Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast powered
Speaker 1: by Amazon Web Services. On tonight's episode, E A and
Speaker 1: I will be breaking down the defense, going over position
Speaker 1: by position, who's joined the Jets, who's still on the Jets.
Speaker 1: And the Jets reportedly made a couple moves tonight or
Speaker 1: earlier today, should I say, resigning, reportedly resigning Arthur Mallett,
Speaker 1: the cornerback who played last year for the Jets, and
Speaker 1: then of course reportedly resigning Neville Hewitt. So a defensive
Speaker 1: day for Joe Douglas and company. E A. First things first,
Speaker 1: I don't think we've talked about this on the podcast. Oh,
Speaker 1: real quick. Olivia Landis will be joined by Anthony Becks
Speaker 1: talking Jets and talking Tom Brady, considering Anthony beck knows
Speaker 1: a thing or two about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers living
Speaker 1: in that area. Real quick, though, before we talk about football,
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Speaker 1: beard only from what Thanksgiving to Easter? Thanksgiving to Easter.
Speaker 1: But uh yeah, but you listen. You gotta pay attention
Speaker 1: to your loved ones. And if your loved ones tell
Speaker 1: you what to do with something, you follow. That understood.
Speaker 1: So let's let's dive into some Jets football here. Let's
Speaker 1: start with the cornerbacks because it's rather timely with Arthur
Speaker 1: Milette reportedly resigning. First is what's your overall take on
Speaker 1: the move? That was his best professional season last year
Speaker 1: with the New York Jets getting some starting experience. I
Speaker 1: know one of those games he came out of there
Speaker 1: with double digit tackles. What I like about Milette greens
Speaker 1: and you can add to this just thinking about him
Speaker 1: is he's a deaf guy. He can give it value
Speaker 1: on special teams. He can play outside the numbers, and
Speaker 1: he can play inside. Yeah, he started six games last
Speaker 1: year for the Jets, appeared in twelve. He had, I
Speaker 1: mean all career numbers for him, thirty eight total tables,
Speaker 1: two past defenses. He got an interception in the season
Speaker 1: finale up at New Era Field in Buffalo, and I
Speaker 1: think I think Arthur Milette really grew as the year
Speaker 1: went on, and I think this is a good move
Speaker 1: for the Jets. And obviously we talked about just how
Speaker 1: thin the position is from a numbers perspective. I mean,
Speaker 1: the Jets corners under the roster, under contractor bless Austin,
Speaker 1: Kyran Brown, Nate Hairston and Darryl Roberts. That's four defensive backs,
Speaker 1: four cornerbacks. And Arthur Miletts definitely earned his spot, I
Speaker 1: think back on the Jets, and it will have an
Speaker 1: opportunity depending on who the Jets signed and bringing in
Speaker 1: the draft to start. And the other thing I really
Speaker 1: like about Arthur Millett is his willingness to tackle and
Speaker 1: set the edge, and that's something that you and I
Speaker 1: have talked to him about throughout the course of last season.
Speaker 1: And he's a very physical corner and he's familiar with
Speaker 1: Greg Williams, so the familiarity and the continuity can only
Speaker 1: bode well for him. So I think it was a
Speaker 1: good move by Joe Douglas. Yeah, that is very important.
Speaker 1: And there's multiple ways of free agency and Uhmlett, like
Speaker 1: we talked about here, here's a guy who's really takes
Speaker 1: a hard nosed approach. He plays iron on the field.
Speaker 1: I think he's a Greg Williams type player. Um, and
Speaker 1: you need death and this is a guy who showed
Speaker 1: last year when called upon is that he can go
Speaker 1: out there and he can contribute for you, not only
Speaker 1: on teams Greeds, more importantly the festival. Yeah. Absolutely. And
Speaker 1: you know Arthur Mallett has a real interesting story and
Speaker 1: we had him on the podcast once before Juco and
Speaker 1: then goes and plays for the Saints, the Colts a
Speaker 1: little bit, then joins the Jets and he actually started
Speaker 1: like an all seafood diet became a pesketian at some
Speaker 1: point last year and was very much enjoying that when
Speaker 1: we spoke to him. But when you look at the
Speaker 1: status so the rest of this Jet secondary one, I'm
Speaker 1: sure Joe Douglas is going to add more players at
Speaker 1: corner in particular, because you think about one, the numbers
Speaker 1: like we talked about, and two you think about or
Speaker 1: I think about at least what Joe Douglas said at
Speaker 1: the combine when he said, we, yes, we need explosive
Speaker 1: playmakers on offense, but on defense you need to add
Speaker 1: edge ushers and corners because that's the best way to
Speaker 1: affect the past. And we'll see what happens, of course
Speaker 1: with the draft. And when you look at the Jets
Speaker 1: safeties when you go back there, obviously you think about
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams and Marcus May, but then really question marks
Speaker 1: behind those two guys. Yeah, I don't just want to
Speaker 1: get back to the cornerback position just for a second here,
Speaker 1: early in free agency, a couple of veterans out there
Speaker 1: on the market that aren't traguing Greens. He's Jimmy Smith. Uh,
Speaker 1: Joe Douglas, a former Baltimore scout when the Ravens made
Speaker 1: him a first round pickback in two thousand eleven. I
Speaker 1: know he's a veteran thirty two years of age, but
Speaker 1: he still can play, and somebody is going to sign
Speaker 1: him oop, I would imagine relatively soon. Another guy played
Speaker 1: cross town for the New York Giants, Prince and Mukamara, Right,
Speaker 1: so he's out there as well. Uh, and he's an
Speaker 1: older guy, thirty one years old. But uh, those are
Speaker 1: two guys who can come in and play roles for
Speaker 1: whoever picks them up, no doubt about it. But at
Speaker 1: a safety position. Listen, man, you gotta be really excited
Speaker 1: if you're Jets fitting you got a two time defunding team.
Speaker 1: I'm VP. And Jamal Adams, who is also a two
Speaker 1: time Pro bowler who also first team All Pro All
Speaker 1: Pro for the first time in his career last year,
Speaker 1: all over the place, six and a half sacks might
Speaker 1: have set the NFL defensive backs sack record had not
Speaker 1: he had suffered that ankle injury in December. But still
Speaker 1: a fabulous season all over the place. He can kind
Speaker 1: of do it all. Greg Williams, I think um was
Speaker 1: a perfect match for him. Greens And how about Marcus
Speaker 1: May only guy in the defensive backfield to start all
Speaker 1: sixteen games? Range E and he is central command. He's
Speaker 1: a guy making sure everybody is lining up in the
Speaker 1: right position. And when you think about the Jets last year,
Speaker 1: what impressed me most about may perhaps was the guys
Speaker 1: all pointed to him and said, especially the guys on
Speaker 1: the outside, those cornerbacks we mentioned the guy like Arthur Roulette,
Speaker 1: is that he was the guy making sure everybody disguised late.
Speaker 1: There were a lot of times last season when the
Speaker 1: Jets based a veteran quarterback he didn't know what was coming.
Speaker 1: I think about that Oakland Raiders game and Derek Carr listen,
Speaker 1: give the guy's credit up front, But what the Jets
Speaker 1: were doing in the defensive backfield and how Greg Williams
Speaker 1: was disguising, I thought really had him baffled. And we
Speaker 1: saw that on occasion, no matter who was playing on
Speaker 1: the outside. So Marcus may not only talk about what
Speaker 1: he brings athletically, We got to talk about what he
Speaker 1: brings from the mental standpoint, all right, Well, before we
Speaker 1: dive into the linebackers and defensive line. Here's Olivia Land.
Speaker 1: That's his interview with Anthony Beck. To you living in
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay as well as was being involved in the
Speaker 1: football world, everybody on God's Green Earth knows that Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: the former Patriot, New England Patriot, he was there for
Speaker 1: twenty years, officially committed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So
Speaker 1: he's actually um on your side of town now, which
Speaker 1: is kind of great. Think it's unbelievable. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: twenty years ago the two thousand draft. We both came
Speaker 1: out of that draft. Of course, myself, Chad Sewan, Elis Abraham,
Speaker 1: we were all part of that same draft. He he
Speaker 1: obviously went later in the sixth round, and just an
Speaker 1: unbelievable run for him and the fact that he is
Speaker 1: arguably this is probably the largest free agency signing. Some
Speaker 1: people say since Peton Manny. I would say ever, you know,
Speaker 1: since Tregy White, because this guy is arguably the best
Speaker 1: quarterback to ever play the game. I don't think many
Speaker 1: people right at this point, with all his rings and
Speaker 1: everything he's done, would say differently. So, uh, just a
Speaker 1: long string of events, Olivia that kind of went on
Speaker 1: from start to finish finish when you talk about him
Speaker 1: becoming a Buccaneer, and I don't think a lot of
Speaker 1: people really believed it was gonna happen. You know, if
Speaker 1: you look at the past for the Buccaneers, a lot
Speaker 1: of kind of hand up in your face kind of situations.
Speaker 1: Going back to Bill Parcels, who was supposed to coach here,
Speaker 1: I thought that was a done deal. He goes when
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly was hot, he was a big name, he
Speaker 1: was supposed to sign here. He goes somewhere else. And
Speaker 1: then of course Brett Barr, who ended up going to
Speaker 1: the Jets and played for the Vikings, didn't uh, didn't uh,
Speaker 1: you know, come to Tampa Bay where it was a
Speaker 1: potential option for him. So this is kind of a
Speaker 1: surreal moment for the fans down here. I don't think
Speaker 1: a lot of people really believed in the fact that
Speaker 1: it was gonna happen. It was a lot of talk,
Speaker 1: a lot of people kind of talking about interest. But
Speaker 1: within the organization and the people that I know from
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, you know, this thing has been going on
Speaker 1: since early February. You know, the talks, the push when
Speaker 1: a lot of people weren't thinking that Tom Brady was
Speaker 1: ever gonna leave. They kind of pushed the envelope a
Speaker 1: little bit. And you know, Bruce Arians, the head coach
Speaker 1: down here in Tampa Bay, kind of pushed the envelope
Speaker 1: got Tom Brady kind of talking to the right people,
Speaker 1: and those people were Peyton Manning, you know, players that
Speaker 1: played under Bruce Arians and kind of get to know
Speaker 1: what he it in that transition when they were with
Speaker 1: the Colts and of course when he went to Denver,
Speaker 1: when he left Indianapolis. No whatever thought that Peyton would
Speaker 1: do that. So this is the first time deal for
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, first time free agency, just not really getting
Speaker 1: you know, the kind of ups and downs, the ins
Speaker 1: and outs of the situation. A lot of information was
Speaker 1: being gathered, and the Buccaneers continue to push, continue to push,
Speaker 1: and and of course you see now the pieces, the rosters,
Speaker 1: the coaching staff, former head coach of the New York
Speaker 1: Jets is down here as the defensive coordinator, Todd Bowls.
Speaker 1: All those things I think come together, uh, in a
Speaker 1: in a in a in a high you know, weathered
Speaker 1: area where you love the play and the sun's out
Speaker 1: every single day. And an older player, I remember that
Speaker 1: for myself, going somewhere and playing somewhere with the weather
Speaker 1: is great and it just feels good. So his body
Speaker 1: is gonna be great. So coming down to Tampa Bay,
Speaker 1: as many who thought it wasn't gonna be or it
Speaker 1: wasn't a great idea, turns out to be his best choice.
Speaker 1: And it's definitely a surreal moment for the fans down
Speaker 1: here with Brady leaving the a f C East. Sam
Speaker 1: Donald now because the longest tenord quarterback in the a
Speaker 1: f C East, which is kind of crazy to think about.
Speaker 1: But when you look at Sam Donald because he was
Speaker 1: drafted in the same draft class as Josh Allen, but
Speaker 1: he has more starting experience. How is he going to
Speaker 1: build off of that in year three? Yeah? I think
Speaker 1: the one thing we can all agree upon with Sam
Speaker 1: and he's determined to be great and he's determined to
Speaker 1: get better. Uh, you know, he's a team guy. You know,
Speaker 1: he's not necessarily worried about statistics. The only statistic he
Speaker 1: has and thinks about his winning football games. And it
Speaker 1: was a disaster last year when he missed several games
Speaker 1: because of getting mono nucleosis. So I'm excited for him.
Speaker 1: He has to be pumped up. I mean, it's a
Speaker 1: huge off season for him. You know, him, his his
Speaker 1: skilled position players, these guys working together training, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know right now, they're not together during this time,
Speaker 1: which it wouldn't be anyway, but you know, getting the
Speaker 1: juices flowing and wanting to come back, get stronger, get faster.
Speaker 1: You know, you're more intelligent with the system now. All
Speaker 1: these things put together with another year under your belt,
Speaker 1: just makes everybody better. So you know, the organization from
Speaker 1: the top with Joe Douglas and his staff, Rex and
Speaker 1: all those guys are gonna put together the best team possible.
Speaker 1: Gaze and his staff, you know, make sure everybody is
Speaker 1: complimentary and what they're trying to propose as far as
Speaker 1: plays and enhancing from last year in the system and
Speaker 1: what worked and what didn't. And then of course all
Speaker 1: the players coming back healthy. You know that that's gonna
Speaker 1: be uplifting. I think it's exciting. Every team gets excited.
Speaker 1: But you know, as I look at what the Jets
Speaker 1: did and you start early in the season, you know
Speaker 1: that first game, you know what they look like when
Speaker 1: they came out the gates, and then how the kind
Speaker 1: of team dissipated because of injuries, missing Moseley and all
Speaker 1: these kind of players not being at full task. Uh
Speaker 1: that that that'll be a difference this year and that'll
Speaker 1: be huge. So I'm looking forward to it, and I
Speaker 1: think Sam most importantly have any player on the football
Speaker 1: team can grow and become even better than he was
Speaker 1: last season. That's what you want. You want to be
Speaker 1: peeking at year three. That's kind of how the evolution
Speaker 1: of a player is in the NFL, the great ones,
Speaker 1: the high draft picks. When you play your first your
Speaker 1: second years, you get thrown into the are Now it's like, okay,
Speaker 1: you gotta be peaking. So he's kind of, you know,
Speaker 1: he's got out of that youth um process and now
Speaker 1: he's stepping into that bed room world where he can
Speaker 1: become even more of a leader on that end to
Speaker 1: which would be great for him. I think this goes
Speaker 1: without saying as well, but I'm going to say it anyways.
Speaker 1: If there's any person to listen to when it comes
Speaker 1: to some of the college prospects coming out into the draft,
Speaker 1: it's definitely going to be you because you are watching
Speaker 1: these players every single week when you're doing the college
Speaker 1: you know, being a college football analyst. So I think that, um,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go ahead and listen to what you
Speaker 1: have to say. I'm listening on some of these guys.
Speaker 1: But yeah, that's great. I think Joe Douglas very vocally
Speaker 1: addressed the fact that the offensive line was going to
Speaker 1: be a number one priority coming into this offseason, and
Speaker 1: so far he has lived up to his words. So
Speaker 1: it's really good to see that they are getting some
Speaker 1: things done along the offensive line. Now, before I let
Speaker 1: you go, I want to get some final thoughts. We're
Speaker 1: going to circle back to the Tom Brady and the
Speaker 1: jem It's in the a f C s this whole talk. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you do a lot of work for both the Jets
Speaker 1: and some team coverage for the Bucks as well, since
Speaker 1: you live down there in Tampa when you are you know,
Speaker 1: you're an insider, but also from an outsider looking in
Speaker 1: when you look at this entire situation, is there anything
Speaker 1: else that really stands out to you about this Tom
Speaker 1: Brady being in Tampa Bay and how can how this
Speaker 1: really affects the Jets in the a f C East. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I think it's a you know, it's a
Speaker 1: tremendous springboard for this team to take advantage of a situation.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, there's gonna be some some struggles
Speaker 1: here for the Patriots, and and that's one team in
Speaker 1: the division and I think last year not a lot
Speaker 1: of buzz was put around the Buffalo Bills. But I
Speaker 1: think right now, you look at the Bills where they're at,
Speaker 1: that's your main kind of you know, competition. It's Jets
Speaker 1: and of course, um, you know, Miami trying to figure out,
Speaker 1: you know, what their quarterback situation is. They've gotta they
Speaker 1: bought a ton of players, but I don't know how
Speaker 1: good of a team will be, so um, it'll be interesting.
Speaker 1: You know. Look at this is uh, this is a
Speaker 1: great time to be to be a Jet fan. I
Speaker 1: think they're positioned properly, like we talked about in the draft. Um,
Speaker 1: and look, Tom Brady is not in not only in
Speaker 1: the division, but in the conference, and that that sets
Speaker 1: that sets a huge bar. I mean, honestly, those are
Speaker 1: two games that the majority of the com of the
Speaker 1: division we're not winning. I mean, it's just bottom line,
Speaker 1: regardless it may have been close, but Tom just been
Speaker 1: a thorn and everybody's everybody's back for the last twenty years.
Speaker 1: And you know, now you've gotta you know, I would
Speaker 1: expect the Patriots to lose games within the division, and
Speaker 1: the pain and the and the Jets have to be
Speaker 1: those trend setters early to take advantage of that, and
Speaker 1: ultimately that will give him the confidence. And that's that's
Speaker 1: what's gonna be good and and look good teams. You know,
Speaker 1: winning one game two games in a row are great.
Speaker 1: That the really good teams that come out each year
Speaker 1: can win three or four games in a row. That
Speaker 1: those are the kind of trends you want to look
Speaker 1: for when you're looking for teams that are good. You know,
Speaker 1: when you start losing two or three and then you
Speaker 1: gotta bounce back when one you'll lose one, that's not
Speaker 1: really a good sign. So early on that will be
Speaker 1: That's what I'll be looking for out the Jets, and
Speaker 1: I think they're fully capable of that along with some
Speaker 1: of the weapons. Again, it's early on here in March.
Speaker 1: They're going to continue to add to this football team
Speaker 1: and and and hopefully, you know, uh, live up to
Speaker 1: the expectation that I think they should have moving into
Speaker 1: next season. Anthony, I can't thank you enough for your
Speaker 1: time coming on the podcast, give me yes your thoughts
Speaker 1: not only on Tom Brady but the Jets as well,
Speaker 1: So thank you so much. We really appreciate it. Listen, enjoy,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady down there in your sunny Florida. Okay, I'm
Speaker 1: very happy he's gone exactly a f C, which is
Speaker 1: great for us because you know that that's exactly what
Speaker 1: we want. And of course I'm happy because Tampa. It's
Speaker 1: been a struggle down here to the teams I cover,
Speaker 1: just trying to get over the hump, and I can't
Speaker 1: wait to see how both teams react to both of
Speaker 1: the of those leaving and coming. It's gonna be an
Speaker 1: interesting year. Always great to hear from Anthony back to
Speaker 1: of course, was one of the four players drafted in
Speaker 1: two thousand by the Green and White. And as he
Speaker 1: and I spoke with Anthony back at the combine, he
Speaker 1: still extremely proud of his combine numbers, and you know what,
Speaker 1: like good for him because I didn't even know that
Speaker 1: he had those kind of numbers in Indianapolis, and he
Speaker 1: really tore it up. And if he were, I mean,
Speaker 1: he talked about this, if he were a current day prospect,
Speaker 1: he would be a big time riser after the combine.
Speaker 1: Anthony Beck played at two or seventy pounds, known for
Speaker 1: his blocking prowess, but yeah, what he did at the combine,
Speaker 1: I would consider him somewhat of a freak athlete bottom line,
Speaker 1: pulling off those numbers and some of those cone drills,
Speaker 1: some of those shuttle drills. Uh yeah. And it was
Speaker 1: hard to fit his head into the convention center because
Speaker 1: he was feeling quite good about himself talking to the
Speaker 1: college kids and remembering what he had posted twenty years prior. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no doubt. And I know we got off in a
Speaker 1: little bit of tangent talking about some offense on the
Speaker 1: Defense podcast here. So let's go back to another reported signing,
Speaker 1: Neville Hewitt. So we're supposedly rejoined the Jets, and he
Speaker 1: he had a roller coaster year in the sense of
Speaker 1: he was the backup will linebacker, then he becomes a
Speaker 1: starter when Avery Williamson goes down. Then C. J. Mosley
Speaker 1: gets hurt in week one, so a week two he's
Speaker 1: the mic linebacker. After two weeks before he was a
Speaker 1: reserve player. And he played very well for the Jets.
Speaker 1: And you asked me the other night about Burgess because
Speaker 1: he was an exclusive rights free agent as well, and
Speaker 1: he's a restrictive free agent, and we're covering all these guys,
Speaker 1: and I forgot to even mention Neville because the first
Speaker 1: guy on my mind was C. J. Mosley, and then
Speaker 1: I thought about Avery, and then I thought about Blake Cashman.
Speaker 1: But how can you not remember nevill Hewitt. He was
Speaker 1: terrific last year, seventy eight tackles. He had three sacks,
Speaker 1: seven quarterback hurries, a couple interception, six past defenses. And
Speaker 1: here is a guy that you out in your system
Speaker 1: again Frank Bush, inside linebackers coach, and also defensive coordinator
Speaker 1: Greg Williams. You have to credit those guys for his
Speaker 1: development because uh douvill Hewitt largely thought of as a
Speaker 1: debt player, a reserve. I'll tell you what you look like,
Speaker 1: a front ride starter towards the end of the season,
Speaker 1: no doubt about debt and when he's not, And the
Speaker 1: only thing or the other thing about nevil Hewitt that
Speaker 1: I like is when he's not starting at either the
Speaker 1: mic or the will. He's a very solid special teams contributor.
Speaker 1: I believe the year before he was one of the
Speaker 1: core members of Special Teams and he did a great
Speaker 1: job for Brand Warrior's unit as well. So he's another
Speaker 1: one of those guys that brings intensity and he might
Speaker 1: not be the most outgoing off the field. But on
Speaker 1: the field, he runs with his hair on fire. He
Speaker 1: hits hard. He had a great game against Dallas before
Speaker 1: he went down with a stinger for a couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: And I really like where the linebackers right now. It's
Speaker 1: a linebacker as an embarrassment or Richard if you really
Speaker 1: think about it. Now, if those guys stay, if they
Speaker 1: all come back, and that is the big caveat. But C. J. Mosley,
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if all Jets fans remember
Speaker 1: just how good of a player this guy is. We
Speaker 1: saw glimpses of it against the Buffalo Bills when he
Speaker 1: was the best player on the field of Week one.
Speaker 1: To get him back, and he's also one of the
Speaker 1: most cerebral players in the league. He's gonna be a
Speaker 1: perfect fit with Greg Williams, got Avery Williamson still on
Speaker 1: the roster. He led the team in tackles in two
Speaker 1: thousand eighteen. Blake Cashman, I thought you showed a lot
Speaker 1: of things in coverage last year before going down. So
Speaker 1: I just think the biggest thing for the inside linebackers
Speaker 1: breeds his health and then check the box because just
Speaker 1: like the tight ends are set on the offensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball. You gotta like where you're at an
Speaker 1: inside linebacker, Yeah, and I even think the same could
Speaker 1: be said for defensive line And we'll touch on them
Speaker 1: right after we talk about the outside linebackers, because right now,
Speaker 1: I mean the big the big guy that you don't
Speaker 1: think about in terms of or that you do think
Speaker 1: about potentially not returning is Jordan Jenkins because he's not
Speaker 1: under contract. He's currently a free agent. And then you
Speaker 1: think about Terrell pass Um who came on late at
Speaker 1: the end of the year. He had his first career
Speaker 1: interception against the Steelers that was impressive. Then Frankie lu
Speaker 1: Wu's an exclusive right free agent, so I don't know
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen there. Harvey Longy is another one of
Speaker 1: the guys that plays all over the place, and the
Speaker 1: Jets right now they're gonna need some guys on the
Speaker 1: outside at the linebackers. Its gonna step up. And you
Speaker 1: mentioned Joe Douglas is saying the point in emphasis talking
Speaker 1: about edge guys and cornerbacks. So Bashroom is a guy
Speaker 1: who you mentioned that interception interception. I believe that was
Speaker 1: a zone drop. I thought Jamal Adams was coming on
Speaker 1: a blitz and they're Bash display his athleticism and a
Speaker 1: lot of the big guys they might drop a ball
Speaker 1: like that, but he showed his hands off. I like
Speaker 1: his speed off the edge. He's a big guy. The
Speaker 1: versatility to Greens is that he could put his hand
Speaker 1: in the dirt and he also can stand up. Of course,
Speaker 1: so Bash intrigues me because I look at him as
Speaker 1: another developing player on this team. Jordan Jenkins, Yeah, the
Speaker 1: watches on because the fifteen sacks the last two seasons.
Speaker 1: He led the Green of White and sacks last year.
Speaker 1: The thing about Jordan's that he's gonna have to weigh
Speaker 1: in his representation and things like that is what is
Speaker 1: the best system fit for me? Where am I comfortable? Uh,
Speaker 1: let's see how that plays out. Valuable piece. But if
Speaker 1: the Jets don't go in that direction, of course they
Speaker 1: might be looking to add at edge, regardless whether you
Speaker 1: bring George Jenkins back or not. Right, Yeah, I would
Speaker 1: definitely think so, and was one of the positions. Like
Speaker 1: I said earlier that Joe Douglas talked about being imperative
Speaker 1: on any good defense and real quick, let's just wrap
Speaker 1: things up on the defensive line, and you talked about
Speaker 1: an embarrassment of riches before. Well, this defensive line just
Speaker 1: when you thought it couldn't get you know, on paper,
Speaker 1: it was good entering last season. Then you get contributions
Speaker 1: from Tolronzo Farukasi, Nathan Shepard had a good year. You
Speaker 1: knew what you were gonna get out of Steve McClendon.
Speaker 1: And then, really, what's the biggest surprise I think if
Speaker 1: you look back at last year was the production by
Speaker 1: an undrafted free agent rookie and Kyle Phillips. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: something else. Before I dive in to the defensive line
Speaker 1: real quick because I don't even know how much time
Speaker 1: we've got to spend on those guys because they are
Speaker 1: set up front. A couple of guys on the market,
Speaker 1: interesting names. Let me throw this at you. Vinny Curry
Speaker 1: played the Eagles. Of course it's gonna be thirty two.
Speaker 1: But if I say X last year Green, so let's
Speaker 1: see how the market develops for him, i'mout. Marcus Golden
Speaker 1: uh played last season with the Giants. This shocked me.
Speaker 1: Greens he had ten sex last season. So there are
Speaker 1: a couple of guys out there, I know every we're
Speaker 1: talking about your Damon Clowney. Okay, Um, we'll have to
Speaker 1: see how that all uh continues to progress. But I
Speaker 1: think Clowney is a guy who's gonna want to break
Speaker 1: the bank. I don't know what the market will be
Speaker 1: ultimately for him. Right now, he's sitting it out. Now,
Speaker 1: let's go to the defensive line. You mentioned all those guys.
Speaker 1: Steve mclennen, Jim's always open uh. He's stout as ever,
Speaker 1: a great leader inside the locker room. Credit him for
Speaker 1: a lot of the development for full of runs of Fatasi. Listen,
Speaker 1: when guys started talking about Fatacasi last year, they weren't
Speaker 1: saying that he's one of the better run stuffers on
Speaker 1: the Jets. They were staying he's one of the better
Speaker 1: runt stuffers in the National Football League. Do you think
Speaker 1: about what the Jets did last Steer in terms of
Speaker 1: either stops at the line of scrimmage or stops in
Speaker 1: the backfield, stops for a loss. It was really something else.
Speaker 1: Quinn and Williams, is there two greens? We got to
Speaker 1: mention him number three overall selection in the two thousand
Speaker 1: eighteen thraft. Um. So I still have high hopes for him.
Speaker 1: I know sometimes you're gonna see the biggest leap from
Speaker 1: a lot of these young guys. You know this Greens
Speaker 1: is from is not the rookie seasons. From year one
Speaker 1: to year two, you got Henry Anderson still on the roster,
Speaker 1: big rangy guy um who can be used in different situations.
Speaker 1: So depth, talent, hard working guys, uh pluggers. You got
Speaker 1: everything up there. Yeah. I just want to say one
Speaker 1: thing about Quinny Williams. You mentioned the the you mentioned
Speaker 1: the leap that a lot of players take from year
Speaker 1: one to year two, and you just for me, I
Speaker 1: look at Floronzo Pardokazi and Nathan Shepard, two defensive linemen
Speaker 1: who had quiet rookie years, and Florenzo I don't think
Speaker 1: he was active for a single game before becoming one
Speaker 1: of the better, if not one of the best, run
Speaker 1: stuffers in the NFL. I mean, he had a great
Speaker 1: year last year for the Jets in his second season.
Speaker 1: So to your point, I do have high hopes for
Speaker 1: Quentin Williams entering his second season. And I think Quentin
Speaker 1: Williams has high hopes for himself, and I think he
Speaker 1: knows it because he's somebody that was very well regarded
Speaker 1: at Alabama that just doesn't go away. So I'm pretty
Speaker 1: sure like if you asked me today who might breakout
Speaker 1: player next year would be, I would be saying Quentin Williams.
Speaker 1: Obviously I'm not gonna don't hold me to that, but
Speaker 1: that's what I'm going with right now. On March twenty
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