WEBVTT - Pennington: 'This Is a Playoff Game' (11/24) 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:13.880 Welcome to us Thanksgiving installment the Jets Audibles, Eric Allen, 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:17.639 joined by my partner Chad Punnyton, who actually is in 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:22.560 an interesting location today. You're a trooper, Chad. Uh. The 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:26.680 guys are telling me you are doing this podcast from 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:32.000 an automobile a car. Well, Eric, I'm always believe you 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.840 do whatever it takes to win, right, So I believe 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:37.639 that when I played, and I still believe it now. 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:41.560 So the kids are home from Thanksgiving break a little 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.200 bit crazy in the house. I stepped into my car 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.599 because I knew we wouldn't have any distractions, all right, 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:51.199 So what's the Punnington family doing for Thanksgiving? Well, we 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.720 are actually trying to enjoy a couple of days and 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:58.160 not having any sports activities, no school activities, and just 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:02.240 trying to recuperate from the fall of football in the 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:04.720 beginning of basketball. And then we will head to West 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:08.960 Virginia on Wednesday to enjoy the family for thanks Will 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:12.280 the boys go out and play and have a Thanksgiving 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:16.800 a game on the gridiron? You know what, that's not 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:19.760 a bad idea at all. I may even incorporate that 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.520 into our family schedule. That's that's a pretty good idea. 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:27.040 Thundering Herd plays Western Kentucky on Friday for the East 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:30.360 Division of the Conference USA Championship. So we will certainly 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.600 be watching a lot of football, and I'm sure they 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:35.280 would also be up for a football game. There's no 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.160 doubt about it. They love it. Did you guys ever 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:42.520 do that going growing up? Play a little football on Thanksgiving? Uh? 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.520 You know, I was noting. I was known in my 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.560 family for playing football games by myself. We would actually 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.400 go up and visit my grandparents in Lofallit, Tennessee, and 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.840 I would go out in my sweat pants and have 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:57.480 a football game by myself. Now imagine that like you 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:00.400 tackle yourself, you make great catches, you uh if you 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.240 pick up fumble as you make interceptions, and the most 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.440 important thing, you always win. So it was it was 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.440 a win win situation from well, yeah, so I guess 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:11.520 you were the star of the game. Listen, Uh, did 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.880 you do play by play while you're out there playing 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:18.639 uh football against yourself? No doubt about it. You've got 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:21.320 to give a little commentating and play by play, you know, 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.560 with penning to making a great catch or painting and 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.200 scooping up the fumble or intercepting the ball, you know, 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:30.360 jumping over the pile, touchdown, all those things that really 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:34.320 bring back great Chilithood's memory. Alright, Chad, what's your message 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:38.080 for Jets Nation? The Green and White suffer another a 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:42.320 tough DEFEATO one possession game there at that, but unfortunately 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:46.840 they couldn't climb back into a tie with the Texans, 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:51.280 and now they're five and five. Well, if you, I 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.560 think there's two perspectives here for Jet fans, and most importantly, 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:58.799 there's two perspectives here for the team. Um. First of all, 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.520 the inner perspect to is, hey, the team is struggling 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:06.359 and and the team is trying to find a way 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.240 to just get back into the wind Colin. And so 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:13.680 the narrow perspective is to think the world's coming to 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.120 an end. They're five and five, they've lost four out 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:20.560 of five, they're certainly on a downward trend. And as 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.880 a team, I don't think you can buy into all 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.440 of that. I think you've got to broaden your perspective 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:30.000 and look at it big picture and look at the league, 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.360 look at where you are, and say, if we said 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.880 we would be at five and five at the beginning 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:37.920 of season, would we feel good that we can make 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:42.000 a playoff run. I think that uh answer to that 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.320 question is yes, we would feel good that we could 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.360 make a playoff run. Right now, you don't feel good 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.480 about a playoff run because of where you are in 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:53.960 healthy started. So from a team's perspective, you always need 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:57.000 to take the positive approach. You can't pessimism leap to 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.000 complete breakdown and failure. So you have to be optimistic. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.760 Can go Okay, yeah, we've screwed this thing up completely 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.640 starting out four and one, we're five and five, but 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.640 we are in the playoffs hunt, and so what can 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.440 we do as a team to flush these ten games, 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.080 focus on these nick six and make a playoff runt. 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:21.440 Isn't there a difference? And I keep on coming back 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.680 to this because I was with Herds for five years, 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.720 But isn't there a difference between perception and reality? Remember, 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.120 I think a lot of people do. Remember forget the 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.719 fact that the Jets finished four and twelve last season, 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.400 and there were some talk in New York this week 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:43.040 that hey, the Jets are frauds. But ched this team 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.119 wasn't saying before they matched up with the New England 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:49.280 Patriots that they were Super Bowl contenders. In fact to 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:53.359 Todd Bowls has been the same way each and every week, 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:58.159 no question. I completely agree with that. And that's the 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.080 big picture of perspective you're talk talking about is saying 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.560 it's a team that was four and twelve, had a 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:08.280 lot of turnover, coaching, change um, and then the early 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:12.320 um success of the team maybe have given it may 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:15.640 have given a false perception out there that this team 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:19.120 was ready. Now, as as teammates and as individuals, you 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:21.720 always believe you've got a chance to play for a championship, 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.520 There's no question about that. And they certainly as an 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:27.600 organization made moves to take that next stride to start 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.840 to play for championships and had some early success to 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:32.760 leave you to believe that they could do that. And 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:36.080 that's still possible. Uh that that is certainly not out 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:39.320 of the realm of possibilities as far as being able 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.520 to make a playoff run and get into the playoffs. 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:46.040 But right now, the feeling obviously around the town and 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.599 as Jet fans, you don't feel good about where you 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:52.360 are because you have seen regression and not progression, so 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.200 that that feeling out there is understandable. But as a team, 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:58.400 you can't worry about that. You've got to focus on it. 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:00.760 We are what we are. We're five and five. There's 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.679 a reason we're five and five. Now, if we understand 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.200 what those reasons are, and we understand that those things 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:09.400 can be fixed, that we can change this scenario quickly. 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.719 Ryan Fitzpatrick told me last night on Inside the Jots, 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:17.119 you have to ignore the noise. How difficult is that 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:22.119 for you, the player in a place like New York, 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:26.160 to say, Hey, whatever is going on in the outside, 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:30.280 forget about it. We gotta lock it up inside the 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:33.760 locker room and find something we can hang our hat 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:37.840 on right now. Well, it's it's it's very important. It's 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.200 the most important thing when you play in New York. 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.880 And that's why some players can survive and some players 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:47.680 can't um But there there is. It's important to understand 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:51.400 why ignore the noise means. In my opinion, ignore the 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:56.160 noise means you you ignore the things that really aren't 0:06:56.200 --> 0:07:01.600 replevant to your situation. But you cannot nor the things 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:05.240 that are relevant to your situation and ignore. You cannot 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:09.400 ignore the mistakes being made. You cannot ignore the same 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:13.480 mistake being repeated. You cannot ignore the lack of production, 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.560 and you have to look at those things, truly strip 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.840 yourself down as an individual and as a team, analyze 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:23.920 those and make a conscious effort to correct those things. 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.840 So ignore the noise as far as the negativity out there, absolutely, 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:30.880 but do not ignore the noise when it comes to 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.800 what are the real reasons we are struggling as a 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.080 team and how do we fix those things? And what 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:39.600 do you think are the real reasons that the Jets 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.440 have hit a rough patch here uh in the middle 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:47.480 of the year. Well, offensively, I think the lack of 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.880 big plays, chunk plays. I think that's what has reared 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:56.040 its ugly head over the last few weeks is that, um, 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.840 you haven't had very many plays made down the field 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:04.560 to make drives a little easier. Um to where you 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:08.240 can't survive in this league by having fourteen play fIF 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:13.240 team play drives every series. Defenses are too good, schemes 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:16.560 and coordinators are too good to allow you to do 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:19.720 that on a consistent basis. You have to have some 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:24.080 chunk plays that turn a possible four team play series 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.840 into a seven play series because you had a forty 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.920 or fifty yard game and those plays have not been 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:32.800 made and and I think that some of the younger 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.559 players on offense and some of the players that don't 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:40.640 get their number called as often as the UH typical 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.840 players do, such as the Brandon Marshall's, the Chris Ivory's, 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.839 Eric Jackers, those are the guys that need to step 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.760 up and make a chunk play and make a make 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.160 a big time catch, a big time run, whatever it 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:55.440 may be, to alleviate some of the stress that's put 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.880 on an offense by trying to have it to produce 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:03.079 those fourteen or fifteen a series. Well, if Fitzpatrick admittedly 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:08.160 as he hasn't played really well in the past few weeks, 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:12.360 from your perspective, what have you seen on film from 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:16.800 the Jets fatchan signal caller? Well, I think number one, 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.080 you've got to really look at what he's been dealing with. 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:22.360 Let's let's don't underestimate that guy just came off the 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:26.040 surgery table ten days ago. Uh, he's been dealing with 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.520 the torn ligament in his non throwing time. And yes, 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.480 we can say it's not his throwing hand, which is true, 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.640 but at the same time, it's it's a major injury. 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:38.880 It's something that can't be taken lightly. So, um, is 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.360 there gonna be a little bit different? Is there a 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.280 difference in his play? Yes, and understandably. So that's where 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.480 the team concept has to come in and guys have 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.599 to make tough catches. Guys have to make plays that 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:55.320 they're not necessarily expected to make because you have a 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.959 leader in your offense that is hurting, that is down, 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.079 that that needs of help, that needs someone to step 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:03.880 up and just take a little bit of the pressure 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:07.360 off of him. Uh, you know, So that that's number 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.040 one I think is most important. That's when you have 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.760 one of your best players on one side of the 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.559 ball or the other that's down. Uh, that's hurt a 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.320 little bit. You've got to have other players step up 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.400 and make up for that production. Secondly, I think, you know, 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.680 I'll just like to see him protect himself a little 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.559 bit better. I think these hits are starting to accumulate 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.480 on him. And although I love his grittiness, I love 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:33.280 his toughness, I mean that really starts to compound itself 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.640 as you get later on into the season. So think 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.360 about a little bit of self preservation and realize that 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:43.520 his availability and his ability to lead his team is 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:48.160 most important. Compared to getting an extra yard on a 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:53.360 quarterback run and taking an unnecessary hit and then finally, uh, 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:57.280 just you know, staying stable, staying committed. That's what he's 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.760 going to be about. That's what will allow the Jets 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:03.880 to persevere through this tough times. His stability and his 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:08.120 unwillingness to waiver. I think that's most important in providing 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.080 that stability for the team. You talked about explosion plays 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:15.760 down the field. Uh fits through a good deep ball 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:19.959 to rookie Devin Smith who unfortunately wasn't able to haul 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:24.440 that pass in otherwise that's a touchdown. And Devin Smith 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.600 has had some struggles here in his rookie season. There's 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:30.480 a lot of players doing the National Football League making 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.959 that transition, and I'm not making excuses, but it's but 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:38.280 a tough year for Devin because first day a training camp, 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:42.320 basically he goes out with not only a broken ribs, 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:48.600 but he had punctured uh lacerated long, uh punctured long? 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:53.920 Excuse me? And now you're seeing him trying to get 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:56.680 back up to speed and get involved in offense. And 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.000 obviously he's got some pressure on him. But what do 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:01.640 you do as a quarter act when you see a 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:05.760 guy obviously he was fighting at right now, you continue 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.840 to pump him up, You work with him after practice. 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:12.920 You you do little things to create small victories. I 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:19.400 think small victories and accountability habits create uh later success 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:22.920 And so right now for him, he's got to create 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:26.280 some small victories throughout practice and throughout the week to 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:29.520 build that confidence. You can't wait to make a play 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:31.320 in a game and then say, Okay, now I've got 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:34.360 the confidence to do that. You do that throughout the 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.800 week to build that commerce because once you get to 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.400 game day, we don't have time for that. So I 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.640 think that's most important. I think that the other learning tool, 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:48.800 or the lesson to be learned for younger players is 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:52.200 that in in the NFL, you don't get very many 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.679 and opportunities to make a difference. Um, it's not like 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.560 college or high school where you get multiple opportunities because 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:02.520 you're running nine plays a game in sixty to seventy 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:07.000 plays period in an NFL game, and so the limited 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:11.160 amount of opportunities that you get you must convert, you 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.480 must make That's just the nature of the game that 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.680 it's not going to change. It's always been that way. 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:18.520 Something that I had to learn as a young player, 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.280 and so you hope that he starts to understand that, 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:25.079 build those small victories in practice, work on those things, 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.840 and and see that come to fruition on game day. 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:32.240 Lost the amidst the latest Jets defeat was the play 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:35.000 of ballaal Pile back in the lineup for the first time, 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:38.079 I believe since the Washington game. He had a career 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.640 high and receptions and receiving yards. Also showed a little 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.880 spark in the running game. Uh. Did you like what 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.400 you saw out of a Ballall as he returned to 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:52.280 the lineup, No question. And that's the type of small 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:56.280 production that I'm talking about to take the pressure off 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.640 of a player like Chris Ivory. So Powell was able 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:03.120 to do that and create some explosion plays, create some 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.160 plays that keep jobs alive instead of all being on 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:09.160 number thirty three. Same thing in the passing game, the 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.120 young receivers being able to step up make a couple 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.760 of plays to take the pressure off of Decker and Marshall. 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.800 Those are the things that you're talking about. And that's 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:21.360 what Balalpa did in the game, and that's something that 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.160 they had been missing. Uh, in the last few weeks, 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.280 and so it's nice to see him be able to 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.040 step back into the lineup and be productive. What do 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:33.000 you think about the defensive effort. Obviously, these guys hold 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.720 themselves to a really high standard, and their numbers are 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:40.960 still very good. And I know teams throughout the league 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.000 inside locker rooms aren't looking at total yards. They're looking 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:48.040 at wins and losses. But you know, they kept the 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.880 Jets in the game early, but then you had a 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.040 spot there where it was tens of time after Fits 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:57.480 and Brandon Marshall got together for their seventh scoring connection 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:02.080 on the season and then cease shorts and the Houston 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:08.680 Texans had a backbreaking thrive on the ensuing possession. Well, 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.160 I think what you have started to see, and I 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:13.360 think what the Texans did a really good job of. 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.480 They said, look, we know that we're not going to 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.600 make our living against the Jets defense, uh four or 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.960 five yards at a time and be consistent at that. 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:25.200 They're too good to allow us to have those type 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:29.160 of drives and create double digit play series to to 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.720 drive and score touchdowns. And so they were able to 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:37.480 be creative and take advantage of some personnel things and 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.680 be creative with down the field shots. And you look 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:44.160 at their three touchdowns that they had, Uh, they were 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.520 down the field shots. One of them was more of 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.800 a creative trick play, um, and then the other two 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.680 were actually down the field shots. So I think teams 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.400 are saying, you know what, we can't be scared of 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.640 the Jets defense. Uh, in the fact that we've got 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:00.760 to take these down the field shot that's what's going 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.480 to give us some breathing room. And even if we 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.320 take six of them and only hit two, those are 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.720 two big plays that give us some breathing room to 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.560 them be able to punch in because right now the 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:15.360 Jets offense haven't shown that they're gonna put up points 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.920 a game. So a team's going in going, look, if 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.840 we can score seventeen to twenty points, we have a 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.520 chance to really win this game. How do we do that? 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.840 We create him down the field charts and take our chance. 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:29.000 Do you like what you saw, uh Colevilan prior he 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.360 made a return to the lineup ball, so he was 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.760 out since the New England game. Uh, you know you 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:38.280 can think about that past defense. In the first quarter, Uh, 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:43.280 the Texans lined up j J wide wide and they 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:45.440 wanted to throw the fade to him, and Prior was 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:49.200 right there, and I thought throughout the ball game, number 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.600 twenty five was all over the place, and he's he's 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:56.400 continued to impress me in the second season. Well. I 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.160 think probably the biggest thing that stuck out to me 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:03.120 Eric was of his energy. I think that's important. I 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:07.240 think he brought a renewed sense of energy when he played, 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.480 and I think that's something that the team is missing 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:13.119 because whether it be just later in the season, or 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:17.480 it be the um intensity of the situation and the 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:21.119 pressure of the situation, that energy and that passion to 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.959 play the game and just be out there and communicating, 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.080 being excited about what you're doing and not just going 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:31.000 through your typical routine, but truly being committed to what 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:33.400 you're trying to get accomplished. I think that was evident 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.760 in the way that he played on Sunday, which I 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:40.000 think is going to be important moving forward throughout the 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:44.280 next six games. The Jets handled Miami across the Pond, 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:48.800 which seems months ago at this point. That was both 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.680 teams fourth game, and the Jets actually moved to three 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:57.120 and one uh with the rather convincing victory over the Dolphins. There, 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:01.639 now the teams meet for a second time. Uh, what 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.439 do you think about this Miami team who comes and 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:09.320 visits the Jets and how different they might look. Well, 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:12.040 I think that their backs are against the wall. I 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:15.480 think you have two teams that UM are in a 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:19.960 similar situation. Uh. If we're splitting hairs here, there's no 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.800 doubt that Miami's back is completely against the wall. They 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:25.960 have no room for Arabian at four and six. UM, 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:30.480 they're still searching. UM, they've had a little bit of success. 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:33.560 UM since the coaching change. I think they are a 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:36.560 little bit of a different team than earlier in the 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.480 year when the Jets played them. But it's it's two 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:42.399 teams that that are just flat struggling to find a 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:46.120 way to win a football game. And so typically this 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:49.840 creates one of the best matchups of the week when 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:52.720 you're looking at two teams that are struggling, they're fighting 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:56.159 for their playoff lives. UM, they're looking to, you know, 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:57.840 be able to put an anchor in the ground and 0:18:57.840 --> 0:18:59.880 say this is who we are and we're making this run. 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:03.840 And you've got two teams in similar situations. So it's 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:05.919 certainly going to be a game that's gonna have some 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:09.080 fireworks and it's going to be intense. This is a 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:14.480 playoff game for both teams on paper that just should 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:17.320 be able to get the run game moving against this team. 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:20.320 The dolphinsive struggled throughout the year stop in the run. 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:25.480 Chris Ivory one went off against them in London, and 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:28.439 last week the Cowboys got it moving on the ground 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:33.200 against this Dolphins team who throughout this the entire two 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:39.560 thousand fifteen season, have really had a lot of holes 0:19:39.600 --> 0:19:44.679 in their defense, specifically against that run game. Yes they have. 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.600 They certainly struggled, and when you look at them on paper, 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:51.080 you wonder why that they're, you know, having trouble in 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.040 the run game. But you know, I think it's going 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.840 to be a matter of will and and you know, 0:19:55.840 --> 0:19:58.639 an offensive line against the defensive line, and just who 0:19:58.720 --> 0:20:01.040 wants it and who's gonna execute better, and who's going 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:05.280 to be more tenacious and physical and and relentless. I 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:08.040 think that's what it's gonna build down to, and which 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:12.160 whichever offensive or defensive line takes it to the other, 0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:14.960 they're gonna have the advantage and and play with some 0:20:15.280 --> 0:20:19.000 enthusiasm and energy and a little bit of nastiness and 0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:21.159 and have a little integree and you to where you 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:23.480 gotta say, we've got to established the line of scrimmage 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:25.439 here we we This is a matter of will. This 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:29.120 is a game that doesn't necessarily come down the game 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:32.199 plan as it comes down to just pure determination and 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:35.600 want to who's going to fight back and try to 0:20:35.640 --> 0:20:38.879 help their team get back into the playoff RaSE. The 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:42.160 Jets are honor in the Super Bowl three team uh 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:46.160 during this ball game and also at halftime, Immerson Boozer 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:51.240 and Matt Snell will officially be inducted into the team's 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:56.960 ring honor. Thoughts on Booze and Matt's Snell uh going 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:02.440 taking their places on the Jets All Old Time Team, Well, 0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:05.080 I think it's awesome and I think that you know, 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:08.160 it's it's appropriate that it just so happens to be 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:11.119 this week where you know, the Jets are trying to 0:21:11.160 --> 0:21:13.600 find a way to to become a team that can 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:17.840 um compete for a world championship, and we're honoring a 0:21:17.880 --> 0:21:21.400 team that did win the Ultimate Prize and two players 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:25.880 who were major contributors and really great Jet players during 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:28.600 that era. So I think it's a great time to 0:21:28.640 --> 0:21:32.240 be able to celebrate, uh, their accomplishments and what they've 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:35.119 been able to do, and and uh, the type of 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:37.440 players that they were. You know, when you watch them 0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:39.640 play and you see the old clips, I mean they're 0:21:39.680 --> 0:21:43.639 just gritty, they're determined or just tough. I mean, they're 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:46.440 what football players are supposed to be. And I think 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:48.640 it's a great time to celebrate them. And they were 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:51.520 really aheat of their time because you think about the 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:55.119 nineteen sixties. At that time, a lot of teams weren't 0:21:55.200 --> 0:21:59.119 going to a backfield tandem, and that was one of 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:04.919 the pro full walls, real first true tandems, as the 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:08.240 Jets used both of these guys in the passing game 0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:12.959 and the run game and as blockers as well, no question, 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:15.639 I mean they were very well rounded. And now we 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:18.600 have all of these specialists today. And when you look 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:21.000 at those two players, they were asked to do everything, 0:22:21.640 --> 0:22:25.320 and uh, that's certainly a dying breed in our game today, 0:22:26.119 --> 0:22:29.719 whereas in the past you look at two players like that, 0:22:29.840 --> 0:22:31.639 I mean they were asked to do everything. They were 0:22:31.680 --> 0:22:35.440 so versatile that they were capable of doing everything, and 0:22:35.440 --> 0:22:38.320 and the team really counted up on them in every situation. 0:22:38.560 --> 0:22:40.639 I just want to get your thoughts real quickly on 0:22:40.680 --> 0:22:45.280 the Jets waving of Quentin Coples this week. He was 0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:50.440 drafted two thousand and twelve, first round pick number sixteen overall, 0:22:51.119 --> 0:22:54.280 had sixteen and a half sacks the last three seasons, 0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:57.560 but this year he really saw his playing time decreased. 0:22:57.640 --> 0:23:03.159 Chad obviously more of an inside pass rusher than anything, 0:23:03.520 --> 0:23:07.199 and he was playing the outside linebacker position, and the 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:11.280