WEBVTT - Jets-Eagles Game Preview (8/29) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.760 The game was over and New York jef the world 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:07.600 you playing to win the date He's got as a 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:20.280 Jet toucksdown. You're listening to the Official New York Jets podcast, 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:27.160 a Jets three sixty production. Ethan Greenberg and Erik Allen 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:30.320 here in studio on the Official Jets Podcast. So we 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:33.800 were in here earlier today and we recorded a podcast. 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:36.279 Wasn't really earlier today, It was earlier today. It's hard 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:38.880 to believe. We recorded the podcast The Day's Round together. 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:42.960 We recorded a podcast talking about Jets Eagles Thursday night 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:49.479 pre season finale, and then mid afternoon, Teddy Bridgewater was traded. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.000 So we're back in studio. And for those who don't 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:55.880 know if I'm breaking news to you, well, frankly you 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:58.120 should check Twitter more often if you have a Twitter. 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:00.240 But if you don't have Twitter and you're I don't know, 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:03.240 I probably can get on Instagram too. Write the trade. Yeah, yeah, 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:06.200 I would assume so and so. But if you're not 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.040 on social media and you you're relying on e A 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.480 and myself is that Teddy Bridgewater is now a member 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:14.240 of the New Orleans Saints. The Jets traded Bridgewater and 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:16.959 a six round pick in two thousand nineteen, they got 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:20.399 back at two third round pick e A. What do 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.360 you think about the deal? I'm not shocked that Teddy 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:27.040 Bridgewater was traded. I was a little bit surprised by 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:33.560 the destination because the Saints obviously have a future Hall 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:37.560 of Famer at quarterback, durable one as well, and they 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.199 they got a couple of guys behind him right now, 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.360 I would imagine, and I wrote this just now, that 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:47.960 Teddy Bridgewater comes in automatically becomes your backup quarterback. But 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.560 I know this is the official Jets podcast, is not 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:54.480 an NFL podcast, And just looking at the trade is 0:01:54.520 --> 0:02:00.280 that why does it happen? Because Sam Donald frankly had 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:04.000 a very good spring, and you could make the he 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.240 meant that he had a better summer. And while Bridgewater 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:11.919 uh played very well for the Jets since signing here 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:15.720 in March, and Sam Donald is the future of this organization, 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.079 I think to get a third round pick for someone 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.000 that hasn't played football in two years and his only 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:25.239 football action has been in preseason, I think that's pretty 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:29.360 darn impressive when you consider that a third round pick 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:31.800 is what the Browns gave up to get Tyrod Taylor, 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:36.000 who lead the Bills of the playoffs last year. So 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.160 I think it's very it's a very good deal. And 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.120 you know, I know there's a lot of speculation that 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.359 maybe the Jets will use that extra third round pick 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.040 either before the season, similar to what the Jets did 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.640 with Jermaine Curse, they acquired more picks and than they 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:53.280 used it later on. When later on maybe is the 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.240 big question because I've seen reports that are maybe they 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.360 try to get a pass rusher before the season, or 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:01.679 maybe you try to use the extra third round pick 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:04.240 in the draft to move up in the draft. I mean, 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.200 there's gonna be speculation, of course, but I think you 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.679 have more Ammo. And you have to credit Mike mcagnan 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:17.360 again because he went out and signed Bridgewater before Sam 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:21.160 Donald was acquired and actually before I believe the st 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:27.440 Patrick's day was when the Jets traded with Indianapolis and 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:31.320 moved up those three spots and sent their first along 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:35.120 with the Trio second round picks to America's heartland to 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:40.200 the Horseshoes. But that was after they had signed Bridgewater. 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:46.280 So the events happened like this Bridgewater signs, then the 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.640 resigning of McCown happens a couple of hours later. Then 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.720 a few days later mcagnan trades to go up from 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:57.440 six to number three. You just think about what mccagnan, 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.920 Brian Heimerdinger, and the rest of the personnel staff did 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:07.120 in this spring. It's really impression. I totally agree with that, 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.120 and what you just mentioned all happened in the span 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.760 of five days. Because the legal tampering period starts two 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:17.120 days before free agency, which means it's mark twelve. Free 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.680 agency officially opened March fourteen, which means you can put 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.360 pen to paper there, and then three days after that, 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:25.880 like you said, he that the Jets trade with the 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.760 Colts and goes six to three, not knowing who's gonna 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.799 be there at three, and Sam Donald falls to three 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.760 Jets pick them up in April. So when you look 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.760 at the job like you said that, like the Cagan, 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.160 Brian Heimerdinger in the front office, if done, I I 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.200 agree with you, very impressive. Conceivably, I wonder what you 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.240 could get if you ever shipped the pair of threes. 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.560 I know what people are thinking out there. They're thinking 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.080 about the big fish, and that's what a lot of 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.119 the external media is talking about with that being said, 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:58.839 all I would say is Cleil mac is under contract 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:02.520 with the Oakland Raiders. A lot of people anticipate Greens 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:06.920 that he will come to the Raiders when the regular 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:10.400 season commences next week. Because you only get paid in 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.359 the regular season, and these scheduled getting more than eleven 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.279 million dollars this year, which means if you divide that 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:21.520 up amongst sixteen regular season weeks, that's a big paycheck. Yeah, 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:24.520 it is a big paycheck. He's I mean also Khalil 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:27.360 Mcin Aaron Donalds, who's holding out the Rams. The more 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.200 you hold out, the more find you get during training camp, 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:34.640 So they're actually paying to hold out. I don't think 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.960 it's just so I would say this, and I don't 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:41.839 know this because we're not having these conversations with Mike mcagnor. Uh. 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.520 The guy's going about his business. Um. But I don't 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:49.880 think you make this deal just thinking about one deal specifically. 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:53.840 I think you make this deal thinking about short term, 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:58.200 long term, short term. You like the two quarterbacks who 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.159 have in house, and I think they liked Ted Bridgewater too. 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.160 But with that being said, at having three good quarterbacks 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:08.159 is a luxury, and the Saints said, we see a 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:11.200 good quarterback on your rosters five years old. We'd love 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:15.000 to have them. But in turn, you've got to give 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.760 up something so the Jets get the third round value 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:24.120 there um. So you know, I think with your the Jets, 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.320 you can do a lot with the third round pick, 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:31.160 especially when you don't have a second round pick. Yeah, 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.479 and just for them, for instance, I don't know, I 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:35.680 don't have the draft chart in front of me, that 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:39.560 old chart that everybody refers to him goes back two threes. 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:44.000 It gets you low too. He definitely gets you low too. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:45.960 I mean. The other thing is about the Saints is 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:49.479 that you would assume that wherever that pick is is 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.320 not going to be, it's gonna be closer in the 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:54.719 fourth round than it's gonna be towards the front of 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.840 the third round. Because you mentioned the Saints and how 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:02.520 it's an interesting destination. Maybe the Saints are looking at 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:07.040 the successor to Drew Brees potential. And the other thing 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:10.040 is that if you're the Saints, a one year deal 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.080 right to well, I think it's a two year deal 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:14.720 or one in an option. But the thing is that 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.280 someone made this point I thought it was interesting, is 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.080 if you're the Saints, and you think that you're a 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.200 legitimate contender, and you saw what happened to the Eagles 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.960 last year when Carson Wentz went down. You have to 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.920 make sure you have an insurance plan just in case. Listen, 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:32.640 the Saints are for sure legitimate contender. I told you 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.120 last year that I thought they would have won Super Bowl. Huh. 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.680 You know, obviously I don't make that tackle against the Vikings. 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:43.560 But if you're a Jets fan, yes you have interest 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:47.040 now to root for Teddy Bridgewater. But hopefully the Saints 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:51.560 don't do as well. Yeah, no doubt what. We should 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:56.040 put a ball on Bridgewater. Ah. He is a good person. 0:07:56.640 --> 0:08:00.320 He was well liked inside the locker room. We weren't 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:03.840 there in Minnesota when he suffered the devastating in injury, 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:08.040 but by all accounts, that was horrific. He has been 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:13.480 on an unbelievable climb the past two seasons. What we 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:17.240 saw from him in the spring and the summer was 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:21.480 more than just a competent quarterback. Was a guy who 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:25.360 can and will be a starter in the National Football League. 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:29.400 And you just gotta love his approach because when he 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.840 got hurt, he never said why me? He said a 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:35.440 lot of people had worse off than me, are dealing 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.880 with far worse problems than me, and a lot of 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:43.439 people did not believe in Teddy Bridgewater. He never stopped believing, 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:48.200 and he earned a tremendous amount of respect inside this 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:52.199 locker room and from this fan base, and me as 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.640 a guy who had the fortune to go down to 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:58.120 Miami with one of our producers, Chris hobbins Um, and 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:03.679 see where Teddy's from Miami and how many odds he's 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:07.240 already overcome always be rooting for him. I was gonna say, 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.200 I think if you interacted with Teddy, you're been around Teddy. 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:14.560 I thank you root for Teddy Personally, I'm rooting for Teddy. 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.760 We'll see how he does in New Orleans or you know, 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.959 wherever his next stop. Maybe he will miss his media availabilities. 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:23.960 But for fans at home, most media availabilities start with 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.120 oh you like the opening state and possibly a pr 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:30.640 assistant saying questions please, does anybody have questions? No one ounced. 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:34.280 Teddy would always come in and give you somemation on 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:38.079 what's going on with the team, that what occurred at practice, 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.800 and it was coach like because he'd hit it to 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:44.319 a t. He tells you we got we got into 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:47.360 some good red zone work today. We had too many 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.920 penalties here. We ran some gasters at practice, but it 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:55.840 was great conditioning. He was always a guy who embraced 0:09:55.880 --> 0:10:00.280 every day, each rep, every opportunity. I'm gonna us the 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:04.040 dancing on the sideline and yeah, he's big Michael Jackson guy. 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:07.199 But regardless, he won't be there for Jets Eagles, and 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:10.840 I think there was multiple times where Michael Jackson was 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:15.880 on and he was he was on alright. So Thursday 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:19.200 night Jets Eagles preseason finale, Teddy Bridgewater will not be 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:23.880 there obviously, which means that the quarterback rotation will be 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.880 some form of Sam Donald, Josh McCown and John Walford. 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:28.640 We'll see how that plays out. What I want to 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.079 know is not so much about the quarterbacks c A, 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:36.360 but about the other Let me see, there's three seven 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.439 as some quick math in my head, there the other 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.440 eighties seven guys on the field. Because Coach Bowles talked 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.400 about it, there's like five or six spots up for 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.800 grabs right now, and this is the final time that 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.760 a lot of these players will be on the field. 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.240 And e A and I caught up with Dan Brazza 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.560 last week. He's the pre and postgame voice for the 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:58.559 Jets on ESPN, and we broke down the roster. So 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.320 we'll we'll toss that the minute here, But I want 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:05.080 to talk about now in the present, who you're I 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:06.520 know that you have a lot of guys that you 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.760 have your eyes on, but who are you most excited 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.800 to see how they performed on Thursday night? And you 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:16.280 told me earlier he had a big prediction. It was 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:18.800 about twenty five guys. So I can't pinpoint it right. 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.400 You said, you said if I well, was it if 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.400 I start swinging, I'm hitting or something like for me? 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:28.480 For me, it's all about positional groups. And you looked 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:32.040 down on the roster a number of players and what's 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:34.480 gonna end up happening? And I'm like a Trey McBride 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:36.839 who was featured in one Jet Strive and his push 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:41.559 for the team. Or at the receiver position. Um further, 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.880 at the receiver position, what are the Jets gonna do 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:47.680 a returner? Is Andre Roberts the veteran? Will he be 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:51.120 on this roster come Saturay? How about the outside linebacker position? 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:55.880 Beyond the Jordan Jenkins and the Josh Martin's of the world. 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.280 Frankie Louvill and Brandon Copland have gotten a lot of 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.319 ps there. But who got his first sac against the 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:03.320 guess he did? And then you think about a former 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:07.880 draft picks Dolan Donahue, Lorenzo Molden. What do they have 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:11.160 to show for themselves coming out here Thursday night? The 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.400 safety position and we'll get into this with Graza and 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:17.840 we did the cornerback position, and I think there's a 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:22.559 great battle down there Derek Bones, Jones and company. Justin 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:26.160 Burr's is a former draft pick who uh you know? 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:28.840 For him, I think he will have to do a 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:30.720 couple of things out here. And even if these guys 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:34.160 don't make the roster, you really auditioning for thirty one 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:38.160 other teams. Um, you know, offensive line depths comes into 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.760 focus and we talk about that all the time. But yeah, 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:46.640 big prediction Trent and Cannon Cannon boom, Cannon shot, Henry 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:52.760 yards rushing and the preseason final game against the defending 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.800 Super Bowl champion Philadelphia goes much of those Super Bowl 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:59.439 champs won't probably be on the field, but Cannon will 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.080 have a nice to Oh yeah, I have to bring 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.920 this up because we said that you said this earlier 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:07.520 and when we recorded the pot initially. E A has 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.480 not added cheese steaks since two thousand two, and he 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:16.360 doesn't put cheese on the cheese steaks. That is correct, blasphemy. 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.000 So you get onions and peppers in a suck. I'm 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.480 not a big cheese guy. I like pizza, but I'm 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.280 not a big cheese guy. So yeah, if I'm gonna 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.960 get a cheese steak, I'll get it, you know, with 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:30.360 the peppers and some onions and just in the butt 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.559 in the sub. You only eat half of the summer, 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.880 you eat the whole sub. Eat it. Well. Some people 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.680 like some people like to make you know, sandwiches like 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:41.840 convertible as they rip off the top half of the bread. 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:45.080 So they're not eating the carbs. No, No, I don't 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.800 do that, like in AFT. A couple of carbs here 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:49.640 and there. That's fine. If you're gonna have one of 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:52.880 those cheese steaks, you're not gonna have it. I'm sure 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.319 you're not gonna have it without cheese. But well you're 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.000 not gonna go to gym, Yeah, but you can order 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:02.320 one at gym's or pats or or or Randy Lang 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:06.120 who who's uh one of our esteemed writers on New 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:10.840 York Jets dot com. He's his favorite. It's bibles listen, 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.640 which I am trying tomorrow for the record, I wonder 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:16.559 if they let you do that down there is the 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.679 order one without a bun. I bet you they wouldn't. 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:21.400 You can have No, I didn't meet without a bun. 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:25.440 I meant like, you only eat like half of the breadth. No, No, 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.000 I neat the whole thing. But I haven't gone. So 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.560 you're going on early tomorrow on Thursday, so you can 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.640 get yourself a cheese steak. Apparently that's the deal. Apparently 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:37.520 who's who are you going with? The goons? The goonies? 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:43.160 Who's that social media for? Yeah? Yeah, they're always looking 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.800 for their next meal, aren't they? Yeah? Thanks? So yeah, 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.240 all right, well you gave a big prediction. I'll give 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:57.720 my big prediction, fearless prediction. Chad Hansen one bill over 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:01.120 a bill receiving yards. Yeah, and before we get to garage, 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:02.600 I want to tell you. I want to ask you 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:04.400 a question. I want to see if you've been reading 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.120 my articles in New York Just dot com, who is 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:15.360 leading the New York Jets in tackles this preseason in tackles. Well, uh, 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.560 that's correct. Yeah, that is Hewett. And watch forty six 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:22.600 because he's all over the field. He'll get some snaps 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:26.320 if I enjoyed watching him and read about him in 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.840 New York just dot com. Because I didn't know this, 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.520 I didn't know. I knew Miami played a four three, 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:33.440 but I didn't know he was an outside linebacker and 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.040 at four three, But that makes sense, he's a transition 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.560 to three or four inside linebacker. I like him twenty 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:40.680 five years old. I think he'd provide some nice step 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.760 I like them too. I'm pretty sure he's a thundering hurt. 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:45.800 What do you think about that? Yeah? You know who else? 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:50.640 Was it? Thunder? That's right, friend of the pot, All right? 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:54.160 Before we tossed to Dan rather here, I just want 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.840 to say that echo what you said. If I had 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:58.680 to focus on one position for me, would be the 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:02.840 receivers because I met Enhanson, you mentioned McBride. Are Darius Stewart, 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:05.480 the third round pick from last year. He's suspended the 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.000 first two games, so this is your last taste of 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:12.160 him before potentially making the team Week three. If you 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.920 don't know. When the Jets go from ninety fifty three, 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:19.160 suspended players do not count towards that fifty three. So 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:24.240 we're looking at our Darius Stewart, Um, Richard Robinson, Kevin 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:27.000 Pierre Lewis I believe are the three guys. So those 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:32.000 guys will not count in KPL. Very quiet summer in 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:36.120 practice at all, I am playing. So what happened? But 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:40.840 regardless Jets Eagles seven PM preseason finale. But for now, 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:47.480 breakdown with Dan Graza. Alright, Dan, now comes the fun 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:51.120 part this roster. Later this week, it's gonna go from 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:54.920 ninety players to fifty three. There's no seventy five anymore. 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:58.000 It used to be seventy five, seventy five to fifty three. 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:01.720 Now it's straight nine fifty three, which means almost half 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:04.600 of this team will not be in green and white 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.640 come September two. All right, let's start with the qubs here, 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:13.480 specifically in Sam Donald. Did you expect so much from 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:18.040 this guy this early? I gotta be honest. I mean, look, 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.400 you're optimistic, and clearly when you trade up like they 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:23.640 did too three, whichever guy you were going to select, 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:27.840 you got high expectations from gonna be a talented quarterback, 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.640 but not even so much the physical. I think what's 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.800 impressed me and maybe exceeded the expectations that I had 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:38.359 for him going in is what you've already understood about 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:40.720 him from a mental side of things. Jeremy Bates. You 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:44.120 mentioned he's spoken glowingly about everything we've thrown at. This guy. 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:47.119 He's absorbed and it's beyond impressive. Right. He missed the 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.000 first three days of training camp because of the contract. 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:50.840 Told that he came in here and what did he do? 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.080 He was already spitting out plays that they worked on 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:56.760 during the mini camp, So that recall that memory. That's 0:17:56.760 --> 0:18:00.119 important because you guys know this. You're a quarterback as 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.040 opposed to just being a wide receiver and knowing what 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.159 your route is supposed to be. You're a quarterback. You 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:07.199 have to know what every guy in your offense on 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:08.919 the field is supposed to be doing in each and 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.200 every play. And if that isn't too much for him 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:13.119 at this stage of his career, then you know what, 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.520 it's only gonna get better moving forward. We're gonna go 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:18.800 to the running backs now. Isaiah Crow, Allen balal Pal 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:24.920 both solid camps now, do you carry another back outside 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.760 of Trenton Cannon because Eli McGuire's out there, or do 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.640 you think that the numbers elsewhere are a little too heavy. 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:32.760 I think it's gonna be more contingent upon some of 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:36.360 those other positions and what you do, uh to make 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.080 it a numbers game necessarily. You know, Thomas Rawls is 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.920 a guy. The opportunity to talk to him for our 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.159 pregame show for the Giant game and it was a 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:46.639 great guy. You know, great guy. And remember this is 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:48.760 a guy who had some moments with the Seattle Seahawks, 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.200 remember the playoff game against the Lions a couple of 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:53.240 years ago. I mean, he he was outstanding. So this 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:57.320 is a quality, capable NFL back. And I think as 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:00.640 you said that, you know, with Eli mc wired down, 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:04.280 that presents an opportunity for somebody else to get some place. 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.959 You know Cannon, everybody's excited by what he can do 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:09.439 and he brings a dimension to the game. Does he 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:11.639 become your third down guy? Like is he your change 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:13.520 the pace type back or are you gonna keep Rolls 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.800 in there? Maybe who's not as shifty, but he's a 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:18.879 guy you could still give the rock to and have 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:20.639 him grind out some tough yards for you. So I 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:23.000 think it's gonna be more dependent on what they decided 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.399 to do with some of these other positions, like something 0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:27.000 we hit on last week with the tight ends. You've 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:28.359 got a lot of guys there. How many are you 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:30.960 gonna keep? It's gonna be linked to special teams too, 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:35.000 because are you comfortable with Trenton Cannon handling your kickoff 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:38.119 returns which is something he did at Virginia State and 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:41.439 did it very well. And punt returns He put a 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.400 couple on the ground in that first preseason game. If 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.960 you are comfortable with that, obviously takes away a rosters 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:51.640 or freaks up a roster spot, excuse me, somewhere else. 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:53.880 So that's gonna be the interesting part of the mix. 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:57.199 The other thing I would say about the backs is 0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:00.400 at fullback, a lot of people were ta talking about 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:05.000 Dmitri Flowers from Oklahoma. He signed on restricted free agent. 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:08.160 I think Lawrence Thomas has had a nice camp guy. 0:20:08.200 --> 0:20:12.280 He's big, he's a powerful blocker, and he's got good 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:15.719 hands for being a former defensive alignment himself used to 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.200 block for Levan Bell at Michigan State. I think LT 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:21.359 has had a nice camp and it's went under the radar. 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:24.359 I agree with that. And lt for being his size, 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.399 he has some hands and he has some shifting. This 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:29.919 to him for being almost three hundred pounds Stump Mitchell 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:34.040 said that Lawrence Thomas played at three hundred pounds last 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.280 season and he and they were fine with that. But 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:39.880 I'm glad you mentioned cannon and the puns because if 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:42.879 you're not comfortable with Canada returning puns, he would almost 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:47.320 assume that Andre Roberts might be that guy. And throughout 0:20:47.320 --> 0:20:49.960 the preseason, throughout training camp, he's been the number one 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:54.320 punk returner, which leads to the receivers. Now that's a 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.560 crowded room. That's a room that has a suspension in 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:00.359 our Darius Stewart to start off the year. All I 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:03.200 think that receiver is gonna be a very difficult decision 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:06.960 when you factor in the play off, Trey McBride and 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:09.200 the fact that Chad Hanson was a fourth round pick 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:12.280 last year and a nice camp by the way, Yes, 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:18.359 and then you talked about special teams, Well, Andrey Roberts 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.440 seems to be the guy at that. Well, Lucky White, 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:22.760 I thought they had a lot of pop in the 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:26.400 return game. But you're right, Greens, it's a loaded room 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:28.680 because you think about up top, you got your main 0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:31.320 Curse and Robbie Anderson. You can pencil those guys and 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:36.439 Quincy and Noona Torrell prior, those guys limited early in 0:21:36.600 --> 0:21:40.520 camp and then they started to increase their workload as 0:21:40.520 --> 0:21:44.640 we've gone on here. But you've always thought of Dan, 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:47.600 I've always started the receiver position as those four. And 0:21:47.640 --> 0:21:50.560 then then where do we start? Well, I think it 0:21:50.600 --> 0:21:52.800 goes back to what you brought up a couple of 0:21:52.800 --> 0:21:55.239 minutes ago with special teams and and not even so 0:21:55.320 --> 0:21:58.520 much in the return game, but in coverage, because if 0:21:58.520 --> 0:22:00.760 you're gonna keep a wide receiver and even a running 0:22:00.760 --> 0:22:04.200 back for that matter, if they're not necessarily your return guy, 0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:06.840 well can they play teams? Are they gonna be on 0:22:06.880 --> 0:22:09.840 your coverage squad? Because you're not gonna use one of 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:12.439 those precious spots for game day to dress a player 0:22:12.760 --> 0:22:15.239 at let's say a position like that. If you know 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:17.480 who are on the bottom part of that depth chart, 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:19.240 if they're not going to play teams as well, because 0:22:19.240 --> 0:22:21.119 you want to have them to be able to, you know, 0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:23.639 serve a multifaceted role. There. So that's gonna be interesting, 0:22:23.680 --> 0:22:26.040