WEBVTT - Week 4 Preview with Jaguars' John Oehser (9/27) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.000 The game is over, New York JEP you play to 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:09.479 win the date. He's got as Jets, What's Down? Can't? 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:20.480 You're listening to the Official New York Jets Podcast, a 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:27.080 Jets three sixty production. What's Top Everybody, Ethan Reemerg and 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:29.960 Eric Allen back in studio for another edition of the 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:33.879 Official Jets Podcast. On today's episode, we're gonna be going 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.360 down to Jacksonville via the pull line. We're gonna be 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:39.760 talking to Jaguar dot Com. John o'sher about what's going 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.800 on there in Florida. But right here up in the 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.240 tri stated A. First of all, the weather took a 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:49.159 little dip this weekend. It's pretty nice that typically happens screens, 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:53.200 the leaves start falling, start dancing a little bit, gets 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:56.160 a little cooler. But the Jets aren't going to be 0:00:56.200 --> 0:01:00.200 cool this weekend because the forecast in Jacksonville calls for 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.800 temperatures in the high eighties with high humidity. If you 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:06.479 recall a couple of weeks ago when the Patriots went 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:10.759 down there, it looked like everyone on the field was boiling, 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:14.280 literally boiling, and so I wouldn't be surprised if the 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:16.240 weather were similar. I didn't see much of that ball 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:20.000 game because I believe we played. The Jets had their 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.880 home opener in Week two against the Miami Dolphins, and 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.800 that was the four o'clock game, so got home a 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:30.880 little bit late, and then uh, I saw Jacksonville take 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:34.840 care of business. Unfortunately for them, they looked like they 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.920 were gonna take an early season stranglehold on the n 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:41.040 f C self. But Tennessee's had their number of late 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:42.800 and we're gonna talk to John Hole sure about that, 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:46.240 because the Titans have won three consecutive games against the 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.320 Jaguars and that's a difficult team to go off against. 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.000 I mean, the Jaguars were a couple of plays away 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:55.200 from the Super Bowl. Funny thing about that game, and 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:59.480 we're not focusing on Tennessee here, but Blaine Gabber goes 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:03.240 out and I think Marcus Mariota is a better quarterback 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:07.000 despite dealing with an elbow injury, and he is a 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.919 knack for making plays on the ground and tight matchups. 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:13.320 So listen, the Jets are gonna be in for a 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:16.720 dog fight down there against the Jaguars team who brings 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:21.680 it defensively and on occasion they can get gone offensively. 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.920 And we saw that against the New England Patriots. Like 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:28.280 you mentioned before, Uh, I think it's a good little 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:33.560 mini buy for the Jets after that what occurred in Cleveland. 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.520 So they're able to get away from football for a 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:40.120 little bit and the coaches maybe had some time for 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:43.120 a self scout after three games in eleven days, where 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:45.680 the Jets did a lot of good things. Unfortunately they 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.720 didn't do enough. So they're one and two, and I 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.560 know they'd love to finish this first quarter of the 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.960 season with a two and two mark, which would be 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:59.800 all the more impressive considering this is their third road 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:04.120 game and this proceeds a three game homestand so this 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.040 is a big game for the Jets here earlier year. 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.920 We'll see what the status is of Jaguars running back 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.040 Leonard for Net, he missed the past two games with 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:15.399 a hamstring injury. Will speak to John Osher about that too, 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:18.800 because you know what, maybe it's a lingering thing, maybe 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.520 it's not, but I'm not used to these Jaguars. We're 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.440 gonna talk to Oshan about it. But the Keitlan Cole 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:28.080 and d D Westbrook. D D Westbrook, one of Baker 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:33.359 Mayfields in Oklahoma, did Westbrook had a tremendous collegiate career, 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:38.560 and this Jaguars offense in the passing game is again 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.080 a little different than what fans may remember because two 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.960 years ago Alan Robinson was the guy down there. He 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.680 is now a Chicago Bear. He missed last season with 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:48.880 an a C. L tare and then Mark UIs Lee, 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.080 who resigned with the Jags in the offseason. He also 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:57.240 got hurt no longer available. So this, this Jaguars receiving 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.840 corps is one that I think a lot of football 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.280 fans have questions about. And Keeling Cole came all in 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:07.400 real weight last year and he's a speed demon. But 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.280 then you say this is I don't know what his 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.720 forty times were, but you probably say the same thing 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:17.120 about d D the other guys. The other guy, uh, 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:20.119 Blake Bordles one of his top targets here on this season. 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.359 A lot of people know him very well here in 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:26.720 Jets Nation. That would be Austin Sans. He also, ironically, 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:31.680 in Week one against the Giants, had another touchdown catch reversed, 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.560 So he's uh. He may not be on the Jets anymore, 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:37.840 but he as does not have some good luck at 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:42.719 MetLife the past couple seasons there in terms of reverse touchdowns, 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.839 I and I think, listen, I think Jacksonville had one 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:52.320 seven consecutive games at home before facing Tennessee. So, uh, 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:54.680 you know, they want to get the three and one, 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.240 and I think the Jets are gonna come out there 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:00.040 with the game offert and be ready. This is a 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.200 double chin strap game, all right, I think without further ado, 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.880 we talked about the Jaguars. Let's call in John Osher 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:16.200 of Jaguars dot Com. Alrighty eight's it's time to go 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:19.560 down to Jacksonville. Now. Welcoming in John Osher of Jaguars 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.040 dot Com. John, thanks so much for joining us today. 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:28.560 No problem, guys, No problem the ozone, I guess. So 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:33.159 after last season, you know, being so closed to a 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.960 Super Bowl birth is what's been the pulse in Jacksonville 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:41.320 so far entering the fourth week of the season. Well, 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:45.080 the pulse, uh, you know, all off season and really 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.080 the first two weeks of the season has been sort 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:53.560 of a feeling of, you know, they got close last year, 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.520 and then even beyond that, you know, sometimes you get 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.800 close and you feel like, okay, that was our shot. 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:02.640 We blew it. Now we got to move on and 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:05.719 try to rebuild or whatever. Well, the pulse of this 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.680 team is that pretty much everybody came back. They lost 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:13.960 a few pieces on defense, uhst Allen Robinson on offense, 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.760 wide receiver, but overall the feeling was, hey, this is 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:23.960 a young team. UH. The basically ten starters on defense return, 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:28.560 including Jalen Ramsey, Miles, Jack Clays, Campbell, Telvin Smith. All 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.479 the guys I just listened are pro bowlers UH, and 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:35.120 a lot of them are just coming into their prime. UM. 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:37.320 So there's really a feeling of, hey, as good as 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:40.040 we were last year, this is a team that ought 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.560 to be getting better and maybe just scratched the surface now. 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.200 And it was really feeling that after the win over 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.480 New England a couple of weeks back, UH came out 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:53.120 on Sunday, followed that up with the lost to Tennessee 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:57.280 where the offense was just really bad. So the overall 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:00.719 pulse maybe doesn't match this immediate after Matt pull switch. 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.000 As you guys know, being in New York, every loss 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:07.640 is the end of the world, right, What is the 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:11.560 magic formula? You've been talking about it all week down 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.560 there in Jacksonville. Now, what does the town of see 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.880 Titans have over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Now they've won three 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.520 consecutive games in a regular season, and can the Jets 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:25.880 take anything from their game plan? Well, you know, I don't. 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:31.000 I don't remember exactly what the Jets did defensively last 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.000 year against the Jaguars. That was Week four last year. 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.840 I haven't gone back and looked at it. But you 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.320 know the Jets did, if you remember, did a nice 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:43.920 job of limiting the Jaguars offense. Made that close game 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.760 and the Jets had a long run below pal I think, 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:48.920 you know, get along and they kind of kept it 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:50.880 in it and and I sort of swayed the game. 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:52.840 But it was it was a defensive game that the 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.240 Jets one because the field position at the end of 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:58.840 the game a huge punt to change the field position. 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.800 So we're talking about field position type games where you 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.400 shorten the game. Um, that's what the Titans always do 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:09.600 against the Jags. It's it's a field goal type of game. 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:14.080 It was only field goals the other day. Uh last 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.160 year they beat him fifteen to ten. They had another 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.160 game that was six three at halftime. So the Titans 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:23.040 are able to get the Jaguars in a situation where 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.800 they shortened games. They play kind of sloppy, they play 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:30.200 kind of messy. They get big first downs that you 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:34.200 wouldn't expect with Mariota, you know, scrambling and running for 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.120 five yards on third and four and then all of 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:40.200 a sudden you're on the field two or three minutes more. Um. 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.079 I don't know that that's had. That's the way the 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.440 Jets want to play. It seems like with Donald that 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.280 they're looking toward a future where they're really efficient on offense. 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.000 But as of right now with the Jets kind of 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:53.640 trying to get going and being a good defensive team. Uh, 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.600 that's a way that you can hang with the Jaguars. Yeah, 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.320 I'll tell you what. I remember last seasons the game 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:03.319 like it was yesterday, and the Jets really they pounded 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.079 it on the ground. It was big, big games from 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:09.160 not only Blah Paul, but Eli McGuire as well. Eli 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.120 won't be playing in this ball game. And it's a 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:16.000 different offensive system up front, the zone blocking scheme. Black 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.920 poles come out and he's averaging about four point five 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.239 yards to carry and the Jets are getting the contributions 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.080 from the running backs with the big thing John Uh, 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.400 that they're stressing here up in New York with Sam 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:31.640 Donald his commitment to the run and also a balance 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:35.560 offensive attack. Yeah, it's Uh, it's a little bit of 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:39.680 a different feel for the Jaguars. And you mentioned last 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.400 year the Jets ran all over him and when the 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:46.560 when the Jags struggled early last year defensively, that's where 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:50.320 they struggled. They got run on. Uh, that's changed a 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.839 little bit since they went and got Marcel Darius, who 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:56.040 Jets fans know from his days with the Bills. Uh, 0:09:56.160 --> 0:10:00.199 the Jaguars after mid season last year, we're a much 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:03.880 better running defense. And even the other day, Uh, Derrick 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.000 Hennry got a hundred and fifty on him. Um, but 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.840 it was on thirty five carries. It didn't feel like 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.400 a gash kind of game. Um. So the Jaguars at 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:18.160 least feel like they're a better overall defense, certainly than 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.719 the one that played the Jets last year in Week four. Um. So, 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.000 obviously the Jets are gonna want to run, but maybe 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.440 a different matchups than always last year. What's up with 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:31.800 Leonard Fournett because he heard his hamstring or tweaked it 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:35.520 in MetLife Stadium Ironically, against the Giants, and do you 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.560 think that one do you think that he's going to 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:40.600 be ready to play Sunday? I know it's very early 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:42.840 in the week as I record here on Monday. And 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.440 then the second part is is I know it's been 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:49.400 a small sample size this year, but how different is 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.280 this offense with four net playing in the game versus not. 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:58.800 It's it's tricky to try to project if you'll play Sunday. 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.080 I he had a much better chance I think of 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.400 playing this past Sunday than the first week he was out, 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.880 which makes sense with a hammy. Um, you know, if 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.320 I had to guess, I'd say he plays, because he 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.840 said he was so much further ahead than where he was. 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:19.080 But you know, this is not a team that's very 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.600 forthcoming in terms of degree of injury on that front, 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:26.360 which you know most NFL teams aren't. But it's it's 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:28.200 it's kind of have to get a read on it. 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:32.160 I would guess he plays, but I sure wouldn't. It 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:35.520 wouldn't bet anything important on it and follow me. Um, 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.480 it's a it's a different offense in this sense. They 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:44.240 they have had stretches where they're better offensively when he's 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:46.040 not in the game. It's kind of a weird thing, 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:48.679 but they open up the offense a little more. They 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:53.160 throw effectively. But for the most part, they're a better 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:56.000 offense when he's in the game because he gives them 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.320 such a threat of running that teams really have to 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:03.679 defend it. When he's not in the game, you don't 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:05.679 feel as much of a sense of urgency as a 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:10.000 defense to make sure you get him stopped. Uh, And 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.679 therefore you know you're not His apter to pack the 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:14.680 line of scrimmage makes it a little tougher on the 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:20.760 passing game. So he's really the the offense's identity. Even 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:24.160 on games where he doesn't run for a hundred yards. Uh. 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.240 They like to get physical. They like to run. You know, 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:29.120 I'd like to have him run you over. It gets 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.520 their videos fired up. Uh. He's sort of a calling 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.280 card for him, if you will. And it does change 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:37.559 when he's not in the game. And the Jets twenty 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:41.520 overtime victory over the Jags last year. I'm looking at 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.640 four nuts stats right now, and I didn't realize it 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:49.600 actually during that Sunday action, But man, what a workload. 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.760 Carries eighty six yards, four receptions, fifty nine yards and 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:59.160 receiving touchdown. So uh, he was very productive. Uh last 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.680 fall against the Green and White. What have you seen 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:05.040 from Blake Bortles here early this season? I think it's 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.080 gonna help the Jets that they've faced a couple of 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.920 uh quarterbacks who can use their legs here early on 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.400 in the season, Ryan tanney Hill the r POS with 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:18.040 the Dolphins, and to Rod Taylor. I faced him for 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:21.400 a half. Bortles is another guy who can use his legs. 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:23.960 But he had a coming out party against the Patriots, 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:25.920 so I think he threw for over three hundred yards 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:29.960 and then uh, the whole offense wasn't able to get 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:33.840 gone against Tennessee. It's been kind of up and down. 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:38.720 Probably the best way to describe Bortles is, uh, for 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:41.120 for the first three years of his career, everything around 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:45.080 him and him it was all so bad that he 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.400 really got sort of a bad rap as just being awful. 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:50.760 I mean, there were people who just wrote him off 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:52.800 and said, this guy is one of the worst quarterbacks 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.680 in the NFL. Well, he's not that. He's a quarterback 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.719 who can beat you if you're covering guys. Man, if 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.199 if he's got guys that when he can hit him. 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.319 I don't think he's one of the best ten quarterbacks 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:07.120 in the NFL, but he is a guy who is 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:11.960 very savvy, very tough. This team believes in him, and 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:18.400 i've primarily he's been really good for the last i'd say, 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:22.480 nineteen twenty games at if he hits a patch of adversity. 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:24.160 I mean, if he has a bad game like he 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:27.720 did yesterday, or if he has a bad throw and interception, 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.240 he's been exceptionally good at putting it away and moving on. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.520 Early in his career, a bad play, a bad game, 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.200 things would sort of, you know, sort of start to snowball. 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.080 I don't know if he would see the shoulders dropped, 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.760 but there was just sort of a collective Okay, here 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:47.520 we go again. Well, now he's much better at if 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:51.360 something goes bad, he responds to it. They tend to 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.600 have a good drive after he throws an interception, and 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.320 that's really what they ask of him is, hey, you're 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:59.160 gonna make mistakes. Who know it's not gonna be perfect, 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.320 but bounced back. So that's where he's improved, and it's 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.120 one reason he got to the a C Championship Game 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:07.400 last year. He just doesn't concern himself with the criticism, 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.760 doesn't really worry if there's a bad play. Uh. He 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.320 knows the team has confidence in him. So he's not 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.200 turning around and looking over his shoulder trying to lose 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.520 his job every week. Flipping sides of the ball. Here 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.520 to the defensive side is from New York. When you 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:22.440 think about the Jaguars, you say, oh my god, that's 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:24.520 one of the best defenses in the league. When you 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.880 look at the front seven and then A J. Bouyer 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:31.720 and Jalen Ramsey. And so what I want to know 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:35.920 is from your perspective, because you're very much closer to 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:39.240 the team than we are, is what is the strength 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:43.720 of this defense? And then secondly is if you're an offense, 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:45.960 let's say the Jets this week, is how do you 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:50.200 even go about attacking a defense like the Jaguars. Well, 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:51.960 it's tough. And I'll give you a stat that I 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:55.400 just I just sort of dug up in the last Uh. 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:59.080 You know, I was doing the game on a Sunday night. 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:04.560 They really given up one touchdown this year, uh, when 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.880 they've had a lead of less than ten points, And 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:09.720 that was when s Kwan Barkley went I think for 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:13.360 sixty seven yards and the opener, they had the Patriots 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:15.640 down twenty one three before they have a touchdown, and 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.320 they didn't give up one against the Titans. Even though 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:22.320 they lost their game, the defense was very strong, had 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:25.080 a couple of drives late where they gift some runs 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.720 they didn't want to. Um. It's probably like any defense, 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:32.160 it's really really good. If you can run on them, 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.080 then it forces them to do things they don't want 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.240 to do. They have to commit a little more to it, 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.480 and then you open yourself up on the back end. 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:42.920 Which is a little bit of a cliche. It's not 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.720 really detailed towards this defense, but that's how you get 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.120 this defense. If you can run on them, then they 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:49.920 have to single cover a little bit or they have 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:51.640 to do things in the back. Seven. They don't like 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.760 to answer the question of why they're good. Uh, they 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.840 rushed the past, serve very very consistently, and they tend 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:00.640 to get the ball out when they had the quarterback. 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:03.160 And then of course, like you said, they've got two 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:07.240 cornerbacks who are as good as there is. And the 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:10.880 safety is Bury Church and to Seawn Gibson are very underrated. 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.480 They're both veterans, and probably the thing that makes them 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:17.679 really unique beyond those two levels of the defense, Miles 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:20.520 jack and Telvin Smith, who are their main linebackers. They're 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:23.119 the guys who play all three downs. Might be the 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.360 fastest due in the league. So they're tough to get 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:29.520 outside on if if you're trying to run or or 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:32.600 you know, hit plays in the short passing game and 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.919 the running backs they tend to cut that off pretty quickly. 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.439 Are they creating a home field advantage down there? I 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.920 know this it comes right after losing the Tennessee at home, 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:43.919 but prior to that game, I believe it was seven 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:46.639 in a row. Or do you think that's more just 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:50.280 of the reasoning there is Jacksonville is just a good team. 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:54.200 It doesn't matter where they play well. Uh, probably the 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:56.439 best way I answered this for a long time. You know, 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:58.960 I got this team back in the nineties when it 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:02.919 was a terrific home field advantage. Well, it was not 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.080 nearly as good a franchise for about fifteen years, and 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:08.120 for about five or six years before last year, they 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:11.200 were bad every year, so the home field advantage went away. 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:16.760 Uh really because the team hadn't earned it. About midway 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:20.880 through last season you really saw it come back. Um 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:22.840 and in the last three or four games. The last 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:26.919 season Buffalo playoff game, there was an afternoon game against 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:31.320 Seattle where to me, it felt once again like it 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.320 had felt in the nineties when they had Fred Taylor 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:35.240 and Tony Besselli and guys like that, they're going to 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.280 the playoffs every year. You were starting to get that 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.800 feeling back. To answer your question, when this team is good, 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:44.800 this is a very, very tough place to play, and 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.639 it has felt like that the last two weeks. Now 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:52.520 one factor. Yesterday it was so unbelievably hot that once 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.919 you hit the third quarter, I think the fans, I 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.800 think the heat was just as often happens in Florida 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:02.719 sometimes you just had a heat factor where maybe not 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:05.080 quite the advantage that had been in a late afternoon 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:08.360 game the week before. But it's uh, as somebody who 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:11.160 covered this team early on, it's been impressive to see 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:14.760 that home field advantage come back. John on the defensive 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:19.040 side of the ball really quickly. Here is since Aaron 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:22.920 Colvin has departed in the offseason, who's stepped up as 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:27.640 that slot third corner and how has he been performing well? 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:30.359 D J. Hayden was the slot um who was the 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:33.560 former first round pick by the Raiders and then played 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:36.119 a year with the Lions. They signed him as a 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:39.320 free agent to replace Colvin. He played very well at 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:43.240 that spot um for the first two weeks. I had 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:47.119 a toe injury last Friday. Didn't play on Sunday against 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:51.639 the Titans. He had been playing very very well. Uh. 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:55.919 Tyler Patman played in this place the other day. I 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:58.760 hadn't really watched specifically on how he played, but they've 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:01.600 liked him for a while. Uh, didn't seem to hurt 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:04.520 them because the Titans really didn't. Titans weren't able to 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:08.320 throw because Marriot's elbow was still bothering him. So probably 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:11.320 a little bit of an incomplete on Tyler Patman. Uh, 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:13.320 And it'll be something to watch this week. Does d J. 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:15.840 Hayden come back and play because he had replaced Colvin? 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:19.080 I think much better than people thought he would now. Finally, John, 0:20:19.080 --> 0:20:22.800 how's Austin some Ferrian Jenkins doing down there? He's uh, 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:24.720 you know, I've gotten to know him a little bit, 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:28.000 as you guys know, a great guy. He's added a 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:31.760 little something to their their passing game last year they 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:34.240 had a guy named Mercedes Lewis who had been here forever. 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:38.080 Mercedes is a frontline run blocker, not a great pass blocker. 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:39.600 I mean, I had a great pass catcher at the 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:42.800 stage of his career. So Safari and Jenkins caught a 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:45.960 touchdown against New England, had one called back against the Giants. 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:49.040 They had hoped he'd out a wrinkle to the passing game, 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:52.680 and you know, through three games he's getting incomplete. So far, 0:20:52.760 --> 0:20:56.040 so good. All right, well, John, thank you very much 0:20:56.040 --> 0:20:58.359 for joining us here on the Official Judge Podcast, and 0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:01.200 we'll see a Sunday at salute. Looks forward to you guys. 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:08.360 Great stuff from the O Zone down in Jacksonville. Long 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:12.000 story short, Yeah, I think a lot of fans think 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:14.879 this too. Is that it's gonna be a tough, tough 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:19.720 game for the Jets, especially facing Jacksonville defense that's widely 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:23.159 regarded as probably top three in the NFL. It's a 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:27.080 winnable game, though, because the Tennessee I went down to 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:29.919 Jacksonville last week and they want a slug fest, and 0:21:30.000 --> 0:21:32.160 I think the Jets do have an ability to get 0:21:32.160 --> 0:21:34.399 in the slug fest with him. I think it's gonna 0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:38.720 be difficult at times for Jacksonville to move the ball 0:21:38.840 --> 0:21:42.960 on the Jets defense. Uh. Conversely, we know it's gonna 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:45.320 be an ugly game at times for the Jets offense 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:49.600 because you're going against a tremendous defense who has players 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:54.120 at all three levels. With that being said, I like, uh, 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:57.159 the scrambled ability and uh and Sam Donald in this 0:21:57.240 --> 0:21:59.880 kind of situation and maybe he can get some your 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:02.840 it's on the ground here and Uh, when you look 0:22:02.840 --> 0:22:05.320 at that game last week, what did Tennessee do? They 0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:09.600 played great defense and they stayed in it. So that's 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:11.320 what the Jets have to do. You have to make 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:14.159 this a game where it's in the third or fourth 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:16.960 quarter it's really tight, and then make the plays down 0:22:16.960 --> 0:22:19.439 the stretch. And I think they have the ability to 0:22:19.520 --> 0:22:24.119 do that. Bottom line is, yes, Jacksonville is one of 0:22:24.119 --> 0:22:27.879 the FC's top teams, but the Jets certainly have a 0:22:27.880 --> 0:22:29.720