WEBVTT - LISTEN | Jets Free Agency Update - Ep. 5 (3/20) 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:05.360 Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast powered 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:10.399 by Amazon Web Services. On tonight's episode, E A and 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:13.440 I will be breaking down the defense, going over position 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:16.799 by position, who's joined the Jets, who's still on the Jets. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:20.119 And the Jets reportedly made a couple moves tonight or 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:24.560 earlier today, should I say, resigning, reportedly resigning Arthur Mallett, 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.200 the cornerback who played last year for the Jets, and 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:31.520 then of course reportedly resigning Neville Hewitt. So a defensive 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:35.640 day for Joe Douglas and company. E A. First things first, 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:37.839 I don't think we've talked about this on the podcast. Oh, 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:41.040 real quick. Olivia Landis will be joined by Anthony Becks 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:44.800 talking Jets and talking Tom Brady, considering Anthony beck knows 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:47.600 a thing or two about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers living 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:51.199 in that area. Real quick, though, before we talk about football, 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:53.640 I don't think I've told you this. I'm thinking about 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:57.360 growing a quarantine beard and seeing what I can get. 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:00.880 What do you think about that? Uh? You man, you 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.400 can support a beard. You don't have bad facial hair, 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:07.640 so go for it. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:11.280 So let's I tend to keep the bear. You want 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.560 to dive in. No, I tend to keep the beard, 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:17.000 and you're around myself. It depends how I know how 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.959 long it's gonna be. I have a friend, we have 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.360 a mutual friend across the street here in Green's in 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:26.160 Floria Park, Paul Marsh, who's been working. Uh, it's been 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:28.720 a colleague of mine for close to twenty years, been 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.679 a colleague yours for more than four years. He he 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:36.080 looks like a character straight out of Duck Dynasty. Yes 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.319 he does. Uh, you know, you used to do the 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:47.440 beard only from what Thanksgiving to Easter? Thanksgiving to Easter. 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:52.640 But uh yeah, but you listen. You gotta pay attention 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.480 to your loved ones. And if your loved ones tell 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:59.800 you what to do with something, you follow. That understood. 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.400 So let's let's dive into some Jets football here. Let's 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:06.680 start with the cornerbacks because it's rather timely with Arthur 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:10.120 Milette reportedly resigning. First is what's your overall take on 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:13.280 the move? That was his best professional season last year 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:17.760 with the New York Jets getting some starting experience. I 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:20.079 know one of those games he came out of there 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:23.280 with double digit tackles. What I like about Milette greens 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:26.680 and you can add to this just thinking about him 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:30.000 is he's a deaf guy. He can give it value 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.240 on special teams. He can play outside the numbers, and 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:38.040 he can play inside. Yeah, he started six games last 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.840 year for the Jets, appeared in twelve. He had, I 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:45.040 mean all career numbers for him, thirty eight total tables, 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.120 two past defenses. He got an interception in the season 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:52.320 finale up at New Era Field in Buffalo, and I 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:55.480 think I think Arthur Milette really grew as the year 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:56.919 went on, and I think this is a good move 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:00.280 for the Jets. And obviously we talked about just how 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.560 thin the position is from a numbers perspective. I mean, 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:07.880 the Jets corners under the roster, under contractor bless Austin, 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:12.280 Kyran Brown, Nate Hairston and Darryl Roberts. That's four defensive backs, 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:16.640 four cornerbacks. And Arthur Miletts definitely earned his spot, I 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:18.640 think back on the Jets, and it will have an 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:22.760 opportunity depending on who the Jets signed and bringing in 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.520 the draft to start. And the other thing I really 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.760 like about Arthur Millett is his willingness to tackle and 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:30.960 set the edge, and that's something that you and I 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.880 have talked to him about throughout the course of last season. 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.440 And he's a very physical corner and he's familiar with 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:41.000 Greg Williams, so the familiarity and the continuity can only 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.520 bode well for him. So I think it was a 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.720 good move by Joe Douglas. Yeah, that is very important. 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:51.080 And there's multiple ways of free agency and Uhmlett, like 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:54.280 we talked about here, here's a guy who's really takes 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.600 a hard nosed approach. He plays iron on the field. 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:01.600 I think he's a Greg Williams type player. Um, and 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:05.240 you need death and this is a guy who showed 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:08.600 last year when called upon is that he can go 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.560 out there and he can contribute for you, not only 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:17.320 on teams Greeds, more importantly the festival. Yeah. Absolutely. And 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.400 you know Arthur Mallett has a real interesting story and 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:24.320 we had him on the podcast once before Juco and 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.560 then goes and plays for the Saints, the Colts a 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.360 little bit, then joins the Jets and he actually started 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.279 like an all seafood diet became a pesketian at some 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.360 point last year and was very much enjoying that when 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.680 we spoke to him. But when you look at the 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.480 status so the rest of this Jet secondary one, I'm 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.480 sure Joe Douglas is going to add more players at 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.960 corner in particular, because you think about one, the numbers 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:50.599 like we talked about, and two you think about or 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.400 I think about at least what Joe Douglas said at 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.680 the combine when he said, we, yes, we need explosive 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:59.559 playmakers on offense, but on defense you need to add 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.000 edge ushers and corners because that's the best way to 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:06.799 affect the past. And we'll see what happens, of course 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.080 with the draft. And when you look at the Jets 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.520 safeties when you go back there, obviously you think about 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:15.560 Jamal Adams and Marcus May, but then really question marks 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:19.880 behind those two guys. Yeah, I don't just want to 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:23.400 get back to the cornerback position just for a second here, 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.719 early in free agency, a couple of veterans out there 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:31.719 on the market that aren't traguing Greens. He's Jimmy Smith. Uh, 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:36.320 Joe Douglas, a former Baltimore scout when the Ravens made 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.760 him a first round pickback in two thousand eleven. I 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.359 know he's a veteran thirty two years of age, but 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:46.480 he still can play, and somebody is going to sign 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:50.359 him oop, I would imagine relatively soon. Another guy played 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:54.200 cross town for the New York Giants, Prince and Mukamara, Right, 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.280 so he's out there as well. Uh, and he's an 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.600 older guy, thirty one years old. But uh, those are 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:06.360 two guys who can come in and play roles for 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:08.560 whoever picks them up, no doubt about it. But at 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.120 a safety position. Listen, man, you gotta be really excited 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.800 if you're Jets fitting you got a two time defunding team. 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.640 I'm VP. And Jamal Adams, who is also a two 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:21.240 time Pro bowler who also first team All Pro All 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:23.440 Pro for the first time in his career last year, 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:25.800 all over the place, six and a half sacks might 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:30.760 have set the NFL defensive backs sack record had not 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:34.520 he had suffered that ankle injury in December. But still 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:38.440 a fabulous season all over the place. He can kind 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:42.280 of do it all. Greg Williams, I think um was 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.560 a perfect match for him. Greens And how about Marcus 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.920 May only guy in the defensive backfield to start all 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:50.840 sixteen games? Range E and he is central command. He's 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:55.240 a guy making sure everybody is lining up in the 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:58.360 right position. And when you think about the Jets last year, 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:03.280 what impressed me most about may perhaps was the guys 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.400 all pointed to him and said, especially the guys on 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.920 the outside, those cornerbacks we mentioned the guy like Arthur Roulette, 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:14.560 is that he was the guy making sure everybody disguised late. 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.640 There were a lot of times last season when the 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:20.280 Jets based a veteran quarterback he didn't know what was coming. 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:25.000 I think about that Oakland Raiders game and Derek Carr listen, 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:28.360 give the guy's credit up front, But what the Jets 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:31.360 were doing in the defensive backfield and how Greg Williams 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.800 was disguising, I thought really had him baffled. And we 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.200 saw that on occasion, no matter who was playing on 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:43.080 the outside. So Marcus may not only talk about what 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.840 he brings athletically, We got to talk about what he 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:50.960 brings from the mental standpoint, all right, Well, before we 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:54.960 dive into the linebackers and defensive line. Here's Olivia Land. 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:58.160 That's his interview with Anthony Beck. To you living in 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.000 Tampa Bay as well as was being involved in the 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:05.880 football world, everybody on God's Green Earth knows that Tom Brady, 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.200 the former Patriot, New England Patriot, he was there for 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.520 twenty years, officially committed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.640 he's actually um on your side of town now, which 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.520 is kind of great. Think it's unbelievable. Uh, you know, 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.440 twenty years ago the two thousand draft. We both came 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:25.040 out of that draft. Of course, myself, Chad Sewan, Elis Abraham, 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:26.760 we were all part of that same draft. He he 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.560 obviously went later in the sixth round, and just an 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.440 unbelievable run for him and the fact that he is 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:36.080 arguably this is probably the largest free agency signing. Some 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:38.240 people say since Peton Manny. I would say ever, you know, 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:41.160 since Tregy White, because this guy is arguably the best 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.440 quarterback to ever play the game. I don't think many 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.160 people right at this point, with all his rings and 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:49.480 everything he's done, would say differently. So, uh, just a 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.000 long string of events, Olivia that kind of went on 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.480 from start to finish finish when you talk about him 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:57.480 becoming a Buccaneer, and I don't think a lot of 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:00.120 people really believed it was gonna happen. You know, if 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.920 you look at the past for the Buccaneers, a lot 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:05.800 of kind of hand up in your face kind of situations. 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.600 Going back to Bill Parcels, who was supposed to coach here, 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.880 I thought that was a done deal. He goes when 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.720 Chip Kelly was hot, he was a big name, he 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:16.200 was supposed to sign here. He goes somewhere else. And 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.000 then of course Brett Barr, who ended up going to 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.480 the Jets and played for the Vikings, didn't uh, didn't uh, 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.160 you know, come to Tampa Bay where it was a 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.560 potential option for him. So this is kind of a 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:27.719 surreal moment for the fans down here. I don't think 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:29.679 a lot of people really believed in the fact that 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.120 it was gonna happen. It was a lot of talk, 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.320 a lot of people kind of talking about interest. But 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.120 within the organization and the people that I know from 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.480 Tampa Bay, you know, this thing has been going on 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:42.320 since early February. You know, the talks, the push when 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.280 a lot of people weren't thinking that Tom Brady was 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.640 ever gonna leave. They kind of pushed the envelope a 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.160 little bit. And you know, Bruce Arians, the head coach 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.920 down here in Tampa Bay, kind of pushed the envelope 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:54.439 got Tom Brady kind of talking to the right people, 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.640 and those people were Peyton Manning, you know, players that 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.480 played under Bruce Arians and kind of get to know 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.920 what he it in that transition when they were with 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:03.760 the Colts and of course when he went to Denver, 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.760 when he left Indianapolis. No whatever thought that Peyton would 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:08.920 do that. So this is the first time deal for 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.640 Tom Brady, first time free agency, just not really getting 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.400 you know, the kind of ups and downs, the ins 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:18.160 and outs of the situation. A lot of information was 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:21.240 being gathered, and the Buccaneers continue to push, continue to push, 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.040 and and of course you see now the pieces, the rosters, 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.719 the coaching staff, former head coach of the New York 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.840 Jets is down here as the defensive coordinator, Todd Bowls. 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.720 All those things I think come together, uh, in a 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.840 in a in a in a high you know, weathered 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:37.960 area where you love the play and the sun's out 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.640 every single day. And an older player, I remember that 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.360 for myself, going somewhere and playing somewhere with the weather 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:45.920 is great and it just feels good. So his body 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.360 is gonna be great. So coming down to Tampa Bay, 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:50.559 as many who thought it wasn't gonna be or it 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.320 wasn't a great idea, turns out to be his best choice. 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:55.600 And it's definitely a surreal moment for the fans down 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.960 here with Brady leaving the a f C East. Sam 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:03.240 Donald now because the longest tenord quarterback in the a 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.559 f C East, which is kind of crazy to think about. 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.800 But when you look at Sam Donald because he was 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:10.960 drafted in the same draft class as Josh Allen, but 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:13.720 he has more starting experience. How is he going to 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.880 build off of that in year three? Yeah? I think 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.760 the one thing we can all agree upon with Sam 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:21.719 and he's determined to be great and he's determined to 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.640 get better. Uh, you know, he's a team guy. You know, 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.560 he's not necessarily worried about statistics. The only statistic he 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.960 has and thinks about his winning football games. And it 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:33.280 was a disaster last year when he missed several games 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:37.600 because of getting mono nucleosis. So I'm excited for him. 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:39.000 He has to be pumped up. I mean, it's a 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.520 huge off season for him. You know, him, his his 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:45.679 skilled position players, these guys working together training, I mean, 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:48.160 you know right now, they're not together during this time, 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:50.320 which it wouldn't be anyway, but you know, getting the 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:53.840 juices flowing and wanting to come back, get stronger, get faster. 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:57.240 You know, you're more intelligent with the system now. All 0:11:57.320 --> 0:12:00.280 these things put together with another year under your belt, 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:03.200 just makes everybody better. So you know, the organization from 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.120 the top with Joe Douglas and his staff, Rex and 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.880 all those guys are gonna put together the best team possible. 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.599 Gaze and his staff, you know, make sure everybody is 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.960 complimentary and what they're trying to propose as far as 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.840 plays and enhancing from last year in the system and 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.120 what worked and what didn't. And then of course all 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.559 the players coming back healthy. You know that that's gonna 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:26.079 be uplifting. I think it's exciting. Every team gets excited. 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:27.839 But you know, as I look at what the Jets 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:29.960 did and you start early in the season, you know 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.079 that first game, you know what they look like when 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:33.800 they came out the gates, and then how the kind 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:37.120 of team dissipated because of injuries, missing Moseley and all 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:40.560 these kind of players not being at full task. Uh 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.520 that that that'll be a difference this year and that'll 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.400 be huge. So I'm looking forward to it, and I 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.040 think Sam most importantly have any player on the football 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.920 team can grow and become even better than he was 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:51.520 last season. That's what you want. You want to be 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:53.920 peeking at year three. That's kind of how the evolution 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:56.080 of a player is in the NFL, the great ones, 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:58.600 the high draft picks. When you play your first your 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.640 second years, you get thrown into the are Now it's like, okay, 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:03.960 you gotta be peaking. So he's kind of, you know, 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:07.079 he's got out of that youth um process and now 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:09.400 he's stepping into that bed room world where he can 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:11.040 become even more of a leader on that end to 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.520 which would be great for him. I think this goes 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:15.840 without saying as well, but I'm going to say it anyways. 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.760 If there's any person to listen to when it comes 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.600 to some of the college prospects coming out into the draft, 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.200 it's definitely going to be you because you are watching 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:27.440 these players every single week when you're doing the college 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:30.679 you know, being a college football analyst. So I think that, um, 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.360 I'm just gonna go ahead and listen to what you 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.440 have to say. I'm listening on some of these guys. 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:39.040 But yeah, that's great. I think Joe Douglas very vocally 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:42.480 addressed the fact that the offensive line was going to 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.440 be a number one priority coming into this offseason, and 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.920 so far he has lived up to his words. So 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.800 it's really good to see that they are getting some 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.640 things done along the offensive line. Now, before I let 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:56.760 you go, I want to get some final thoughts. We're 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.679 going to circle back to the Tom Brady and the 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:02.760 jem It's in the a f C s this whole talk. Obviously, 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:04.640 you do a lot of work for both the Jets 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.200 and some team coverage for the Bucks as well, since 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:11.120 you live down there in Tampa when you are you know, 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:14.440 you're an insider, but also from an outsider looking in 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.960 when you look at this entire situation, is there anything 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.360 else that really stands out to you about this Tom 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.480 Brady being in Tampa Bay and how can how this 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:27.440 really affects the Jets in the a f C East. Well, 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:29.120 you know, I think it's a you know, it's a 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:33.359 tremendous springboard for this team to take advantage of a situation. 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.600 I mean, you know, there's gonna be some some struggles 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:38.400 here for the Patriots, and and that's one team in 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.160 the division and I think last year not a lot 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:42.040 of buzz was put around the Buffalo Bills. But I 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:43.920 think right now, you look at the Bills where they're at, 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:48.200 that's your main kind of you know, competition. It's Jets 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.720 and of course, um, you know, Miami trying to figure out, 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.200 you know, what their quarterback situation is. They've gotta they 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:55.680 bought a ton of players, but I don't know how 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:58.920 good of a team will be, so um, it'll be interesting. 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.520 You know. Look at this is uh, this is a 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.520 great time to be to be a Jet fan. I 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:07.240 think they're positioned properly, like we talked about in the draft. Um, 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:09.640 and look, Tom Brady is not in not only in 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.920 the division, but in the conference, and that that sets 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.240 that sets a huge bar. I mean, honestly, those are 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:17.160 two games that the majority of the com of the 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.200 division we're not winning. I mean, it's just bottom line, 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.840 regardless it may have been close, but Tom just been 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:25.440 a thorn and everybody's everybody's back for the last twenty years. 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.040 And you know, now you've gotta you know, I would 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.600 expect the Patriots to lose games within the division, and 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:33.880 the pain and the and the Jets have to be 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.480 those trend setters early to take advantage of that, and 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.920 ultimately that will give him the confidence. And that's that's 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.280 what's gonna be good and and look good teams. You know, 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.120 winning one game two games in a row are great. 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.680 That the really good teams that come out each year 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:48.280 can win three or four games in a row. That 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.840 those are the kind of trends you want to look 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:52.560 for when you're looking for teams that are good. You know, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:54.640 when you start losing two or three and then you 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.200 gotta bounce back when one you'll lose one, that's not 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.200 really a good sign. So early on that will be 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.080 That's what I'll be looking for out the Jets, and 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.400 I think they're fully capable of that along with some 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.040 of the weapons. Again, it's early on here in March. 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.560 They're going to continue to add to this football team 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.280 and and and hopefully, you know, uh, live up to 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.480 the expectation that I think they should have moving into 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.680 next season. Anthony, I can't thank you enough for your 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.360 time coming on the podcast, give me yes your thoughts 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.960 not only on Tom Brady but the Jets as well, 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:26.200 So thank you so much. We really appreciate it. Listen, enjoy, 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:30.000 Tom Brady down there in your sunny Florida. Okay, I'm 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:33.600 very happy he's gone exactly a f C, which is 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:35.920 great for us because you know that that's exactly what 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.600 we want. And of course I'm happy because Tampa. It's 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.720 been a struggle down here to the teams I cover, 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:42.280 just trying to get over the hump, and I can't 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:44.800 wait to see how both teams react to both of 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:48.000 the of those leaving and coming. It's gonna be an 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.440 interesting year. Always great to hear from Anthony back to 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:54.000 of course, was one of the four players drafted in 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.440 two thousand by the Green and White. And as he 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.840 and I spoke with Anthony back at the combine, he 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:05.800 still extremely proud of his combine numbers, and you know what, 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:07.960 like good for him because I didn't even know that 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:11.119 he had those kind of numbers in Indianapolis, and he 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.199 really tore it up. And if he were, I mean, 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:17.080 he talked about this, if he were a current day prospect, 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.520 he would be a big time riser after the combine. 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.080 Anthony Beck played at two or seventy pounds, known for 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:28.800 his blocking prowess, but yeah, what he did at the combine, 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.920 I would consider him somewhat of a freak athlete bottom line, 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:37.240 pulling off those numbers and some of those cone drills, 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:41.280 some of those shuttle drills. Uh yeah. And it was 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:44.520 hard to fit his head into the convention center because 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.159 he was feeling quite good about himself talking to the 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:53.640 college kids and remembering what he had posted twenty years prior. Yeah, 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:55.520 no doubt. And I know we got off in a 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.159 little bit of tangent talking about some offense on the 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:01.880 Defense podcast here. So let's go back to another reported signing, 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:06.240 Neville Hewitt. So we're supposedly rejoined the Jets, and he 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.840 he had a roller coaster year in the sense of 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.320 he was the backup will linebacker, then he becomes a 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:15.479 starter when Avery Williamson goes down. Then C. J. Mosley 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.280 gets hurt in week one, so a week two he's 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:21.720 the mic linebacker. After two weeks before he was a 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.560 reserve player. And he played very well for the Jets. 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:27.760 And you asked me the other night about Burgess because 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:29.919 he was an exclusive rights free agent as well, and 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:34.159 he's a restrictive free agent, and we're covering all these guys, 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:36.800 and I forgot to even mention Neville because the first 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.640 guy on my mind was C. J. Mosley, and then 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:42.720 I thought about Avery, and then I thought about Blake Cashman. 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:46.800 But how can you not remember nevill Hewitt. He was 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:50.880 terrific last year, seventy eight tackles. He had three sacks, 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:56.159 seven quarterback hurries, a couple interception, six past defenses. And 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.840 here is a guy that you out in your system 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:07.080 again Frank Bush, inside linebackers coach, and also defensive coordinator 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.840 Greg Williams. You have to credit those guys for his 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:14.520 development because uh douvill Hewitt largely thought of as a 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:17.600 debt player, a reserve. I'll tell you what you look like, 0:19:17.600 --> 0:19:19.840 a front ride starter towards the end of the season, 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:23.560 no doubt about debt and when he's not, And the 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.080 only thing or the other thing about nevil Hewitt that 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:29.080 I like is when he's not starting at either the 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:34.520 mic or the will. He's a very solid special teams contributor. 0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:36.840 I believe the year before he was one of the 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:40.080 core members of Special Teams and he did a great 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:43.920 job for Brand Warrior's unit as well. So he's another 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:47.480 one of those guys that brings intensity and he might 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:51.320 not be the most outgoing off the field. But on 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:54.359 the field, he runs with his hair on fire. He 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.520 hits hard. He had a great game against Dallas before 0:19:57.560 --> 0:19:59.600 he went down with a stinger for a couple of weeks. 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:04.040 And I really like where the linebackers right now. It's 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:06.480 a linebacker as an embarrassment or Richard if you really 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:09.000 think about it. Now, if those guys stay, if they 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:14.400 all come back, and that is the big caveat. But C. J. Mosley, 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:18.520 I mean, I don't know if all Jets fans remember 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:22.359 just how good of a player this guy is. We 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:24.879 saw glimpses of it against the Buffalo Bills when he 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:26.840 was the best player on the field of Week one. 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:30.159 To get him back, and he's also one of the 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.960 most cerebral players in the league. He's gonna be a 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:37.520 perfect fit with Greg Williams, got Avery Williamson still on 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:39.960 the roster. He led the team in tackles in two 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:43.640