Speaker 1: Hey, Ryan, this is Marc Canna's error from the New
Speaker 1: York Post. Just kind of curious. I mean, obviously for
Speaker 1: a good reason. You guys spoke good enough in that
Speaker 1: locker room last night or yesterday afternoon. Uh, there was
Speaker 1: some talk about getting back into playoffs, picture and whatnot.
Speaker 1: I just kind of wanted curious, what's your your mindset
Speaker 1: is going forward here with the last few games and
Speaker 1: in terms of your playoff chances and you know what
Speaker 1: you did to enhance them yesterday. Well, we uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we know we're we're still in it. Uh, we also
Speaker 1: know there's not a lot of room for air, and
Speaker 1: so um, each one of these games, you know, and
Speaker 1: I said yesterday, as we continue to win, that become
Speaker 1: more and more significant in terms of putting ourselves in
Speaker 1: a position to make the playoffs, and so um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's just there's a there's a huge focus on one
Speaker 1: game at a time, one game at a time, not
Speaker 1: getting ahead of ourselves and you know, making sure that
Speaker 1: we're all our energy and focused into the opponent each
Speaker 1: week because all these games are obviously extremely important to us,
Speaker 1: and there's so many teams that are lumped up right now.
Speaker 1: You know within a game of each other that we've
Speaker 1: just got to continue to stack wins. Do you feel
Speaker 1: like yesterday give you more reason to believe that this
Speaker 1: is a playoff team? No? I think you know, I'm
Speaker 1: glad that we got back to playing our brand of
Speaker 1: football yesterday that had been lacking the last few weeks.
Speaker 1: But I don't think the the confidence has wavered it
Speaker 1: all this year in terms of the team that we
Speaker 1: think that we have. And you guys are obviously old.
Speaker 1: Established the run pretty early yesterday. At what point or
Speaker 1: was there a play for you that you know, felt
Speaker 1: like that the run was going to work for you
Speaker 1: a little bit better than it had It would be
Speaker 1: something you'd be able to stick and then it had
Speaker 1: you know the previous week in Houston, was there a
Speaker 1: player a moment that kind of clicked it for you?
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we opened up the game and
Speaker 1: had a nice little ten yard run or whatever it was,
Speaker 1: you know, and even though we ended up getting shut
Speaker 1: down on fourth and one, um, you know, having a
Speaker 1: having a run early that there was a lot of daylight.
Speaker 1: I think that gave us a lot of confidence. But
Speaker 1: you know, it's just something that you know every week
Speaker 1: we try to scheme different runs and you know, get
Speaker 1: ways to get the ball in Chris his hand and
Speaker 1: get him in space. And this week, you know, we
Speaker 1: happen to get a couple that worked. And you know
Speaker 1: on his touchdown run obviously a great effort by him
Speaker 1: where he just makes people miss and breaks tackles. Right,
Speaker 1: And what do you think that the biggest difference was
Speaker 1: for you as an offense yesterday compared to two more
Speaker 1: recent weeks. Uh, I mean that's I think I tried
Speaker 1: to go into the game with a little more patience.
Speaker 1: I tried to go into the game, um, you know,
Speaker 1: not not trying to force things, and I think that
Speaker 1: helped us out a little bit. Um, you know. And
Speaker 1: then the guys when they had opportunities to make plays,
Speaker 1: whoever it was, they stepped up and made the plays.
Speaker 1: But you know, we Todd had made the comment, uh,
Speaker 1: during the week about just getting back to the basics,
Speaker 1: and I think focusing on that and everybody kind of
Speaker 1: knowing and focusing on their assignments helped us well. And
Speaker 1: you guys, you know, not to keep talking about the
Speaker 1: back to basic things like you still cast them all
Speaker 1: a lot, but you know, a lot more than than
Speaker 1: you ran. But where does where is in the passing game?
Speaker 1: Does that basics coming? Like? How can we see you
Speaker 1: guys getting back to that in the passing game? Um? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean getting back to basics. Each game
Speaker 1: is gonna be different in terms of how many times
Speaker 1: are gonna run it, how many times are gonna throw it,
Speaker 1: kind of what we're doing on uh, first and second
Speaker 1: down versus third down, what our plan is in the
Speaker 1: red zone. But um, you know it's more of just
Speaker 1: getting guys in in spots. Um you know, for me,
Speaker 1: making making throws that I'm comfortable with. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: giving given receivers different decision routes, but putting receivers in
Speaker 1: the right spots guys that are comfortable making those decisions.
Speaker 1: And so there's a lot that goes into it, right.
Speaker 1: Obviously you've only been on the scene here for a
Speaker 1: few months. But what have you been able to pick
Speaker 1: up on what yet? Giants means maybe something you picked
Speaker 1: up at the preseason game. You know, what, what sort
Speaker 1: of appeal do you get to the revelry? Uh? You
Speaker 1: know usually you know with the with the with the
Speaker 1: game like that. Um, then you rely on the guys
Speaker 1: that have been around, and so UM talked to Nick
Speaker 1: about it a little bit today and I'm sure just
Speaker 1: throughout the week get a better sense from the guys
Speaker 1: that have been around and been in a type of game.
Speaker 1: But already plenty of chatter, uh, just around the community
Speaker 1: and with with different people that I know that are
Speaker 1: either jeffs or Giant fan and Um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a great atmosphere that I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 1: What did you learn from Nick? Um? I mean, he
Speaker 1: just kind of talked about the significance of the game, uh,
Speaker 1: and the the passion of the rivalry. Ryan, You've had
Speaker 1: a number of experiences around the league, so you're in
Speaker 1: a position to know does this in particular feel like
Speaker 1: a kind of a right place at the right time
Speaker 1: situation for you? Where do you not like yourself even
Speaker 1: think about that in that way? Uh? I mean, do
Speaker 1: you think about it a little bit? You know the
Speaker 1: fact that Um, I mean I I came this team,
Speaker 1: was able to step into a offense that was full
Speaker 1: of veteran guys that have played a lot in the
Speaker 1: system that I've played in for a few years, and
Speaker 1: I'm comfortable in with the coach, uh, you know, and
Speaker 1: and Chan that has a lot of trust and experience
Speaker 1: with me. Um, so there's a lot of things that
Speaker 1: fell in place for me that that I've I've definitely
Speaker 1: been able to appreciate this year, and I's got to
Speaker 1: continue to try to take advantage of the opportunity. Ryan,
Speaker 1: what is uh, what is Brandon into this offense this year?
Speaker 1: I mean Brandon Brandon is our go to guy. You know,
Speaker 1: He's a great playmaker. It seems to step up every
Speaker 1: time we need to play, um, you know. And it's
Speaker 1: just his football, like you was so high, which you know,
Speaker 1: it's really helpful for a quarterback, um, you know, and
Speaker 1: that means said, sometimes he'll tell me that my read
Speaker 1: was wrong or I needed to just throw some more else.
Speaker 1: So sometimes the football he is too high. He's not
Speaker 1: to know some of that stuff as a receiver. But um,
Speaker 1: he just he brings a great passion to the game.
Speaker 1: He worked hard every single day. Um, whether it's whether
Speaker 1: it's in practice or in a game. You know, he's
Speaker 1: always uh, he's always up and in high spirits. And
Speaker 1: he's just he's a great leader for us. Not just
Speaker 1: because his passion for the game but because he shows
Speaker 1: up every day ready to work. Do you think that
Speaker 1: the intentity of this upcoming game it's heightened because not
Speaker 1: just because of the rivalry, but because both teams are
Speaker 1: in the same which is slow but not quite in
Speaker 1: the playoffs at the term moment. Uh, I mean, it
Speaker 1: probably helps it a little bit, but you know, it's
Speaker 1: a it's just another it's another step in for us
Speaker 1: to get get ourselves in the right direct and then
Speaker 1: to get ourselves in the where we want to be.
Speaker 1: And so I think, uh, you know, I don't really
Speaker 1: look at it that way, but um, you know, like
Speaker 1: I said, the more games we win, the more important
Speaker 1: the next one becomes. So this one is more important
Speaker 1: than the game we just played because of that. Right.
Speaker 1: How happy would you be if you guys saw the
Speaker 1: type of consistent single coverage on Brandon that you did yesterday? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean each team plays plays differently and has their
Speaker 1: own thoughts, so it just kind of depends. You know,
Speaker 1: it'll be a wait and see things for us. We'll
Speaker 1: try to evaluate throughout the week with film on kind
Speaker 1: of what they do and what their philosophy is, and
Speaker 1: you know, go go from there, um, you know, and
Speaker 1: there's always adjustments yet to make in the game, but
Speaker 1: he's always gonna be a big part of our offense. Bryan,
Speaker 1: how did your play yesterday reflect the patients that you
Speaker 1: tried to bring into the game. Um, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, I just tried to stay away from uh,
Speaker 1: you know, trying to make too much happen, trying to
Speaker 1: force balls, just taking what they were given me. And
Speaker 1: you know, even you know early on uh installed on
Speaker 1: a few drives, but just making sure that the confidence
Speaker 1: was still high and everybody trusted in the game plan
Speaker 1: that we had in place, you know, not not trying
Speaker 1: to go off and invent different plays and different throws,
Speaker 1: but trusting what we had, um and what we had
Speaker 1: worked on throughout the week. And I thought that was
Speaker 1: we did a good job of that. Brian, you with
Speaker 1: some good players throughout your career, and obviously you were
Speaker 1: complimentary of Brandon Marshall just a few minutes ago. Have
Speaker 1: you ever played with somebody liked him? Guy that has
Speaker 1: the mental aspect of the game and has uh, I mean,
Speaker 1: I've played I played with some really good receivers. He's
Speaker 1: he's definitely right up there, um, you know, and was
Speaker 1: still I we've only played together for uh eleven games now,
Speaker 1: so there there's definitely um room to grow in terms
Speaker 1: of kind of our chemistry and all that. But he's
Speaker 1: I mean, he's right up there on the cop of
Speaker 1: the list for sure, right and there was right there
Speaker 1: was one snap yesterday even the first quarter that you
Speaker 1: you found molding the end up beaming yards with that
Speaker 1: was that your thumb affecting you at all? That was
Speaker 1: kind of the first time we've seen you have any
Speaker 1: problems since the injury. Um, it's my to Ben. It
Speaker 1: was a gun snap. It was a good gun snap,
Speaker 1: and one that usually didn't drop. Uh that you know
Speaker 1: that I wouldn't drop, And so I don't know if
Speaker 1: it you know, hit my brace or what happened, but
Speaker 1: I think it might have had something to do with it,
Speaker 1: you know. That being said, we were fortunate to think
Speaker 1: it was maybe a third in one. I was fortunate
Speaker 1: enough to pick it up and then run for the
Speaker 1: first down. But um, yeah, we you know, other than
Speaker 1: that one, you know, again, we've kind of been able
Speaker 1: to avoid, you know, and even with Nick's hand injury,
Speaker 1: been able to avoid any of those uh, those bad
Speaker 1: turnovers that you can't have and uh, you know handed
Speaker 1: off and stuff was clean yesterday as well. Try to
Speaker 1: mention after you got hurt that he really did want
Speaker 1: you to concentrate on trying to slide when you could.
Speaker 1: It doesn't seem like, Um, I don't know, there have
Speaker 1: been many opportunities for for for that for that to happen,
Speaker 1: or many attempts for you to slide, you just keep
Speaker 1: running forward. Is it something about your style that lead
Speaker 1: you not to be able to slide, or just you know,
Speaker 1: you just don't want to do it because you'd rather
Speaker 1: gain the yard. Um. I mean like I've been that's
Speaker 1: my eleventh year in the league, and you know, I've
Speaker 1: always kind of played a particular way and I continue
Speaker 1: to try to get better and play smarter and all
Speaker 1: those things. But they're just are certain times in the
Speaker 1: game where, um, you know, all the arts that we
Speaker 1: can get madder, and that's that's kind of how I'm
Speaker 1: play the game. And you know, I try to put
Speaker 1: myself in the best situation. Um, you know, when I'm
Speaker 1: when I'm diving or getting down to try to avoid
Speaker 1: those big hits, and I can usually do a good
Speaker 1: job of it. Ryan, you know, for the second straight time, Uh,
Speaker 1: Dominican Sue wasn't able to have, you know, a monumental
Speaker 1: impact on a game against you guys, What did you
Speaker 1: think of the job that Winters did on hand yesterday?
Speaker 1: I thought Brian did a good job. And it's you know,
Speaker 1: there are some one on one matchups there, and it's
Speaker 1: also just a collective effort. You know, part of it
Speaker 1: with um the game planning and the different runs and
Speaker 1: the way the game was called, and then part of
Speaker 1: it was just the way those guys worked together up front,
Speaker 1: and I thought they did a really nice job collectively
Speaker 1: as a group. Um, you know, in that something we
Speaker 1: can just continue to build on. You know, Brian stepped
Speaker 1: in and done a done a really nice job. You know,
Speaker 1: it's not always easy to step in from not playing,
Speaker 1: and you know, he's really done a good job with
Speaker 1: the getting chemistry with the guys he's next to, and um,
Speaker 1: you know he's he's a tough competitor, so he's fun
Speaker 1: to have out there in the huddle. Brian. Obviously the Jets,
Speaker 1: when you came to the Jets run, you know, you
Speaker 1: didn't really know what necessarily what your role was going
Speaker 1: to be for say, I mean, they brought you in
Speaker 1: sort of kind of the beat back up here, but
Speaker 1: to be starting out down the stretch and have a
Speaker 1: chance here to play in the playoffs for the first
Speaker 1: time in your career? What what is this meant to you?
Speaker 1: I know, I don't know if you could have expected this,
Speaker 1: But what what is this kind of experience? Mess? Uh?
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't. I don't know if that's a
Speaker 1: if I can answer that one yet. You know, there's
Speaker 1: still some games left and stuff that we need to
Speaker 1: get accompliced, and so, um, that's why I'm still playing,
Speaker 1: you know. I want to be out there competing, and
Speaker 1: I love the guys that I'm playing with, and so
Speaker 1: we just need to, you know, continue to build off
Speaker 1: of this last performance and continue to stack up the winds.
Speaker 1: But I don't, I don't really know, you know, if
Speaker 1: I can give a completer affair answer until the season's
Speaker 1: over on that one, right, it was the one weird
Speaker 1: start from yesterday? Uh? Did that didn't have any sort
Speaker 1: of milestone mean for you? Yeah? I thought, I thought, uh, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's preignificant to me. That that was my dad texted
Speaker 1: me earlier in the day. I knew that it was
Speaker 1: going to happen at some point this year. I kind
Speaker 1: of forgotten which game it was going to be, but
Speaker 1: my dad texted me earlier in the day and um,
Speaker 1: you know, and so then I was kind of made
Speaker 1: aware of it, and so that was that was cool
Speaker 1: for me. I mean, that's a neat thing that, you know,
Speaker 1: and my careers over with, uh, you know, it's definitely
Speaker 1: I wanted to keep the ball at the end of
Speaker 1: the game and throw that one in the trophy case,
Speaker 1: you know, because being a seventh round pick, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: being a guy that wasn't really recruited to play college
Speaker 1: football that stuff. It's been a pretty cool ride. So
Speaker 1: your dad's texts basically indicated just telling you this is
Speaker 1: number one hundred or it was. Did you share that, Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I am, you know, something about, you know, congrats on
Speaker 1: one today, let's go get you know, I don't know,
Speaker 1: let's go get on something like that. But yeah, his
Speaker 1: his text basically it just made me aware of the
Speaker 1: fact that this this was number one hundred.