WEBVTT - The Chad Pennington Podcast (12.31.15) 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:10.200 Welcome to another installed went of the Jet Podcast. There 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:13.760 are a gallon here with my partner, of course, our 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:18.320 star Chad Pennington. Well, CP, the Jets have done it. 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:22.919 They have put themselves in position to go to the postseason. 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:26.840 Who would have thought that a few weeks back, right 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:32.440 before Thanksgiving after the Jets left Houston. Well, I don't 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.400 think very many people would have given the Jets this 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.400 much of a chance, including ourselves. We felt like right 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:40.720 there around that time that they were defending and not 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.040 on an up trend. But I think both you and 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.440 I looked at the schedule early in the year and 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:48.879 felt like they did have a chance to win ten games, 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.239 and they have done that, and on top of that, 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.280 they've got a chance to win in the eleventh game 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:58.560 and control their own destiny. And so that's really exciting 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:00.520 for Jet fans. I know, it's excited. Fighting for the 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:02.840 players has got to be exciting for players like Ryan 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:07.080 Fitzpatrick and Brandon Marshall who haven't ever played in the postseason. 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:12.119 The Coast postseason play is certainly special, and so for 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.880 this team to have that chance, UH is a great accomplishment, 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.160 and he would like to see them finish the course 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.240 and stay the course that they've been on and finished 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.640 the deal here by being able to go up to Buffalo, 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.480 which will be a huge game not only the Jets, 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:30.880 but for Buffalo as well, fighting for record tough game 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.840 playing in Buffalo, So it's going to be an interesting day. 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.720 A lot of these guys chaid this week said we 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:42.600 felt like there was something special happening or we had 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.720 something special here. Earlier in the year, the veterans talking 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.640 about just looking at the talent in the room and 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:53.400 also the young talent. Could you see it? And what's 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:57.360 that feeling like as a player when you know you're 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:04.520 building towards something and that it just starts picking up. Well, 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.080 there's no feeling like it. I think that's what draws 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:10.880 us as players and coaches to this game, is when 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:15.720 you're able to take a collective group of individuals and 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.880 forwards a team and you start to feel the synergy, 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:23.400 you start to feel the momentum, you feel, uh, the 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.919 ability to play off of one another and to play 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:30.960 complimentary football and to just be all in. Uh, it's 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.919 a special feeling. I felt that a couple of times 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.919 in my career, and uh, it's something that you really 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.400 can't explain. Sometimes you can't put your finger on it. 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:43.240 It's just something that has happened that has been a 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:47.840 product of your hard work, your attitude, UM, your willingness 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.800 to make sacrifices. And once you start to put those 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.799 wins together and develop that momentum and energy, it's very 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.440 hard to stop. Do you think something changed with this 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:01.520 team with that Giants game twenty to time, They make 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:05.920 the fourth quarter comeback, eventually finished that out in overtime. 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:11.160 This Calvin Pace, your former teammate, said that was our springboard. 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:16.839 He thought, I agree, and and the reason that I agree, um, 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.320 is because of the way they were able to do it. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:24.480 There was no situation where the panic button was pushed. Um. 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:28.440 It was a team that stayed the course and twenty 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.680 to ten with eight minutes left, Um, they stayed the 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:34.200 course on what they're trying to get accomplished. They didn't 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.440 worry about being down by ten points and looking at 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.760 what such a difficult task it was. They just kept 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:44.160 chipping away and they get the field goal and then 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.240 they get to stop and then gone down to score 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:49.640 to tied up. And that was a huge momentum builder, 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.920 not only for that game, but You can talk about 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.640 the results that you want to produce and how you 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.920 go about that, but you also have to have proof 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:04.640 and a lot of times experience Trump's knowledge. And so 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:08.600 when you have that experience of your system and the 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.640 way you do things of producing that result, that experienced 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.440 gives you the confidence to go back out and do 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:17.719 it again. And even though you may have the knowledge 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:21.279 on how to do it, that experience really puts the 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:24.000 cap on Okay, this is who we are, this is 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:26.720 our identity, this is how we're going to win. And 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:28.600 I think that's what the Jets have been able to 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:33.200 build over the course of this season and really go 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.279 through this process of establishing who they are as a team. 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.640 So that leads us to last Sunday. They taked out 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:42.320 in the New England Patriots all over time by a 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:46.000 twenty six to score. But the Jets had a two 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:50.240 touchdown advantage in the second half and the Patriots came 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:53.360 back showing model, showing character. That's what we expect from 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:57.000 the defending Super Bowl champion. A team was dominated this 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:00.640 division over the course of the last fifth teen years 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:06.679 or so. But what will that overtime possession due now 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:10.599 for the Jets moving forward as they have another moment 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.760 to build off of where Ryan Fitzpatrick gets the ball 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:18.320 Chad and he goes five place eight yards culminates the 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.640 possession not just with the field goal, but he ends 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:24.919 it with a touchdown. Derek Decker, Well, I think what 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:29.240 was most important and most impressive about this game. Typically 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:33.400 when teams play the Patriots, including the Jet Um, you 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.880 lose before you even take the field because you give 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.159 them too much credit and you look at what they've 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.640 done over the years, you look at the hype around 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:48.920 their team, their quarterback, their head coach, of the Patriot way, 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.440 and you lose before you even step in between the 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:55.000 white lines and give yourself a chance to win. And 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:57.000 this was a team, let's let's look at this game. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:00.240 There's no doubt that this was a wounded animal in 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:03.440 the New England Patriots. But with that being said, a 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.279 lot of times teams still lose to the Patriots even 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.240 when they're wounded like this, because they give into the 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:11.560 Patriot way and thinking that, well, this way is going 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.560 to prevail and we're just not up to that yet, 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:16.920 and we're not up to that standard. And the Jets 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:20.240 had an opportunity to give in to that being up 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.360 by two touchdowns, allowing the game to be tied going 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:28.680 into overtime. Having the quirky decision of kicking instead of receiving, 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.080 the Jets could have fallen into believing, now, oh, this 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:33.760 is the Patriots, this is how they're going to do it, 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.640 this is their spe for success. We don't have a shot. 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.599 And they didn't do that. Even with the adversity that 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:44.200 they faced, they didn't do that. And they did exactly 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.000 what you're supposed to do with the team that is, 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.839 that has heard, that is injured, that isn't you put 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.760 them away? And that's exactly what they did. They took 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.560 that decision that the Patriots made to kick, and they 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.360 took the ball and then went down to score and 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.720 put the team away with the touch out. And that 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:04.000 was most impressive for me. Straight up. Do you think 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:08.080 a lot of people have made too much about New 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.880 England's decisions and not given the Jets enough credit. I 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.360 talked to a few folks on the radio the other night. 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.000 I received a call on Inside the Jets where people 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.679 said it was bizarre the way Belichick coached the game, 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.800 that hey, you know, at the end of the half, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:28.640 they didn't go forward at before overtime. After the coin toss, 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.640 obviously they all luck to kick. They had some guys 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.320 out of that ball game. And I said, Jed, who 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:36.920 am I to question Bill belichicker any of us. That 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.880 guy has won four championships, They've been to the Super 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:45.800 Bowl six times. This guy wants to win everything he does, 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:49.000 so whatever decision he makes he thinks is best for 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.560 his ball club. The bottom line is the Jets don't 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:56.880 win that game if they don't execute well. I completely agree. 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.520 And here's what we have to understand. You have to 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.000 go into each game as a coach looking at what 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.320 you have available from a player's standpoint, and then with 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.280 those players that you have available, how do you go 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:12.760 about winning the game. And typically that doesn't that may 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:16.440 not go along with how you've won previous games. And 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:20.080 so the Patriots went into this game knowing they are injured, 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.200 knowing that they had limited playmakers, and so they were 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.520 trying to play this game as close to the best 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:28.960 as possible, making sure they did not lose the game 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.960 to the Jet number one. And let's see if the 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.320 Jets will lose the game to us, knowing that we're 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:37.400 wounded and we don't have a lot of firepower, and 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.800 it almost worked. And so really they played the game 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:44.319 exactly how they wanted to play it, and so you 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:48.360 can't question uh their decision before half on what they did, 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:53.000 or their you know, their decision at UH in overtime, 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.959 and I think all of those decisions were specifically done 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.520 for the specific reason of the injuries that they had 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.640 and how they thought they needed to play the game 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.680 to get a win. And so what they did was 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.959 it worked all the way up until over time. They 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.800 made the decision to say, look, we're hurting on offense. 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.679 We need to allow our defense to try to get 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:15.800 us to feel position and then we can make a 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:19.760 couple of plays to then allow are one of our 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.280 best players on the team, which is our field goal kicker, 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:24.520 to kick a field goal and get out of here 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.199 with a win. That's what they tried to do. And 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.640 you have to give the Jets credit and saying, you 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:31.760 know what, this is the this is the way they 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:35.160 decided to play. We're not letting that happen. And that's 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:38.240 exactly what happened. The Jets did not fall prey to 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.679 allowing the decisions of the Patriots effect how they were 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.640 going to try to win the game and they did 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:47.000 not let that happen. How impressed were you by Chan 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:50.600 Gaily because I'm watching that ballgame and we talked about 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:54.400 it before. Uh. The second matchup, the return matchup between 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.560 the Jets and the Patriots is, Hey, we know all 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:59.360 the Patriots are gonna try to take Brandon Marshall away. 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:04.199 They didn't. Eight receptions, a hundred fifteen yards, two touchdowns, 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:08.920 and Brandon is having an unbelievable season. With that being said, 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.480 I thought Chan did a lot of clever things to 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:18.079 get him some space. Well, I think what's really impressive 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.960 right now and fun to watch from an offensive standpoint, 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:27.000 is that you see offensive players completely in tune with 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.640 their coordinator. And that's when it's really special. It's when 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:35.280 you trust the coordinator is going to put your teammates 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.680 and yourself in the position to make plays, and you 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:41.280 don't question that and you go along with what he's doing. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:45.200 And that's what is special right now. It's the Chan Gaily. 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:49.320 As any coordinator will tell you, play calling is overrated. 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:51.880 But what we have to do is the staff is 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.560 make sure we're giving our playmakers a chance to make 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:57.160 place and then the and then the players have to 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:01.280 go out and execute those plays. The quarterback is executing 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.880 the plays, finding the guys in space, the receivers are 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:08.200 making sure they're running crisp route and making those plays 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.000 in space. And so it's been really fun to watch. 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:14.120 I think the screen game it's something that is really 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.960 unique to the Jets offense and how they every week 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:21.800 find a way to allow these screens to create big 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.840 plays for them, in explosive plays and plays that keep 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.520 drives moving. I mean that is an integral part of 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:31.400 their offense, as well as their spread system with their 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:35.600 empty UH formations and their three by one trips formations. 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.520 They're doing a lot of good things there. And so 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:40.920 as an offense there they have really found their groove. 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.960 And that hasn't just been Sunday. That was four or 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.520 five weeks back. We felt like that their offense started 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.120 to find their groove and find out who they are, 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:53.040 and it's it's been it's been a collective effort. Look 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:56.600 at the rushing attack, UH, the Jest didn't have just 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.920 one rusher that carried the load. They had three guys 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.520 that we're extremely productive in the running games to produce 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.760 more than a hundred forty yards rushing, So it's completely 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:10.800 been a collective effort. Ryan Fitzpatrick three touchdown passes now, 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.080 He's got twenty nine on the season that ties many 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:17.600 testoverty for the franchise mark. He also has a team 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:25.480 record eleven multi touchdown pass games. Uh. How would you 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:29.520 evaluate Ryan as far as a quarterback on the whole, 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.280 because I think people are starting to give him some 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.920 credit out there nationally and the Jets are starting to 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:38.120 get it and they're not complaining about people sleeping on us. 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.760 That's not the way this team goes about their business. 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:45.199 There's goal and work and foul uh Todd Bowls each 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:50.559 and every day. But fits Where would you put him 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:53.320 as far as not like a quarterback ranking, but just 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:56.880 how well is he playing as the Jets have made 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:01.200 this postseason push right now? Well, I think from what 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.120 I've seen in my experience being around him and he 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:07.199 during his career, I think this is his most productive, 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:12.520 most efficient and consistent season as a pro. And it's 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:16.040 been fun to watch. Uh. He's enjoyed playing, you can 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.440 tell it. Uh. He has a level of confidence about him. 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:23.760 Um that exudes from him in his body language. Uh. 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:27.680 He's completely in tune with his coordinator and what he's 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:31.199 doing the best is that he is just creating plays 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:33.760 and some of the plays may not stick out in 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:38.240 the stat but he has been making plays with his feet, uh, 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:41.079 making plays by how he's delivered the football. He made 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:45.080 a couple of throws on Sunday side arm finding different 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.880 ways to deliver the football to his playmakers. Uh. Finding 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:51.280 other times where he just puts the ball up because 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.080 he trusts the Brandon Marshall to go up and make 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.760 a play. So there's a level of trust there that 0:13:56.800 --> 0:14:01.080 he's playing with a level of confidence that he's playing well. Um. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.160 That is really fun to watch. And I think this 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:07.920 has been his most productive, inefficient season as a professional quarterback. 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:11.319 And you mentioned it before the offense firing at all cylinders, 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:15.160 and you mentioned the contributions they got from three backs. 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.080 Stephen Redley, a former Patriot, played very well. But how 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.960 about the contributions on the outside Quincy and noon one 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:24.960 now two weeks where he's made pivotal plays for this offense. 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.000 I know a lot of people say, well, Quincy is 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.320 just a blocker. Well, no, he can be effective in 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.840 the past game as a receiver as well. And then 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.840 Kenbral Tompkins I think has stepped up. He made some plays, 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.160 played with his hair on fire against the New England 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:42.800 Patriots as well. So now we're starting to see balance 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:47.640 throughout this offense. We talked about it earlier in the year. 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:52.240 We wanted to see who the receivers would be outside 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:56.080 of Marshall and Becker to make plays, and we talked 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:59.680 about how that is really important to the success of 0:14:59.880 --> 0:15:02.640 the offense, just to create a little bit of breathing 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.840 room for your typical playmakers. And you've got to have 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.920 those one or two plays by those third and fourth 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.720 receivers that kind of just extend drives. They give you 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.080 a little breathing room, they create some energy, they create 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:19.000 a spark. Yes they're not to go to guy, but 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:23.680 they're very pivotal in the overall success of the Jets offense. 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:26.400 And you have seen that. We start to see Devin 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.720 Smith do a little bit of that. Curly did some 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:30.960 of that earlier in the year, and now you're seeing 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.800 Tompkins and the Noon Law do the same thing. And 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:36.480 it's been impressive. And that's what you have to see. 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:39.640 When I saw those plays being made early by Tompkins. 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:42.880 I started to feel good about the Jets attack for 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.280 the rest of the game because that creates another issue 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:48.680 for defense to worry about. And I think with the 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.080 noon Law, what we've been able to see is his 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:55.080 ability to run after the catch. He's an impressive runner 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.440 once he gets the ball in his hand. He's not 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:00.760 only physical, but he's fast, and so that creates another 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.360 element that the Jets can use to their advantage. Twenty 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:05.920 seven points a game, four hundred twenty three yards per 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.200 game during this five game winning streak. On the other 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:10.800 side of the ball, You'll take it anytime you give 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:14.280 up thirteen points. What did you like most from the 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:17.400 Jets defensive effort against the Patriots? The thing that stood 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.320 out to meet Chad was this team is fantastic on 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.880 third down. Right now, they just held Tom Brady. I 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.800 don't care who he was playing with. He's dangerous. He 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:31.720 was one a tenant on third down against the Jets. Well, 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.880 I think the most impressive part of it was that, 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.640 other than the fourth of nine completion to Gronkowski, Uh, 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:43.840 you didn't see very many explosive plays and pivotal explosive plays. Um. 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:47.000 They limited those explosive plays and they were able to 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.640 get the Tom Brady get hit the ball out of 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:54.800 his hand quickly, um, and just keep him uncomfortable all day. 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.680 And so obviously we we saw an offense that is 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.240 certainly struggling because of the injury factor and they don't 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:05.000 have their typical playmakers at their disposal. But with that 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.840 being said, the Jets did not allow that to happen 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:11.000 as well, and they still made Tom Brady uncomfortable. They 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.440 used a mix of coverages this game. I saw more 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:18.520 seven and eight man zone defenses and schemes and I've 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:20.960 seen all year. And I think that was a great 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:25.040 adjustment by the Jets staff um to you know, allow 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:29.200 our the Jets defenders to cover in zones, not put 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:33.159 Gronkowski in one on one situations and that and they 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.159 were able to still get pass us for three and 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.240 four defenders, which was impressive. So they mixed it up 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.760 as a defense, they made place when they had to 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:43.960 and and it was a really good solid performance by 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:47.159 the defense. All right. So very simply, what do they 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.399 have to do to beat the Bills? You mentioned before 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:53.280 that the Bills are gonna have professional pride seven and eight. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.560 Of course, they'd like to finish the season out on 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.360 a winning note. They're banged up, though, Chad, you look 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:00.679 at that lineup right now, it's a lot different than 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.720 the lineup who came here to MetLife Stadium. They're missing 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:07.520 Gilmore in the secondary. He's a fantastic corner cornerback. Rookie 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.600 Ronald Darby has had an incredible year. He might be 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:14.360 out as well. Offensively, Sheney McCoy might be out. Charles 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:18.040 Clay is definitely out, Kyle Kyle Williams has been out 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:22.080 for a long time. Marcel Darius is questionable. They're hurting. 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:24.639 This is a banged up ball club. What do the 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:27.600 Jets have to do as they travel to Western New 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:31.880 York and try to stamp their ticket? Well, I think 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:35.720 I think the mentality has to be the same mentality 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:37.560 that we would have when I played for the Jets 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:39.600 when we would play the Miami Dolphins. We felt like 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.560 that if we went and when we played the Miami Dolphins, 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:46.439 if we did not give their defense opportunities to create 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:50.240 explosive play through turnovers and tacks and negative plays, and 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:52.560 we played it close to the vest, and we were 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:55.760 very detailed and how we took care of the ball 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:58.840 and we understood bil position that we would always come 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.439 out on top and eight tries. We were seven and 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:05.879 one against the Dolphins with that mentality, and so I 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:08.399 think that's the mentality that that the Jets take the 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:12.720 Buffalo knowing that the Buffalo Bills will be energetic, they 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:15.840 will be emotional, the crowd will be into it. Uh, 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:18.280 you should have decent weather around thirty degrees or so, 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:20.639 but no craziness with wind and rain and snow and 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:24.240 those types of things. So you should be okay with weather. Um, 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:26.960 But the Jets go into this game going the only 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:28.960 way that the Bills can beat us is if we 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:34.080 lose to them to turnovers and penalties and mental eras. 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:37.200 If we play that we were supposed to play and 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:39.720 not turn them all over and not give up the 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:42.840 big exposed to play on defense, the Jets will win 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:44.920 this game. And I think that's the mentality that they 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.399 have to have. Yeah, they should have a lot of 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:49.960 confidence going in this ball game. Now, Shady McCoy did 0:19:50.040 --> 0:19:52.960 rush for over a hundred yards against this defense, and 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.160 again we don't know if he's gonna play this week, 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:58.320 but this is the number one ranked rushing defense in 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.840 the National Football League, and I gotta imagine Chad defensively, 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:03.920 you just want to keep ty Rod in the pocket. 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:06.600 He's an athlete, he can hurt you, and I think 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.720 he's made stops as far as progress this year, but 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:14.680 still you want him in the pocket as your big 0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:19.320 guys hopefully set the edge and then on the outside. 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:22.680 His favorite target is Samuel Watkins once a guy he's 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:25.600 missing Charles Clay and Watkins is a big time receiver. 0:20:25.680 --> 0:20:28.560 But I imagine, uh, you know, Durrell Reeves is gonna 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:32.480 be with him most of the day. Well, I think, 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:36.040 um implementing some zone coverages where you don't have those 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:38.760 one on one matches because he still does a really 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:41.040 good job and he made some plays in that first 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:45.240 game one on one. Um that you want to incorporate 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:48.480 some zone coverages where you have multiple defenders around him. 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:52.240 You also may look at when you do have main coverage, 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:55.520 you may bracket uh, Sammy Watkins with the safety in 0:20:55.560 --> 0:20:58.479 your second corner and let Drill take the second receiver 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:02.800 instead of the first option. UM that that's that's an issue. 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:05.280 And then when your pass rush, you definitely want to 0:21:05.320 --> 0:21:08.560 be disciplined in the pass rush. It's not necessarily how 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:11.199 do we get to him as fast, but how do 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:13.840 we corral him in the pocket force him to be 0:21:13.880 --> 0:21:17.280 a pocket passer. I think that his weakness right now, 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:20.639 Tyrod Taylor, would be his accuracy from the pocket on 0:21:20.720 --> 0:21:24.040 a consistent basis. And so you wanted to force him 0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:27.000 to beat you if if they are going to with 0:21:27.080 --> 0:21:29.720 his arm and being accurate down in and down out 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:32.840 on a consistent basis, which he has not been able 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:34.520 to prove that he can do that yet. And you 0:21:34.600 --> 0:21:36.440 mentioned it before. On the other side of the ball, 0:21:36.480 --> 0:21:38.560 it's just don't make mistakes and do what you do 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:41.760 because they're in such a great rhythm right now. Whereas 0:21:42.119 --> 0:21:44.840 the Bells. If you really want to point to a 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:47.800 problem they've had this year, it's been the defense. It 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:51.560 hasn't been the offense. They've been able to run the football, uh, 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:55.520 Tyrod Taylor has been able to get some explosive passing games, 0:21:55.560 --> 0:21:59.520 but defensively where they played good play very well on 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:02.000 a couple of games. I think about that New England 0:22:02.720 --> 0:22:06.359 Monday Night game that the Bills lost a narrow contest, 0:22:06.400 --> 0:22:09.399 and then coming here they played awfully while against the 0:22:09.480 --> 0:22:13.320 Jets offense but by and large, this defense hasn't met 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:16.879 their own expectations in Buffalo and it could be hurting 0:22:16.880 --> 0:22:20.840 in the secondary and along that defensive line. So for 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:22.840 the Jets, they just got to do what they do 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:25.120 and don't turn it over because this Bill's team has 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:28.760