WEBVTT - A Conversation with Bilal Powell About the 2024 Jets (2/22) 0:00:04.200 --> 0:00:07.200 Welcome into the Official Jets Podcast. I'm Erica on here 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:11.360 at one Jets Drive, joined by former Jets running back 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:14.440 Blah Paul BP. How are you. 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:16.840 I'm doing well. What's going on? Eric? 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.560 Well, you know what, let's start right there. What's going on? 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:24.320 Next week? We're going to Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine. 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:31.280 So the NFL offseason really heads into another gear. So 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:35.320 you were a fourth round pick out of Louisville way 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:39.040 back in twenty eleven. What are your combine experiences? 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:43.320 What were your So my combined experience, I went in, 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:47.720 I was injured. I had a hamstring injury, and you know, 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:50.800 by my agent, I was told to kind of shut 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:53.680 it down. And during that time, you know, you, I 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:56.320 was a guy that I was late brown, mid round 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.400 type of guy, and I was just trying to get 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:01.800 my draft right up. So he was like, listen, don't 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:03.480 don't let any of the scouts kind of push you 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:06.240 into doing something that's gonna, you know, jeopardize you, you know, 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:10.400 getting hurt worse than what you are or or affected 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:13.360 anything that you have going going into the draft. Were 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.240 sitting down, So the only thing that I did was 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:19.520 the bench. But it was it was. It was a 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.320 good experience for me. Uh, it was dreaming. I would 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.039 say that it was very draining, but a very good 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:28.000 experience to see guys, you know, from around the country 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:31.959 to come participate in something that they've been dreaming, you 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:35.480 know about, all their lives and just compete and build 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.480 relationships going on into our careers. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.800 So you did the bench how many times? With two 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:40.440 twenty five? 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.080 For two twenty five, I did eighteen. I was like, 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.000 I was like in the middle of the pack, you know, 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:46.480 I wasn't. 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:46.959 Uh. 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.960 I think Shane Veren, who was one of the smallest 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:52.440 backs at the time, had the highest number. I think 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:55.200 he hit like twenty five, and I think everybody was shocked. 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.160 But I was like in the middle of pack with 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:58.200 my repetition. 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.920 So was that an all pr for you? 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:07.080 I was expecting to get twenty plus, But you know, 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.519 when I got injured with the hamstring, it kind of 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.560 set me back with my training because I was more 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.480 focused on like just rehabbing it and trying to get 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:16.840 back healthy. So it kind of took away from everything 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:19.320 else like preparing for the draft. 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.280 You know, like my speed, my strength. 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:25.080 I was just mainly trying to hill up, and you know, 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.080 I was kind of upset that I was shooting for 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.600 twenty twenty plus, but you know, I was okay with 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:33.480 eighteen obviously now nine years and with the New York Jets, 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:35.959 I was still pleased with eighteen reps. 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:41.560 What's it like when everybody's around and watching you. You 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.640 were only able to participate in the bench, but just 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:49.959 that moment where all eyes are on you and there's 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.840 a lot of noise. As far as just that performance. 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:58.360 Honestly, it was very encouraging because everyone in the group, 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:00.120 in the running back group, we had about third the 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.880 eight guys for the guys, and everyone was cheering for 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:05.080 each other. So it was it gave you an extra 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.880 juice to you, that extra energy to go out and 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:09.480 just compete. 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:09.720 Man. 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.800 The high level energy that not only do the players 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:15.600 were given, but the coaches were encouraging players. They do 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:19.200 a good job of encouraging players, giving good instructions on 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.120 what to do at the combine. So you know, going 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:24.360 through that whole process, man, it was really no pressure 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:28.640 on you as far as worrying about criticism or anything, 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.080 but it was more so just going against yourself and 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:34.920 just being the best that you could be in your results. 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.280 I was talking to somebody the personnel department yesterday Blau, 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:43.200 and he said that NFL teams now are allowed to 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:47.080 have forty five formal interviews. I think back in twenty 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.400 eleven was probably thirty. Were the Jets one of your 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:54.160 formal interviews in Indianapolis or was it an informal interview? 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:59.600 New York Jets actually interviewed me at the Senior Bowl, 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.680 they interviewed me at the Combine, and they actually flew 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:07.840 me in for, you know, an interview down the flown Park. 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.040 So they were one of the very few teams that 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:12.960 interviewed me multiple times. And I kind of had this 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:14.920 idea that they really liked me and I was going 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:17.440 to be a New York Jet at the time. I 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:19.160 was hoping to be a New York Jet, especially when 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:23.119 Rex Ryan being there and Mike Tanemahm and Anthony Land. 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:26.720 But you know, it was definitely like I said, man, 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:28.960 it was draining. It was back to back. But man, 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.280 I really enjoyed all three of my interviews with the 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.120 New York Jets because of the energy that Rex Ryan 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:39.200 brought in everyone. I mean, every interview with him was 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.360 it was same energy but just different questions and it 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:44.760 just kept you on age. And you know, I was 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:46.920 excited to be a Jet. Honestly, I was hoping to 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:47.920 be a Jet at the time. 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:51.640 We all know he's got such a larger than life personality. 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.200 But what made you gravitate towards. 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:57.920 Him, It was just him him saying, Hey, listen, I 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:00.120 don't want you to come be anyone else that that 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:02.960 ever came through this, this National Football League. I want 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.919 you to come be you. We're drafting you because of you. 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.719 And uh, you know that's that's that very well with me. 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:12.080 And I was able to relax in most of my 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.960 interviews with the New York Jets, you know, having everybody 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:17.679 and you know, I don't I don't know if people 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.600 realize you have the GM in there, you have position coaches, 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.640 you have all these different people in the department and 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:27.599 the organization sitting in these in these interviews. But in 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.240 the New York Jets interview, I felt the most comfortable. 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:30.920 I don't know why. 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:32.360 I don't know, you know, I don't know if it 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.720 was Rex just you know, he don't he doesn't give 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:34.960 you a. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:36.920 Chance when you walk through the door. He's Rex Ryan. 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:39.040 As soon as you walk through the door, and uh, 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.160 you know, even if you're a quiet guy like myself, 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:43.800 he brings that out of you. And you know, but 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:45.919 it made it made me comfortable with you know, just 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:46.720 relaxing and. 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:49.320 Talking about football and just talking about life. 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.240 And what I really liked is how they they focus 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.920 more so on the on the personal side than they 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.279 did football. Like you know, the other ones were, Hey, 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:59.080 as soon as you get in there, you're drawing up 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:02.279 plays and you talk on football. Where you know, Rex 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.320 was like, hey, you know what's going on? Relax, you know, 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.039 water and all these I was like, wow, is this 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:10.560 you know what's going on? Because all these other ones 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:13.040 you know, being full but man, like I said, Rex, 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:16.040 Ryan did a good job of guiding those interviews. 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.279 What would what kind of advice would you give the 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:23.720 guys or heading to Indianapolis next week who are about 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:25.440 to embark on their NFL careers. 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:29.720 My biggest advice is just go in being yourself. 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.160 No one else can't be you, no matter how much 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:37.240 preparation you do from you know, boardwork or uh, you know, 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:41.960 from a performance standpoint on the field or anything like that. 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:45.719 You know, obviously your medical records they handle themselves, because 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:49.479 that's a big part of the combine them making a 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.080 big investment on you. So obviously the medical side, but 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:55.159 the biggest advice is go be, Go be you. You know, 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:56.919 that's the easiest person that you can be in this 0:06:57.000 --> 0:07:00.680 world is yourself. And uh, you know, eventually the team 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:02.760 that really likes you. You know, all thirty two teams 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:04.400 do not have to like you. All it takes is 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.239 one team to like you, and that right team in drafts. 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.120 If somebody would have caught you in the hallway in 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.680 Indianapolis back in eleven, in the spring of eleven that 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.240 said you were gonna have a nine year career in 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:19.119 the National Football League and all those years were gonna 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.480 be with the New York Jets. What wood you had said. 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.440 I probably would have had to pinch myself. I'm like, 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.720 nine years one team. I don't know who is this 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:32.560 guy telling me this? But you know, obviously listen, it 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:36.360 was it was very hard. You know, one thing that 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.360 I tell tell my young players that are coached Harrol is, 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.360 you know the thing about being a good player a 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:45.000 great player is the consistency. And I think that's the 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:47.800 that's the hardest part of being a professional is just 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.960 maintaining consistency throughout your career. You know, you can't look 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.520 too far ahead, and when you get to a certain point, 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.360 you can't look too far back. You have to just 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:01.200 be president in the moment every day. It's a very 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:05.240 brutal business and competitive business. You have to you have 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.640 to be in that moment, man, and just cherish that moment. 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:13.080 So you join an organization where the Jets were coached 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:17.200 by Rex Ryan Data appeared in the AFC Championship game 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:22.280 in both nine and ten. Were you thinking that, Hey, listen, 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.160 I'm not only going to a place that I wanted 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.760 to go to, but this is a team that is 0:08:27.880 --> 0:08:29.880 going to be in the playoff mix every year. 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:32.240 Absolutely. 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:35.400 So when I sat down and Rex's office in Fluent 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:39.800 Park and he put on his highlight tape of Play 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.920 like a Jet, and he's highlighting all these players at 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.319 the time that we were on the roster, and I'm 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:48.960 seeing AFC Championships. I'm seeing you know, bar Scott's interview 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:53.600 of Can't Wait, and I'm seeing Jericho Crotri Cartrie, you know, 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:57.360 diving football after a growing injury, and I'm like, that's 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.360 what i want to do, And that's that's that's what 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:00.880 I want to walk to. I want to help this 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:06.160 organization continue that that that mindset. And you know, unfortunately, 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.120 you know, I never I never got to the playoffs. 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:12.040 But you know, at a certain point in time in 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.440 my career, I knew that I wanted to stay a 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:15.240 jat no matter what. 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:22.000 All Right, So twenty eleven, if social media platforms were 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:27.080 to the height they are right now, how much more 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:30.920 difficult would that have been for you? As far as Hey, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.920 I'm a rookie. I was just drafted in the fourth round. 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.559 I only play in two games. 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:43.120 Honestly, I didn't even have social media at the time, Eric, Right, 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.760 I was so focused that I was kind of like, listen, 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:49.040 I got to get away from this. I was locked 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:52.480 in every day, just a pressure of not knowing the 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.400 you know, the security of your job and a guy 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.000 that didn't play. I didn't play but a couple of games, 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.520 and you know, I was seeing guys get cut left 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.720 and right. So my main focus was not entertain anybody 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.560 else outside of what I was handling. Uh, in the 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.720 in the business, in the in the building. 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:13.800 With Danny and Tomlinson. You latched on to him right away. 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.760 Didn't you I did. 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.559 He was he was. He was definitely a guy that 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:24.600 just naturally had that leadership about him. Didn't have to 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:25.160 speak much. 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:25.559 He was. 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:28.679 He was not a big talker. I think his actions, 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:32.720 uh said more than his words. And when he spoke, 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:34.920 he was the guy very few words, but when he spoke, 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:35.560 he said. 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.920 He said a lot. And uh, you know a lot 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:38.720 of guys listen. 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.959 So the biggest thing that I admire about l T 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:45.320 is the fact that he didn't he didn't hate me. 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:48.760 I didn't have to go through any rookie hazing. So uh, 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:51.440 you know, I vouched to myself that day, that or 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:53.320 that year that I would never do it to any 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.400 rookie or you know, give a rookie of our time. 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.000 He made me feel comfortable coming into the National Football League, 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.400 and you know, I got an I got the privilege 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.640 that a lot of guys didn't get. They they didn't 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:06.880 come into the business with a future Hall of Famer 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.800 in front of them showing them how this thing is 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.880 supposed to work out and how it works out if 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:15.320 you do certain things. And you know, I take my 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:18.520 hat off to Ludanian for that being the leader that 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.880 he's been the consistency of not not only what he 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:23.920 was doing on the field, but off the field as well. 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.760 So you experienced a career breakthrough. And we're going to 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:32.720 around a little bit here on the pod. But twenty fifteen, 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:36.640 when you guys are ten and five heading the Buffalo, 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:42.800 you had an incredible game against the Patriots at home 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:49.280 in overtime victory the week prior. Can you talk about 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:53.240 your recollections of those final two weeks and also how 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.320 much you actually think about fifteen. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:12:00.280 I think about it a lot, honestly, And that I 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:03.600 always mentioned is I think we were that team that 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.360 if we got into the playoffs, no one wanted to play. 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.760 I mean, we just had everything going in the right direction. 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.040 Uh We we finally figured out our pieces on the 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.600 offensive side of the ball, the defense was playing well. 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:19.360 We had Eric Derker, Brandon Marshall on the outside, Chris 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:23.000 Ivory and myself in the backfield. I mean we just 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:25.079 we just was that team that you you had to 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:29.080 you had to always be ready to play football. I 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.320 think we were the team that you just couldn't narrow 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:33.520 in on one. 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:34.160 Or two guys. 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:38.520 It was just explosive from all different angles, and you know, 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:41.199 to watch us put on that five game run, leading 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:46.679 into you know, New England and beating them in the overtime. Unfortunately, 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.480 I got injured in that game, high ankle, spring, couldn't 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:50.280 play in Buffalo. 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.520 Wanted to play in Buffalo. Eric I actually asked, I 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:56.280 wanted to play. 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.719 Yeah, I wanted to play in the game because I knew, Man, 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:03.760 if we got in I knew what we could have done, 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:06.480 because we were that team that was just late in 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.600 the season that just became special. And you know, some 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.320 teams they get into the playoffs and November some teams 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:16.520 November guys getting put out of the playoffs, and you know, 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.480 just the energy that the fans were bringing later in 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.079 the season, not not just the home games, but the 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:26.600 way I mean things were traveling, and you know, obviously 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.760 the love that you get around the city. You know, 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:31.240 it was unmatched at the time. 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:36.040 Speaking of the special Blah, What are your thoughts on 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:39.200 Breas Hall and what he was able to accomplish in 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.720 year two after coming off in ACL and what's ahead 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.000 for him. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.240 I like I like Greece. I like his game. He 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:48.040 could do everything. 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.920 I think he's a three down bag, a true three 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.000 down back, a guy you can line up outside, you 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.400 can hand to hand them off. He can run inside 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.240 and outside, he can block, he can catch the ball. 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.480 But what's the most impressive thing with me is the 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:06.520 fact that Briese can create so many yards after contact, 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.840 and that's what you need at a national football league 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:10.880 because there's not gonna be many times where he's just 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.880 running through an open hole. And I think he's one 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.679 of the most explosive running backs. When you get him 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.800 to the second level. We can see this guy go 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:23.560 to distance at any time, especially at his size twenty five. 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.320 That's a big back that can you get up to 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:30.480 twenty miles an hour, especially coming off in ACL. You know, 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:32.880 just to see what he did, not many bats are 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:36.200 able to bounce back like that off an ACL, but 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:40.160 to see what he did coming off of ACL is 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.480 very impressive and I'm excited to see. 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.000 What he has moving forward in his career. 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.760 What is his potential because you're talking about a guy 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:51.440 who finished second in the AFC in terms of yards 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:56.680 from yards from scrimmage, only behind Tyreek Hill. On the 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:01.760 opposite conference, you're talking about Christian mccaff free, who a 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:03.760 lot of people think is the best back in the 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:05.920 league right now. But what is Bree's potential? 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:08.600 Honestly, you just named it. 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.800 You put him in the category with guys that have 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.080 been consistent throughout their career and guys that are always 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.960 mentioned at the top tier in their position. So you 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:19.960 know when you mentioned bris Hall, I think he has 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.520 that potential to go on and have a great career. 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.560 And you know, if he stays healthy enough, I think 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.280 he could be a guy that could get into the 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.960 Hall of Fame, you know, because he's able to now 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:33.000 touch the ball, especially with the way the game has 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.320 evolved more going. 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:36.640 Sixty to forty pass now. 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:39.480 Back in the day, running backs were getting you know, 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:43.200 four three hundred carries a year, where now guys are 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.160 getting the worried more so about touches, and I think 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:49.560 if you give bres Hall enough touches, he could be 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:50.760 a future Hall of Famer. 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:55.320 Wow, you didn't retire that long ago. What do you 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:59.480 think about the evolutional of the way backs are used, 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:03.040 even compared to just a couple of years ago when 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:05.160 you hung up the cleats. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.040 I think the game has evolved. 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.640 I mean it's almost like black and white now, because 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:12.960 when I first came to the league, it was power football, 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:14.920 it was downhill football. 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:16.520 Linebackers were bigger. 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.440 Now you're starting to see smaller linebackers because they had 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.800 their force to they're forced to cover backs out of 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.400 the backfield. Now I think, I think running backs now 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:30.640 need to eliminate carries and they need to think about touches. 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.360 And I was told that years ago by Anthony Lamb, 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:36.360 my running back coaches. He was like, hey, listen, don't 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:39.640 worry so much about the carries. Worry about touches. Worry 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.880 about touches. You know, your yards per touch, not your 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:47.440 yards per carry, and that will eventually come with success. 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:48.600 And now you're starting to see that. 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.880 Now you're starting to see more so the running back 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.440 committee where you know, you kind of get away from 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:58.000 the work courses because you rarely find a guy that 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.600 has to come that can't, that can on the field 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.640 for three downs, So you're forced to go out and 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:05.399 get a guy that compliments him. So when you mentioned 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:08.600 Bridge Hall, when you mentioned Christian McCaffery. 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:10.120 Those guys are rare. 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.000 The Saquon Barkley guys that can catch the ball, block 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.280 through all these things, those are the rare guys. 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:16.320 Those are the guys that I. 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.280 Look at that position that need that need to be 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:23.480 paid honestly and valued when you're talking about the running 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.280 back position, because right now, you know the big thing 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:30.600 is them undervaluing the running back position. Those are the 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.360 type of special guys that you have to pay based 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:35.800 on them, not just coming off the field. 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.400 You know what I mean, you're coaching at the high 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:40.719 school level now, and I'm going to get to that 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:44.240 in a second. But where are we going in the 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:49.400 NFL game? Offensively? What do the playoffs tell you as 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.360 far as like you're talking about space and touches regarding 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:56.000 specifically the running backs, but there are ibs and flows 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:59.679 right in the league that okay, we go from a 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:04.160 power game through a space game. When you watch Kansas 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:08.920 City and San Francisco in the Super Bowl, or even 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.280 Kansas City make the run, what do you think about 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:14.040 the changes that are taking place right now? 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:20.920 Honestly, just from an offensive standpoint, the creativity that these 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:26.159 offenser coordinators or are just calling and creating. They're just 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.119 putting defenses and minds, and you know they have to 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.639 account for so much. From a from a defensive standpoint, 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:35.080 it's not just line up playing football anymore. It's so 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:39.239 many different things that offensive coaches are starting to do 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:42.480 is find ways to get creative, to get the guys 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:44.479 that are going to help you win the ball. And 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:48.400 that's causing, uh, that's causing stress for defenses that we saw. 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:51.640 And you know, obviously that Super Bowl, that Super Bowl game, 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:55.679 if you look at the total yardist sometimes the points 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:58.160 don't add up to it. I think Kansas City still 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:01.560 had four hundred and fifty yards of total offense in 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:05.040 that game, and you know, obviously San Francisco had around 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:08.720 three eighty. You know, even with the low scoring game 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:12.040 that it was going into, you know, over time, it 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.560 still was a good game plan from defensively. So now 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.439 I think the defenses are starting to adjust to the 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:20.639 creativity that these offenses are thrown out. And then I 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:22.639 kind of see in a couple of years that the 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:25.639 offensive side of the ball start reverting back to the 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:29.320 old school mentality, bringing in the fullbacks and you know, 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:32.840 getting down here running the ball more and causing those 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:36.800 smaller linebackers to now run field on a fullback that's 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:39.560 you know two point fifty. And now you're talking about 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.760 smaller linebackers versus fullbacks, and I kind of see a 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:46.000 shift of it probably reverting back to the old school 0:19:46.040 --> 0:19:47.600 way here and here in a few years. 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:52.720 I love the game within the game thirty thousand foot view. 0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:57.320 Where are the Jets as a team heading into the 0:19:57.320 --> 0:19:59.280 twenty twenty four offseason. 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:03.199 I think the New York Jets are a few players 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:08.919 away from being mentioned in the Super Bowl contending for 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:11.600 twenty twenty four. I think there are a few players away. 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:14.840 I think last year we all were excited about having 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:17.760 Aaron come in. I think everybody was excited about that, 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:20.639 and we all know when you're talking about mentioning a 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.119 Super Bowl continuing team, you have to have a quarterback 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:25.679 where you bought that in. And then obviously the injury 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:29.840 started to happen, which everyone deals with. I think the 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:32.240 biggest thing for the New York Jets is now to 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:35.280 just make sure that the pieces on the offensive side 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:38.840 of the ball will help complement the defense, because those 0:20:38.880 --> 0:20:41.479 guys are playing so well. You're talking about a defense 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:44.840 that now finished again in the top five, you know, 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:48.679 throughout the year, so you know, I would love to 0:20:48.760 --> 0:20:52.359 just see on the offensive side of the ball that 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:57.240 unit helped complement the defense, and then you could just 0:20:57.280 --> 0:20:59.680 talk about Super Bowl contending for the New York Jets 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:00.000 next year. 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:04.360 Pieces offensively, what do you want to see. 0:21:05.840 --> 0:21:08.400 I think, just on the offensive side of the ball, 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:10.320 I think you have to go young at the offensive 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:13.119 tackle spot. I think you bring in another receiver that 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:16.720 can help Garrett Wilson take some attention off of him, 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:19.480 so now you know he can go out and you 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:21.800 can get that one on one match versus you know, 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.480 him having to deal with double coverage and you know, obviously, 0:21:25.520 --> 0:21:29.240 I think the backup quarterback position is very important, especially 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:31.480 when you're talking about an older quarterback coming off of 0:21:31.520 --> 0:21:35.040 an injury. That usually says guys down longer than it. 0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:37.199 You know, he was trying to come back. I know 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:40.480 the rumors that were going on, but you still need 0:21:40.520 --> 0:21:44.760 to have that talent margin when the guy goes down 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:49.440 that the drop off isn't so steep. I think when 0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:51.399 you look at the paper from last year, the New 0:21:51.480 --> 0:21:56.480 York Jets had a roster that I think player for 0:21:56.560 --> 0:21:59.840 player we were one of the best teams. Obviously the injuries, 0:22:00.320 --> 0:22:03.560 but just from having a quarterback, I think it's the 0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:06.680 biggest piece. All Right, he's the commander, he's the chief. 0:22:06.680 --> 0:22:08.359 He has to be the commander. In chief on the 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:10.919 offensive side of the ball, just like an inside linebacker 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:13.880 on the defensive side of the ball. And we saw 0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:17.440 the leadership that CJ. Moseley had and then kind of 0:22:17.520 --> 0:22:22.280 ripple around him as to why our defense was so good, 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:24.680 because you have to have a guy that's a commander 0:22:25.000 --> 0:22:28.359 in the middle leading on each side of the unit. 0:22:28.480 --> 0:22:30.760 So just honestly, those three pieces that I like to 0:22:30.800 --> 0:22:33.160 see moving forward, and I think the New York Jets 0:22:33.440 --> 0:22:35.959 continue to go into the right direction. 0:22:37.280 --> 0:22:40.360 You didn't have any quarter quarterback stability when you played. 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:48.360 When you look at Rogers and you wonder about the 0:22:48.400 --> 0:22:53.359 potential of him guiding this offense with those young stars, 0:22:53.400 --> 0:22:57.359 the breist Halls of the world, the Garrett Wilson's at 0:22:57.400 --> 0:22:59.679 the tight end position. I really like what Tyler Konflan 0:22:59.720 --> 0:23:01.960 gave you. From a production standpoint. The Jets are really 0:23:02.080 --> 0:23:05.040 high on Jeremy Rutgert as well. You mentioned addressing the 0:23:05.080 --> 0:23:11.600 offensive line, But did you ever think during your career, like, man, 0:23:11.720 --> 0:23:14.360 what would it be like playing with a guy like Rogers? 0:23:16.560 --> 0:23:18.840 You know, I asked myself that, and you know, that 0:23:19.000 --> 0:23:20.920 was one of the biggest things that I wanted to 0:23:22.240 --> 0:23:24.840 do in my career, has played with a guy that 0:23:25.240 --> 0:23:28.120 was considered a franchise quarterback, the guy that was consistent 0:23:28.160 --> 0:23:30.439 throughout his career, guy that you know when you stepped 0:23:30.440 --> 0:23:32.360 on the field, he gave you a chance to win 0:23:32.560 --> 0:23:33.280 every week. 0:23:33.640 --> 0:23:35.640 And you know, obviously I didn't have that. 0:23:35.720 --> 0:23:37.479 You know, we had a bunch of moving pieces at 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:42.280 that position unfortunately. But you know, that's definitely something that 0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:45.520 I think that a lot of players take for granted. 0:23:45.560 --> 0:23:49.040 It's having a quarterback like that, that home name that 0:23:49.200 --> 0:23:52.760 is you know, it's going to be secure every year 0:23:52.800 --> 0:23:54.640 and you're not looking for the next guy. 0:23:55.960 --> 0:23:58.680 Every year and trying to bring the guy in like that. 0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:01.280 And I think if we had a guy like that 0:24:01.520 --> 0:24:03.200 in New York, I think we would have won a 0:24:03.240 --> 0:24:05.600 lot more games than we did throughout my career. 0:24:05.840 --> 0:24:11.359 Everybody's driven by different things. You were intrinsically motivated. What 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:16.680 do you think about Rogers specifically next year, because there's 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:19.320 gonna be a lot of people counting him out bottom line, 0:24:19.359 --> 0:24:23.200 because he's forty, he's going to turn forty one in December, 0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:29.080 he's coming off an achilles injury, and he's starting a 0:24:29.200 --> 0:24:31.800 new with the Jets. Yes, he was here last year, 0:24:31.840 --> 0:24:35.080 but he played four snaps before going down. 0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:39.040 Honestly, I think he lives for this type of you know, 0:24:39.160 --> 0:24:43.320 doubt and everyone counting him out. And you know, honestly, 0:24:43.400 --> 0:24:46.360 if he looks at it that way, then there's no pressure. 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:49.560 And you're talking about a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers with 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:52.000 no pressure him just going to play football. 0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:55.400 That could be scary for a lot of people going forward. 0:24:55.440 --> 0:24:58.359 I think when you talking about a healthy Aaron Rodgers 0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:02.240 moving forward with good defense, that could get scared for 0:25:02.280 --> 0:25:06.000 the National Football League. And I think those people are 0:25:06.119 --> 0:25:08.120 trying to put that out on him because they are 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:09.960 afraid that the New York Jets will be in a 0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:13.879 positive topic next year of winning, because everybody wants to 0:25:13.920 --> 0:25:16.879 label the New York just in the negative, in a 0:25:16.960 --> 0:25:19.800 negative bracket every time, every year that I dealt with 0:25:19.880 --> 0:25:21.920 it in my in my nine years that I was there, 0:25:21.960 --> 0:25:24.760 and now being a fan, been coming up on four 0:25:24.800 --> 0:25:27.760 years been retired, I'm still hearing the same old Jets. 0:25:28.080 --> 0:25:32.639 Whereas that Aaron Rodgers story, if he stays healthy, he 0:25:32.680 --> 0:25:34.000 is just scary. And now you're going to have to 0:25:34.000 --> 0:25:36.679 start mentioning the New York Jets on you know, the 0:25:36.720 --> 0:25:38.320 winning side of the bracket. 0:25:38.640 --> 0:25:43.800 Why is that? Do you think that people label the 0:25:43.920 --> 0:25:47.880 Jets something or maybe for a team that hasn't been 0:25:47.880 --> 0:25:51.320 in it since ten as far as the postseason is concerned, 0:25:51.560 --> 0:25:54.399 like a lot of people are looking at the Jets 0:25:54.400 --> 0:25:58.520 and saying, hey, that's a team that I want to fail, 0:25:58.960 --> 0:26:01.359 even though the team has not been in the postseason 0:26:01.400 --> 0:26:05.320 in twenty three. As a guy, I mean since twenty ten, 0:26:05.920 --> 0:26:08.680 obviously just finished in the twenty twenty three campaign. As 0:26:08.720 --> 0:26:12.240 a guy who's now living down south in Kentucky, why 0:26:12.240 --> 0:26:15.320 do you think the Jets always carry that target on them? 0:26:15.880 --> 0:26:18.320 I think because you've seen the patterns that we had 0:26:18.960 --> 0:26:21.840 over the time. You know, even when we were in good, 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:25.840 good position to pull out some games and climb. 0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:27.560 Into the playoffs, we found a way to lose. 0:26:28.560 --> 0:26:31.200 And that was a consistent pattern over my nine year 0:26:31.240 --> 0:26:35.000 career and still is a pattern that we're seeing. Last year, 0:26:35.760 --> 0:26:38.360 even with the injury of Ann Rogers, the New York 0:26:38.440 --> 0:26:41.359 Jets were still in position to run off games and 0:26:41.400 --> 0:26:44.960 sneak into the playoffs, and they found each week to lose, 0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:46.960 found a way to lose instead of finding a way 0:26:47.000 --> 0:26:47.320 to win. 0:26:48.119 --> 0:26:49.240 And I talked about. 0:26:48.960 --> 0:26:52.600 That with Patrick Mahomes and everybody was like, who do 0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:54.480 you have winning the Super Bowl? I said, well, you 0:26:54.560 --> 0:26:56.879 can't go against a guy that's a winner, you know. 0:26:56.920 --> 0:27:01.520 I know Cam Newton talked about he's a game manager, 0:27:01.560 --> 0:27:04.800 game changer. I said, well, Patrick Mahomes is game He's 0:27:04.800 --> 0:27:07.840 a winner at the end of the day. And that's 0:27:07.840 --> 0:27:10.239 what you want, and that's what that's the mentality that 0:27:10.320 --> 0:27:12.240 has to come through. And I think you have a 0:27:12.240 --> 0:27:15.480 few guys on that team that has that have that mentality. 0:27:15.720 --> 0:27:17.719 Now you just have to continue to build the pieces 0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:21.040 around them that you know, those guys that come into 0:27:21.200 --> 0:27:23.159 those free agents, that you get, those draft picks that 0:27:23.200 --> 0:27:25.800 you get when they walk through the door, that they're following, 0:27:25.880 --> 0:27:29.679 those guys who are considered leaders and winners in the building, 0:27:29.760 --> 0:27:30.600 in the organization. 0:27:31.240 --> 0:27:33.480 So getting back to Rogers, how does he change the 0:27:33.560 --> 0:27:36.320 dynamic because I know a lot of people will debate 0:27:36.320 --> 0:27:40.280 about his postseason success, but he does have one ring 0:27:40.600 --> 0:27:43.640 and he is a four time NFL MVP. So when 0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:47.560 times get tight, I mean, isn't that a guy who 0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:51.080 can get you past that next turtle, get you to 0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:52.119 the finish line? 0:27:53.280 --> 0:27:56.480 Yes? Absolutely, And you're talking about a guy that's been 0:27:56.520 --> 0:28:00.760 consistent for the amount of years he's been in the league, 0:28:01.280 --> 0:28:04.160 always being at that top tier. And like I said, 0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:06.120 the hardest thing that you can do with this league 0:28:06.200 --> 0:28:11.240 is be consistent. That what makes you good, great a professional. 0:28:11.600 --> 0:28:14.760 The longevity of your career is all about consistency. And 0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:16.720 I think when you talk about Aaron Rodgers, when you 0:28:16.840 --> 0:28:20.639 mentioned Aaron Rodgers in his position at an all time, 0:28:21.160 --> 0:28:22.800 you have to put him with some of the best 0:28:22.840 --> 0:28:25.399 quarterbacks to ever play this game. And a lot of 0:28:25.440 --> 0:28:28.720 guys don't have that opportunity. And for the New York Jets, 0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:31.840 guys that are in that organization aren't used to that. 0:28:31.880 --> 0:28:32.800 They weren't used to that. 0:28:32.920 --> 0:28:35.160 And so now hopefully when you can have a full 0:28:35.200 --> 0:28:38.200 season with Aaron Rodgers, those guys can kind of see, 0:28:38.480 --> 0:28:41.720 even when tight games get tight, that you can see 0:28:41.720 --> 0:28:44.080 the competitiveness and the winner in him, and it kinds 0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:46.440 of shifts the attitude of some of those guys in 0:28:46.480 --> 0:28:47.120 that locker room. 0:28:47.440 --> 0:28:48.960 Yeah, that's what I was just going to ask you, 0:28:49.040 --> 0:28:52.880 is somebody who was here, who is a member of 0:28:52.880 --> 0:28:57.000 this organization playing inside the white lines. It's got to 0:28:57.160 --> 0:29:00.800 change everything. If you do have this guy, if you 0:29:00.880 --> 0:29:03.360 are in a third quarter or the fourth quarter, and 0:29:03.400 --> 0:29:07.680 you are in a tight game knowing that he's done 0:29:07.680 --> 0:29:12.600 it before, because maybe when you played, are you thinking 0:29:12.680 --> 0:29:16.360 that you're trying to think positive thoughts, but at the 0:29:16.440 --> 0:29:19.400 same time, you've seen this story before. 0:29:20.680 --> 0:29:23.479 Yes, absolutely, And you know you've been I've been in 0:29:23.520 --> 0:29:27.360 situations where we get down to a certain point there's 0:29:27.400 --> 0:29:29.840 almost a high doubt that we come back because we 0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:33.440 just didn't have that right guy in position to lead 0:29:33.520 --> 0:29:36.000 us back. That we know even if we're in this position, 0:29:36.040 --> 0:29:38.640 we believe in that guy. Aaron Rodgers is that guy. 0:29:38.720 --> 0:29:41.719 We know that even with him being down, that he 0:29:41.760 --> 0:29:45.600 can rally a team, and the consistency and respect that 0:29:45.640 --> 0:29:48.760 he has throughout the league from his performance that he 0:29:48.840 --> 0:29:51.560 had over his career, I think you can, especially with 0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:53.520 a young team, you can get him to pull those 0:29:53.520 --> 0:29:57.160 young guys in the right direction. And now, weekend and 0:29:57.240 --> 0:30:00.120 week out, you can go into a game knowing that 0:30:00.200 --> 0:30:02.760 you have a chance, even all the way down to 0:30:03.040 --> 0:30:04.760 the last play of the game, that you have a 0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:06.720 chance to win a football game. 0:30:06.760 --> 0:30:08.320 All right, let me throw a couple things at you. 0:30:09.160 --> 0:30:14.320 How would you rate the Jets offseason needs? You talked offensively, 0:30:14.400 --> 0:30:17.920 you said tackle, you want to get another playmaker with 0:30:18.120 --> 0:30:22.800 Garrett Wilson receiver. Defensive side of the ball, just some tinkering, 0:30:22.960 --> 0:30:25.800 I think I think everybody would agree with. But defensive 0:30:25.840 --> 0:30:28.640 tackle because you got a number of guys who were 0:30:28.760 --> 0:30:31.880 up next to Quinn Williams and then the safety position. 0:30:32.880 --> 0:30:36.000 Amongst those with inspiring contracts, you're talking Jordan white Hat, 0:30:36.040 --> 0:30:41.760 Ashton Davis, Chuck Clark, and then you also mentioned backup quarterback. 0:30:41.800 --> 0:30:46.600 How do you rank those needs? Tackle, receiver, backup quarterback, 0:30:46.720 --> 0:30:48.200 defensive tackle, safety. 0:30:49.320 --> 0:30:52.440 I think you have to go with finding an offensive 0:30:52.440 --> 0:30:55.840 tackle first, first and foremost. First and foremost, finding an 0:30:55.840 --> 0:30:59.080 offensive tackle. We know what the defense is handled over 0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:01.880 the last two years. Know they have their leaders set 0:31:01.920 --> 0:31:03.760 in place on that side of the ball. I think 0:31:03.800 --> 0:31:06.680 it's time to now set the pieces on the offensive 0:31:06.720 --> 0:31:07.320 side of the ball. 0:31:07.400 --> 0:31:08.200 So I think you. 0:31:08.160 --> 0:31:10.080 Need to go out and find your tackle. You need 0:31:10.120 --> 0:31:12.400 to go out and find your receiver, a veteran receiver 0:31:13.120 --> 0:31:16.400 that's still consistent, that's able to run every route on 0:31:16.480 --> 0:31:19.640 the on the route tree and be a leader, and 0:31:19.680 --> 0:31:22.480 you have a relationship with Aaron Rodgers and also lead 0:31:23.480 --> 0:31:26.520 a unit. You need to also go out and get 0:31:26.560 --> 0:31:29.600 that backup quarterback, that a guy that who can come 0:31:29.680 --> 0:31:33.360 in be a backup quarterback. Something happens. We know that 0:31:33.400 --> 0:31:35.560 this is the National Football League is one hundred percent 0:31:35.600 --> 0:31:38.880 injury rate. That this guy can step right in and 0:31:38.920 --> 0:31:41.479 pick up where Aaron Blue Rodgers left off, even if 0:31:41.520 --> 0:31:44.600 it's not as good as it was, but it gives 0:31:44.640 --> 0:31:47.240 you a chance each week to go in and compete 0:31:47.840 --> 0:31:51.520 on a Sunday or a game day. And also a 0:31:51.520 --> 0:31:54.440 guy that you can probably put the future in his hands. 0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:57.160 Knowing that Aaron Rodgers only has a couple more years. 0:31:57.760 --> 0:31:59.400 You can get this guy to kind of sit behind 0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:02.840 Aaron Rodgers, learning from Aaron Rodgers, and you know when 0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:05.120 it's time to pass the tours that he's ready to 0:32:05.160 --> 0:32:07.840 step in to be your franchise quarterback in the future. 0:32:08.720 --> 0:32:11.320 Would you draft one. I'm not saying a ton overall, 0:32:11.400 --> 0:32:13.720 but you have five draft picks. Would you draft one 0:32:13.720 --> 0:32:16.360 in terms of just trying to develop down the line 0:32:16.440 --> 0:32:18.160 with one of your later picks? 0:32:19.280 --> 0:32:20.640 Now, I wouldn't draft the quarterback. 0:32:20.680 --> 0:32:23.000 I think the New York Jets have been doing that 0:32:23.120 --> 0:32:25.760 for a very long time now and it hasn't been 0:32:26.040 --> 0:32:29.520 a successful pick that we've seen, even even with early picks. 0:32:29.800 --> 0:32:33.120 We're seeing them move on from those guys after you know, 0:32:33.200 --> 0:32:36.200 the rookie contract or even before before that. So I 0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:37.960 think you need to go out and find you a guy, 0:32:38.400 --> 0:32:41.440 a solid guy and free agency, a guy you know, 0:32:41.480 --> 0:32:43.720 a younger guy kind of going into that year three, 0:32:43.800 --> 0:32:46.880 year four, or maybe a guy that you know. 0:32:47.240 --> 0:32:49.600 Has has has a little respect around the league. 0:32:49.720 --> 0:32:51.280 A guy that can step in and help you win 0:32:51.440 --> 0:32:55.000 that isn't going to you know, pretty much hit the 0:32:55.040 --> 0:32:57.680 cap space or take up too much money from that 0:32:58.480 --> 0:33:04.720 come in that accepts the role of being coming in 0:33:04.920 --> 0:33:07.880 knowing that it's not his team just yet, but coming 0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:09.720 in learning under Aaron Rodgers. 0:33:09.840 --> 0:33:13.200 Do you envision a scenario where they sign a tackle 0:33:13.240 --> 0:33:16.600 on free agency and then perhaps even draft won ten 0:33:16.680 --> 0:33:19.920 overall because you're talking about a young tackle and maybe 0:33:19.960 --> 0:33:22.960 one of those guys are there at ten. I know 0:33:23.280 --> 0:33:27.240 most people think the point it's anyway. The consensus is 0:33:27.720 --> 0:33:31.960 Joe alt out of Notre Dames, he's probably the cleanest prospect. 0:33:32.000 --> 0:33:34.720 But Fishano from Penn State, he's getting a lot of love. 0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:38.240 I know Fuaga from Oregon State was not just down 0:33:38.280 --> 0:33:42.400 there at the senior ball and he performed well. Would 0:33:42.400 --> 0:33:45.320 you like to see a scenario where hey, you address 0:33:45.400 --> 0:33:47.520 tackle on free agency, but you also come back in 0:33:47.520 --> 0:33:48.040 the draft. 0:33:49.000 --> 0:33:50.880 Yeah. Absolutely, I think you have to go get a 0:33:50.920 --> 0:33:51.760 guy that you know. 0:33:51.960 --> 0:33:55.080 Obviously you want to have a solid veteran and then 0:33:55.080 --> 0:33:56.840 you want to go get a young guy for the future. 0:33:57.400 --> 0:33:58.160 You absolutely do. 0:33:58.320 --> 0:34:00.440 I think when you look at the way to gain 0:34:00.560 --> 0:34:03.280 from the way I broke it down, the way I 0:34:03.320 --> 0:34:06.880 analyzed it from, you know, just my perspective, that was 0:34:06.920 --> 0:34:10.160 the biggest struggle was the tackle spot. You know, you know, 0:34:10.239 --> 0:34:13.040 moving guys from the left side to the right side, 0:34:13.320 --> 0:34:16.760 So just the consistent piece of just finding a tackle. 0:34:16.840 --> 0:34:19.280 We know how important that is, especially with these premier 0:34:19.360 --> 0:34:22.279 rushers and you know, we know Aaron Rodgers want to 0:34:22.320 --> 0:34:24.440 sit back and throw the ball. We need to protect 0:34:24.480 --> 0:34:26.200 them as much as possible. So you need to go 0:34:26.239 --> 0:34:28.640 out and get some solid guys that can protect those 0:34:28.880 --> 0:34:30.040 premiere areas rushers. 0:34:30.600 --> 0:34:32.520 Each week, you. 0:34:32.600 --> 0:34:38.160 Envision a scenario where you're getting a receiver in free 0:34:38.160 --> 0:34:40.560 agency prior to the draft. I know a lot of 0:34:40.560 --> 0:34:45.120 people are looking at guys like t Higgins, who me, 0:34:45.800 --> 0:34:47.840 I don't think he's going to be available because I 0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:52.239 think you're talking about sixty million in cab space Cincinnati has. 0:34:52.280 --> 0:34:55.600 I can't envision a scenario where he's out there. I 0:34:55.680 --> 0:34:58.160 know a lot of people also have dream scenarios about 0:34:58.200 --> 0:35:00.600 Mike Evans, but there are a lot of receivers that 0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:03.880 are going to be on the market, including Calvin Ridley, 0:35:03.960 --> 0:35:04.960 and the list goes on. 0:35:06.360 --> 0:35:10.520 Yeah, honestly, my pick would be Mike Evans. And the 0:35:10.560 --> 0:35:14.000 reason I like Mike Evans is because how consistent he's 0:35:14.080 --> 0:35:19.440 been with the number of quarterbacks throughout his career. He 0:35:19.600 --> 0:35:22.600 wasn't in a system where he was with one quarterback 0:35:23.000 --> 0:35:24.640 and then we see him go somewhere else and not 0:35:24.760 --> 0:35:27.640 be the same guy like he's been that same piece 0:35:27.760 --> 0:35:31.080 in Tampa, even with the moving pieces at quarterback. So 0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:33.520 I think you bring a guy in like Mike Evans 0:35:33.560 --> 0:35:38.760 to play with Aaron Rodgers and be able to compliment 0:35:39.960 --> 0:35:41.400 a young Garret Wilson. 0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:44.400 Do you like the spot the Jets are in because 0:35:44.719 --> 0:35:47.640 right now people are going to write them off as 0:35:47.640 --> 0:35:51.719 opposed to last year where the Jets and I just 0:35:51.719 --> 0:35:55.120 wrote about this belile that the Jets headed to Indy 0:35:55.719 --> 0:35:58.640 and the quarterback hunt was on. In fact, I think 0:35:58.680 --> 0:36:01.319 the Jets had just met with Derek Carr because he 0:36:01.520 --> 0:36:04.800 was already a street free agent before going to Andy, 0:36:05.280 --> 0:36:09.600 and then Aaron Rodgers was under contract with Green Bay. 0:36:09.760 --> 0:36:13.600 But that was the point where Green Bay had said, hey, 0:36:13.680 --> 0:36:16.560 we hadn't been in communication with him. They've been talking 0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:20.520 about Jimmy Garoppolo as well. Well, we know who's going 0:36:20.600 --> 0:36:23.880 to be the starting quarterback this year. But since the 0:36:23.960 --> 0:36:28.080 Jets finished seven to ten for a second consecutive season, 0:36:28.719 --> 0:36:32.720 I think we're sitting here in February and everybody's already 0:36:32.719 --> 0:36:37.120 written them off. I feel like they will be a 0:36:37.239 --> 0:36:40.440 little bit under the radar this year, as opposed to 0:36:40.560 --> 0:36:45.239 last year, where it was constant barrage of the media spotlight. 0:36:46.440 --> 0:36:46.640 Yeah. 0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:47.920 Absolutely, I agree with you. 0:36:48.280 --> 0:36:51.479 I think you know you're talking about a forty ohod 0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:53.880 quarterback coming off in an achilles injury. 0:36:54.040 --> 0:36:57.560 That talk is. I think everybody last year was like, oh, 0:36:57.640 --> 0:36:58.080 they'll go the. 0:36:58.040 --> 0:37:01.200 Same old Jets again that we talked about, and now 0:37:01.320 --> 0:37:03.799 that's rolling over into next season. I think now, like 0:37:03.840 --> 0:37:06.480 I told you, I think Aaron Rodgers likes that position, 0:37:07.360 --> 0:37:10.400 and that's scary because he's a competitor and he doesn't 0:37:10.400 --> 0:37:13.319 have this pressure anymore. It's not that hot talk or 0:37:13.440 --> 0:37:15.879 Super Bowl contending and you know, they were the talk 0:37:15.920 --> 0:37:18.520 of the offseason, and I came up there for training 0:37:18.560 --> 0:37:21.640 camp and I saw the energy and you know, hard 0:37:21.719 --> 0:37:24.120 knocks being there and all this attention that was going on. 0:37:24.160 --> 0:37:25.840 And I don't think you get that same thing with 0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:28.440 the New York Jets, which is a good thing, I 0:37:28.480 --> 0:37:30.960 think for New York because now they can really lock 0:37:31.040 --> 0:37:32.920 in on what they really want to do with all 0:37:32.960 --> 0:37:36.600 the outsiders or whatever, you know, the people talking from 0:37:36.640 --> 0:37:38.879 the outside looking in, I think it's a good time 0:37:38.880 --> 0:37:41.279 for you to focus on get those couple pieces that 0:37:41.360 --> 0:37:43.360 you need and then you know, let your play do 0:37:43.480 --> 0:37:43.839 the talking. 0:37:44.080 --> 0:37:46.160 Hey, how much love did you have for the Jets 0:37:46.200 --> 0:37:51.920 internal documentary crew because one of their first long form 0:37:52.080 --> 0:37:57.359 documentaries was on twenty nine was on Blile Pole and 0:37:57.440 --> 0:38:01.600 look at where it's become where taken off to over 0:38:01.600 --> 0:38:02.360 the years. 0:38:02.960 --> 0:38:05.640 Yeah, I appreciate you guys for doing that. 0:38:05.760 --> 0:38:08.279 And you know, obviously I wasn't a guy that talked 0:38:08.320 --> 0:38:11.239 to to a team you guys much, but you know, 0:38:11.280 --> 0:38:14.239 I appreciate, you know, everything that you guys have done 0:38:14.239 --> 0:38:17.600 over years. And you know, obviously that documentary people still 0:38:17.600 --> 0:38:19.640 talk about it to this day, so I appreciate it. 0:38:19.719 --> 0:38:23.080 Yeah, and Seth Bradley and crew. I mean doing a 0:38:23.080 --> 0:38:26.720 fantastic job with one Jets Drive and Flight in the past, 0:38:26.800 --> 0:38:29.480 and there's gonna be new offerings here this season. So 0:38:29.560 --> 0:38:32.279 it's very cool. And that was memorable for all of 0:38:32.360 --> 0:38:35.760 us down there on that shoot. Yeah, it's It's interesting, 0:38:35.880 --> 0:38:40.720 isn't it that Blau was so beloved inside the locker 0:38:40.800 --> 0:38:43.920 room and all the guys used to talk about you 0:38:44.520 --> 0:38:47.440 and you be around them, But when the media came 0:38:48.080 --> 0:38:53.200 by open media sessions, Blaugh wasn't frequently found in there. 0:38:55.280 --> 0:38:57.040 And now and now I do it for a living. 0:38:57.200 --> 0:38:59.480 I'm talking to the camera and you know, I'm doing 0:38:59.560 --> 0:39:01.640 interviews that you know. I had a chance to go out, 0:39:01.960 --> 0:39:04.560 uh to Las Vegas and I was on radio row, 0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:07.160 so you know, it's almost like I came full circle. 0:39:07.239 --> 0:39:09.480 Everybody's like, man, I remember when you didn't even talk 0:39:09.520 --> 0:39:11.240 to the media. Now you do it for a living. 0:39:11.320 --> 0:39:13.360 And I said, well, I guess it was just a 0:39:13.440 --> 0:39:15.960 hidden talent that you know, I didn't tap into until 0:39:16.040 --> 0:39:16.680 I retired. 0:39:17.440 --> 0:39:22.160 Uh, nothing you do surprises me. Legacy uniforms. Woody Johnson 0:39:22.200 --> 0:39:26.480 announced that Super Bowl Sunday night. What did you think 0:39:26.480 --> 0:39:29.520 about the white and how excited are you to see 0:39:30.200 --> 0:39:32.359 what the green and the black looked like. 0:39:33.680 --> 0:39:35.799 I'm excited about him and it's just like I said, 0:39:35.840 --> 0:39:39.319 it's evolving and I like what, you know, what he's doing, 0:39:39.400 --> 0:39:41.239 and I like to see what he you know, be 0:39:41.320 --> 0:39:44.080 involved with social media. He's come out of his show 0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:46.239 too over the years, because I don't remember him being 0:39:46.280 --> 0:39:49.200 like that when I was there. But I like the uniforms. 0:39:49.200 --> 0:39:51.200 I actually liked the white ones last year that you 0:39:51.239 --> 0:39:55.759 guys opened up with versus Buffalo, and uh, you know, 0:39:55.920 --> 0:39:58.680 I wish I would have played in those. I had 0:39:58.680 --> 0:40:00.640 a chance to play in the black ones for you know, 0:40:00.760 --> 0:40:04.799 my last year of retiring, but I want to see 0:40:04.800 --> 0:40:05.840 what the black ones look like. 0:40:06.000 --> 0:40:07.680 Obviously, moving forward, all. 0:40:07.640 --> 0:40:11.000 Right, your family's skipping your busy, you got three kids, 0:40:11.440 --> 0:40:15.759 but you also have a new appointment here as far 0:40:15.800 --> 0:40:18.880 as professionally is concerned, blob Pal is going to be 0:40:18.960 --> 0:40:21.879 an offensive coordinator. Is that correct? You need to tell 0:40:21.960 --> 0:40:25.160 us the school and how that all came together. 0:40:26.480 --> 0:40:30.040 Well, I've been coaching them for about head coach at 0:40:30.080 --> 0:40:33.319 the youth level, philp ands his grade with my son 0:40:33.800 --> 0:40:37.480 mainly and you know, we went to the championship a 0:40:37.480 --> 0:40:39.920 couple of times actually, you know, lost some tough ones. 0:40:39.960 --> 0:40:42.600 But you know, I think it got to a point 0:40:42.600 --> 0:40:44.880 to where parents were coming up saying, hey, listen, you 0:40:44.920 --> 0:40:48.680 have these kids running all these concepts and schemes, and 0:40:48.800 --> 0:40:50.799 you know, when are you going to taket, you know, 0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:52.640 your talent to the next level. And you know, my 0:40:52.680 --> 0:40:55.880 wife is talking like she was tired of hearing about football, 0:40:55.960 --> 0:40:58.480 and you know, I'm coaching her and I'm coming up 0:40:58.480 --> 0:41:00.680 with these different things. My son, he's tired of me 0:41:00.760 --> 0:41:02.600 grabbing him saying, hey, what do you think about this? 0:41:02.719 --> 0:41:05.440 And they was like, you need to take this somewhere else. 0:41:05.520 --> 0:41:08.400 And you know, the opportunity came when, you know office 0:41:08.440 --> 0:41:11.520 according to the step down at this high school here Saint Xavier, 0:41:11.560 --> 0:41:15.360 which is a preparatory school, all boys school, tremendous school, 0:41:15.840 --> 0:41:19.359 one of the top schools academically in the nation. It's 0:41:19.360 --> 0:41:23.839 a blue ribbon school. You know, the opportunity just fell 0:41:23.840 --> 0:41:26.040 into my lap. And you know, I was one of 0:41:26.040 --> 0:41:29.600 the two guys that were interviewed and the coach looked 0:41:29.640 --> 0:41:34.280 at me from the philosophy and just the experience and said, hey, listen, 0:41:35.040 --> 0:41:37.360 you are what we need here for the future of 0:41:37.360 --> 0:41:40.799 this this high school. And you know, I've been here, 0:41:40.960 --> 0:41:43.040 been there now about a month, and I'm getting to 0:41:43.040 --> 0:41:45.520 know all the boys. Eric, you talk about three hundred 0:41:45.520 --> 0:41:48.680 boys man from varsity, JV and freshman football. 0:41:49.040 --> 0:41:52.040 So I got to get to know all these these guys' names. 0:41:51.760 --> 0:41:54.560 And and uh, you know, kind of no personalities and 0:41:54.560 --> 0:41:56.960 stuff and put all the pieces together. But man, the 0:41:57.080 --> 0:42:00.640 kids have it's yes, sir and o sirs. Respect, art working. 0:42:01.320 --> 0:42:04.319 Uh you know, some of the things that you deal 0:42:04.360 --> 0:42:06.840 with with teenage boys you don't get from this school 0:42:06.880 --> 0:42:10.040 because these are the good group of kids, hard workers. 0:42:10.480 --> 0:42:15.239 They love football. Multi sports is insane, you know. So, uh, 0:42:15.440 --> 0:42:17.960 the opportunity was just a no brainer for me. And 0:42:18.120 --> 0:42:20.920 uh you know, obviously my son he'll actually go into 0:42:20.920 --> 0:42:21.480 that school. 0:42:21.520 --> 0:42:21.759 Now. 0:42:22.560 --> 0:42:25.360 I actually moved them into the it's a Catholic school, 0:42:25.360 --> 0:42:27.680 so I moved them into the Catholic community, and he'll 0:42:27.680 --> 0:42:29.320 come up and get a chance to play with me 0:42:29.360 --> 0:42:29.960 in high school. 0:42:30.560 --> 0:42:33.880 All right, what's the offensive philosophy. 0:42:33.160 --> 0:42:37.920 Of I want to I want to spread out the defense, 0:42:38.080 --> 0:42:40.520 actually spread out the defense, and I want to give 0:42:40.560 --> 0:42:43.680 my playmakers the ball in space. I want to force 0:42:43.719 --> 0:42:46.600 the defense to defend the entire field. 0:42:46.719 --> 0:42:48.600 I want to try to attack leverage. 0:42:48.840 --> 0:42:50.480 When I talk about leverage, I want to try to 0:42:50.480 --> 0:42:53.400 find grass and I want to try to create numbers, 0:42:53.560 --> 0:42:55.959 whether if it's one, you know, two on one, three 0:42:56.000 --> 0:42:59.520 on four, whatever it is. Is my philosophy is to 0:42:59.520 --> 0:43:02.080 to find the mismatches. Is not mainly to go down. 0:43:02.120 --> 0:43:02.640 He'll let you. 0:43:03.520 --> 0:43:05.759 Like I said, I love Kyle Shanahan. 0:43:05.840 --> 0:43:08.920 I love Andy Reeve's offense, and so I like the 0:43:08.960 --> 0:43:13.120 creativity of moving grinds around with motions and shifts and 0:43:13.320 --> 0:43:16.040 you know, different formations and you know, trying to get 0:43:16.040 --> 0:43:18.480 different guys the ball. And you know, my biggest thing 0:43:18.640 --> 0:43:21.400 is not having a team locking on one guy, but 0:43:21.480 --> 0:43:24.560 finding a way to get multiple guys to ball. That way, 0:43:24.600 --> 0:43:26.840 you can't narrow down on any tendencies that we have. 0:43:27.600 --> 0:43:28.879 And that's it. 0:43:28.920 --> 0:43:29.080 Man. 0:43:29.480 --> 0:43:32.239 They're smart kids. So you know, I'm able to do more. 0:43:32.520 --> 0:43:36.120 You know, you're talking about almost one hundred and something plays, 0:43:36.280 --> 0:43:40.120 you know, alignements, signmon and all that stuff. So, uh, 0:43:40.840 --> 0:43:43.040 to me, I think that's the biggest calling in my 0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:45.960 life right now, Eric is you know, teaching football to 0:43:46.000 --> 0:43:49.040 these young guys, and not only that, but just getting 0:43:49.040 --> 0:43:52.279 them ready for the future in their lives. Some guys 0:43:52.400 --> 0:43:54.520 going to play at the next level, someonet, but they'll 0:43:54.520 --> 0:43:57.920 be prepared to go on for life. So that's my 0:43:57.960 --> 0:44:01.320 biggest thing, is just to give back the game of football. 0:44:01.640 --> 0:44:05.800 This is awesome, Kyle. The way he approaches offense you 0:44:05.880 --> 0:44:14.040 mentioned him before, Do you like that, like the positionless offense, 0:44:14.360 --> 0:44:20.440 meaning that, Okay, we can have Debo lineup in the slot, 0:44:20.480 --> 0:44:22.880 we can have a lineup outside, we can have him 0:44:22.920 --> 0:44:27.080 lineup as running back where you don't have to put 0:44:27.280 --> 0:44:32.440 a position on a player. That they're all chess pieces. 0:44:32.800 --> 0:44:37.560 We're gonna move guys about around the formation and you 0:44:38.000 --> 0:44:41.000 I'm gonna have a counter for whatever you try to 0:44:41.160 --> 0:44:44.040 throw at me defensively, because I always have an answer. 0:44:45.080 --> 0:44:45.319 Yeah. 0:44:45.360 --> 0:44:49.880 Absolutely, I think it's about those moving pieces. I like 0:44:49.920 --> 0:44:52.239 to call that eye candy when you moving guys one 0:44:52.280 --> 0:44:55.320 way and going the other way. You know, like I said, 0:44:55.320 --> 0:45:00.080 it's just about finding finding every every play call is 0:45:00.120 --> 0:45:04.120 a prediction. I can only call the play based on 0:45:04.200 --> 0:45:07.280 what I saw on film, what you showed me, based 0:45:07.320 --> 0:45:10.239 on formations. So when I make a call, it's a 0:45:10.280 --> 0:45:12.280 prediction that you're going to line up in this and 0:45:12.320 --> 0:45:14.120 you're going to allow us to do this, and this. 0:45:14.920 --> 0:45:17.080 My biggest thing is having a smart quarterback. And my 0:45:17.160 --> 0:45:19.719 quarterback is very smart, so he can go to the 0:45:19.760 --> 0:45:22.879 line of scrimmage with multiple players and he can get 0:45:22.920 --> 0:45:25.279 to if you come out and we're prepared for two 0:45:25.360 --> 0:45:27.880 high safety and you come out with a one high safety, 0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:30.640 he automatically knows that's either a Cover one or Cover three. 0:45:30.680 --> 0:45:32.680 We get to our beaters and now we can make 0:45:32.680 --> 0:45:36.640 our articles. So we're You know, my my job as 0:45:36.680 --> 0:45:41.440 a play caller is to I can only predict eric, 0:45:41.520 --> 0:45:44.560 I can only put them in an alignment, and then 0:45:44.719 --> 0:45:47.960 the players have to go out and know what's going on. 0:45:48.080 --> 0:45:50.640 They have to know the assignment and the adjustments, and 0:45:50.680 --> 0:45:53.359 then they have to ultimately execute. No matter you can 0:45:53.400 --> 0:45:56.719 call it a perfect play. They don't execute, then you know, 0:45:56.760 --> 0:46:00.759 we all look bad. So you knowlayers can only do 0:46:00.840 --> 0:46:02.760 so much and coaches can only. 0:46:02.600 --> 0:46:03.160 Do so much. 0:46:03.840 --> 0:46:09.359 You look really happy. We're very happy for you. Can 0:46:09.400 --> 0:46:13.480 you can you talk finally as far as a message 0:46:13.600 --> 0:46:16.920 for Jets fans, as far as where they can find you, 0:46:17.120 --> 0:46:19.399 because you are in the podcast world. You just were 0:46:19.400 --> 0:46:22.520 in Vegas at the Super Bowl doing radio role. Now 0:46:22.560 --> 0:46:25.800 you're in oc down there in Louisville and a proud 0:46:25.880 --> 0:46:26.760 dad of three. 0:46:26.640 --> 0:46:30.520 Kids honestly, and I'll be at I'll be at the 0:46:30.840 --> 0:46:35.759 combine as well. So actually, yeah, so i'll be that 0:46:35.840 --> 0:46:37.359 Monday through Wednesday. I don't know when you get there, 0:46:37.360 --> 0:46:39.799 but i'll be that Monday through Wednesday. I actually sit 0:46:39.880 --> 0:46:44.680 on the NFL Youth Advisory Committee down there, so it's 0:46:44.719 --> 0:46:47.759 mainly targeted high school and youth sports around the nation. 0:46:48.640 --> 0:46:50.640 So you know, we have our national meeting down there. 0:46:50.640 --> 0:46:54.359 So I'll see you down there. But right now I'm 0:46:54.360 --> 0:46:56.520 doing my podcast, so you can catch me on the 0:46:56.560 --> 0:47:00.480 Believe network in the UH it suggests based pot podcast 0:47:00.920 --> 0:47:03.520 and it's called in Flight Snack and it was pretty 0:47:03.560 --> 0:47:05.759 much inspired by Rex Ryan, you know, on the Hard 0:47:05.800 --> 0:47:07.920 Knocks episode and it was like, let's get a snack. 0:47:08.400 --> 0:47:12.959 So in Flight Snack is the podcast on the Bleed platform. 0:47:13.400 --> 0:47:15.400 And if you're in the Louisville area, I don't know 0:47:16.160 --> 0:47:21.520 at Kentucky area. I'm also on Sports Talk seven ninety 0:47:21.680 --> 0:47:25.320 radio station with Jerry Eve's talking sports early. 0:47:25.080 --> 0:47:25.560 In the morning. 0:47:26.520 --> 0:47:29.479 That's awesome, Hey man, great, catch it up. I'm gonna 0:47:29.520 --> 0:47:32.440 text you next week in Indy because I'm getting there 0:47:32.480 --> 0:47:33.040 on Tuesday. 0:47:34.000 --> 0:47:36.279 Okay, I'll see you man. I look forward to it. 0:47:36.320 --> 0:47:37.000 Thanks buddy,