WEBVTT - Leger Douzable Discusses How Free Agency Has Impacted the Jets' Draft Plan (3/22) 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:07.280 Welcome to the Official Jets Podcast, Eric Allen here at 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:11.160 One Jets Drive. I'm joined by Lejadusable. Not only today, 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:14.720 but we are going to do this a number of 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:16.239 times leading up to the draft. 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:17.919 I think four and all dues. 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:21.840 So get comfortable, brother, we got a lot of things 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:22.640 to talk about. 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:23.680 I love it. 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:26.680 EA can't wait to dive into this draft with you 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:28.920 and see how it affects the Jets. I know a 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:32.839 lot of great topics today. Just I believe had a 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:36.400 big signing on the show earlier, if I'm not mistaken. 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.360 Big signing. Mike Williams was just in the studio. 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:44.280 He is actually leaving One Jets Drive here a second ago. 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:46.760 I saw him walking down the stairs, so he's awfully 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.160 excited to be here. And in fact, just to give 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:52.360 people some background what's going on at the facility, there's 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:57.480 a lot of Taylor Ham egg and cheese sandwiches that 0:00:57.600 --> 0:00:59.160 have been delivered here today. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:00:59.680 How about that? 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:00.760 Sure? 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:04.920 I mean what once NYJ Matt sent that sandwich and 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:08.800 it went viral and that was the closing factor, determining 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.960 factor Mike Williams signing. You knew rest of Jet Nation 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:14.400 was going to come out in droves and send nothing 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.680 but breakfast sandwiches to one Jets drive just to make 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.800 sure Mike Williams has a taste of every good Taylor 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:22.319 ham and egg and cheese sandwich. 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:24.880 Yeah, I gotta watch my way, so I don't know 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:28.400 how many of those I can eat, dudes. But let's 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:29.600 get to that right now. 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:33.200 Again, we're going to be focused primarily on the draft, 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:37.080 but on today's installment of the Official Jets Podcast, I 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:39.440 want to talk about what the Jets have done so 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.920 far this off season and how that's going to impact 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:46.640 Joe Douglass and his staff as they approached the twenty 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:50.360 twenty four NFL Draft. So, Mike Williams, what did you 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.200 think about that edition big signing? 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.640 If you would have told me going into free agency 0:01:56.080 --> 0:01:59.320 that it could couple of Tyren Smith in this scenario 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.160 as well, but that Joe d would sign Tyron Smith 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.840 and Mike Williams, I would have thought there would have 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.120 been a lot more money allocated to those two players 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.919 in regards to getting that deal done. So shout out 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.000 to Joe D. When you look at the Tyron Smith deal, 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:15.840 essentially a one year, six point five million dollar deal, 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:19.040 heavily incentive based from one of the top offensive tackles 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.160 went healthy on the field, and if you look at 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:24.280 Mike Williams, right, the Jets needed somebody that could take 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.400 pressure off Garrett Wilson, and Mike Williams is that guy 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.680 when the quarterback needs help. The big frame of you know, 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:34.320 six foot six, two hundred up to ten pounds. He's 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:35.640 a guy that can go up and get it and 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.320 a good thing about him ea and even though he's 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:41.040 had some injury issues the last couple of years, but 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.519 if you look at his last two years span, he's 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.760 only had one drop right, which plagued the Jets last year. 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:48.960 So you talk about a guy that again when you're 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:52.040 in trouble as a quarterback. He's a true ex receiver, 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:55.360 the big boy, big body receiver that can go up 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.280 and be physical and get the ball. And then you 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:01.320 talk about the red zone presence, right, guy that went 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:03.120 in doubt if he's one on one on the island. 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.520 We've seen Aaron Rodgers already do to some preseason with 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.200 Garrett Wilson. Checked the play and throw that fade well, 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.200 instead of it being a fifty to fifty jump ball 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.240 for Mike Williams, it's more like seventy thirty, sixty forty. 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.640 He's coming down with the football. So I thought this 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.760 was a massive get not only for the Jets offense, 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.600 but for the development of Garrett Wilson because we know 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.320 the type of player he can be in the potential 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:24.800 he has. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:26.440 He saw a lot of double coverage. 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:28.079 It's gonna be hard to do that with a guy 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:29.680 like Mike Williams on the other side. 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:34.960 So Mike Williams in with the Chargers twice in a 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.800 thousand yard receiver. His yards per catch really off the 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.520 charts in terms of comparing him to other receivers in 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:46.120 the NFL. And you're right about the contested catches. He's 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.960 a guy who will go up and get it one 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:53.080 on one he isn't covered. So with all that being sad, 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:56.840 he's gonna have to continue rehabbing. We imagine suffered that 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:01.240 ACL injury in Week three last year year. Why is 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:03.560 he such a good compliment You touched upon it a 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.640 little bit, but why specifically such a good compliment for 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:09.480 Garrett Wilson in terms of what the Jets can do 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:10.560 formation wise? 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.000 Yeah, because with Garrett Wilson, you can line him up 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:16.800 at all three receiver positions right XX and then the slot. 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:19.840 And the way that they started using Garrett Wilson more 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.520 last year was they were motioning him right. When you 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:24.600 do that, you can kind of roll and see where 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:26.680 coverage is rolling to. But when you have a big 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.360 X receiver on the outside, that safety has to respect 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:33.200 that right. He can't just go with Garrett Wilson is at. 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.120 So now it's going to free up the middle of 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.520 the field a lot more for Garrett Wilson, which we 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.480 know that's where he does a lot of his damage. 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:40.080 EA. 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:42.560 We saw going back two years ago when he caught 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.120 that inbreaking route versus Chicago Bears and they cut back 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:48.120 against that defense for like a fifty plus yard touchdown. 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.680 Like that's what Garrett Well, Garrett Wilson does really well 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.120 and better than a lot of receivers really attack the 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:55.080 middle of the field. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:57.280 So now when you have that big receiver on the. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.919 Outside, safety has the hole just a little bit because 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.280 if he goes right where Garrett Wilson is right away, 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.320 the quarterback has that option just to throw it up 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.800 to that monster. Mike Williams and you talked about him 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.640 coming down with contested catches one of the best in 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:11.240 the NFL. 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.559 You also alluded to his yards per catch. 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:15.640 A lot of that is because he goes up in 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.120 those fifty fifty jump balls and gets forty yard or 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:20.960 fifty yard bombs down the field, because he uses his 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:24.359 body almost like a power forward in basketball, being able 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:28.320 to box out smaller corners and go high point the football. 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.440 So that's how I said it's not just big for 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.720 this offense. I think it's pivotal for Garrett Wilson's development 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.960 as well, because now it'll be hard to roll coverage 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.560 to him, because if you do that, there's gonna be 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:42.000 five or six times where Aaron Rodgers could just throw 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.560 the ball up to Mike Williams and again, with his 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.560 frame and his body size, there's a good chance he's 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:48.680 coming down with the football. 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:49.479 Yeah. 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.960 Really exceptional first down conversion rate. And the thing about 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:56.440 Williams is he's not catching the ball really close to 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:58.679 the line of scrimmage. I mean he's catching the ball 0:05:58.839 --> 0:05:59.720 down down. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:01.120 Yeah. 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.960 And you pair him up ideally with one of the 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.120 best vertical passers we've ever seen in the National Football 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:11.360 League and Aaron Rodgers, and you're just opening things up 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:15.480 for everybody on offense. Do you think right now, Joe 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:20.839 Douglas says free agency, I'm good at receiver at this point. 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:23.240 I signed the big Fish and Mike Williams. I have 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:26.880 Garrett Wilson al Zard still on the roster. We saw 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.159 some stops from Xavier Gibson and Jason Browne last year. 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:32.719 No I could see him still going out there. I 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.560 think Joe Douglas has done a really good job of 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.960 letting the market come to him and not reaching an 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:42.960 over quote unquote overpaying players. Right, we saw the receiver 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.480 market not take off like it has in past years, 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:48.479 and that's because the NFL Draft is laden with so 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:50.640 much talent at the receiver position. 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:52.240 Ea. I was just saying this yesterday. 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.360 The NFL draft kind of dictates how the NFL moves, 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:59.039 and that's even including free agency. People were saying that 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.680 the running back value in the market was dead right 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.039 because of positional value, But we saw because the NFL 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.000 Draft doesn't have a strong running back class, running backs 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:12.280 get top market in free agency this past year. Adversely, 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.640 it's been opposite for the receivers, right. Besides Calvin Ridley, 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.840 you can maybe even throw Mike Evans in there. The 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.320 receivers that are normally number twos who get paid like 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.320 number ones in free agency because they hit the open market. 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.120 That didn't happen this offseason. 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.480 And it's because the NFL draft receiver class is so strong. 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.560 So you know, those guys like Tyler Boyd that are 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:33.800 still out there, there's some good receivers that are still 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:35.680 out there where I think Joe Douglas could even take 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.120 a one or two year filler on some of these 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.640 guys just to make sure the Jets have all the 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:44.120 depth necessary just in case somebody does go down. But 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.240 the great thing that Joe Douglas has done is really 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.559 kind of fixing a lot of the holes going into 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:53.400 free agency. That way, the book opens up for them 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.920 at the number ten pick. You know, Joe Douglas can 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.840 go so many ways. And we talked about Gary Wilson 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.120 and I'll throw it back to you a A. But 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.720 to me, this helps Breeze Hall more than anybody. With 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:07.120 the Mike Williams signing. Right, we talked about safety is 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.360 not being able to lean towards Garrett Wilson. Well, you're 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:11.880 not gonna be able to keep that guy, the extra 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:13.800 guy in the box as well, because if you get 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.360 man o man coverage. We talked about Aaron Rodgers in 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.640 the freedom he has at the line of scrimmage. You 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.640 don't believe he's gonna throw that up to Mike Williams 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:22.520 if he sees him in man coverage for sure on 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:23.120 the island. 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:24.480 So that keeps that. 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.400 Extra safety out of the box, which will open up 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:28.960 running lanes for Breeze Hall. 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:30.880 So to me, he's the biggest winner. 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.280 Yes, it's gonna help Garrett Wilson, but to me, Breece 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.880 Hall is the biggest winner with this Mike william signing. 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:40.560 I like that, Okay. So we are taping Wednesday morning. 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:44.680 There are reports right now that Ohio State standout receiver 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:49.840 Marvin Harrison is not working out at Ohio. 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:50.199 State's pro day. 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.559 We know he chose not to work out Indianapolis at 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:58.240 the Combine as well. I'm bringing up Harrison because prior 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:04.960 to the signing of Mike Williams NFL Draft, NFL media 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:10.440 Draft expert Daniel Jeremiah had an interesting scenario debt he 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.079 proposed on this podcast with Bucky Brooks. 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:14.400 Let's take a listen right. 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.840 Now, and the phone just rang, and it's Joe Ortiz 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.720 one of his best friends and Joe Douglas from the 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:23.120 New York Jets work together for twenty years, and he's 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.760 all in. Joe Douglas has signed thirty three year old 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.839 Tyron Smith Morgan Moses older tackle. On the other side, 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:30.960 they went out and got John Simpson to play guard. 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.120 Now you can say, maybe this is a house of 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.079 cards with the age of these offensive linemen, but this 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:37.480 is a forty year old quarterback. They are all in 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:42.400 to win one in the next two years, So why 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.760 not be bold? And do you think that they would 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.600 have any issues parting with next year's second round pick, 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.240 which would be the cost. So you go from ten 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:53.319 to five as the Jets, you trade next year's second 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:55.280 round pick. They don't have a second round pick this 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.840 year because that was Rogers Steele and the Jets go 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:01.240 up and they pair their wide receiver Garrett Wilson with 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:04.280 his former teammate and Marvin Harrison Junior with the fifth pillar. 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:10.440 Okay, dudes, so DJ says, the Jets move up to 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:17.000 number five. The Chargers move back because they're starting under 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.920 Jim Harbaugh, the new coach there, and they want to 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.200 address the line of scrimmage and obviously they'll probably get 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.520 an offensive lineman at ten, but the Jets go up 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:28.680 all the way five and take Marvin Harrison. Do you 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.240 consider that now that Williams is here with the Green 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:32.760 and White. 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:36.600 I love my guy, DJ just have thrown out chaos 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:41.240 on a random Tuesday in the NFL during college basketball 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:42.760 season when it's March madness. 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.080 This is my thing. I don't know if the Chargers 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:45.640 take that deal. 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.240 First and foremost, you're talking about not even getting draft 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:50.560 capital for this year. It would be the following year 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.520 and they're moving back five spots. So I don't even 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.480 know if the Chargers would take that call, even though 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:59.000 Joe Douglas does have a good relationship with their GM. 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:02.880 To me, after signing Mike Williams and how deep this 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:05.520 receiver class is, I don't think it makes sense. You 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.600 know my affinity for Rome Adoonzay. I honestly think he's 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.720 going to be the best receiver when it's said and done, 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.600 out of the top three guys when we talk about 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:17.600 elite neighbors, Marvin Harrison Junior and Roma Doonza. So to me, 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.520 if you're Judge Douglas, you stay pat. I think if anything, 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.319 this is what Joe Douglas has done in free agency 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.920 has allowed this team the flexibility to take calls to 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.640 move potentially move back and get a second round pick 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:33.480 for this year's draft. So to me, I wouldn't consider 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.280 doing it because I just think as far as the 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:39.040 skills set between elite neighbors, to me, who is the 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:42.080 best stopping go receiver as far as getting up to 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:45.080 acceleration and probably the most explosive. Out of the three, 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.000 Marvin Harrison is probably the most complete, and to me, 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:51.360 Romaduonze is the best fifty to fifty contested guy who 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:55.520 has a pro mindset already and he's a game breaker 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.880 as well. I don't think you need to move up 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.920 and give up future draft cap, especially a second round 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:04.120 pick to move up when these guys are so close 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.040 and talent wise, I think Roma Dunes again will be 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.079 the best one. It's all said, and then you can 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.600 potentially get him at ten depending on where the draft falls. 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.720 Hopefully it falls in your favor real quickly. 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:19.760 You're taking Harrison basically off the board for the Jets, 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:21.800 which I totally get unless he was there at ten. 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:26.000 With that, with that being said, do you think he'll 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:30.080 slip it all or you think he's gonna be fine. 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:33.600 Yeah, I don't think he slips at all. The crazy 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.640 thing is a people always put a precipice on tape. 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:40.360 So now it's time for gms and scouts and coaches 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:41.079 to stand behind that. 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:41.320 Right. 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:44.080 If the tape is the thing that really matters, then 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:45.199 why do I need to work out. 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.000 I'm preparing for the NFL. Why do I need to 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:48.440 work out? 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:52.120 Like literally, as the kids say, a stand on business, 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.319 it's about if it's about the tape, stand on business. 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.559 Speaking of business, the Jets started this off season with 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:06.680 malta needs offensive line, tackle and guard, wide receiver, backup quarterback. 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:11.400 You might even want to say running back after Brisau, 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:16.560 your Belkyle, you got Israel Obana Konda. Defensively, some questions 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:19.880 a defensive tackle as far as those guys who are 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:26.320 expiring contracts, and then safety also, Now we can I 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.800 think at edge into the equation. Let's go one by 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:33.760 one what Joe Douglass and his personnel staff has done 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.040 here in free agency. How do you think potentially it 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.200 impacts the Jets. In the draft, they have eight selections, 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.400 starting with number ten overall. Offensive line, left guard John 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:50.720 Simpson comes in from the Baltimore Ravens. Right tackle Morgan Moses, 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:54.920 who most recently, of course played with the Ravens, but 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:58.000 is a former Jet. He'll come over pencil him in 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:00.040 at right tackle, and then. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.439 Big Tyrone Smith In, a time. 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.720 Pro bowler, a two time first team All Pro, a 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:09.679 three times second team All Pro. What do you think 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:14.560 about how Joe is gone and addressed the offensive line. 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:16.640 Yeah, let's let's start in the trenches. You know, that's 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.839 why I want to start anyway. A When you look 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:21.400 at this offensive line, I think he's done a massiful 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:25.600 job again not overshooting the market, letting the market come 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.200 to him John Simpson. If you look at that deal, 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.560 it was a lot lower than people originally thought it 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.320 was when the original numbers came out. And you're talking 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:35.760 about a guy that's a tone setter. I think that's 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:39.040 what the New York just needed. Somebody that eats with 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.360 their hands at lunch. That's what I call John Simpson. 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.240 He's a guy that's gonna eat with his hands. He's 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.680 gonna he's gonna wear that hard hat to work every day, 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:49.000 and he's gonna be the physical presence on that offensive line, 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.400 and I think we saw what Breist Hall tweeted when 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.280 you know John Simpson signed and he was very excited 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.440 also when Morgan Moses signed too, because Morgan Moses is 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.800 one of the best run blocking right tackles in all 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:02.960 of football. So now talk about getting a lot nastier 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:04.920 on the offensive line, I think some of that was 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.720 missing last year. You need some offensive linemen that want 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:09.560 to take the heads off of the guy and an 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.120 opponent in front of him, and guys that finished throughout 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:15.080 the echo of the whistle. And that's exactly what John 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:18.280 Simpson does. And you talk about Tyron Smith, we talked 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.880 about all the accolades that he had. The biggest thing 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.560 with him has always been health. Can he stay healthy. 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:26.160 He's missed thirty plus games in the last four years, 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.000 but just going back to last season was a second team. 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:29.920 Hall Pro guys. 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:32.000 So I'll let you know the skill set he has 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.080 when he's available, But that is the big question mark. 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:37.800 Can he be available? And the thing is with that 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:41.120 contract that the Jets got him to sign, right, he 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:45.280 has every motivation to be healthy because a lot of 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.680 it is tied to end game playing. Right, he has 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.560 to be on the field to hit some of those incentives. 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.840 So if you're Tyron Smith, you have all the motivation. Also, 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.280 you get to play with Aaron Rodgers and he talked 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.480 about that as well, a guy that's kicked his butt 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.160 in the playoffs a couple times. So right now you 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.480 get to play with one of the best quarterbacks in 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:07.520 our generation. So I think that was a motivation in 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.560 itself for him to come over to the just justiny 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.560 he saw the young offensive weapons that the Jets have 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:13.120 as well. 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:14.360 So when you look at. 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.960 This offensive line, I think the biggest winner is Elijah 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.840 Vera Tucker because there was question marks hea where was 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:21.120 he going. 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.200 To line up? Right? People didn't know what was gonna be, 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.160 left tackle, right tackle. Guard. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.280 To me, he's a Pro Bowl slash All Pro type 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.160 of guard, but he hasn't been able to solidify himself 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:34.000 there because they've had to move him around because of injuries. 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.600 Now they can solidify him at the guard position where 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:39.960 he can get comfortable for the next few years and 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.200 hopefully for the foreseeable future. 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.000 And I also wonder with that moving around. 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.720 Did that maybe have an, I want to say, an 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:50.800 outlook or maybe have some ramifications in regards to some 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.480 of the injuries because again, when you're using different parts 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.160 of your bodies, whether you line up on the right 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.080 side or left side, your body gets used to one side. 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.600 The other side is weaker. Ea, Like when you have 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.360 to get thrown into the fire on the other side, 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:05.960 maybe some of that that muscle memory isn't there and 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.520 that can lead to maybe some injuries. It'll be good 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.560 for the young player, a sending player to be locked 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:14.280 into a guard spot. And we love what we saw 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:16.640 from Joe Tipman last year as a rookie. You would 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:19.520 think in his second year he's gonna send and take 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.760 another step solidified at the center position. So I love 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:26.320 what Joe Douglas did as far as getting really good 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:29.000 players right, not over shooting the market, because we saw 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:31.439 a lot of guards get up words to fifteen, sixteen, 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.639 seventeen million dollars on the open market. I think Joe 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:36.359 Douglas did a good job of letting the market come 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:39.879 to him and solidifying the offensive line with good players. 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.680 Could tackle still be. 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:49.040 At top of mind for the Jets early in the draft, 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:52.240 right now the first round selection, then their schedule to 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:56.560 select again of course in round three. Eight picks overall, 0:17:56.640 --> 0:18:00.560 as we talked about Morgan Moses, he's got one year 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:03.840 remaining on his deal, and we know that Tyron Smith 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:06.639 comes in, he gets a one year deal with a 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:07.760 lot of incentives. 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:09.800 Yeah, so I think it's still on the top of 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.520 Joe Douglas's mind. And if you know Joe d he 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.360 has affinity for trench play, right. And when I say 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.480 trench player, that's offensive line and defensive line. And you 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.560 say that the perfect ea. When you look at your 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:22.960 two starting tackles, they're both on one year deal. So, 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:25.760 like good teams build for the future. Now, I think 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.200 Carter Warren does need to be in that discussion as 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:31.800 far as development and potentially taking over one of those 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:34.680 spots in the near future. But at the end of 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.679 the day, you're still going to have a void at 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.359 the other tackle position, right, So when you look at 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:41.520 this draft at the number ten spot, I don't think 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:46.000 signing Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses absolves the Jets from 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:49.119 not taking the offensive tackle a guy that's versus that 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:52.440 can be a swing guy that could play inside and outside. 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:55.399 But it also gives a just the freedom because they 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.480 do they did bring in two starters that they don't 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:01.200 have to necessarily take a tackle or it gives them 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:04.240 the flexibility, like we talked about earlier EA to potentially 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.240 move back and get some draft capital. 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:11.120