WEBVTT - Midseason Breakdown with Brian Baldinger (11/1) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:04.200 The game is over and New York the world you 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:17.599 play to win the game. He's got a touchdown. You're 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:21.000 listening to the Official New York Jets Podcast, a Jets 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:26.240 three sixty production. What's up, everybody, Thanks for tuning in 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.840 the Official Jets Podcast Ethan Greenberg, Eric Allen. We got 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.960 a very good show in store for you today. We 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:36.279 brought in Brian Baldinger O NFL Network. I'm sure you've 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:40.680 seen this stuff. I've seen this stuff hashtag Baldy's breakdown 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:43.400 on Twitter. I've actually seen a lot of this stuff 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:45.120 over the years. Well, good thing. I was talking to 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.400 the audience and now you okay, that's fine. And Baldi 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:52.920 came out and braved the elements Sunday at Soldier Field. 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:56.040 Come on pre game Central. It looked extremely windy on 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.760 pregame Central, didn't it. It was we gotta get that 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:03.960 table nailed. But yeah, a couple of my papers blew away. 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.679 But fortunately no game plan notes on there for the 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:11.280 Bears to take a look at. But hey, always great 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.800 catching up with Baldy. He breaks it down like no 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.360 other and we'll talk to him. He had great things 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.920 to say about Sam Donald, really cool inside about what 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.840 goes behind his breakdowns and talked a little bit about 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.920 the Dolphins, a little bit about mid season m v 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.360 p s because we're at the midway point of the 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.080 NFL season, which is crazy to think about. And Jamal 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:34.240 Adams said this the other week and it kind of 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:38.000 stuck with me. Is after the Vikings game, he said, 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.480 there's kind of sort of not really a lot of 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:43.440 time left, but there still is a lot of time 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:47.080 left in the NFL season because when you think about it, 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:53.200 it's November at this point, and make sure you get 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:57.200 out vote and thank you for that. And halfway through 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.360 the NFL season. There is still a lot of time left. 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.400 But at the same time, there's not a lot of time. 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.800 So it's like a very interesting dynamics. Well before you 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:07.640 know it for the Jets, they're gonna be at their 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:09.840 by their week eleve and by and then you got, 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.880 you know, six games down the stretch. But Game nine 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.960 is very important for this team against the Miami Dolphins, 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:20.639 and Morris clay Borne uh set the tone I think 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.360 for the week, and a couple other guys actually said 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.040 that said this in the post game locker room at 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.280 Soldier Field after the Jets lost twenty four to ten 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.680 to the Bears that this is a must win for 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.720 the Jets. What do you think about that, Young Greens? 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:37.000 The man who said the Colts game was the most 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.080 important game of the season for the Jets, Well, at 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:41.760 the time, it was, okay, what do you think about 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.560 this game against Miami Dolphins? Though it's obviously very important. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.480 I want to I want to clarify here because you 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:50.560 keep you keep saying if you're a first time listener. 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.200 I didn't just say the Jets. I would hope you're 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.160 not a first time listener, but if you are, tell 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:57.960 your friends, tell your family, yeah, tell it, tweet whatever. 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:00.320 So what I'm saying is that going back then, and 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.800 I wasn't saying that the Jets Colts game was the 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.200 most important game of the season in the sixteen games. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.680 Either I didn't pluck it out of a hat or anything. 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:09.680 I didn't market down on the calendar, but at the 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.920 time I felt that it was. It was one of 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:17.799 those games where I felt like it would show and 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.320 entering week six that the Jets would have taken a 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:23.760 step in the right direction as a team if they 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.800 would have beaten that Colts team, and they did well 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:31.680 and this team is in desperate need of a step 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.520 in the right direction. And Todd Bowles said Monday during 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.680 a conference call with reporters, we had dug ourselves a hole. 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.560 We have to dig ourselves out of it. I like that, 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:44.760 and I think that it's true. And if you remember 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.680 last year in Miami, the Jets lost, I don't think 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.040 they won the year before in Miami either, So oh 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.000 and two in Miami in the past two years and 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.400 then a fourth quarter lead last year that was a 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:57.120 bitter defeat. Yes it was so, I'm sure. And the 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.440 Dolphins one in Week two at My Life Stadium the 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:03.000 Jets season an opener twelve contest once Sam Doornold passed 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.320 for three thirty four yards, becoming the youngest player in 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.160 NFL history to throw from more than three hundred yards. 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.360 Thank you. Okay. On a side note here is just 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.400 remember last year's game was extremely muddy and the and 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.360 the field was all chalked up and charred up because 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.800 the University of Miami had played there the night before 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:23.880 in that mud bowl. Yes, the same thing is going 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.839 to happen this week. Was Miami past sounds as it 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:31.360 stands now, Duke plays the You at hard Rock Stadium 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.279 the night I think it's the night before or maybe 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.440 the afternoon afternoon. I can't imagine if I put that 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:43.599 game at night regardless, So Duke Miami. Actually Miami played 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.360 I think Syracuse last year. It was the Saturday game 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.920 and it took care of business. But congratulations to you. 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:53.200 You're anto are now in the top twenty five. I 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.680 know there's a lot of celebrations going on there because 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.040 probably there's just two seasons. What is it basketball season 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:03.640 and winter? Okay, that's true. It's basketball season and there's winter. 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:07.520 That's it. The Queues, they continue to play basketball every week. 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.320 I love Dino Baber's offense that we're in a highly 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:13.880 entertaining affair against the c State and the wolf peck 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:18.000 went down. But we're not gonna I digress on that matter, 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.440 and let's get back to the Jets. At the midway point. 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:25.200 If I asked you who is the team MVP, just 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:31.080 the team MVP, who would you go with? The tough question? Yeah, 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.760 it is a tough question. The team m v P. 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.160 I think you could go in a lot of different directions, 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.640 but for me, all of them land on defense. Right now. 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:44.920 I think you can make a case for Jamal Adams. 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.960 I think he's I think taking a step in the 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:50.400 right direction. I think you can make a case for 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.000 Morris Clayborne, who's playing his best ball of his career. 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.960 But I'm gonna go with a bit of an X factor. 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:04.599 Derenly high three interceptions. Yeah, he's first among linebackers tied 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.719 for the interception lead. He I think that he was 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.520 someone that coming into this year, a lot of fans 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.080 and a lot of external media had questions about Darren 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.359 Lee because he hadn't seen a lot of the production 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.039 from him the first two years, but you saw growth 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.240 and this year, I think he's taken a real step 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:24.280 forward for this Jets team. So, I mean it may 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.120 not be the sexiest name out there, but I think 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:30.520 Darren Lee's played. He's played well anytime you're talking about 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:34.520 inside linebacker, has got three interceptions in the season, and 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:38.239 who's been pretty good in coverage and also has helped 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:42.120 this the team in terms of the run game. I 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.240 definitely think he's taken some steps forward. I'd be thinking, 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.240 I think you gotta be hard pressed to go against 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.960 Adams at this point eight games in the season, because 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.320 while he only has the one interception and the Jets 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.000 walk him down in that box a lot. He makes 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.839 a lot of tackles towards the line of scrimmage, He's 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:02.520 made a number stops behind the line of scrimmage. He's 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.560 been in on some other takeaways, and I think he 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:10.360 stepped up vocally as well. Just through eight games. I 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.840 think you'd have to go with Adams, which actually leads 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:16.080 us to a nice transition to our special guest today. 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:19.040 Because Brian Baldinger is one of the biggest Jamal Adams 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:21.440 fans there are. You hit the nail on the head 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:25.200 Brian Baldinger. He loves Jamal Adams. So without further ado, 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:34.200 here's our chat with Baldi. Aready A, let's bring in 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.880 Brian Baldinger. You can follow him on Twitter at Baldy NFL. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.800 Baldi gives tremendous breakdowns. You gotta watch. So I have 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.680 to know how much time does that take you and 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:50.000 when do you start and when do you end? Well, um, 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.400 I got home late Monday Sunday night after that game 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:56.360 at Soldier Field Jets in Chicago, and I got the 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.840 NFL films about eleven o'clock, so I got some done 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:03.000 Sunday night, and then all day yesterday and today, I 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.200 do two versions of it. E A U. I do 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.320 all these breakdowns for the NFL, and this week they 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.160 had me break down the Coach of the Year, Rookie 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:12.680 of the year, defensive player of the year, all these 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:15.200 different categories and I did all that and then I 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:19.800 do do uh other feeds for on Twitter for fans, 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:21.640 and the NFL uses my content to put it on 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:26.520 different platforms. But I just see things that uh stand out, 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:30.119 you know, whether it's stand out performances or unacceptable play 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.160 or or great technique, you know. I mean, I just 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.079 comb these games. I watched as many as I can 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.920 as long as I can, and um, I go game 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.599 by game and I just kind of see watching the 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:44.400 Carolina Panthers and how North Turners evolving in his offense 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.679 right there, and you know, some of the good stuff 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.000 and some of the bad stuff that I saw a 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:49.560 week and I just I put it out there and 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:52.240 the fans seem to really enjoy it and get that 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:55.719 kind of level of analysis. Yeah, you're doing a fantastic 0:08:55.800 --> 0:09:00.520 job your social media dynamo, in addition to doing what 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:05.080 you're doing on radio and television. But you were in 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:08.800 Chicago on Sunday and you did appear on Pregame Central 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:13.400 presented by PEPSI. Not a nice spot there from your buddy. 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.200 But what do you know about this New York Jets 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:20.439 team at the midway point of the two thousand eighteen season. 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.400 This is the third consecutive year they've had a three 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:28.280 and five mark at the midway point. Well, offensively, you know, 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:32.720 obviously was really they really struggled all day and a 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:34.960 lot of it was just you know, pre snap penalties, 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.240 just getting themselves behind the chains. I mean, they were 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:41.440 constantly first and fifteen, second and fifteen, and you know, 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.760 minus the talent that wasn't out there, Robbie Anderson, Quincy 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.960 and Nanwa, the injury to blow Power mean, the injury 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.080 di Spenser Long. I mean, they're just not good enough, 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.160 you know, in those positions to lose those key people. 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.560 And then you know a rookie and Sam Donald who's 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.200 learning and learning quickly, but still he's a rookie. You know, 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:03.040 it's just tough. It was tough to move the football, 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:07.359 you know, a swirling, blustery wind, all those conditions, and 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.040 and then the penalty is on top of it. It was. 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.720 It was a tough day offensively for how challenging do 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.040 you think this is for Jeremy Bates right now? You 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.599 just mentioned those injuries. The Jets are dealing with a 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:19.000 noon while still has the ankle injury. We'll have to 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:23.120 see about Robbie Anderson, this team's vertical threat. If he 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.640 can play Sunday in Miami, they're gonna have to make 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.200 do without two nine blah Paul for the rest of 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:33.640 the season. And you mentioned it before. You got a 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.960 twenty one year old quarterback who you expected to have 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:40.960 ups and downs. Uh, how much of a challenge is 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.959 this for Jeremy Bates right now? Well, it's tough. I mean, 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.720 it's it's you know, it's as tough as it guess, 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:48.040 but it's a no mercy league. He's feeling sorry for 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.760 the Jets. Everybody's just trying to, you know, eke out 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.280 another win and trying to stack them and see if 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:55.800 they can put something together. So you know, other people 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:57.520 have got to pick up, you know. I mean, I 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:59.920 don't know how many throwaways Sam Donald had because he 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.520 was under pressure. I mean, you know, he completed half 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.079 his passes, but I mean of those half, I mean 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.600 I saw, you know, I saw drops, I saw him 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.320 throw the ball away. I saw him. You're just trying 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.000 to save the play and go to the next down, 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:12.959 not taking a negative play. I mean, they just can't. 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.840 There's just no margin for error in the football team 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:19.319 right now that anywhere with the injuries and so, you know, 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.320 a lot of teams have them. Some people are better 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.360 at overcoming him because they're really you know, they either 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.959 have depth, or they've developed some good players, or they 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.160 have players that make up for it. So it's just 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.200 the way the league is right now. What do you 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.320 like about Jamal Adams so much? Because I feel like 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.400 every every Monday or Tuesday, I'm seeing you post a 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.400 Twitter video about Jamal Adams coming around the end and 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:42.440 making a run play and making an impact for this 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.760 Jets team. I mean, going into last week, you know, 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:47.720 he led the team and he was leading the team 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.120 and tackles and tackle for losses, so many different categories. 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.520 He just the way that he played the game, the 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:57.400 level of intensity, the way that he hits, the way 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.880 that he you know, basically rules the middle of the field. 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:02.199 I mean, I like all those, all those things. He 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.800 didn't make very many plays against Chicago on on Sunday. 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:07.480 So I don't know if there's gonna be a Jamal 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.439 Adams breakdown this week. I like to do it when 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.840 he's really good, but I just love the way that 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.280 he plays the game and I know how important it 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:18.760 is to him, And just talking to certain coaches on 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.440 that Jet staff, they wish they could have quite a 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:25.040 few more of Jamal Adams sprinkled amongst the team that 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.440 they probably be able to overcome a lot of the 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.200 issues right now if they had more of that type 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:31.920 of spirit. Baldi, how much pressure does it put on 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:36.600 this defense where the offense is at right now? You 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:40.120 just talked about their struggles and defensively, I thought they 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.400 played very well in Chicago for thirty minutes of football 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:47.160 minus one play where Tarik Cohen got free on a 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:52.640 screenplay for seventy yards, but the Jets didn't make that 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.440 stop down the stretch when they were actually still in 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:59.160 a ballgame at seventeen to ten um. Do you think 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:03.120 what's happened offensively cand of have an impact on this 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:05.600 defense right now? Yeah? I mean it can wear you 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:07.440 can wear down, you can be out there too long 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.280 and all those kind of things and certainly in the 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.400 second half. They they really struggled to stop him on 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.640 you know, basically the whole second half. I mean, they 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.240 really struggled to stop him. I mean Chicago was just 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.280 able to continue to convert. They had a hard time 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:23.240 as I thought they would. They had a hard time 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.880 containing Mr. Trobiscuit. And he's he is an elite runner 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:30.959 with the football. He's second amongst all quarterbacks rushing to football, 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:34.200 and he extends drives. He did on Sunday. He didn't 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:35.880 run for a lot of I mean fifty one yards 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:38.520 he ran for I think, but you know those were 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:42.160 important runs. They extend drives and you gotta account for him, 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:45.520 and the Patriots didn't and the Jets didn't, and you 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:48.200 know they it just keeps your defense out there, and 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:52.840 plus you're chasing that guy. Where's people out So they 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:54.480 had a hard time with him in the second half, 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:57.000 and um, it didn't help their cause. But you know, look, 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.600 I mean the defense has gotta take the ball away, 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:01.880 and you know they weren't able to do that the 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:03.960 other day. They didn't knock the ball loose, they didn't 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.920 force a fumble, they didn't didn't do anything like that. 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:10.160 So I mean, the defense has gotta they've gotta be 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.240 able to help to change the game. They've invested a 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:13.959 lot of resources outside of the ball. They have a 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:16.079 lot of number one draft picks, a lot of high 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:18.960 price free agents on that side of the ball. Uh. 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:22.640 Those guys, you know, they're getting paid and being drafted 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.680 to change the game, and they gotta step up and 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.520 do that. Morris Clay Warren said after the game, ball 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.080 that is in the locker room was listening to his 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:33.800 post the game UH media briefing. He said, it's a 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:36.880 must win against the Miami Dolphins. When you look at 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.760 the Jets schedule here they are three and five. They're 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:43.680 starting an FC East portion, going down to South Florida 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:46.000 playing the Dolphins, then they come home and play the 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:49.520 Buffalo Bills. And you gotta buy before you face New England. 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.120 You can't even think about the pages right now. But 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:55.200 with them being on a two game losing street right now, 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:59.000 do you buying into that? You played the game, man, 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.560 and you've been covering it forever. Do you think this 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.800 is a must for the Jets to win this weekend? Yeah? 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:08.120 I do. Um, Look, there's gonna be a lot of 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.240 Jet fans down there in Miami there always is. It's 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:13.440 almost a home game for him. Um, they're gonna get 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:17.000 support down there, a lot of transplanted New Yorkers, and 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:20.440 so the Miami Dolphins are. They're struggling the same way. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.040 I mean, there are four and four right now. They've 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.400 come off two straight losses after a great win against 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.920 Chicago and so they've had ten days to get ready 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:32.600 after just an awful loss to Houston. So I I'm 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:35.720 with Maurice Clayborne on this. I mean, they're three and five, 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:37.920 and you go to three and six, you lose another 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.600 division game. I mean it's you're looking up till the 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.880 whole second half of the season. You win this game 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.880 and you get your fourth win, you get a game 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.760 against Buffalo that you know by all means, you know, 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.320 we saw how they're struggling. I mean, who knows if 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:54.000 you can get to five and five in a buy 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:57.680 and you you know, get some guys healthy and the quarterback, 0:15:57.680 --> 0:15:59.920 it's a little bit more confidence. I mean, who knows 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:03.240 was against the Patriots what you can do? Donald? Has 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:06.120 he met your expectations? Is this what you thought of 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:10.440 going into his rookie season. Obviously you can't account for injuries, 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:12.960 but you know better than anybody. Injuries is gonna happen 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.680 on any team. It just seems like it's really hit 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:21.120 the Jets of late. But uh deal like by and large, 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.400 what you've seen of him so far. I'll say this, 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.600 e A. I spoke with Tony Romo before the game 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.000 up in the booth and we were talking about quarterbacks 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:35.280 and specifically Sam Donald, and Tony Romo loves him. He 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:38.840 said this, and I'll quote, he has a chance to 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.840 be the best quarterback in the NFL. So, I mean 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:44.000 that's coming from a guy that does this every single 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:46.640 week and he knows the position. And he told me why. 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:51.160 Just his decision making, the speed, the way that he 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.880 gets the ball out, there's a lot to work with. 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.360 I I don't care about any rookie statistics. I told 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.520 Eliman our Peyton Manning throw thirty interceptions is rookie year. 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.480 He was the best quarterback we've all watched in our lifetime, 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:07.440 him and Tom Brady together. So the rookie year is 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.480 the rookie year. I mean, the whole purpose of drafting 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.640 Sam Donald at number three e A is to now 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:18.200 identify him as the franchise quarterback and just do nothing 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:22.200 but build around him. Depth on the offensive line, more weapons, 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:24.919 just give him more and more and more, like they 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:27.280 did Trabisky, like they have Carson Wentz, like they have 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.240 Jared Goff, and you build around that guy, and that's 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:33.960 the formula. So I like everything about the kid, everything, 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.480 and so nothing seems to phase him. I mean, I'm 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.200 sure that he's not happy being where he's a record wise, 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:44.439 but he's not gonna be He's gonna do everything the 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:47.080 right way. And so I think the Jets are fortunate 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:51.040 only just from a macro level. Is going back to 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.760 the film breakdowns, is what can you tell for people 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:57.119 that know what for people that don't know? Is what 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:01.359 can you tell people the differences between watching film and 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:08.600 watching the game broadcast? Well, you know, if you just 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:11.040 watch the game broadcast, you don't have the ability just 0:18:11.080 --> 0:18:13.520 to slow it down and freeze it and rewind it 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.880 and go over and over and over again. You can't 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:17.680 see all twenty two players. I mean if you're watching 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:21.800 the TV broadcast, I mean you know the the the 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:24.240 card camera that the game camera is going to file 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.800 the quarterback. So as soon as the quarterback drops back 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:31.119 you immediately lose the entire secondary and what happens. You 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:33.480 don't know the route combinations, You don't know the coverage. 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:36.320 You don't know if somebody made a mistake. You don't 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:39.280 know how the route combination beat the cover. You don't 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.639 know anything that happens at that part of the field. 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:44.120 You don't see the breakdowns inside on the offensive line, 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.199 why it play works, why it doesn't work. So if 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.439 you're watching the coaches broadcast, you can watch this in 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:51.600 slow motion. You can freeze it, rewind it, uh, and 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.200 you can play it over and over and over again, 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:56.040 and you can see the whole design of the play, 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.399 the mistakes of the play, why it worked, why it 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:01.520 didn't work, effort, I mean, all that stuff you see 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:03.359 when you can sit in a film room and study it. 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:07.640 The game is impossible to really digest in real time. 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:10.440 You have to slow it down in coman to really 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.200 see what happens on every play. Who's your mid season 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.600 m v P said, you're going three year awards. Right now, 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:21.800 Patrick Mahomes beat out Todd Gurley by you know, just 0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:26.400 about just a hair uh. And right now, Patrick Mahomes, 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:28.919 he's throwing twenty six touchdown passes. I mean he's chasing 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:32.560 Peyton Manning's record of two thousand, thirteen fifty five. I 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:35.919 don't think anybody would break that. I mean he's averaging. 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:39.080 I mean every single category he's off the charge good 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.360 and uh, it's just so much fun to watch him. 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.520 I mean, and they've got a dynamic. They've got the 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.240 number one offensive football right now. But Patrick Mahomes for me, 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:49.640 right now is the league m v P halfway through 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:52.480 the season. I know they played up at Gillette Stadium 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:56.479 and the Patriots won that game forty It was highly 0:19:56.600 --> 0:20:01.000 entertaining affair. Would you say New England is still a 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:04.159 favorite in a f C or would you actually point 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:08.120 to Kansas City and say, you know what, the Chiefs 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:11.359 have so many offensive weapons. If they're able to secure 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:13.600 home field advantage, which is a big f a lot 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:16.879 of football left to be played, that Kansas City should 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:21.160 be considered the top team in the conference. Uh, it's 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:23.600 hard to say right now. I mean, Kansas City had 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:25.560 a home playoff game last year against Tennessee and they 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.720 got beat. Um. Look, I think there's a lot of 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:31.159 teams that can make noise to the Houston Texans have 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:35.560 quietly won five in a row. Um, that defense is 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:38.080 is not fun to play against right now. They do 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:41.320 just about everything. Well, uh, I wouldn't. You will see 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:44.080 what Pittsburgh does in Baltimore this weekend. But Pittsburgh looks 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:47.040 like they're turning it around. Um, I think there's gonna 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:48.760 be some teams that are gonna be able to compete 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:51.480 with both the Patriots and the Chiefs. Before it's all over, 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:54.600 let's go over the NFC. The Rams are the only 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.440