Speaker 1: What's up, Jets Nation. This is laces In. I'm your host,
Speaker 1: Ethan Greenberg, joined alongside senior team reporter Eric Allen and
Speaker 1: team reporter Alex Jaimo. Now wait, hold up. I know
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Speaker 1: As the name suggests, this show is not what you're
Speaker 1: used to listening to. From us. We cover the green
Speaker 1: and white from a rather different angle. Now again, put
Speaker 1: your mic back on Ethan excited. Me tell you this
Speaker 1: guy is excited and we are ready to roll. And
Speaker 1: fans at home cannot see this, but we do have
Speaker 1: a camera in here. Maybe somebody should take a shot
Speaker 1: of this. Again. We're inside the Floor and Park Studios
Speaker 1: Ethan Greenberg alongside Eric Allen and Alex Sjaimo. Guys, football
Speaker 1: is right around the corner. How are we feeling? It's here,
Speaker 1: It's finally here. We survived training camp. We're here, We're here.
Speaker 1: How are we feeling? And we feel great? I mean
Speaker 1: that was not for are we gonna talk and we're
Speaker 1: talking third person, you know, so I feel great. I
Speaker 1: can't speak for everybody else, but in training camp. Wow,
Speaker 1: other people might think that's more of a grind. That's
Speaker 1: that's that's something that uh, you know, that's part of
Speaker 1: the deal. Four branches and games. You did, yeah, your
Speaker 1: first training campus. I enjoyed it. Alex onto the regular season.
Speaker 1: Now again, just like an introduction to any audience, we
Speaker 1: need a little little ice breaker. So I was thinking
Speaker 1: we start with two truths and a lie to get
Speaker 1: the audience accustomed to Austin to get us accustomed to
Speaker 1: the audience. So, Alex, we're gonna start with you. There
Speaker 1: us two truths about yourself and a lot. I feel
Speaker 1: like we should do this without looking at my face. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna read this and see my reactions.
Speaker 1: So I wanted to become Wait, does Eric know did
Speaker 1: how to play this game? No? I would. I would
Speaker 1: imagine you're gonna say three statements and I have to
Speaker 1: guess what we have to get you. Which one is
Speaker 1: the fall? Yeah, that's really not that difficult, Alex. All Right,
Speaker 1: So I wanted to become a sports reporter since I
Speaker 1: was like thirteen years old because I couldn't play sports
Speaker 1: with the boys anymore. When I was younger, I was
Speaker 1: a really talented violin player, and I was voted most
Speaker 1: likely to succeed in high school. Okay, one is she
Speaker 1: only did too? She did three great sports reporter, violin
Speaker 1: and most likely to succeed in high school. My question
Speaker 1: for you is, okay, most likely to succeed in high school?
Speaker 1: Why everything else is good? That's a lot? First, is
Speaker 1: you said play with the boys anymore? At thirteen years old?
Speaker 1: Did you used to play with boys? Like boy? What sports? Baseball,
Speaker 1: ice hockey? We got an athlete in studio here. Everything
Speaker 1: bought football, everything, but they didn't play you in Pop Warner, Alex,
Speaker 1: listen emotion here Jet Life. Alex is hosting that this
Speaker 1: year eleven thirty CBS eleven thirty five CBS Saturday nights.
Speaker 1: That's how you get ready for your Jets Sunday games.
Speaker 1: And Alex is part of a feature and that not
Speaker 1: only is she hosting the show, but she's also taking
Speaker 1: an active participatory route the George Plimpton School of journalism,
Speaker 1: getting in there in the weight room and doing some exercises.
Speaker 1: And let me tell you something, I got more complaints
Speaker 1: out of her last week between Thursday night and Friday
Speaker 1: morning then I I would like to admit right now.
Speaker 1: And then she came in on Monday after a couple
Speaker 1: of days off and said how sore she was. So
Speaker 1: now she's telling us how athletics she is. I said,
Speaker 1: back in the day, yeah, I don't have to all
Speaker 1: do is you keep me here? I'm gonna say I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say the lies the sports reporter one because I
Speaker 1: think it was at a different age most likely to
Speaker 1: succeed that it's all right, my boss knows me a little.
Speaker 1: Do you think I love this game? I love it.
Speaker 1: You're seven lives. You give us two truths and okay.
Speaker 1: In high school I was voted person with the hottest temper,
Speaker 1: and in college I played goalie for the University of
Speaker 1: Maryland club hockey team. They played play those on skates
Speaker 1: and I recorded twenty shutouts as a freshman. Finally, that
Speaker 1: was that's that's all encompassing. Thirdly, I I'm glad he
Speaker 1: thought about these before the shop I attended. I a
Speaker 1: an altercation with Warrant sapp my first year in the
Speaker 1: National Football League of two thousand physical no more of
Speaker 1: an altercation where I was basically told that I'm a nobody.
Speaker 1: I had better get out of his way. And I'll
Speaker 1: never remember that. But that's definitely see. I'm going to
Speaker 1: say that that's false because I think it was Keyshawn Johnson. Oh,
Speaker 1: that's interesting, hottest temper in high school. I think he
Speaker 1: just copied me because that's mine. Well, what's false? You
Speaker 1: have to spill the beans now, both guests. The false
Speaker 1: bit is me playing ice hockey of Maryland and haven't
Speaker 1: twenty shut up numbers. Ridiculous. That number is ridiculous, twenty shutouts. Patrick, Wait,
Speaker 1: so it was Warrant Sapp. It wasn't Keyshan, Yeah, Warren Sapp.
Speaker 1: I had to go in the locker room one of
Speaker 1: my duties in the public relations department, as I had
Speaker 1: to help out the community relations staff, and I was
Speaker 1: charged to ask him to sign a ball. And Sap
Speaker 1: was walking off the field and I just looked up
Speaker 1: at him, put the ball on his face, and he
Speaker 1: gave me the heisman and I'll never forget it. And
Speaker 1: then I, like early on in my career, I was
Speaker 1: a little bit scared of Sap, but over the years
Speaker 1: I got used to him. You know, I was only
Speaker 1: there for a year in Tampa, but obviously our past
Speaker 1: across a few other times of professional settings. But for
Speaker 1: a young guy in this industry, Warrant Sapp scary dude. Yes,
Speaker 1: now it's my turn. So we we had Alex Jaimos.
Speaker 1: She uh, well, what, Eric, what was the lie? We
Speaker 1: know you, we know you want to say it again
Speaker 1: where I was most likely to succeed, Alex. You gotta
Speaker 1: fire right back at him. What what is Eric's law?
Speaker 1: How does it old. No, wait, how does temper was
Speaker 1: the truth? Yeah? Goaltender with twenty shutouts? Alright. I didn't
Speaker 1: even go to Maryland my freshman year. I went to
Speaker 1: Candidians College in Buffalo. Follow the facts, people, let's go okay,
Speaker 1: and I will say Sam just was an intimidated figure.
Speaker 1: And then for me, all I was doing was giving
Speaker 1: a ball out there, and you just gave me the heisman. Okay,
Speaker 1: all right? So my my two truths in a lie.
Speaker 1: One is I wrote a camel and a donkey at
Speaker 1: the same time or what different times, But in my
Speaker 1: life I have In my life, I have wrote a
Speaker 1: camel and a donkey. I had a pet goldfish. I
Speaker 1: had a pet goldfish named Vinnie after Vinny Testaverdie. And
Speaker 1: I'm happy that Mets signed Tim Tebow. Wow, the li No,
Speaker 1: it's not the lies. You're happy that Mets signed Tim Tebow.
Speaker 1: This is easy here. You guys got to come up
Speaker 1: with better ones. I don't know. I feel like you
Speaker 1: would like I'm anna old. I'm an old. Come on now,
Speaker 1: you jumping on board with the a Oh, you gotta
Speaker 1: go something place, I would say the goldfish, he was right,
Speaker 1: He's not even prepared and showing out rock. This is easy.
Speaker 1: Come on, now, was a gentleman when he was here.
Speaker 1: He was a professional. I'm not I'm not bashing him,
Speaker 1: but that was the I'm not I'm feeling indifferent about it.
Speaker 1: You know, he's in the he's a minor league Mets player.
Speaker 1: It's just saying how I feel about no doubt about
Speaker 1: another guy in the organization. So you just kinda just
Speaker 1: you gotta listen. That's part of the reporting business. So
Speaker 1: I'm teaching you something here. So when I said I
Speaker 1: went to school at the University of Maryland, when he
Speaker 1: shut outs my freshman year, I didn't go to Maryland
Speaker 1: my freshman year. I didn't even want to shutouts as
Speaker 1: a ridiculous number. Okay, so I win. Where's the about?
Speaker 1: All right? Oh my god? Again, this is laces in
Speaker 1: Ethan Greenberg here alongside Alex Discount. Well we're not the
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers and a Rodgers, but that but I
Speaker 1: can't do Yeah. The dis kind double check is the belt,
Speaker 1: but it stems from the w w E because the
Speaker 1: championship belt. Yeah, alright, just making sure I actually have
Speaker 1: a belt at home, I'll bring it in, all right. Nonetheless,
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Speaker 1: We're talking everything Jets, pop culture, fantasy football. But again,
Speaker 1: at at the heart of this podcast, we are discussing
Speaker 1: New York Jets. So this Sunday, the season opener, Week
Speaker 1: one of the regular season, the fifteen year anniversary of
Speaker 1: nine eleven MetLife Stadium, Jets hosting the Cincinnati Bengals, the
Speaker 1: a f C North Division winners from So because this
Speaker 1: is the first game of the year, we're gonna play
Speaker 1: a little game. It's called who has the first And
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say different statistics or different statisticals categories, and
Speaker 1: you have to answer with who you think the first
Speaker 1: person is to record that statistic. So let's start out
Speaker 1: with you. He picked up on that who who has
Speaker 1: the first sack of the New York Jets defense? In well,
Speaker 1: Sheldon Richardson has one game suspension, so it won't be
Speaker 1: Sheldon this week. Um, the Jets are dynamic on third
Speaker 1: down with their sub packages and Casey Rogers and Todd
Speaker 1: Bowls showing different looks. But I'm going number ninety. Mohammed
Speaker 1: Wokerson could come right out of a base formation guy
Speaker 1: at twelve sacks last year. He was dominant in his
Speaker 1: only preseason performance against the New York Giants. He is
Speaker 1: the hometown kid from Lynden, New Jersey, and on the
Speaker 1: fifteen fifteenth year anniversary of nine eleven, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: nice to see a hometown kid come out there of
Speaker 1: flying and uh Mo, Wokerson will take down the red rifle.
Speaker 1: That will be the first sex. Yeah, and he's coming
Speaker 1: off how many sacks from last year. So I'm gonna go.
Speaker 1: Leo will and I knew you were going to say,
Speaker 1: because Leo me and even have both written articles about
Speaker 1: how much he wants more sacks this year. In fact,
Speaker 1: they were I mean at first, at first, I didn't
Speaker 1: even know he had written it until I was told.
Speaker 1: But um, uh, I'm gonna go with him. But uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna take the easy way out like I
Speaker 1: did there Alex stole my thunder. I was gonna go
Speaker 1: Leo too. You know, in two games against the Jaguars
Speaker 1: and Redskins preseason's Week one and two, he had two sacks.
Speaker 1: You know, he's he's really looking forward to showing what
Speaker 1: he can do last season at thirty two quarterback hurries
Speaker 1: lead the team. He's looking to turn those into sacks.
Speaker 1: I think he's going to get the job done first.
Speaker 1: I think Moe could have a reason to do with it,
Speaker 1: you know, because maybe they want to maybe Moe gets
Speaker 1: a couple teams, little double team. But well, I guess
Speaker 1: we'll we'll see, but I'm gonna go with Leo as well.
Speaker 1: Feel me interesting to see if the Jets line Leonard
Speaker 1: Williams up at nose deckoed all this week and that's
Speaker 1: something we saw a little bit during the preseason, Ethan,
Speaker 1: But listen to Jets have a loaded defensive line again.
Speaker 1: They're missing Sheldon Richardson this week. But on the other
Speaker 1: side of the ball, the Bangles are missing a couple
Speaker 1: of their key players and Tyler Eifertler had a great year,
Speaker 1: like he had thirteen touchdowns. He was fantasy and don't
Speaker 1: be surprised if it's one of those edge guys. And
Speaker 1: when I talk about edge guys. I'm saying Lorenzo Malden
Speaker 1: or we don't know as of today what the status
Speaker 1: of George Jenkins is gonna be. So Mike Atpono could
Speaker 1: get this start there another hometown, and Todd Bowle said
Speaker 1: that he expects a leap out of Lorenzo Malden this year.
Speaker 1: So in some packages, you don't know, now, wild Caward,
Speaker 1: if you said I want safe wild Car would be
Speaker 1: going to defensive back because it could be like a
Speaker 1: Calvin Briar. It could be like a buster your screen
Speaker 1: a prior on a blitz that we saw against the Giants.
Speaker 1: Overload right, but here comes twenty five to the left.
Speaker 1: What else he got? Ethan we're gonna go to the
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball. Now we're gonna start with
Speaker 1: Alex and I know I have a feeling. I know
Speaker 1: what you're gonna say. First touchdown for the New York
Speaker 1: Jets goes to who. I knew you were gonna say
Speaker 1: that that is a biased statement. I mean only because
Speaker 1: he's like in the red zone. They throw the ball
Speaker 1: to him a lot. He loves he loves his touchdowns.
Speaker 1: He said it. So I don't know he loves and
Speaker 1: the and this has nothing to do with his looks, No,
Speaker 1: and nothing to do with that. I'm about to interview
Speaker 1: him in a couple of hours. So were you more
Speaker 1: nervous for that for for this? No? More nervous for
Speaker 1: more nervous? Well, this one's off camera. That's fair, all
Speaker 1: right there? Alrighty? Who you got first? Touched out? Brandon
Speaker 1: Marshall fourteen touchdowns catches last year. He led the Jets
Speaker 1: and and the Jets are fantastic in the red zone
Speaker 1: because it's very difficult to double team everybody. Alex just
Speaker 1: mentioned Eric Decker, who those guys combined to lead the
Speaker 1: National Football League in terms of receptions and total touchdowns
Speaker 1: last year. Wide receiver tandems. So I think it's safe
Speaker 1: going either direction. But again, Jane Gailey has got a
Speaker 1: lot of options. I'm at fourty, only played in one
Speaker 1: preseason game. He's one of the most accomplished receivers in
Speaker 1: terms of a running back out of the backfield receiving
Speaker 1: weapon in the history of the National Football League. And
Speaker 1: then Blow Paul as well, don't forget about him. So
Speaker 1: those are probably the top four candidates. There are some
Speaker 1: wild cards side. You've gone. You've gone two superstars. It's hard,
Speaker 1: you know, it's hard to go away from the superstar.
Speaker 1: You've gone Mo and Marshall. But again, there two of
Speaker 1: the premier players on this team. I would say, so
Speaker 1: I'm going Matt Fote, new guy. When he came in
Speaker 1: against the Giants first preseason action, immediately got the ball
Speaker 1: both through the air and threw and on the ground.
Speaker 1: So I'm going Matt Forte. And this is this is
Speaker 1: an interesting question. Now, is Matt fotas first touchdown a
Speaker 1: reception or is it a rush reception? What do you
Speaker 1: what do you think it will be a rush? I'm
Speaker 1: going I'm going rush as well. I think that I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a three yard rush for a touchdown. Well,
Speaker 1: that's crazy. I don't even know how you narrowed down
Speaker 1: to that. That's what I am going with. Three. The
Speaker 1: big misnomer about Matt Forte is that he is only
Speaker 1: a receiver. He's only a running back who gets out
Speaker 1: and catches short passes. That's not true at all. Guys
Speaker 1: rushed for a thousand yards five times in his career
Speaker 1: and three of the past four seasons. Kyrie Robinson, a
Speaker 1: fortunately tough break for him. No pun intended hosting a
Speaker 1: ton of you feel you feel bad for the young
Speaker 1: guy who came here in the off season and he
Speaker 1: breaks his leg against the Philadelphia Eagles. A lot of
Speaker 1: people thought that he might be the Jets short yardage
Speaker 1: red zone back. Now obviously that role is definitely gonna
Speaker 1: be Forte and or blow Paul and Forte. One of
Speaker 1: the reasons he said he's so excited about playing this
Speaker 1: offense is because he wants to run up inside the tackles.
Speaker 1: I'm going, uh, you know, Matt Forte, We'll get in
Speaker 1: the end zone on the ground his first touchdown. So
Speaker 1: give me Mo, give me Marshall, give me four ten
Speaker 1: the ground and the bount stays home. That's Eric Allen,
Speaker 1: that is Alex Jaimo. I'm Ethan Greenberg. This is laces
Speaker 1: In again. We cover the New York Jets from a
Speaker 1: bit of a different angle. As the name suggests, is
Speaker 1: not what it is, not your typical podcast here, We're
Speaker 1: a little different. We talked everything from Jets football, fantasy football,
Speaker 1: pop culture to a little Tim t bout action. We
Speaker 1: got everything. So to wrap things up here with the
Speaker 1: New York Jets opening week, one game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 1: I want to know a player or a theme that
Speaker 1: you guys are, you know, keeping tabs on for this weekend.
Speaker 1: So for me, it's I want to see how fast
Speaker 1: this offense starts. It's a year two under chan Gailey
Speaker 1: franchise mark in what yard total yards totally yards overall
Speaker 1: the the offense has another year to grow third in
Speaker 1: the red zone, just like an encyclopedia over here. So
Speaker 1: for me, it's I want to see how well this
Speaker 1: offense gels early on because in the NFL and the
Speaker 1: beginning of the season. Yeah, and you can see in
Speaker 1: the beginning of the NFL that it's a new year,
Speaker 1: so the preseason, the jump to the regular season is
Speaker 1: like ten times out of the water. So I'm very
Speaker 1: cure sious to know and see how this offense produces
Speaker 1: against a tough Cincinnati Bengal. Oh yeah, that's a key
Speaker 1: point here. This week. The Jets are starting three new
Speaker 1: players al along that offensive line. Compared to opening day
Speaker 1: last season, at that point, Willie Cologne was playing right guard,
Speaker 1: Breno Jacomini was right tackle. In the British Shaw, Ferguson
Speaker 1: was left tackle. Now You're gonna have either Brent quality
Speaker 1: or quality or Benijelanna at right tackle. Brian Winners, who
Speaker 1: Todd Bowle said was one of the most improved players
Speaker 1: on the roster during training camp. He starts at right
Speaker 1: guard and then one of the most athletic tackles in
Speaker 1: football when he's healthy, is starting at left tackle. He
Speaker 1: takes over for the British Shaw in Ryan Claydy, and
Speaker 1: that is a huge matchup. Ethan, You're right, because Cincinnati
Speaker 1: likes to get there with four and play verse in
Speaker 1: the back. Brandon Marshall, we were all in the locker
Speaker 1: room this week. Brandon Marshall said, they like the zone
Speaker 1: up a lot in the back. They like to just
Speaker 1: get there for a lot of times. They can get
Speaker 1: there without blitzing. That helps them cover. But yeah, Tom
Speaker 1: Bowls stressed that throughout the season. Throughout the offseason, excuse
Speaker 1: me wants start faster. I'm curious about special teams play
Speaker 1: brand Boyere. They produced a lot in the preseason. Excuse
Speaker 1: me brand Boyer's first year. UM, it should be interesting
Speaker 1: that jay Lee Marshall, the rookie, could possibly be the
Speaker 1: first Jet to touch the football in the season. On
Speaker 1: that point. You know, what is he thinking when that
Speaker 1: ball is in the air. He's never played before, so
Speaker 1: you better secure it better security. Yeah, that's a great point.
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing Fontz has been an absolute
Speaker 1: beast out there. He hasn't even that's Ethan's favorite players.
Speaker 1: He's got a four five shirt over by. He's an
Speaker 1: even better like guy in the locker room. He's he's
Speaker 1: a great areas. Like he just showed me his dance
Speaker 1: moves yesterday. Really he did his Victor Cruz salsa was amazing,
Speaker 1: and he's like, really good. He's part of Hispanic. I
Speaker 1: think he said, are you saying he's really good at
Speaker 1: special team? He's good at life? You know, he's just
Speaker 1: good at life. But yeah, so that's what I'm interested
Speaker 1: in checking out. All right, So special teams for Alex
Speaker 1: starting fast for myself and e A. Again. This is
Speaker 1: laces in Jets podcast Network. Please subscribe. Lasers In is
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Speaker 1: a subscribe button. Seventeen episodes taking you through the entire
Speaker 1: Jet season. It all starts week one MetLife Stadium this
Speaker 1: Sunday again, the fifteen year anniversary of nine eleven New
Speaker 1: York Jets playing host to the Cincinnati Benga. The chills
Speaker 1: just thinking about it. I think that I think that
Speaker 1: it's gonna be electric, The stadium will be electric, the
Speaker 1: national anthem is going to be electric, and then absolutely silent,
Speaker 1: like everyone's gonna be showing so much respect. I don't
Speaker 1: I don't know if you read uh Kim Jones article
Speaker 1: on NFL dot com recap talking about when she experienced,
Speaker 1: you know, her experience of nine eleven. She was a
Speaker 1: Giants beat reporter and her last line, which I thought
Speaker 1: was a great A great line is typically or not
Speaker 1: typically fifteen years ago we use sports as a mechanism
Speaker 1: to forget, but fifteen years later, we used sports as
Speaker 1: a mechanism to remember. Yeah. I thought that was a
Speaker 1: really nice, nice way of putting it. Gives a great
Speaker 1: professional really respect the work. We'll have to take a
Speaker 1: read of that. The guys here, Uh, we're really proud
Speaker 1: of video that we produced here internal. Yeah, I watched
Speaker 1: the video. I teared up. Seth Bradley and Jason Levine, Uh,
Speaker 1: producers here, um got that thing together and uh we
Speaker 1: interviewed a number of people over months, and I collected
Speaker 1: hours and hours the sound from folks in the organization
Speaker 1: and players from that two thousand one team and how
Speaker 1: the events unfolded and what happened with the Jets that
Speaker 1: team and Herm Edwards and uh. I think it was
Speaker 1: a really powerful piece and I would encourage everybody to
Speaker 1: take a look at that, all Jets fans. I think
Speaker 1: you can also see that on Jet Life Saturday night. Okay,
Speaker 1: more expanded version on jet Life, so make sure you
Speaker 1: check that out. That's right. So yeah, Another thing is
Speaker 1: Woody Johnson, who was out here at the complex. He
Speaker 1: UH with reporters briefly this week. He said that he's
Speaker 1: really looking forward to the pregame ceremony. So please, if
Speaker 1: you're going to the game on Sunday, get there early
Speaker 1: because there are gonna be uh some tributes. We want
Speaker 1: to honor some of the first first responders and also
Speaker 1: remember everybody who lost their lives on that tragic day.
Speaker 1: And then we're gonna celebrate one of our nation's great
Speaker 1: pastimes and that's a football game on Sunday. But this
Speaker 1: is this is not a moment to be fashionably late. No,
Speaker 1: everybody's got to get there early early. Is in pregame
Speaker 1: is gonna be fantastic, So everybody's got to be there,
Speaker 1: and and also you know, if you've got young kids
Speaker 1: and who weren't even around and uh two thousand one,
Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be pretty powerful. And then
Speaker 1: we can go all enjoy the football game. Now, as
Speaker 1: far as what I'm looking forward to most in this game,
Speaker 1: I would say, let me go to the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball. Since you guys are all you go offense,
Speaker 1: let's go special teams like all those selections. Um my
Speaker 1: thing is what are the Jets going to do against
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals running back? They got a little tandem
Speaker 1: there of Giovanni Bernard and also uh Hill. Okay, so
Speaker 1: how are the Jets gonna counter? Do we see Darren
Speaker 1: Lee a lot out of the gates? We talked about
Speaker 1: the transformation at linebacker, hopefully David Harris knock on woods,
Speaker 1: that knock on wood the hitman is in the lineup
Speaker 1: then inside linebacker spot. But the Jets are happy with
Speaker 1: Aaron Henderson. But perhaps Darrenly gets a lot of work
Speaker 1: this week as well, because Cincinnati number one, number two,
Speaker 1: and number three options this week are a j green
Speaker 1: But they like to also get the ball to their backs.
Speaker 1: This has not been talked about this week folks. That
Speaker 1: the Jets have three rookie receivers, so do the Bengals.
Speaker 1: There are five count of five new receivers in the
Speaker 1: Bengals opening day lineup this year as compared to last year, Mohammed,
Speaker 1: So no, is not there any any longer either, as
Speaker 1: Marvin owns, you wrote about it this week. So it's
Speaker 1: Brandon Lafal Tyler Boyd. How is any Dalton gonna work
Speaker 1: with those guys? Are they gonna try to force the
Speaker 1: bone to a j Green? Remember the Royal Reef's nine
Speaker 1: takeaways last year? He takeaway in each of its two
Speaker 1: preseason appearances. He'll be ready to roll. But the Jets
Speaker 1: have some options too. And speaking of most improved Bowl said,
Speaker 1: I really liked what I saw at the buster screen
Speaker 1: in training camp. Now you can move buster outside inside.
Speaker 1: Marcus Williams team leaded six interceptions last year in limited duty.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get more work this year. So specifically defensively,
Speaker 1: what are the Jets gonna do with a j Green?
Speaker 1: And if they're able to take him away, where is
Speaker 1: the any Dalton going I think he's going to the
Speaker 1: running backs, and that's how he gifts wrapped the New
Speaker 1: York Jets preview hosting the Cincinnati Bengals with the defense.
Speaker 1: He is absolutely fired up for this. I mean, if
Speaker 1: you talk, if he's talking, bust your screen. He's fired
Speaker 1: up up. Bust a screen, pound for pound for a pound,
Speaker 1: the strongest guy. Okay, so we've covered Jets Bengals. Now
Speaker 1: we're gonna move on to the rest of the NFL.
Speaker 1: And this is something we're gonna do every week, is
Speaker 1: we're gonna have a suicide pick, which is we are
Speaker 1: allowed to pick one team for the season to beat
Speaker 1: its opponents. So let's say, if you're you know, Jets,
Speaker 1: whoever the Jets are playing, you pick the Jets Week one.
Speaker 1: Let's say, in this case, you pick them to beat
Speaker 1: the Bengals, the Jets when you're stay alive, did Jets lose,
Speaker 1: You're out. We're gonna keep for our record, We're gonna
Speaker 1: go We're gonna have a couple one pick per week. Obviously,
Speaker 1: so should I rattle off some matchups? You should rattle
Speaker 1: off every matchup starting is at Denver, that is tonight,
Speaker 1: that is the is the NFL seas. I'm staying away
Speaker 1: from that game, and by the time this is up,
Speaker 1: I think this's gonna be up Friday, We're actually not
Speaker 1: gonna that game will be already be played. Nobody can
Speaker 1: pick good point Next alright, Sunday Tampa Bay at Atlanta,
Speaker 1: Buffalo at Baltimore, Chicago at Houston, Green Bay at Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: San Diego at Kansas City, Oakland at New Orleans, Cincinnati
Speaker 1: at at US and y J Cleveland at Philly, My Minnesota, Tennessee,
Speaker 1: Miami at Seattle, Giants at Dallas, Detroit at India, UM Indianapolis,
Speaker 1: New England at Arizona, Pittsburgh at Washington, l A at
Speaker 1: San Francisco. Oh, that's interesting. Go ahead, I'm going to
Speaker 1: study the games. I haven't. I mean, look hard all
Speaker 1: bat lead off, No problem, I'm picking the Hawks over
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. That's good. That's that's I'll pick. That's the
Speaker 1: game that jumped out to me as well. It's always
Speaker 1: a tough trip. Seattle place tremin Us at home. They
Speaker 1: got the twelveth man, but I don't know how that's
Speaker 1: all working with the trademark anymore. But they get the
Speaker 1: twelves man. The kicker. The kicker is that I'm not
Speaker 1: allowed to pick the Seahawks at more. Yeah, that's I understand.
Speaker 1: What a suicide. I'm shame like it's a good picture.
Speaker 1: But for me picking the Seahawks, you have to stay
Speaker 1: alive day at a time. We get a time, gotta
Speaker 1: make it to a week. You have no idea there's
Speaker 1: gonna be scores this week. You guys are just entering
Speaker 1: the league. I will tell you. I will promise you.
Speaker 1: You will be sitting in a press box next to
Speaker 1: me on Sunday and one of you are going to say,
Speaker 1: what the heck it's forty two to six over there,
Speaker 1: or wow, so and so Cleveland's got a thirty spot.
Speaker 1: Who knows what's gonna happen. I'm going, I'm going. I'm
Speaker 1: going at Eagles winning at home against the brown That's
Speaker 1: a gutsy pick. They're starting. Marcus Williams, former collegian teammate
Speaker 1: Carson wants, I'm curious about r G three. I'm curious. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And also Hugh Jackson, former Bengals offensive coordinator now head
Speaker 1: coach of the Cleveland Browns are playing moneyball over there.
Speaker 1: That's like their big thing now. So I'm very curious
Speaker 1: about that game. And you're putting all all your chips
Speaker 1: in the rook. I guess I am man the rook
Speaker 1: putting the chips in the rook all right. I mean
Speaker 1: I would like to say I'm going to take the Jets,
Speaker 1: but oh man, this is tough. These opening day games
Speaker 1: are tough. So I'm looking at Monday night Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Washington.
Speaker 1: See that A lot of my friends are picking that game,
Speaker 1: the taking the Steelers over the Skins. But I think
Speaker 1: the Skins are are a little better than people give.
Speaker 1: They won the division and it's and it's at home
Speaker 1: at FedEx Field. I just don't the cut. I'm not
Speaker 1: drinking thekool aid you think the Colts would be. I
Speaker 1: think there's also the Houston Texans at home against the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. That's my pick. You're picking the Texans. It's
Speaker 1: Houston J J. Watt in that place. That team plays
Speaker 1: with a different jump at home. Chicago was a team
Speaker 1: and I find it being a little bit of transition.
Speaker 1: I think the Texans have a lot of talent and
Speaker 1: JJ's recovering from some from some injury stuff. Right I
Speaker 1: can't remember what he had in the preseason, but I
Speaker 1: think he'll be ready to go. And when he gets going,
Speaker 1: everything on the scoreboard is JJ this he's selling a pizza,
Speaker 1: or maybe he's commissed, or maybe he's given tickets to somebody.
Speaker 1: And then the next thing you see is making a
Speaker 1: sack on the field, and then he's high five and
Speaker 1: he's also in the concession guys bringing people beers. He
Speaker 1: does everything there. And have you seen by the way
Speaker 1: Houston Cougar's monstrous victory over Oklahoma at Reliant Stadium? Where
Speaker 1: are the Texans will take down? Are we going to
Speaker 1: little college? Can change my pick before we switched. I
Speaker 1: don't know how I feel about Okay, Okay, pick Andrew Luck.
Speaker 1: I'm picking Luck, so you're putting Lucky Luck. Yeah, they're
Speaker 1: playing Detroit at home, so yeah, that's interesting. Then that
Speaker 1: could go either way. I like the Texans at home.
Speaker 1: They're surprised the Jets last year. I really like the
Speaker 1: way they play at home. I didn't like it on
Speaker 1: that day. I was really really upset when I got
Speaker 1: on the bus because the Jets fell the five and five.
Speaker 1: But Todd Bowls did a tremendous job with that team
Speaker 1: down the stretch. They won five games in a row.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately lose the Buffalo, but ten wins and all most
Speaker 1: Jets fans when the Green and White lost that game
Speaker 1: down to Texas, had written the Jets off and that
Speaker 1: just tells you something about Todd Bowles. What he did
Speaker 1: is a first year head coach. Now in year two,
Speaker 1: I'm with Woody hoping optimism for this team. He's taking
Speaker 1: the Texans, Alex has taking the Colts. I'm taking the
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Speaker 1: the heart of the program, but we talk everything. We
Speaker 1: talk fanas football, which I'm actually about to touch on
Speaker 1: real quick good. I can't wait for fantasy. Then we
Speaker 1: also touch on, like we said, our suicide pool, we
Speaker 1: got everything, college football will come lay and I want
Speaker 1: my belt to be gold and say e a on it. Okay,
Speaker 1: but then what happens when a g takes it? She
Speaker 1: would have to literally steal it. He's not gonna earn it. Okay,
Speaker 1: we're a little chippy on lasers, and again this is
Speaker 1: not what you're used to. We're a little different. But
Speaker 1: real quick, before we wrap things up here, fantasy football
Speaker 1: is week one as well. You guys, do you guys
Speaker 1: have your teams? I think it ruins the games. It
Speaker 1: ruins the game in the NFL. I just like, hey,
Speaker 1: fanel Vandel publishes a piece on New York Jets dot com.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you, Fandel, Thank you? Do you do? I
Speaker 1: think it takes something away from the game. Let's say,
Speaker 1: let's say Jeremy Hill is my running back and he's
Speaker 1: playing the Jets. I'm what am I gonna do? Root for?
Speaker 1: You sit Jeremy Hill? Yeah, but like, come on, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say, yesterday, did you see what the Jets did
Speaker 1: last year against the was seeing running backs? You sit
Speaker 1: Jeremy Hell, that's what you do. I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 1: Last night I had my fantasy draft. I had a
Speaker 1: choice between Derek Carr and Andy Dalton, and I chose
Speaker 1: Derek Carr because I know we don't play the Raiders
Speaker 1: here and so like that that did influence my decision.
Speaker 1: Do you do you do any fantasy football. I do
Speaker 1: know fantasy football, but I have some interest in it.
Speaker 1: And I've interviewed Matthew Berry before. Uh our producer Jason
Speaker 1: Levine he jumps out of the seat when Matthew Berry
Speaker 1: is in the house and Met Life Stadium. But yeah, yeah, listen.
Speaker 1: I think it's great. I think it's great for the
Speaker 1: sport because it just makes the sport even more popular,
Speaker 1: you know, and you know you see kids playing fantasy
Speaker 1: football at a really young ages. Now, to Alex's point, never,
Speaker 1: you never want to be in a position where you
Speaker 1: hear people talking about, oh, Tom Brady is my quarterback,
Speaker 1: but I'm a die heart shots. How is that even possible?
Speaker 1: But what if the person went to Michigan? So what
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I understand Tom Brady went to Michigan,
Speaker 1: but Michigan comes before the Patriots. What if you're a
Speaker 1: die hard Michigan fan and a die hard Jets fan,
Speaker 1: You're you're you're stuck in the munther Yeah, no, it's stupid.
Speaker 1: I understand that aspect. If you want a draft Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: if you're a die hard Michigan and Jets fan, which
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're about ton of them out there. Not
Speaker 1: just kidding, I know I know one. Yeah, who's that is?
Speaker 1: My is my buddy from from home? Okay, And what
Speaker 1: does he think about he still is? He still aligned
Speaker 1: with Brady and NFL aligned with him? In what sense?
Speaker 1: Does he route for him every Sunday? He respects him, Yeah,
Speaker 1: respect He doesn't like what he does against the Jets,
Speaker 1: but he will always root for him. I respect him too, Okay,
Speaker 1: but I'm pretty sure he roots for him as long
Speaker 1: as not against the Jets, because it's still a Michigan
Speaker 1: product on the field there is. But I will say
Speaker 1: his favorite players David Harris. Obviously, to David Harris, that's
Speaker 1: a joke, right, is a fan? No? No, no, because David, no, no,
Speaker 1: You're just saying that because because of the man. How
Speaker 1: can you not like something wrong with you? This is
Speaker 1: one of the top players in the history of this franchise.
Speaker 1: You know that we're not We're not bashing him. I
Speaker 1: like David Harris a lot. I think I like the
Speaker 1: Jets inside linebacker this year because I like David Harrison
Speaker 1: and Aaron Henderson, the veteran stability, and he's also he's
Speaker 1: also top the dup chart in a TIRP Aaron Henderson,
Speaker 1: I heard he had twenty shutouts just right, Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: ice hockey. And then you got Darren Lee, who again
Speaker 1: as I mentioned before, he could be playing. You know,
Speaker 1: it depends on a week. The top Bowls said he
Speaker 1: was clear about Henderson at the top top chart, but
Speaker 1: depending on the week, Lee could see more time. And
Speaker 1: then Bruce Carter, guy you interviewed here in a preseason
Speaker 1: Ethan is another guy who had five interceptions with the
Speaker 1: Cowboys a couple of years ago. So I'm really excited
Speaker 1: about them. So do we have to pay any fantasy players?
Speaker 1: And I just wanted to I just want to talk
Speaker 1: about we got college games. We could, we could, we
Speaker 1: were a little were little time crunch here. That's behind
Speaker 1: all right. I'm going to Iowa, Iowa State sy Hawk
Speaker 1: Trophy on the line. You know, I love my Hawks.
Speaker 1: Alex covered the Hawks last year. But those who don't,
Speaker 1: I don't don't even understand it because you weren't a
Speaker 1: University of Iowa reporter. But you're a fan of the
Speaker 1: Hawk Hawk eye beat reporter. Yeah, but but you were
Speaker 1: a fan. Where are you supposed to be neutral? I'm
Speaker 1: a fan she's now a fan. I truse for the
Speaker 1: team I'm covering internally, not like it didn't show it
Speaker 1: on camera. It wasn't like. Actually, if you look at
Speaker 1: a replay on on YouTube, you can see Alex jump
Speaker 1: in the back of you can see me crying on
Speaker 1: the high when they lost in the Rose Bowl. But
Speaker 1: that that'll be a fun game. And that's Saturday night.
Speaker 1: I have the night off so I can watch it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you got your eyes on any game. Yeah, I got
Speaker 1: time to see Virginia Tech. They're playing it like Bristol
Speaker 1: Motor Speedy. Forgive me on that, because I don't know
Speaker 1: too much about Nascar, I believe, because you know, I
Speaker 1: was raised above the Mason Dixon line. Even though I
Speaker 1: spent some time down and in the South, I never
Speaker 1: I picked up country love country music, not into NASCAR.
Speaker 1: So forgive me on that. But everybody's buried the Tennessee
Speaker 1: Volunteers because they struggle with Appolian State. By the way,
Speaker 1: State is a great small program. Okay, maybe Tennessee was
Speaker 1: looking ahead. Let's not forget how talented of a football
Speaker 1: team this is the volunteers. Get back a little swagger.
Speaker 1: Let let me, let me get inst Virginia Tech. That's
Speaker 1: my pick. What do you at Syracuse, guy, I'm just
Speaker 1: curious to see how Syracuse plays. I'm not saying I'm
Speaker 1: picking cues. I'm I'm curious how they play because this
Speaker 1: is their first real test. Number nineteen Louisville. You know
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a test coming to the Carrier Dome.
Speaker 1: When I went to Syracuse, I witnessed Syracuse takedown Louisville Cardinals,
Speaker 1: and that was that was the best game ever. You're
Speaker 1: playing Louisville this week. I'm not saying I'm picking Scuse.
Speaker 1: Dino baber is a second game Syracuse one thirty three
Speaker 1: to seven over Cold Gate. Big win over Cold Gate.
Speaker 1: He said, I was hoping that you guys had crests
Speaker 1: this week because I knew you could move to two
Speaker 1: and a toothpaste joke. Yes, anyway, he really just toast. Nonetheless, Nonetheless,
Speaker 1: you guys don't use toothpastes either. You got somebody doing it?
Speaker 1: Does your phone take care of that for you? Let
Speaker 1: me let me let me enlighten you a little bit.
Speaker 1: Since September two, twelve, this weekend mark the first weekend
Speaker 1: in college football with no matchups featuring two ranked teams
Speaker 1: in the A people, thank you, Tony Mancuso. That is
Speaker 1: a Tony Mancuso stats crazy. I love Mancuso. By the way,
Speaker 1: Let's give him a shot out because he's a guy
Speaker 1: behind the scenes making it happen on New York just
Speaker 1: dot com, moving everything round, change in the title pages,
Speaker 1: posting all that Sitari video. He's doing a great shob
Speaker 1: what what what do you say? He's making it sex,
Speaker 1: taking the page sex, Tony brings it and uh you know,
Speaker 1: Penn Steak guy. Good work, one one one of fifty
Speaker 1: in the buildings. I've been impressed with him, so good job,
Speaker 1: Tony Mancuso. And that's all we got for week one
Speaker 1: of laces and again Ethan Greenberg, Alex Jaimo, Eric who
Speaker 1: won two truths and a lie? Who did who that
Speaker 1: takes about. We'll be back next week with a different
Speaker 1: ice breaker, but again, this is laces In. Please please
Speaker 1: subscribe to the Jets podcast network on iTunes. This is
Speaker 1: only week one of seventeen. We got sixteen games, but
Speaker 1: we're not having seventeen. I playing the Jets sticking around
Speaker 1: here and well there's seventeen guaranteed. How about that, all right,
Speaker 1: we'll take him one game and a time. We'll take
Speaker 1: a game out of time exactly four. Eric Allen and
Speaker 1: Alex Jaimo. I'm Ethan Greenberg. Stay tuned for next week again,
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