WEBVTT - Jets-Panthers Game Preview (11/21) 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:05.480 The game is over the world. You played to win 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:17.720 the game. Gotta a Jet touchdown win your listening to 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:24.760 the official Jets podcast Jets three sixty production. Jets Football 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:28.600 is back this weekend, Week twelve of the NFL season, 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.639 Jets Panthers e a before we dive in here, how 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:33.600 are you feeling refreshed? I was gonna ask how your 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:36.440 bye week is going. By bye week is over, I'm 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:41.120 ready for football. It's the Thanksgiving season gold adages. Teams 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:45.600 start separating themselves after Thanksgiving. With that being said, the 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:48.360 Jets are four and six right now. Green's they think 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.800 they let a couple of games slip away over those 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.160 first time. Namely, you think about the Miami the fourteen 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:58.200 point lead against the Dolphins. You think about a game 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:01.800 against Tampa Bay and on it was sitting right there 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:05.479 for you and you couldn't manufacture anything offensively. With all 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.040 that being said, you look at the a f C. 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:12.640 I'm not talking playoffs. I'm just talking about positioning. The 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.759 Jets are with a large group of teams, so it's 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:19.560 gonna be interesting to see the way they finish. Very 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:23.760 important too, game homestand here with Carolina coming in with 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.120 a seven and three record. They have a lot of 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.959 confidence in Kansas City, a team that started off so 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:31.760 hot out of the gates with a five and zero record, 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:33.760 all of a sudden they've lost four or five and 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.200 they're six and four. The final wild card in the 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.319 a f C will be a team with an eight 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:44.000 and eight record. Okay, that's a that's a take from that. 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:46.680 I think it's very feasible, and I think you're right. 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:50.160 And it's funny because you look at when the Jets 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:52.880 finished ten and six, couldn't make it in the playoffs 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.360 with a record that in most years would, and now 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:57.720 you know nine and seven could get you in. So 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.520 you know, every year in the NFL is different. It's 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.480 funny how things play out. But this weekend is a 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:07.920 big test, especially against a tremendous defense. The Panthers were 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.440 the top defense for the majority of the season, and 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:14.160 then this past week they got bumped by the Jaguars. 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.720 So now the Panthers are number two in the NFL. 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.480 I'm glad you mentioned Jacksonville because I think this team 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:23.440 has similar traits to Jacksonville. A big difference, though, is 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:28.160 they have Cam Newton at quarterback. The Jags have Blake Bortles. 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:34.639 The Jets largely did a very good job against the 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.600 Jaguars run game. Carolina has not been able to run 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:42.320 it well throughout the season. I believe they're leading rushers 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:46.040 Jonathan Stewart, but Cam Newton in terms of yards per 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:49.120 carry and touchdowns on the ground. Of course he's leading 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:54.000 that group. Where Carolina can get you is Cam getting 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:57.200 out of pressure, escape and pressure. And also he's got 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.320 some new targets out of the backfield uh N Ely, 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.880 Christian McCaffrey and Davan Funcious is now his number one 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.120 target on the outside. And we'll have to see Greens. 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.600 Maybe they get a big boost from one of the 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.080 finer tightenns of football, Greg Olsen. Will to see if 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:14.520 he's ready to play. Cam Newton averaging about six yards 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.560 on the ground, and he's second on the team seventy 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:21.000 four carries four hundred thirty six yards, but leads the 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:25.519 team with four rushing touches. This defense is solid all 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.840 the way through, you know. And we can talk about 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.160 personnel with Joe Person here, like I set that up. 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.480 Joe Person who covers the Panthers from the Charlotte observer, 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.240 does a great job down there on the beat. But 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:44.200 this Carolina defense is suffocating. They are tenacious, they get 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:48.120 after you, and the Jets offense is gonna have to 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.520 come up with a good game plan from John Morton, 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:53.080 who has done that throughout the season, and you gotta 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.240 be patient against this Carolina defense. The one number that 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:59.760 stood out to me while looking at this game early on, 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:04.400 Carolina doesn't turn people over and in fact their minus 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:08.119 in the turnover differential category. For the Jets to win 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.839 this week, I say it often, but I really mean 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.840 this against Carolina, I think it's even more significant. The 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.920 Jets have to win the turnover battle. This is a 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:21.919 Panther's team that has not turned people over. I find 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:26.320 that very interesting because they are in excellent defense. Time 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:33.040 to hit the phones A Greens. Let's bring in Joe, 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:37.200 person who covers the Panthers at the Charlotte Observer. Joe, 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:41.000 are you surprised the Panthers are seven and three because 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:46.039 looking at the stats, offensively not a prolific unit, but 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.560 this team is winning with its defense. Yeah, you know, 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:52.480 I don't know that. I'm real surprised. I picked the 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:57.159 Panthers at the beginning of the season six. I thought 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:01.280 that they would be good but not great, and through 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.520 the first ten games, I think that's kind of where 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:07.719 they are there. Their defense has certainly been playoff caliber 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:12.120 and maybe even championship caliber with the way they've played 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:17.479 with with the additions of Julius Peppers, captain Monolins played 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.680 pretty well at nickelback, and then of course getting Luke 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:24.360 Keiklely back mostly healthy from that concussion. He did miss 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.800 one game while in the protocol that as you said, though, 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:31.360 the big thing with them is was the offense going 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:35.159 to have enough to kind of match the defense and 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.720 uh and could Cam bounce back from that just huge 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.960 drop off he had last year following his m v 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:45.640 P during their Super Bowl season, and the answer mostly 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:47.799 has been no. In the offense hadn't been that great. 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:51.359 They traded Calvin Benjamin was surprised a lot of people 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.640 around the league. Actually, I thought it was a good 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.039 move from the locker room standpoint. Benjamin was a guy, 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:00.760 a bit of a prima donna, kind of stay eid overweight, 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:03.640 and right before the bye the Panthers had a very 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.360 terrific offense and showing on Monday Night against the Dolphins. 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.440 They obviously want to try to build on that. Let 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:13.560 me ask you this is this though, the matchup against 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.320 the Jets a couple of days after Thanksgiving, right before 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:21.440 a trip to New Orleans to play the Smoking Hot Saints? 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:26.159 Is this the classic trip game? Feels like it? Right? Uh? 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:29.240 We actually didn't even wait until this week to start 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.320 asking the Saints questions. I was asking them last week 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.479 before the Vibe, just because you could see the Panthers 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.000 and Saints kind of being on this collision course in 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:43.920 the NFC South. Saints wanted winning again in pretty amazing 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:48.880 fashion and in the Superdome. So yeah, you know, the 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:52.239 Panthers are gonna say all the right things. Ron Rivera 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:57.680 typically has done a pretty good job keeping his team focused. Interestingly, 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:01.240 Rivera scenes have not always been real great coming out 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:03.839 of a bye week. Now, the last couple of years 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:07.200 they've kind of turned that around. Uh, and they've they've 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.600 certainly been better in that regard, But early in Rivera's 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:14.960 tenure here in Charlotte, they were pretty miserable after bye 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:18.000 weeks or even after like the quote unquote Ninny bye week. 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:22.239 So that's gonna be something. Uh, you know, Frankly, Rivera 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.320 probably rather talk about that this week than to answer 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:29.920 question about the Saints. But but interesting matchup, no doubt 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:33.000 about it up in the Meadowlands this weekend. You recently 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.520 touched on that you thought Cam Newton was the mid 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:39.360 season m v P of the Carolina Panthers. I know 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:43.400 that he's completing his passes, which would be a career high. 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:47.119 But what's changed for him this season compared to last season, 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.600 and then jumping off of that is what's changed in 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:55.520 the passing game without Calvin Benjamin largely and Devin Funcious well. 0:07:55.560 --> 0:08:00.280 A couple of things. One, it is a new kind 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:04.200 of Panthers offense. As you've touched on, they they went 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.720 out and drafted Christian McCaffrey. They went out and drafted 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.920 Curtis Samuel, who now is hurt and out for the season. 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:15.760 But they wanted some versatile type backs, running back, slash 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:21.520 wide receivers, slash slot guys that could give Cam underneath 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.920 targets getting the ball out of his hands more quickly 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:29.760 than these kind of slow developing seven step drop plays 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:33.000 where he was just getting his head caved in last year. 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:35.800 You know, he took a lot of shots. He's taken 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:37.800 a lot of hits over the course of his career. 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.680 But it's been interesting to see the kind of the 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:45.440 evolution of this offense because they've been doing those types 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.200 of plays that I just mentioned right from the beginning 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:52.320 of the season one. It's worth pointing out that they 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:55.360 don't have many guys who can truly stretch the field. 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.880 Curtis Damuel was one of them, and now he's done, 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:02.400 so they've really been relying on the underneath routes, uh, 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.800 the kind of intermediate length route, the Devin's bunches, who 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.680 has really stepped up well in the wake of the 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.920 Benjamin trade. But then the second piece of this is 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.120 early in this season Cam was not running. He's coming 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.960 off that shoulder surgery. I think Mike Schuler was a 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:22.240 little overly protective of him. Ron Rivera probably also a 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:26.200 little too protective and Cam, I think let it be 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:29.520 known inside the building that hey, I think we're better. 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.880 I think I'm better when I'm more involved in the offense. 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.760 And and he's right, and it certainly helps from his 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:40.040 tactical standpoint, where teams have that extra guy to depend 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.040 for you can you know, it kind of takes away 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.400 the defense is man advantage when when Cam's running his 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:49.280 own read. But it also helps from an enthusiasm, a 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:53.800 momentum type standpoint. You know, Cam running around and and 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:57.840 doing his first down signals and and and doing the dancing. 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.360 All of that is very continued just and and his 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.440 teammates on both sides of the ball kind of thrive 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:08.079 on that. So I think getting Cam more back involved 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.760 in the running game has been equally as important as 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.840 as the new fangled twist in the passing game that 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:19.000 I mentioned. You mentioned funcious obviously forty three receptions and 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:23.840 the rookie Christian McCaffrey fifty seven catches, leading the team, 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.760 and a lot of those passes are dump offs from 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:31.840 Cam Newton. Has McCaffrey surprised there at all? Or is 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:36.040 this what you anticipated a guy who carried Stanford's offense 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:40.120 the last couple of seasons. You know, if anything, I've 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.760 been a little surprised that he hadn't broken off more 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.760 big runs or or catching runs. And I was actually 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.920 just having this conversation over a couple of days ago. 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:54.280 There was someone I was kind of debating whether McCaffrey 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.000 was a bust and this and and this guy's point 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:00.520 was just what I'm saying that he hadn't at any 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:05.120 of just the huge sixty yard breaking ankles types of runs, 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.440 and and I and I and I agreed with it, 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.839 because of course he has not done that, I said. 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:14.560 But my counter was his seven yard games are putting 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:18.520 the offense in second and three instead of obvious passing 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:22.040 downs where Cam is getting crushed in the pocket. They're 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:26.360 keeping the defense fresh. This is an old defense. Thomas Davis, 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:32.760 Julius Peppers, Captain Mannerlin, Mike Michael Adams safety all in 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:36.679 their in their thirties. Charles Johnson also so McCaffrey has 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:40.040 been pretty much what they expected, with the exception of 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:44.439 maybe hoping for a couple more big plays. Joe Person 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:48.040 joining us on the official Jets podcast covering the Panthers 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.400 for the Charlotte Observer. You can follow him on Twitter 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:54.400 at Joseph Person Joe. Right before we dive into the defense, 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.040 here one last singers, what are the chances that Greg 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:01.320 Olsen makes his return this Sunday. He's really gonna put 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:05.080 some some stress on that on that surgically repaired foot 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:09.040 that he broken Week two against Buffalo. Uh. If it 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:13.080 responds well, then he intends to to you know, practice 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:16.800 the rest of the week and play Sunday and Meadow Lens. 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.720 Uh that is not a minor thing for this offense 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.200 that you know, this is the guy. He became the 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:25.520 first tight end in NFL history to post three consecutive 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:30.520 a thousand yards receiving seasons. Uh, they've played okay at 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:34.400 that position without him. At Dixon, who incidentally is the 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.400 only guy on this team with a Super Bowl ring, 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.440 having won it with Ravens a few years ago. He's 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.640 done okay. But what's hurt them is with Dixon having 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:46.800 to get into the primary tight end receiving role, best 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.960 blocking tight in and that's been a trickle down effect. 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:54.640 And uh so, certainly from the Panthers standpoint, they'd like 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:56.840 to get Greg Olsen back, and they also like to 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.280 get their Pro Bowls then or Ryan Khalil back. He's 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:01.800 missed any much, all but a game and a half 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:06.360 this season with a lingering, serious neck issue. All Right, Joe, 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.280 the water must be good down there, because Julius Peppers 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:11.599 is fifty five years old and he's got seven and 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:15.720 a half sacks. You mentioned this over thirty crew. Defensively, 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.240 I think Thomas Davis has been playing at a pro 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:21.120 Bowl level for like twenty five seasons. Give me a 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.280 couple of X factors on that defense. Why has it 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:28.040 worked so well? Yeah, that's a good question. And uh, 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:30.920 you guys have come to mind for me second year 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:35.960 cornerback James Bradberry and then third year linebacker Jack Thompson. 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:41.000 The young guys drafted very highly. Bradberry's second round pick 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:46.559 after the Panthers parted ways with Josh Norman last offseason. Uh, 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.760 Thompson was the first round draft pick in two thousand. 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.160 Really has not been on the field a whole lot 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.400 his first couple of seasons because he plays at their 0:13:56.400 --> 0:14:00.680 deepest position, where guys you mentioned Lee, Lukeikle and Thomas Davis. 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.480 But they have found a way to get Thompson on 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.920 the field and he and and they're doing that by 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.719 putting him out in kind of at what they call 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.800 their big nickel position. That's, you know, to see a 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:19.320 pretty sizable linebacker out of space, covering slot receivers and something. 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:23.680 You know, sometimes he's gotten beat. Uh, but it makes 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:28.280 it difficult for opposing offenses because you know, they're they're 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:30.760 not sure if he's in the game exactly what the 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.680 Panthers are running. He might be inside, he might be out, 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.480 but he's a very good and then James Bradberr. He's 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:39.200 the guy doesn't get much pressed, he doesn't have a 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:43.360 lot of interceptions, don't have any interceptions, but he really 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.720 has done a pretty good job taking away his half 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:49.160 the field. He's really took his lumps as a rookie, 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:52.320 but he's come back this year but very well in 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.840 a secondary that really is the only kind of Achilles 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.960 heel if there is one on this defense jumping off 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.000 the Achilles he'll p in. Is what do you think 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.360 are some favorable matchups this weekend for the Jets and 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:07.600 how do you expect them to attack this Panther's defense 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:11.080 stat's playing at an extremely high level right now. Where 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.680 they'll probably trying to go after is the cornerback position 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:19.160 opposite Bradberry that has been kind of a revolving door 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:24.120 this year. It's been mostly a rotation between Darryl Whirling, who, 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:27.920 like Bradberry, came in as a third round pick after 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:33.640 the Norman decisions, and then they traded with Buffalo right 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.680 before the season started and they got got this former 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:41.160 Southern Cow corner Kivon teymore. Neither of those guys have 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.280 been been particularly good. Yeah, they have not given up 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:47.880 huge place, that's probably the only saving grades. But they 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.720 have consistently been picked on and and given up quite 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:55.440 a bit of underneath an intermediate type yardage. That to me, 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:57.560 if you're the Jets, is where you want to attack 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:01.440 the pants. Last one, Joe for me is you tweeted 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:05.360 about Cam Newton saying this season is starting to have 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:08.720 a special feel. As a person who isn't in that 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:12.640 locker room every day, who has covered them since training camp, 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.960 would you agree with that assessment or would you say 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:17.920 a little bit too early, Let's see how the next 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:22.080 couple of games go. Yeah, you know, the thing is different. 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:25.640 And he was being asked, I think in that context 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:27.720 of that quote was he was being asked about two 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:31.160 thousand and fifteen. Look, there avery many seasons. They're gonna 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.880 feel like that when you when you start out fourteen 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:37.880 and oh, finished fifteen and one, roll to the Super Bowl. 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:41.360 Obviously didn't get it done in Super Bowl fifty against 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.280 the Broncos. But that's it's kind of like what I said, 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:46.920 you know, right right at the start here, this is 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:51.280 a very good defense other than that cornerback position. You know, 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.760 you pretty much take your chances with this defense against 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.920 anyone you're gonna see on the NFC side of the playoffs. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.720 And those are some stout offense. Look mean, I'm not 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.920 naive going down to New Orleans for this team in 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:04.919 two weeks going to be a test. But about a 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.920 month ago or less, they go to Chicago, didn't score 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:11.520 an offensive touchdown, and worse, they gave the Bears too 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:15.680 defensive touchdown. So is that the offense that we're gonna 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.639 see over the next six weeks or is it the 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:21.200 one that we've seen the last couple of weeks that's 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:25.359 been dynamic, that's been diverse, and and and you know, 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:26.919 it's been a lot of fun to watch. So that 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.200 to me, I'm kind of tell the tale at Joseph 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:34.000 Person he covers the Panthers at the Charlotte Observer, Joe, 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:36.720 tremendous job. We'll see you up here about Life Stadium 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:41.080 this weekend. Happy thanksgivings, awesome same to you and appreciate 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.800 you having meal. He a something that I thought that 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:48.199 was extremely interesting was the fact that he thought Calvin 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:53.160 Benjamin was an addition by subtraction. That's what Joe Person 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:57.000 of the Charlotte Observer wrote recently, and in turn, Devin 0:17:57.040 --> 0:18:00.680 Funches has really taken on that wide receiver one, and 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:04.240 Carolina offense has kind of took off even without someone 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:06.560 like reg Olds. I think the key matchup for the 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:10.040 Jets defensively this week obviously Cam yes, but then it 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:14.720 goes to McCaffrey. You have to contain Christian McCaffrey this week. 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:19.240 Christian McCaffrey. You mentioned that fifty seven receptions fourteen more 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:23.680 than Devin Funches, whose wide receiver one for the Carolina Panthers, 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:29.680 but McCaffrey only has four thirty three yards through the airdown. 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:33.120 But what Joe was saying is the most important part 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.080 of that is that people are like, well, he's not 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:37.040 breaking those long ones like he was in the back 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:40.119 then the back twelve and Stanford. But what he's doing 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:45.800 is getting the Carolina offense into favorable down in distant situations. 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.000 The other thing that stood out to me that I 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:51.440 did not know is the Panthers traditionally over the years 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:53.760 under Ron River and struggle coming out of the boy. 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:57.600 I'm curious how the Jets are gonna attack Christian McCaffrey. Obviously, 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.080 Cam Newton has to be the focal point. But it 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:04.119 with McCaffrey, Is it Darren Lee that's a matchup? Is 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.679 it to Mario Davis or is it someone like Jamal 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.840 Adams where he comes down in the box more and 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:13.959 he's mainly a Christian McCaffrey spy. Well, Bart Scott and 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:16.000 I looked at it in the film room this week, 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:18.760 and that's gonna be on Jets Flight Plan CBS eleven 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:21.399 thirty Sunday morning for those in the dry state. We 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.960 also put that segment up on New York Just dot 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:27.080 Com with Newton, you gotta watch out for the read 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:30.720 option and you have to be disciplined as far as 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:35.840 staying in your gaps. Where's that end coming? How about 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:38.800 the defensive back? One angles are you're taking because he's 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:41.160 gonna get in the gun and at times he's gonna 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:43.800 run the read option. And the thing for this matchup 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:48.240 is what can the Jets offense do against the NFL's 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:53.840 number one defense. Because the Carolina knows their scheme, knows 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:57.959 the way they're gonna play. They have tremendous intelligence on 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:01.880 that side of the football that that's really struggled offensively 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:04.200 against Tampa the last time we saw him because they 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:07.080 were not winning on first and second down and we're 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:09.760 getting in third and long situations. You can't do that 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:14.720 against the Panthers. You have to get some favorable plays 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:19.000 early on drive. So otherwise, um, you're gonna be playing 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:22.919 a field position game and nets right up Carolina's alley. 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:25.840 And Joe mentioned that maybe a favorable matchup for the 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:31.120 Jets is the cornerback opposite brad Berry, And I'm just curious, 0:20:31.119 --> 0:20:33.640 you know, are the Jets gonna try to line whoever 0:20:34.400 --> 0:20:37.840 lines up across from Bradberry? Is it Robbie Anderson? Is 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:40.560 you gonna Are you gonna try to beat that guy deep? 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:42.400 Is it your main curse? And just try to work 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:45.240 the intermediate routes well. Rob in a great point about 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:48.159 Robbie goes into this game four four for four for 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:52.400 the last four games, four touchdowns, and again, guys see 0:20:52.480 --> 0:20:56.680 him on film and I still think they're surprised about 0:20:56.800 --> 0:20:59.760 his flat out speed. Where Robbie has really developed this 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:03.240 years said, I think he's getting better off the line, 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:06.920 and the thing that's underrated about him as his short 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:09.880 area quickness. He's not just a burner. Some guys can 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:13.879 just run. He's really good off the line using his feet. 0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:16.439 Talking about the Jets offense, I think it's time we 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:19.600 check in with Chad Pettington post byewee. Al Right, Green's 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:22.000 let's go down to Kentucky and bringing our quarterback Chad 0:21:22.040 --> 0:21:24.840 Pennington jed, what do you think about the Jets four 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:27.480 and six records? Of course, will be back at MetLife 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:31.520 Stadium to play the Carolina Panthers when action resumes. Well, 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:34.800 I would be lying to you. Eric said that I 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:38.400 wasn't disappointed. Uh, this team still has a chance to 0:21:38.440 --> 0:21:41.120 go out and find compete and win football games. But 0:21:41.600 --> 0:21:44.359 certainly a forward sakes it puts a damper on things. 0:21:44.400 --> 0:21:48.200 What happened to McCown in the offense against Tampa and 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:51.919 how do you stop that from becoming a trend? Because 0:21:52.000 --> 0:21:55.520 the next opponent the Jets will face is a Carolina 0:21:55.600 --> 0:22:00.280 Panthers defense who is suffocating at times. Carol line of 0:22:00.320 --> 0:22:02.520 defense is impressed and there's no doubt about it. And 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:05.680 it's not that they do it with complicated schemes or 0:22:05.720 --> 0:22:08.760 anything like that. They do it with effort and being 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:11.399 in the right place and being smart football players, and 0:22:11.440 --> 0:22:15.320 they understand their scheme and they just out execute their opponent. 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:18.800 With that being said, the Jets did themselves no favors 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:22.320 with self inflicted wounds, namely penalties. When I look at 0:22:22.320 --> 0:22:24.480 the schemes, the one thing that I would have liked 0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:28.200 to have seen more of based upon how Tampa Bay 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:31.439 was playing, I felt like Tampa Bay was putting a 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:34.240 lot of defenders up around the line of scrammings to 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:36.760 say that Jet, you're not going to run the ball 0:22:36.800 --> 0:22:39.240 on first and second down. But that being said, that 0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:42.119 lends itself to being able to pass the ball on 0:22:42.200 --> 0:22:44.280 first and second down, and I felt like I would 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:46.639 like to have seen more of that on first and 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:49.359 second down to kind of give yourself a little bit 0:22:49.359 --> 0:22:51.760 of breathing room instead of just trying to run against 0:22:51.800 --> 0:22:54.159 eight and nine half fronts on first down. How did 0:22:54.200 --> 0:22:57.960 the Jets go about maintaining consistency on offense, because after 0:22:58.000 --> 0:23:00.280 the game, josh Ma Cowen said that that's gonna be 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:03.240 the main point of the bye week moving forward into 0:23:03.359 --> 0:23:06.680 Carolina week, is that this offense and defense has both 0:23:06.720 --> 0:23:09.280 shown that they can hang with the best of the NFL. 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:13.160 Is just a question of being consistent well, first of all, 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:17.439 consistency starts with focus and concentration and being technically sound, 0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:20.680 and so you can't have off side penalties and balls 0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:25.800 starts and holding penalties and illegal formations and illegal motions 0:23:25.840 --> 0:23:28.600 and things like that that are just creates a negative aura, 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:32.879