Speaker 1: Welcome to us Thanksgiving installment the Jets Audibles, Eric Allen,
Speaker 1: joined by my partner Chad Punnyton, who actually is in
Speaker 1: an interesting location today. You're a trooper, Chad. Uh. The
Speaker 1: guys are telling me you are doing this podcast from
Speaker 1: an automobile a car. Well, Eric, I'm always believe you
Speaker 1: do whatever it takes to win, right, So I believe
Speaker 1: that when I played, and I still believe it now.
Speaker 1: So the kids are home from Thanksgiving break a little
Speaker 1: bit crazy in the house. I stepped into my car
Speaker 1: because I knew we wouldn't have any distractions, all right,
Speaker 1: So what's the Punnington family doing for Thanksgiving? Well, we
Speaker 1: are actually trying to enjoy a couple of days and
Speaker 1: not having any sports activities, no school activities, and just
Speaker 1: trying to recuperate from the fall of football in the
Speaker 1: beginning of basketball. And then we will head to West
Speaker 1: Virginia on Wednesday to enjoy the family for thanks Will
Speaker 1: the boys go out and play and have a Thanksgiving
Speaker 1: a game on the gridiron? You know what, that's not
Speaker 1: a bad idea at all. I may even incorporate that
Speaker 1: into our family schedule. That's that's a pretty good idea.
Speaker 1: Thundering Herd plays Western Kentucky on Friday for the East
Speaker 1: Division of the Conference USA Championship. So we will certainly
Speaker 1: be watching a lot of football, and I'm sure they
Speaker 1: would also be up for a football game. There's no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. They love it. Did you guys ever
Speaker 1: do that going growing up? Play a little football on Thanksgiving? Uh?
Speaker 1: You know, I was noting. I was known in my
Speaker 1: family for playing football games by myself. We would actually
Speaker 1: go up and visit my grandparents in Lofallit, Tennessee, and
Speaker 1: I would go out in my sweat pants and have
Speaker 1: a football game by myself. Now imagine that like you
Speaker 1: tackle yourself, you make great catches, you uh if you
Speaker 1: pick up fumble as you make interceptions, and the most
Speaker 1: important thing, you always win. So it was it was
Speaker 1: a win win situation from well, yeah, so I guess
Speaker 1: you were the star of the game. Listen, Uh, did
Speaker 1: you do play by play while you're out there playing
Speaker 1: uh football against yourself? No doubt about it. You've got
Speaker 1: to give a little commentating and play by play, you know,
Speaker 1: with penning to making a great catch or painting and
Speaker 1: scooping up the fumble or intercepting the ball, you know,
Speaker 1: jumping over the pile, touchdown, all those things that really
Speaker 1: bring back great Chilithood's memory. Alright, Chad, what's your message
Speaker 1: for Jets Nation? The Green and White suffer another a
Speaker 1: tough DEFEATO one possession game there at that, but unfortunately
Speaker 1: they couldn't climb back into a tie with the Texans,
Speaker 1: and now they're five and five. Well, if you, I
Speaker 1: think there's two perspectives here for Jet fans, and most importantly,
Speaker 1: there's two perspectives here for the team. Um. First of all,
Speaker 1: the inner perspect to is, hey, the team is struggling
Speaker 1: and and the team is trying to find a way
Speaker 1: to just get back into the wind Colin. And so
Speaker 1: the narrow perspective is to think the world's coming to
Speaker 1: an end. They're five and five, they've lost four out
Speaker 1: of five, they're certainly on a downward trend. And as
Speaker 1: a team, I don't think you can buy into all
Speaker 1: of that. I think you've got to broaden your perspective
Speaker 1: and look at it big picture and look at the league,
Speaker 1: look at where you are, and say, if we said
Speaker 1: we would be at five and five at the beginning
Speaker 1: of season, would we feel good that we can make
Speaker 1: a playoff run. I think that uh answer to that
Speaker 1: question is yes, we would feel good that we could
Speaker 1: make a playoff run. Right now, you don't feel good
Speaker 1: about a playoff run because of where you are in
Speaker 1: healthy started. So from a team's perspective, you always need
Speaker 1: to take the positive approach. You can't pessimism leap to
Speaker 1: complete breakdown and failure. So you have to be optimistic.
Speaker 1: Can go Okay, yeah, we've screwed this thing up completely
Speaker 1: starting out four and one, we're five and five, but
Speaker 1: we are in the playoffs hunt, and so what can
Speaker 1: we do as a team to flush these ten games,
Speaker 1: focus on these nick six and make a playoff runt.
Speaker 1: Isn't there a difference? And I keep on coming back
Speaker 1: to this because I was with Herds for five years,
Speaker 1: But isn't there a difference between perception and reality? Remember,
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people do. Remember forget the
Speaker 1: fact that the Jets finished four and twelve last season,
Speaker 1: and there were some talk in New York this week
Speaker 1: that hey, the Jets are frauds. But ched this team
Speaker 1: wasn't saying before they matched up with the New England
Speaker 1: Patriots that they were Super Bowl contenders. In fact to
Speaker 1: Todd Bowls has been the same way each and every week,
Speaker 1: no question. I completely agree with that. And that's the
Speaker 1: big picture of perspective you're talk talking about is saying
Speaker 1: it's a team that was four and twelve, had a
Speaker 1: lot of turnover, coaching, change um, and then the early
Speaker 1: um success of the team maybe have given it may
Speaker 1: have given a false perception out there that this team
Speaker 1: was ready. Now, as as teammates and as individuals, you
Speaker 1: always believe you've got a chance to play for a championship,
Speaker 1: There's no question about that. And they certainly as an
Speaker 1: organization made moves to take that next stride to start
Speaker 1: to play for championships and had some early success to
Speaker 1: leave you to believe that they could do that. And
Speaker 1: that's still possible. Uh that that is certainly not out
Speaker 1: of the realm of possibilities as far as being able
Speaker 1: to make a playoff run and get into the playoffs.
Speaker 1: But right now, the feeling obviously around the town and
Speaker 1: as Jet fans, you don't feel good about where you
Speaker 1: are because you have seen regression and not progression, so
Speaker 1: that that feeling out there is understandable. But as a team,
Speaker 1: you can't worry about that. You've got to focus on it.
Speaker 1: We are what we are. We're five and five. There's
Speaker 1: a reason we're five and five. Now, if we understand
Speaker 1: what those reasons are, and we understand that those things
Speaker 1: can be fixed, that we can change this scenario quickly.
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick told me last night on Inside the Jots,
Speaker 1: you have to ignore the noise. How difficult is that
Speaker 1: for you, the player in a place like New York,
Speaker 1: to say, Hey, whatever is going on in the outside,
Speaker 1: forget about it. We gotta lock it up inside the
Speaker 1: locker room and find something we can hang our hat
Speaker 1: on right now. Well, it's it's it's very important. It's
Speaker 1: the most important thing when you play in New York.
Speaker 1: And that's why some players can survive and some players
Speaker 1: can't um But there there is. It's important to understand
Speaker 1: why ignore the noise means. In my opinion, ignore the
Speaker 1: noise means you you ignore the things that really aren't
Speaker 1: replevant to your situation. But you cannot nor the things
Speaker 1: that are relevant to your situation and ignore. You cannot
Speaker 1: ignore the mistakes being made. You cannot ignore the same
Speaker 1: mistake being repeated. You cannot ignore the lack of production,
Speaker 1: and you have to look at those things, truly strip
Speaker 1: yourself down as an individual and as a team, analyze
Speaker 1: those and make a conscious effort to correct those things.
Speaker 1: So ignore the noise as far as the negativity out there, absolutely,
Speaker 1: but do not ignore the noise when it comes to
Speaker 1: what are the real reasons we are struggling as a
Speaker 1: team and how do we fix those things? And what
Speaker 1: do you think are the real reasons that the Jets
Speaker 1: have hit a rough patch here uh in the middle
Speaker 1: of the year. Well, offensively, I think the lack of
Speaker 1: big plays, chunk plays. I think that's what has reared
Speaker 1: its ugly head over the last few weeks is that, um,
Speaker 1: you haven't had very many plays made down the field
Speaker 1: to make drives a little easier. Um to where you
Speaker 1: can't survive in this league by having fourteen play fIF
Speaker 1: team play drives every series. Defenses are too good, schemes
Speaker 1: and coordinators are too good to allow you to do
Speaker 1: that on a consistent basis. You have to have some
Speaker 1: chunk plays that turn a possible four team play series
Speaker 1: into a seven play series because you had a forty
Speaker 1: or fifty yard game and those plays have not been
Speaker 1: made and and I think that some of the younger
Speaker 1: players on offense and some of the players that don't
Speaker 1: get their number called as often as the UH typical
Speaker 1: players do, such as the Brandon Marshall's, the Chris Ivory's,
Speaker 1: Eric Jackers, those are the guys that need to step
Speaker 1: up and make a chunk play and make a make
Speaker 1: a big time catch, a big time run, whatever it
Speaker 1: may be, to alleviate some of the stress that's put
Speaker 1: on an offense by trying to have it to produce
Speaker 1: those fourteen or fifteen a series. Well, if Fitzpatrick admittedly
Speaker 1: as he hasn't played really well in the past few weeks,
Speaker 1: from your perspective, what have you seen on film from
Speaker 1: the Jets fatchan signal caller? Well, I think number one,
Speaker 1: you've got to really look at what he's been dealing with.
Speaker 1: Let's let's don't underestimate that guy just came off the
Speaker 1: surgery table ten days ago. Uh, he's been dealing with
Speaker 1: the torn ligament in his non throwing time. And yes,
Speaker 1: we can say it's not his throwing hand, which is true,
Speaker 1: but at the same time, it's it's a major injury.
Speaker 1: It's something that can't be taken lightly. So, um, is
Speaker 1: there gonna be a little bit different? Is there a
Speaker 1: difference in his play? Yes, and understandably. So that's where
Speaker 1: the team concept has to come in and guys have
Speaker 1: to make tough catches. Guys have to make plays that
Speaker 1: they're not necessarily expected to make because you have a
Speaker 1: leader in your offense that is hurting, that is down,
Speaker 1: that that needs of help, that needs someone to step
Speaker 1: up and just take a little bit of the pressure
Speaker 1: off of him. Uh, you know, So that that's number
Speaker 1: one I think is most important. That's when you have
Speaker 1: one of your best players on one side of the
Speaker 1: ball or the other that's down. Uh, that's hurt a
Speaker 1: little bit. You've got to have other players step up
Speaker 1: and make up for that production. Secondly, I think, you know,
Speaker 1: I'll just like to see him protect himself a little
Speaker 1: bit better. I think these hits are starting to accumulate
Speaker 1: on him. And although I love his grittiness, I love
Speaker 1: his toughness, I mean that really starts to compound itself
Speaker 1: as you get later on into the season. So think
Speaker 1: about a little bit of self preservation and realize that
Speaker 1: his availability and his ability to lead his team is
Speaker 1: most important. Compared to getting an extra yard on a
Speaker 1: quarterback run and taking an unnecessary hit and then finally, uh,
Speaker 1: just you know, staying stable, staying committed. That's what he's
Speaker 1: going to be about. That's what will allow the Jets
Speaker 1: to persevere through this tough times. His stability and his
Speaker 1: unwillingness to waiver. I think that's most important in providing
Speaker 1: that stability for the team. You talked about explosion plays
Speaker 1: down the field. Uh fits through a good deep ball
Speaker 1: to rookie Devin Smith who unfortunately wasn't able to haul
Speaker 1: that pass in otherwise that's a touchdown. And Devin Smith
Speaker 1: has had some struggles here in his rookie season. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of players doing the National Football League making
Speaker 1: that transition, and I'm not making excuses, but it's but
Speaker 1: a tough year for Devin because first day a training camp,
Speaker 1: basically he goes out with not only a broken ribs,
Speaker 1: but he had punctured uh lacerated long, uh punctured long?
Speaker 1: Excuse me? And now you're seeing him trying to get
Speaker 1: back up to speed and get involved in offense. And
Speaker 1: obviously he's got some pressure on him. But what do
Speaker 1: you do as a quarter act when you see a
Speaker 1: guy obviously he was fighting at right now, you continue
Speaker 1: to pump him up, You work with him after practice.
Speaker 1: You you do little things to create small victories. I
Speaker 1: think small victories and accountability habits create uh later success
Speaker 1: And so right now for him, he's got to create
Speaker 1: some small victories throughout practice and throughout the week to
Speaker 1: build that confidence. You can't wait to make a play
Speaker 1: in a game and then say, Okay, now I've got
Speaker 1: the confidence to do that. You do that throughout the
Speaker 1: week to build that commerce because once you get to
Speaker 1: game day, we don't have time for that. So I
Speaker 1: think that's most important. I think that the other learning tool,
Speaker 1: or the lesson to be learned for younger players is
Speaker 1: that in in the NFL, you don't get very many
Speaker 1: and opportunities to make a difference. Um, it's not like
Speaker 1: college or high school where you get multiple opportunities because
Speaker 1: you're running nine plays a game in sixty to seventy
Speaker 1: plays period in an NFL game, and so the limited
Speaker 1: amount of opportunities that you get you must convert, you
Speaker 1: must make That's just the nature of the game that
Speaker 1: it's not going to change. It's always been that way.
Speaker 1: Something that I had to learn as a young player,
Speaker 1: and so you hope that he starts to understand that,
Speaker 1: build those small victories in practice, work on those things,
Speaker 1: and and see that come to fruition on game day.
Speaker 1: Lost the amidst the latest Jets defeat was the play
Speaker 1: of ballaal Pile back in the lineup for the first time,
Speaker 1: I believe since the Washington game. He had a career
Speaker 1: high and receptions and receiving yards. Also showed a little
Speaker 1: spark in the running game. Uh. Did you like what
Speaker 1: you saw out of a Ballall as he returned to
Speaker 1: the lineup, No question. And that's the type of small
Speaker 1: production that I'm talking about to take the pressure off
Speaker 1: of a player like Chris Ivory. So Powell was able
Speaker 1: to do that and create some explosion plays, create some
Speaker 1: plays that keep jobs alive instead of all being on
Speaker 1: number thirty three. Same thing in the passing game, the
Speaker 1: young receivers being able to step up make a couple
Speaker 1: of plays to take the pressure off of Decker and Marshall.
Speaker 1: Those are the things that you're talking about. And that's
Speaker 1: what Balalpa did in the game, and that's something that
Speaker 1: they had been missing. Uh, in the last few weeks,
Speaker 1: and so it's nice to see him be able to
Speaker 1: step back into the lineup and be productive. What do
Speaker 1: you think about the defensive effort. Obviously, these guys hold
Speaker 1: themselves to a really high standard, and their numbers are
Speaker 1: still very good. And I know teams throughout the league
Speaker 1: inside locker rooms aren't looking at total yards. They're looking
Speaker 1: at wins and losses. But you know, they kept the
Speaker 1: Jets in the game early, but then you had a
Speaker 1: spot there where it was tens of time after Fits
Speaker 1: and Brandon Marshall got together for their seventh scoring connection
Speaker 1: on the season and then cease shorts and the Houston
Speaker 1: Texans had a backbreaking thrive on the ensuing possession. Well,
Speaker 1: I think what you have started to see, and I
Speaker 1: think what the Texans did a really good job of.
Speaker 1: They said, look, we know that we're not going to
Speaker 1: make our living against the Jets defense, uh four or
Speaker 1: five yards at a time and be consistent at that.
Speaker 1: They're too good to allow us to have those type
Speaker 1: of drives and create double digit play series to to
Speaker 1: drive and score touchdowns. And so they were able to
Speaker 1: be creative and take advantage of some personnel things and
Speaker 1: be creative with down the field shots. And you look
Speaker 1: at their three touchdowns that they had, Uh, they were
Speaker 1: down the field shots. One of them was more of
Speaker 1: a creative trick play, um, and then the other two
Speaker 1: were actually down the field shots. So I think teams
Speaker 1: are saying, you know what, we can't be scared of
Speaker 1: the Jets defense. Uh, in the fact that we've got
Speaker 1: to take these down the field shot that's what's going
Speaker 1: to give us some breathing room. And even if we
Speaker 1: take six of them and only hit two, those are
Speaker 1: two big plays that give us some breathing room to
Speaker 1: them be able to punch in because right now the
Speaker 1: Jets offense haven't shown that they're gonna put up points
Speaker 1: a game. So a team's going in going, look, if
Speaker 1: we can score seventeen to twenty points, we have a
Speaker 1: chance to really win this game. How do we do that?
Speaker 1: We create him down the field charts and take our chance.
Speaker 1: Do you like what you saw, uh Colevilan prior he
Speaker 1: made a return to the lineup ball, so he was
Speaker 1: out since the New England game. Uh, you know you
Speaker 1: can think about that past defense. In the first quarter, Uh,
Speaker 1: the Texans lined up j J wide wide and they
Speaker 1: wanted to throw the fade to him, and Prior was
Speaker 1: right there, and I thought throughout the ball game, number
Speaker 1: twenty five was all over the place, and he's he's
Speaker 1: continued to impress me in the second season. Well. I
Speaker 1: think probably the biggest thing that stuck out to me
Speaker 1: Eric was of his energy. I think that's important. I
Speaker 1: think he brought a renewed sense of energy when he played,
Speaker 1: and I think that's something that the team is missing
Speaker 1: because whether it be just later in the season, or
Speaker 1: it be the um intensity of the situation and the
Speaker 1: pressure of the situation, that energy and that passion to
Speaker 1: play the game and just be out there and communicating,
Speaker 1: being excited about what you're doing and not just going
Speaker 1: through your typical routine, but truly being committed to what
Speaker 1: you're trying to get accomplished. I think that was evident
Speaker 1: in the way that he played on Sunday, which I
Speaker 1: think is going to be important moving forward throughout the
Speaker 1: next six games. The Jets handled Miami across the Pond,
Speaker 1: which seems months ago at this point. That was both
Speaker 1: teams fourth game, and the Jets actually moved to three
Speaker 1: and one uh with the rather convincing victory over the Dolphins. There,
Speaker 1: now the teams meet for a second time. Uh, what
Speaker 1: do you think about this Miami team who comes and
Speaker 1: visits the Jets and how different they might look. Well,
Speaker 1: I think that their backs are against the wall. I
Speaker 1: think you have two teams that UM are in a
Speaker 1: similar situation. Uh. If we're splitting hairs here, there's no
Speaker 1: doubt that Miami's back is completely against the wall. They
Speaker 1: have no room for Arabian at four and six. UM,
Speaker 1: they're still searching. UM, they've had a little bit of success.
Speaker 1: UM since the coaching change. I think they are a
Speaker 1: little bit of a different team than earlier in the
Speaker 1: year when the Jets played them. But it's it's two
Speaker 1: teams that that are just flat struggling to find a
Speaker 1: way to win a football game. And so typically this
Speaker 1: creates one of the best matchups of the week when
Speaker 1: you're looking at two teams that are struggling, they're fighting
Speaker 1: for their playoff lives. UM, they're looking to, you know,
Speaker 1: be able to put an anchor in the ground and
Speaker 1: say this is who we are and we're making this run.
Speaker 1: And you've got two teams in similar situations. So it's
Speaker 1: certainly going to be a game that's gonna have some
Speaker 1: fireworks and it's going to be intense. This is a
Speaker 1: playoff game for both teams on paper that just should
Speaker 1: be able to get the run game moving against this team.
Speaker 1: The dolphinsive struggled throughout the year stop in the run.
Speaker 1: Chris Ivory one went off against them in London, and
Speaker 1: last week the Cowboys got it moving on the ground
Speaker 1: against this Dolphins team who throughout this the entire two
Speaker 1: thousand fifteen season, have really had a lot of holes
Speaker 1: in their defense, specifically against that run game. Yes they have.
Speaker 1: They certainly struggled, and when you look at them on paper,
Speaker 1: you wonder why that they're, you know, having trouble in
Speaker 1: the run game. But you know, I think it's going
Speaker 1: to be a matter of will and and you know,
Speaker 1: an offensive line against the defensive line, and just who
Speaker 1: wants it and who's gonna execute better, and who's going
Speaker 1: to be more tenacious and physical and and relentless. I
Speaker 1: think that's what it's gonna build down to, and which
Speaker 1: whichever offensive or defensive line takes it to the other,
Speaker 1: they're gonna have the advantage and and play with some
Speaker 1: enthusiasm and energy and a little bit of nastiness and
Speaker 1: and have a little integree and you to where you
Speaker 1: gotta say, we've got to established the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: here we we This is a matter of will. This
Speaker 1: is a game that doesn't necessarily come down the game
Speaker 1: plan as it comes down to just pure determination and
Speaker 1: want to who's going to fight back and try to
Speaker 1: help their team get back into the playoff RaSE. The
Speaker 1: Jets are honor in the Super Bowl three team uh
Speaker 1: during this ball game and also at halftime, Immerson Boozer
Speaker 1: and Matt Snell will officially be inducted into the team's
Speaker 1: ring honor. Thoughts on Booze and Matt's Snell uh going
Speaker 1: taking their places on the Jets All Old Time Team, Well,
Speaker 1: I think it's awesome and I think that you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's appropriate that it just so happens to be
Speaker 1: this week where you know, the Jets are trying to
Speaker 1: find a way to to become a team that can
Speaker 1: um compete for a world championship, and we're honoring a
Speaker 1: team that did win the Ultimate Prize and two players
Speaker 1: who were major contributors and really great Jet players during
Speaker 1: that era. So I think it's a great time to
Speaker 1: be able to celebrate, uh, their accomplishments and what they've
Speaker 1: been able to do, and and uh, the type of
Speaker 1: players that they were. You know, when you watch them
Speaker 1: play and you see the old clips, I mean they're
Speaker 1: just gritty, they're determined or just tough. I mean, they're
Speaker 1: what football players are supposed to be. And I think
Speaker 1: it's a great time to celebrate them. And they were
Speaker 1: really aheat of their time because you think about the
Speaker 1: nineteen sixties. At that time, a lot of teams weren't
Speaker 1: going to a backfield tandem, and that was one of
Speaker 1: the pro full walls, real first true tandems, as the
Speaker 1: Jets used both of these guys in the passing game
Speaker 1: and the run game and as blockers as well, no question,
Speaker 1: I mean they were very well rounded. And now we
Speaker 1: have all of these specialists today. And when you look
Speaker 1: at those two players, they were asked to do everything,
Speaker 1: and uh, that's certainly a dying breed in our game today,
Speaker 1: whereas in the past you look at two players like that,
Speaker 1: I mean they were asked to do everything. They were
Speaker 1: so versatile that they were capable of doing everything, and
Speaker 1: and the team really counted up on them in every situation.
Speaker 1: I just want to get your thoughts real quickly on
Speaker 1: the Jets waving of Quentin Coples this week. He was
Speaker 1: drafted two thousand and twelve, first round pick number sixteen overall,
Speaker 1: had sixteen and a half sacks the last three seasons,
Speaker 1: but this year he really saw his playing time decreased.
Speaker 1: Chad obviously more of an inside pass rusher than anything,
Speaker 1: and he was playing the outside linebacker position, and the
Speaker 1: Jets have been using Lorenzo mauld and a rookie out
Speaker 1: of Louisville more and more in subsituations. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: you hate to see that happened to players. Being a
Speaker 1: player myself, you know, you know how difficult it is
Speaker 1: to compete and producing this league and create longevity in
Speaker 1: this league. And I think he'll find another spot. Sometimes
Speaker 1: you get players that are on teams and you just
Speaker 1: have too many good players at one spot and you
Speaker 1: can't keep them all. I've seen that with great receivers. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, you see that with other players where they
Speaker 1: just finally find their niche with an organization. So you know,
Speaker 1: the releasing of Clinton doesn't mean that he can't play
Speaker 1: in this league. I don't think that it's an indictment
Speaker 1: upon him. It's just that he was on a team
Speaker 1: that had some really talented play airs in the same
Speaker 1: position that he was playing. And so your hope is
Speaker 1: that and I think it's a it's a it's a
Speaker 1: move by coach Bowls where he's a former player and
Speaker 1: he realizes that sometimes you have to make these business decisions,
Speaker 1: and sometimes these business decisions are actually good for the
Speaker 1: organization and also even better for the player to where
Speaker 1: he can go find another opportunity to be productive and
Speaker 1: another organization can use his skills, uh to its advantage.
Speaker 1: So I hope that this turns into a positive uh
Speaker 1: for Clinton. I've been on that. I've been in that
Speaker 1: situation being ways where my my services weren't wanted anymore
Speaker 1: by one organization, but they were they were found to
Speaker 1: be very beneficial to another organization. So for him, you
Speaker 1: hope that he's got the right mindset and realizes that
Speaker 1: this is at the end of the road. It could
Speaker 1: be just the beginning of another chapter in his NFL career. Yeah,
Speaker 1: excellent point. Uh, strictly business decision, as Todd Bowles said,
Speaker 1: and not deal with anything that was happening off the field,
Speaker 1: it became a numbers game. And as Bol said this week, Chaid, listen,
Speaker 1: we have a slew of players who play on the inside.
Speaker 1: And Quintin was a good guy, while liked in the
Speaker 1: locker room, did a lot of fine things in the
Speaker 1: community throughout his tenure here. So everybody here wishes Quintin
Speaker 1: a lot of luck. Uh So, final word from you,
Speaker 1: what's your favorite Thanksgiving food? Oh? Man, let's see. I
Speaker 1: am I love gravy. You know, I'm a biscuits and
Speaker 1: gravy fand so anytime we have a chance to have
Speaker 1: gravy on something, I'm all about it. So probably everything
Speaker 1: on my plate will have baby on it. The turkey,
Speaker 1: the dressing, the mashed potatoes. It'll probably even get mixed
Speaker 1: in with the corn and the greenbies. Whatever is on there,
Speaker 1: there will be gravy on my plate. I promise you that.
Speaker 1: All right? For me, it's just fast forward to dessert
Speaker 1: because I'm a pumpkin pie guy. Can don't wait for
Speaker 1: a little bit that here on Thursday? Uh buddy, Uh,
Speaker 1: many blessings to you and your family and joy Thanksgiving
Speaker 1: and then we'll talk to you next week. You two
Speaker 1: happy Thanksgiving. Dollar Jet fans,