guy. Because if Eric was me mugging anybody,
Speaker 1: everybody would be out of this restaurant right now. We'd
Speaker 1: all be running on the streets quickly. Okay. So I
Speaker 1: want to thank Justin who's helping us out here tonight,
Speaker 1: Brian back in the studio of course, breath, Jack and
Speaker 1: Frank who are here every every week. From the Jets
Speaker 1: trade deadline, do you want to see the Jets sit
Speaker 1: tight or Mike mccagnet should be working the phones as usual.
Speaker 1: I would like them to sit tight. Okay, listen, this
Speaker 1: trade the trade deadline is for teams that are in
Speaker 1: a situation to win right now, and not saying that
Speaker 1: Jets can't win right now, but they're not desperate for
Speaker 1: that for those pigs. Also, not having a second round
Speaker 1: draft pick. You need as many draft picks as you can.
Speaker 1: You can't be giving them away in trades. You're gonna
Speaker 1: need to develop this team from from the youth coming up.
Speaker 1: That's how you build consistency, and I think that's important
Speaker 1: that they hold onto that. The draft capital is very
Speaker 1: important when you're trying to build a team. Mike mccagnon
Speaker 1: has always said that he wants to build this thing
Speaker 1: through the draft. The Jets do have a lot of
Speaker 1: financial flexibility moving forward in terms of this spring and
Speaker 1: then beyond. So a guy like Levian Bell, if you're mccagnon,
Speaker 1: you just let things play out and maybe we'll see
Speaker 1: in the spring and yeah, yeah, well we'll see, you know,
Speaker 1: if there's a need for him. But you know, I
Speaker 1: think Isaiah Crowel Blau Palette have done a great job.
Speaker 1: Lebyan is gonna have a heavy price tag, so you're
Speaker 1: gonna have to you can get a couple of players
Speaker 1: for Lebian So you know, it's always tough, you know,
Speaker 1: And I do not want to be in Mike mccagnon's
Speaker 1: seat because that's a tough position. You have to balance
Speaker 1: out the finances with the skill set and how old
Speaker 1: they are. There's so many different things that go into
Speaker 1: And I say reinforcements are coming, I mean it because
Speaker 1: the Jets are very high. I Needlie McGuire now, Trent
Speaker 1: and Cannon has been forced into duty. He's gonna get
Speaker 1: valuable robs here with Isaiah Krol. But McGuire had a
Speaker 1: fantastic spring. He's answering his second season. Who'll be eligible
Speaker 1: to return off of injury reserve this week? He could
Speaker 1: provide that offensive spark and that's a much needed spark.
Speaker 1: You know, Elijah McGuire, as you mentioned, just a player
Speaker 1: similar to Bala Paw that can do at all. He
Speaker 1: can where, he can pass, block, he can run the ball,
Speaker 1: he can catch the ball out of the backfield, and
Speaker 1: he's very explosive. So that's gonna be a major upgrade
Speaker 1: for the Jets offense. Jack On Hide. In terms of
Speaker 1: the run game, what do you point to? Um, you
Speaker 1: know what I point to this week. Listen, the Chicago
Speaker 1: Bears have a great defensive line and Kim Hicks and
Speaker 1: was dominant down the middle of the offensive line. I'm
Speaker 1: losing Spencer Long for that week. You lose that chemistry
Speaker 1: and when you have that chemisy, you need that chemistry
Speaker 1: to get the run game going. You know. Also, you
Speaker 1: know when you're playing from behind, it's tough to run
Speaker 1: the football. So you know, I think that it'll come back,
Speaker 1: that the Jets will gain that run game back, and Uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be vital in helping Sam Donald. The Dolphins.
Speaker 1: They came to Mylife Stadium in Week two. They one
Speaker 1: twenty to twelve ball game. They came out of the
Speaker 1: gates hot. Uh, they kind of slowed down a little bit.
Speaker 1: Last time we saw that was national television against the
Speaker 1: Houston Texas. Deshaun Watson was finding a lot of open receivers.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you had an opportunity to watch
Speaker 1: that game, but what do you think is going on
Speaker 1: with Miami right now? You know, it's tough. You know,
Speaker 1: you are seeing a lot of blown coverage in that secondary,
Speaker 1: and which is something you're not really accustomed to, especially
Speaker 1: with guys like Rashad Jones back there, who's a Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl safety. Um. You know, I think losing Tannehill hurts
Speaker 1: them a lot, you know, and you go back to
Speaker 1: the to the fact that when you don't have Tannehill,
Speaker 1: a guy who can move the chains with his feet,
Speaker 1: he was throwing the ball pretty well, giving the defensive rest.
Speaker 1: I think that defense is broke, breaking down offensively, they're
Speaker 1: not putting up points. Brock Osweiler, you know, I listen,
Speaker 1: he's a talented player, but he has not found a
Speaker 1: way to have success in the NFL thus far. You know,
Speaker 1: I think the Jets are gonna have to continue to
Speaker 1: apply pressure to the Dolphins and uh and the biggest
Speaker 1: thing this week is no big plays. If you don't
Speaker 1: give up big plays. You give yourself an opportunity to
Speaker 1: win them. So I think that's one thing that they
Speaker 1: have to learn from the last matchup against the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: And Defonte Parker did have a big game against the Texans,
Speaker 1: but he is a guy who a lot of people
Speaker 1: think could be actually on the trading block himself for
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. Yeah, you know, for a team that for
Speaker 1: you've seen a lot more trades nowadays, you know, And
Speaker 1: I think it's because of the the younger gms, uh there.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of them are friends that grew
Speaker 1: up in this business together, and everybody's in the analytics.
Speaker 1: Everybody's into winning right now, and you're seeing more trades
Speaker 1: than ever. So it wouldn't surprise me to see him
Speaker 1: get traded because a lot of guys who who I
Speaker 1: thought we're gonna stay put have been traded to Marii Cooper.
Speaker 1: You know, there are a lot of people in a
Speaker 1: round this league, but the Raiders fire Cell. You don't
Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen there anybody, But if you're John Gruden,
Speaker 1: I kind of understand it. Be's you got a ten
Speaker 1: year deal and you want to build this baby. The
Speaker 1: way you want to build it. He's got five first
Speaker 1: round picks over the next uh two years. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be interesting to see what Oakland does. But this is
Speaker 1: inside the Jets. We talked about it before. You think
Speaker 1: it's a must win in Miami. What do you make
Speaker 1: of going down there in early November where it will
Speaker 1: be hot and you've been up here playing at cooler
Speaker 1: temperat the temperatures of late How do you prepare for that?
Speaker 1: Because there's nothing you really can do inside the facility
Speaker 1: for that. No, there's nothing you can do except for
Speaker 1: be hydrated, you know, just and you have to weather
Speaker 1: that storm when you get down there. You know, the
Speaker 1: first couple of drives are gonna be tough. You're gonna
Speaker 1: be gasping for air, You're gonna be acclimating to that heat.
Speaker 1: But I think the Jets caught a break going down
Speaker 1: there in in November, you know, I remember, I remember
Speaker 1: a couple of times playing them in December. That's when
Speaker 1: it's really tough. When when the snowing up here, when
Speaker 1: it's you know, below forty, below thirty degrees, then you
Speaker 1: gotta go down to eighty five degrees and play. That's
Speaker 1: when it's tough. But either way you weather the storm,
Speaker 1: you know, your body acclimates to it, continue to stay hydrated,
Speaker 1: and the Jets will be fine. Did you enjoy going
Speaker 1: down in South Florida to play the Dolphins? Because whenever
Speaker 1: you're going down there, there are big pockets of that
Speaker 1: stadium green and white. Absolutely. You know, I remember playing
Speaker 1: for the Jets and uh one great memory of playing
Speaker 1: down in Miami was Jonathan Film towards the end of
Speaker 1: the game leading the j e t s Jets chant
Speaker 1: and it was a great feeling. You know, New York
Speaker 1: UH travels well, but there's a lot of New Yorkers
Speaker 1: down in South Florida and they love the Jets and
Speaker 1: they continue that loyalty. So we're gonna need all the
Speaker 1: New York fans to either make that trip down there
Speaker 1: are the ones down there come to the game and
Speaker 1: represent the Jets. What changes for the young rookie quarterback
Speaker 1: Sam Donald as he'll be seeing a team for the
Speaker 1: second time for the first time in his professional career.
Speaker 1: You know, if you think, if you go back to
Speaker 1: the first game Sam Donald was was tricked into an interception.
Speaker 1: You know, I think that now that he's he's more
Speaker 1: he's more um acclimated to the NFL game and seeing
Speaker 1: how defenses are playing him. You get to look at
Speaker 1: see how the Dolphins all the different variances of the coverages.
Speaker 1: I don't think he'll be tricked into any coverages. I
Speaker 1: think that you'll see some big plays this week because
Speaker 1: he is a little bit more familiar with their defense.
Speaker 1: And it would be huge if the Jets were able
Speaker 1: to get the Robby Anderson back in this lineup. It
Speaker 1: would be you know, he changes the way a defense
Speaker 1: has to to play the game. His speed, it must
Speaker 1: be respected, allows teams to play more too high safeties.
Speaker 1: That's more run opportunities for Isaiah Kroel, you know. So
Speaker 1: he really changes the game when he's in there, even
Speaker 1: if he's not full speed. I think it's important that
Speaker 1: he's out in the field. Jets Rewards members, don't forget
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Speaker 1: So the Jets we got fifteen seconds back inside the
Speaker 1: a f C East Big One against the Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: and then prior to the bye, they'll be home against
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills Fereric Coleman. I'm Eric Ellen. We'll see
Speaker 1: you next week.