WEBVTT - LISTEN | Jets Opponent Series - Miami Dolphins (6/17) 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:06.200 Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast powered 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:09.600 by Amazon Web Services. The opponent previous series rolling on 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:13.720 here Ethan Greenberg Eric Allen talking about the Jets and Dolphins. 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:17.919 Is this the weirdest scheduling quirk you've seen in your 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:21.720 time in the NFL? As the Jets and Dolphins played 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:26.280 twice in three weeks with a by sandwich in between. Questionably, 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:31.320 the answer is yes. When I saw the schedule, it's uh. 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:33.400 I looked at the first half of the season, saw 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:36.159 Dolphins on it and done that Week nine match up 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:38.879 at home against the New England Patriots, and then finally 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:43.279 you have your first Miami game in week ten. So 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:46.600 automatically thought, hey, maybe the Jets are actually gonna close 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:50.640 with the Dolphins again this year. But no, they're coming 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:55.120 right back after a bye after facing them at Matt 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:59.400 Life in week ten. They'll face each other again in 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:04.319 week twelve. Easier for the coaches to prepare because all 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:09.199 that film work, uh don prior to Week ten will 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.679 already be in the books per se, and then they'll 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:15.240 have to see how those teams match up against each 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:20.319 other um in at Mattlife. But yeah, this is interesting 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:22.880 and it could play to the advantage of one of 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:27.640 these squads, because hey, say, if the Jets win at home, 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:31.920 hold serve and maybe they win convincingly. Who knows, uh, 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:36.160 maybe they go into that situation feeling awfully confident facing 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.840 the Miami Dolphins. But what I think, Greens is that 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:43.920 is a critical part of the Jets two thousand twenties schedule. 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:49.960 Week nine, Monday Night against the Patriots, Week ten against 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:54.240 the Dolphins, Week twelve against the Dolphins, because that is 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:58.680 half of your division games in a matter of three 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:04.320 games in four weeks. And not only that, but two 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:07.240 weeks prior to the Jets and Patriots on Monday Night 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:11.079 Football is Week seven. That's the second Jets Bills matchup 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:16.760 of the season. So it goes Bills, Chiefs, Patriots, Dolphins, Dolphins. 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:19.600 That's a that's a meaty part of the schedule there 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.080 for the Jets, and I agree it's gonna be very 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:26.480 important that the Jets find success in that span. And 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:29.440 I'm just kind of curious here overall, take on the 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:33.720 Dolphins before we hear from Dolphins analyst John Conjemmy, because 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.760 I feel like the Dolphins are a team that has 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:41.040 so much turnover from the end of last season to 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.840 present as we're recording this in June. And this is 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:47.760 also a team that has the same head coach and 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:51.799 general manager. But this is a team that, maybe more 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:56.679 so than anyone, would have benefited from a Spring O 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:00.760 t A and mini camp in person, and obviously that's 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.600 not the case. I just wonder, even though I think 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:06.400 they're an improved team, I wonder how quickly they'll be 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.320 able to show that on the field because of the 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:12.520 time away from the facility. I like to hid coach 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.960 a lot like Brian Flores. He came over, of course 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.959 from the New England Patriots, and last year a lot 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:24.000 of people thought the Dolphins were tanking for TUA. Ironically, 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:29.519 they finished five and eleven overall, most notably that Week 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:34.320 seventeen victory over the New England Patriots in Tom Brady 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.800 is Ryan Fitzpatrick works some bits magic there at Jolette Stadium. 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:42.640 Of course, the Patriots going on to play on Wild 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:47.880 Card weekend and the Chiefs getting the bye, and I 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:53.000 think that really helpful Kansas City to the Super Bowl title. 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.680 So if ititz Patrick had a hand in that. Yeah, 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.960 last year, everybody left Miami out for dead, but they 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:05.120 finished five and eleven overall. Uh. Their first victory ironically 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.200 last season, of course, came against the New York jetson 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:12.800 But to your point, Ethan, I do believe this Dolphins 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:18.360 team improved their talent immensely in the offseason. But how 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.720 is that going to look and translate early in the 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:26.040 season because they're gonna be working in so many new 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:30.200 starters on both sides of the football. And one of 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.960 the key storylines for training camp in South Florida is 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.400 where is too at physically? And if he is at 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:43.680 dent when training camp commences, can he push Ryan Fitzpatrick 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.800 for that week's one starting job or are we i 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:50.799 in two up for the second half of the season. 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:55.080 And that means those matchups with the Jets. All right, Well, 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.040 let's hear from John King Jemmy who's a Dolphins analyst, 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.480 and learn what he thinks about the Jets Dolphins match up. 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:05.920 I feel like the Dolphins, despite being five and eleven, 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.800 where a popular team, especially when you look at the 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:13.000 future for this group. So entering two thousand and twenty, 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.200 what's your overall take on the Dolphins? Well, I think 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:18.480 you have to start with the depth of the roster 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.919 number one. I think the Dolphins put themselves in a 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:25.480 position of strength after free agency and then the two 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.880 thousand and twenty NFL Draft. I think this roster right now, 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:32.520 as it's composed on paper, is much stronger, much more 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.880 well rounded it at each position than it was going 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.680 into the two thousand and nineteen season. And I think 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.520 you add what Brian Flores does as a head coach 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.920 and the way he motivates guys on a daily basis, 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.719 the way he challenges guys on a daily basis, I 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:51.279 think this is a competitive group that he's assembled from 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.400 the coaching staff down through the quarterback and down through 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:58.080 each position on offense, defense, and special teams. It should 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:01.440 be a much improved team in two thousand. Hopefully it 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.640 has some of the grit that the two thousand and 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.600 nineteen team had, because when you really take a look 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:10.480 at that roster, it didn't have any business winning five, six, 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.560 seven games. But that's where the Dolphins would have and 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.680 should have been, had they come through against Washington and 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.159 overtime and a couple of other games. The New York 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:22.400 game actually up in New York was a perfect example 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:24.080 of one of those games that could have went either 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:27.600 way can you make the argument, John, that the Dolphins 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.760 improved the roster more than anybody in the National Football 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.520 League this offseason. And with that being said, will this 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:40.040 team had as many as ten, the twelve, the thirteen 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:44.480 new starters in two thousand twenty. There's a chance there's 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:47.040 a chance there could be that many news starters. I mean, 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.719 just take a look if you go back, and I 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.160 know you guys don't follow this as closely as the 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.120 Jets that quite naturally, But the first game of the 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:59.279 regular season against the Ravens, the Dolphins had three offensive linemen. 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.040 I didn't know their names going into pregame warm up. 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.679 I was like, who's that guy? And they actually played 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:07.480 and started in the game, and it showed in the score. Uh, 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.080 you know, not only in that game, but the New 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:12.040 England game the week after, where the Dolphins were blown 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:14.720 out in back to back weeks at home. So when 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.000 you take a look now at this roster, you draft 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.680 to a tongue of ioloa. Now, will he start, if 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.720 he's good enough, he will, if he challenges Fitzpatrick and 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.120 he's able to start, there's one of those guys that 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.880 quite possibly could start. Now, personally, I think Fitzpatrick is 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:31.800 going to be the quarterback, and they're gonna allow to 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.440 it to compete, and if he's good enough, he's gonna play. 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.400 If not, he'll sit and watch until his time is ready. 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:42.360 But at running back, at linebacker, at safety, at cornerback, 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:46.920 at defensive end especially, you could have upwards of ten 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:50.520 to twelve guys just at those positions in rotation, not 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.880 only starting but playing significant snaps. I even't even started 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.760 on the offensive line, where you may have four out 0:07:56.840 --> 0:08:00.560 of five new names on that offensive line start opening day. 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.320 So you're right, ten to twelve is probably a good 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.800 number quarterback excluded, John, What do you feel like is 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:11.000 the most improved position on this Dolphins team after free agency? 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:15.480 In the draft? You know, I'd have to say, if 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.520 you're going to pick a position, it might be that 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:21.920 defensive end linebacker. And I say that in tandem, because 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.360 whether you run a four three or three four, you're 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:29.120 gonna have guys at different positions. And I think Josh Bowyer, 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:32.679 the new defensive coordinator, is gonna want to keep opposing 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.920 offenses guessing. I would say, you know, the addition of 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:39.360 Kyle van Noy and you have Agba coming in and 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:42.120 you have a guy like Shack Lawson, uh from the 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.360 Bills that come in. Now, their numbers aren't going to, 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:47.480 you know, make you go wow and jump out off 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.840 the paper. But where the Dolphins were at those positions, 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.920 it screams improvement for this team in South Florida, and 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.120 and it needs to because they were lasting, creating pressure, 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.600 lasting sacks, lasting, giving up yards on the ground. You 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.920 have to improve on the defensive front seven, and I 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.360 think the Dolphins have done that. You know, you have 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.360 the second year with Christian Wilkins, you have gotcha who's 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:14.640 coming along your draft Rae Kwon Davis out of Alabama, 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.920 Who's gonna help. And I think that linebacker group Bruge 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.439 A Hill is gonna help. Landon Roberts coming over for 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.280 New England is going to help in some capacity. So 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.720 I think that front seven and probably could be the 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:29.720 most improved part. And a close second might be the 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:33.199 offensive line because you drafted three guys that have a 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.400 chance to play right away. You get Eric Flowers and 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.520 free agency and he had some down years early with 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.760 the Giants, improved with the Redskins, and you're hoping that 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.080 his best days are going to start with the Miami 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:48.160 Dolphins for years in New England, Bill Belichick built from 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:52.360 the back in What can you say about Brian Flores 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.600 and what he's doing there because you just mentioned the 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:58.840 front seven, but on paper, this quarterback unit is getting 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.640 to be pretty load it. You talked about Xavien Howard, 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:06.400 of course, but the Dolphins side Byron Jones in free agency, 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:10.160 the former Dallas cowboy, of course, and then they addressed 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:14.240 quarter again in the first round. Yes, with Abian Agany 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.640 from from Auburn. You get a guy that can play 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:20.120 possibly that Nicol slot. He might be able to play corner, 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:23.240 he could probably play safety. He was a converted wide 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.240 receiver in high school, goes to Auburn, turns into a 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.439 defensive back and he's a guy that loves to come 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.200 up and hit. So I think you have some versatility, 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.520 and that's a big word I think for the Miami Dolphins, 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.520 especially on the defensive side, the more you can do 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.480 it at each position. Byron Jones is a is a 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.200 lockdown guy. Zavian Howard likes to play on an island. 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.680 Nick Needen was a much improved guy as the season 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.440 went along for the Miami Dolphins. But you had Eric Rowe, 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.160 who started as a corner, who's more traditionally in this 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.360 defense might be a safety close to the line of scrimmage, 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.760 can't play center field, but gives you that flexibility. And 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:01.720 you had him with Bobby McCain, who was a true 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.920 nickel corner, played some corner and last year played some 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.200 safety before injuring his shoulders. So you have that position 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:12.040 flexibility that the Miami Dolphins have been stressing last year 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.080 out of need because you're looking for bodies to play 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.800 at a high level this year. You put in some 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:21.319 names that have had some experience in the National Football League, 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.720 some youth as well, but you get guys with position flexibility. 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.280 And I think that holds true from the linebacker defensive 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:30.480 end that we talked about just a few minutes ago. 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.320 It holds true from safety to corner to nickel corner 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.479 on this defense. And I think it's gonna keep opposing 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.880 offensive coordinators up going. What is this guy is He's 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.880 a tweener at at safety corner, but he's he's at 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.400 the nickel corner now and uh and he can also 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:47.840 rush the passer. So you get a guy like that 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.720 in the secondary. You have a guy like Kyle van 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:53.320 Noy at linebacker that plays a little bit all over 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.880 the place, and I think it adds to your defensive 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.959 philosophy on the offensive side of the all. In the 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.400 Jets and Dolphins first met last season in South Florida, 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.240 Preston Williams had a great game. So I'm just curious 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.480 what you thought of his rookie year and now what 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:10.400 kind of jump do you expect heading into his second year, 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.240 and what do you make of the overall skilled players 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:17.439 on the Dolphins offense right now? Quite honestly, Preston Williams 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.360 was a surprise. This is a guy from Colorado State, 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.480 wasn't drafted, had some off field issues. You saw him 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.960 in training camp and he kept making those kind of 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.920 wild catches or you know, coming up with the football 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.319 on a throw, you know, in the corner of the 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.880 end zone or around the fifty yard line, taking it 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.640 away from defensive backs, and you kind of felt like, 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.040 you hope you crossed your fingers that he wasn't gonna 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:42.080 be one of those training camp flashes that kind of 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.280 fade away. After Game three of the preseason, well it 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:49.840 had that that feeling after a Tampa Bay preseason game, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.320 but he bounced right back in practice, bounced right back 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.880 in the regular season, and until the injury, you could 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:58.160 make the argument he was the most impressive offensive weapon 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:01.120 the Miami Dolphins had. You know, I know that DeVante 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.520 Parker had a stellar ear he at career highs and 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:07.120 in touchdowns and yards and catches. But when you take 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.040 what William springs on the other side, on the other 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.480 side of the of the wide receiving corps, you have 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.320 a presence, you have signs, you have speed, and you 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.160 have guys that will go up and take the football 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.160 away from defensive backs. And that's what you like. Uh 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.360 And I think that Ryan Fitzpatrick probably brought that out 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.880 in both of those guys. He gave those guys opportunity 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.920 to go up and win, gave those guys chances to 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.960 make plays with their athletic frames. So I would say, 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.480 if he comes back healthy from an A c L, 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.160 you have two wide receivers that you're crossing your fingers. 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.800 If they stay healthy, they could they could impose their 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:45.280 will on opposing corners that don't have the size and 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:48.319 don't have that compete level going up in the air 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.040 and battling to get the football all right, let's jump 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:56.600 right into Jets Dolphins matchup in two thousand and twenty 0:13:56.640 --> 0:14:01.439 match ups, because this is one of the oddest schedulely 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:07.200 quirks I've ever seen. I agree week ten that Yets 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.640 hosts the Miami Dolphins. Then both teams will have a 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:14.520 bye and then the meet up in week twelve in 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:18.160 South Florida. What do you think about that and where 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.080 it falls on the schedule for both teams. The Jets 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.720 will have a Monday night home game in week night 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:28.360 against the New England Patriots, short week to prepare for 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.680 the Dolphins, and I believe Miami is out west against 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:35.640 Arizona before they come to New York. Yeah, I agree 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:39.040 with you guys. It's quite odd that the NFL schedule 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:40.680 when when I looked at him when we had our 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:44.360 schedule release a couple of about a month and a 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:47.960 half ago. Now you scratch your head, going, why are 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:52.000 the Jets sandwiched into a bye week? And I looked, 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.280 you know, the Jets around Monday nights, the Dolphins traveling 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.880 from the West coast, kind of quasi with Arizona, and 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.400 then you have that bye week so late in the season. 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:05.240 I guess for the coaching staff. They're probably not as 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.880 uh upset or or worried about it or distracted by 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.760 it as maybe a casual fan would be. You'd like 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:13.640 to see the Jets early, and then you'd like to 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:15.880 see the Jets late. I know that the a f 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.120 C East the way it is, it seems like we 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.760 either finished at Buffalo, at New England or at the 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.240 Jets all the time in cold weather, and we will 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.920 do so again this year at Buffalo. But that that 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.360 bye week sandwiched into the two Jets games, it will 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.480 make it easy for preparation, But I think it's not 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:35.520 as exciting maybe for the fans to get uh, such 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:38.480 a great rivalry in a week ten setting, have a 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.560 bye week and then come right back in South Florida 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:43.160 and play. I guess for the Jets, it's good that 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.320 the game comes later in South Florida. Everybody talks about 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:49.040 humidity and things early in Buffalo. Will find that out 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:53.160 in week two. But I guess for for the casual 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.120 fanom for us at covering the team, you'd like to 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.480 see those two games spread out a little bit more. 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.960 Ryan fitz Patrick had a hell of a year last season, 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:04.560 and he's such a competitive soul, so he'll want to 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:08.160 still have the ball at that point in the season. 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:12.640 What do you think though, realistically the chances are that 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:16.400 Jets Nation sees two up play and either one of 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:20.080 those games, you know, it probably sets up well for 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:21.880 two or to play in one of those games. I 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:25.600 would have to feel like for Brian Flores, yes, did 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:27.920 he win the job? Is he ready to play by 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.520 that time? You know, you should check both of those 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:35.320 boxes off. But Ryan Fitzpatrick is competitive. You guys probably 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.280 know it, probably a little bit more than I do, 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.520 just only covering for one year and seeing him up 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.080 close for one year. This kind of goes out every 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:45.360 day and he feels like it's his job. There's only 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.400 one there's only thirty two thirty two of these jobs 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.800 around the National Football League, and he wants one of them, 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.400 and he wants it full time. And I think that's 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.000 the way he'll prepare. I think he made the two 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.480 thousand nineteen team five wins better than they would have 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.320 with anybody he else playing quarterback. The way he anticipated 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:06.800 pressure in the pocket. I think that Josh Rosen, for 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.320 all the gifts that he has with his right arm, 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:14.159 didn't have that knowledge of wisdom and savvy and anticipation 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.040 of hey, it's time to get out of here and 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.800 make a play on my own, or leave the pocket 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.480 a little bit quicker than anticipated because it's not safe 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.520 right now. So I think Ryan Fitzpatrick brought those intangibles 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:29.639 to the quarterback position. I think it's probably fifty fifty 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.280 that you may see twa in one of those games. 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.520 But if the Dolphins have gotten through the tough part 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.800 of their schedule, which is the early at late September 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.720 early October, and they get to that middle of the 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:45.240 season with Fitzpatrick playing well, there could be a chance 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:48.000 that T is still watching John. I'm curious from a 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:51.920 Dolphins perspective what to match up that either you feel 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.680 like or you think Dolphins fans think is to their 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:58.920 advantage when they play the Jets. You know, last year, 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.879 I probably would have you know, there was a chink 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.560 in the offensive line on both sides, so I felt 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:08.080 like both defenses probably had the upper hand. There wasn't 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:11.520 a whole lot of firepower you could count on. I 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.080 thought personally the Jets would find a way to use 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.119 Lady on Bell and I'm probably I don't know what 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:18.639 am I a hundred thousands in line that you know 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.120 might have said that in terms of gosh, you've got 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:22.879 a Pro Bowl guy, You've got a guy that can 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:25.080 do a little bit of everything, and it just seemed 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:27.560 like the Jets never really got going. Now, maybe that 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:30.240 was a byproduct of what was in front of him 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.840 and maybe how to get the foot find different ways 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:36.480 to get the football to him. But uh, I would say, 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:40.439 if you can see improvement on both offensive lines, it'll 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:43.600 make the game that much more competitive and take a 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.320 little bit more of the confidence away of both front 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:50.720 seven's uh defensively. So final question here from me. A 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.439 lot of people are saying that the AC East is 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:58.600 wide open. Do you agree and if soul should the 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:03.160 Dolphins be take in into consideration here in the division 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:06.360 as well? If I don't know if it's wide open, Eric, 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.720 I think the Buffalo Bills have the best team on paper. 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:13.199 I think they may have the most confidence in the 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:15.479 a f C. Now that being said, New England's been 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:17.359 on such a run for the last twenty years, I 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:20.159 wouldn't see why they wouldn't feel confident. But when you 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:23.600 look at quarterback and and some other positions that they've 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:27.359 lost you've got some missing pieces. There's some big names 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.199 that are lost on that roster. So I think it 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.960 gives an opportunity for teams like the New York Jets 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.480 and the Miami Dolphins to get on a little bit 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:38.320 of a role, to gain some momentum internally, first in 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.919 in training camp, in the preseason, and look forward to 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:44.040 that matchup against the Buffalo Bills, look forward to going 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:46.959 up to Foxboro and playing New England. Without Tom Brady, 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:50.720 You're not already ten points down going into New England 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.080 on the road, and when you get him at home, 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.239 you feel like, hey, this is an even game. If 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.600 we execute, we should, we should be able to take 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:00.239 care of business at home. And usually a split with 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.560 New England has been a good thing over the last 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:04.760 twenty years. This year, I think it's more of a 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:08.680 reality that Buffalo the Jets in Miami should be trying 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:10.560 to get into and oh, but at least get five 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:15.680 hundred against the Patriots. He In terms of specific matchups 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:20.200 in the Jets Dolphins games, I think that all eyes 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:24.040 have to be on the Dolphins secondary. That includes Xavian Howard, 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:26.399 who the Jets did not see last season because he 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:29.280 was on injured reserve and then they signed Byron Jones, 0:20:29.320 --> 0:20:32.520 they draft no Egg Bonogaeny out of Auburn. It just 0:20:32.560 --> 0:20:37.560 feels like this is the strength of that Dolphins team, 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:40.720 especially the Dolphins defense. And you know, we know Brian 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:43.679 Flores is a Bill Belichick disciple, and it seems like 0:20:43.720 --> 0:20:47.680 he's building the defense in a similar way. Yeah, and 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:51.240 like john Ka, Johnny mentioned they improved on the outside 0:20:51.240 --> 0:20:55.400 with their edge rushers, at the cornerback position. Yeah, their 0:20:55.520 --> 0:21:00.359 secondary on paper very solid, one of the better units 0:21:00.440 --> 0:21:03.880 maybe in the National Football League, especially at the cornerback position. 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:09.280 What's gonna happen with Howard and Jones and where is 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:12.840 where are people gonna attack this Dolphins defense. I would 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:15.359 just go back to what we talked about with jonk 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:18.520 and Jemmy is that I think you gotta challenge the 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:22.119 Dolphins up front. Can you run it against them? And 0:21:22.160 --> 0:21:26.240 that's gonna set everything up. But uh yeah, as far 0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:29.200 as what they have in the secondary, he mentioned Nick 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:31.439 need Um as well, They've got a lot of players 0:21:31.480 --> 0:21:34.600 back there, There's no doubt about that. And the Patriots 0:21:34.640 --> 0:21:37.840 for years now they've had that very good to elite 0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:42.320 secondary and you're seeing Miami trying to take a page 0:21:42.880 --> 0:21:47.760 of that themselves under Brian Flores. Okay, and then really quickly, 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:50.679 what about the Dolphins offense? Where do you think that 0:21:50.760 --> 0:21:53.360 the point of attack is for the Jets? I personally 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:56.760 would assume that it would come with the defensive line 0:21:57.000 --> 0:22:01.119 trying to manhandle their offensive line. That could feature, similar 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:05.240 to the Jets, a handful of new faces. Yeah, it's 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:09.560 definitely gonna feature a new faces and you know Ted 0:22:09.680 --> 0:22:14.840 Harriss probably lining up at center. They signed Eric Flowers 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:19.240 in the offseason. Maybe Austin Jackson and Jesse Davis are 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:25.440