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Speaker 1: But right now, Jets Dolphins Sunday, one o'clock the home opener,
Speaker 1: the Jets finally playing in front of the green and
Speaker 1: white crowd at Mattlife Stadium after two weeks on the road.
Speaker 1: So he a first off, what are some of the
Speaker 1: things that as Jets team, he's gonna need to do
Speaker 1: that they did in Oakland and transition that success against
Speaker 1: the Dolphins on Sunday greens. This is the eighth time
Speaker 1: the Jets and Dolphins have played in a green and
Speaker 1: white home opener. UH, long time division rivals, and you
Speaker 1: know the fan base doesn't have much love for the
Speaker 1: Fish as Miami comes up here after a season opening
Speaker 1: win out in l A over the Chargers. That's a
Speaker 1: team as continues to find ways to win. That's what
Speaker 1: we saw from them in two thousand and sixteen. When
Speaker 1: you're asking me what they have to build on from
Speaker 1: last week in Oakland, I think they gotta finish. You know,
Speaker 1: we look at the first two games. Obviously the Jets
Speaker 1: have started zero in two, but they've been in those
Speaker 1: ball games late fourteen to twelve with the under the
Speaker 1: third quarter in Buffaloe to thirteen last week, late third quarter,
Speaker 1: four minutes left in the black hole, a place where
Speaker 1: nobody gave them a chance. No moral victories, but that's
Speaker 1: a ballgame. And if you had told me that was
Speaker 1: the situation going in it's a one possession game late
Speaker 1: in the third in Oakland, I would have said sign
Speaker 1: me up for that. With all that being said, I
Speaker 1: like where the offense is starting to go, and I
Speaker 1: think they're taking a lot of steps forward. We saw
Speaker 1: them say, hey, we gotta get the run game going.
Speaker 1: They got the run game going a little bit last week.
Speaker 1: Interesting John Morton using the three back rotation is Eli
Speaker 1: McGuire got some work. We're seeing Jermaine Curse and Josh
Speaker 1: McCown hook up quite an here early in the season,
Speaker 1: and then Austin Sofari and Jenkins was on his way
Speaker 1: back as well. But defensively, I think you gotta limit
Speaker 1: the big plays. He can't have so many big plays,
Speaker 1: and the tackling has to be better. Every week in
Speaker 1: the National Football League, it seems like there is a
Speaker 1: star running back you're playing against, and this week no different.
Speaker 1: Green Jets face Lea Shawn McCoy. Then it was Marks
Speaker 1: Shawn Lynch. Now it's Ji, a guy who's a budding
Speaker 1: star in the National Football League. So defensively, the Jets
Speaker 1: have to do a better job against the run every play,
Speaker 1: every single play. Last week, I thought again small steps
Speaker 1: because twenty five carries three point four yards of rush
Speaker 1: versus two explosion carries for ninety five yards and two touchdowns.
Speaker 1: You can't have those in the National Football League if
Speaker 1: you expect to win. You mentioned Jagi Now last year
Speaker 1: he was the fifth leading rusher in the NFL, and
Speaker 1: he gets a heavy workload and he's someone that prided
Speaker 1: himself on his strength and he said, I remember this
Speaker 1: from last year in the press conference, he said that
Speaker 1: I'm my best in the fourth quarter when the defense
Speaker 1: starts to wear down, that's what really excites him. So
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see in Week one for the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Remember that Dolphins didn't play Week one of the NFL
Speaker 1: because of Hurricane Irma, so their bye week in effect
Speaker 1: was there was the NFL opening week in Week one,
Speaker 1: So they're playing sixteen straight weeks of football. And our
Speaker 1: thoughts are to all the people down in South Florida
Speaker 1: who were impacted by the hurricane, because I know there's
Speaker 1: some Dolphins fans trying to get some football in uh
Speaker 1: this week as they recover and they take their mind off.
Speaker 1: So maybe some some folks are listening to the Jets
Speaker 1: official podcast. So I hope everybody is doing well, doing
Speaker 1: as well as they can. Last week in the and
Speaker 1: the Dolphins season opener in l A against the Chargers
Speaker 1: squeaked out in nineteen seventeen win. But a g I
Speaker 1: had twenty eight carries for a buck twenty two on
Speaker 1: the ground. Now that's not a great average, that's you know,
Speaker 1: I think about three and a half, But twenty eight
Speaker 1: carries is a lot. That means you're controlling a football
Speaker 1: eight times. That means you're controlling the ball, and that's
Speaker 1: keeping your defense off the field. All right, let's go
Speaker 1: down to southern Florida and bring in John Congemmi of
Speaker 1: Dolphins dot Com. John, thank you so much for joining us.
Speaker 1: We really appreciate it. Of course, hope everyone, including yourself,
Speaker 1: is doing well after Hurricane Irma down there. But you know,
Speaker 1: let's talk some Jets Dolphins football because Sunday, of course,
Speaker 1: these two teams meet for the first time in the
Speaker 1: regular season. And first off, I think a lot of
Speaker 1: people from our perspective have questions regarding Jay Cutler because
Speaker 1: he was late acquisition to the team with Ryan Tannehill
Speaker 1: going down and practice and through one game and through
Speaker 1: preseason and what what have you seen from Jay Cutler
Speaker 1: who has been reunited with Adam Gaze. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: I guess the first thing that jumped out to me
Speaker 1: was how well he was able to adapt to the system.
Speaker 1: I mean, when Jay got into building the next day,
Speaker 1: he was on the practice field running no huddle. And
Speaker 1: that just doesn't happen if you don't have familiarity with
Speaker 1: the system, in the in the terminology and the play
Speaker 1: calling mechanisms, and the vast experience he's had with Adam
Speaker 1: Gates when he was at Chicago. So it couldn't have
Speaker 1: been a better fit for the Miami Dolphins that Jay
Speaker 1: Cutler on the street, being available and still wanting to
Speaker 1: play number one, and then being able to jump right
Speaker 1: in and take over the reins of a football team
Speaker 1: that feels like they're ready to win and they need
Speaker 1: consistency from the quarterback position. So I thought it was
Speaker 1: that was the thing that caught me on day one,
Speaker 1: and it continued to progress in day two and day three,
Speaker 1: and you you've seen that now in in week one
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins being able to come true on the
Speaker 1: field where he was able to protect the football. They
Speaker 1: went no huddle, they used tempo, They spread the football around,
Speaker 1: although Jarvis Landry caught the majority of the passes. Uh.
Speaker 1: They changed up a little bit in the second half,
Speaker 1: and I think it was they were able to get
Speaker 1: to other things in the playbook because of Cutler's familiarity
Speaker 1: and now being in this system, this system for about
Speaker 1: three and a half four weeks. John, stinking of the
Speaker 1: offensive to the ball with the Dolphins, how do you
Speaker 1: approach defunding this team? Because you mentioned Landry thirteen catches
Speaker 1: that jumps off the page to me and then j
Speaker 1: I G I E. Who got a boatload of Carri's
Speaker 1: last week against the Chargers. With that being said, you
Speaker 1: would figure those guys are going to be featured in
Speaker 1: each and every game plan. So like a team like
Speaker 1: the Jets, do you just say, hey, listen, they're gonna
Speaker 1: get the ball. You have to contain them because it's
Speaker 1: gonna happen because they're going to rely on those guys
Speaker 1: and then take those shots down the field with Stills
Speaker 1: and DeVante Parker. Yeah, I think you have to go
Speaker 1: in if you if you're the Jets, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: you know that Jarvis Landry is going to be a
Speaker 1: focal point for the Miami Dolphins. What do you want
Speaker 1: to do? And maybe you can live with him catching
Speaker 1: six yard passes and he has a good nact for
Speaker 1: breaking cackles, but if you can come up and tackle him,
Speaker 1: you know, maybe you limit the explosive plays and you
Speaker 1: give that to Landry and and you kind of make
Speaker 1: sure that Stills and and Devonte Parker don't beat you deep.
Speaker 1: And with the running attack of JGI, he's going to
Speaker 1: get his carries as well. So the one thing I
Speaker 1: would say, looking at the Dolphins, you're going to You're
Speaker 1: going to get those playmakers involved. Whether those five and
Speaker 1: ten yard past plays turned into twenty yard plays is
Speaker 1: really on the ability of the Jets to come up
Speaker 1: and tackle. Whether jig I, who I think last season
Speaker 1: hadn't extremely uh large amount of yards after first contact
Speaker 1: and he did it again against the Chargers. Whether the
Speaker 1: Jets defense can come up and rally around the football,
Speaker 1: or is Jgi gonna break a couple of arm tackles
Speaker 1: and make a five yard run into a twenty five
Speaker 1: yard run. Those are the things that I believe that
Speaker 1: keep the Dolphins offense on the field, and opposing defense
Speaker 1: is scratching their heads saying, we've got guys in the
Speaker 1: right position, but we've got to come up and make
Speaker 1: plays when they're afforded to us. That means tackling people,
Speaker 1: getting off the field on third down, doing the things
Speaker 1: that the normal mechanics of the defense would allow you
Speaker 1: to do. Yeah, I'm going to turn it over to
Speaker 1: Green's here in a second, but to me, that's the
Speaker 1: key point in this matchup is that the Jets, who
Speaker 1: have not been good at tackling so far through two
Speaker 1: weeks and Todd Bull said those mistakes are correctable. Well,
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to do it Sunday because the gi
Speaker 1: E and Lantry can kill you with their yards after contact. Alright,
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think that's that's that's definitely you know
Speaker 1: that will hold true. You know the remainder of the
Speaker 1: season at the Dolphins have success, all right. So John,
Speaker 1: let's defensively speaking, when you think of the defense, the
Speaker 1: Dolphins defense, as you think of a dominicansou down there
Speaker 1: in the middle, and you think of Caeron Wake who
Speaker 1: never seems to get old even though the number keeps
Speaker 1: going up. But from a secondary perspective, you know when
Speaker 1: when you look at the box score from the Dolphins
Speaker 1: Chargers matchup a week of a week ago, you see
Speaker 1: that Philip rivers through for over three yards. So what
Speaker 1: is the state of the Dolphins secondary? Well, I think
Speaker 1: right now they want to obviously be able to tighten
Speaker 1: up coverage. I think listening to Matt Burke today when
Speaker 1: they he met with the local South Florida media and
Speaker 1: talking and listening to him, that's one of the things
Speaker 1: they want to be able to correct. They felt like
Speaker 1: in the secondary there was way too much cushion given
Speaker 1: on you know, simplistic ten yards speedouts or a checkdown
Speaker 1: where you you kind of give the linebackers have too
Speaker 1: much cushion, or you don't run with coverage and you
Speaker 1: lose leverage and a guy catches the football where all
Speaker 1: he has to do is turn and run and he's
Speaker 1: got ten yards of green grass in frontal. So I
Speaker 1: think that's the thing the Dolphins, from their perspective defensively,
Speaker 1: want to improve on. They want to tighten up cover,
Speaker 1: They want to close the distance between where the receiver
Speaker 1: is in the positioning of the defensive back or the linebacker.
Speaker 1: Those things need to improve. I think you can see
Speaker 1: that on film. You can watch it when you were
Speaker 1: watching Philip Rivers dissect the Dolphins secondary. He was getting
Speaker 1: rid of the football with quickness. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: the average time was maybe two point eight seconds where
Speaker 1: he was able to catch, look, read it, and throw it.
Speaker 1: So Cam Way Godominant, Sue Andre branch Uh, you know
Speaker 1: guys like that, William Hayes, they didn't have a chance
Speaker 1: to really get Philip Rivers off his rhythm because the
Speaker 1: ball was gone. So I think that that really dictated
Speaker 1: time and space in the back end of the Dolphins
Speaker 1: defense as well. We're speaking to John Knjemmy Dolphins analysts
Speaker 1: on the Jets Preview podcast on official Jets Podcasts Not
Speaker 1: Worth John, what do you make of the Dolphins run defense?
Speaker 1: Obviously last season last than the NFL in terms of
Speaker 1: yards per carrying almost five yards of pop. But Week
Speaker 1: one at least we just mentioned the secondary. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: the other part of that equation was Anthony Lynn, the
Speaker 1: Charger's head coach, said, I didn't like what was happening
Speaker 1: early when we tried to run by Zen Dominkan. Sioux
Speaker 1: was being so disruptive as a five time Pro bowler
Speaker 1: can be at times, and they just completely went away
Speaker 1: from the run. So do you think this is an
Speaker 1: approved run defense here in two thousand seventeen. I think
Speaker 1: there's still, you know, a question mark out there. There's
Speaker 1: no doubt that the Miami Dolphins did a better job
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage against the Chargers, that they
Speaker 1: did a terrific job in the Dominican Sioux was in
Speaker 1: the backfield I think probably three or four times in
Speaker 1: the first couple of series, just shoving guards in the
Speaker 1: backfield and finding the ball carrier. I think it was
Speaker 1: Gordon and getting him to the ground. So they definitely
Speaker 1: improved in that area and there was nowhere to go
Speaker 1: but up. You know, it was horrible last season. What
Speaker 1: the Dolphins didn't against the run. They couldn't off anyone
Speaker 1: and they gave offenses a two way go whichever, you know,
Speaker 1: picked your poison, you want to run it, play action.
Speaker 1: Everything was there because of the run. I think the
Speaker 1: Charges ran into problems that they became one dimensional. I
Speaker 1: think they had one big run in the in the
Speaker 1: day of over twenty five yards, but that was it.
Speaker 1: You know, it was more Philip Rivers catching and throwing.
Speaker 1: So I do think guys, the Dolphins defense has improved.
Speaker 1: A fifth round draft choice to having got Chow at
Speaker 1: defensive tackle has been a very consistent a guy. Maybe
Speaker 1: the Dolphins were expecting to play twelve and fifteen snaps
Speaker 1: per game. I think that is going to go north,
Speaker 1: uh into the at least the twenties or thirties as
Speaker 1: the season moves along. But you know, the the king
Speaker 1: finds up front the Dominicans who has to be dominant.
Speaker 1: Cam Wake has to force pressure from the edge, and
Speaker 1: I think that helps out the linebacking corps that is
Speaker 1: in a bit influx with you know, the absence in
Speaker 1: the suspension of Lawrence Timmins. So there's a lot of
Speaker 1: things that have to improve and keep improving on that
Speaker 1: side of the football. But for the first game for
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, was any indication they've spent some time against
Speaker 1: you know, offensive runs and doing some things and holding
Speaker 1: true to what they're supposed to be defensively, and it
Speaker 1: came came true in Week one for them. I think
Speaker 1: the Jets offense showed a lot of balance against the Raiders.
Speaker 1: They definitely took a big step in improvement from Week
Speaker 1: one to Week two, averaging five yards per carry on
Speaker 1: the ground. Josh McCown has been effective passing the ball.
Speaker 1: He gets a weapon back in Austin's Ferry and champions
Speaker 1: this week. So an interesting matchup when the Jets offense
Speaker 1: is on the field against the Dolphins defense. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about the resourcefulness of the Dolphins and that belief right
Speaker 1: now that's happening under Adam Gates. It seems like this
Speaker 1: team last year was in a lot of fourth quarter
Speaker 1: games they found a way to win, and then here
Speaker 1: on Sunday they start the season that way. What can
Speaker 1: be said for where that uh, that that what Gaze
Speaker 1: is building right now in terms of culture and belief
Speaker 1: that these guys think they're gonna win in a close game.
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze has has built a mindset for this team
Speaker 1: that they believe they're gonna walk out and win every week.
Speaker 1: They feel like they're gonna walk out and win every practice,
Speaker 1: They're gonna walk out and win every press conference. You know,
Speaker 1: everything has changed, it seems like since his arrival, and
Speaker 1: it filters down guys to the coaching staff, you know,
Speaker 1: to the training staff, to the equipments. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: it's not a cockiness. It's just a belief about what
Speaker 1: the work we're putting in is going to lead us
Speaker 1: to victory. And that starts at practice, it starts a
Speaker 1: film study, it starts off the field. Guys are doing
Speaker 1: the right things and if not, you know, they're not
Speaker 1: going to be around. I mean, he basically has two
Speaker 1: rules on this football team. Show up on time and
Speaker 1: play as hard as you can. And they're not that
Speaker 1: of the goal to follow. And I think the leaders
Speaker 1: of this team, when you talk about a Dominican Sus
Speaker 1: and Cam Wake and Mike Pouncy and and guys like that,
Speaker 1: Mike Thomas, They they really have taken the lead in
Speaker 1: the locker room and spread that belief. So I think
Speaker 1: it almost feels it feels for me like a college team,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, it feels like that that excitement,
Speaker 1: that exuberance that you would have. I would think pro
Speaker 1: guys will probably be a little bit happier because you're
Speaker 1: getting a paycheck at the end of it. But but um,
Speaker 1: you know, I just it has that feel, guys, It
Speaker 1: has that feel of there's just an ultimate belief that
Speaker 1: the Dolphins have been in really close games over the
Speaker 1: last year in one game and in the majority of
Speaker 1: those situations, they've been able to find a way to win,
Speaker 1: whether it's by those guys making plays or forcing mistakes
Speaker 1: on other teams, or just being you know, unfortunate situations
Speaker 1: where teams miss a kick. Things have to happen for
Speaker 1: that chain of events to occur, and they've leave that
Speaker 1: through the way that they're working, in the way that
Speaker 1: their mindset is, they're helping those things along. Someone that
Speaker 1: I'm that I want to touch on his DeVante Parker,
Speaker 1: and that he's someone that was the first round pick
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, always been kind of in
Speaker 1: the shadow as the guy that has the potential, has
Speaker 1: the frame, the talent to be a dominant receiver. Last
Speaker 1: week against the Chargers, you saw that one tremendous catch
Speaker 1: where he plucked the ball over Chargers defender. So is
Speaker 1: do you think that he's finally taking that step to
Speaker 1: become the guy that the Dolphins drafted a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago. He's pretty darn closed. The improvement DeVante Parker
Speaker 1: made in the off season was extraordinary. He looked like
Speaker 1: a different person during ok A s during minicamp, he
Speaker 1: was he was stronger, he was finally healthy Number one.
Speaker 1: I think that's the major contributor to why he's going
Speaker 1: to have success this season. But I also think the
Speaker 1: other thing was he started are taking care of his
Speaker 1: body off the field. I think he was getting more rest,
Speaker 1: he was eating right, he was doing things off the
Speaker 1: field that you have to do when you're a professional
Speaker 1: to set yourself apart um. And he did those things
Speaker 1: and when he came back, he was able to run
Speaker 1: full speed, not just you know, half the time every play,
Speaker 1: and it made him a better player. And I do
Speaker 1: believe going up against Xavian Howard every day, two young
Speaker 1: guys trying to battle, trying to find their way through
Speaker 1: how good they can be in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: Improved both guys. But Davante Parker, I would say, number one,
Speaker 1: he took care of his body and number two, his
Speaker 1: body is now allowing him to make those types of catches.
Speaker 1: John Conjemmy, he can find him on Twitter. He's a
Speaker 1: Dolphins analysts. You canna watch him on Miami Dolphins dot Com.
Speaker 1: You also can watch him on ESPN because you cover
Speaker 1: a little college football as well. Last week you wear
Speaker 1: a Nashville ton of see where the Vanderbilt Commodores pulled
Speaker 1: off an upset over Kansas State. So a bonus question
Speaker 1: as we get you out of here, John, does Vanderbilt
Speaker 1: keep a close Saturday against the Alabama Crimson Tide they're
Speaker 1: fighting Commodore's. I don't know, guys, they got a good
Speaker 1: football team, and I do believe that the athletes ad
Speaker 1: Vanderbilt will surprise you. They have talent, especially at wide receiver.
Speaker 1: They have a good running back, a very good quarterback
Speaker 1: in Shermer. But Alabama's got so much talent. I don't
Speaker 1: even know what the spread is, but I would I
Speaker 1: would venture to say Alabama is gonna be in for
Speaker 1: a football game for the first quarter and then and
Speaker 1: then kind of take that one over. John, Thank you
Speaker 1: so much. We look forward to seeing it up here
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Hey, thanks guys, thanks for having me, and
Speaker 1: good luck with the rest of the year. All right, Gran,
Speaker 1: it's great speaking to John kN Jemmy, who I've covers
Speaker 1: the Dolphins and then does a little college football. I'd
Speaker 1: love to see Vanderbilt pull off the upset, you know,
Speaker 1: I like, you've gone two for two in your upset
Speaker 1: picks the past two weeks. Yeah, so we gotta look
Speaker 1: at the slate later. But Jon K Jemmy a lot
Speaker 1: of great information there. What I take away from what
Speaker 1: he just said was this is a team that has
Speaker 1: a lot of belief. They think every time they walk
Speaker 1: on the field under Adam Gates, they're gonna come away
Speaker 1: with the victory. I thought that was a tremendous point.
Speaker 1: He said that it felt like a college team even
Speaker 1: though the players are getting paid because you're in the NFL.
Speaker 1: They're a bunch of professionals, and you can kind of
Speaker 1: tell that the Dolphins have that swag to them that
Speaker 1: they truly do believe that they're gonna win every game.
Speaker 1: But something that I was intrigued about it I asked
Speaker 1: him about it, Conjemmy, is about Davonte Parker, because clearly
Speaker 1: he's a talented receiver who has the frame in the
Speaker 1: bill to be dominant, and he just hasn't reached that
Speaker 1: point yet. So I'm very curious to see on Sunday,
Speaker 1: Let's say, hypothetically the Jets shut down a JI because
Speaker 1: he's listed on the injury report, but Conjemmi says he's
Speaker 1: probably gonna play. He'll play either way, maybe a little
Speaker 1: banged up. Whatever it is. Let's say hypothetically the Jets
Speaker 1: shutdown a GI. Is is Jake Cutler ready to sling
Speaker 1: the rock around to try to beat the Jets defense
Speaker 1: through the air, And furthermore, do they have the talent
Speaker 1: in the receiving corps to do that. Obviously, Kenny Stills
Speaker 1: is a big play threat. He's a he's a vertical guy.
Speaker 1: But so far, through two weeks of the season, the
Speaker 1: Jets secondary has not really let up any big passing plays.
Speaker 1: It's more so been on the ground You're right, they
Speaker 1: haven't let the ball go over their heads. Michael Cradtree
Speaker 1: got nine song in a couple of times last week. Um,
Speaker 1: but yeah, the Jets have kept the pass in front
Speaker 1: of them. Uh. The one thing that Conjemmie did say
Speaker 1: is that you have to tackle with Jarvis Lantry. He
Speaker 1: excels in yards to the catch. It's like having a
Speaker 1: J J. I E basically as a receiver. No, I'm
Speaker 1: not saying he's a running back. My thing is he's
Speaker 1: gonna take short passes and then he's going to break
Speaker 1: tackles if you don't remain sound in your fundamentals. You
Speaker 1: mentioned the passing game. Jay Cutler, he's really familiar with
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze knows the system. Can Jemmy said he was
Speaker 1: running no huddle the day after after having lunch. So, yes,
Speaker 1: they got the deep play targets, and then they also
Speaker 1: have the guys in the gy E and Lantry where
Speaker 1: they control the ball. But yes, the Jessa have to
Speaker 1: be cognizant on the outside and not letting the ball
Speaker 1: go over their heads. I've been impressed with the rookie safeties.
Speaker 1: I know it feels like are you forcing it that
Speaker 1: we have to talk about him every week. Well, listen,
Speaker 1: when they make plays, you should be talking about guys.
Speaker 1: And that play by the goal line that Jamala second, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that Jamala Hims made was just shows you his determination,
Speaker 1: his hustle, his athletic ability, his passion for the game.
Speaker 1: He hurdles over a guy, the play is all the
Speaker 1: way on the other side of the field, a couple
Speaker 1: of miss tackles in there, and he comes down and
Speaker 1: takes beast mode down. So you know himself. Yes, you
Speaker 1: have to love what you see from these guys. And
Speaker 1: again each week for them, it's a new challenge and
Speaker 1: for Miami it's you know, I said this in Week
Speaker 1: one with the Bills, is that how will Todd Bowls
Speaker 1: deploy his safeties this week? Again because the jay ee
Speaker 1: obviously is a weapon, but Cutler can sling it now,
Speaker 1: you know. So it's gonna be interesting in the formations
Speaker 1: and personnel groupings that the Dolphins used. Conversely, on the
Speaker 1: other side, what kN Jemmy said, Hey, you know the
Speaker 1: Dolphins got approved that they are an approved run defense,
Speaker 1: and you mentioned maybe some potent chill holes in the secondary.
Speaker 1: I think this is a good defense. It's not a
Speaker 1: great defense. They have some great players, namely the Dominican
Speaker 1: Siou and you know both teams are gonna be juiced
Speaker 1: up because this is an an f C East rival
Speaker 1: when you look at it on its face. All right,
Speaker 1: let's bring in our weekly contributor here in the Jets
Speaker 1: Preview podcast, Chad Pennington. Chad Christopher Johnson, the Jets CEO
Speaker 1: and chairman, addressed the media here for the first time
Speaker 1: since taking over for his older brother, and he said,
Speaker 1: one of my old one of my roles here is
Speaker 1: to get into the fan base. That's definitely one of
Speaker 1: my priority priorities this year, starting now, especially with this
Speaker 1: home game, this first home game. Obviously, Rod, for seeing
Speaker 1: the Jets battle with the Dolphins on Sunday, I can't
Speaker 1: say what the perception is exactly. What I hope is
Speaker 1: that this team, this is a team on the rise.
Speaker 1: Your thoughts, well, I think, um, your first interview, you
Speaker 1: must be positive, and obviously he was UM. And I
Speaker 1: think for him, his approach doesn't need to be at
Speaker 1: the fan base UM, because I wouldn't they could be
Speaker 1: safe to say that from a football standpoint, that would
Speaker 1: not be his strong point. And so being able to
Speaker 1: end his advice and expertise and personality to the fan
Speaker 1: base to keep the fan base and gazes obviously from
Speaker 1: a bit of a standpoint, something that's important. And UH,
Speaker 1: in any organization's got to be able to delegate responsibilities
Speaker 1: and work with the strength that you have and manage
Speaker 1: your weaknesses and let the football people take care of
Speaker 1: the football and let the business side take care of
Speaker 1: the busy side, and working unity together for one common
Speaker 1: purpose and one common goal, and that's trying to put
Speaker 1: a winning product out there. He said he wasn't a
Speaker 1: patient man. He wants to win every game CP and
Speaker 1: he also said, listen, are going to be growing pains here.
Speaker 1: We're playing with a lot of young players. Wants to
Speaker 1: develop through the draft and developing players who are already here. Um,
Speaker 1: but his expectation is this team is going to get
Speaker 1: better and better and better. If you're a fan right now,
Speaker 1: what are you thinking? Well, first of all, I think
Speaker 1: that you better have patients in this business. UM. A
Speaker 1: lack of patients that does not lend itself to building
Speaker 1: the program. And so UM, even though you may not
Speaker 1: be a patient, patient man, you have to exercise patients,
Speaker 1: especially with how the jet team has been built and
Speaker 1: the goals ahead of it. I think that's number one.
Speaker 1: I think number two you have to be able to
Speaker 1: assess improvement without looking at the win lost column. And
Speaker 1: you've got to be able to look an individual improvement,
Speaker 1: look at improvement on both sides of the ball, and
Speaker 1: then looking at improvement of the team and how you're playing.
Speaker 1: And the number one goal is that even when you
Speaker 1: are losing, if your players are still playing hard for
Speaker 1: its coach and your coaches are still coaching hard and
Speaker 1: everybody's moving in the same direction, that's a positive UM
Speaker 1: and that's the first step towards building the culture that
Speaker 1: you want. And so you know, I don't expect coach
Speaker 1: Bowls and his staff nor his players to give anything
Speaker 1: but their best. And but it does require patients because
Speaker 1: it's obvious that you know what has happened over the
Speaker 1: last year so UM with acquisitions and the acquisitions and
Speaker 1: things like that, that there has to be some patients
Speaker 1: involved in this process. Something that Christopher Johnson mentioned yesterday
Speaker 1: is that his goal as of now, his first goal
Speaker 1: is to earn the fans trust and you playing in
Speaker 1: front of the green and white faithful for so long
Speaker 1: just from your perspective, What kind of advice would you
Speaker 1: share with Christopher Johnson. Well, I think first and foremost,
Speaker 1: you have to focus on the process and the plane
Speaker 1: you have. Um, you can't ride the emotional roller coaster
Speaker 1: of winning and losing in the NFL as fans, and
Speaker 1: we're going to ride that emotional roller coaster. We're gonna
Speaker 1: be high when the team wins, are gonna below when
Speaker 1: the team loses. And the last people that can do
Speaker 1: that are the people within the building inform park. That
Speaker 1: can't happen because if you do that, you just don't
Speaker 1: provide any consistency when you do that. And you've gotta
Speaker 1: understand and see the long the longer goals and a
Speaker 1: bigger perspective, and so that that's important. You'll like this line.
Speaker 1: He said that, hey, listen, I'd like to return this
Speaker 1: team to greatness. And he said that if we get
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl, I'll leave two tickets from my
Speaker 1: older brother at will Call. What do you think about
Speaker 1: that one? Well, Uh, that would consider where uh Wooding
Speaker 1: Johnson is living right now. You probably don't need to
Speaker 1: leave a couple of tickets unless there's going to be
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl played in London anytime soon. But you know,
Speaker 1: I think, uh, I think, you know, he has shown
Speaker 1: that he does have a sense of humor and he
Speaker 1: can't keep it on the light side even when you're
Speaker 1: facing some challenges, which is good and keep it mixed
Speaker 1: up and and also being able to remain positive. And
Speaker 1: the great thing about the NFL is it's not like
Speaker 1: a lot of the other professional sport leagues where, um,
Speaker 1: super Bowl champions are built over a ten year period.
Speaker 1: I mean a lot of times you can do that
Speaker 1: pretty quickly and have a Super Bowl contending team relatively quickly. Um,
Speaker 1: But now as far as consistency and sustainability and longevity
Speaker 1: and now that takes certain, that takes time. So uh,
Speaker 1: there's good and bad at that. Yeah, I was very
Speaker 1: impressed with him, and uh as something that you are
Speaker 1: always set over the years. You gotta have a plan,
Speaker 1: you gotta stick to the plan, and I think that's
Speaker 1: what the Jets want to do here and Greens wants
Speaker 1: to turn it ahead to actually on the field now,
Speaker 1: so Chad. Obviously, the Jets get a familiar face in
Speaker 1: Austin Sufferian Jenkins back in Week three after serving a
Speaker 1: two game suspension, just what kind of impact do you
Speaker 1: think we'll have on this offense early. Well, I think
Speaker 1: that remains to be seen. I think, um, the offense
Speaker 1: has incorporated tied in especially more than what we have
Speaker 1: been seeing over the last couple of years. And so, um,
Speaker 1: we hope that his presence will make a difference. Um.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, in the West Coast system,
Speaker 1: it's about spreading the ball around and with the vetteran quarterback,
Speaker 1: he's going to uh pick the gal that's open and
Speaker 1: go with those open receivers and being equal opportunity quarterback.
Speaker 1: So you do hope that being able to add another
Speaker 1: veteran player back into the mix provides a little bit
Speaker 1: more stability, a little bit more consistency, um, and may
Speaker 1: be able to even give you a couple of different
Speaker 1: personnel packages and a couple of different wrinkles now an
Speaker 1: extra tight end. So we did see some wrinkles last Sunday,
Speaker 1: you know, with two and three extra linemen in the
Speaker 1: game and things like that. I thought which Morton was
Speaker 1: very creative in trying to spread the ball around, get
Speaker 1: the ball to his playmakers. Um. You know, for the
Speaker 1: most part, the offense was relatively uh they had a
Speaker 1: consistent performance. It wasn't necessarily a winning performance, but there
Speaker 1: were some positive things that were happening on the field
Speaker 1: with some drives and people being involved in the game
Speaker 1: and making place for the team. I'm glad you mentioned
Speaker 1: John Morton. I thought he an excellent game, uh calling
Speaker 1: that ball game in Oakland against the team that he
Speaker 1: started with. He said that he wouldn't be here in
Speaker 1: this position had it not been for a guy like
Speaker 1: Al Davis obviously got to start to his NFL coaching
Speaker 1: career under John Gruden learning that West Coast system. What
Speaker 1: what specifically jumped out at you offensively? You mentioned those
Speaker 1: jumbo packages because the Jets said, Chad, last week, we
Speaker 1: are gonna run the football. It doesn't matter how many
Speaker 1: people are in the box. We're gonna get it done.
Speaker 1: And in turn, they average five yards per carry. They
Speaker 1: also went seven of twelve on third down a week
Speaker 1: after going four or fourteen on third down in Buffalo,
Speaker 1: and they got the long ball gone a little bit
Speaker 1: with the curse touchdown. I thought there were a lot
Speaker 1: of pubsitive things, Erica, I really do. I think that,
Speaker 1: like you said, when you look at statistically, you see
Speaker 1: what they're averaging rushing wise, it looked to be a
Speaker 1: point of emphasis to rush the ball at those pass
Speaker 1: rushers and run at them downhill, which they did get accomplished. Um.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately for the Jets, the offense got behind a ball
Speaker 1: got down and then that's when you start to see
Speaker 1: the pass rush pick up, because there had to be
Speaker 1: more passing. But when the game was in hand and
Speaker 1: when it was still a ball game, you could see
Speaker 1: that the mix of running pass was really good. Uh,
Speaker 1: the success of the running pass was really good. You
Speaker 1: can start to see him account getting comfortable with your
Speaker 1: main curse. He feels he I think he likes that
Speaker 1: body type and that big presence. He saw Robby Anderson
Speaker 1: have a couple of plays down the field, currly get involved,
Speaker 1: tidings get involved, the backs being involved. Um. So, really
Speaker 1: and truly, although the score was lopsided, there were some
Speaker 1: positive things offensively to really take a look at and
Speaker 1: build upon. And I think the formula is there, and
Speaker 1: the formula is that the defense has to has to
Speaker 1: keep it between seventeen and twenty four points. In the
Speaker 1: offense and got to score between twenty one and four points.
Speaker 1: And if they do that, they can come out on
Speaker 1: the winning side of this. And it's not gonna be
Speaker 1: uh season where you're gonna try to outscore people by
Speaker 1: thirty five, you know, scoring thirty five points a game.
Speaker 1: That's just not the way that the team has built.
Speaker 1: But there still can be some success had and he
Speaker 1: saw glimpses of that throughout the game. Looking forward to
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, now they have a very talented front
Speaker 1: with the Dominican Sue and Cameron Wake who never seems
Speaker 1: to get old. So in order for the Jet to continue,
Speaker 1: you this rushing success, what do they need to do
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Yeah. I remember Cameron Rake when he was
Speaker 1: a rookie coming from the CFL Miami and he, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, done such an outstanding job. Well, I think, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a little bit different when you've got
Speaker 1: someone like Sue in the middle compared to playing Oakland
Speaker 1: where they've got pass rushers and you're gonna try to
Speaker 1: hammer them a little bit too, to see if they're
Speaker 1: willing to really stand up against the run. We know
Speaker 1: the suit can stand up against the run, so um,
Speaker 1: you know, but on the perimeter, taking those perimeter runs,
Speaker 1: I think mixing in those quick screens. I think it's
Speaker 1: it has to be a steady dose. You've got to
Speaker 1: look at your short passing game as well as your
Speaker 1: running game. You got to combine those two and that
Speaker 1: be your quote rushing attack. Um, you want to keep
Speaker 1: Sue guessing. You want to keep him on the move.
Speaker 1: You don't want him just to be able to just
Speaker 1: uh sit in there in the trenches and just control
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. You've got to keep him where
Speaker 1: he's got his head on the swim because he doesn't
Speaker 1: know where the ball is going to be. When you
Speaker 1: do that, now he's playing reactionary mode instead of dictating
Speaker 1: the tempo, which I think lends himself to the offensive success.
Speaker 1: So uh, certainly has to be creativity in the running
Speaker 1: slash screen slash shore passing game to control someone like suit.
Speaker 1: All right, two minute offense right now before we flip
Speaker 1: to the defense. Chad Punnington here on the Official Jets podcast, Uh,
Speaker 1: what have you seen from the quarterbacks? I know j
Speaker 1: Cotler just had a game with Miami, but there's familiarity
Speaker 1: there obviously with Adam gaze Man, he has weapons all
Speaker 1: over the place, with a giant in a backfield Um
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry, who he targets every other play, it seems like.
Speaker 1: And they got some big play guys on the outside,
Speaker 1: Davante Parker and Kenny Stella's and then Uh, conversely, I've
Speaker 1: been really for us with Josh mccow. I know people
Speaker 1: are gonna say you're seeing things through green colored glasses
Speaker 1: right now, but McCown coming in here with so many
Speaker 1: movie parts. I think you mentioned the way the Jets
Speaker 1: got the ball to a lot of people last week.
Speaker 1: I think seven receivers UH had catches in the first
Speaker 1: half against the Raiders, spreading the ball out, and I
Speaker 1: think he's been on time most of the time as
Speaker 1: far as delivery is concerned. I really like what I've
Speaker 1: seen out of McCown through two weeks. Yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: think you're looking through the green coat colored glasses at all.
Speaker 1: I really don't. I think that's that's the reality. The
Speaker 1: facts are right in front of you when you watch
Speaker 1: Josh play. He's played very consistent. He's been stabilizing because
Speaker 1: then he hasn't had any major disasters, and so I
Speaker 1: think you you're getting exactly what you ask of Josh
Speaker 1: right now, and what has to happen is that the
Speaker 1: team now has to play better team complimentary football, special
Speaker 1: teams defensively and offensively. And if they play complimentary football,
Speaker 1: then I think you'll even see Josh play even better.
Speaker 1: But it's it's difficult, Uh. You know, in the first game,
Speaker 1: you get close to fourteen to twelve, and then all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, the next time you get on the field,
Speaker 1: you're back down by nine. Um, it's fourteen to ten.
Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden you're Getty on the field,
Speaker 1: you're down by eleven, and you're down by a team.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's difficult circumstances that from the quarterback
Speaker 1: position you did not control. You had no control over
Speaker 1: those things. And so I think he's played within himself.
Speaker 1: He's tried not to do too much and done a
Speaker 1: good job of make sure he gets his h the
Speaker 1: ball to the playmakers. Something that it's Todd Bowls mentioned
Speaker 1: is that Bryce Patty last week was the number two
Speaker 1: quarterback Christian Hackenburg inactive. So Chad just wanted to get
Speaker 1: your opinion on that because coach said that Patty would
Speaker 1: be the number two for the foreseeable future. I don't
Speaker 1: think it means much it is what it is. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, it's they They have enough on film to
Speaker 1: feel good about where they are right now. I think
Speaker 1: Bryce proved himself and in the preseason had had a
Speaker 1: decent preseason, gave Christian a lot of reps. Um. I
Speaker 1: think that they still look at Christian as a possibility,
Speaker 1: but there's still a lot of work to be done there.
Speaker 1: And so who's two and who's three right now? I
Speaker 1: don't think you can read into that very much all
Speaker 1: but the reps uh won't be there for either one
Speaker 1: of them. But when you really think about it, at
Speaker 1: practice was That's one thing that Patty told me in
Speaker 1: the locker room this week, Chad, was that you really
Speaker 1: don't get a lot of reps at practice. Conversely, Hack
Speaker 1: has to take those scout team reps and say I'm
Speaker 1: going to make the most of them, right. You know,
Speaker 1: That's the only difference is that the third normally takes
Speaker 1: most of the scout teamor reps, while the two is
Speaker 1: trying to mentally prepare because he's one play away. Um.
Speaker 1: That's that's the big difference, and so um and so
Speaker 1: sometimes being the two is a little bit more difficult.
Speaker 1: It's definitely more stressful because you know you're one play
Speaker 1: away and you're not getting any reps in practice. But
Speaker 1: you know, the notion of thinking that the two gets
Speaker 1: a little bit more ramps because he's the two verses
Speaker 1: of three once the regular season coming around, that's not true.
Speaker 1: It's all about the one and making sure he's prepared
Speaker 1: to play. Great point while you are our number one
Speaker 1: quarterbacker in the Jets Official Podcast, yep anything, Thank you
Speaker 1: so much again, and we'll catch up next week. Alright,
Speaker 1: great stuff from our quarterback QB one, Chad Pennington has
Speaker 1: always but he before we touch on some final things
Speaker 1: here before we let everyone go and get ready for
Speaker 1: game day on Sunday just a couple of days. Is
Speaker 1: what's your favorite Jets Dolphins memory? Because clearly these two
Speaker 1: teams faced twice a year every year. You know it's
Speaker 1: on the schedule. There ain't no question about it. So
Speaker 1: what's your favorite Jets Dolphins memory? Man? I know I
Speaker 1: put you on the spot there there there's so money
Speaker 1: that I have to be there. I mean, the the
Speaker 1: one that always is always going to stand out is
Speaker 1: the Monday Night miracle. Right. I was working with the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, at the time in the public relations department,
Speaker 1: and it was a Nate obviously a Monday night, and
Speaker 1: I had finished work and went out to dinner with
Speaker 1: a couple of staffers. Came home and the game was
Speaker 1: thirty seven and the third quarter I definitely remember it,
Speaker 1: or towards the end of the third quarter, and I
Speaker 1: shut it off. I shut it off. I got up
Speaker 1: the next morning and start shaving, turned on the radio
Speaker 1: and they say the Jets came back on one, and
Speaker 1: I said, you gotta be crazy. I just slapping myself
Speaker 1: with water, like there's no way they went. Sounded like
Speaker 1: Jon Gruden for a second, gotz man so um, But
Speaker 1: there was there was also a time we went there
Speaker 1: and uh, the Jets went there and cemented their place
Speaker 1: in the postseason. There's there's so many things stand out.
Speaker 1: I remember a night game when they came here and
Speaker 1: the Jets just ran it down their throat for over
Speaker 1: two hundred yards. I think Curtis Smartin went over a
Speaker 1: hundred la Mont Jordan went over a hundred. Lavernius Coles
Speaker 1: used to be a dolphin killer. Uh. You know, over
Speaker 1: the years, it has been a great rivalry, um, you know,
Speaker 1: and I expect nothing less come Sunday. You, as a
Speaker 1: guy who's been here, only here a couple of years,
Speaker 1: but a Jet fan all his life, do you have
Speaker 1: a favorite It's it's funny you mentioned it because I do.
Speaker 1: I don't have a favorite memory, but I have a
Speaker 1: vivid memory. Um it was. It was Christmas break in
Speaker 1: probably middle school, and I went down to Florida with
Speaker 1: my buddy, whose grandparents lived down there, and we went
Speaker 1: to visit his family and we grew up together, so
Speaker 1: it was it was nice to hang out. And we
Speaker 1: went to a Jets Dolphins game and it was pouring.
Speaker 1: It was pouring down there, and it was an all
Speaker 1: It was a low scoring game, and I just vividly
Speaker 1: remember Chad Pennington, you know, jumping off a little screen
Speaker 1: pass to Leon Washington in the flat and he took
Speaker 1: it down. The Jets kick kicked the field goal, and
Speaker 1: that was the decisive points. So that's what I remember.
Speaker 1: That's what sticks out to me. But you know, Jets
Speaker 1: Dolphins matchups in general have a different kind of juice
Speaker 1: all as do all rivalries. So I think this week
Speaker 1: is it'll be a lot of fun this week, especially
Speaker 1: when you combine that energy with the fact that it's
Speaker 1: the Jets home opener, so I'm really excited for this week.
Speaker 1: But one last thing here on the Official Jets Podcast
Speaker 1: game preview is matchup wise or just in the game
Speaker 1: in general, what is you know, what's something that you're
Speaker 1: particularly looking forward to. It's gotta be the Jets defense
Speaker 1: against the ji E if the Jets can bottle up
Speaker 1: them Ron And I'm not saying hold him to on
Speaker 1: their fifty yards. No, I'm not saying that because maybe
Speaker 1: he gets attempts. But fun factor real quick. In the
Speaker 1: last game the Jets and Dolphins played at Matlife Stadium
Speaker 1: last last year, a GI had nine carries for fifty
Speaker 1: one yards, so he wasn't turned to a lot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think you're gonna know. You tell me
Speaker 1: right now, the Jets hold the gi E on their seventy,
Speaker 1: I say Jets win this game. That to me, that's
Speaker 1: what it comes down to. Uh. Yeah, the secondary has
Speaker 1: been exploited on a couple occasions, but again, the point
Speaker 1: I come back to is that the ball hasn't been
Speaker 1: going over their heads this year. I like what I've
Speaker 1: seen from the young safeties. Uh. Cony Ealy said earlier
Speaker 1: this week, we gotta get them in third and longs. Well,
Speaker 1: the only way you get people on third longs is
Speaker 1: if you're doing a good job and early down against
Speaker 1: the run. I really like what I've seen from the offense. Again,
Speaker 1: Jeff Pennington said, I'm not seeing it through my green
Speaker 1: the way. No, I don't. He and Josh McCowen has
Speaker 1: been good. He gets another weapon back this week. We'll
Speaker 1: have to see how the Jets injuries all play out,
Speaker 1: because earlier as we can practice with no Mohammad Wilkerson,
Speaker 1: no Brian Winters. But the Coda Dozer did a nice
Speaker 1: job and the Jets emphasized the run this week and
Speaker 1: they got it done. So um to me, that's the
Speaker 1: matchup for you? What is it? Well, you kind of
Speaker 1: touched on it right there is I'm really excited to
Speaker 1: see a s J, Austin Sephari and Jenkins because throughout
Speaker 1: the whole offseason he's been the story. John Morton comes in.
Speaker 1: His scheme is tight end friendly, a s J down
Speaker 1: thirty plus pounds, reinvented himself both on and off the field.
Speaker 1: You see him working every day after practice and now
Speaker 1: this is the time what he can when it means something,
Speaker 1: because in training camp, obviously it's just practice there wins
Speaker 1: and losses for yourself individually in improving your fundamentals and
Speaker 1: catching this and improving X, Y and Z. But now
Speaker 1: this is everything that he's done now translates to this,
Speaker 1: and so I'm really excited to see how he plays
Speaker 1: on Sunday. And in addition, I'm excited to see how
Speaker 1: that opens things up for the offense, and maybe that
Speaker 1: opens things up for the running backs, whether it's Matt
Speaker 1: for Table, All Powell or Eli McGuire out of the
Speaker 1: ackfield as a receiver. I'm real intrigued by the presence
Speaker 1: of Austin suffering Jenkins because he was the second round
Speaker 1: pick a couple of seasons ago, and I don't know
Speaker 1: if he's quite reached the level where pundits expected him
Speaker 1: to be, but now I feel like he could even
Speaker 1: surpass that level. So I'm really excited for Sunday, and
Speaker 1: just simply put, it's the home opener. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: be there. You know, the crowd should be lively Jets Dolphins.
Speaker 1: So that's all we have right now on the Official
Speaker 1: Jets Podcast. Thanks and can Jemmy at our quarterback. Always
Speaker 1: got to give him problem CP on the money. Accurate
Speaker 1: as ever, one of the most accurate as ever, one
Speaker 1: of the most accurate pastors in the history of this game. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: Drew Brees came along. Yeah, and he's the top of
Speaker 1: that pedestal, but hey, number two is not bad on
Speaker 1: that list. That's Eric Allen. I'm Ethan Greenberg. Make sure
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