WEBVTT - LISTEN | Bart Scott on Jets-Dolphins, Thanksgiving & More (11/24) 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:08.799 Welcomes to another This is AR the Official Jet Podcast 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:12.600 powered by Amazon Web Services. Ethan Greenberg, Eric Allen here 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.800 in the bed MGM studio, Bart Scott joining us later 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.119 in the show for our Victor Knox Swiss Army Player 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:23.000 of the Game segment e A Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:26.360 to you and yours. I can't believe it's Thanksgiving already 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:28.720 as we sit here in the bet MGM studio. It 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:31.000 feels like yesterday we kicked this thing off. But the 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:34.320 Jets are already ten games into their season. Before you know, 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.640 we're gonna look up and it's gonna be Christmas. Oh, 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.519 that's it's We're in like that Milky Way stretch. I 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.159 call it the Milky Way stretch. I don't know why. 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.080 I just kind of came up with that, But before 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:47.360 you know it, like you said, it's Thanksgiving, then it's Christmas. 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:49.000 It's really a month, but it feels like a week 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.200 and a half. And a couple of things about Thanksgiving. 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.480 E A and I both agree that turkey is an 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:58.000 overrated bird, stock great and thanks you Giving. It's gonna 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:01.400 look very different for I would say everybody in two 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:06.640 thousand twenty, and you know, I'm curious as a Jets employee, 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:10.319 of course, e A. You've obviously worked on Thanksgiving before, 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:13.480 So like, what's that like? It's good if you win. 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.800 I mean, we were just talking about this before we 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.560 uh started the podcast. Is that I guess I've worked 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:25.240 three times on Thanksgiving. As far as games are concerned, 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:29.920 the Jets one in two in those games, they did 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:33.720 beat the Cincinnati Bengals back in two thousand ten ten. 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.039 That's the game you called the brand Smith Smith Game. 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.200 It's the last time that just made the playoffs two 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:41.360 thousand times. So a lot of Jets fans right now 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.920 aren't feeling really thankful about their football team, as the 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:48.640 Green and White own time for the only time enfranchise 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.760 history is still searching for that elusive first victory. But 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:55.520 as far as the week is concerned, from an employee perspective, 0:01:56.200 --> 0:02:00.120 it's awesome because you get that extended weekend. A do 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.440 you finish your game day duties, you do a pregame show, 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:07.480 postgame show, you take care of what's remaining on Friday, 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:10.880 and then you're able to relax the weekend. I've always 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:16.040 argued that the Cowboys and the Alliance, who traditionally play 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:20.079 at home on Thanksgiving have a huge advantage because they 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.360 get that mini buying, then they have a home game 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.800 and that opposing team is always coming to their place. 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:29.280 The Jets did play the Cowboys in OH seven. That 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.760 game was not close. Okay, you know, I feel like 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.680 the Lions are at least in my lifetime, I've always 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.359 been the one o'clock game, and I feel like that 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:41.880 is the sweet spot because you get you get to work, 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:43.560 you get over with and then you can still have 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:46.680 a Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving if you so choose, whereas 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.480 if you're the four game, you're probably having a light 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:53.160 Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving the following day. I never could get 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.800 into the early game. You know where people will sit 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:57.959 in front of the the TV. I'm not a great sitter. 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.000 I love watching football, but I gotta take care of business, 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.720 meaning maybe work out, uh, go out with the dogs 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:09.400 or something like that, because I can't just sit seven, eight, ten, 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:12.720 twelve hours in front of the TV. And starting off 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:17.760 with the Lions. The Cowboys over the years, the last 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:21.240 twenty years or so, they've been the team that's been 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.880 in it. In contention, they're not in the playoffs every year, 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.200 but uh, it seemed like that was a marquee matchup 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.880 for a while, but the NFL went to the expansion 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:35.880 on Thanksgiving, where now they have three games. So they're 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:39.920 hoping this week that the Pittsburgh Steelers are undefeated, we'll 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:43.400 get that game off against the Baltimore Ravens. The team 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.160 was gonna be desperate right now it's six and four. 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.400 But I always that was big when they added that 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:53.360 third game. But I do think, uh, it's cool to 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.760 be part of that. From a National Football League perspective, 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:01.440 is that, hey, you are you know that everybody in 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:05.680 the nation is huddling around the Davy. Everybody's together and 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:10.560 participating in the holiday by not only eating but also 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.000 watching some ball. Do you like the last question we'll 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:16.960 do on this Thanksgiving bit? Do you like the Cowboys 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:20.520 old helmets that they wear, the old uniforms that they 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:24.240 were on Thanksgiving. I I do like the Cowboys uniforms overall, 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.279 so when they bring those out, I'm okay with them. 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.600 I think the Cowboys just have a traditional, classic look 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.640 and it's one of the better uniforms in the league. Yeah, 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.120 I agree with what you said. So now let's talk 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.560 about Jets football. The Jets do not play on Thanksgiving. 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.680 Of course, they host the Miami Dolphins Sunday, Week twelve. 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.760 Coming off of for the Dolphins, they're first lost in 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.040 a lot of games, like five games in a row. 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.479 They fell to the Denver Broncos in Denver, and the 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.839 Jets played on the West Coast for the first of 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.600 three cross country games. Now they're back at MetLife Stadium 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:59.080 on Sunday, and I think that Jets fans are getting 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:03.880 excited because you start to see what this offense could 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.040 have looked like. I know that's probably the wrong way 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.080 to think about it, but when you think of the 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.520 production of Rashad Perriman and Denzel Mims in particular, and 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.720 of course is having a healthy receiving corps, I mean, 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.320 you start to see this offense turn a page. The 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.200 past two games they've been on the field, well, they're 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.440 scoring points. They've been in ball games the last two outings. 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:26.840 You know, the Patriots, they're not the Patriots team that 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.279 we've come to expect over the last two decades. There's 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:32.080 four and six at this point, and you'd have to 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:37.000 say it would really take something that somewhat improbable for 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.679 them to make the playoffs like some kind of crazy 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.560 run because you're looking at the a f C. There 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.080 might be a team out there wins ten games this 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.960 year does not get into the playoffs. That's how deep 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.280 it looks. And then the Chargers, while they do have 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:55.240 a very talented young quarterback in Justin Herbert who had 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.440 his way with the Jets secondary in that first half, 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.359 that is a team that is struggle throughout the season. 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:05.360 So one possession losses to both of those squads, you're 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:09.120 stepping up in caliber this week against the Dolphins. I 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.440 don't know if a lot of people consider Miami head 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.480 of schedule, but you have to give Brian Floors a 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.920 lot of credit for what they've done there. Remember last 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.960 was it October? The Jets went down to South Florida 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:26.640 and both of those teams were zero Well, the Jets 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:30.279 had one win, the Dolphins were zero seven. The Dolphins 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:33.120 won that game, and ever since then, I think they've 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:37.719 turned the corner and made a lot offseason of dishes additions. Um, 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:41.679 you're seeing a defense that gets after people very deep 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:45.240 at cornerback position of working in a rookie quarterback right 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:49.360 now experiencing those ups and downs. But um, yeah, You're 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.599 right about the Jets playing a better brand of football. 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.480 There's no doubt about that. Defensively, they're stopping the run. 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.159 We just gotta get better against the past. And then offensively, 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.520 you're seeing signs of life in the passing game and 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:05.120 had just definitely been encouraging Denzel Mimm's career high seventy 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:09.000 one yards receiving Perriman now three touchdowns over the course 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.600 of the last two games. I like what I saw 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:13.560 to Chris Herndon. I know he just made two catches, 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:17.080 but both of those catches were very impressive. Yeah, I 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.680 think Chris Hernon's I tried to Honestly, I tried to 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.520 bate him into and more of my postgame interviews with him, 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:25.960 or the only one should I say what I said. 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:27.480 You know, it's just kind of like a weight off 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:31.000 your shoulder now that you've gotten your first touchdown of 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:34.640 the season. After training camp, everyone was expecting Chris Hernon 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:36.560 to be like the two thousand and eighteen form of 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.160 Chris Hernon, where he showed a lot of promise as 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.520 a fourth round rookie out of Miami, and he hasn't 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.840 been targeted a lot in the passing game and Dwal Loggins, 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.920 the team's offensive coordinator, last week, said that Chris Hernon 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:53.200 has been primarily past protecting because he's really good at it. 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.320 Not a lot of tight ends can do what Chris 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.000 Hernon can do in that aspect of the game, and 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.520 so so to see him finally take a couple steps 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.600 forward in the passing game, I think Jets fans got excited. 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:05.760 I know certainly for me, I felt happy for Chris 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:09.160 Herndon and using these two games as a launching pad 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:11.160 for the rest of the season, I think really the 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:16.120 first thought that comes to fans minds is, well, what's 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:19.920 Sam Donald's gonna look like fully healthy with powerman crowder 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:23.400 Man's Hernon all in the lineup? Because Donald has yet 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.960 to play with those three starting receivers all on the 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:31.760 field together. Well, that's that's the critical question, that's the 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:35.199 sixty four million dollar questions for the New York Jets, 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.600 is that when Well Donald get back on the field. 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:40.679 I know he wants to return, The Jets want to 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:44.080 back under center. You want to evaluate this young player 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.760 with a full complement of skill position players around him, 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.439 but you can't force him back in the lineup and 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.880 the Jets are taking the prudent approach here with Donald. 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.800 It's early this week, we're taping on Monday. We'll have 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:01.439 to see what transpires throughout the course of this week. 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:06.600 Joe Flacco started against the Dolphins earlier this season at Miami. 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.679 Won that game twenty four to nothing. It was a shutout. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.920 But we're talking about a different looking offense. No matter 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.080 who plays quarterback, they're just gonna have opportunities to make 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:21.520 plays because much like the Patriots, even though the Dolphins 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:25.479 definitely have more talent at the cornerback position, especially considering 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:29.240 what Stuffan Gilmore's out no no shade towards New England. 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:32.480 I'm saying when he got Byron Jones exaving Howard, going 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.240 Howard now six interceptions, those guys are gonna play man 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.559 coverage and they're gonna they're gonna blitz the quarterback. So 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:41.160 the Jets have to make plays down the field, and 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.000 you would anticipate they do have the ability to do that. 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.760 They will be better equipped to do that than they 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.360 were in the team's first meeting. It's gonna be a 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.439 great challenge. So I definitely agree, and I think that 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:56.559 maybe to your point, if Byron Jones exaving Howard on 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:59.280 the outside. Maybe this is a Jamison crowd or Chris 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:02.440 Hernon game in terms of at least opportunities, because if 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:04.240 they can work the middle of the field, maybe that 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:06.920 will open up things more so for Perman and Men's 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:10.040 Byron Jones and Xaviing Howard are two great players. And 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.160 this I kind of wanted to go a little more 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.480 broad here in terms of the way the NFL is 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.679 shaping up right now. First of all, very weird Sunday, 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.920 very weird Sunday in terms of who won, who lost. 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:25.640 And now when you look at the standings in both divisions, 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.439 you look at who's in and who's out. If the 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:32.719 playoffs were today or tomorrow, the Baltimore Ravens would not 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.400 be in the playoffs at six and four. Miami Dolphins 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.079 would not be in the playoffs at six and four. 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:41.160 Then you head to the NFC. Chicago's the first team 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:44.320 out at five and five. But both divisions are gonna 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.040 come down to the wire. A lot of parody in 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:49.640 the National Football League. You know, we were watching the 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:53.040 early games yesterday and it seems like every week we're 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.400 we're looking at more and more games than saying their 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:57.920 toss ups. But you mentioned Miami. They just had a 0:10:58.000 --> 0:10:59.800 five game win streak. They lose a game, and now 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.840 all of a sudden are out of playoff positioning through 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.560 ten games. Uh, you got the Cleveland Browns right now 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:10.480 quietly are seven and three. It feels like half the 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.680 teams in the a f C are seven and three 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:17.160 right now. Um. You know, I think the Bills took 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.880 a step forward in the FC East by not playing 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:24.520 because everybody else lost, right you know, the Patriots lost, 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:28.160 the Dolphins had their windstreak halted, and the Bills have 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.040 already beaten the Miami Dolphins and they host them, I 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.120 think in the the last game of the season. So 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.319 you would have to say Buffalo definitely has the advantage 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:42.319 moving forward inside the division. Pittsburgh still undefeated, which is crazy, 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:47.040 the very good team. Um, I didn't anticipate they're gonna 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:50.719 be sitting here after ten games being undefeated. You mentioned Baltimore. 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.280 Lamar Jackson was the m v P in the National 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.880 Football League last year and now they're six and four. 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.839 Kind of see in Indianapolis, that's an interesting race. In 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.280 the FC South, Bolt teams are seven and three. They're 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:04.080 facing each other this weekend. I'm excited for that game. 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:10.719 A f C West loaded because Kansas City, Yes, just 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.760 one win, Patrick Mahomes is magic against the Raiders. You 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:20.160 mean one loss, Yeah, one win, one glorious winn and 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:23.160 go over the Raiders. I guess said Patrick Mahomes was 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.640 his magic. So they just had the one loss. The 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.440 Raiders look good and there's six and four and they 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:30.320 want to get in a playoff. Pitcher that's the team 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.400 was one toe to toe with the Chiefs here a 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:34.559 couple of times this season. I say loaded the FC 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:38.080 West because Herbert and the Chargers had the explosive offense. 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:41.160 And I know there are not in a playoff position positioning, 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:44.240 but that's a team you gotta watch for in future years. 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.439 And Denver's tough. They just beat Miami, So a lot 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.719 of perry in the league. But in the FC I 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.240 think you gotta look at Kansas City and then go 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.719 to Pittsburgh and then everyone else is kind of in 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.400 a group after that. Okay, so before we hear from 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.480 Bart Scott as we I don't want to eject what's 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:02.760 gonna happen here over the course of the next seven 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:04.760 weeks in terms of the NFL. I mean, you laid 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:08.400 out all the different divisions and the tight races there, 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.800 but is there a race in particular that intrigues you? 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:15.840 And I'm gonna say excluding the NFC West, which has 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:19.760 the Seahawks the Rands. Yeah, I did, because I feel 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.880 like I feel like a lot of people have given 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.920 proper credit to that division because that's such a tight race. 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.640 And we saw that great game between the Seahawks and 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.079 the Cardinals, not once but twice. Who's gonna win the 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:35.040 NFC East, I'll ask you that. Well, I did say 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.120 I didn't want to project anything. I mean right now 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:40.599 as it stands, Okay, I'm not gonna what do you 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.720 make of the NFC East right now? I think it's 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.280 very interesting. I mean, I think I think the division 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:51.000 is there's there's meaning all four of them, really three 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:55.360 of them. I really think it's gonna be the Dallas Cowboys, 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:59.400 the Philadelphia Eagles, and the New York Giants. I feel 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.520 like it's gonna come down of those three teams, not 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.360 the Washington football team. No, no disrespect to them, but 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:08.000 I feel like if Andy Dalton can turn things around 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.439 for that offense, which you kind of saw against the Vikings. 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:15.000 If they can sustain that, I figured that they'll squeak 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.959 out enough wins, especially in their own division, to clinch 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:22.400 a playoffs. That's a great question. I'm going no more 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:28.160 than six. I'm going, so somebody's gonna host a playoff 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:32.120 game and the NFC that finishes with six wins this year? 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:35.480 Do you think that's crazy? No, I don't think it's. Well, 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.960 were the weren't the Seahawks seven and nine when they 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:42.240 hosted the Saints the Marshawn Lynch the Beast Mode Game. 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.760 I mean, that wouldn't surprise me if it was, if 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:47.400 if the Cowboys hosted a team. I think the a 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:51.760 f C seems a little bit more. I don't want 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:55.520 to say easy to predict, but it seems like, like 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:57.760 I said, I think the Bills are gonna win the FCS. 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:01.680 I think Pittsburgh's gonna take care of the North. I 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:06.120 think that Indianapolis and Tennessee is something that's called caught 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.560 my high Kansas City is gonna win the West, you know. 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:11.920 And then it's like, how is the wild cards shake out? 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.800 But as far as divisional races, as you could say 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:18.680 wild card race, you can instead of saying division you 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:20.640 could just you could just pick a couple of teams 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.480 that you're looking at in terms of the wild cards. Well, 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:25.440 I look at Indianapolis and Tennessee. In Indianapolis want to 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:28.480 Nashville a couple of weeks ago, home one, an oppressive 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.960 game on Thursday Night Football. What's gonna happen? And the 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:35.720 return matchup? But who's gonna make the playoffs from this bunch? Miami, 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:41.280 the Raiders, Baltimore, the Browns, and the Browns. Yeah, who 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:44.200 you got in the playoffs? I don't, I don't know. 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:45.960 I mean, I think it's very I don't know the 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:47.880 team's schedules, which I think has a big part to 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.600 do with this, But I'm very interested. I think I 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:53.800 think the one thing that Tennessee has over a lot 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:57.840 of these teams is just their brand of football travels well, 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:00.600 first of all, and second of all, that they made 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.160 to the championship game last year, so they know what 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.760 it takes to get there. And I thought that was 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:09.640 very convincing win, a very important win over the Baltimore 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:13.520 Ravens in Baltimore. And side note, I love A J. Brown. 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:17.360 I love I love the physicality he plays with speaking 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.000 of physicality about Derrick Henry. I mean, you can't say 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.360 enough about about Derrick Henry. He's an animal. That whole 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:27.920 team is just physical. Their d n A is that 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.440 of their head coach, Mike Rabel. So you know they 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.160 play a brand of football. They're gonna be it at 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:36.640 in a phone booth for sixty minutes and they bring it. 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.240 You know, you gotta respect that. With that being said, 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.480 we think about the Colts all the time. This is 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:44.280 like the soft team that's gonna spread you out, They're 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:47.280 gonna play fast and all this others. No, this is 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:50.320 a team and gets after you who plays a physical 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.640 brand of football. And that was an impressive comeback win 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:55.880 over the Packers, and that came on the heels of 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.640 beating Tennessee a couple of weeks ago. So now what 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:03.160 is going to happen? Because Indianapolis can really take that 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.560 division and put a stranglehold around it if they win 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.600 this return matchup very much though, And I think if 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:14.360 Jonathan Taylor starts to use his performance against the Packers 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:17.119 in terms of the way he ran the football and 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:22.119 can kind of turn that rookie wall and kind of 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.080 like barrel through it and he's you know, he's a 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.639 big dude with four or three speed, four four speed. 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:30.680 That's gonna be an interesting team down the road. So 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.399 what I'll tell you right now, though, Patrick Mahomes League MVP. 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:38.159 I would have said a few weeks ago, Russell Wilson. 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:41.639 But I think it would be hard to choose anybody 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.920 other than the Homes. He's been just outstanding that team 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.959 as a defending champions. Uh, Pittsburgh gonna be right there 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:51.280 in the mix. But if you're gonna ask me Super 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:53.840 Bowl pick right now, you'd have to go. I go 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:58.760 Kansas City and a slight lean to New Orleans. But 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:02.480 Seattle's gaining. Oh so you think that it's between those 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:04.360 two teams in the end. Oh No, I just think 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.560 those would be my two favorites. Now, I like that. 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.080 I like that. Are you looking at me like I 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:13.440 have to pick mine? I definitely think Kansas City. I 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:17.479 think that. I think for me, they're they're gonna represent 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:22.520 the a f C in terms of the NFC. I 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:24.360 tend to I tend to agree with you. I think 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.280 because here's the thing about the Saints. They're playing is 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:32.280 well defensively, is probably anybody in the league right now 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:34.560 over the last few weeks for sure. And they did 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:37.119 the same thing last season when Teddy Bridgewater came in 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:40.200 for Drew Brees. But it just feels like in the 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:44.080 past couple of years something just doesn't click in the 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.600 playoffs for the Saints. And if they can clear that hurdle, 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:50.000 you know, maybe Michael Thomas starts burning up like he 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:52.920 did last year, then I think that's gonna be a 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:57.280 legitimate case. But so there's only remember first round the playoffs, 0:18:57.560 --> 0:18:59.520 only one team gets a by this year, that's the 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.920 number one seed, so that you gotta put more emphasis 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:06.480 on being that one seed. And Pittsburgh keeps on winning 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:11.320 no matter how good Kansas City is or Mahomes, They're 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:13.040 not gonna be then one sleep. You know what I wonder, 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.760 I don't I think if if the playoffs were tomorrow, 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:19.800 would this be the first time that Tom Brady entered 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:22.919 the playoffs as a wild card team? It has to be, right, 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:27.159 because they missed the playoffs and he was out, and 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.040 then before that it was he just wasn't the quarterback 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:33.160 of the team, right, Yeah, But they won the division 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:37.720 seventeen no less, nineteen years no two thousand two Jets, 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.600 but the Patriots did. The Patriots make the playoffs that year, 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.000 didn't make the playoffs, so then this would be That's 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:46.520 won the division in two thousand two. But and then 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:48.880 the Patriots didn't make it as a wild car team, 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:50.840 they did not make it as well. This would in 0:19:50.960 --> 0:19:53.440 turn the first time that Tom Brady would enter the 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:56.200 playoffs as a wild car team and it would have 0:19:56.280 --> 0:19:58.720 to go through not his home stadium. That's right. I 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:01.080 was just getting caught up with my memories Hermo, which 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:02.800 you played to win the game that Jets started to 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:07.280 buy that year and they went out to San Diego 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:14.200 and the Superchargers quarterback by Drew Brees. Wow, look that's 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:16.879 where the start, That's where the turnaround started. Oh but 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.320 that's how we come full circle here on the Official 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:22.000 Jets Podcast powered by AWS. Now that it's here from 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:25.920 Bart Scott outside for another edition of our Vic Tornock 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.000 Swiss Army Player of the Game segment with Bart Scott. Bart. 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:31.520 Jets host the Dolphins in Week twelve, the first time 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:34.720 they'll see to a tongue of baloa as a starting quarterback. 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:37.800 What's your matchup to watch um to a tongue of 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:40.000 balo I'll tell you what I'm most excited to see it. Like, 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:41.639 it's a lot of matchups that you can go with, 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:45.280 but I'm really intrigued and interesting to see how Bryce 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:48.040 Hall continues to develop. Listen, I love the way that 0:20:48.119 --> 0:20:50.560 he competes. I love that he said the edge forcefully 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:52.440 in the run game. I like that he's, you know, 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:54.479 willing to go out there and not just bell out 0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:56.879 of there. A couple of times he bailed too early 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:59.399 on some blitzes, but for the most part he was 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:02.200 right there. And you know, he went against a tough 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:04.359 ride receivering corps. I want to see if he can 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:06.480 maybe trying to slow down DeVante Parker and see what 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:09.600 that's like. Now he you know, they have a different receiver. 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:12.639 You think about Keenan Allen and think about Williams and 0:21:12.680 --> 0:21:15.280 what they bring. Now he's gonna go with a taller 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:18.080 six fire receiver that has a huge catch radius and 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:21.000 that can play the game vertically, and let's see if 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:22.760 he can compete. Let's see what he's got. Do you 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:26.360 want the Jets playing more zone or more man against 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:28.840 these big receivers. Part, but you have to mix it 0:21:28.920 --> 0:21:31.720 up because if you just play zone and you get predictable, 0:21:31.760 --> 0:21:34.040