WEBVTT - A Conversation with QB Tyrod Taylor on Why He Signed with the Jets (3/14) 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:06.840 Welcome to the official Jets podcast, Ericalling here at One 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.920 Jets Drive joined by Ethan Greenberg. We're gonna get into 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:15.600 free agency right now. It is Thursday. The NFL leaguer 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:19.759 actually commenced on Wednesdays, so if you're listening to this 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:25.160 after Thursday afternoon, there could be a move or two 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:28.120 that Joe Douglas has made. With that being said, we 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:32.440 gotta get to some news, and later on in the podcast, 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:37.080 we're gonna give you a little bit of light a 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:39.520 window to what's been going on here at One Jets 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.480 Drive today because we want speaking to all the new Jets, 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:47.519 including Trod Taylor, and to Rod Taylor, I got a 0:00:47.600 --> 0:00:49.320 chance to sit down with him, but let's start with 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:55.120 greens Ethan Greenberg in the house. Ethan, from your perspective, 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:58.720 what's his day like in terms of let's take people 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:03.280 behind the scenes. Oh sure, as far as the guys 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:06.520 actually coming in, they signed their contracts, and then what 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:08.959 happens From a content perspective, I think it's. 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:10.400 Kind of like hurry up and wait a little bit. 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:13.679 Because the guys that come to the facility, they have 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.759 an itinerary and they have to whether it speak to coaches, 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:21.960 Joe Douglas, personnel staff, take medicals, sign contracts like there's 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.440 so much that goes on that we don't see, and 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:28.280 then we just we wait and then those guys come 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:30.600 to the studio that we're recording in right now, we 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.520 interview them, whether it's podcast, whether it's one on one, 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.640 whatever it is, get a little FaceTime, then get up 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:37.200 on out of here. 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:43.000 Joe Douglas has been active at all fronts since last Sunday. 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:46.960 He resigned two potential UFAs off the bat and Chuck 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.559 Clark and Greg Zerline agreed to terms of a couple 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:53.040 of his ourfas and Kenny Oboa and Jay Canson. He 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:58.200 went the UFA route for Tarrod Tayler, John Simpson and 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:02.600 Javon Kinlaw. He even to trade for Morgan Moses. Then 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:08.160 there was a reported restructuring today of linebackers CJ. Moseley. 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:13.680 There are also two additions to that list including Thomas 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.680 Morstead uh that happened throughout the week, and then the 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:21.440 big defensive tackle from Arizona as well, who you go 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:25.440 ahead of? Lucky FO two actually has a Jets connection 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:29.560 because he played collegiately at Utah and his defensive line 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:34.080 coach was so we're gonna have to talk to him 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:40.280 about uh lucky. But with all that being said, what 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.520 do you think about what's been done here from Joe 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:49.480 attacking every possible possible avenue and also with this restructuring 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:55.120 reporter restructuring CJ. Moseley and also DJ Reid's been quite 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:59.120 active on social media as well, so maybe there's something there. 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.600 I don't know if he's been telling us something, but 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:03.560 I don't think the Jets are done. 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:04.840 I don't think they're done either. 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:09.760 I think a lot of like cap analysts, like we've 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.280 talked to Brad Spielberger from PFF in the past, and 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:13.960 guys like him and who really take a look at 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.920 the numbers when you look at restructuring. A couple guys 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.280 had mentioned, you know, do you extend someone like DJ 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.480 Reed now to try to free up more cap space 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.519 this year? And I think that we kind of saw 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.239 that with CJ. Moseley, who this was I believe the 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:29.280 last year of his contract and he gets a two 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.480 year deal reportedly in terms of the restructure, which frees 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.760 up some more money for the Jets this year to 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:38.000 probably make more moves. Whether that's free agency, the draft, 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.440 whatever the case may be. But I think that Joe 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.800 Douglas has I think Jets fans were a little antsy 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.920 early in the negotiating window, which happened two days before 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.280 free agency began. But I think when you look at 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:51.560 the whole picture of what he's done, I think you 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.520 have to be happy. You bring back to your point 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:57.960 Zerline and Moristead, who were both essentially weapons for the Jets. 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.160 Both of those players won the Jets games in twenty 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:05.080 twenty three. Chuck Clark is interesting because I think that 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:07.880 he was such a versatile piece in Baltimore. We just 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:09.760 never really got to see it last year because he 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.320 tore his ACL. Then you add some big boys up 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.960 front in terms of Morgan Moses and John Simpson and 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.800 Javon Kin Long Lucky Fotso like the Jets right now 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.000 going into the offseason, I think a lot of people 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.599 would say, you're looking at the positions in which he filled. 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:27.800 So let's go right there, perfect transition segue, as we'd 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.840 like to call into business. Jets enter the offseason with 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:36.520 needs it offensive line, backup, quarterback, wide receiver. Then defensively, 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:41.120 you'd start at defensive tackle and safety. Let's go to 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.880 offensive line first. What do you make of the moves 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:48.279 is Simpson and then Morgan Moses returning for his second 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:49.480 stint with the je Well. 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.320 I think Simpson's really interesting because just speaking to him 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.159 and doing some research, he was the first one to 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.960 say like he didn't quite have the confidence he has 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.360 now when he got cut by Las Vegas and then 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.800 he kind of refound himself in Baltimore and he was 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.600 in a left guard competition. He wins the job, then 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:09.440 he gets a little pay day comes here, and I 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:12.400 think that you can see it when you if you like. 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:14.440 I keep saying this, if you have highlights as an 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.200 offensive lineman, like if you're laying people out, you're. 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:18.599 Probably doing something pretty good. 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.600 And he's a tone setter, so I think from that perspective, 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.120 I think you have to like it, especially like. 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:26.159 It's a free agency. 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.480 It's hard to get I would say team friendly deals 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:32.160 with good players, but based on the reported numbers out 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.920 there compared to what some of his offensive line counterparts, 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.560 that guard received seems to be like a Jets friendly deal. 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.000 And then with Morgan Moses, but he was a Jet 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:43.880 and he was great, and he seems to be great 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.880 for Baltimore. Frankly, I'm not quite sure why Baltimore was 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.000 so okay with letting him go, And some people have 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.520 said that on Twitter, and I think if you're a 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.960 Jets fan right now, you think about where this offensive 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.880 line could hypothetically be, Like left tackles I would imagine 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:01.919 as a question mark guard. You would imagine Simpson Titman 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:05.880 right guard. Let's say Avt for all intention purposes, and 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:08.160 then Morgan Mojes. I mean, you're shaping up to have 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.560 a pretty nice starting five who get after it or 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:14.120 agile and our tone setters. 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:18.200 Well, Avt's the chess piece. He could play left tackle. 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.599 You can play all four of those spots on the line. 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:22.360 The only spot that you're probably not going to put 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.400 him at would be center. You're trying to find permanent home. 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.200 I'm just wondering if the permanent home is right card 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:32.239 and if there is a move on the horizon again 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.200 Thursday afternoon, I guess it's a little bit after noon 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.960 right now. It's the in the twelve o'clock range, either 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:42.320 in free agency or the draft. Also, you got some 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:47.440 depth pieces there, Carter Warren, Max Mitchell, Wes Schweizer, of 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:48.760 course Schweitzer. 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:50.000 Yeah, it's a tough twist. 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:50.240 Yeah. 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:53.520 Also, just I can't imagine what it's like for some 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:57.200 of the like the Adam Schefters of the World, Ian Rapaport, 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:00.279 Mike Carfulo, Tom pelisera like the Insider guys. Like every 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.960 time my phone buzzes because I have their tweet notifications on, like, 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:05.840 I get like a little jittery and I feel like 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:07.839 I need to check it in case something happens. I 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.239 can't even imagine what those guys are like right now. 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:14.200 I think there's a mindset change going on here for 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:15.920 the Jets as far as what they want to do 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:19.120 up front along the offensive line you talk to Simpson, 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:21.520 I just feel like they want to get a little 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:27.440 bit grimier, nasty, ear set the edge. And there's the 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.360 guys in the past who've done some good things for 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.680 the Jets, no doubt about it. But I mean, when 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:37.960 you're talking about Simpson and Morgan Moses, thocial guys are 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:41.040 gonna get after you. And also, I think that what 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:44.160 we've seen in the past from Aaron Rodgers is that yes, 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:47.040 he can do anything, but he's especially effective with the 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.200 play action game and the Jets have one of the 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:51.920 best running backs in the National Football League in Brisall. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:52.520 Yeah, they do. 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.560 And I think that if you're Brice Hall, you got 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.400 to be really happy about this. Obviously, fans are going 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.160 to say, oh, this is great for Aaron, also great 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.640 for Breze Hall. I mean, you take a look at 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.800 Pro Football Focus, John Simpson had nine big time blocks. 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.480 I'm not quite sure what that means, but big time blocks. 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.720 You'd imagine that that's a good thing. And you have 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.320 he has highlights of laying dudes out and that ranked 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:17.440 second among guards. 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:18.320 And then Morgan. 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:20.600 Moses, I believe, had like the third best run block 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:24.720 raide on Pro Football Focus this past year among tackles. 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:27.000 So I think, basically to your point that Jets are 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.600 getting a little grime heer if they really start to 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.800 attack the running game with Priese Hall. I mean, he 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:36.120 gives Breesze Hall a sliver of daylight and he's getting 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:39.360 a decent chunk of change. You give him a hole, 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:41.880 we see what happens there. Like to me, I'm thinking 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.360 about that Denver run from this past season. He had 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:47.120 a gaping hole to run through and now ended up 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.400 in a touchdown. And we've talked about it so much, 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.440 like he is so strong that if he really gets 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.200 a full head of steam or a couple of yards 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.000 of steam, it's going to be really difficult for defenses 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:57.680 to bring him down. 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.160 Jets aren't done along that offensive line. Let's skill to 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:04.680 backup quarterback. We knew that was on their radar starting 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:08.000 in the off season as far as veteran quarterback was concerned. 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:11.520 They gave Zach Wilson and his team permission to seek 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:15.000 a trade to Rod Taylor, most recently with the New 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.600 York Giants last couple seasons. The Jets make a move 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.960 there to get a very capable backup quarterback. 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.000 Yeah, I think that if you're a Jets fan, you're 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:27.839 obviously very familiar with Taylor, because the Jets played in 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:29.959 this past year a little bit with the Giants. They 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:35.360 played him in against the Browns the Texans. Like, I 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.760 think that if you're a Jets fan, what you want, Well, 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.080 first of all, you don't really want to see your 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.240 backup quarterback on the field because you want Aaron Rodgers 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.240 to be healthy. But if for whatever reason Taylor needed 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.720 to come in, I think you'd feel confident that he 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.320 could not only play well, but win the football game 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.160 the way that this team is structured, where the defense 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:56.000 is so good, you add some pieces up front, like 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:56.920 we're talking about. 0:09:57.280 --> 0:09:59.679 I don't think the Jets are done either, whether that's. 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.000 The I was like the ticketing team is not on either, 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:03.720 because there's a lot of noise here and a bell 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:04.160 just wrung. 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.280 So I will say, like, let's take him behind the scenes, 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.679 like there's a probably less than five feet outside of 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.920 the studio to both of our rights, there's just bell, 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:15.760 and if you make a deal, you ring the bell, 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:17.720 and the bell's ringing right now. 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:19.800 Maybe they're excited about tyright. 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:21.480 About. 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.839 Yes, the New York Jets in twenty twenty four so 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.600 very capable backup quarterback. I can't believe he's entering year 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:34.080 fourteen already. With that being said, he's a guy who's 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:39.800 still t mobile and one of the most accurate long 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.960 ball throwers that I've seen in the league for a 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:46.760 long time. So listen, you're in capable hands. If Rogers 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.800 can't play. Now, if Rogers can't play, you're hoping for 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:51.920 is it just a couple of games? I don't even 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.640 want to think beyond of course, all right, so you 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:59.040 have a really seasoned quarterback room and maybe you add 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.439 a young guy to the mix. And Day three of 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:05.480 the draft, the Jets have three compensitory selections. We'll get 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.439 to that later. So let's flip into the defensive side 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:12.200 of the ball. A lot of movement defensive tackle, starting 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:16.439 with Kim Law. The connection there with Robert sala former 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.080 first round pick of the San Francisco forty nine ers 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:23.600 back in twenty twenty, so Salon knows exactly what he's 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:28.720 getting his hands on. And then you don't just stop there. 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:33.240 Fotwo comes in, big body, it's like six four, six five, 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.679 three thirty five, So you're thinking about that guy can 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:39.360 come in and be a run plugger and occupy space 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.320 and a younger version. 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:46.000 So I think with kin Lawn FO two, these are 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.400 like these are athletes. I mean you talk about Photo specifically, 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.840 he grew up playing rugby and the Athletic put out 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:54.880 this article on him that sheds a little bit of 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.760 light about to his upbringing and. 0:11:57.760 --> 0:11:59.160 The hardship that he had to deal with. 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.920 I would suggest that if you wanted like a glimpse 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.440 or peak behind the curtain in terms of who Fotwo is, 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.480 but on the field, like this is an athletic defensive 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.560 tackle like al Woods. I think this is essentially the 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.800 al Woods type replacement, like the run stuffer FO two 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:16.360 is more athletic than al Woods is, especially at this 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.400 point in both of their respective careers. Woods coming off 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.920 a big injury and achilles injury at the twilight of 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.440 his career, where Folks who's coming off his rookie contract 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.600 with the Cardinals. So I think the upside is there, 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:30.320 And I think if you're a Jets fan, you have 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.440 to kind of believe in Jeff Ulbrick and this defensive 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:35.880 coaching staff that they're going to get the best out 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.880 of these guys. Solomon Thomas to your point, or someone 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:41.280 you mentioned, he had a career year in sacks in 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:44.319 this defense last year. Same thing with Quinton Jefferson, who 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:47.320 reportedly agreed to terms with the Browns. So I think 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.679 if you're a fan like Javon Kinlaw number fourteen overall pick, 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:52.360 he might be thinking, well, you know, he didn't maybe 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.079 play out the way that a lot of forty nine 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.439 ers fans were hoping this guy. I mean, I don't 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:58.720 know if you saw him today, he was in the 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:02.680 cafeteria downstairs, He is so long and so broad, and 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.840 you would imagine that Aaron whitecomm the defensive line coach, 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:07.720 it's gonna have a field day with this guy because 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:10.680 he's he has the measurables that the Jets want in 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.720 their defensive lineman. Now it's just about teaching them how 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.959 the Jets want to do it and unleash these guys. 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.520 Any defensive tackle was gonna be happy playing next to 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.040 a superstar in Quinn Williams, and the Jets have that 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.000 luxury here. Let's go back to the safety position. Chuck 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.120 Clark unfortunately wasn't able to play last year. We know 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:32.240 he's been here rehabbing consistently. People have talked about what 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.679 a good duty is, what kind of presence he brings 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.920 to the locker room. So Tony Adams returns that free safety. 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:41.360 He was under contract a lot of uncertainty elsewhere as 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:45.200 he started the offseason. But you don't even let Clark 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.160 get the free agency. You re sign him and you're 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:48.880 set up there. 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:54.720 I think with Clark, like how many guys I'm serious, 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:58.800 like this is I'm curious in your wealth of knowledge 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:00.439 in terms of being in the league for a long time, 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.600 Like how many guys are as versatile as Chuck Clark 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:05.600 because for those who. 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.679 Don't know Ravens flying here to the Jets, by the way. 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.800 Yeah there are, Yeah, there are a lot of former 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.880 Ravens flying up by ninety five here. But with Clark, like, 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:17.520 he's taking snaps at every single defensive position throughout his career, 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:22.040 including like interior defensive line. So I'm not asking you, like, 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.240 who are players that have done that in the past, 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:28.480 but players who are talented and so versatile, Like I'm 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.320 trying to think of guys over the last couple of years, 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:33.480 and it's hard for me to name. 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:33.840 No. 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.000 They asked him to do pretty much everything, and he 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.320 was central command for the Ravens and he's a guy 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.760 who kept Kyle Hamilton off the field, which is crazy. 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:42.720 If you really think about it. That speaks to the 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:44.680 transition to the National Football League, and that's why you 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.920 should be excited about it. A guy like kN Law 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.840 not comparing these guys as far as positions are concerned, 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:54.840 but sometimes it takes players longer to transition to the NFL. 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.920 There's familiarity here and Kim Law's coming off a career 0:14:57.960 --> 0:14:59.920 here with the forty nine years Hever Knights with the 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:03.920 reunites with a guy like Sala, who Sala has said 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:06.200 in the past, a lot of guys come here and 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:10.320 they end up having career years. Quinton Jefferson a great example, 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:12.680 six and a half sacks last year he signs with 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:17.400 Cleveland Browns. Jets get younger, much younger at the defensive 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:21.800 tackle position. Is this defense will continue to be nasty 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.560 and salty in twenty twenty four? 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:25.280 Oh? 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:28.320 Say so, I will say this before we get to 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:33.760 to Rod. Can you speak to what's out there? What's 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.520 got your what's got your eye? What should we pay 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:39.560 attention to? Because one of the needs that I talked 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:43.000 about to start the offseason, the one position that Jets 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.280 haven't addressed just yet has been receiver. We know they 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:48.200 could have had another running back down the line. You 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.720 got Breist, of of course you're Bob Kyle, but Israel 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:55.840 Obana Kana very promising, a guy entering his second season. 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.480 But what else do you think potentially could be out 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.520 there here and free agency that we should continue to monitor. 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:07.400 Well, So, just going on receiver alone, I think it 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.760 was pretty quiet from the beginning, Like in the very 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.240 early stages of the negotiating window, guys like Gabe Davis 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.840 went and the most recent one was Calvin Ridley, who 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.080 got a lot of money from the Tennessee Titans. Yes, Now, 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.240 in terms of wide receiver, I mean we've talked about this. 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:27.600 Maybe maybe this year's class isn't in terms of free 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.360 agent class isn't as active as a lot of people 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.040 thought because of the depth in the draft class, No doubt. 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.240 So if the Jets were to add people in free 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:38.240 agency at wide receiver, the guys who still remain as 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:42.760 of now twelve oh six, just making sure that who's available, 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:48.400 Guys like Marquise Hollywood Brown, Tyler boyd Odell Beckham Junior, 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.640 who it seemed like was definitely in the mix to 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:55.040 becoming a Jet last season. And then there's other guys 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:57.720 like if you go, I mean there's Michael Thomas, who's 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.480 obviously dealing with injuries as of late. I just think 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:03.440 that if the Jets want to add a receiver, they can. 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:06.400 I just keep coming back to that this receiving room 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:08.520 is going to be in a better spot with Aaron 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.119 Rodgers under center, regardless. 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:11.119 And I do think that. 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.800 We've spoke about this too, like Alan Lazard I think 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.440 will be a much better player in twenty twenty four 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:18.120 than he was last season for the Jets. 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.320 And Gibson and brownly give you a depth as well. 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:24.280 So okay, let's go to tackle. Tyrone Smith's out there, 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:31.439 Trent Brown is out there, David Bactieri's out there. What 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:36.680 do you think. Are you surprised it's Smith being out there? 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:41.399 And again he again he would fill the void and 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:46.639 left tackle. And obviously those three UFA's that the Jets 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:49.440 had in the house, they're also out there, in fact 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:54.840 in Brown, Billy Turner, and then a couple we haven't 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:59.080 talked about a number of UFAs, including Jordan Whitehead the 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:03.080 safety position going back to Tampa, but Ashton Davis remains 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.480 out there as well, justin Hardy another guy. But let's 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:07.600 focus on tackle. 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:10.880 Yeah, I think I don't know what the hold up 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:12.920 is with Tyron Smith. I think it's kind of interesting. 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:16.160 Obviously I'm not privy to those conversations, but you would 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:18.920 imagine a guy who's still playing at an elite level, 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:22.400 even though there are durability questions, would sign rather quickly. 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:25.159 And we're standing here, you know, this is now almost 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:29.080 twenty four hours after officially, the new league year begins, 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:31.720 which means that teams have had at least won three 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:35.320 days to talk to Tyron Smith's representatives and try to 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.080 work something out. Am I surprised that there's been a 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:41.080 little no, little to no movement there a little bit. 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:42.240 I'm wonder what that means. 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:44.760 However, I will say I think Joe Douglas will end 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:48.679 up signing a tackle period, because I think when you 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:50.080 go into the draft. 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:51.960 You know, we know that we're going to try offensive line. 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:53.440 But they got a starting guard and you got a 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:54.359 starting right tackle. 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:57.359 Yeah, but like you don't want to be pigeonholed no draft. 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:00.280 So if the Jets do sign someone one of the 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:03.760 guys that you just mentioned, Tyron Smith, Bactiari, Trent Brown, 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:07.119 even a guy like Donovan Smith Okay, who I'm pretty 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:09.120 sure is on record said something like it'd be cool 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:11.119 to block for Aaron Rodgers. This is when he was 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:12.800 with the Chiefs, like knowing that he was going to 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:17.520 become a free agent. I think that that there are 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:19.879 just a lot of options there, and so if the 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:22.320 Jets do sign one of those guys, then you go 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.760 in the draft and you can be in a spot 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.040 at ten overall, where you don't know how one through 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:28.080 nine is going to play out. 0:19:28.200 --> 0:19:30.560 So if you want to add a receiver, you go 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:32.639 for it. If they're available. You want to add a tackle, 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:33.280 go for it. 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:37.560 Well, if you sign a tackle, starting caliber caliber tackle 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:39.880 over the next couple of days, maybe over the next 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:44.120 few hours. I wonder if the play is to get 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:48.240 another playmaker at the top of his draft, you can't 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:53.280 go wrong in another offensive linement. Moses is interesting, Like 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:57.960 people are wondering why did Baltimore part ways? I look 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:02.560 at that is probably more of a cost cutting future 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:06.560 move because he signed through twenty twenty four. They knew 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.440 maybe at the end of the day, is he gonna 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:12.600 be on this roster in twenty twenty five. So Joe 0:20:12.680 --> 0:20:18.280 Douglas makes a move that's very smart, you know, and 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:20.680 you get a guy who's gonna be starting at the 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.680 right tackle spot. But as far as what he's done 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:28.800 here early on in free agency, every possible avenue RFAs 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:33.200 UFA's street. We didn't mention Isaiah Oliver. Guy's gonna come 0:20:33.200 --> 0:20:35.600