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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Official Jets Podcast. I'm Erica on here

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Speaker 1: at one Jets Drive, joined by former Jets running back

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Speaker 1: Blah Paul BP. How are you.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing well. What's going on? Eric?

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Speaker 1: Well, you know what, let's start right there. What's going on?

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Speaker 1: Next week? We're going to Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine.

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Speaker 1: So the NFL offseason really heads into another gear. So

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Speaker 1: you were a fourth round pick out of Louisville way

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Speaker 1: back in twenty eleven. What are your combine experiences?

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Speaker 3: What were your So my combined experience, I went in,

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Speaker 3: I was injured. I had a hamstring injury, and you know,

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Speaker 3: by my agent, I was told to kind of shut

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Speaker 3: it down. And during that time, you know, you, I

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Speaker 3: was a guy that I was late brown, mid round

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Speaker 3: type of guy, and I was just trying to get

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Speaker 3: my draft right up. So he was like, listen, don't

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Speaker 3: don't let any of the scouts kind of push you

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Speaker 3: into doing something that's gonna, you know, jeopardize you, you know,

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Speaker 3: getting hurt worse than what you are or or affected

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Speaker 3: anything that you have going going into the draft. Were

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Speaker 3: sitting down, So the only thing that I did was

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Speaker 3: the bench. But it was it was. It was a

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Speaker 3: good experience for me. Uh, it was dreaming. I would

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Speaker 3: say that it was very draining, but a very good

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Speaker 3: experience to see guys, you know, from around the country

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Speaker 3: to come participate in something that they've been dreaming, you

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Speaker 3: know about, all their lives and just compete and build

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Speaker 3: relationships going on into our careers.

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Speaker 1: So you did the bench how many times? With two

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Speaker 1: twenty five?

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Speaker 3: For two twenty five, I did eighteen. I was like,

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Speaker 3: I was like in the middle of the pack, you know,

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Speaker 3: I wasn't.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 3: I think Shane Veren, who was one of the smallest

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Speaker 3: he hit like twenty five, and I think everybody was shocked.

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Speaker 3: But I was like in the middle of pack with

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Speaker 1: So was that an all pr for you?

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Speaker 3: I was expecting to get twenty plus, But you know,

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Speaker 3: when I got injured with the hamstring, it kind of

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Speaker 3: set me back with my training because I was more

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Speaker 2: You know, like my speed, my strength.

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Speaker 3: I was just mainly trying to hill up, and you know,

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Speaker 3: I was kind of upset that I was shooting for

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Speaker 3: eighteen obviously now nine years and with the New York Jets,

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Speaker 3: I was still pleased with eighteen reps.

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Speaker 1: What's it like when everybody's around and watching you. You

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Speaker 1: were only able to participate in the bench, but just

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Speaker 1: that moment where all eyes are on you and there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of noise. As far as just that performance.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, it was very encouraging because everyone in the group,

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 3: The high level energy that not only do the players

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Speaker 3: a good job of encouraging players, giving good instructions on

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Speaker 3: what to do at the combine. So you know, going

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Speaker 3: through that whole process, man, it was really no pressure

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Speaker 3: just being the best that you could be in your results.

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Speaker 1: I was talking to somebody the personnel department yesterday Blau,

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Speaker 1: and he said that NFL teams now are allowed to

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Speaker 1: have forty five formal interviews. I think back in twenty

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Speaker 1: formal interviews in Indianapolis or was it an informal interview?

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Speaker 3: New York Jets actually interviewed me at the Senior Bowl,

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Speaker 3: they interviewed me at the Combine, and they actually flew

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Speaker 3: So they were one of the very few teams that

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Speaker 3: But you know, it was definitely like I said, man,

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Speaker 3: it was draining. It was back to back. But man,

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Speaker 3: I really enjoyed all three of my interviews with the

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Speaker 3: it was same energy but just different questions and it

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Speaker 3: excited to be a Jet. Honestly, I was hoping to

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Speaker 1: We all know he's got such a larger than life personality.

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Speaker 1: But what made you gravitate towards.

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Speaker 3: Him, It was just him him saying, Hey, listen, I

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Speaker 3: don't want you to come be anyone else that that

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Speaker 3: And uh, you know that's that's that very well with me.

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Speaker 3: And I was able to relax in most of my

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Speaker 3: and you know, I don't I don't know if people

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Speaker 3: realize you have the GM in there, you have position coaches,

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Speaker 3: the organization sitting in these in these interviews. But in

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Speaker 3: the New York Jets interview, I felt the most comfortable.

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Speaker 2: I don't know why.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, you know, I don't know if it

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Speaker 3: was Rex just you know, he don't he doesn't give

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Speaker 2: Chance when you walk through the door. He's Rex Ryan.

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Speaker 3: As soon as you walk through the door, and uh,

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Speaker 2: Talking about football and just talking about life.

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Speaker 3: And what I really liked is how they they focus

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Speaker 3: did football. Like you know, the other ones were, Hey,

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Speaker 3: plays and you talk on football. Where you know, Rex

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Speaker 1: What would what kind of advice would you give the

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Speaker 2: My biggest advice is just go in being yourself.

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Speaker 3: No one else can't be you, no matter how much

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Speaker 3: You know, obviously your medical records they handle themselves, because

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Speaker 3: the biggest advice is go be, Go be you. You know,

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Speaker 3: one team to like you, and that right team in drafts.

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Speaker 1: If somebody would have caught you in the hallway in

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Speaker 1: said you were gonna have a nine year career in

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Speaker 1: be with the New York Jets. What wood you had said.

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Speaker 3: I probably would have had to pinch myself. I'm like,

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Speaker 3: nine years one team. I don't know who is this

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Speaker 3: guy telling me this? But you know, obviously listen, it

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Speaker 3: I tell tell my young players that are coached Harrol is,

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Speaker 3: that's the hardest part of being a professional is just

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Speaker 3: maintaining consistency throughout your career. You know, you can't look

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Speaker 3: you can't look too far back. You have to just

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Speaker 1: So you join an organization where the Jets were coached

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Speaker 1: by Rex Ryan Data appeared in the AFC Championship game

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Speaker 1: in both nine and ten. Were you thinking that, Hey, listen,

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Speaker 2: Absolutely.

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Speaker 3: So when I sat down and Rex's office in Fluent

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Speaker 3: the time that we were on the roster, and I'm

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Speaker 3: seeing AFC Championships. I'm seeing you know, bar Scott's interview

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Speaker 3: you know, I never I never got to the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: But you know, at a certain point in time in

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Speaker 1: All Right, So twenty eleven, if social media platforms were

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Speaker 1: to the height they are right now, how much more

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Speaker 1: difficult would that have been for you? As far as Hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm a rookie. I was just drafted in the fourth round.

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Speaker 1: I only play in two games.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I didn't even have social media at the time, Eric, Right,

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Speaker 3: I was so focused that I was kind of like, listen,

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Speaker 3: I got to get away from this. I was locked

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Speaker 3: that didn't play. I didn't play but a couple of games,

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Speaker 3: and you know, I was seeing guys get cut left

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Speaker 1: With Danny and Tomlinson. You latched on to him right away.

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Speaker 1: Didn't you I did.

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Speaker 3: He was he was. He was definitely a guy that

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Speaker 2: He was.

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Speaker 3: He was not a big talker. I think his actions,

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Speaker 3: uh said more than his words. And when he spoke,

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Speaker 3: he was the guy very few words, but when he spoke,

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Speaker 2: He said a lot. And uh, you know a lot

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Speaker 2: of guys listen.

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Speaker 3: So the biggest thing that I admire about l T

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Speaker 3: I didn't have to go through any rookie hazing. So uh,

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Speaker 3: you know, I vouched to myself that day, that or

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Speaker 3: He made me feel comfortable coming into the National Football League,

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Speaker 3: see moving forward, and I think the New York Jets

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Speaker 3: continue to go into the right direction.

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Speaker 1: You didn't have any quarter quarterback stability when you played.

443
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Speaker 1: When you look at Rogers and you wonder about the

444
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Speaker 1: potential of him guiding this offense with those young stars,

445
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Speaker 1: the breist Halls of the world, the Garrett Wilson's at

446
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Speaker 1: the tight end position. I really like what Tyler Konflan

447
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Speaker 1: gave you. From a production standpoint. The Jets are really

448
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Speaker 1: high on Jeremy Rutgert as well. You mentioned addressing the

449
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Speaker 1: offensive line, But did you ever think during your career, like, man,

450
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Speaker 1: what would it be like playing with a guy like Rogers?

451
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Speaker 3: You know, I asked myself that, and you know, that

452
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Speaker 3: was one of the biggest things that I wanted to

453
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Speaker 3: do in my career, has played with a guy that

454
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Speaker 3: was considered a franchise quarterback, the guy that was consistent

455
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Speaker 3: throughout his career, guy that you know when you stepped

456
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Speaker 3: on the field, he gave you a chance to win

457
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Speaker 3: every week.

458
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Speaker 2: And you know, obviously I didn't have that.

459
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Speaker 3: You know, we had a bunch of moving pieces at

460
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Speaker 3: that position unfortunately. But you know, that's definitely something that

461
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Speaker 3: I think that a lot of players take for granted.

462
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Speaker 3: It's having a quarterback like that, that home name that

463
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Speaker 3: is you know, it's going to be secure every year

464
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Speaker 3: and you're not looking for the next guy.

465
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Speaker 2: Every year and trying to bring the guy in like that.

466
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Speaker 3: And I think if we had a guy like that

467
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Speaker 3: in New York, I think we would have won a

468
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Speaker 3: lot more games than we did throughout my career.

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Speaker 1: Everybody's driven by different things. You were intrinsically motivated. What

470
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Speaker 1: do you think about Rogers specifically next year, because there's

471
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Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of people counting him out bottom line,

472
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Speaker 1: because he's forty, he's going to turn forty one in December,

473
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Speaker 1: he's coming off an achilles injury, and he's starting a

474
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Speaker 1: new with the Jets. Yes, he was here last year,

475
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Speaker 1: but he played four snaps before going down.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I think he lives for this type of you know,

477
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Speaker 3: doubt and everyone counting him out. And you know, honestly,

478
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Speaker 3: if he looks at it that way, then there's no pressure.

479
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Speaker 3: And you're talking about a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers with

480
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Speaker 3: no pressure him just going to play football.

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Speaker 2: That could be scary for a lot of people going forward.

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Speaker 3: I think when you talking about a healthy Aaron Rodgers

483
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Speaker 3: moving forward with good defense, that could get scared for

484
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Speaker 3: the National Football League. And I think those people are

485
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Speaker 3: trying to put that out on him because they are

486
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Speaker 3: afraid that the New York Jets will be in a

487
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Speaker 3: positive topic next year of winning, because everybody wants to

488
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Speaker 3: label the New York just in the negative, in a

489
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Speaker 3: negative bracket every time, every year that I dealt with

490
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Speaker 3: it in my in my nine years that I was there,

491
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Speaker 3: and now being a fan, been coming up on four

492
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 3: years been retired, I'm still hearing the same old Jets.

493
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Speaker 3: Whereas that Aaron Rodgers story, if he stays healthy, he

494
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Speaker 3: is just scary. And now you're going to have to

495
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Speaker 3: start mentioning the New York Jets on you know, the

496
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Speaker 3: winning side of the bracket.

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Speaker 1: Why is that? Do you think that people label the

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Speaker 1: Jets something or maybe for a team that hasn't been

499
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Speaker 1: in it since ten as far as the postseason is concerned,

500
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Speaker 1: like a lot of people are looking at the Jets

501
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Speaker 1: and saying, hey, that's a team that I want to fail,

502
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Speaker 1: even though the team has not been in the postseason

503
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Speaker 1: in twenty three. As a guy, I mean since twenty ten,

504
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Speaker 1: obviously just finished in the twenty twenty three campaign. As

505
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Speaker 1: a guy who's now living down south in Kentucky, why

506
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Speaker 1: do you think the Jets always carry that target on them?

507
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Speaker 3: I think because you've seen the patterns that we had

508
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Speaker 3: over the time. You know, even when we were in good,

509
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 3: good position to pull out some games and climb.

510
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Speaker 2: Into the playoffs, we found a way to lose.

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Speaker 3: And that was a consistent pattern over my nine year

512
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Speaker 3: career and still is a pattern that we're seeing. Last year,

513
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Speaker 3: even with the injury of Ann Rogers, the New York

514
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 3: Jets were still in position to run off games and

515
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Speaker 3: sneak into the playoffs, and they found each week to lose,

516
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Speaker 3: found a way to lose instead of finding a way

517
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Speaker 3: to win.

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Speaker 2: And I talked about.

519
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Speaker 3: That with Patrick Mahomes and everybody was like, who do

520
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 3: you have winning the Super Bowl? I said, well, you

521
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,879
Speaker 3: can't go against a guy that's a winner, you know.

522
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Speaker 3: I know Cam Newton talked about he's a game manager,

523
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Speaker 3: game changer. I said, well, Patrick Mahomes is game He's

524
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Speaker 3: a winner at the end of the day. And that's

525
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Speaker 3: what you want, and that's what that's the mentality that

526
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Speaker 3: has to come through. And I think you have a

527
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Speaker 3: few guys on that team that has that have that mentality.

528
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Speaker 3: Now you just have to continue to build the pieces

529
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Speaker 3: around them that you know, those guys that come into

530
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Speaker 3: those free agents, that you get, those draft picks that

531
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Speaker 3: you get when they walk through the door, that they're following,

532
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Speaker 3: those guys who are considered leaders and winners in the building,

533
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Speaker 3: in the organization.

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Speaker 1: So getting back to Rogers, how does he change the

535
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Speaker 1: dynamic because I know a lot of people will debate

536
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Speaker 1: about his postseason success, but he does have one ring

537
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Speaker 1: and he is a four time NFL MVP. So when

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Speaker 1: times get tight, I mean, isn't that a guy who

539
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Speaker 1: can get you past that next turtle, get you to

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Speaker 1: the finish line?

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Speaker 3: Yes? Absolutely, And you're talking about a guy that's been

542
00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 3: consistent for the amount of years he's been in the league,

543
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,160
Speaker 3: always being at that top tier. And like I said,

544
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Speaker 3: the hardest thing that you can do with this league

545
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 3: is be consistent. That what makes you good, great a professional.

546
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 3: The longevity of your career is all about consistency. And

547
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Speaker 3: I think when you talk about Aaron Rodgers, when you

548
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Speaker 3: mentioned Aaron Rodgers in his position at an all time,

549
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 3: you have to put him with some of the best

550
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Speaker 3: quarterbacks to ever play this game. And a lot of

551
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 3: guys don't have that opportunity. And for the New York Jets,

552
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,840
Speaker 3: guys that are in that organization aren't used to that.

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Speaker 2: They weren't used to that.

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Speaker 3: And so now hopefully when you can have a full

555
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 3: season with Aaron Rodgers, those guys can kind of see,

556
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 3: even when tight games get tight, that you can see

557
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 3: the competitiveness and the winner in him, and it kinds

558
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Speaker 3: of shifts the attitude of some of those guys in

559
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Speaker 3: that locker room.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I was just going to ask you,

561
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Speaker 1: is somebody who was here, who is a member of

562
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Speaker 1: this organization playing inside the white lines. It's got to

563
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Speaker 1: change everything. If you do have this guy, if you

564
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Speaker 1: are in a third quarter or the fourth quarter, and

565
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 1: you are in a tight game knowing that he's done

566
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Speaker 1: it before, because maybe when you played, are you thinking

567
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Speaker 1: that you're trying to think positive thoughts, but at the

568
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Speaker 1: same time, you've seen this story before.

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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, And you know you've been I've been in

570
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Speaker 3: situations where we get down to a certain point there's

571
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Speaker 3: almost a high doubt that we come back because we

572
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 3: just didn't have that right guy in position to lead

573
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Speaker 3: us back. That we know even if we're in this position,

574
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Speaker 3: we believe in that guy. Aaron Rodgers is that guy.

575
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Speaker 3: We know that even with him being down, that he

576
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 3: can rally a team, and the consistency and respect that

577
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Speaker 3: he has throughout the league from his performance that he

578
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,560
Speaker 3: had over his career, I think you can, especially with

579
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Speaker 3: a young team, you can get him to pull those

580
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 3: young guys in the right direction. And now, weekend and

581
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Speaker 3: week out, you can go into a game knowing that

582
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Speaker 3: you have a chance, even all the way down to

583
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Speaker 3: the last play of the game, that you have a

584
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Speaker 3: chance to win a football game.

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Speaker 1: All right, let me throw a couple things at you.

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Speaker 1: How would you rate the Jets offseason needs? You talked offensively,

587
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: you said tackle, you want to get another playmaker with

588
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson receiver. Defensive side of the ball, just some tinkering,

589
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Speaker 1: I think I think everybody would agree with. But defensive

590
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 1: tackle because you got a number of guys who were

591
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Speaker 1: up next to Quinn Williams and then the safety position.

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Speaker 1: Amongst those with inspiring contracts, you're talking Jordan white Hat,

593
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Speaker 1: Ashton Davis, Chuck Clark, and then you also mentioned backup quarterback.

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Speaker 1: How do you rank those needs? Tackle, receiver, backup quarterback,

595
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Speaker 1: defensive tackle, safety.

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Speaker 3: I think you have to go with finding an offensive

597
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 3: tackle first, first and foremost. First and foremost, finding an

598
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Speaker 3: offensive tackle. We know what the defense is handled over

599
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 3: the last two years. Know they have their leaders set

600
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Speaker 3: in place on that side of the ball. I think

601
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Speaker 3: it's time to now set the pieces on the offensive

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Speaker 3: side of the ball.

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Speaker 2: So I think you.

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Speaker 3: Need to go out and find your tackle. You need

605
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Speaker 3: to go out and find your receiver, a veteran receiver

606
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Speaker 3: that's still consistent, that's able to run every route on

607
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 3: the on the route tree and be a leader, and

608
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 3: you have a relationship with Aaron Rodgers and also lead

609
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Speaker 3: a unit. You need to also go out and get

610
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Speaker 3: that backup quarterback, that a guy that who can come

611
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Speaker 3: in be a backup quarterback. Something happens. We know that

612
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 3: this is the National Football League is one hundred percent

613
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 3: injury rate. That this guy can step right in and

614
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Speaker 3: pick up where Aaron Blue Rodgers left off, even if

615
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 3: it's not as good as it was, but it gives

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Speaker 3: you a chance each week to go in and compete

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Speaker 3: on a Sunday or a game day. And also a

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Speaker 3: guy that you can probably put the future in his hands.

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Speaker 3: Knowing that Aaron Rodgers only has a couple more years.

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Speaker 3: You can get this guy to kind of sit behind

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Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers, learning from Aaron Rodgers, and you know when

622
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Speaker 3: it's time to pass the tours that he's ready to

623
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Speaker 3: step in to be your franchise quarterback in the future.

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Speaker 1: Would you draft one. I'm not saying a ton overall,

625
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Speaker 1: but you have five draft picks. Would you draft one

626
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Speaker 1: in terms of just trying to develop down the line

627
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: with one of your later picks?

628
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Speaker 2: Now, I wouldn't draft the quarterback.

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Speaker 3: I think the New York Jets have been doing that

630
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Speaker 3: for a very long time now and it hasn't been

631
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Speaker 3: a successful pick that we've seen, even even with early picks.

632
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Speaker 3: We're seeing them move on from those guys after you know,

633
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 3: the rookie contract or even before before that. So I

634
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 3: think you need to go out and find you a guy,

635
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 3: a solid guy and free agency, a guy you know,

636
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Speaker 3: a younger guy kind of going into that year three,

637
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 3: year four, or maybe a guy that you know.

638
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Speaker 2: Has has has a little respect around the league.

639
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Speaker 3: A guy that can step in and help you win

640
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 3: that isn't going to you know, pretty much hit the

641
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 3: cap space or take up too much money from that

642
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 3: come in that accepts the role of being coming in

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Speaker 3: knowing that it's not his team just yet, but coming

644
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Speaker 3: in learning under Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: Do you envision a scenario where they sign a tackle

646
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Speaker 1: on free agency and then perhaps even draft won ten

647
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Speaker 1: overall because you're talking about a young tackle and maybe

648
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: one of those guys are there at ten. I know

649
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Speaker 1: most people think the point it's anyway. The consensus is

650
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Speaker 1: Joe alt out of Notre Dames, he's probably the cleanest prospect.

651
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 1: But Fishano from Penn State, he's getting a lot of love.

652
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: I know Fuaga from Oregon State was not just down

653
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 1: there at the senior ball and he performed well. Would

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Speaker 1: you like to see a scenario where hey, you address

655
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Speaker 1: tackle on free agency, but you also come back in

656
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Speaker 1: the draft.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, I think you have to go get a

658
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Speaker 2: guy that you know.

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Speaker 3: Obviously you want to have a solid veteran and then

660
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Speaker 3: you want to go get a young guy for the future.

661
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Speaker 2: You absolutely do.

662
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Speaker 3: I think when you look at the way to gain

663
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 3: from the way I broke it down, the way I

664
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 3: analyzed it from, you know, just my perspective, that was

665
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 3: the biggest struggle was the tackle spot. You know, you know,

666
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 3: moving guys from the left side to the right side,

667
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,760
Speaker 3: So just the consistent piece of just finding a tackle.

668
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,280
Speaker 3: We know how important that is, especially with these premier

669
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Speaker 3: rushers and you know, we know Aaron Rodgers want to

670
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 3: sit back and throw the ball. We need to protect

671
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 3: them as much as possible. So you need to go

672
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 3: out and get some solid guys that can protect those

673
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 3: premiere areas rushers.

674
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Speaker 2: Each week, you.

675
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Speaker 1: Envision a scenario where you're getting a receiver in free

676
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 1: agency prior to the draft. I know a lot of

677
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: people are looking at guys like t Higgins, who me,

678
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to be available because I

679
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: think you're talking about sixty million in cab space Cincinnati has.

680
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: I can't envision a scenario where he's out there. I

681
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 1: know a lot of people also have dream scenarios about

682
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: Mike Evans, but there are a lot of receivers that

683
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 1: are going to be on the market, including Calvin Ridley,

684
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: and the list goes on.

685
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, honestly, my pick would be Mike Evans. And the

686
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 3: reason I like Mike Evans is because how consistent he's

687
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 3: been with the number of quarterbacks throughout his career. He

688
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 3: wasn't in a system where he was with one quarterback

689
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 3: and then we see him go somewhere else and not

690
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 3: be the same guy like he's been that same piece

691
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 3: in Tampa, even with the moving pieces at quarterback. So

692
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 3: I think you bring a guy in like Mike Evans

693
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:38,760
Speaker 3: to play with Aaron Rodgers and be able to compliment

694
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Speaker 3: a young Garret Wilson.

695
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Speaker 1: Do you like the spot the Jets are in because

696
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 1: right now people are going to write them off as

697
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 1: opposed to last year where the Jets and I just

698
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: wrote about this belile that the Jets headed to Indy

699
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 1: and the quarterback hunt was on. In fact, I think

700
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: the Jets had just met with Derek Carr because he

701
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 1: was already a street free agent before going to Andy,

702
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: and then Aaron Rodgers was under contract with Green Bay.

703
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: But that was the point where Green Bay had said, hey,

704
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: we hadn't been in communication with him. They've been talking

705
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: about Jimmy Garoppolo as well. Well, we know who's going

706
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: to be the starting quarterback this year. But since the

707
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: Jets finished seven to ten for a second consecutive season,

708
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,720
Speaker 1: I think we're sitting here in February and everybody's already

709
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: written them off. I feel like they will be a

710
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: little bit under the radar this year, as opposed to

711
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 1: last year, where it was constant barrage of the media spotlight.

712
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 3: Yeah.

713
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I agree with you.

714
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,479
Speaker 3: I think you know you're talking about a forty ohod

715
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 3: quarterback coming off in an achilles injury.

716
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Speaker 2: That talk is. I think everybody last year was like, oh,

717
00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 2: they'll go the.

718
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 3: Same old Jets again that we talked about, and now

719
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 3: that's rolling over into next season. I think now, like

720
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 3: I told you, I think Aaron Rodgers likes that position,

721
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 3: and that's scary because he's a competitor and he doesn't

722
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 3: have this pressure anymore. It's not that hot talk or

723
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,879
Speaker 3: Super Bowl contending and you know, they were the talk

724
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 3: of the offseason, and I came up there for training

725
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 3: camp and I saw the energy and you know, hard

726
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 3: knocks being there and all this attention that was going on.

727
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:25,840
Speaker 3: And I don't think you get that same thing with

728
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 3: the New York Jets, which is a good thing, I

729
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 3: think for New York because now they can really lock

730
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,920
Speaker 3: in on what they really want to do with all

731
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Speaker 3: the outsiders or whatever, you know, the people talking from

732
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,879
Speaker 3: the outside looking in, I think it's a good time

733
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 3: for you to focus on get those couple pieces that

734
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 3: you need and then you know, let your play do

735
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:43,839
Speaker 3: the talking.

736
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Speaker 1: Hey, how much love did you have for the Jets

737
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 1: internal documentary crew because one of their first long form

738
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:57,359
Speaker 1: documentaries was on twenty nine was on Blile Pole and

739
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: look at where it's become where taken off to over

740
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 1: the years.

741
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate you guys for doing that.

742
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 3: And you know, obviously I wasn't a guy that talked

743
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 3: to to a team you guys much, but you know,

744
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 3: I appreciate, you know, everything that you guys have done

745
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 3: over years. And you know, obviously that documentary people still

746
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 3: talk about it to this day, so I appreciate it.

747
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, and Seth Bradley and crew. I mean doing a

748
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:26,720
Speaker 1: fantastic job with one Jets Drive and Flight in the past,

749
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: and there's gonna be new offerings here this season. So

750
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: it's very cool. And that was memorable for all of

751
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,760
Speaker 1: us down there on that shoot. Yeah, it's It's interesting,

752
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,720
Speaker 1: isn't it that Blau was so beloved inside the locker

753
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 1: room and all the guys used to talk about you

754
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: and you be around them, But when the media came

755
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: by open media sessions, Blaugh wasn't frequently found in there.

756
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 3: And now and now I do it for a living.

757
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 3: I'm talking to the camera and you know, I'm doing

758
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 3: interviews that you know. I had a chance to go out,

759
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 3: uh to Las Vegas and I was on radio row,

760
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 3: so you know, it's almost like I came full circle.

761
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 3: Everybody's like, man, I remember when you didn't even talk

762
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,240
Speaker 3: to the media. Now you do it for a living.

763
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 3: And I said, well, I guess it was just a

764
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 3: hidden talent that you know, I didn't tap into until

765
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 3: I retired.

766
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: Uh, nothing you do surprises me. Legacy uniforms. Woody Johnson

767
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: announced that Super Bowl Sunday night. What did you think

768
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: about the white and how excited are you to see

769
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 1: what the green and the black looked like.

770
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 3: I'm excited about him and it's just like I said,

771
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 3: it's evolving and I like what, you know, what he's doing,

772
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 3: and I like to see what he you know, be

773
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 3: involved with social media. He's come out of his show

774
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 3: too over the years, because I don't remember him being

775
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 3: like that when I was there. But I like the uniforms.

776
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 3: I actually liked the white ones last year that you

777
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 3: guys opened up with versus Buffalo, and uh, you know,

778
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 3: I wish I would have played in those. I had

779
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 3: a chance to play in the black ones for you know,

780
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:04,799
Speaker 3: my last year of retiring, but I want to see

781
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Speaker 3: what the black ones look like.

782
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Speaker 2: Obviously, moving forward, all.

783
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Speaker 1: Right, your family's skipping your busy, you got three kids,

784
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: but you also have a new appointment here as far

785
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 1: as professionally is concerned, blob Pal is going to be

786
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,879
Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator. Is that correct? You need to tell

787
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: us the school and how that all came together.

788
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 3: Well, I've been coaching them for about head coach at

789
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 3: the youth level, philp ands his grade with my son

790
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 3: mainly and you know, we went to the championship a

791
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 3: couple of times actually, you know, lost some tough ones.

792
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 3: But you know, I think it got to a point

793
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 3: to where parents were coming up saying, hey, listen, you

794
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 3: have these kids running all these concepts and schemes, and

795
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 3: you know, when are you going to taket, you know,

796
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 3: your talent to the next level. And you know, my

797
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,880
Speaker 3: wife is talking like she was tired of hearing about football,

798
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 3: and you know, I'm coaching her and I'm coming up

799
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 3: with these different things. My son, he's tired of me

800
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 3: grabbing him saying, hey, what do you think about this?

801
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 2: And they was like, you need to take this somewhere else.

802
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 3: And you know, the opportunity came when, you know office

803
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 3: according to the step down at this high school here Saint Xavier,

804
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 3: which is a preparatory school, all boys school, tremendous school,

805
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,359
Speaker 3: one of the top schools academically in the nation. It's

806
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,839
Speaker 3: a blue ribbon school. You know, the opportunity just fell

807
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 3: into my lap. And you know, I was one of

808
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 3: the two guys that were interviewed and the coach looked

809
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:34,280
Speaker 3: at me from the philosophy and just the experience and said, hey, listen,

810
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 3: you are what we need here for the future of

811
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 3: this this high school. And you know, I've been here,

812
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 3: been there now about a month, and I'm getting to

813
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 3: know all the boys. Eric, you talk about three hundred

814
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 3: boys man from varsity, JV and freshman football.

815
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 2: So I got to get to know all these these guys' names.

816
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 3: And and uh, you know, kind of no personalities and

817
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 3: stuff and put all the pieces together. But man, the

818
00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 3: kids have it's yes, sir and o sirs. Respect, art working.

819
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 3: Uh you know, some of the things that you deal

820
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,840
Speaker 3: with with teenage boys you don't get from this school

821
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 3: because these are the good group of kids, hard workers.

822
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 3: They love football. Multi sports is insane, you know. So, uh,

823
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 3: the opportunity was just a no brainer for me. And

824
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 3: uh you know, obviously my son he'll actually go into

825
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 3: that school.

826
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 2: Now.

827
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 3: I actually moved them into the it's a Catholic school,

828
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 3: so I moved them into the Catholic community, and he'll

829
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 3: come up and get a chance to play with me

830
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:29,960
Speaker 3: in high school.

831
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Speaker 1: All right, what's the offensive philosophy.

832
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 3: Of I want to I want to spread out the defense,

833
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 3: actually spread out the defense, and I want to give

834
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 3: my playmakers the ball in space. I want to force

835
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 3: the defense to defend the entire field.

836
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 2: I want to try to attack leverage.

837
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 3: When I talk about leverage, I want to try to

838
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 3: find grass and I want to try to create numbers,

839
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,959
Speaker 3: whether if it's one, you know, two on one, three

840
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 3: on four, whatever it is. Is my philosophy is to

841
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 3: to find the mismatches. Is not mainly to go down.

842
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 3: He'll let you.

843
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 2: Like I said, I love Kyle Shanahan.

844
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 3: I love Andy Reeve's offense, and so I like the

845
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 3: creativity of moving grinds around with motions and shifts and

846
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 3: you know, different formations and you know, trying to get

847
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 3: different guys the ball. And you know, my biggest thing

848
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 3: is not having a team locking on one guy, but

849
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 3: finding a way to get multiple guys to ball. That way,

850
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:26,840
Speaker 3: you can't narrow down on any tendencies that we have.

851
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:28,879
Speaker 3: And that's it.

852
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 2: Man.

853
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 3: They're smart kids. So you know, I'm able to do more.

854
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 3: You know, you're talking about almost one hundred and something plays,

855
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 3: you know, alignements, signmon and all that stuff. So, uh,

856
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,040
Speaker 3: to me, I think that's the biggest calling in my

857
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 3: life right now, Eric is you know, teaching football to

858
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 3: these young guys, and not only that, but just getting

859
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 3: them ready for the future in their lives. Some guys

860
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 3: going to play at the next level, someonet, but they'll

861
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 3: be prepared to go on for life. So that's my

862
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,320
Speaker 3: biggest thing, is just to give back the game of football.

863
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,800
Speaker 1: This is awesome, Kyle. The way he approaches offense you

864
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 1: mentioned him before, Do you like that, like the positionless offense,

865
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 1: meaning that, Okay, we can have Debo lineup in the slot,

866
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: we can have a lineup outside, we can have him

867
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: lineup as running back where you don't have to put

868
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: a position on a player. That they're all chess pieces.

869
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: We're gonna move guys about around the formation and you

870
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have a counter for whatever you try to

871
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: throw at me defensively, because I always have an answer.

872
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:45,319
Speaker 2: Yeah.

873
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 3: Absolutely, I think it's about those moving pieces. I like

874
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 3: to call that eye candy when you moving guys one

875
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,320
Speaker 3: way and going the other way. You know, like I said,

876
00:44:55,320 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 3: it's just about finding finding every every play call is

877
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Speaker 3: a prediction. I can only call the play based on

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Speaker 3: what I saw on film, what you showed me, based

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Speaker 3: on formations. So when I make a call, it's a

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Speaker 3: prediction that you're going to line up in this and

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Speaker 3: you're going to allow us to do this, and this.

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Speaker 3: My biggest thing is having a smart quarterback. And my

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Speaker 3: quarterback is very smart, so he can go to the

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Speaker 3: line of scrimmage with multiple players and he can get

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Speaker 3: to if you come out and we're prepared for two

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Speaker 3: high safety and you come out with a one high safety,

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Speaker 3: he automatically knows that's either a Cover one or Cover three.

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Speaker 3: We get to our beaters and now we can make

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Speaker 3: our articles. So we're You know, my my job as

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Speaker 3: a play caller is to I can only predict eric,

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Speaker 3: I can only put them in an alignment, and then

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Speaker 3: the players have to go out and know what's going on.

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Speaker 3: They have to know the assignment and the adjustments, and

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Speaker 3: then they have to ultimately execute. No matter you can

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Speaker 3: call it a perfect play. They don't execute, then you know,

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Speaker 3: we all look bad. So you knowlayers can only do

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Speaker 3: so much and coaches can only.

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Speaker 2: Do so much.

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Speaker 1: You look really happy. We're very happy for you. Can

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Speaker 1: you can you talk finally as far as a message

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Speaker 1: for Jets fans, as far as where they can find you,

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Speaker 1: because you are in the podcast world. You just were

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Speaker 1: in Vegas at the Super Bowl doing radio role. Now

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Speaker 1: you're in oc down there in Louisville and a proud

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Speaker 1: dad of three.

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Speaker 3: Kids honestly, and I'll be at I'll be at the

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Speaker 3: combine as well. So actually, yeah, so i'll be that

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Speaker 3: Monday through Wednesday. I don't know when you get there,

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Speaker 3: but i'll be that Monday through Wednesday. I actually sit

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Speaker 3: on the NFL Youth Advisory Committee down there, so it's

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Speaker 3: mainly targeted high school and youth sports around the nation.

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Speaker 3: So you know, we have our national meeting down there.

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Speaker 3: So I'll see you down there. But right now I'm

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Speaker 3: doing my podcast, so you can catch me on the

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Speaker 3: Believe network in the UH it suggests based pot podcast

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Speaker 3: and it's called in Flight Snack and it was pretty

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Speaker 3: much inspired by Rex Ryan, you know, on the Hard

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Speaker 3: Knocks episode and it was like, let's get a snack.

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Speaker 3: So in Flight Snack is the podcast on the Bleed platform.

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Speaker 3: And if you're in the Louisville area, I don't know

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Speaker 3: at Kentucky area. I'm also on Sports Talk seven ninety

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Speaker 3: radio station with Jerry Eve's talking sports early.

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Speaker 2: In the morning.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome, Hey man, great, catch it up. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: text you next week in Indy because I'm getting there

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Speaker 1: on Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'll see you man. I look forward to it.

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Speaker 1: Thanks buddy,