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Speaker 1: Welcome inside the Official Jets Podcast Game Preview Ethan Greenberg
Speaker 1: here alongside An, I'm ready for some football and his
Speaker 1: football season, Fall season. It's upon us, Jets, Bills, Orchard Park,
Speaker 1: new era, field, green and white. So many storylines, Adams
Speaker 1: and may McCown more than we're gonna touch on them all.
Speaker 1: We're gonna get to them. We're gonna get to Buffalo.
Speaker 1: We're gonna give an in depth look at their team,
Speaker 1: which is a very different looking team from a season ago.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Jets went to and oh against the
Speaker 1: Bills last year. Week's two and seventeen, very different games
Speaker 1: even between the two of those. Buddy A, this is
Speaker 1: an new year, a new team, a new podcast, a
Speaker 1: new podcast. This is the preview podcast that you're gonna
Speaker 1: be able to listen to on iTunes and silent Cloud
Speaker 1: and get via the website every Friday. And we're gonna
Speaker 1: have different guests throughout the year, but one guest who
Speaker 1: will remain and it will be with us every week
Speaker 1: is our quarterback, Champ Pennington, and today our second guest
Speaker 1: is Mr Vick Carucci of the Buffalo News. Yeah, who's
Speaker 1: actually leading us off today. So that's gonna be great.
Speaker 1: So we'll speak to him and we'll get to him
Speaker 1: in a couple of minutes. But first off, you're going
Speaker 1: to Buffalo. It's gonna be a great It's gonna be great,
Speaker 1: a great trip, a little homecoming for you a But
Speaker 1: we're here to talk football. This is the first time
Speaker 1: since since nineteen sixty the New York Jets will feature
Speaker 1: two rookie safeties in the secondary. Jamal Adams, of course,
Speaker 1: in the number six overall pick in Marcus May, the
Speaker 1: second round pick out of Florida, starting right in a
Speaker 1: regular season. How excited are you to find we see
Speaker 1: these two guys play a full game of football. Well,
Speaker 1: it's great. I think we've all been looking forward to
Speaker 1: this since late April when the Jets drafted Adams with
Speaker 1: the sixth overall selection out Alice. You a lot of
Speaker 1: people did not think he was going to be there.
Speaker 1: You think about Mike mccangan's first draft pick as general
Speaker 1: manager in New York Jets, most pundits didn't think Leonard
Speaker 1: Williams was gonna be there either, so the Jets were
Speaker 1: so excited to get him. And then in the second round,
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people initially were like, why
Speaker 1: I get a safety? Well, I'll tell you why you
Speaker 1: get another safety because Marcus May was the best player
Speaker 1: on their board. Also, Todd Bowles loves to use his
Speaker 1: safeties as a pivotal part in his defenses, so we'll
Speaker 1: get to see how he's gonna use these guys here
Speaker 1: early in week one. But they've both been very impressive,
Speaker 1: you know Green's You've talked to them both that they've
Speaker 1: exceeded the team's internal expectations, their wise beyond their years.
Speaker 1: The will be a few bumps along the way, but
Speaker 1: uh yeah, it's a new era for the Jets at
Speaker 1: new era field. No pun intended there. That was good.
Speaker 1: I like that all right. Now let's go to the
Speaker 1: seven one six and bringing Thick Garucci from the Buffalo News. Vick,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us. What have your
Speaker 1: first impressions bend a head coach Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean,
Speaker 1: both in their first year there with the Bills. Yeah,
Speaker 1: my impressions are pretty favorable just in terms of what
Speaker 1: they're saying and laying out as their program. But right
Speaker 1: now that's just talking words. We'll see how it all
Speaker 1: plays out once, once the games are played and once
Speaker 1: the season unfolds. But they both seemed to be well
Speaker 1: organized men and determined men. They came up through the
Speaker 1: ranks as as guys who weren't handed anything. They really
Speaker 1: earned every bit of what they have in their respective
Speaker 1: paths to these top jobs as head coach and general manager.
Speaker 1: I think there's a high level of accountability that they
Speaker 1: expect from players, and in revamping this roster, it's it's
Speaker 1: pretty reflective of the type of characters that they brought in.
Speaker 1: You're looking at a team that went from well, from
Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster that started last year, only
Speaker 1: twenty two of the players who played in at least
Speaker 1: one game are left, and of those six were draft
Speaker 1: picks in the Doug Whale era as GM. So they
Speaker 1: clearly did a revamping. And as I said, it's its
Speaker 1: emphasis on character as opposed to characters, I should say, uh,
Speaker 1: and and very much an idea that you want discipline,
Speaker 1: you want to be organized, you don't want a team
Speaker 1: that frankly, in in the Rex Ryan couple of years,
Speaker 1: um had had committed a lot of penalties and and
Speaker 1: had too many issues with uh too many, too many
Speaker 1: or too few men on the field. You're talking about
Speaker 1: new faces on both offensive defense. Obviously one of the
Speaker 1: positions on the offensive side of the ball is wide receiver.
Speaker 1: I mean a lot traded Sammy Watkins, you get Jordan Matthews.
Speaker 1: Just what was your impression of the trade, not only
Speaker 1: to ship Watkins to the Rams with them to get
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews an exchange for Ronald Darby. Yeah, And and
Speaker 1: that's led to kind of the perspective that, Okay, this
Speaker 1: is a long term plan that we've heard preached by
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean that they're trying to build
Speaker 1: sustainable success. So they've accumulated six draft picks for the
Speaker 1: first three rounds of the neck of the two thousand
Speaker 1: and eighteen draft, and clearly they feel that that the
Speaker 1: talent that's going to be available in the draft, if
Speaker 1: they if they picked them right, will make this a
Speaker 1: better team for the long haul and in terms of
Speaker 1: the short term, and that's where people are Bills fans
Speaker 1: certainly have some discomfort because nobody wants to wait right
Speaker 1: and everybody's impatient. So yeah, you know you again, it's
Speaker 1: a very similar, very parallel stories I think going on
Speaker 1: between the Bills and the Jets. But Sammy Watkins was
Speaker 1: easily i think, their best player this side of Lashawn
Speaker 1: McCoy and Ronald Darby was a top cornerback. But uh,
Speaker 1: they are starting over with the receiving corps that does
Speaker 1: have a veteran in Jordan Matthews and and also Andre Holmes.
Speaker 1: But they're very excited about Zay Jones, the the rookie,
Speaker 1: the second round pick that they got from East Carolina.
Speaker 1: Uh three D ninety nine career catches in college, so
Speaker 1: they think he can do some things. Uh. Tyrod Taylor
Speaker 1: still there at quarterback, doesn't have the big play guy
Speaker 1: that he had in Watkins, but uh, he feels and
Speaker 1: I've talked with him about it, he feels he can
Speaker 1: make things work with what he does have and Zay
Speaker 1: Jones and the others and Charles Clay at tight end, uh,
Speaker 1: Nicoleary at tight end. So it'll be it'll be interesting
Speaker 1: to kind of see how this plays out short term
Speaker 1: with the idea that you know, can you have it
Speaker 1: both ways? Can you can you have short term success
Speaker 1: or competitiveness while your emphasis is on being good for
Speaker 1: the long haul. Well, what are your expectations for Tyrod
Speaker 1: Taylor in a very short term in terms of Sunday's
Speaker 1: game against the New York Jets? And then long term
Speaker 1: do you think he has a chance to be the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's quarterback in two thousand and eighteen. And going
Speaker 1: back to the first part of my question is he
Speaker 1: didn't play much in the preseason. He just got cleared,
Speaker 1: uh from concussion protocol, so he'll definitely get to start.
Speaker 1: But it's a new offense under Rick Donnison, a West
Speaker 1: Coast attack, and you know it so well, uh covering
Speaker 1: him every day. Is that Tyrod is great on the
Speaker 1: moves on the move, but it seems to me from
Speaker 1: the outside struggles throwing the ball over the middle at times.
Speaker 1: And then you're working in all these new pieces on
Speaker 1: the outside of receiver. Yeah, you're you're asking a lot
Speaker 1: of a quarterback to have success under those circumstances. As
Speaker 1: you mentioned, new offense. Now, he did have a year
Speaker 1: of exposure to Rick Dennison's thinking and philosophy when they
Speaker 1: were together in Baltimore when Tyrod was backing up Joe
Speaker 1: Flacco and Dennison was there as quarterbacks coach. But that's
Speaker 1: different than you know, being the starting quarterback in Dennison
Speaker 1: of course being the coordinator. So there's a lot of
Speaker 1: newness to work through. And remember Tyrod was also asked
Speaker 1: to take and had to take basically a ten million
Speaker 1: dollar pay cut over a couple of years to remain
Speaker 1: with the Bills when the market just didn't allow for
Speaker 1: him to go elsewhere. If that were going to be
Speaker 1: the case, and that might have been the case had
Speaker 1: another team stepped up, because it didn't look like Buffalo
Speaker 1: was going to keep him at the rate he was,
Speaker 1: you know, at the rate of his salary that he
Speaker 1: had signed in August of two thousand sixteen. So you
Speaker 1: got that kind of playing out in the background. And
Speaker 1: Tyrod has told me that, you know, he doesn't know
Speaker 1: what he did to deserve the cut, because his numbers
Speaker 1: effectively were very similar in in sixteen than they were
Speaker 1: in fifteen. The short answer might be, well, you know,
Speaker 1: they wanted you to have better numbers, uh, from from
Speaker 1: fifteen to sixteen, But um, yeah, I think it's going
Speaker 1: to be a challenge, and I think for the short
Speaker 1: term for this game Sunday, I think the focus is
Speaker 1: going to be on seeing how he can work that
Speaker 1: middle of the field because that's what the West Coast
Speaker 1: attack UH calls for. And obviously he's gonna have an
Speaker 1: eye on those two rookie safeties Jamal Adams and Marcus
Speaker 1: May to see what kind of success they can have
Speaker 1: challenging them with the tight ends and and with Andre Holmes,
Speaker 1: for instance, a bigger receive. Ever's a Jones Uh, certainly
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews a big guy too, who's coming off of,
Speaker 1: by the way, a chip fracture, the stern of it
Speaker 1: he suffered fifteen minutes into his first practice with the Bills.
Speaker 1: So I think I think the idea would be to
Speaker 1: go after those rookie safeties as much as they can.
Speaker 1: So not only do the Bills have a new offensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: but on defense with Leslie Fraser taking the reins this year,
Speaker 1: what are some of the biggest systematic differences from last year? Oh? Huge, um,
Speaker 1: As you guys well know, the Rex Ryan scheme, the
Speaker 1: three four base with a lot of substitution sub packages,
Speaker 1: blitzing and and all the are creating pressure or simulated pressure.
Speaker 1: All those components are gone basically and replaced by a
Speaker 1: four three based scheme that Leslie Fraser and Sean McDermott favor,
Speaker 1: and also UH require a lot of zone play out
Speaker 1: of coverage, a lot of his own coverage. That is
Speaker 1: asking the secondary to do different things. And you know,
Speaker 1: if you're asking for what would make what's going to
Speaker 1: look very different for the Bills. The most dramatic change
Speaker 1: is the entire secondary. And UH we asked Leslie Frasier
Speaker 1: about this the other day. He's been in this league
Speaker 1: nineteen years of coaching UH and doesn't remember when he's
Speaker 1: come into a season with a secondary where there was
Speaker 1: no carryover, like everybody came from somewhere else. So you
Speaker 1: have the two corners UH in trade Avious White, the
Speaker 1: first round draft pick from l s U. You have e. J.
Speaker 1: Gaines that came over from the Rams as part of
Speaker 1: the Sammy Watkins trade. There your corners, and then it's
Speaker 1: safety with Micah Hyde coming in as a free agent
Speaker 1: from the Packers and Jordan Ployer free agent from the Browns.
Speaker 1: Um getting these four guys to communicate to be on
Speaker 1: the same page. So that will be a challenge I
Speaker 1: think for for the Bills secondary and for Leslie Fraser
Speaker 1: and those defensive assists, just to keep everybody on the
Speaker 1: same page. Someone on offense that's clearly a staple here
Speaker 1: is Lashawn McCoy. Very talented and you know, one of
Speaker 1: the best backs both receiving and on the ground. So
Speaker 1: how does his skill set translate into this Rick Dennis
Speaker 1: and offense. That's a great question, and I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: follow up here, Vic. I think this is the key
Speaker 1: to the game because for the Jets, they have to
Speaker 1: maintain their lanes and integrity, the Russian integrity, not not
Speaker 1: only against Tyrod Taylor, but McCoy. Yeah, you know you
Speaker 1: said key to the game, out, Let's take a key
Speaker 1: to the season. Key to everything the Bills do is
Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy. Yesterday or on what day was at Wednesday, um,
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott made the comment that you know, if he
Speaker 1: has to give this guy, you know, run him every
Speaker 1: single player, put the ball in his hands every single play,
Speaker 1: he'll do it because he knows how much he means
Speaker 1: McCoy means to the offense. I don't know that that's
Speaker 1: a smart thing necessarily to do, or that he really
Speaker 1: means that he would do that with a twenty nine
Speaker 1: year old back, because you can get the guy hurt
Speaker 1: or wear him down pretty quickly. But I do think
Speaker 1: that everything does flow through him. As far as this offense,
Speaker 1: and you mentioned the Dennison scheme, it's a you know,
Speaker 1: it's a a wide zone type of scheme that very
Speaker 1: much think of what Mike Shanahan uh did as a
Speaker 1: as a coach in this league, certainly his son Kyle,
Speaker 1: and what he brought to the Falcons and there it's
Speaker 1: kind of that same lineage of offensive thinking where you're
Speaker 1: stretching the defense and you're trying to get a guy
Speaker 1: to of course find those cutback lanes. And Lashawn McCoy
Speaker 1: is is really good at that. He's he's he excels
Speaker 1: at that. He's had an amazing camp. He from the
Speaker 1: first practice, you saw him with the ball in his
Speaker 1: hand and he said, wow, I mean, that's that's a guy.
Speaker 1: That's an elite. That's what an elite player looks like. Now,
Speaker 1: I'll add that maybe part of the reason he looks
Speaker 1: so elite in a Bill's practice is because I don't
Speaker 1: know that there was anyone else on the team physically
Speaker 1: who had talent that came close to that, So he's
Speaker 1: probably made to look even better when he's not surrounded
Speaker 1: by the greatest amount of I'm talking elite edge talent. Uh.
Speaker 1: The offensive line, though it has been strong, and this
Speaker 1: is a team that's led the league in rushing the
Speaker 1: past couple of years. That is because of McCoy, but
Speaker 1: it's also because of Tyrod Taylor's running as well, And
Speaker 1: I think that's another component to think about when you're
Speaker 1: asking me how the Jets, you know, how how they
Speaker 1: can maybe survive that matchup if you will, of the
Speaker 1: two running games from the From the Bill standpoint, it's
Speaker 1: helping to set up the run with the tailor rushing
Speaker 1: dimension that can help soften things up perhaps or keep
Speaker 1: this defense off balance. But I think the simple game
Speaker 1: plan that the Jets and other teams will follow defensively
Speaker 1: is load that box and dare Tyrod t Or to
Speaker 1: try to beat them throwing the football, especially when he
Speaker 1: doesn't have a Sami Watkins to throw too. All right,
Speaker 1: So every thing, as far as the Buffalo offense is concerned,
Speaker 1: runs through Shady but everything in the seven one six
Speaker 1: runs through Vic Carucci. It's always a treat for us
Speaker 1: to have you on. You know, I grew up in
Speaker 1: Orchard Park read you when I was a kid growing up,
Speaker 1: and uh you continue to do tremendous work and it's
Speaker 1: uh honored to have you on a official Jets podcast
Speaker 1: and we look forward to seeing you at New Era
Speaker 1: Field as the Jets celebrate a new era with their
Speaker 1: two rookie safety starting against Tyrod Teller and company. Well, I,
Speaker 1: first of all, thank you for the kind words. And
Speaker 1: the good thing that makes me feel good and not
Speaker 1: old is I know that you're only fifteen years old now,
Speaker 1: so you know when you were growing up that long
Speaker 1: well sad man. Otherwise I'm I'm the real old guy
Speaker 1: that you read when you were a kid. But I
Speaker 1: will say this, yeah, it's it's exciting, I think for
Speaker 1: all those who sort of look at this game and say, Okay,
Speaker 1: these are two teams that are really thinking about something
Speaker 1: other than this year long term, so it could not
Speaker 1: necessarily be so pretty in the short term. And that's
Speaker 1: the common view we we all know that the rest
Speaker 1: of the nation has and maybe the fan basis of
Speaker 1: the respective teams. But I think it's exciting opening day. Uh.
Speaker 1: It's supposed to be a beautiful, beautiful day in Orchard Park,
Speaker 1: your hometown. And I think the other part of this
Speaker 1: is the newness, you know, Like you said, how will
Speaker 1: those rookie safeties do for the Jets? How will the
Speaker 1: rookie corner do for the Buffalo Bills? And and how
Speaker 1: is it all gonna look when when a lot of
Speaker 1: these spaces that people don't necessarily recognize wearing uniforms from
Speaker 1: both of the teams show up. So, like you, guys,
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it. We'll see this weekend, all right.
Speaker 1: See you. Green is always great here and from the Garugie.
Speaker 1: You know how much respect I have for him. Uh.
Speaker 1: I guess that I was reading him when I was
Speaker 1: a little boy, way before your internet days are, way
Speaker 1: before you were at New House. But one stands out
Speaker 1: to you as far as what he just said there offensively,
Speaker 1: you know where the ball is going to go to
Speaker 1: earl in offense? Well, yeah, it's Lashawn McCoy, Shady McCoy.
Speaker 1: And I thought it was really interesting that he he said,
Speaker 1: you said it was a key to the game, and
Speaker 1: he said, no, no, No No, it's a key to the
Speaker 1: season and for a team that has a lot of
Speaker 1: new faces on both sides of the ball, especially on
Speaker 1: the offensive side. He's one of the staples of the offense.
Speaker 1: This is a great test for the Jets rush defense
Speaker 1: and they have to be aware where he he is.
Speaker 1: Also when he's coming out of the backfield as a receiver.
Speaker 1: I think the safeties could play a pivotal role in
Speaker 1: terms of run support as well. All right, let's go
Speaker 1: down to Kentucky. You bring in our quarterback chair Pennyton.
Speaker 1: Who's uh returning to the Official Jets podcast, Eric Gallen
Speaker 1: here in studio with Ethan Greenberg. Of course, Chad, what
Speaker 1: do you think is going on in the mind of
Speaker 1: Josh McCown thirty eight years old? He is the only
Speaker 1: quarterback remaining from the two thousand two draft and will
Speaker 1: start Sunday in Western New York against the Buffalo Bills. Well, Eric,
Speaker 1: I think he's excited at number one, and I think, um,
Speaker 1: he is the most important acquisition that the Jets we're
Speaker 1: able to acquire this off season because he's going to
Speaker 1: provide some stability um with the team that there seems
Speaker 1: to be a lot of instability, especially from a fans perspective,
Speaker 1: not necessarily from a coach's perspective or organization perspective, but
Speaker 1: from a fans perspective. UM, you can be assured that
Speaker 1: that Josh is on to provide stability better in leadership
Speaker 1: really throughout the team, not just on the offensive side,
Speaker 1: but throughout the team. And so I've been in that situation.
Speaker 1: I've gone to a team that was one of fifteen
Speaker 1: needed better in leadership, and so this is a great opportunity.
Speaker 1: And talking with Johnston this offseason, I think he's really excited.
Speaker 1: He understands specifically what his role is on the Jets,
Speaker 1: and if there's anybody that can fulfill that role, understand
Speaker 1: his role and stay within that role, it would be
Speaker 1: johnsh McCown. So obviously in the preseason, you don't play
Speaker 1: all your cards. What are you expecting from this Jets
Speaker 1: offense in Week one of the NFL season? A lot
Speaker 1: of movie parts yet, well, there's no doubt, but you
Speaker 1: know everything in Week one, it's such a week that
Speaker 1: you're trying to get a feel for who you are, Uh,
Speaker 1: you know what guys can do certain things. Um, even
Speaker 1: with the experience of veteran teams, they're still trying to
Speaker 1: get a feel for who they are and established their identity.
Speaker 1: And so that first week across the board in the NFL, uh,
Speaker 1: it just kind of goes up and down. It's it's
Speaker 1: the roller coaster and you're trying to feel your way
Speaker 1: through and the upimate goal and week wanted to get
Speaker 1: to the fourth quarter barring any disasters, and then have
Speaker 1: a chance to win and eat out a win. And
Speaker 1: when I look at this week one match out between
Speaker 1: the Jets and the Bills, this game can go either way.
Speaker 1: And if you're looking for the Jet to squeak out
Speaker 1: a few wins this year, this's got to be one
Speaker 1: of them right off the bat where they can get
Speaker 1: off to a good start. Um the Jets can feel
Speaker 1: good about their progress they've made in training camp. This
Speaker 1: is a game that they've got to cener Chad. How
Speaker 1: difficult is it to prepare for a team? Offensively speaking
Speaker 1: for the Bills that have a new offensive coordinator and
Speaker 1: Rick Dennison to have a new identity with head coach
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott. Obviously he's more of a defensive mind, but
Speaker 1: as a quarterback and as an offense in general, What
Speaker 1: do you do differently to prepare for a team that
Speaker 1: one has no game film of two thousands seventeen and
Speaker 1: secondly has an entire new offense. Well, you have to
Speaker 1: do a lot of research. You have to research the
Speaker 1: background of a quarter menasure, you have to look at
Speaker 1: other teams that he has worked with before, who got
Speaker 1: their concepts, and so you kind of have to piece
Speaker 1: your game plan together. You certainly take a look at
Speaker 1: preseasons to get a seal for individual players and individual
Speaker 1: skill sets. But then you've got to piece your your
Speaker 1: game film and your research together. Uh, to look at
Speaker 1: concepts and see what concepts is the coordinator like what
Speaker 1: concepts of Buffalo been successful with in the past, based
Speaker 1: upon the players that are still there, try to piece
Speaker 1: that together. Knowing coach bowls um in the defensive staff, um,
Speaker 1: they're still gonna open it up and and do some
Speaker 1: things to the pressure. They don't believe in sitting back
Speaker 1: and waiting to see. I think they feel like we're
Speaker 1: gonna take the established the tempo and take our mindset
Speaker 1: to the offense. So you're still going to see some
Speaker 1: of that, which is a good thing. And Week one
Speaker 1: typically you want to make or that everything you're doing
Speaker 1: does not put yourself in a situation where you're playing
Speaker 1: unsound or you give up a big play just because
Speaker 1: of miscommunication or things like that. It is. It is
Speaker 1: strictly a week where you're trying to give a feel
Speaker 1: for who you are, what you can handle, and you're
Speaker 1: trying to get to that fourth quarter saying, okay, now
Speaker 1: let's go. We've got three quarters here, We've made our adjustments,
Speaker 1: now let's still put the dagger in them. In terms
Speaker 1: of Shady McCoy, Chad, I know it's going to take
Speaker 1: a unit's effort, a unit's excellent effort to contain him.
Speaker 1: But who specifically you think has to step up in
Speaker 1: terms of the Jets run defense, Well, I think it's twofold.
Speaker 1: I think number one. From a defensive line standpoint, where
Speaker 1: you space a running back like Losa McCoys, who was
Speaker 1: so versatile and dynamic with his feet, the biggest thing
Speaker 1: you have to do from a defensive line standpoint is
Speaker 1: to give him to stop his feet in the hole
Speaker 1: and to slow his momentum down once he gets going
Speaker 1: and he's able to use those jump cuts to spin
Speaker 1: and maneuvering space. It makes it extremely difficult for the
Speaker 1: back seven, and so that front four even though if
Speaker 1: even if they don't make the tackle, if they're able
Speaker 1: to stop him change directions, the more time he changed
Speaker 1: directions unless speed he has, the less elusiveness he has,
Speaker 1: and so it's it's a corral mentality from the front four.
Speaker 1: Then in the back end, both linebackers and the secondary
Speaker 1: that they have to be excellent at tackling in space.
Speaker 1: They've got to be excellent at plane under control, playing
Speaker 1: within themselves and not being out of control, because if
Speaker 1: you're out of control, back like McCoy will make you
Speaker 1: look flat silly, and he's excellent in space and with
Speaker 1: the type of cuts and things he's able to do.
Speaker 1: So I think it's twofolds from a decent per standpoint. Offensively,
Speaker 1: Johnny morton Is said that I think in today's enough
Speaker 1: aile you have to go by committee approach at the
Speaker 1: running back position. We know who the Jets have back
Speaker 1: there in math Forte and bilal Paul. How do you
Speaker 1: think the Jets should go about using these guys early
Speaker 1: in the season, Chad, because they both have fresh legs
Speaker 1: right now. Well, Coach Morton is exactly right. It's bas
Speaker 1: nfl Uh. You have to be versatile in the running
Speaker 1: back group for multiple reasons. Number one, from a game
Speaker 1: plan standpoint, you've got to be able to present different looks,
Speaker 1: different matchups, different schemes take advantage of the different skill
Speaker 1: sets of your backs to create problems for the deacon.
Speaker 1: Number two, it is about health and keeping your running
Speaker 1: backs healthy. Now, they take a lot of hits, not
Speaker 1: only running the football, pass protection, running routes, all of that,
Speaker 1: as well as if they play special things. So running
Speaker 1: back by committee is certainly the way to go. And
Speaker 1: you really start to target what do my guys do well?
Speaker 1: What are the running and passes and things? What are
Speaker 1: their skill sets? Where can I put them in the
Speaker 1: best position to be successful to help the team? Do
Speaker 1: you use them on the feel at the same time, absolutely,
Speaker 1: I think, uh, there may be some situations where you
Speaker 1: do do that. I think these guys are versatile enough,
Speaker 1: experienced enough to be able to handle that and be
Speaker 1: able to be in the backfield and one may be
Speaker 1: running around while the other is past proteking or vice
Speaker 1: versa or leap blocking. Uh, use them in the slot
Speaker 1: off the wing, you know all kinds of different things.
Speaker 1: I think from a running back perspective, Chase Morton certainly
Speaker 1: has options there. Austin Seferie and Jenkins is suspending for
Speaker 1: the first two games this season, so the Jets went
Speaker 1: out and they acquired Will tie Off of Waivers tight
Speaker 1: On from the Giants. Ninety receptions is first two pro seasons. Um,
Speaker 1: do you think it's too early to say it could
Speaker 1: become a factor in the passing game or you focus
Speaker 1: on packages here early? For him, I certainly think that
Speaker 1: it's gonna be packaging and probably uh complimentary route where
Speaker 1: a shot he's talking about West Coast, you're talking about
Speaker 1: shallow crossing route, shallow out route, steam route, different things
Speaker 1: where he's the complimentary receiver of the compliment to the
Speaker 1: number one. I don't know how much you will see
Speaker 1: where the tide end is the designated number one receiver
Speaker 1: unless it's go on short yardage or some type of
Speaker 1: regular practice that I think it would be few and
Speaker 1: far between. Well, not only Will Tie about how about
Speaker 1: Jermaine Curse and Jeremy Curley, who are recent acquisitions to
Speaker 1: this receiving room. You expect it to be similar to
Speaker 1: that for Will Tie, Jermaine Curse and Jeremy Curley because
Speaker 1: obviously they all have to get accustomed to this system. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, at the end of the day, not everybody
Speaker 1: can be complimentary because they don't have a car it.
Speaker 1: He doesn't get afforded that luxury. I think, uh, for
Speaker 1: Curly and Curse, you're looking at veteran players. You're looking
Speaker 1: at Curse coming from Seattle, Darryll Vivans, the West Coast
Speaker 1: type thinker. I think some of that terminology probably will
Speaker 1: be similar. I think his adaptation into the coach Morton
Speaker 1: system will be smooth. Curly a veteran football football. He'll
Speaker 1: have his moments, so uh, it will be just like
Speaker 1: running back by committee. Bub was the wide receiver by
Speaker 1: committee asked him to do certain things at certain times,
Speaker 1: also having packages where they are the number one receiver.
Speaker 1: But obviously, uh, Anderson has to has to pick up
Speaker 1: the load. We talked in the preseason, and and he
Speaker 1: knows that even as a second year player, he's the
Speaker 1: leader of that room, and he has to establish his
Speaker 1: leadership through his actions and his work ethic. He doesn't
Speaker 1: have to speak about it. He's gotta work extremely hard
Speaker 1: and show his work ethic and through his actions on
Speaker 1: the field and how he leads that group with variant
Speaker 1: for Well, he brought me to my next point in
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson is that obviously last year he had three
Speaker 1: people ahead of him in Brandon Marshall, Eric Decker and
Speaker 1: Quincy and Noon. Now he's the guy. So how will
Speaker 1: defenses in this case Buffalo's defense? How do you expect
Speaker 1: them to play him differently? And then on the flip
Speaker 1: side is how is this Morton? You know, should it?
Speaker 1: How does John Morton help Robby Anderson get some attention
Speaker 1: off of them? Well, to be honest with you, I
Speaker 1: don't think this is any disrespect to Robby Anderson or anyone.
Speaker 1: I don't think Buffalo is going to implement any type
Speaker 1: of double team coverages. I don't think they're going to
Speaker 1: implement any type of practice coverages and lance. It's just
Speaker 1: part of what they do. For instance, team when they
Speaker 1: get into the red round, they take receivers to Brackett,
Speaker 1: regardless of whether or not they're All Stars or not,
Speaker 1: or if they're proven. Um, just part of their system,
Speaker 1: part of what they do. So I really think that
Speaker 1: from a passing game standpoint, Uh, You're just gonna get
Speaker 1: your basic coverage. Quarterback and receivers should know what they
Speaker 1: are and it's gonna be on who executes better. And
Speaker 1: so I think Robby Anderson will get from one on
Speaker 1: one opportunity. What Buffalo will be um prognant enough and
Speaker 1: what they will know for sure and what the CBS
Speaker 1: will be taught this week is do not let eleven
Speaker 1: get by you. That he will run by you. He
Speaker 1: can flat out run. He's already shown that last year.
Speaker 1: I'm account here him on a big past this year
Speaker 1: in preseason. They know this guy can run, and so
Speaker 1: that will be if there's any emphasis in in the
Speaker 1: deceps of secondary for Buffalo, it will be that Eleven
Speaker 1: can get by Other than that, I don't think you're
Speaker 1: gonna see any specific scheme uh that you know it's
Speaker 1: targeting a certain play. I think it's going to be
Speaker 1: used because what we're playing, that who you're playing against.
Speaker 1: Understand your roles and let's just go play football. How
Speaker 1: excited are you, Chad Pennington about the debut with these
Speaker 1: rookie safeties. Jamal Adams, so a lot of people said
Speaker 1: was the cleanest prospect of the entire draft, class that
Speaker 1: Jets picked them up at number six overall, that came
Speaker 1: back in round two and get Marcus May from Florida
Speaker 1: Talented Gate or secondaries. We all know all greens. Um,
Speaker 1: how excited are you to see these guys in live action? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm excited, but I think also you're concerned because do
Speaker 1: rookie started on the opening day? Uh, and two positions
Speaker 1: that are extremely important when it comes to communications in
Speaker 1: the secondary. And so you know your hope um, and
Speaker 1: I'm sure the coaches have talked to them about this
Speaker 1: is don't freeze up. You gotta go just play ball.
Speaker 1: And you've gotta really understand your skill set, believe in
Speaker 1: your skill set and what your capable doing, and realize
Speaker 1: that you're out there for a reason. That's because you
Speaker 1: are good enough. And are you going to make mistakes yet,
Speaker 1: no question about it. Let's win at those small mistakes.
Speaker 1: Let's don't make mistakes based on communications. If we make
Speaker 1: a mistake, it's just because we were out performed in
Speaker 1: one area physically, whether you know, somebody makes a great play,
Speaker 1: a great cut. And so the biggest challenge for those
Speaker 1: two rookies will be the mental communication. Uh. Come Sunday, Well,
Speaker 1: congratulations on your schools win down in Kentucky. You're coaching
Speaker 1: down there, and everybody continues to follow you up here,
Speaker 1: so I gotta report that you're one and oh as
Speaker 1: your team and took home of fourteen nothing win and
Speaker 1: your eldest son Cole through a sixty yard touchdown pass
Speaker 1: and a stutter and go. So congratulations coach. We're happy
Speaker 1: about that, and uh we always enjoy catching up with
Speaker 1: you and look forward to next week. Absolutely hope they
Speaker 1: can come back and went to New York with of
Speaker 1: course Chad Pennington. Wonderful as always a really different look
Speaker 1: at how maybe the average fan may view a game
Speaker 1: or view matchups. So e a the close things out here.
Speaker 1: It's been eight months since the Jets have set foot
Speaker 1: on a football field in a regular season game. Of course,
Speaker 1: the last game was against the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium.
Speaker 1: So it's with the funnel recovery and to kick six,
Speaker 1: the kick six good times. Unfortunately doggies on I R.
Speaker 1: But a lot of changes on and off the field.
Speaker 1: This is what we're waiting for. What is the one
Speaker 1: thing you're most excited to come to fruition on Sunday.
Speaker 1: It's hard to go away from the safety's greens. I mean,
Speaker 1: you lad the show talking about this, and you know,
Speaker 1: obviously you have short term goals, you have long term goals,
Speaker 1: and the Jets are trying to do both. They're trying
Speaker 1: to win now and they're also trying to build something
Speaker 1: for the for the future. And Mike mcagnan has repeatedly
Speaker 1: stated that we want to build this thing through the draft.
Speaker 1: So you look at those guys Early, Daniel, look at
Speaker 1: I look at all the draft picks are Darius Stewart
Speaker 1: third rounder with curses incorporated to the offense, and Curly's edition.
Speaker 1: We're just still kind of fit in here Early. Finally,
Speaker 1: the two things they've stressed throughout the offseason, and you've
Speaker 1: talked to these guys throughout it is that we want
Speaker 1: to play with tempo and we want to protect the football.
Speaker 1: Those are two things that they got to do in Buffalo.
Speaker 1: It's an intense atmosphere up there in Buffalo. It was
Speaker 1: Buster Screen told me this week during the locker room,
Speaker 1: I'd say, listen, that's one of the greatest environments in
Speaker 1: the league. Todd Bowl said it as well last year
Speaker 1: a week two it was shaken. You were there. Uh yeah,
Speaker 1: they'll be ready for it. And but I think this
Speaker 1: young Jets team is excited about the opportunity and the
Speaker 1: fresh start. Let's see what they can do. All right,
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