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Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of the Official Jets Podcast, powered

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Speaker 1: by Amazon Web Services. This time, Chris Hernon joins e

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Speaker 1: A and myself, And of course, I think a lot

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Speaker 1: of Jets fans are excited about the return of Chris

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Speaker 1: Hernon after a very promising rookie season in two thousand

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Speaker 1: and eighteen and then kind of a lost sophomore year

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Speaker 1: that started with suspension and then ended with injury and

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Speaker 1: never really saw the field outside of ten snaps against

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Speaker 1: the Giants. Yeah, you felt bad for Chris Hernon last

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Speaker 1: year because remember back in February two thousand nineteen, Adam Gaze,

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Speaker 1: who was the new Jets head coach at the time,

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Speaker 1: called him a unicorn type player, a guy could do everything.

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Speaker 1: And Green's this is a guy who can get down

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Speaker 1: the field in a hurry. He's got rare athleticism for

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Speaker 1: somebody who plays the tight end position, and I think

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Speaker 1: he can open up a lot of field for people.

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Speaker 1: And most importantly, Sam Darn had a great connection with

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Speaker 1: him when both of those guys were rookies. Herndon his

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Speaker 1: rookie season second on the Jets and reception yards and

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Speaker 1: touchdowns and was really one of the bright spots for

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Speaker 1: that two thousand and eighteen team and without further ado, like,

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Speaker 1: let's hear the interview with Chris Herndon. Chris, I know

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Speaker 1: I was thinking about this. If there's a handful of guys,

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Speaker 1: you're definitely on the short list that I would imagine

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Speaker 1: are super excited to be back considering your season last

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Speaker 1: year starting with suspension, ending with injury. Just how excited

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Speaker 1: are you in your own words to finally be around

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Speaker 1: your teammates at the facility once again. I feel great.

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Speaker 1: I have just a bunch of energy, you know, really

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Speaker 1: sitting out that that much last year, just you know,

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Speaker 1: I gained a new appreciation and really just had to

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Speaker 1: opportunity just watched from the outside and now off for

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Speaker 1: like a kid again being out there and my friends

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Speaker 1: is having fune. What is this offseason been like for you, Chris,

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Speaker 1: Because as typically you'd be at the complex going through

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Speaker 1: spring drills, uh focusing on passing predominantly, and then O

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Speaker 1: t A is canceled. We're in the middle of a

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Speaker 1: pandemic with COVID nineteen, and of course training camp is starting.

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Speaker 1: But it's far different than your rookie year because you

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Speaker 1: guys are an acclamation period right now. Oh yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: been very abnormal. But um, I feel like a lot

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Speaker 1: of the guys took a lot of you know, time

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Speaker 1: to just enjoy family right now. Really it's kind of

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Speaker 1: something that was out of our control. But I feel

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Speaker 1: like a lot of us just found a lot of

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Speaker 1: positivity and all of this and you know, being able

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Speaker 1: to be around our families longer, help around the house

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Speaker 1: and kind of just you know, do this train as

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Speaker 1: much as possible. I'm sure everybody had nothing but time

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Speaker 1: to work out and just hang around. Speaking of working out,

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Speaker 1: Chris as a Georgia kid I saw and coach Case

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Speaker 1: was talking about that. You trained with Steve mcclennan a

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Speaker 1: little bit at his new gym in the off season.

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Speaker 1: What is a tight end doing with the defensive lineman

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Speaker 1: with Big Steve at his new gym. Uh? Yeah, we

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Speaker 1: had we had a few of us training there, Me him,

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Speaker 1: Jordan Jenkins, Henry Anderson, Tarrell, Tarrell bash him here and there.

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Speaker 1: You know, he had another gym he trained that as well,

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Speaker 1: But I mean, I have fun, really, I don't lift

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Speaker 1: I definitely definitely pushed myself every day. We all pushed

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Speaker 1: you know, even closer as teammates and you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: most importantly a brotherhead and I just feel like this

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Speaker 1: this definitely these last few months, we all got really

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Speaker 1: So we all had a lot of fun. How much

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Speaker 1: is big Steve Squatton and do you jump on there

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Speaker 1: side and it was I'm sure if he could have

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Speaker 1: fit more weight, he could have, but that's all that fit.

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Speaker 1: So I was just standing back there like that looks

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Speaker 1: He went hard this offseason, you know, Chris, I feel like,

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Speaker 1: just talking about Steve for a minute, a lot of

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Speaker 1: free agent and been in this league for over ten years. Well,

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Speaker 1: He always has, you know, a bunch of things and

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Speaker 1: he just he motivates it. He brings out the best

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Speaker 1: of you, even you know, as being as young as

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Speaker 1: So it's just it's always good to have someone like

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Speaker 1: that in your corner. All right, Let's flip to the

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Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball. Though. Those are the guys

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Speaker 1: putting the points on the board. Your rookie season, thirty

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Speaker 1: nine catches over five hundred yards, receiving you the four touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: What are you going to add to this offense? Uh?

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Speaker 1: I mean I don't wanna, you know, look too far ahead,

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Speaker 1: of take a day by day specifically, i'd ask, what

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Speaker 1: do not just for your quarterback because we're gonna talk

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Speaker 1: about Sam Donald, but the other guys on the field.

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Speaker 1: And how much do you take pride in that not

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Speaker 1: obviously get your own opportunities, but knowing at you know,

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Speaker 1: so you know it's it's it's always fun watching everybody

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Speaker 1: else on your team eat as well. Chris, you said

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Speaker 1: And you know that's obviously exciting to think about. And uh,

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Speaker 1: always learn from. He he makes sure if you need

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Speaker 1: do you like about Sam's personality, because yes, you had

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Speaker 1: So he definitely, he definitely brings a lot to this team. Chris,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many fans know this, but you

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Speaker 1: actually have a friendship with Lawrence Cager, who signed with

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Speaker 1: have any good Lawrence Cagre stories that you can share

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Speaker 1: with us? Um Well, definitely for him from you know,

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Speaker 1: He's definitely a hard working person. He's definitely determined, He's

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Speaker 1: for having me. He ate Chris Herndon being hurt last

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