1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Official Jets Podcast is presented by win Bet Betting. He's 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: a team sport but together at win Bet. Eric Allen 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: here at One Jets Drive, joined by the Man, the Myth, 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: the Legend, SVP Scott Van Pelt, the do host of 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: ESPN's Monday Night Countdown. 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 2: So great to speak to you, Scott. 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 3: Thank you very much for having me. It's exciting, Scott. 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: What's got you most excited about the twenty twenty three 9 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: NFL season? 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 4: I mean the season, like the season itself is always 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 4: it's its own sort of Thank god football is back, right, 12 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 4: I mean it's cowhard online years ago. He's never been 13 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 4: more right about anything in his life. He said, there's 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 4: two there's two seasons in America, football season and waiting 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 4: for football season, and so just having it back, there's 16 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 4: always it's just this a totally different feeling. Everything is 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 4: just from from from our perspective, the content world that 18 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 4: we live in that there's just nothing that drives interest 19 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 4: in conversation like it. So I don't have a specific 20 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 4: thing other than just being excited, but personally the fact 21 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 4: that I'll be in the Meadowlands on Monday night for 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 4: the best game of Week one with the list of storylines. 23 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 4: It's like a CBS receipt and there as the host 24 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 4: of Countdown Now as well as Sports Center. I mean, 25 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 4: it doesn't it doesn't get bigger for me just because 26 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 4: I'm just so lucky to have a new hill to climb. 27 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 4: I've been at this a while and so it's just 28 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 4: amazingly exciting to have something new and different to do 29 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 4: and try and hopefully I can bring, you know, whatever 30 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 4: I've brought to the other to this. And it's fun 31 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 4: to be nervous, right, It's and I am. I mean, 32 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: I don't mean nervous like I'm gonna get on TV 33 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 4: and screw it up. I just mean to have that 34 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 4: nervous kind of energy, like I don't know what this 35 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 4: feels like. Sports Center, I know what that feels like. 36 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 4: I've done it a long time. Monday at six, I 37 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 4: don't have any idea what that'll feel like. 38 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: So what goes into the preparation for Monday at six 39 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: as you embark on this new journey. 40 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,679 Speaker 4: Well, it's a new group, and I you know, I 41 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 4: it's weird, Eric. I feel like when I did Sports Center, 42 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 4: you know, sports Center was a thing forever and that 43 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 4: banner represents something significant. But I was trying something different 44 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 4: where I was this singular host and it was I 45 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 4: kind of had license to do whatever. 46 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 3: I feel like. This is like when you. 47 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 4: Move into an apartment that there's a bunch of people 48 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 4: that are already there. You know, I'm not moving into 49 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 4: the space and saying we're getting rid of the furniture 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 4: and we're repainting the walls and we're knocking down a wall, 51 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 4: you know what I'm saying Like this, this I feel 52 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 4: like it's somebody else's house. And from the production side, 53 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 4: you know, the producer, the director or a ton of 54 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 4: the people that are part of this show have been there, 55 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 4: and so I'm I'm trying my best to be I 56 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 4: just want to be a good teammate. And so it's 57 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 4: it's a it's a collaborative process. There's an army of 58 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 4: people that are involved and we're just learning each other 59 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 4: in terms of sort of likes. And you know this, 60 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 4: I don't I don't love this approach just for me 61 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 4: because as the host, I you know what I mean, 62 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 4: like how I see things, This is how I see 63 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 4: It doesn't mean it's right or wrong. 64 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 3: And they got to learn me too. You know what 65 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 3: I'm saying. So it's. 66 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 4: It'll be imagined as a show, will probably be better 67 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 4: by week eight than we are in week one, be 68 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 4: awesome in week one because of this game. 69 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 3: Right. 70 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 4: So it's it's there are so many people that are involved, 71 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 4: there's so many people that are invested, and I'm I 72 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 4: don't I don't want to cuss. I'll just my guy 73 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 4: Boomer for years, like it's just been this running joke. 74 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 4: He'll be don't f it up, right like? And so 75 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 4: my goal is to not f it up and try to, 76 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 4: you know, try to bring the same Boomer showed us 77 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 4: me a million things that really matter, one of which 78 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 4: is to be a fan, an authentic fan of the game. 79 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 3: And I am. 80 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 4: And so I think if you if you feel something 81 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 4: from me Monday through Christmas night when it's Ravens and Niners, 82 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 4: I believe the last game, it's it's just an authentic 83 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 4: sort of fandom. I love sports, and I just I 84 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 4: have the best seat to talk about it, and I 85 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 4: just want to get out of the way and let 86 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 4: our stars shine and try to be a good quarterback. 87 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: You know what if I told you growing up that 88 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: Scott van Pout was going to be hosting Monday Night Countdown. Obviously, 89 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,679 Speaker 1: this franchise has been around Monday night football since nineteen seventy. 90 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, look, there's Eric. There's a lot of 91 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 4: if you told me things, you know, when I was 92 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 4: when I was at the College Park, which you would 93 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 4: know what that means, right, I mean, when I was 94 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 4: bumming around Bentley's, when I I was you know, at Maryland, 95 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 4: doing lots of stuff that didn't involve being in classrooms. 96 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 4: If you told any of this would happen, none of 97 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 4: it would have been believed. And frankly, I was not 98 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 4: even a little while ago. I didn't know this would 99 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 4: be a possibility. It's it's such a storied franchise. Back 100 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 4: to obviously being a kid, and it's Cosell and I'd 101 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,119 Speaker 4: have to bribe my parents to stay up if they 102 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 4: were then the Redskins, you know, if they were playing 103 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 4: a Monday Night gain, No, I'll take a nap. That 104 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 4: didn't work. You just got off the bus and had, 105 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 4: you know, a sleeve of oreos. You know, like you 106 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 4: aren't going to take a nap, You just and then 107 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 4: you pass it out after halftime. 108 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 3: Anyway, but it's been an. 109 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 4: Iconic franchise, longest running primetime show and television history, and 110 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 4: anything that's associated with it's massive. So, as I said, 111 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 4: I was doing the post game and but but Sports 112 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 4: Center is on whether it's we follow the NBA Finals, 113 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 4: or whether we follow US Open Tennis as we as 114 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 4: we did last night tonight, or if we follow Money 115 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 4: Night football, it's it's it's more based on where what 116 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 4: we're coming on after. This is a show for two 117 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 4: hours that sets the table for Joe and Troy the 118 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 4: game right It's it's singular. 119 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 3: It's the biggest night on our network. 120 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 4: And I'm if you told me I was gonna do it, 121 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 4: I'd say awesome. I'm gonna do the very best I 122 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 4: can to be the very best that I can. 123 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,119 Speaker 1: What do you think about the atmosphere that you're gonna 124 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: be in? This is a twenty second year anniversary of 125 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: nine to eleven. You got the Buffalo Bills coming to 126 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: town with Josh Allen, three time defunding AFC East champions, 127 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: You got to you got You got the New York Jets, 128 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: one of the most talented rosters in the National Football League, 129 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: who added a future Hall of Fame quarterback at four 130 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: time NFL MVP, Aaron Rodgers, who will be making his 131 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: Jets debut. 132 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, key, and and and by the way, there's a 133 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 4: there's a young man on the other side who's whose 134 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 4: life ended on a field and was brought back right 135 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 4: and and and and that was a Monday night that 136 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 4: you know, Ryan Clark and I were on television and 137 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 4: I think we found out after the fact that we 138 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 4: were sort of sitting in the middle of like a 139 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 4: nationwide prayer circle, you know, just hoping something miraculous might happen, 140 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 4: and it did. Look, it's we're guilty in our business 141 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 4: often of hyperbole and making things bigger than they are, 142 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 4: and they'll be a game at some point this year. Well, 143 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 4: we're gonna kind of have to say, what's what makes 144 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 4: this game really big and what makes it matter, because 145 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 4: sometimes it's just a game. But September eleventh, with the 146 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 4: skyline of the greatest city in our country, one of 147 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 4: the greatest cities in the world in the distance, all 148 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 4: that that represents, and then a game between division rivals 149 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 4: with Aaron Rodgers coming out of the tunnel in a 150 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 4: different for Sada green Man, we're playing something I'm not 151 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 4: exactly sure how it'll come together. But I'm pretty sure 152 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 4: that there will be you know, Joe and Troy and 153 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 4: I'll be on the field at some point, hopefully midfield, 154 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 4: standing right there in the middle of it, and think 155 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 4: about what all is represented that in that spot, in 156 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 4: this moment, and look, again, we can make things more 157 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 4: than they are. 158 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 3: And the game could suck. It could be six to three. 159 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 3: I doubt it could be a. 160 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 4: Blowout, but the anticipation of that moment, the reverence of 161 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 4: that date in our country, what sports represents and what 162 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 4: it represented to our country then and bringing us together. 163 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,719 Speaker 4: I don't want to go off topic and go off 164 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 4: on a tangent, but I'll tell you I've been a 165 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,719 Speaker 4: ESPN for twenty some years. If you asked me to 166 00:08:58,160 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 4: tell you the moment that I remember most of it 167 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 4: in sports, and all that time is George W. Bush 168 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 4: on the mount in Yankee Stadium with his thumb in 169 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 4: the air, and then he threw a friggin strike and like, 170 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 4: I got goosebumps right now thinking about that. New York 171 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 4: City was like, look, man, we got knocked down, but 172 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 4: we're not going anywhere, you know, And and what that 173 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 4: felt like? What did sports give our country on that date, 174 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 4: all those years ago, you cannot overstate it. And so 175 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 4: it's many years later you remember and you take a 176 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 4: moment and then you celebrate what makes it, what makes 177 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 4: us American? You know, hey, hey, the guys in blue 178 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 4: from Buffalo f you all right, you know, like we're Americans, 179 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 4: but you're wearing the wrong your red white blue light 180 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 4: the color we're looking for tonight Buffalo where Jet fans 181 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 4: we had, that's us, you know, it's it's gosh, it's 182 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 4: just amazing. 183 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 3: It's just gonna be amazing. 184 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers starting his Jets career in those legacy white uniforms, 185 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: the throwbacks to this Zach Exchange days. What do you 186 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 1: expect from him? Not just Monday Night, but in year 187 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: one as he comes to a roster where he's been 188 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: open about it s VP, he thinks he can win 189 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: a championship here. 190 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 3: I think it's uh. 191 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 4: I know Aaron some and I and I think that 192 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 4: there's a I think there's real value for him in 193 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 4: getting not the Green Bay. Green Bay's iconic and he 194 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 4: was iconic there. You mentioned the MVPs. He won a 195 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 4: Super Bowl like it's like Peyton and Indy if that 196 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 4: was it. He's a legend forever, then you get it. 197 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 4: But I would imagine you look at that. If you're Aaron, 198 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 4: you go, all right, he went to a different place 199 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 4: in one another one there? 200 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 3: How does that change? Well? 201 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 4: Two is a lot more than one, okay, And I'm 202 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 4: sure Aaron recognizes that. And I think that that looking 203 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 4: at the looking at the same thing, but through a 204 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 4: different lens. 205 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 3: And I'm talking about the game. 206 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 4: I think I wouldn't be surprised to he played a 207 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 4: whole lot longer than people think he would play, or 208 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 4: maybe how as long, maybe even longer than even he thinks. 209 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 4: If if this is the kind of thing that that 210 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 4: provides the fuel, or it's like, man, let's keep doing 211 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 4: doing this because there's nothing, there's nothing this the way 212 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 4: the New York Jets opportunity is providing this, right. I 213 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 4: don't think he'll be in Nomad and bounced around from 214 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 4: place to place. I think Aaron came here. This is 215 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,719 Speaker 4: where he'll do his last chapter. But I don't think 216 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 4: it's chapter singular. I think it's chapters plural. And I 217 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 4: expect to see an older version of the great of 218 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 4: the great player he's been, which is to say is 219 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 4: the MVP level. I don't know, but I don't think 220 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 4: he's last year Aaron Rodgers when he was a little 221 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 4: banged up and they didn't have a ton to work 222 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 4: with weapons wise, you know, I expect to see high 223 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 4: level Aaron Rodgers. 224 00:11:58,240 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 2: What have you sense from him? 225 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: Afar just watching him and taking it all in as 226 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: far as the way he is really ingreened himself, not 227 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: inside the locker not just inside the locker room, but 228 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: within the community within New York. 229 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, right, is this a He's He's a fascinating dude. 230 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 4: I've always thought because he's just different, you know, he's 231 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 4: his own guy. I think he's I think he's a 232 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 4: seeker and by that I mean he's someone that's that 233 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 4: wants to learn. This interest did in things. He's interested, 234 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 4: is what I think. But I I not everyone does, 235 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 4: you know. I think I think people really focused on 236 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 4: the on the craft and they don't have they've got 237 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 4: the blinders on, which isn't a negative, it's just an observation. 238 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 4: I think Aaron doesn't that blinders on. I think he's 239 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 4: I think he's interested in a lot of stuff. I think, 240 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 4: you know, you get to New York City, man there's 241 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 4: nothing like it. So you go to the garden in 242 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 4: the spring, and you go to Broadway and you take 243 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 4: in the restaurants. I mean, you know, that city is 244 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 4: a buffet that's a mile long. If if you're open 245 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 4: to getting in line or I should say online, I'm sorry, 246 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 4: I put it in proper New York parlance, right, and 247 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 4: I believe that that you've seen him genuinely just dive 248 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 4: up because it's not Green Bay, Wisconsin. I mean, you 249 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 4: go from the smallest market in American sports to the biggest, 250 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 4: and there's a million things about it that are that 251 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 4: are going to be different, and the options, you know, 252 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 4: just cultural leads. It's obviously a lot. And I just 253 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 4: think it's cool, you know, it's it couldn't be a 254 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 4: more more drastic change from one to the other. And look, 255 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 4: we're in the honeymoon phase. Baby, Let this thing go 256 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 4: sideways in the back pages and talk radio. You know, 257 00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 4: it could take a entertaining tarn from a medio that 258 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 4: I know that. But as we talked before Game one, 259 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 4: it's all like, you know, the music's still playing and 260 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 4: everybody's still in the in the afterglow of the idea 261 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 4: of the ceremony. 262 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 5: Jets fans, We're in our final push and the clock 263 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 5: is ticking. Win Bet is giving you a golden opportunity 264 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 5: to win VIP prizes for the twenty twenty three season. 265 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 5: The win Bet Green Room is the most exclusive space 266 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 5: at the stadium with all inclusive food and beverage, lower 267 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 5: level seats, and appearances by Jets legends and celebrities. 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Obviously that's going to provide an emotional lift 278 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: for everybody on that Buffalo sideline, just as seeing him 279 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: back out there. But it's fascinating when you look at 280 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: them that match up with him going against those two 281 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: safeties and Jordan Ployer and Micah Hyde hide the guy 282 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: he used to be a teammate of in Green Bay. 283 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 2: Of course, no Von Miller. 284 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: But again Sean McDermott take it, and Sean McDermott taking 285 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: over defensive play calls there for the Bills. 286 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I found I think that's interesting McDermott wearing two hats, 287 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 4: so to speak. But I mean it makes sense if 288 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 4: you know, if if you're a defensive guy, I mean, 289 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 4: I'll just call them. No, Von's just as big a 290 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 4: change as there could possibly be. 291 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 3: That. 292 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 4: I mean, that guy's one of a handful of absolute 293 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 4: havoc reakers, wreckers, whatever, how do you I'm putting it wrong, 294 00:15:58,240 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 4: but you know what I mean, he gets to the 295 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 4: back field. 296 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 3: I mean, look the I. 297 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 4: Think I think the Jets defense against against Allen's the 298 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 4: more interesting question. I mean, they caused problems for him. 299 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 4: Lost last year in Buffalo. Obviously last BALI threw or 300 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 4: he you know, actually no, he threw a ball length 301 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 4: at a field after he hurt. 302 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 3: His old belt, which is insane. 303 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 4: But you know, again, like if you look at Rogers 304 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 4: numbers last year, they he wasn't great like qbr wise 305 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 4: or whatever else, like me a pretty pedestrian, but he's 306 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 4: got all the toys to work with. 307 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 3: Macro micro. Anyway you look at it, it's interesting. 308 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 4: I mean, it's it's division game, which you know, my 309 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 4: guy Damian Woody always said Belichick would tell the team 310 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 4: it's a game and a half, it's not one game's 311 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 4: game and a half division game. So you start with 312 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 4: one and it's on your home field, like it's it's 313 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 4: a home serve against the team that's favored to win 314 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 4: the division. In his favored to win this game. So 315 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 4: I mean, you know, Rogers, Rogers against that defense can 316 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 4: can really set it up. 317 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: You know, but you just you just all you just 318 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: mentioned Allen versus the Jets defense. The Jets had eight 319 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: sacks of Allen in two games last season. 320 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 2: He had one touchdown interceptions. 321 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: How about that defensive line getting after that beast of 322 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: a quarterback in Josh Allen. And then that matchup that 323 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: will all be watching throughout the night is Stefan Diggs 324 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: against Sauce Gardner and or dj. 325 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 3: Rea, Well you can move him around. Obviously. 326 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 4: The Jets defense to me is fascinating, right they. I mean, 327 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 4: it's no secret the issue the Jets struggled with last 328 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 4: year was was on who's under center and what are 329 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 4: we going to get from that side of the football. 330 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 4: The Jets the defense was plenty good enough to be 331 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 4: a playoff team, and it's I think I think that's 332 00:17:55,080 --> 00:18:00,959 Speaker 4: the most underdiscussed part of this uh this offseason as 333 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 4: it relates to the Jets. 334 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 3: And we understand why. 335 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 4: It's Aaron Rodgers and it's you know, Dalvin Cook comes 336 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 4: over and you're like, man if Hall comes back and 337 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 4: gets healthy and Wilson, my gosh, that guy was a 338 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 4: star without really great consistent quarterback play. You know that 339 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,679 Speaker 4: that's I can't That's the kind of stuff that you, 340 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 4: me and everybody out there thinks about because it's fan 341 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 4: or a fantasy football world. But like I was mad 342 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 4: in a fantasy draft the other night because I I 343 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,679 Speaker 4: wanted the Jets defense and I didn't get them. You know, 344 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 4: I think I think they could. They'll be There'll be 345 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 4: games this year where they'll win because of their defense, 346 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 4: right like they'll if you go back to that Bills 347 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 4: game last year, I mean they won because of their defense, 348 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 4: And I think that there's there are plenty good enough 349 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 4: to win games for them again, I think the AFC 350 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 4: East the most interesting division in football. Me and my 351 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 4: guy Stanford Steve were arguing about this the other day. 352 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 4: He thinks it's the AFC North and I'm like, all right, Cleveland, sincey, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, 353 00:18:58,800 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 4: that's pretty loaded. 354 00:18:59,840 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 3: Uh. 355 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 4: But I look at the East and you know, New 356 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 4: England is always going to be New England. Just Belichick 357 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 4: brings to the table. Miami made the playoffs last year. 358 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 4: If to A stays healthy, what are they? And then 359 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 4: the two teams that are playing in the Meadowlands, to me, 360 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 4: are are one in one A. 361 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 3: And so which which team has the best balance of 362 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 3: both sides of the ball. It could it could be 363 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 3: the Jets. 364 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 4: It could be the Jets because the defense I think 365 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 4: will bring it sauce. Year two is gonna be fun. 366 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 4: I dig that, dude, he you know that. I think 367 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 4: that's the hardest position in sports to play in twenty 368 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 4: twenty three with with with look at the look at 369 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 4: the depth of wide receiver and you're out there by 370 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 4: yourself and you really can't touch a dude, and. 371 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 3: If you bump them that they drop flags. 372 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know how you play the position, 373 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 4: but that dude walks in the building from day one 374 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 4: and is like I'm here, and then he's then he 375 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 4: it lives up to it like not a lot of 376 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 4: corners come in with a nickname, nickname like Sauce and 377 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 4: then you know are just that in New York City. 378 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:07,919 Speaker 4: I mean, he's a superstar and and there's some and 379 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 4: there's some absolute monster stef On that you gotta that 380 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 4: you got to try to lock up. 381 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 3: So that's that's a fun side of the football. Well 382 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 3: for you guys too. 383 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: How much appreciation do you have for the way Joe 384 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 1: Douglas has built this roster? And also what were your 385 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: thoughts on the restructuring of Aaron Rodgers' contract where he 386 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: said I'm gonna take less, but as Joe Douglas said. 387 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 2: Hey, we didn't even have to speak about it. 388 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: I know what that means, Like at the trade deadline, 389 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: if we got to add some pieces, we have the 390 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: flexibility to do that. 391 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 2: Now. 392 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 4: I think position right in sports fascinates me because you're 393 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 4: there's teams in sports in other sports where I feel 394 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 4: like all they're trying to do is acquire assets for 395 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 4: down the road. I never understand that right, Like you'll 396 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 4: you hear you're like an nbagm like, oh, he's got 397 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 4: ten second round picks like in two thousand and thirty. 398 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 3: Cool, what are we doing? 399 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 4: Are we playing? Are we playing Monopoly? Or we play 400 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 4: at sports today? 401 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 3: Right? Are we trying to win today? And if you 402 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 3: look at. 403 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 4: What the Ram where they went all in and they 404 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 4: got a championship, it's awesome in the moment and then 405 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 4: you're gonna live with the aftermath of that apps Right, 406 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 4: look at the Rams now, they're incredibly young team, and 407 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 4: I mean, I don't I don't know what they're gonna be, 408 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 4: but it's gonna be a struggle for them to be a. 409 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 3: Factor. 410 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 4: And I think from Douglas's perspective, you put you get 411 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 4: a bunch of young talent, put it together, and they tried. 412 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 3: It wasn't all him, but I mean you. 413 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 4: Try organizationally to get the position right, you go Darnold, 414 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 4: that doesn't work. 415 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 3: Then you go Wilson, that doesn't work. 416 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 4: And now it's like, Okay, we got a chance to 417 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 4: get a guy on the back end of a legendary career, 418 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 4: like now's the time. And so I think from an 419 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 4: asset standpoint, you when you have a window, we talk 420 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 4: a lot about that, but if your windows now, then 421 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 4: you got to try to max it out. And a 422 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 4: guy like Aaron who's he's very honest about I got 423 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 4: a lot of money and he does he what's what's 424 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 4: X number. 425 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 3: Of millions mean compared to one more? Right? 426 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 4: So him being willing to restructure and I let's not 427 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 4: worry about that though. Let's worry about what do we need? 428 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 4: And I'll free I'll give you some flexibility. I think 429 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 4: that's part of what makes Rogers an interesting person, uh 430 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 4: and player, And I think it's it's the kind of 431 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 4: free you them did Joe to feel like I'm going 432 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 4: to have the flexibility to be nimble if we need 433 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 4: to be. You might not, but I mean, look again, 434 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 4: the greatest, the greatest mystery, as we talked scept in 435 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 4: September September seventh, is what's your health? 436 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 3: You know? Who? Do you who you're gonna lose along 437 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 3: the way? You know what's gonna happen? What do you need? 438 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 4: Does the oldlied stay good? Do we have enough depth there? 439 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 4: Do we need to try to go get a piece? 440 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 4: Are there even pieces that are available? I don't know 441 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 4: that that parts fascinating to me but I just think, 442 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 4: I think I love what he built, especially on the 443 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 4: defensive front. And then again you have the ability to 444 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 4: go get Rogers and his openness to taking less for 445 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 4: the better, for the greater good. It just tells you 446 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 4: where he's at in his journey here. 447 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: SVP, you mentioned before you see the bills in the Jets. 448 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 2: One A, one B or one and one A. 449 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 1: As far as the way of this division is playing out, 450 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: So are you on record saying the Jets playoff drought 451 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: ends here in twenty twenty three? Am I a records 452 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: saying what the Jets playoff drought ends here in twenty 453 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 1: twenty three? The Jets haven't been in the playoffs the 454 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: postseason since twenty ten. 455 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, no playoffs dropt. Yes yeah, I mean 456 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 4: they're a playoff team. They're a playoff team. I mean, 457 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 4: bar barring the obvious, you know, something happens to Rogers 458 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,719 Speaker 4: and he's unavailable. I mean, I believe they are. We 459 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 4: do this thing as a shift group for Sports Center 460 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 4: every year. Show group. Put just in an email or 461 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 4: write it on a card. There's ten predictions for the season, 462 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 4: and I mean we the goofy here. They are the 463 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 4: more fun, like just just nonsense about Like I think 464 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 4: I put something in there about there'll be four sixty 465 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 4: year yardfield goals are great. A couple of years ago 466 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 4: I said someone's gonna make a sixty five yard field goal, 467 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 4: and Tucker did like. I wish I would have thought 468 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 4: of the Powerball numbers, but I guess that anyway, I'm 469 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 4: looking at it. I looked at it last night from 470 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 4: a playoff who's going to be in the playoffs because 471 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 4: there's always so much turnover, right Eric, It's always odd 472 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 4: how many teams year. 473 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 3: To year there's there's drastic turnover. 474 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 4: And I looked at it and I thought, in the AFC, 475 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 4: will I feel like I feel like the Jets are 476 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 4: a playoff team. Absolutely, I think they are. But but 477 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 4: no one in New York's like, hey, it'd be really 478 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 4: cool to be a wild card team. You guys don't 479 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 4: think that way. I mean, that's why I love the city, 480 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 4: right that no one's No one wants to end it proud. 481 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 4: They want a friggin parade, baby, you know they want 482 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 4: Joe Navidth waved his finger in the air. 483 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: They want that. 484 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 4: I'm not predicting that, but I believe they are a 485 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 4: playoff team. 486 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: Hey, what do you make of the AFC and the 487 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in this conference and the number of teams at 488 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,239 Speaker 1: least on paper that seem like, okay, well they got 489 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: a playoff caliber roster, but not everybody can make it. 490 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 2: If there's only seven teams that are going to make the. 491 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 4: Playoffs, well that's that's the issue. Like I'm pulling up 492 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 4: right now just because I want to. I want to 493 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 4: look at it because this is what I was doing 494 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 4: at like two thirty in the morning last night. This 495 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 4: is my life. It's glamorous, it's fun. 496 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 3: I mean it bets. 497 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 2: You know. 498 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 4: I could get up and have a meeting, you know, 499 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 4: to go over their TPS reports, and I don't have 500 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 4: to do that, thankfully. All Right, If two A stays healthy, 501 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 4: are they a playoff team? 502 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 3: Yeah? 503 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 4: They made it last year, you know, with with with 504 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 4: him being injured a whole lot. The Jets obviously have Rodgers, 505 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 4: Allen yeah, Burrow, yeah. Deshaun Watson. Is he gonna be 506 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 4: better than he was last year? 507 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 3: I think he is? Pick it. 508 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 4: Everybody in Pittsburgh's excited. I don't know if he's gonna 509 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 4: take a giant step forward. They think so so I 510 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,479 Speaker 4: think Lamar Jackson wins the MVP. 511 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 3: There I said it. Uh. 512 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 4: And then in the South, you've got one quarterback you 513 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:24,959 Speaker 4: know is probably gonna be good. 514 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 3: That's Lawrence. 515 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 4: Kansas City's got the best quarterback in football. The Chargers 516 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 4: just paid Herbert like he's the best quarterback in football. 517 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 4: So I mean it's like that's a long list of people. Well, 518 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 4: and somebody like Ted be good just because rabel Is 519 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 4: always gets more out of that team than you think 520 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 4: he's gonna, right, and they'll and there'll be somebody that 521 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 4: surprises because somebody always does. 522 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 3: So. 523 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 4: Of course, then there are chairs to sit down into 524 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 4: the playoffs, so the musical chairs game will be will 525 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 4: be you know, largely I think injury related. And that's 526 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 4: that's the unfortunate reality of the sport. 527 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 3: It's just. 528 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 4: You gotta have your a FC is obviously loaded. You 529 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 4: go to the NFC, it's not nearly as deep. 530 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: You're gonna have a lot of adrenaline Monday night, and 531 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to carry it for hours, which we've 532 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: watched you do throughout your career. Are you gonna have 533 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: a chance to soak it all in though? Like you 534 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: talked about you going on the field with Troy and Joe, 535 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: of course, but like maybe walking through the parking lots 536 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: or just that opportunity to hey, because I've seen you 537 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 1: in College Park do this a number of times. One 538 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: of the things that I've greatly admired and appreciated about 539 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: you over the years is that you always. 540 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 2: Make time for people. 541 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: And again, I don't know the last time you were 542 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,880 Speaker 1: at MetLife Stadium, but I'm sure a lot of people 543 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: are gonna be coming up and saying, Hey, SVP, what's 544 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 1: going on? 545 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 3: I I I promise you, I'll take a moment. 546 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 4: I am a I am a giant believer in uh 547 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 4: being present in the present, and I'm a giant believer 548 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 4: in gratitude, and I'm a giant believer in expressing it. 549 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 3: My father passed. 550 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 4: Away when I and his birthday was earlier this week, 551 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 4: and I went by the cemetery and I, you know, 552 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 4: do what I do. I mean, people that have lost 553 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 4: people out of it. And maybe this sounds a nuts 554 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 4: I don't know, but it's what I mean. 555 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 3: I just sort of talk out loud. I don't know, 556 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 3: that's what I do. 557 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 4: And I just was talking about you know, it was 558 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 4: I said, you know, a week from Monday, Pop will 559 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 4: be in New York, and I'll do what I do 560 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 4: every year every year in the Master's in the butler cabin, 561 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 4: right before we go on the air, I take I 562 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 4: just literally just take a second. I think of my 563 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 4: dad and I just always just it's like a little prayer, 564 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 4: just like, let me be calm, let me be grateful, 565 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 4: let me just do my job well here, And it's 566 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 4: just you just ask him for a little bit of 567 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 4: peace and a little bit of common in the middle 568 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 4: of something that could be not peaceful and not real calm, 569 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 4: if you'll let it be, And I'll do the same 570 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 4: thing Monday in New York. Uh. He didn't live long 571 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 4: enough to see this this part of my life. But 572 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 4: I think of him, and not just him, but I 573 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 4: you know, I think of my family at home, who 574 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 4: I knew. My kids, they they're not they don't get 575 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 4: to stay up to watch Dad after games, but six 576 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 4: o'clock they can be awake and I'll. 577 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 3: Off the sun. 578 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 4: And who's named after my dad, and my daughter and 579 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 4: my other son and my wife, and know that, you know, I. 580 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 3: Got a lot of people that love me in this world. 581 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: And I. 582 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 4: Don't need this to be happy, but I'm happy it's 583 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 4: my gig. And so yeah, that's the long answer to 584 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 4: the question. But I promise you that I'll take a minute, 585 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 4: and I'll I'll take more than minute. I'll take the 586 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 4: whole night to just be present and be grateful that 587 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 4: that's what I get to do. Ernie Johnson and I 588 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 4: we we say that often. You know, it's we don't 589 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 4: have a got two jobs to get to jobs, and uh, 590 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 4: you know, I'm the person that gets to be there 591 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 4: in the middle of it all. So you know, if 592 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 4: that doesn't make you grateful, then I really don't know 593 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 4: what it is. You would be searching for it to, 594 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 4: you know, to find it. 595 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: That's beautiful, man. I am looking forward to seeing you 596 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: Monday night. Uh congratulations on the nude gig. You're gonna 597 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: crush it like you always do. You're gonna have a 598 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: great night. I know Jet fans looking forward to seeing you, 599 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: and people throughout the nation in the world will be 600 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: watching as always. 601 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 2: Uh SVP. 602 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: You are a unique individual who is not only great 603 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: at what he does, but also has a unique connection 604 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 1: with others. 605 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 2: And you bring it. You bring it each and every 606 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 2: time you're on there, man, So thank you, thank you 607 00:30:59,440 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 2: so much. 608 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 4: Real really that's really kind, that's really kind. We're we're 609 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 4: we're lucky to do what we do. And and that 610 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 4: that connection to the people out there, that that's the best, 611 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 4: that's the coolest part of this gig. 612 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 3: Man. 613 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 4: And and wheneverever I go and somebody yells out my 614 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 4: name or whatever, I want to take a picture, there's 615 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 4: a man. Of course, I'm a mirror, you know that 616 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 4: that kindness that I get in the world, I always 617 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 4: just trying to be, like I say, be a mirror 618 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 4: just reflected back, so right back at you. 619 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 3: I appreciate your kindness. Uh. We need as many. 620 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 4: Turps as we can get out here waving our flag. 621 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 3: So uh, let's let's high five. 622 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 4: Let's high five on the term victory hopefully over the 623 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 4: weekend and we'll we'll see how the Jets do. 624 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 3: Man, We'll do this again if you want. 625 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 2: Thanks brother, I really appreciate it. 626 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 3: Thank you.