Speaker 1: Hey, this is Ryan Fitzpatrick and you are listening to
Speaker 1: the e A Podcast with Eric Allen. Take it away,
Speaker 1: all right? Chad Pennington joins me as always his weekly
Speaker 1: appearance on the e A Podcast. Chad, First Things First,
Speaker 1: news out of Flooring Park here on Wednesday, the Jets
Speaker 1: place Eric Decker injured reserve. Your thoughts, well, I know
Speaker 1: that there are different rules on injury reserve now than
Speaker 1: there were when I was playing, But obviously it's a
Speaker 1: slight blow to the armor of the Jets offensively. Um,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. When you lose a high quality
Speaker 1: player like Eric Decker, who means so much to your
Speaker 1: offense and to all the players in the huddle, it's
Speaker 1: a blow. But you know, as a team, you can
Speaker 1: either look at it as a challenge or you can
Speaker 1: look at it as an opportunity if if you're a
Speaker 1: guy who hasn't had many opportunities to now show what
Speaker 1: you can do and how you can contribute to help
Speaker 1: the team win. So, um, it's one of those things
Speaker 1: where it's it's certainly tough for Eric cut for the team,
Speaker 1: but also it's time for someone else to step up
Speaker 1: and help out. Why did Fitzpatrick have such good rhythm
Speaker 1: with in chemistry with Ducker off the bat. Take us
Speaker 1: back to last year and when Fits obviously had thirty
Speaker 1: one touchdown passes, but both he was in sync with
Speaker 1: Marshall and Ducker immediately, and that carried in to the
Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen season as well. Well. I think both
Speaker 1: receivers are very quarterback friendly. And when you say that,
Speaker 1: what you mean by that is that, Um, they have
Speaker 1: a mindset like a quarterback when they run routes, and
Speaker 1: so when they run routes, they understand where the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: are trying to put the ball, They understand positioning with
Speaker 1: their body, and quarterbacks like Patrick they trust receivers like
Speaker 1: that because they know that when they let go of
Speaker 1: the ball and it's going to receiver like Becker or Marshall,
Speaker 1: that normally good things are going to happen. Very rarely
Speaker 1: the bad things happen. Only bad thing that can happen
Speaker 1: with being incomplete, but very rarely doesn't interception happen or
Speaker 1: anything like that. So it's a trust level. Sometimes you
Speaker 1: can't explain that between quarterback and receiver. It just happened naturally. Um,
Speaker 1: you just have a natural affinity for a guy, our
Speaker 1: natural fields for a guy, and then other times it's
Speaker 1: it's something that you've worked on, uh, through the years
Speaker 1: and through practices and things like that. But with these
Speaker 1: two guys, I think with fitz Patrick, it just happened naturally.
Speaker 1: He just really had a great feel for those two receivers.
Speaker 1: I think because of their body types number one, how
Speaker 1: they run route and and and they're catching ability. To
Speaker 1: think he developed a quick trust in those guys. All right, Chad.
Speaker 1: The big word this week has been finishing for the
Speaker 1: team as a whole. But when you think about the
Speaker 1: offense inside the opponent's twenty last year number three in
Speaker 1: the Nasty No Football League in terms of finishing with touchdowns.
Speaker 1: This year, the Jets red zone offense, they're completing just
Speaker 1: those drives inside the twenty with touchdowns, So that makes
Speaker 1: them tied for this year. And now you take Decker
Speaker 1: out of the equation. How big of a challenge is
Speaker 1: this for Jan Galley and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Well, that certainly
Speaker 1: hurts because Eric Decker's production in the red zone was
Speaker 1: tremendous last year and uh, he was someone that Ryan
Speaker 1: really trusted, and you have to have even a higher
Speaker 1: trust level in the red zone because the space is
Speaker 1: more confined. Um. You don't have a lot of room
Speaker 1: to operate, and so your anticipation level has to be
Speaker 1: even greater UM. And you've got to trust that if
Speaker 1: if you're wrong, there's a quarterback that your receiver is
Speaker 1: going to make you right and how he runs routes
Speaker 1: and things like that, and so when you use a
Speaker 1: receiver like Decker in that area, that really hurts. And
Speaker 1: so now I think the running game has to come
Speaker 1: to the forefront the running game. You've got to help
Speaker 1: out in the red zone to create more goal line
Speaker 1: situations inside the five. Get the running game to get
Speaker 1: that ball inside the five score You can either pound
Speaker 1: it in or you can use different personnel groups and
Speaker 1: be creative that way. Uh. You also have to use
Speaker 1: those running backs in the passing game and be able
Speaker 1: to get them one on one with these linebackers, because
Speaker 1: we know that Brandon Marshall is going to see more
Speaker 1: and more double team coverage with Decker out, and then
Speaker 1: the Noon law has now have to he has to
Speaker 1: be able to step into that role of Eric Decker
Speaker 1: and be able to make some plays down there as well. Yeah, Noon,
Speaker 1: what right now? He is the jets number two receiver
Speaker 1: going forward until Docker comes back, of course, and then
Speaker 1: you can rank them any way you want. But as
Speaker 1: far as the way opponent, the funds of coordinated is
Speaker 1: gonna look at the Jets, like you mentioned, obviously they
Speaker 1: go to fifteen first, but now it's Quincy and Nona
Speaker 1: as that second target. He actually leads the Jets with
Speaker 1: twenty seven receptions. And I said this on Inside the
Speaker 1: Jets uh the other night, and I repeated on one
Speaker 1: of our website website videos on New Ropes dot com
Speaker 1: that he's by one of the bright spots here early
Speaker 1: this season for a one in four club, leads a
Speaker 1: team with twenty seven receptions, and he continues to flash,
Speaker 1: I think each and every week. He certainly does. There
Speaker 1: has been a little bit of inconsistency, but not as
Speaker 1: much as last year. He's been able to become more
Speaker 1: consistent make some plays, and so that's that's a very
Speaker 1: positive scene for the future of the Jets when you're
Speaker 1: looking at the receiving corps and your younger players starting
Speaker 1: to produce, and so that's good. And and now that
Speaker 1: production even has to increase even more. It's not necessarily
Speaker 1: in volume of catches that has to increase. It's going
Speaker 1: to have to increase UH in situational um away earness,
Speaker 1: and and in critical situations where the third down, the
Speaker 1: red zones, the plays that truly matter in a game
Speaker 1: or affect the game where the focus will be on
Speaker 1: Brandon Marshall. Now Noon Law really has to come to
Speaker 1: forefront and make those big plays to keep drives alive
Speaker 1: until points on the board. How do you establish more
Speaker 1: chemistry if you're fits, because you're breaking in a lot
Speaker 1: of new players right now, Austin Seferie and Jenkins. He
Speaker 1: made a couple of catches against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I
Speaker 1: like what I've seen of him. What I've seen of
Speaker 1: him and limited time, big dude can run. Looks fluid
Speaker 1: as far as a route runner is concerned. But then
Speaker 1: you have the rookie receivers again Robby Anderson, Geron Peak,
Speaker 1: who are going to be dependent on as you move forward.
Speaker 1: The Jetsice made a waiver claim this week, acquiring a
Speaker 1: former Baltimore Raven, Jeremy Butler. We'll see how he factors
Speaker 1: into the equation forte. While he's a Vet and obviously
Speaker 1: he's made quite a smooth transition. He's new to the
Speaker 1: offense as well, so there's a lot of new moving parts.
Speaker 1: And what I think is overlooked in all this, too,
Speaker 1: is the Jets have been shuffling up front all year,
Speaker 1: but Eigilana is playing right tackle. Brno Jockomini started this
Speaker 1: year on the pup list. Brant Quality was alternating series
Speaker 1: with Igilana at right tackle, but with Winners out with
Speaker 1: the concussion, he was at right guard. And then Nick
Speaker 1: Mangold went out Sunday with the knee injury, so Wesley
Speaker 1: Johnson had to come into the ball game. So there's
Speaker 1: a lot of moving parts from Ryan Fitzpatrick right now,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it, Eric, And that makes it extremely
Speaker 1: tough for continuity within the offense. It makes it extremely
Speaker 1: tough for quarterbacks to established rhythm. I think the biggest
Speaker 1: challenge as a quarterback when you're dealing with a lot
Speaker 1: of changes is to still remain in equal opportunity quarterback.
Speaker 1: Sometimes what you can do when you start to lose
Speaker 1: some of your key guy is that you start to
Speaker 1: just focus on the guy that you're very familiar with,
Speaker 1: and then you start to force the ball in the
Speaker 1: coverage and so The biggest challenge for a quarterback is
Speaker 1: to yes, you know, most of our plays will be
Speaker 1: designed to get it to our number one and number
Speaker 1: two guys, but when they are covered, I have to
Speaker 1: trust these third and fourth guys to be able to
Speaker 1: at least make some simple plays for me, whether it
Speaker 1: be in the checkdown game or the underneath game, whatever
Speaker 1: it may be. Allowed him to make a few plays
Speaker 1: a game for me to keep the defense a little
Speaker 1: bit loose at least, and to keep me as a
Speaker 1: quarterback from making bad decisions. That that's the biggest thing.
Speaker 1: What do you make it fits his game? In Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: the Jets moved up and down the field in the
Speaker 1: first half, four consecutive drives in plus a territory. We're
Speaker 1: only able to come up with the thirteen points to
Speaker 1: Nick Folk field goals, and Brandon Marshall makes the great
Speaker 1: play off over the cornerback Ross Cockrowl there in the
Speaker 1: corner of the enzone, plays a tip drill uh. Tremendous
Speaker 1: reception on his part, but done in the second half.
Speaker 1: And we've seen this lately from the Jets on both
Speaker 1: sides of the ball, they kind of get stymied. So
Speaker 1: what do you make of Fitzpatrick's game in Pittsburgh. Well,
Speaker 1: I thought that his Saturday or Sunday performance against Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: was a winning performance and um, other than the Buffalo game,
Speaker 1: it was his second best performance of the season. And
Speaker 1: if he would have had those type of performances throughout
Speaker 1: the season every game, they would not be one and four,
Speaker 1: they would be more like three and two. And so
Speaker 1: that's the type of play that that Ryan has to
Speaker 1: expect from himself weekend and week out. Doesn't have to
Speaker 1: be gaudy numbers, but it can't be disastrous numbers either,
Speaker 1: And so that was a consistent efficient performance. I think
Speaker 1: where the Jets steming themselves that I don't think the
Speaker 1: Steelers stimmy then the Jets at all. I think Jets
Speaker 1: stimy themselves. Drop balls a misread here there. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: really in crucial situations on third down where drives would
Speaker 1: stay alive, keep the Steelers offense off the field. When
Speaker 1: you've got an offense like Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers,
Speaker 1: you have to keep them off the field. That's the
Speaker 1: best defense against that. And those are some critical situations,
Speaker 1: especially in the second half, where the Jets offense did
Speaker 1: not do that. Even if you don't get points, you
Speaker 1: you you keep the Steelers off the field, and they
Speaker 1: did not do that, and so they snimming themselves. I
Speaker 1: did not see a game where the Steelers just really
Speaker 1: took it to the Jets. From a defensive standpoint, I
Speaker 1: feel like the Jets had a good game plan. They
Speaker 1: executed it for the most part in a B type
Speaker 1: level where the couple of plays here and there could
Speaker 1: have put put them in the A minus uh category
Speaker 1: to give themselves a better chance to win. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go to Twitter rapid fire here with Jet Punnington
Speaker 1: on the e A podcast. This comes from Sean. It
Speaker 1: was a monster Jets fan down in Australia, down under
Speaker 1: guys on both sides of the ball. What is the
Speaker 1: most important thing that needs to be cleaned up going
Speaker 1: forward in two thousand and sixteen. Great question. Defensively, it
Speaker 1: is still the big play uh, eliminating the big play
Speaker 1: that Steelers still had another big play on the Jets
Speaker 1: um at the beginning of the game. And then offensively
Speaker 1: it's actually creating a big play. We're not seeing any
Speaker 1: chunk plays at all, whether it being the running game
Speaker 1: or the passing game, and what that does for an
Speaker 1: offense doesn't necessarily win you the game. It just gives
Speaker 1: you some breathing room and changes field position, and it
Speaker 1: keeps it from having to be such an uphill battle
Speaker 1: with just four and five yard games all the time.
Speaker 1: So that's that's very important. So the big play on
Speaker 1: both offense and defense, to me is something that's a
Speaker 1: point of emphasis. Kevin writes in on Twitter, it appears
Speaker 1: that many players have regressed from last year. Why do
Speaker 1: you think that is? I don't know if I see
Speaker 1: it as regression, is just more lack of execution and production.
Speaker 1: Um and uh. Sometimes that happens with the team because
Speaker 1: you have a successful team who kind of creaked up
Speaker 1: on teams the previous year. This year, there is no
Speaker 1: creeping up on anybody. They know who you are. They
Speaker 1: have a full year of film on you to see
Speaker 1: who you are as a team, what you're coaching staff
Speaker 1: is about. And so now your level of production, execution,
Speaker 1: concentration has to be stepped up, and you can't just
Speaker 1: count on the same things that happened for you the
Speaker 1: previous year aren't going to happen that same way. And
Speaker 1: so there's no doubt in my mind that the jet
Speaker 1: should be sitting here at three and two, not one
Speaker 1: and four. If that's the case. And so I don't
Speaker 1: see regression as much as I see just not executing
Speaker 1: and doing what you're supposed to do, all right, so quickly.
Speaker 1: When there was a lot of talk on about this
Speaker 1: subject this week, and you know better than anybody, but
Speaker 1: Asianist history, somebody asks on Twitter, what uh can you
Speaker 1: review the four three and outs that gave Bulls confidence
Speaker 1: to punt on fourth and two. A lot of people
Speaker 1: talked about Coach's decision to punt there on fourth and two.
Speaker 1: It's at that moment you're close to midfield. I'm sitting
Speaker 1: there in the press box chat and you can call
Speaker 1: me a homer if you want. I know who I'm
Speaker 1: employed by. But I didn't have a problem with the
Speaker 1: decision because I'm thinking, you don't get it. It's fourth
Speaker 1: and along to the Steelers have been moving the ball
Speaker 1: and you're at least giving up three You might give
Speaker 1: up a touchdown down there. I don't I don't know.
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, you pin them back deep, maybe
Speaker 1: you get a good punt, great coverage. There was a
Speaker 1: couple of times the Jets failed to actually pin the
Speaker 1: Steelers back, and when they had some players down there
Speaker 1: on Lockland outwards a couple of his booming kicks. So
Speaker 1: you play field position there, maybe you get the wall
Speaker 1: back at the fifty relatively quickly. I know a lot
Speaker 1: of people revisionist history, they're talking about the fourth and
Speaker 1: two a lot this week. Yeah, and I think it
Speaker 1: was that the fourth and two with the at the
Speaker 1: eleven minute mark or at the seven minute mark. It
Speaker 1: was at about the seven minute I believe you have
Speaker 1: the seven minute mark. Uh, and that's and I don't know,
Speaker 1: I don't even know if that was more like the
Speaker 1: thirty five is was it not? So that was a
Speaker 1: tough situation where you know, if it's more on the
Speaker 1: fifty or the forty five going in, I could certainly
Speaker 1: see that, But on the thirty five is forty is
Speaker 1: a couple of yards and that they've got three more
Speaker 1: points on you without having to do anything offensively, much
Speaker 1: less with the big, big play capability that they already have.
Speaker 1: Um So that what I certainly thought about that as
Speaker 1: I was watching the game, would this be a situation
Speaker 1: where you could go for it there? Uh? If it
Speaker 1: was a little bit closer. I think they certainly would
Speaker 1: have two is much different than inside of yards. There's
Speaker 1: no question about that, um. But but I agree with
Speaker 1: it being a thirteen game, two scores and you win,
Speaker 1: and so uh within seven minutes, you should get the
Speaker 1: ball back by five. You can go down and kick
Speaker 1: field goal stuffing and then either have a touchdown drive
Speaker 1: or vice versa on that with a field goal drop.
Speaker 1: So I did not completely disagree with that call at all,
Speaker 1: but I could certainly see where the thought could cross
Speaker 1: your mind about going for it on fourth. I think
Speaker 1: it's one of those one tough spots. I think if
Speaker 1: it's fourth and one, there's no doubt he sends his
Speaker 1: jumbo package on the field. You try to get the
Speaker 1: one yard and you keep that driving uh moving. But
Speaker 1: at fourth and two, and that's up to the coach,
Speaker 1: and he noticed his ball club. You know, you know
Speaker 1: the way it is when you're one of four, So
Speaker 1: everybody's gonna come at you. I'm telling you, I'm sitting
Speaker 1: there at the price box during the game, and I
Speaker 1: thought out, okay, you point away, you get a three
Speaker 1: and out, you get good field positioned and go from there.
Speaker 1: But you know it didn't work out. Didn't work out
Speaker 1: for the Jets. Bottom line, they didn't make enough plays.
Speaker 1: And as you mentioned, this team doesn't think they're that
Speaker 1: far away. Uh, that's a fourteen thirteen game and the
Speaker 1: third quarter it's a seventeen thirteen game. At the beginning
Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter. They just have to find a
Speaker 1: way to make a couple of key plays and that
Speaker 1: will get them over the hump. So, Jets are one
Speaker 1: and four. You've started a couple of times one and
Speaker 1: four and actually made the postseason, uh, with two different teams,
Speaker 1: actually with the Jets in two thousand two, and I
Speaker 1: believe with the Miami Dolphins as well. Here's some similarities
Speaker 1: for you. The Jets actually started the two thousand two
Speaker 1: seasons in Buffalo, beating the Bills in Week one by
Speaker 1: a thirty seven thirty one score. The Jets only win
Speaker 1: so far this season is in Week two back and
Speaker 1: Week two at Buffalo by a thirty seven score. Uh.
Speaker 1: Your memories a two thousand and two and what goes
Speaker 1: on inside a locker room when you're frustrated, you're losing
Speaker 1: and it's early in the season. Well, here, here's exactly
Speaker 1: what went on in our locker room. At the time
Speaker 1: we were one and four. People were complaining about play calling,
Speaker 1: whether it be inside the building or on the team,
Speaker 1: or outside the building, pointing fingers, disgruntled, frustrated, disappointed, which
Speaker 1: is all understandable. But what changed our team was we
Speaker 1: changed our belief system and we made a decision to say, look,
Speaker 1: coaches aren't trying to lose if their livelihood. They're trying
Speaker 1: to put us in the best positions to be successful.
Speaker 1: And if we don't believe in what we're doing, it
Speaker 1: does not matter who we're playing. We could have, they
Speaker 1: could have eight guys out there on the field, and
Speaker 1: if we're not believing in what we're only, we're not
Speaker 1: going to execute. And so we changed our belief system. Uh,
Speaker 1: we caught a little momentum by going to San Diego
Speaker 1: and beating them, and there was a six and one
Speaker 1: team coming off of the bye and we throttled them,
Speaker 1: and from then on our belief system because it had changed,
Speaker 1: Then our mindset changed, and then the result changed, and
Speaker 1: as a matter of fact, the play calling got more conservative. Basically,
Speaker 1: all we did was handed to Curtis Martin or we
Speaker 1: threw it to Lavernest coals for the most part. Um
Speaker 1: it was more conservative than it was when we were
Speaker 1: one and four and two and five. So it's about
Speaker 1: belief system. It's about um that synergy that you need
Speaker 1: to have as as human beings for getting the football
Speaker 1: players just as human beings and working together and not
Speaker 1: the pointing fingers are saying, well, the defense didn't their
Speaker 1: job in the offense didn't. It has nothing to do
Speaker 1: with that. It has to do with playing complimentary football.
Speaker 1: The offense needs to break and needs the ball back.
Speaker 1: The defense has to get the ball back. If the
Speaker 1: offense needs to stay on the field and get the
Speaker 1: defense brain defense, the offense needs to do that. The
Speaker 1: kicking game needs to step up and make a cup
Speaker 1: of plays. That's what needs to happen. That's that's why
Speaker 1: it's a team game, and that's that's the biggest challenge
Speaker 1: for a team that's wonderful is whether or not you're
Speaker 1: gonna change your belief system and and pull together and
Speaker 1: do everything you can uh to be successful. And that
Speaker 1: may require some sacrifices that may require certain players not
Speaker 1: playing as much or being asked to perform a different
Speaker 1: role that they're not used to. If you're willing to
Speaker 1: do that, then you can pull yourself out of the situation.
Speaker 1: The Jets fans who are of our age, Chad what
Speaker 1: have a retort then say, yeah, but you had boy Wonder,
Speaker 1: you had Punnington and reserved there. He came in against
Speaker 1: Jacksonville and then makes the start the following week against
Speaker 1: Kansas City. And even though you lost that ball game
Speaker 1: against Kansas City, Uh, against Kansas City, you showed something
Speaker 1: there and the offenses started moving. Where is the Jets
Speaker 1: The current team has their current pieces. Where Todd Bowls
Speaker 1: is said, Ryan Fitzpatrick gives us the best chance to
Speaker 1: win right now? Well, and I agree with Coach Bowls.
Speaker 1: I think that he does. And I think that we
Speaker 1: did see some improvement. We saw a more efficient, consistent
Speaker 1: quarterback Sunday against the Steelers. Didn't get the result that's
Speaker 1: the Jets wanted from a wind standpoint, but you saw
Speaker 1: more consistent play. And I think I think if that
Speaker 1: play continues from the quarterback position, and then all the
Speaker 1: other offensive parts chip in and do their part, then
Speaker 1: they can win games. You've got an Arizona team that's
Speaker 1: this types of plan. Arizona go off the West Coast.
Speaker 1: But the Jets can beat Arizona. You have a Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens team Esster doing well, that's a home they can
Speaker 1: beat the Baltimore Ravens. There haven't changed themselves in offensive coordinators,
Speaker 1: so uh, there's some change going on there. So um,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt that this team is capable of getting
Speaker 1: back to the foreum foremark by the midpoint of the season.
Speaker 1: And guess where they were last year at the midpoint
Speaker 1: of the season. They were four and four even when
Speaker 1: they started three and one. So they can reverse their
Speaker 1: fortune here and uh and and really get back into
Speaker 1: the hunt. But it certainly starts with their mindset and
Speaker 1: the and their belief system. What are your memories of
Speaker 1: herm back at Hofstruff at all? We you beg call
Speaker 1: saying we play to win the game when he was
Speaker 1: asked multiple times in his press conference basically, Hey, what
Speaker 1: do you guys have to play for? When they wrote
Speaker 1: you all off in two thousand two? Did you pay
Speaker 1: too much attention to that as a player? Did go
Speaker 1: home and see the clip on Sports Center? Because in
Speaker 1: today's today's day and age, we'd see that on Twitter immediately,
Speaker 1: we'd see it on Instagram, it would it would be
Speaker 1: out there within five seconds. But that was a different
Speaker 1: world back then in two thousand two. Well, at first,
Speaker 1: at first I think we all cuckled um coach Edwards
Speaker 1: and his demeanor and and just you know, his response.
Speaker 1: But then I think it also sent a message to
Speaker 1: us that hey, it's not about just evaluating players, it's
Speaker 1: not about just giving up on the season, because the
Speaker 1: young guys in we're playing to win. That's what we're doing,
Speaker 1: that's what we get paid to do. And so I
Speaker 1: think that was a little bit of reinforcement for us
Speaker 1: to say, you know what, that's just nonsense to even
Speaker 1: have that mindset. Let's have a mindset and going out
Speaker 1: here and attacking and and and being better at what
Speaker 1: we're doing, and let's see what happens. So that's what
Speaker 1: we did. And then once we go fire with that momentum,
Speaker 1: we win seven out of nine and win them sees. Yeah,
Speaker 1: one of the greatest passing seasons the history of this franchise.
Speaker 1: You were on fire throughout the whole two thousand two campaigns.
Speaker 1: Great memories of that one who has the upper edge
Speaker 1: when you're talking about Bruce arians who is the teacher
Speaker 1: and Tide Balls, who is a teacher now, but he
Speaker 1: was a student of Bruce Arians for so many times
Speaker 1: throughout their careers. Go back to Temple, Bruce Arians coached
Speaker 1: Todd Young Todd Bowls from Elizabeth, New Jersey when he
Speaker 1: was in defensive backfield. They're playing for the Temple Alls,
Speaker 1: and then they obviously connected in the National Football League
Speaker 1: and Todd was tremendous under Bruce Arians in his short
Speaker 1: time with the Cardinals to two years as defensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: He was the a p h NFL Assistant Coach of
Speaker 1: the Year found the two thousand and fourteen season. Obviously
Speaker 1: came here in two thousand fifteen. What do you think
Speaker 1: goes into that chess match between between Bruce Arians and
Speaker 1: his offensive mine and Todd Bowles and his defensive mind. Well,
Speaker 1: I think it would be different if coach Bowles was
Speaker 1: with Coach Areens for ten years or you know, that's
Speaker 1: all he knew was what Coach Areons has done. But
Speaker 1: he did play in their Coach Areons and he coach
Speaker 1: with Coach Areons a little bit, so there's there's similarities there.
Speaker 1: They know each other, but it's not like that's all
Speaker 1: that coach Bowles knows he's been under U, multiple schemes,
Speaker 1: multiple systems. His football knowledge is so wide and he's
Speaker 1: been able to gather from so many men in this
Speaker 1: game that he's built himself U as his own coach.
Speaker 1: And so I'm sure there are things that Bruce Aarons
Speaker 1: will remember that Coach Bowles did while he was there
Speaker 1: as a defensive coordinator and vice versa. Uh, coach Bowls
Speaker 1: remember things offensively as well. So I need to say
Speaker 1: I think both teams will be prepared for each other. Um, defensively,
Speaker 1: I think the Jets have to make sure. Um, there's
Speaker 1: two things here. The running game. I have an outstanding
Speaker 1: runner in Johnson. Uh, He's he's impressive of Watchington play.
Speaker 1: I mean he really can get downhill and get north
Speaker 1: and south martial martial guy, well northern no Ohoway, That's right.
Speaker 1: You know what I was thinking about, Marshall, You know
Speaker 1: what just brought because I was gonna transition a little
Speaker 1: bit too. You guys getting contributions from guys under the radar.
Speaker 1: Daryl Roberts showed up on the radar. He played a
Speaker 1: great game. It's a really good thing. Yeah, he really did,
Speaker 1: really did but you're you're right about the Northern I'm
Speaker 1: sorry for interrupting you there because I was already looking ahead.
Speaker 1: But the Northern Iowa products. Yeah, he's becoming a star
Speaker 1: in this National Football League. He really has. And so uh,
Speaker 1: you know, uh, Arizona likes to match their running game
Speaker 1: with their down the field passing game. So that's gonna
Speaker 1: be really important for those linebackers and and secondary defenders
Speaker 1: to to be keen on that run but not get
Speaker 1: beat with that down the field passing game that matches
Speaker 1: that running game. I think that's a huge match up there. Um.
Speaker 1: And then you know, offensively, uh, you know, being able
Speaker 1: to take advantage of of their skill guys that Jeff
Speaker 1: being able to use Marshall using Noon while use the
Speaker 1: two backs, and then sprinkle in and the other players
Speaker 1: Anderson the tighty ends. You have sprinkle those guys in
Speaker 1: where they can make a few plays just to relieve
Speaker 1: a little bit of pressure. And Arizona does a great
Speaker 1: job of pushing the ball down the field and getting
Speaker 1: those chunk plays, So the Jets have to be able
Speaker 1: to find a way offensively to find a few chunk
Speaker 1: plays too. Here's interesting stat the Cardinals have not scored
Speaker 1: a point in the first quarter all seasons, and the
Speaker 1: Jets has scored. Conversely, you look on the other side,
Speaker 1: Jets have really moved the ball. Well, reminds me of
Speaker 1: your days with Paul Hackett early on in those games
Speaker 1: when Paul used to script those plays. I remember every
Speaker 1: time you guys came out of the tunnel, you go
Speaker 1: up and down the field. Now, I know the Jets
Speaker 1: want to finish with touchdowns, no doubt about that. But
Speaker 1: they have scored on four of their opening five possessions.
Speaker 1: They do that again and they hold Arizona down. You
Speaker 1: figure it they'd be able to settle into this game.
Speaker 1: It's just finishing in the second half now for this club. Well,
Speaker 1: and that's that's the thing, is making sure you know,
Speaker 1: when you play in Arizona. Uh, it's one of those
Speaker 1: things where you've got to make sure that you weathered
Speaker 1: the storm in the first half and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: get points on the board, but make sure nothing disastrous happen.
Speaker 1: And then as you move into the second half, now
Speaker 1: you get into the grind of the game, and now
Speaker 1: you can't be stomming like they were against Pittsburgh and
Speaker 1: really capitalize on some opportunities, and that's just gonna come
Speaker 1: down to two players making plays. When you look at
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh game, Uh, there were plays to be made
Speaker 1: out there and they just weren't made to keep drives alive.
Speaker 1: And that's that's gonna be a key going in the
Speaker 1: second half against Arizona. Yeah. Well, uh, my last thing
Speaker 1: for you here on the featured chat Puttington any effect
Speaker 1: at all for a player? You guys are professionals, and
Speaker 1: most of these guys have been in planes throughout their
Speaker 1: entire careers, collegiate careers. Is there any impact going from
Speaker 1: the East coast to the West coast as a player,
Speaker 1: I actually enjoyed going from east to west. I couldn't
Speaker 1: imagine going from west to east and losing three hours,
Speaker 1: But I enjoyed going from east to west because I
Speaker 1: got an extra three hours of rest, recuperate a little
Speaker 1: bit um, and get ready to play. I did not
Speaker 1: mind that at all, especially when we went out on
Speaker 1: Friday so um. But you know, some people do think
Speaker 1: it's a little bit different, But I didn't mind going
Speaker 1: from east to west at all. There you go. That's
Speaker 1: Jeff Pennyton, Jets, Cardinals, Monday Night the Jets defense. As
Speaker 1: Jet said, we'll have to contend with an emerging young
Speaker 1: player in David Johnson, and we know Bruce arians likes
Speaker 1: to get that vertical passing game going. With the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald still there, Carson Palmer expected back from a concussion.
Speaker 1: They do have some line issues. They're shuffling some things
Speaker 1: up front as well. Conversely, uh, you look at the
Speaker 1: other side of the ball. The Jets have not played
Speaker 1: with Eric Decker for the past two games. They won't
Speaker 1: be playing with him, uh for the next bunch of games,
Speaker 1: and it could be the entire season. Here, Chad is
Speaker 1: always great analysis. We look forward to catching up with
Speaker 1: you next week after we get back. Oh in the
Speaker 1: early hours of Tuesday morning, exactly. Take travel