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Speaker 1: but uh, can you talk about that program and why

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Speaker 1: that has meant so much? Do you? It's it's something

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Speaker 1: you know, when we were in Denmo, we're trying to

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Speaker 1: figure out what we wanted to get involved with because

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Speaker 1: you know, we've been very fortunate. Our lives do not

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Speaker 1: have anything major happened to our families or to ourselves

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Speaker 1: or anyone close and her being a military kid, I'm

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Speaker 1: you know, have military in my family as well. Uh,

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Speaker 1: that was something we wanted to hit. And you know

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Speaker 1: we we love dogs. We got two Golden Retrievers and

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Speaker 1: this program. We went to the organization to visit what

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Speaker 1: they did because we're trying to you know, figure out

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Speaker 1: what we want to do and uh, to hear the

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Speaker 1: stories from these veterans of how much it impact their lives.

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Speaker 1: I mean some we're about to take their lives because

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Speaker 1: you know, of the stress of the experiences they've had,

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Speaker 1: or others that have had physical ailments that you know,

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Speaker 1: no legs, no arms, and these dogs come in and

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Speaker 1: and just create some kind of normalcy and uh it's emotional.

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Speaker 1: It's just incredible, you know, as a man's best friend. Um,

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Speaker 1: they're capable of doing so much and they can really

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Speaker 1: change and impact someone's live that much. Well, Eric, listen,

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Speaker 1: you had a fabulous cities. I know it an end

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Speaker 1: the way you wanted to, but you got some more

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Speaker 1: incentive and and attitude to bring your guys together next

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Speaker 1: year to have another run first a thousand yards season

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Speaker 1: and twelve touchdown receptions and uh, you and Brandon have

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Speaker 1: formed one of, if not the top tandem in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League. I know everybody in Jets Nation is

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Speaker 1: excited to watch you guys in action again in Thanks

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Speaker 1: drops back looks over the middle of folks. It ends, Oh,

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Speaker 1: Marcel's got it. That's a jet that's down, friend, and

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Speaker 1: Marshall runs the boast time for Patrick Linds and just

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Speaker 1: like that, but Jets are back in the game. Now

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Speaker 1: back to Winside the Jets on Nutty eight point seven ESPN.

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Speaker 1: Here's Larry Hardisty and Eric Gallant and we are live

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Speaker 1: at Colanto's Italian village and Coldwell, New Jersey. Larry Harst

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Speaker 1: to Eric Allen and Eric, we have our next special guest.

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Speaker 1: All right, we're now joined by Jets fullback Tommy Bohannan

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Speaker 1: t Bowl. Thanks for having me, Hey, thanks for being

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Speaker 1: here tonight. Tommy, when you look back at the two

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Speaker 1: thousand fifteen season, now it's only been a day, what

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Speaker 1: stands out to you about this ball club? You know,

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Speaker 1: coming from the offensive perspective, I really think that we

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Speaker 1: came together as a group just starting in O T

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Speaker 1: A S. We really didn't know what to think of

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Speaker 1: what Shan Gailey and all that was all his offense

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Speaker 1: was gonna be. We didn't know if we were gonna

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Speaker 1: be a power, a running team, a spread team. All

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Speaker 1: the reports where that he was a spread guy, but

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Speaker 1: he kind of mixed everything together with us. Uh, like

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Speaker 1: you were saying earlier, we had gino to start and

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Speaker 1: then it kind of became fits at the end. And uh,

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Speaker 1: he really he really helped us out with the signals

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Speaker 1: and he knew the offense already and it kind of

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Speaker 1: just blended together. And I think, uh, we got better

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Speaker 1: every week as an offense, and we were able to

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Speaker 1: put things together, and even on our our not even

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Speaker 1: our best day, I think we were able to come

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Speaker 1: out and do some things against some good defenses and

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Speaker 1: be able to move the ball and do make plays

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Speaker 1: when we needed to, and ultimately we were able to

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Speaker 1: get to tenants six. Tommy, you have to be proud

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Speaker 1: of your colleagues in the running back room. You guys

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Speaker 1: helped Luck for one thousand yard rushier this season and

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Speaker 1: Chris Pobrey, that's gonna bring some satisfaction. Take us inside

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Speaker 1: that runday back room. What's it like in there? What

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Speaker 1: do you guys talk about, what what's going on in there?

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Speaker 1: You know, as a running back room, we always want

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Speaker 1: to have the best running game in the league. We

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Speaker 1: want to be the best group in the league. So

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Speaker 1: for us, it's just have no emmies, do all your assignments,

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Speaker 1: make your run reads, and then once you make your

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Speaker 1: run read, make a play. Don't ever let the first

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Speaker 1: guy make the tackle. You're never gonna get tackled by

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Speaker 1: an arm tackle anything like that. So that's kind of

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Speaker 1: our big emphasis. And then take care of the ball.

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Speaker 1: That's another big emphasis for us is we have to

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Speaker 1: take care of the ball. When the ball is the

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Speaker 1: team and we carry it the most, and that's the

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Speaker 1: big thing. We have to make sure that we take

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Speaker 1: care of that, we make big plays and help out

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Speaker 1: the offense as much as we can. So, I mean,

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Speaker 1: how did your role change over the course of the

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Speaker 1: last few months, maybe from entering training camp two where

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Speaker 1: you were in December or January? Here is the season closed.

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Speaker 1: Because the big thing the coaching staff always talked about

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Speaker 1: was we gotta learn the players, and this was an

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Speaker 1: evolution throughout the season, and Jane Gailey had to learn

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Speaker 1: not only what you did well, but everybody else on

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Speaker 1: offense and what he did mid season, and he did

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Speaker 1: a masterful job at this was you guys scale back

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Speaker 1: a little bit because he thought he was throwing too

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Speaker 1: much out there. Yeah, I think, uh, what he did

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Speaker 1: very well was being able to put all the players

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Speaker 1: in the best position to make plays. I mean, I think, uh,

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Speaker 1: like you said, Chris had his first thousand yards season,

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Speaker 1: we had two receivers go over a thousand yards, and

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Speaker 1: I think Bile had his career high end receptions and everything.

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Speaker 1: So I think it was just a great job of

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Speaker 1: being able to put players in position to make plays.

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Speaker 1: And for us, that's all we can ask for is

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Speaker 1: if you get put in a position to make a play,

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Speaker 1: do it or not. That's your job. That's on the players.

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Speaker 1: So I think that he did a great job of

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Speaker 1: being able to do that, and for the most part,

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Speaker 1: our guys made the plays when we needed to. What

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Speaker 1: about your role, because a lot of times your motion,

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Speaker 1: there's sometimes you're just being that's straight ahead, traditional fullback,

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Speaker 1: and then other times they see you motion and out

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Speaker 1: and you be part of an empty package. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think that's something that was definitely able to go on

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Speaker 1: as the season's progress, was being able to put me

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Speaker 1: in more routes and things like that. Once he learned

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Speaker 1: that I was able to do that, I mean I

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Speaker 1: did that in college, and uh it really was able

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Speaker 1: to help out the offense in that way and be

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Speaker 1: able to open up the box a little bit more

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Speaker 1: and help the running game that way, as well as

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Speaker 1: being able to go out and make some plays in

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Speaker 1: the past game and be able to whenever I did

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Speaker 1: get the ball, to be able to make a few

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Speaker 1: explosive plays. How great is that for you to have

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Speaker 1: a coaching staff recognize what you can do and growth

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Speaker 1: in your game of things that you work on and

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Speaker 1: practicing off to the side, and then incorporate that as

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Speaker 1: part of a game plan. It's definitely good to see.

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Speaker 1: I mean for them to notice that, hey, I can

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Speaker 1: go out and line up out wide and be able

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Speaker 1: to run some stuff out wide as well as in

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Speaker 1: the slot, and then still be able to do my

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Speaker 1: normal fullback role. I think that that's something that is

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Speaker 1: very big and it helps me and it helps the

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Speaker 1: offense because a lot of times when you see a

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Speaker 1: twenty one personnel with two backs at a tight end,

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Speaker 1: they're thinking it's gonna be a run. But with me,

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Speaker 1: they were able to split me out some and be

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Speaker 1: able to run routes and I always just have to

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Speaker 1: load the box and run the ball out of that personnel. Temmy,

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Speaker 1: what was the feeling like when you left the field

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Speaker 1: yesterday when the game it ended and another comeback attempt

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Speaker 1: fell short Because the thought process all along, I'm thinking,

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Speaker 1: being there in the press boxes, they got them, they

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Speaker 1: got him the coming back. This is another Jets to

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Speaker 1: come back, got him right there, and you guys had

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Speaker 1: all the confidence in the world going to that ball game.

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Speaker 1: With that being said, like I mentioned before, is that

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Speaker 1: you had a healthy amount of respect for the Bills.

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Speaker 1: So when you're leaving the field and the finality is

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Speaker 1: right there, what's going through a month? You know, at

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Speaker 1: the end of the game, with the with the time

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Speaker 1: running out, we had no no doubt that, hey, somebody's

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Speaker 1: gonna make a play, We're gonna win this game. And

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Speaker 1: that was the belief for the last five weeks as

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Speaker 1: well as yesterday when we were out on the field,

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Speaker 1: was hey, there's two minutes left, we have the ball,

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Speaker 1: we can do this. So that was the big thing.

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Speaker 1: And then that final interception was kind of the the

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Speaker 1: big blow and we kind of felt it then and

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Speaker 1: just going off the sideline like I was, I was

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Speaker 1: telling everybody, I mean, I wasn't expecting today to be

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Speaker 1: the off season. We were expecting to be in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: and that was the big thing. Like it's kind of

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Speaker 1: it is a crushing defeat, but we do have to

602
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: build on it. We can't wallow and defeat. We have

603
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 1: to rise above it. And we have to be able

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00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,400
Speaker 1: to come out and do everything this offseason and come

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Speaker 1: out next year on fire and get Hey, ten wins

606
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: didn't get it this year. We gotta get more than ten.

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Speaker 1: What does your ability to come back, your ability to

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00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 1: drive down the field late in games, what does that

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Speaker 1: do for your confidence as you piggyback and bring that

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Speaker 1: into next season. You know, it gives us great confidence

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Speaker 1: because it shows that, hey, we're never out of a game,

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Speaker 1: and for us that that helps us out in any situation,

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Speaker 1: be the second in the first half, when you're driving

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Speaker 1: the last two minutes saying hey we can put it

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Speaker 1: in before the before we have to go in for halftime,

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Speaker 1: or when we're down in late in the game and

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Speaker 1: we have two a minute left and we have the

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Speaker 1: ball on the twenty yard line, Hey, we can still

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Speaker 1: win this game. We can get down there. We have

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Speaker 1: we have big play receivers, we have big play running backs,

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Speaker 1: and we have a quarterback that's able to make play.

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Speaker 1: So that was something that definitely we had confidence in fits.

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Speaker 1: We had confidence in our offense to be able to

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Speaker 1: make the plays and do the things we needed to

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00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: do win to win games late in the game. So

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Speaker 1: it was never we we have the confidence now and

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Speaker 1: that's just gonna be able to build us up until

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Speaker 1: uh we start playing in August again. Tom, you play

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Speaker 1: a prominent role on special teams. I know that goes

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Speaker 1: onto the radar sometimes, but uh, you know a lot

631
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Speaker 1: of sundays you're snap count might be higher on special

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Speaker 1: teams and actually on offense. You gotta you think you

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Speaker 1: guys took some steps down the stretch. I know there

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00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: were some uneven moments there midway through the season, But

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Speaker 1: did you think it started coming together a little bit

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Speaker 1: more towards the end of the season. No, I think

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Speaker 1: it definitely did. We We had the two big plays

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Speaker 1: that went against us when we played the Giants and

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Speaker 1: the Eagles, and that hurt us. But I think other

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Speaker 1: than that, I think we took step forward every week

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Speaker 1: to be able to be a better special teams unit.

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Speaker 1: And uh, I think that coach April did a great

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Speaker 1: job of getting us together and keeping us motivated all

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Speaker 1: all year to be the best team that we could

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Speaker 1: on each special team. So I think that, uh, like

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Speaker 1: you said, we, I think we definitely did take steps

647
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 1: each week and I think we did progress. And I

648
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 1: think that that's just gonna help us out through the

649
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: season to uh to the offseason to have all those

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Speaker 1: players together for one more year and be able to

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Speaker 1: have that those special teams even be better next year.

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Speaker 1: All right, So described to to Tommy Bohanden this one

653
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: we described the Tommy Bohanden. That's the guy coming out

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00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: of the backfield handling the ball, and the main the

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00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: act that's running down on teams. So it is two

656
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 1: different mindsets. I mean, special teams, you're running full speed

657
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: and you have to just put your head down and

658
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: hit somebody. Whereas out of the backfield those types of things,

659
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 1: you have to be a more finesse guy, whether it

660
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: be blocking or catching the ball. It's definitely a little

661
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: bit more finesse. Now. A lot of times I'm up

662
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 1: on dbs and linebackers that just want to make you

663
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 1: miss and make the tackles. So for me, I have

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Speaker 1: to really keep my feet and keep my head about me.

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00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,479
Speaker 1: And and that's a lot different than special teams, where

666
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 1: you're going full speed, full out the whole time, no

667
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 1: matter what. So that's just a completely different mindset and

668
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: you have to differentiate that during the game. What's on

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Speaker 1: your playlist before the game, what's getting you ready, uh

670
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 1: to go out and have these collisions? Because you're in

671
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: the midst of it, so I want to know what

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00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: you're listening to today, get you ready. So I listened

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00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: to a lot of inspirational speakers like Eric Thomas and

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00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 1: things like that before the game, and then I uh.

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00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: The soundtrack I started listening to this year was the

676
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 1: South Paul soundtrack because that has a lot of high

677
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 1: energy music and it kind of got me in the

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00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 1: mood to go out and want to hit somebody and

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00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: do those types of things. So it's definitely uh, I think,

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Speaker 1: But most of the time, it's mostly the inspirational, motivational

681
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: speakers and things like that that I listened to more

682
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: than music. Did you see South Ball? I did? Great movie,

683
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: was it? Yeah? I heard Creed. It's pretty good too.

684
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 1: I haven't seen that yet. I've been wanting to see it,

685
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: but it's I think it's out of theaters now, so

686
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 1: I have to wait till it gets on DVD. Yeah,

687
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 1: I want to see Creed. It's gonna be interesting. Hey Tommy,

688
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,439
Speaker 1: thanks great season for you. I know you fell short,

689
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: but you'll get over and get ready for the next year.

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00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: Thanks for stopping by onto the next one. Thank you

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Speaker 1: stop me behind the ladies and gentlemen jumping over to

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Speaker 1: the perfect setting for fund with friends, find food and

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Speaker 1: drink it's the Madison Hotel, us Rod Steakhouse and g

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Speaker 1: K's Red Dog located on Madison Avenue in Morristown. All right,

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Speaker 1: it's your turn. When we returned on Inside the Chats

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Speaker 1: here colonsos it Talan Village. We'll take your phone calls.

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Speaker 1: Eric and I want to talk to you one eight

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Speaker 1: not one nine, three seven seven six where we returned

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Speaker 1: from the final segment up Inside the Jets. That's next

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00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 1: on ESPN's t gonna shotgun gets the snap off. Here

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00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,359
Speaker 1: comes the blitz. He's under pressure, steps up, closing over

702
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Speaker 1: the metal deckers. Got it, that's a Jets up. Sound right,

703
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: fits clack flicks stepped up and beat the blitz. Marrick

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00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,279
Speaker 1: Decker scores and does a leap into the stands here

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00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 1: in Buffalo has he finds some Jet fans. Now back

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Speaker 1: to Winside the Jets on ninety eight point seven ESPN,

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Speaker 1: here's Larry Hardisty and Eric Allett. We're welcome you back

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Speaker 1: to Collano's Italian Village here in Colworld, New Jersey. And Eric,

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00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you when that play was made, I

710
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 1: was like, they're ready to come back and make that move.

711
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 1: That's gonna be the one that's gonna take them. That's

712
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: the momentum changer that's gonna just take them right in.

713
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: And then another come from behind win for this Jet team. Yeah,

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00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: I don't want to watch it again because I think

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00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a different ending, you know, because I

716
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: thought this team and was headed to the postseason. But

717
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: like Tommy and Eric Decker said tonight, they gotta build

718
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: on this. Things are gonna be different and they'll start

719
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: a new And you know, you don't take any of

720
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: those ten wins with you, and you don't take any

721
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 1: of these six losses with you, and you don't take

722
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,760
Speaker 1: the fact that the Bill swapped you this season into

723
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen. It's all new, but you do have

724
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: a court intact. You can build off of that. And uh,

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00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: I think good things are ahead for Todd Bowles, Mike

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00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 1: mcagnet and company. Listen before we go to the calls, Eric,

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00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: I want to make sure that we think go the

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00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 1: folks who made it possible for us to be inside

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00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: the Jets our first year. I loved having hanging out

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00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: with you this year. I mean we've done stuff before,

731
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: but every week to hang out with Eric Allen and

732
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 1: follow you on and all the great stuff you do

733
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: on the Jets website and Twitter and all that stuff.

734
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 1: I had the ball. Well, you're a true professional. I

735
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 1: love working with you. We took the torch from Bob

736
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,800
Speaker 1: bas shoes and the voice of the Jets, and you

737
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 1: know those are big shoes to fuss there are. But

738
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,800
Speaker 1: I've really enjoyed it this year, no doubt about it.

739
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: Gerald's been with us from the get go. Yeah, it's

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00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: been there a while now, huh uh. And over from

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00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: the Jets, we've received a lot of support of course,

742
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: Brian uh and Jack on hand each and every week.

743
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: We got Tracy Uh. Charles is here uh every week

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00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: as well. Joscelyn congratulations. Uh she just got wreaths. Uh,

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00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 1: Joscelyn Okay. And I do have to say, I do

746
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: have to say, who else am I forgetting right now?

747
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: Jorge Uh, each and every week has been here. He's

748
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: actually helping out with Eric Duckers Yeah, yeah, of course,

749
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: and all the staff at the Jets, and of course

750
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: the staff here at Colanjo's who makes us feel welcome,

751
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: and Mark who takes care of us, and all all

752
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,360
Speaker 1: the other folks who are around who who do a

753
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: fabulous job here at Colanjo's with us. So we just

754
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: want to make sure we thank everybody because you know

755
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 1: in radio you're still going to the phone star, come

756
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 1: to the fans. Before you know what, Tom is gone,

757
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 1: and then we move on. Let's speaking of the phones, Eric,

758
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 1: let's do it. Let's Stanton. I'll understanding by he of

759
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: course is online one. Eric here is you're up first

760
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: here on inside the Jets. Happy new year, my friend,

761
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,840
Speaker 1: very happy year to you guys. Uh and you by

762
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: the way, you two did a great job and it

763
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 1: was a pleasure listening to you guys a whole year. Unfortunately, Uh,

764
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,440
Speaker 1: it's a couple of weeks short, and I expected and uh,

765
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: I was definitely preparing for another road trip next week,

766
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 1: but it just looks like it wasn't in the cards,

767
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: you know. Uh, it was a great five week run there,

768
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 1: lare on. We got to break we needed last week. Eric,

769
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: you're right, they they got a lot of pieces in

770
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 1: place to build on. But of course there's no guarantees.

771
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: Everybody starts with a team slate. You gotta stay healthy,

772
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: you gotta do good in the draft, you gotta do

773
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: good in free agency. But getting into the game yesterday,

774
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,239
Speaker 1: and you know, I hate to be down to here

775
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: before your boy. I mean, just so many missed opportunities

776
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: yesterday and when it failed by Can when they got

777
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,919
Speaker 1: down to the fourteen yard line. But I'm not gonna

778
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: second guess anything right now. But you know you had

779
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,879
Speaker 1: a feel in your back pocket. I thought they should

780
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: have went that way and uh unfortunately didn't. Uh. Once again,

781
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 1: it just flows in the cards. They gave it their

782
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: best effort and hopefully, uh, hopefully this time next year

783
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: we will have something in place and we won't have

784
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,959
Speaker 1: to go until week A chevy team after the twin spot.

785
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 1: Let's be good at that, all right, Alra, thanks for

786
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: the call, my friend, and we'll talk to you soon.

787
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 1: And and Eric, that's that's how the fans feel right now.

788
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 1: You you you you go back to each part of

789
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,920
Speaker 1: that game. You dissect it, you replay it. You look

790
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 1: at the uh the off sides, You look at the

791
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: unsportsmunlike conduct penalties. You look at uh, you know, the

792
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: third down stats that we gave early in the game.

793
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: You look at the drop passes. You when when you

794
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: lose a game like that, you re examine every in

795
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 1: particular thing to the drive. You're not yeah, listen, Yeah,

796
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,879
Speaker 1: hate taking points off the board. And and that's one

797
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: thing that the and Gaily and Ryan Fitzpatrick been talking

798
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:05,839
Speaker 1: about from the get the sacks and the turnovers, and uh,

799
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: you never want to be in a position to, you know,

800
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: where you have to give up something, And the Jets

801
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: gave up something there on the interception, and Fits had

802
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 1: three fourth quarter interceptions. But he had a tremendous season. Um.

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00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 1: You know, when the interception did take place, it was

804
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: nineteen seventeen. They're still ten minutes left in the game.

805
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 1: The Jets still could have got off the field. It

806
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: still could have came back, got a field goal or

807
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Even after the field goal. You know, we

808
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: can dissect each and every play. Uh, it's a tough one.

809
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 1: But fitz had a Hall of the Season, um, and

810
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 1: that's one he'd like to have back. Absolutely. Let's go

811
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Speaker 1: to Stefanos and West Long Branch. You're next on nine

812
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:54,799
Speaker 1: eight seven ESPNS inside the Jets. What's up Stefan Stefanos

813
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 1: there he is those you're Uh, Eric, I just wanted

814
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: to say, I've been watching News Mirror all all year.

815
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: It's been great on the website. But I took a

816
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: road trip up to Buffalo yesterday and I was at

817
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 1: the game. Everything heartbreaker. UM yeah, I'll tell you those

818
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 1: those fans really took on Rex's personality. Um, but yeah

819
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,720
Speaker 1: it was. I wouldn't say the season was a failure,

820
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 1: but I would say they really took on what top

821
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: bowls would really preached to him and how ten and

822
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,320
Speaker 1: six isn't good enough. And I really appreciate that. I

823
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: like when he's bringing to the organizations, UH done a

824
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: lifetime Jets saying all my life and I'm looking forward

825
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: to what they got doing stuff and all set Yep,

826
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: that listen, that's a great call, and let's say thank

827
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: you for coming. The Jets support UH in Buffalo was tremendous.

828
00:42:55,640 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: The Jets home game fan appreciation Day against the Patriots,

829
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: that place was a madhouse. Met Life Stadium was great.

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00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 1: I think the Green and White UH faithful have captured something.

831
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 1: They like what Todd Bowles is doing here. And you

832
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 1: said it, Stephano said it right there is Todd Bowles

833
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 1: told this team today this isn't good enough. So Brandon

834
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 1: Marshall said it yesterday in Buffalo. I was there in

835
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 1: Western New York. No moral victory, so nobody's celebrating here.

836
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: We are telling you all there is a foundation in place,

837
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: There is a core intact. Yeah, and and that's what

838
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: you look, that's what you want. It's about sustainable success

839
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: and you want to build on that so that you

840
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: don't have the constant turnover. Eric. What you want to

841
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,359
Speaker 1: do is put people in place so that you can

842
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,840
Speaker 1: continue to move and continue to grow. And with the

843
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,440
Speaker 1: draft choices you're gonna have and the free agents and

844
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 1: the things you're gonna have to make additions and some

845
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,839
Speaker 1: subtractions to you know, hopefully you'll next time we talked

846
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: to everybody will have a new team in place ready

847
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 1: to go. Yeah. I'm already looking forward to it. And

848
00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 1: I know, uh, you know, the players will get away

849
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 1: for a little bit and then we'll be talking about

850
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: uh spring workouts and O T A s. And then

851
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 1: we'll get back to training camp and then before you

852
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,399
Speaker 1: know it, we'll have another season. But uh, some guys

853
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: will watch the playoffs. You and me will watch the playoffs,

854
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: and some guys got to get away from it. But uh,

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Speaker 1: a lot to build off this year looking forward, you know,

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Speaker 1: to two thousand sixteen, the Jets were three and three

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Speaker 1: inside the division this year. They did beat the Patriots once,

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Speaker 1: but now UH taking that next step, we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to be better in the division. Moving conference, Absolutely, Partner,

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Speaker 1: it was a pleasure, hey, Larry, I really enjoyed it.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for everything special thanks as you mentioned to Gerald,

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Speaker 1: also to UH Brian and right back at the station

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Speaker 1: Harry Kaide as well. Absolutely, you know better than that.

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Speaker 1: You know she gonna get you later. Trevor Scales has

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Speaker 1: what you need to know. This is today Rothamburg Show.

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