Speaker 1: The game is over New York the world. You baten
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Speaker 1: around the Corner Ethan Greenberg and Eric Allen here in
Speaker 1: studio the Official Jets Podcast e A. I'm throwing off.
Speaker 1: It's been nine months since the Jets have taking the field.
Speaker 1: I've been thrown off by the days. So I keep
Speaker 1: on repeating myself here, but I think today's Wednesday today,
Speaker 1: And traditionally in the National Football League, the players off
Speaker 1: day is Tuesday. But for the Jets, we are taping
Speaker 1: on a Wednesday and the players are off today, so
Speaker 1: it's midweek. Everything has been fast and slow at the
Speaker 1: same time, if that may any kind of sense, because
Speaker 1: the Jets won't open up until Monday night. In the
Speaker 1: kickoff is what seven seven seven, ten Eastern and actually
Speaker 1: followed by a pretty good game that we're not going
Speaker 1: to talk too much about. But how about the subplots
Speaker 1: with that one with the l A Rams, the Oakland Raiders,
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack on the move, but uh yeah, Green's I
Speaker 1: jumped in on you because you know, I'm looking around
Speaker 1: our studio here and I'm wondering, well, what day is
Speaker 1: it today? And you're looking around because it looks cleaner. No,
Speaker 1: it does look better. It does look better because we
Speaker 1: actually taped Jets Flight Plan in here this week. Bart
Speaker 1: Scott was back and that will be on Sunday Morning
Speaker 1: CBS eleven thirty a m. You can watch Jet Life
Speaker 1: One Jets Drive Spectacular, I would say, the best of
Speaker 1: one Jets Drive from the spring in the summer, you're
Speaker 1: gonna see that eleven thirty pm Saturday night on c
Speaker 1: b S as well. So a lot of exciting things
Speaker 1: happening right now. But yeah, how about that, Greens. The
Speaker 1: Jets open up the season on Monday Night Football. The
Speaker 1: New York Jets were the first team to appear on
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football way back in nineteen seventy against Cleveland Brown.
Speaker 1: I actually knew that. I'm really excited about Monday Night
Speaker 1: because it's, like I said, it's been nine months since
Speaker 1: the Jets have played a game that counts against their
Speaker 1: record or for their record, however you want to work it, whatever,
Speaker 1: whatever it is, this team, I know every year. Leonard
Speaker 1: Williams says this, every year, every team is very different
Speaker 1: than the year's past, even though you might not think
Speaker 1: that it's all two different on on the surface, is
Speaker 1: this team is very different than last year's team. And
Speaker 1: so much has happened since January one, two thousand eighteen,
Speaker 1: when the Jets cleared out their lockers in Florham Park
Speaker 1: and front and center. You just look at under center,
Speaker 1: you look at what's going on there is that the
Speaker 1: Jets have officially named Sam Donald they're starting quarterback. And
Speaker 1: he's what the youngest since the a f L NFL merger,
Speaker 1: he will be the youngest since AFL NFL merger in nineties,
Speaker 1: seventy years start a season opener. Uh So that is
Speaker 1: some kind of history right there for you. But for
Speaker 1: anybody who followed the Jets throughout the preseason, I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a shock that Donald is in this position.
Speaker 1: He performed well throughout the preseason, starting two games, appearing
Speaker 1: in three thrown two touchdown passes, completing sixty of his passes.
Speaker 1: Owning the playbook. Everybody said he did not make the
Speaker 1: same mistake twice. He showed great footwork as far as
Speaker 1: being instinctive in the pocket and also knowing when to
Speaker 1: tuck the ball ron pick up yards. But also he
Speaker 1: has great vision in terms of he is a knack
Speaker 1: for finding the open receiver. And the thing that stands
Speaker 1: uh I would say about Donald number one is he
Speaker 1: is a very instinctive player. And I think to win
Speaker 1: in the National Football League, to become an elite player
Speaker 1: at this position, you have to be instinctive, and he's
Speaker 1: got special qualities. Now we'll see down the line if
Speaker 1: he's an elite player. And this is just the start,
Speaker 1: and buckle your sleepbelts, because you're gonna have some highs,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have some lows. Hopefully the Jets experienced some
Speaker 1: highs on Monday night. This is the first of three
Speaker 1: of four on the road to start the two thousand
Speaker 1: and eighteen season. Matt Patricia said that Donald is very
Speaker 1: good at rolling to his left and his right, which
Speaker 1: is very unusual for a quarterback, especially for a rookie.
Speaker 1: But don't just take our word for it. Don't take
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia's word for it. Well, you can't take. He's
Speaker 1: actually a pretty good words. So I'm gonna circle back
Speaker 1: on that he's a good word to follow. But he
Speaker 1: and I have been impressed. I think many people have
Speaker 1: been impressed. In fact, I want to CBS Media Day
Speaker 1: the other week and many of their analysts were impressed
Speaker 1: as well. This is what they had to say about
Speaker 1: the Jets rookie quarterback. Very impressed. Impressed with him on
Speaker 1: a personal level just sitting down and talking with him.
Speaker 1: Impressed with his football. I Q there's a certain savv
Speaker 1: nous and presence that you notice with him. But the
Speaker 1: funny part when you're in the meeting room he walks in.
Speaker 1: He's twenty one, and there's no questioning that he's not
Speaker 1: a guy that looks twenty six. He looks one. So
Speaker 1: you do have to remind yourself of that. He has
Speaker 1: to process so much at that position, and then the
Speaker 1: expectations that come with doing it in New York with
Speaker 1: a franchise that desperately wants to win and wants to
Speaker 1: be consistent. I think you can handle it. I don't
Speaker 1: think the bright lights bother him, and he could throw
Speaker 1: the football. It's his comp is in the pocket. I
Speaker 1: know the sounds a little cliche, but we have to
Speaker 1: keep in mind we're talking about a rookie. You see
Speaker 1: some rookies get thrown out there into the fire and
Speaker 1: they start feeling the heat. Um, it's like a baby
Speaker 1: touch in the stove, start panicking, but not with him,
Speaker 1: and that goes a long way. Um. Even you know
Speaker 1: the certain guys we had on the show, and uh,
Speaker 1: they mentioned that when he first got in the huddle,
Speaker 1: he had a command about And some of these guys
Speaker 1: come in the timid voice as if they're going through puberty,
Speaker 1: and they don't want to make eye contact, and once
Speaker 1: it gets a little rough, you know, they start to panic.
Speaker 1: Not him. So if I could answer that in a
Speaker 1: very short way, it's the composure you know he's gonna
Speaker 1: have if he does start for them. He'll have three
Speaker 1: games in eleven days. That means three different game plans,
Speaker 1: three different defensive coordinator's, all sorts of pressure that you
Speaker 1: have to deal with, learning on the fly, learning them
Speaker 1: from the mistakes you made in the previous game, trying
Speaker 1: to make sure that doesn't happen in the next game.
Speaker 1: But you know, for Jet fans, I just try to
Speaker 1: caution him. There's gonna be offside penalty, is is gonna
Speaker 1: be holding penalties, There's gonna be fumbles, there's gonna be
Speaker 1: all sorts of miscommunication, that's gonna be early timeouts, all
Speaker 1: those things that a rookie quarterback has to fight through.
Speaker 1: But I take the Jet fan back two years ago
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, Philadelphia made the commitment to Carson Wentz. This
Speaker 1: is exactly what the Jets have to do with Sam Donald.
Speaker 1: Make the commitment. Now, benefit from it next year and
Speaker 1: the year after, and hopefully he becomes as good as Carson. Alright,
Speaker 1: so some high praise there from some of CBS's top talent,
Speaker 1: and e a moving forward. Now. I know that a
Speaker 1: lot of Jets fans are like, Okay, well, Donald's been impressive,
Speaker 1: but what what is he looking at now that the
Speaker 1: regular season has come, Because it's a little different than
Speaker 1: preseason and there are a lot of vanilla looks As
Speaker 1: people say, you don't really tip your hand too much
Speaker 1: in the preseason. But if you're a Jets fan, what
Speaker 1: should you be expecting from Sam Donald in Week one,
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football under the lights in the Motor City. Men,
Speaker 1: Patricia is going to throw some complex looks out there
Speaker 1: at Sam Donald Company. I think Jeremy Bates is going
Speaker 1: to counter with a plan that features some route combinations,
Speaker 1: concepts that Donald is comfortable with. And also you've got
Speaker 1: to think about there were times throughout the preseason where
Speaker 1: the Jets would empty the backfield out, and I think
Speaker 1: what that allows the quarterback to do is diagnosed where
Speaker 1: the blitz is coming from. So maybe the Jets go
Speaker 1: empty at times. The other thing that I really like
Speaker 1: what Bates is doing with Donald and overall in this
Speaker 1: West Coast system is he runs a lot of boots,
Speaker 1: He runs a lot of play action. He gets the
Speaker 1: guy out on the move, and like you mentioned before,
Speaker 1: Donald is very comfortable on the move and he's accurate
Speaker 1: inside the pocket outside the pocket, so I don't think
Speaker 1: he's going to be a stationary target out there. And
Speaker 1: also when you're looking at the Misha, he comes at
Speaker 1: it from that New England background, so he's gonna throw
Speaker 1: some different stuff at him. But the Jets are gonna
Speaker 1: counter and who's gonna win that matchup? I actually think
Speaker 1: the key in his game, and I hope I'm not
Speaker 1: stealing our thunder here is how are the Jets gonna
Speaker 1: rush the football against the Detroit lines? Because last year
Speaker 1: the Lions no row rush defense maybe eighteenth of the
Speaker 1: national Football League, But the Jets have to have some balance,
Speaker 1: and Todd Bowls loves Bates because he said Jeremy Bates
Speaker 1: is committed to the run, committed to having balance. So
Speaker 1: you didn't steal our thunder. I wouldn't say that that's
Speaker 1: a little far. But we're gonna dive in a little
Speaker 1: more of Jets, Lions and just season preview as a whole.
Speaker 1: But I want to get your opinion on this before
Speaker 1: we throw to some more sound here. Is that you know,
Speaker 1: what do you think that Donald's biggest challenge will be
Speaker 1: entering the regular season as starting quarterbacks for the Green
Speaker 1: and White. I think John mentioned before is that you
Speaker 1: just you only see a small sample size in the
Speaker 1: preseason and and a lot of vanilla looks. So now
Speaker 1: you are the guy, and people are gonna game plan
Speaker 1: against you, and the preseason people aren't game planning against you.
Speaker 1: So everything Donald is going to see is new. It's
Speaker 1: a new experience, and um, you have to. But the
Speaker 1: thing is about this kid, and I say kid, he's
Speaker 1: twenty one years old. Is I think that he's very steady.
Speaker 1: He's got an air about him, which is what the
Speaker 1: guys have said about him. Jermaine curse Um said something
Speaker 1: in the locker room this week that what's interesting. He
Speaker 1: said that he throws guys open. And a lot of
Speaker 1: people talk about college quarterbacks coming out, they say, hey,
Speaker 1: they can be accurate with the football, but they throw
Speaker 1: it to a guy when he's open. You rarely hear
Speaker 1: veteran receivers talk about a rookie quarterback who's never played
Speaker 1: it down in the National Football League in terms of
Speaker 1: regular season saying he throws guys open. Uh. The key
Speaker 1: for him, Greens is going to be protecting the football.
Speaker 1: He stressed that throughout the off season. We can go
Speaker 1: back to our podcasts UH Draft pre Draft podcast when
Speaker 1: we talked to Sam Farmer from Not a Times about Donald,
Speaker 1: when we talked to quarterback Guru Jordan Palmer about his
Speaker 1: training with Donald and keeping two hands on football or
Speaker 1: go on left hand only because he just wanted him
Speaker 1: to get in the habit of always keeping your left
Speaker 1: hand on the football In the National Football League. You
Speaker 1: can look at the stats and I don't have percentages
Speaker 1: for you, but if you win the turnover battle, more
Speaker 1: than likely you're gonna win games. So Donald had only
Speaker 1: one turnover in the preseason, and I was fine with that.
Speaker 1: It was a fourth he said he could have thrown
Speaker 1: maybe uh to Robbie Anderson on a corner route. I
Speaker 1: believe against the Washington Redskins with top both took the
Speaker 1: blame for He said, listen, that was just a bad play.
Speaker 1: We had dialed up and it was fourth town. Whatever.
Speaker 1: If you don't convert there, you turn it over on downs.
Speaker 1: I don't care about that. But against this Lions team,
Speaker 1: I think there are fourth in the National Football the
Speaker 1: interceptions last year. So the big thing for Donald is
Speaker 1: protective football number one. Number two is you don't want
Speaker 1: to see pre snap penalties. So make sure you relay
Speaker 1: that call from Bates to your fellows in the huddle
Speaker 1: and get everybody in the line. And I don't have
Speaker 1: the proper amount of time to get the playoff in
Speaker 1: a foreign environment such as for Ford Field. Well, a
Speaker 1: couple of things. There is one you talked about Tremaine
Speaker 1: curR saying Donald throws receivers open. I thought his anecdote
Speaker 1: was fantastic when he said we were it was in Washington.
Speaker 1: I'm a little confus used if it's when the Jets
Speaker 1: had joint practices or if it was in the actual game,
Speaker 1: but Jermaine Curs said that there was one play where
Speaker 1: he didn't think Donald was coming to him and he
Speaker 1: just ripped one right to his chest. He said, I
Speaker 1: had no choice but to catch it. So I think
Speaker 1: that that goes back to what we've talked about is
Speaker 1: Donald's ball placement, and that it's truly, I think unique
Speaker 1: for a rookie to be able to put the ball
Speaker 1: where he wants to be a game or practice, because
Speaker 1: I do wow that you mentioned it, and I heard
Speaker 1: Chris said, but it really didn't register at the time
Speaker 1: because so many things are happening inside a locker room session.
Speaker 1: I do remember the red zone work, and I remember
Speaker 1: Churs running in practice YEA a short route and before
Speaker 1: he turned, the ball was out and when he turned,
Speaker 1: it was placed between the one and the zero, and
Speaker 1: it probably left an imprint on his chest even though
Speaker 1: he is a hands catcher. I was gonna say that's
Speaker 1: probably the play because I went back and watched the
Speaker 1: after he talked about the play, I went back and
Speaker 1: watched the Washington game and I went to see if
Speaker 1: he had any catches, and Jamaine Curs had one catch
Speaker 1: on the sideline and he was just wide open. So
Speaker 1: I assume it's a play that you're talking about, But yeah,
Speaker 1: throwing with the anticipation. Yeah, well, I mean, well, we'll see.
Speaker 1: There's obviously many challenges a quarterback, a rookie quarterback will
Speaker 1: face in the NFL. And Sam Donald's the only rookie
Speaker 1: quarterback to start for his team out of the two
Speaker 1: thousand eighteen draft class. How about that? How about that?
Speaker 1: You know, I thought Josh Allen might have an opportunity
Speaker 1: to start for the Buffalo Bills, but that third preseason
Speaker 1: Cincinnati was having a second party, third preseason game up
Speaker 1: there in Western New York. And uh, I know Sean
Speaker 1: McDermott and Buffalo has been impressed with Nathan Peterman. And
Speaker 1: I think externally the media can't get over Peterman's do
Speaker 1: you have yeah, five picks in the first half or
Speaker 1: something like that against the Chargers whatever, whatever. Who knows
Speaker 1: what Peterman is gonna bring to the table. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I would imagine the Bill is are gonna be Ryan
Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy. Why wouldn't you um? In Arizona, I guess
Speaker 1: Rosen will be Behindford to start the season. Same with
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson behind Flacco, and Baker Mayfield that number one
Speaker 1: overall picked behind Todd. I mean, it's it's really pick
Speaker 1: your poison at this Do you think Baker Mayfield will
Speaker 1: be the quarterback for the Cleveland Browns when we three,
Speaker 1: because I know I think it will be I don't
Speaker 1: think so. I think it'll be Taylor. He's the Jets
Speaker 1: to going there and we three. This starts a stretch
Speaker 1: which I don't I don't remember ever having a stretch
Speaker 1: like this the start of season for the Jets. Three
Speaker 1: games in eleven days, So it's a tough stretch, especially
Speaker 1: for rookie quarterback. And before we dive into some Jets
Speaker 1: Lions in particular, e A, this is this is the
Speaker 1: season opener. I mean, this is again nine months in
Speaker 1: the making, and before we dive into Monday Night in particular,
Speaker 1: is is there a unit? Is there a player that
Speaker 1: you're just kind of excited to see finally against an opponent.
Speaker 1: I know it's very difficult to prepare for Week ones
Speaker 1: in general, because typically if you're a National Football League team,
Speaker 1: you take the past three or four games and you
Speaker 1: look at tendencies and you look to see the way
Speaker 1: teams attack, and you look to see what their play
Speaker 1: calls are on thurdn shorts or second and longs, or
Speaker 1: what they do in the red zone, all their tendencies.
Speaker 1: The Jets are playing alliance team they don't play on
Speaker 1: a regular basis. Is the start of the run through
Speaker 1: the NFC North right this year, by the way, the
Speaker 1: FC is is gonna have a tough ride because the
Speaker 1: NFC North is legit. You can make the argument that
Speaker 1: the Lions are the worst team on paper in NFC North.
Speaker 1: That's a team that's a division that features the Minnesota Vikings,
Speaker 1: were in the NFC Championship game last year, the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers, who have an all world quarterback in Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers and whatever he healthy, they're in the mix. And
Speaker 1: then Chicago, the Chicago Bears and a lot offseason editions
Speaker 1: and they just added Cleio McK oh. The NFC North,
Speaker 1: you said loaded is out of the word you. Oh no,
Speaker 1: you said legit. NFC North has loaded, and so that
Speaker 1: just I mean you talked about everyone on in that
Speaker 1: division that's gonna be I said the other day the
Speaker 1: NFC North could have four teams over five hundred. I
Speaker 1: think that's possible. So you asked me about, uh, yeah,
Speaker 1: what what a player? What to what to expect? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know, And I was I was going off on
Speaker 1: a little tangent there because I do think it's fascinating
Speaker 1: how Bates and Donald and McCown and all those cats
Speaker 1: are gonna be. I mentioned McCom because he's the wildly
Speaker 1: flat but as far as coming up with that game plan,
Speaker 1: because you're looking at the Lions personnel, but on what
Speaker 1: is Matt Patricia showing you in the preseason. I don't
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be showing you too many schemes, just
Speaker 1: like the Jets fans were all upset about the lack
Speaker 1: of pressure against Eli Manning in the third preseason game.
Speaker 1: And well, when I came back and I said, do
Speaker 1: you think Top Bowls and Casey Rogers is going to
Speaker 1: reveal all their exotic schemes against the Giants in the
Speaker 1: third preseason game. I never thought that was the case.
Speaker 1: But so you go to Patricia and you say, well,
Speaker 1: you gotta look at New England film, don't you. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, you have to look at New
Speaker 1: England film and then imagine how he's gonna work those
Speaker 1: pieces with the Lions. And on that defense. But I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go to my guy Blopa longest time in New
Speaker 1: York Jet the Detroit Lions, uh last year. Here's a
Speaker 1: step for you. Um. Like I told you before, I
Speaker 1: think the Jets offensively gotta have balance. But I will
Speaker 1: flip into the other side of the ball because I
Speaker 1: think Blap could be in line for a big game.
Speaker 1: But on the other side of the ball, did you
Speaker 1: know the Droyt lines were last in the NFL and
Speaker 1: Russian two thousand and seventeen. I think they haven't had
Speaker 1: a one thousand yard rushier in like ten years or
Speaker 1: something like that. So they draft to carry on Johnson
Speaker 1: at Auburn in the second round. I got Lagarret blonto theoretick.
Speaker 1: He's kind of like the more they're receiving more than
Speaker 1: the receiving threat. Um. So can the Jets take away
Speaker 1: that run and then get the exotics because they got
Speaker 1: to get to Stafford. Stafford will hold on to the football.
Speaker 1: He is looking to make the play down the field,
Speaker 1: bombs away at Ford Field, that's what he wants to do.
Speaker 1: He wants an aerial assault. So New Jack City comes
Speaker 1: into focus, because you gotta keep the ball in front
Speaker 1: of you, and I'm gonna be talking about that all week.
Speaker 1: So you know, if you hear here, hear me on
Speaker 1: the podcast, I'm gonna be shouting about it on Friday
Speaker 1: on uh the game preview. Yeah yeah, Friday game preview,
Speaker 1: we're gonna be talking about uh, you know, practice today
Speaker 1: and we're gonna be talking about a pregame central. You
Speaker 1: gotta keep the ball in front of you against Matt Stafford,
Speaker 1: so just can't, I mean, can't go over your head,
Speaker 1: cannot go over. So to come full circle here real quick,
Speaker 1: is blah Paul is gonna Blapa is gonna be featured
Speaker 1: in this offense, So you're not. Yeah, but I also
Speaker 1: want to see this is a great test out of
Speaker 1: the gate for this secondary that features Tremaine Johnson. So
Speaker 1: I go blow all and I go the defensive backfield. Okay?
Speaker 1: So is that okay? Yeah, that's fine. I'm cool with that.
Speaker 1: You're talking about the secondary Tremaine Johnson. Of course, the
Speaker 1: big ticket free agent edition gre signed Morris Clayborne, Jamal
Speaker 1: Adams and his growth. We'll see if Marcus May lines
Speaker 1: up next to Jamal Adams or if it's Doug Middleton.
Speaker 1: But regardless of this secondary on paper is one of
Speaker 1: these ranks of this team, and a lot of the
Speaker 1: CBS guys again have lofty expectations for this unit. So
Speaker 1: this is what they had to say about New Jack City.
Speaker 1: I really like the look of the Jet secondary, and
Speaker 1: certainly Tremaine Johnson is a big addition. Now Morris Claiborne
Speaker 1: can settle in at that opposite side, and I think
Speaker 1: that's a better fit for him and the two young
Speaker 1: guys at safety I think are going to be fantastic.
Speaker 1: And you look around the league now and and how
Speaker 1: significant the passing game is. You gotta have that secondary.
Speaker 1: You gotta buy a little time for your edge rushers
Speaker 1: um and your double A gap blitzers to to get
Speaker 1: that extra little split second to get to the quarterback.
Speaker 1: Jaman's likes the Turpil likes to talk a lot, right
Speaker 1: because you don't. Because he's competent and I can't even
Speaker 1: imagine the confidence that he's going to bring in this
Speaker 1: year as compared to this time last year. Those guys
Speaker 1: are sneaky, man, and you know, if he really figures
Speaker 1: it out, he'll be like Ed Reid, He'll be like
Speaker 1: Troy Palamalo. And it's not only about tackling, it's about
Speaker 1: getting interset options. You've got the ball hawking safety. You've
Speaker 1: got guys who you think can thump back there. You
Speaker 1: think you have starting corners who can hold it down.
Speaker 1: If you have to leave one of them on an island,
Speaker 1: maybe more than you would even like to, to try
Speaker 1: to get more people attacking the quarterback, then you know,
Speaker 1: I think you're you're willing to do that. When you
Speaker 1: have a couple of corners to trust and Tremaine as
Speaker 1: as outstanding, uh, then then you can put them on
Speaker 1: island more and take more chances getting after the quarterback.
Speaker 1: And I know that's what Todd loves to do. When
Speaker 1: we had Patrick Peterson, he was able to use Patrick
Speaker 1: and you take this guy and you shut him down
Speaker 1: and let the rest of the team handle everything else.
Speaker 1: You can do that which remain the goal is for
Speaker 1: Todd Bowls to run the defense like you ran it
Speaker 1: in Arizona and in Philadelphia, and that is reckless, abandoned,
Speaker 1: get after the quarterback, and of course trust your guys
Speaker 1: on the back end. The secondary is going in the
Speaker 1: right direction, but you have to pressure the QB in
Speaker 1: this league. You can't leave your guys out on an island.
Speaker 1: And that's the one thing I keep going back to
Speaker 1: with this defense whether or not this team can truly
Speaker 1: be competitive this year. Okay, let's let's shift now to
Speaker 1: Jets lines in particular. You I asked you who you're
Speaker 1: excited to see, Well, now I'm gonna answer. I'm excited
Speaker 1: to see Jamal Adams because this guy, he talks the
Speaker 1: talk and he you see him post things on Instagram.
Speaker 1: He's watching Phil. I think this guy is ready to
Speaker 1: blow up, and as someone that covers the team, I
Speaker 1: hope he does because I think he can be a
Speaker 1: really exciting player to watch. But I really do believe
Speaker 1: that Jamal Adams can be a difference maker in his
Speaker 1: second year if he progresses the way that he anticipates.
Speaker 1: And I'm really excited to see what happened. E A
Speaker 1: and I broke down Jets Lions Beth Mullens, who is
Speaker 1: going to call the game on Monday Night Football, along
Speaker 1: with Brian Greasy and Laura Rutledge on the sidebys. They
Speaker 1: all came out to Jets camp. Laura Rutledge Florida Gator,
Speaker 1: Beth Mwens go or and you can play that game, right, greasy.
Speaker 1: You're having a tough week, bro, Yeah, amazing, Blue not
Speaker 1: not so amazing. It's an Irish open. Yes they did.
Speaker 1: But regardless that. We caught up with Beth Mullins at
Speaker 1: CBS Media Day. She's calling the game. This is what
Speaker 1: she had to say about the Jets lines storylines on
Speaker 1: Monday Night. So let's talk to the Jets Lions here.
Speaker 1: When I say that to you Jets Lions Monday Night
Speaker 1: football Week one, what are some of the things that
Speaker 1: stick out immediately and for storylines are matchup one. I
Speaker 1: think the first thing that jumps off the page right
Speaker 1: away is the experienced quarterback in Matthew Stafford and what
Speaker 1: looks like it's going to be the new guy and
Speaker 1: Sam Donald and sort of the juxtaposition of those two guys,
Speaker 1: one guy in his prime, one guy trying to figure
Speaker 1: it out and trying to make a huge difference and
Speaker 1: be the franchise guy. I think that is probably the
Speaker 1: marquee matchup. The other thing that's intriguing is um Matt Patricia.
Speaker 1: Nobody knows the Jets um as good as he does
Speaker 1: from his years in New England and having come from
Speaker 1: the Bill Belichick coaching tree. How does he instill some
Speaker 1: of that Patriot way in the in what the Lions
Speaker 1: are doing? And can that be a much improved defense
Speaker 1: from a year ago? Will they be able to get
Speaker 1: some pressure on a young quarterback? UM? And then I
Speaker 1: think the other big thing for me from the Jets
Speaker 1: point of view is is this offense good enough to
Speaker 1: score with the Lions? Because you look at Stafford in
Speaker 1: that receiving corps, you look at what should be a
Speaker 1: really improved run game. Um, is this going to be
Speaker 1: a shootout? And can the Jets muster what they need
Speaker 1: to to compete and win. Having been out to both
Speaker 1: Jets camp and Lions camp, what's the biggest difference out
Speaker 1: there in Detroit with Matt Patricia now taking the rain there.
Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing that you you see and
Speaker 1: that you hear too when you're talking to their players
Speaker 1: and and sort of interacting with a lot of the
Speaker 1: media is it's a much different culture. It's a much
Speaker 1: different feeling of more intensity, more passion, UM, and a
Speaker 1: lot more done at game speed. I think that's one
Speaker 1: of the big things that Matt is trying to incorporate. UM.
Speaker 1: We gotta make sure we're in the best shape that
Speaker 1: we can possibly be in if you're on the Lions
Speaker 1: side of things, because it's a long haul, it's a long,
Speaker 1: grueling season, and I think that's one of the things
Speaker 1: that he has really tried to instill, is that toughness.
Speaker 1: From a Jets perspective, is what do you expect some
Speaker 1: of the areas that the Green and White can exploit,
Speaker 1: Let's say on the Lions defense, or if you're Jeremy Bates,
Speaker 1: what are you hoping to create mismatches or where rather?
Speaker 1: You know, you know, I think one of the big
Speaker 1: question marks for the Jets is at the tight end
Speaker 1: position and and how can you utilize that and how
Speaker 1: good can that group be? Um It's gonna be a
Speaker 1: challenge against Detroit because that's a very good secondary as well,
Speaker 1: led by Darius slay Um. So there will be some
Speaker 1: challenges in the past game. How good can can um?
Speaker 1: A Noon will be coming back? How good can Prior be?
Speaker 1: Is uh coming back from his injuries? So I think
Speaker 1: there are a lot of question marks in that past game.
Speaker 1: And first and foremost, you're probably gonna want to try
Speaker 1: and run the ball and see what you can do
Speaker 1: with um, with Powell and the new additions that they
Speaker 1: brought into that run game as well. E A. Now
Speaker 1: it is time for the mailbag. This is one of
Speaker 1: our segments this year. Tweet your questions at e A,
Speaker 1: at myself, E Allen Jets, E Greenberg Jets. You can't
Speaker 1: tweet at E's Instagram, but you can d m him
Speaker 1: if you want. I gotta start following more people on Instagram.
Speaker 1: You do like the players, and I got to learn
Speaker 1: how to navigate him on Instagram. I do think I'm
Speaker 1: posting pretty well. All right, we'll go through a lesson later. Well,
Speaker 1: this is the mailbag. This is the Jets mailbag. These
Speaker 1: are your questions. We do it for the face. Are
Speaker 1: we gonna do this rapid fire? Santiago writes in what's
Speaker 1: the status of Curse? Is he officially out for week one? Green?
Speaker 1: So he's not officially out. Jermaine Curse did not talk
Speaker 1: about his injury, nor did Todd Bowles, and at the
Speaker 1: time we are recording this, there has been no injury report,
Speaker 1: even though it is Wednesday, that will likely be Tomorrow
Speaker 1: is the first day of the injury reports. But he
Speaker 1: has not practiced yet, so far this week, he's been
Speaker 1: in a bucket hat and then that was earlier in
Speaker 1: the week. So this is, uh, you know, a very
Speaker 1: um unique week because, like we talked about before, it's
Speaker 1: a long week, so those first two days, it's really
Speaker 1: gonna ramp up from Thursday to Saturday. So we'll have
Speaker 1: to see what happens with curse out there on the field.
Speaker 1: Any injury um diagnosis designations, they're gonna come from the
Speaker 1: head coach. Okay, let's go to Jude truth. The team
Speaker 1: has been below average on the road for the last
Speaker 1: seven years. How can Bowls change that this season? So
Speaker 1: basically a recipe for success on the road, I would
Speaker 1: say first things first is talking the players talked about
Speaker 1: it last year's bringing that same kind of energy at
Speaker 1: matt Lie that they do on Sundays and bring it
Speaker 1: to the opposing arena, so Ford Field, I would expect
Speaker 1: the Jets would be high on energy, no doubt. Monday
Speaker 1: Night haven't played in nine months, new players, new pieces.
Speaker 1: The other thing is you talked about if you establish
Speaker 1: a run game, I think that sets the tone early,
Speaker 1: It eats up clock and then you can take your
Speaker 1: shots when needed. If you make a couple of splash
Speaker 1: plays here and there, whether it be on special teams
Speaker 1: or turnover on offense, whatever it may be, is I
Speaker 1: think that's how you really get the ball moving, and
Speaker 1: once you get momentum on the road, I think you
Speaker 1: just kind of ride it. Jets to go one and
Speaker 1: seven on the road, and two thousand and seventeen they
Speaker 1: start with three or four away from home. Jode, You're right.
Speaker 1: For the Jets to take the next step, they have
Speaker 1: to find ways to win on the road, and I
Speaker 1: think that is what you're looking for from a young team.
Speaker 1: And let's see how much they've matured here early in
Speaker 1: the two thousand and eighteen season, because I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna be tested right out of the gate. That's gonna
Speaker 1: that's a tough environment. Uh. And I don't think Detroit
Speaker 1: is there's this big dispass, the disparity in terms of
Speaker 1: talent between the lines and the Jets. But for them
Speaker 1: to play better, they gotta play better out of the
Speaker 1: gates and can't have any stinkers on the road. Like
Speaker 1: even the game they won against Cleveland, the Jets came
Speaker 1: out flat, or the game they played against Tampa last
Speaker 1: they just had nothing early in the game. You need
Speaker 1: guys to come out and have some tone setting plays.
Speaker 1: You have to be fundamental in all elements of the game,
Speaker 1: meaning playing well on special teams, that hidden yardage bit
Speaker 1: meaning no pre snap penalties on offense. Um. Also, you know,
Speaker 1: if you can strike first, that will go a long way.
Speaker 1: But I think you need to make some momentum uh,
Speaker 1: changing plays early and be able to absorb some punches.
Speaker 1: That's part of taking the next step as a team
Speaker 1: is absorbing punches, walking through it and saying, hey, listen,
Speaker 1: this is the heavyway battle we're gonna be around. We're
Speaker 1: not going away, and don't be frustrated, but play sound
Speaker 1: discipline football. I think it is a good question. It
Speaker 1: is fair and that's what I'm looking for for the
Speaker 1: Jets over the first four games the two thousand and
Speaker 1: eighteen season, and I want them to ride the energy
Speaker 1: players you mentioned Jamal Adams. He's an energy player Bla Paul.
Speaker 1: He might not talk much, he's an energy player. Another
Speaker 1: guy that getting back to the offense who I'd love
Speaker 1: to see a little bit of him early on Monday
Speaker 1: night number eighty one Quincy and noon one. He's an
Speaker 1: energy player. When these guys make plays. You see the
Speaker 1: sideline looks a little different. Don't forget about Robbie Anderson,
Speaker 1: Uh making big plays down the field? Uh there, Uh
Speaker 1: so let's go to I believe this is MO? How
Speaker 1: is your Moal Adams looked in the preseason lots of hype,
Speaker 1: but haven't heard much from the beat writers afraid of
Speaker 1: bus potential. I don't think you gotta be afraid of
Speaker 1: bus potential at all. People know the game of coming
Speaker 1: and watched him at practice, and he at thirty three.
Speaker 1: He's consistently stood out on the practice field the Swiss
Speaker 1: army knife. I think he's gonna be used all over
Speaker 1: the place. Don't be worried about Jamally Adams. Um, he's
Speaker 1: gonna be just fine. Alex as any update on the
Speaker 1: new jersey numbers prior Robert's picking up real wide receiver numbers,
Speaker 1: So tell him the background and tell him where we're
Speaker 1: at greens. So background is, if you're a receiver, you
Speaker 1: can't wear single digits. You have to be in the
Speaker 1: teens or the eighties. And what prior wearing the hires
Speaker 1: number one? Robert's number three as it stands today Wednesday,
Speaker 1: no Jersey changes from a number standpoint, tomorrow maybe different. However,
Speaker 1: if we're take in bets, and I know we're not,
Speaker 1: but I would guess that Roberts goes nineteen and prior
Speaker 1: in the eighties, either eight or eight eight prior in
Speaker 1: the eighties, and Roberts goes from three to nineteen. I
Speaker 1: think he wore it last year, did he? Yeah? For
Speaker 1: the Falcons, uh and Andre Roberts, you would think Trenton
Speaker 1: Cannon is on the active roster. You would think that
Speaker 1: Roberts is going to be your return or Week one
Speaker 1: against the front lines. Um, the Jets kept seven receivers
Speaker 1: and that correctors six and our Darius Stewarts start the
Speaker 1: season out on suspension, so you kind of it's almost
Speaker 1: feels like you got a fifty six, so you just
Speaker 1: don't have access to three of these guys to start
Speaker 1: the year. That's Kempierre Lewis one game suspension or Darius
Speaker 1: Stewart two games suspension. And then Rashad Robinson, who Todd
Speaker 1: Bowles was very consummatary about the way he's rebounded throughout
Speaker 1: the summer. Who'll start the season on the spongeon list.
Speaker 1: He's got a four game Uh. We don't have time
Speaker 1: for the roster breakdown, Greens, but I did find it,
Speaker 1: uh not not curious. It speaks to adept with the
Speaker 1: Jets having the defensive ack fields. They think they have
Speaker 1: a lot of good players back there, so you know
Speaker 1: a lot uh anybody hit the streets. So you're carrying
Speaker 1: seven cornerbacks and then five safeties to start the year.
Speaker 1: And you don't even have Rod Times Miles here because
Speaker 1: he's starting the season on p U P. So you
Speaker 1: have five safeties. Uh in Doug Middleton, Terence Brooks, J. J.
Speaker 1: Wilcox will provide the depth behind the big two. And
Speaker 1: that's all we have. The week one rapidly approaching. This
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