Speaker 1: Welcome to Jets Audibles, Eric Allen, and as always, joined
Speaker 1: by my partner here Chad Pennyton, on our podcast, a
Speaker 1: weekly podcast. Okay, Chad, let's get right to it. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about Jets Eagles seventeen, the Green and White Taste
Speaker 1: defeat for the first time in two thousand and fifteen.
Speaker 1: What are your major takeaways from that game? Well, first, Eric,
Speaker 1: I think it's exactly what we talked about last week.
Speaker 1: Going into the Jets Eagles game. You're facing an Eagles
Speaker 1: team who's obviously struggling offensively, struggling to find some continuity
Speaker 1: and trying to get a victory. So as the team
Speaker 1: playing against the Eagles, you don't want to breathe the
Speaker 1: life into them. And having four turnovers and a special
Speaker 1: teams touchdown certainly breede life into a team that is struggling.
Speaker 1: And so that's exactly what happened. That's what the Jets did.
Speaker 1: They breathe the license to a team, especially in that
Speaker 1: first half. Uh, they give them life and and and
Speaker 1: the Eagles were professional enough to be able to capitalize
Speaker 1: on some of those opportunities, and that was just enough
Speaker 1: to come out with the victory. And that's exactly what happened.
Speaker 1: Everybody deals with injuries in the National Football League, you
Speaker 1: know that better than most. With both Chris Ivory and
Speaker 1: Eric Decker out of the line upon watch, did that
Speaker 1: impact Ryan Fitzpatrick, especially early in that ball game, when
Speaker 1: the team failed to establish any kind of rhythm. Well
Speaker 1: that that's the key word, is rhythm. When you're talking
Speaker 1: about offensive football, you're looking for establishing rhythm. And sometimes
Speaker 1: rhythm doesn't necessarily mean points, but it does mean extended drives,
Speaker 1: it does mean eliminating three and out. It does mean
Speaker 1: stability within the game. And when you remove two players
Speaker 1: like Ivory and deck Are from the lineup, some of
Speaker 1: the rhythm and stability goes away and other players have
Speaker 1: to establish that. And I think that the Jets really
Speaker 1: missed Eric Decker's presence in the passing game because even
Speaker 1: when he doesn't make flashy plays, he makes rhythm plays
Speaker 1: that allow an offense to stay on the field, allowing
Speaker 1: offense to stay ahead of the chains, which is really
Speaker 1: really important, and that was certainly something that the Jets
Speaker 1: was missing. The Jets were missing uh in the game
Speaker 1: versus the Eagles. Knock on Wood will be back this
Speaker 1: Sunday when the Jets faced the Dolphins at Wembley Stadium
Speaker 1: in London, England. Will get to that here in a moment.
Speaker 1: What do you think about Devin Smith, the rookie from
Speaker 1: Ohio State. He gets in the lineup. I think he
Speaker 1: was targeted nine times either three receptions. I know fans
Speaker 1: are la money net turnover deep uh down in Eagles territory.
Speaker 1: One fits one up top to him in the corner
Speaker 1: there when he had a one on one cover. Well,
Speaker 1: I think there were flashes of goodness there. There were
Speaker 1: flashes and signs that hey, this guy could be a
Speaker 1: really good player for us. I think that the Eagles
Speaker 1: came into the game knowing that this guy could run,
Speaker 1: that he was a deep thread in college. They were
Speaker 1: aware of that. That's why he saw some of the
Speaker 1: completions to him out on the sideline. With the fad
Speaker 1: staff routes and the comeback routes, they were successful. I
Speaker 1: think you also saw that he does have the ability
Speaker 1: to penetrate the defense vertically. Um what you saw with
Speaker 1: the interception, you saw a quarterback trying to get a
Speaker 1: feel for how to throw to a receiver he's not
Speaker 1: used to. Number one and then you also saw a
Speaker 1: young receiver in that same instance not truly understand uh,
Speaker 1: what it takes to get open down the field in
Speaker 1: the NFL. It's one thing to outrun defensive backs in college,
Speaker 1: but in the NFL you typically don't just out run
Speaker 1: defensive by You have to gain position on them or
Speaker 1: they will make you pay. And that's what you saw
Speaker 1: on the interception, Ryan Fitzpatrick learning that I've got to
Speaker 1: really push this ball down the field more to Devin
Speaker 1: Smith type of receiver, but then Devon Smith learning that yes,
Speaker 1: once I do get by the defender, I've got to
Speaker 1: now pushed back into him and established position the coast.
Speaker 1: Position is much more important than speed. Just how difficult
Speaker 1: is it for any quarterback in the National Football League?
Speaker 1: Putting it up close to sixty times. We'll take Tom
Speaker 1: Brady out of the equation here, because sometimes the Pets
Speaker 1: aren't even interested in moving to football on the ground
Speaker 1: because they're so prolific in the passing game. But that
Speaker 1: being said, this Jets team down Fitzpatrick at the end
Speaker 1: of the afternoon fifty eight pass attempts, and everybody here
Speaker 1: inside the building has said, hey, listen, that's not our
Speaker 1: formula for success offensively, well, that's not in the formula
Speaker 1: for for anybody success. And and even for the Patriots,
Speaker 1: they would tell you that they don't want to major
Speaker 1: in that category throwing the ball fifty eight times. Now,
Speaker 1: there have been game plans for the Patriots have played
Speaker 1: really good run fronts and things like that, and they've
Speaker 1: used a short passing game as an extension of the
Speaker 1: running game, and that's why they've been able to throw
Speaker 1: up twofty times to be successful. But typically for any
Speaker 1: NFL team, throwing the ball fifty eight times it's not
Speaker 1: a formula for success, primarily because you can't take the
Speaker 1: risk of getting your quarterback hit. Anytime you drop back,
Speaker 1: you're taking your risk giving your quarterback hit and injured.
Speaker 1: The fifty eight times certainly increases that risk. So it
Speaker 1: was one of those situations where they had to I
Speaker 1: think the interesting thing about the game, even I thought
Speaker 1: that the two minute drive before halftime was crucial. That
Speaker 1: was a great drive, some really good plays being made
Speaker 1: set the tone for the second half, and unfortunately the
Speaker 1: Jets weren't able to take advantage of some of the
Speaker 1: opportunities they had in the second half to get back uh,
Speaker 1: into the game and really make this a bold game,
Speaker 1: which it could have easily been. Yeah, great point there
Speaker 1: about the tempo. And you know, we take Twitter questions
Speaker 1: every week and Josh asked, with the temple being flat
Speaker 1: in the first half against Philly, will chan gaily pick
Speaker 1: up the speed against the questionable Dolphins defense? And I
Speaker 1: love that question because Chad a couple of weeks ago
Speaker 1: we were talking about that as well, that the Jets
Speaker 1: got off to a relatively slow start against the Browns,
Speaker 1: but they had that nice drive at the under the
Speaker 1: first half when they were in hurry up mode as well,
Speaker 1: and then we saw it happened last week against the Eagles.
Speaker 1: What do you think about possibly picking up the temple
Speaker 1: a little bit well, and all the ends on what
Speaker 1: your offensive philosophy is. In tempo, there's different ways to
Speaker 1: look at tempo. Some people believe tempo with no huddle, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, getting to the line fast. Other people believe
Speaker 1: that tempo is just getting in and out the huddle,
Speaker 1: getting the play called efficiently, getting out to the line
Speaker 1: with second left in the play cards that really decipher
Speaker 1: what the defense is doing. And see if you can
Speaker 1: put yourself in a in a better position with a
Speaker 1: better play call, whether it being audible or what have you. So, uh,
Speaker 1: it all depends. I think also, tempo really depends upon
Speaker 1: first and second down success. And the reason that you
Speaker 1: didn't see a lot of tempo in the first half
Speaker 1: was because there was no first down success. There. There
Speaker 1: wasn't a lot of rhythm plays that allow your offense
Speaker 1: to get into a tempo and to get into a
Speaker 1: rhythm where they can start to be successful. There were
Speaker 1: three and outs, there were negative plays on first down,
Speaker 1: the running game or the passing game. So it was
Speaker 1: just a very difficult half for the Jet to get
Speaker 1: into a nice tempo and rhythm. You said it before,
Speaker 1: I think Decker is so key and so vital for
Speaker 1: this offense movie forward. Not saying that can't win without
Speaker 1: him in the lineup, obviously, but he makes them a
Speaker 1: different ball club. What do you think about Marshall's game?
Speaker 1: You know him, he's got unbelievably high standards, and Tide
Speaker 1: Bowls said, hey, listen, he didn't play to his standards,
Speaker 1: he didn't play to our standards. Did you think Marshall
Speaker 1: was pressing a little bit? Well, I'm certainly uncharacteristic for
Speaker 1: him to make both of those plays goes to the
Speaker 1: turnovers or certainly on him. He would tell you the
Speaker 1: same thing. Um, it pushed the panic button a little bit,
Speaker 1: try to make more out of something that was not there.
Speaker 1: With the lateral, the attempted lateral which was deemed to fumble. Uh.
Speaker 1: That reminded me of Bill Parcell's team commandments, and one
Speaker 1: of the quarterback team commandments would be that impulse decisions
Speaker 1: normally equal mistakes. That was certainly an impulse decision that
Speaker 1: turned into a huge mistake, especially in plus territory. It
Speaker 1: was a big past completion for the Jets. That was
Speaker 1: the first down completion as well, and really get your
Speaker 1: your offense going and the crowd into it, and then
Speaker 1: something like that happens, and that was a player trying
Speaker 1: to do too much, take too much upon his shoulders.
Speaker 1: And then the second one just that's a routine catch
Speaker 1: for him that he makes and he didn't make it.
Speaker 1: So I'm sure he's disappointed in that as well. Jets
Speaker 1: fans obviously want to see Chris Ivory in the lineup.
Speaker 1: He started off, uh, really hot this season in that
Speaker 1: first game against the Browns. He's been slowed by injuries.
Speaker 1: But you like balal Paul's game, didn't you? I did.
Speaker 1: I thought pal actually played it well and did some
Speaker 1: good things, uh in the passing game especially, he created
Speaker 1: us with space in the passing game, made a couple
Speaker 1: of good runs. I mean, when you look at his staff,
Speaker 1: they're not flashy, with a little over thirty yards rushing
Speaker 1: in the little over forty yards receiving. But I thought
Speaker 1: there were some positive signs for him that he is
Speaker 1: an essential part to this offense and he's a great
Speaker 1: compliment to Chris Ivory. I think it was more of
Speaker 1: the situation and then the team performing well that you know,
Speaker 1: dictated his stat line and his statue sheet. But I
Speaker 1: thought that for what he was given in the optus,
Speaker 1: he was given the heat. He did make some really
Speaker 1: good plays for the joke. But my take on the
Speaker 1: defense was they played winning football. But with that being
Speaker 1: set on the other side of the coin, I don't
Speaker 1: think they played to their standards. You can't put this
Speaker 1: one on the defense. When a special team's touchdown is allowed.
Speaker 1: Darren Sproles goals eighty nine yards. That was a key
Speaker 1: player early in the game. It makes a three point
Speaker 1: game at ten nothing game. Uh. And then Ryan Fitzpatrick's
Speaker 1: uh uh after Marshall's fumble, Actually that lateral, the fell lateral. Uh.
Speaker 1: The Eagles cashed in with the short field. But by
Speaker 1: and large I thought they played winning football and they
Speaker 1: shut the door down on the Eagles in the second half.
Speaker 1: What was your take? They made some really good commondjustments.
Speaker 1: The one area I would be worried is the matchups
Speaker 1: with the linebackers and running back. Philadelphia had three chances
Speaker 1: and only took advantage of one of those with the
Speaker 1: running back coming out of the backfield on the wheel
Speaker 1: route where uh, you know, he uh he was able
Speaker 1: to beat the linebacker. But there are other two other
Speaker 1: chances that could have easily been touchdown. You're right, Sprawls.
Speaker 1: Sprawls and Matthews still could be running. You're right about
Speaker 1: those two, and I'm gonna jump in right here. It's
Speaker 1: it's to say, okay, what can you change up? Because
Speaker 1: other teams obviously are gonna see that, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: throughout the National Football League you see a lot of
Speaker 1: guys who were a quick, explosive backs. You try to
Speaker 1: match them up against linebackers. What do the Jets have
Speaker 1: to do? To counter that, Well, there's two things. Number One,
Speaker 1: your linebackers have to be conscious of it, and uh,
Speaker 1: you have to make sure as a linebacker you don't
Speaker 1: get caught peeking into the backfield in man coverage, because
Speaker 1: then you lose sight of your running back and you're
Speaker 1: thinking he's just going to run a typical out route
Speaker 1: or flat route. Uh, and he does and he turns
Speaker 1: it up and that's that normally is what happens when
Speaker 1: a linebacker gets caught peeking into the backfield. That's number one.
Speaker 1: So you really got to work on that technique and
Speaker 1: staying on top of that running back and not giving
Speaker 1: giving the adds to him. Secondly, you've got to focus
Speaker 1: on and you've got to be able to mix up
Speaker 1: your coverage is to where uh you mix in some
Speaker 1: zone coverages to where when the teams are trying to
Speaker 1: call those routes on you, you're in the zone and
Speaker 1: you've got cornerback there waiting on him and a linebacker
Speaker 1: just covering the flat end zone and then that takes
Speaker 1: away the wheel route as well. So it's a mixture
Speaker 1: of of being multiple on defense with your coverages and
Speaker 1: then when you do get the times that you are
Speaker 1: a man the man on the running backs, especially with
Speaker 1: an offset running back, you've really got to pay attention
Speaker 1: to that wheel route. And you were talking about adjustments before, Chad,
Speaker 1: what do you see from them as far as what
Speaker 1: they changed up over the second thirty, Well, they they
Speaker 1: really honed in on the running game. They did a
Speaker 1: really good job at the first down production, making sure
Speaker 1: Billy didn't have uh good first down production. And they
Speaker 1: competed for every ball in the secondary calls and called
Speaker 1: the turnover uh you know, and and gave the Jets
Speaker 1: a short field with that. And they just seem a
Speaker 1: little bit more aggressive, seemed more comfortable with their game
Speaker 1: planning and trying to attack this Philly offense because even
Speaker 1: though the Philly has been struggling, that offense is difficult
Speaker 1: and you've got to make sure that your communication lines
Speaker 1: are right and uh, that your first down and production
Speaker 1: is really good to keep them from getting into a
Speaker 1: rhythm and tempo, because once they get into a rhythm
Speaker 1: and tempo, uh, no one in the league can stop
Speaker 1: them with their no huddle uh if you're playing behind
Speaker 1: the eight ball. So they did a good job of
Speaker 1: staying ahead of the change of the defense, staying aggressive
Speaker 1: and making those just slight adjustments to just stay aggressive
Speaker 1: in the second half. Okay, brother, you were meticulous in
Speaker 1: your preparation as a player. The Jets this week have
Speaker 1: a unique, uh work week. You got practices here are
Speaker 1: in Florin Park Wednesday and Thursday, and then by the
Speaker 1: time Friday hits, and people might be listening this on
Speaker 1: Friday right now, the team will be in London and
Speaker 1: they'll have a workout at a local rugby club and
Speaker 1: then a Saturday walk through. How do you think that
Speaker 1: would impact you as you go about and get ready
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins. Well, you know, I had the opportunity
Speaker 1: to play in Tokyo in a preseason game, so I
Speaker 1: do understand the travel. As far as a work week,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't understand that. My guests, my educated guests, would
Speaker 1: be that you would really want to hone in on
Speaker 1: these two practices as a player. Two far as the
Speaker 1: physicality of it, your first and second down on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: your third down on Thursday, hone in on those physically,
Speaker 1: getting your reps, maybe even staying after practice will be
Speaker 1: getting some extra reps physically, um to get those things
Speaker 1: in your muscle memory. And really have that all that
Speaker 1: Heye put in the barn, so to speak, by the
Speaker 1: time you get on the plane. And then Friday and Saturday,
Speaker 1: to me, it would be completely mental days. You're gonna
Speaker 1: have to rely on your mental preparation with your red
Speaker 1: zone preparations, show the alreadist preparation, and then Saturday you
Speaker 1: can pull it all together and kind of review mentally.
Speaker 1: But as far as physically for Friday and Saturday, I
Speaker 1: wouldn't think much of it. I would be trying to
Speaker 1: make sure I got used to the time schedule of that.
Speaker 1: My my internal clock was okay. So then when Sunday
Speaker 1: rolls around, I'm ready to play a football game. You're
Speaker 1: a busy guy. You always keep a loaded schedule. Would
Speaker 1: you be able to sleep on a plane if you
Speaker 1: were a player, if you just finished our practice Thursday,
Speaker 1: you had dinner on the plane and then you know,
Speaker 1: you gotta you know, six hours ahead. It's basically like
Speaker 1: going to Seattle. Well, you would be able to sleep some,
Speaker 1: but it wouldn't be your normal sleep, so it would
Speaker 1: be more like, uh, you know, one and a half
Speaker 1: hour naps or something like that for the most part.
Speaker 1: And as far as your comfortability is concerned, and then
Speaker 1: you're gonna try to catch up on on Friday Saturday,
Speaker 1: ain't be ready to rock and roll on Sunday. I
Speaker 1: would imagine that's what I would try to do. Your
Speaker 1: thoughts on National Football League possibly having a full time
Speaker 1: team in London, England? What do you think? I'm not
Speaker 1: a huge fan of it. I understand our international presence.
Speaker 1: I love our international presence. I think more and more
Speaker 1: people are growing to love the game of football. I
Speaker 1: kind of like the format as it is. I just
Speaker 1: don't know if if that would be you know, the
Speaker 1: right thing to do for the football, uh, for the
Speaker 1: NFL and for the game of football, but also for
Speaker 1: the players. I think it Uh, you know, there could
Speaker 1: be a distinct advantage or disadvantaged one way or the
Speaker 1: other if you had a full time team um overseas.
Speaker 1: So I like the International series as it is. I
Speaker 1: think it really drums up a lot of support internationally
Speaker 1: and takes the game globally. And uh, it's it's a
Speaker 1: great series the way that it is. Okay, so Papa
Speaker 1: writes in a s cha does Miami have a home
Speaker 1: is their home field advantage negated by the fact that
Speaker 1: both teams have to make the trip over there. So
Speaker 1: there's a couple of things that I want to add
Speaker 1: before you answer that question. Is the Jets have won
Speaker 1: their last two matchups down in South Florida. And you
Speaker 1: know this as a former player. You guys used to
Speaker 1: have a ton of support in South Florida. You still
Speaker 1: do to this day. And the other interesting thing is,
Speaker 1: I gotta imagine London, the size of that city, and
Speaker 1: how many New Yorkers travel and also live over there
Speaker 1: and do business over there. This might be like a
Speaker 1: Jets home game. It could very possibly be like that,
Speaker 1: but it's still not going to be the same. I mean,
Speaker 1: you're you're playing in a neutral site. Uh technically for
Speaker 1: for both teams and for the players. You know, you
Speaker 1: may hear more Jets um crowd noise and you hear
Speaker 1: Dolphins crowd noise, but at the same time, you still
Speaker 1: the neutral site. It's a different arena. You're not playing
Speaker 1: in Miami, You're not playing in New York, and so
Speaker 1: it's different. Now. The one thing that the Dolphins have
Speaker 1: with for them is that they played in London last year,
Speaker 1: so they have the routine. They won their last year
Speaker 1: and and so they understand the drill and the schedule,
Speaker 1: which will be a little bit different for the Jets.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, I think this is a big
Speaker 1: game for Miami. I think this is a team that's struggling,
Speaker 1: that sitting there at one and two trying to figure out,
Speaker 1: you know, what's going on with our team. So I
Speaker 1: think they'll be ready to play because they understand how
Speaker 1: important it is for them. I like this question. Uh,
Speaker 1: this is from the office pool. I ask, and he
Speaker 1: split loyalty for you, what goes through your mind when
Speaker 1: the Jets and Dolphins are playing nowadays? Well, you know,
Speaker 1: I've always said that I have really appreciate both organizations.
Speaker 1: I think both organizations served me well and treating me well,
Speaker 1: and I have great respect for both organizations as well
Speaker 1: as the people that I have men in both organizations. So, um,
Speaker 1: I just leave it right down the middle, to be
Speaker 1: honest with you. And I know some people think that's
Speaker 1: wishy washy, but that's the truth because I I just
Speaker 1: had great experiences and and my time with the Jets
Speaker 1: was a great experience, and then when I went to
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, that was the right time to be able
Speaker 1: to move on and to experience something different and and
Speaker 1: uh so I don't root for one or the other. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, when it comes to to that game, I
Speaker 1: really focus on the players that I played with and
Speaker 1: that I know that are still there and I watched
Speaker 1: them and and I root for them in their own
Speaker 1: individual performances. But you know, as far as team versus team,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I can't. Uh. I enjoyed playing
Speaker 1: for both teams. What stands out to you about the
Speaker 1: British off first and Nick manguald, David Harris, guys who
Speaker 1: you saw his young pups and they're still going and
Speaker 1: they're still playing at high levels. Well, it's exciting to
Speaker 1: see young play. It is that I was exposed to
Speaker 1: as a veteran and hopefully you know, shed some knowledge
Speaker 1: and wisdom to them while I was around them. And
Speaker 1: to see their longevity in the league. I think anytime
Speaker 1: you play with the player, you see a drafted come
Speaker 1: in when you're with the team, you want to see
Speaker 1: his longevity because that means that he's number one minute
Speaker 1: able to stay healthy, he's been able to stay productive,
Speaker 1: and they've become a really good professional football player. And
Speaker 1: that's always positive. And I love to see those stories. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what are your early memories of Mangolds a center. I
Speaker 1: know I Fitzpatrick laws working with them, and that's about
Speaker 1: a common refrain from for all the quarterbacks have come
Speaker 1: up because you made the transition, I believe from a
Speaker 1: while you played with for a number of years and
Speaker 1: then you started working with Mangold. Well what First of all,
Speaker 1: when Nick was drafted, we had uh signed Trade Teague
Speaker 1: as a free agent from Buffalo, a really good center,
Speaker 1: and Nick was drafted along with the British. All people
Speaker 1: fired up about the British Shaw coming in and being
Speaker 1: a staple of tackle UH and Nick was going to
Speaker 1: be the backup center. And then Trade t gets hurt
Speaker 1: and uh O t a s and is out for
Speaker 1: the year, and Nick has to go right in and
Speaker 1: from day one training camp he is the starting center.
Speaker 1: And I don't think I'll probably only been around two
Speaker 1: players as rookies on the offensive line that came in
Speaker 1: and it was relatively seamless. Number one would be Nick Mangold.
Speaker 1: The second with be Jake Long when I played with
Speaker 1: him in Miami. Uh Nick, I mean, especially as a
Speaker 1: center to be able to come in as a rookie
Speaker 1: and do what he did, and uh, we had no
Speaker 1: issues from a protection standpoint. Our communication was solid from
Speaker 1: the beginning. And that's a testament to him with his
Speaker 1: two degrees and how he thinks in his brain power
Speaker 1: and then be able to match that with his physicality. Uh. Man,
Speaker 1: it was awesome to play with and because that's what
Speaker 1: they're always worried about with Rickie Lyman, is it? Is
Speaker 1: it two over whelming? Is it's such a steep learning
Speaker 1: curve that you're gonna, you know, have a lot of
Speaker 1: ups and downs than with Nick Mango from Bay one? Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, the Jets have been a fortunate in my opinion,
Speaker 1: to go from Kevin Way to Nick Mango over this
Speaker 1: span of time. Wow, well what the luxury? Hey? I
Speaker 1: know you like Tanny Hill as a player. We saw
Speaker 1: some good things out of him last year. But up front,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins continue to have problems blocking people. And then
Speaker 1: you put the Jets defensive line up there against them.
Speaker 1: How do you think they're gonna attack this Jets defense
Speaker 1: because they really haven't been trying to run the football
Speaker 1: that much at all? Is it to get Lamar Miller
Speaker 1: out in space? Like you talked about before, where the
Speaker 1: Eagles had some success moving the backs around and then
Speaker 1: do you move the pocket? Is that what the Jets
Speaker 1: have to be anticipating because Chad on paper or what
Speaker 1: I've seen from the Dolphins so far this season, the
Speaker 1: Jets are gonna be able to get to Tanny Hall
Speaker 1: if he's sitting back in the pocket, you know. Typically
Speaker 1: you know, Bill Hayser came from Philadelphia, was under Kip
Speaker 1: Kelly for a year before he went to UH Miami,
Speaker 1: and he really liked what Chip Kelly and the Eagles
Speaker 1: were doing with their running game. So I think that
Speaker 1: the running game will have some similarities, um, similar to
Speaker 1: the Eagles and what you're trying to do. Uh. He
Speaker 1: will also be able to then, you know, mix in
Speaker 1: his passing schemes. I think, you know, the Dolphins will
Speaker 1: have to focus on, first of all, with with Ryan
Speaker 1: getting the ball out of his hand quickly. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: very be very judicious with his footwork and his timing
Speaker 1: and making sure that he's not having to hold the
Speaker 1: ball if they're having protection issues against the Jet because
Speaker 1: flying the ball needs to get out quick. The ball
Speaker 1: needs to get into the playmaker's hands fast and let
Speaker 1: them make plays in space. The longer you hold the
Speaker 1: ball against the Jets defensive line, the more uh it
Speaker 1: plays into their hands. So that would be my game
Speaker 1: plan is to you know, look at the billion running games,
Speaker 1: see where they have some success in the running game
Speaker 1: the field. The Eagles did have some success on the edge,
Speaker 1: being able to run those stretch plays and then find
Speaker 1: those zone holes, uh to create some yards there. They
Speaker 1: also did have some success with their running backs against
Speaker 1: linebackers and UH. And then also you know, be able
Speaker 1: to use a Jarvis Landry and and those type of
Speaker 1: players um uh to to make some hay in the
Speaker 1: in the passing day. Yeah, Jarvis Landry is a stud
Speaker 1: and I wonder who the Jets will match up with
Speaker 1: when you're looking at the Dolphins right now, because they're
Speaker 1: kind of feeling it seems like they're feeling their way
Speaker 1: out offensively. They got some new guys in there, whether
Speaker 1: it be Stills who came from New Orleans or Davonte
Speaker 1: Parker who they drafted. Greg Jennings is there, so it
Speaker 1: still seems like they're kind of trying to figure it
Speaker 1: out offensively. On the other side of the ball. I
Speaker 1: know you haven't broken down a hundred and eighty minutes
Speaker 1: of Dolphins tape so are. But when you look at
Speaker 1: them defensively and especially at front seven, you would say,
Speaker 1: shouldn't they be playing better football? They got a lot
Speaker 1: of talent up front, specifically Nandamid can still Cameron Wake,
Speaker 1: they got Verner as well. Uh, you know, I'm surprised
Speaker 1: by what's happening with them defensively right now. I am too,
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, it's a it's a player's issue.
Speaker 1: I would imagine that being able to get on the
Speaker 1: same page and basically just play better, you know, do
Speaker 1: what your coach to do, do your job, so to speak,
Speaker 1: and just play better as a unit and play better
Speaker 1: as a team. I think that's probably, you know, the
Speaker 1: biggest thing. The expectations were high on the Dolphins, and
Speaker 1: sometimes when the expectations are high on your team, um,
Speaker 1: you forget the little things that create those expectations and
Speaker 1: make you a good team. It's the little things that count.
Speaker 1: It's the details that count. It's a small acrifices that
Speaker 1: you make player to player to make sure that the
Speaker 1: team as a whole is functioning correctly and winning football games.
Speaker 1: And and that's what it's going to be about. And
Speaker 1: I think, you know, the Dolphins are probably you know,
Speaker 1: kind of circling the wagon so to speak this week,
Speaker 1: understanding that this is a big game for them, Um
Speaker 1: that they you know, just lost the division game and
Speaker 1: now they're going on the road playing their second division game,
Speaker 1: and they don't want to be oh and two and
Speaker 1: one and three to in the division and one and
Speaker 1: three after the first quarter of the season. That's too short. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And obviously I was talking about Olivier Vernon. Uh So,
Speaker 1: last question, what do you want to see from fits
Speaker 1: this week as they come out Sunday at Wembley Stadium.
Speaker 1: What do you want to see from him commanding this offense?
Speaker 1: And hopefully the Jets have eighty seven back in the lineup.
Speaker 1: I think right now it sure looks like Chris Ivory
Speaker 1: is gonna be a goal so that will be a
Speaker 1: boost as well. Jets are dealing with the other other
Speaker 1: injury upfront. Actually, Brian Winners has taken a place of
Speaker 1: Willie Colonel's down with the knee in Drie Well, I
Speaker 1: think I think as a veteran quarterback, your goal, um
Speaker 1: on the road this week is to uh make your
Speaker 1: routine plays that create stability and rhythm within your offense.
Speaker 1: Get the plays that are there, don't force the plays
Speaker 1: that aren't. It's similar, uh in facing the Dolphins, like
Speaker 1: when you're facing the Eagles, you don't want to breathe
Speaker 1: the life into them. You want to make sure that
Speaker 1: if they're going to score and they're going to give
Speaker 1: themselves a chance to beat the Jets, you want to
Speaker 1: make the Dolphins earn every yard and every point that
Speaker 1: that they have because if you breathe life into them,
Speaker 1: they give them a little bit of momentum and it
Speaker 1: makes it more difficult. So as a quarterback, you you
Speaker 1: approach this game saying, I need to make rhythm plays.
Speaker 1: I need to make plays that stabilize their offense. And
Speaker 1: when those opportunities are there to score touchdowns and get
Speaker 1: the bottom of playmakers and one on one situation, let's
Speaker 1: them make place. I do that, but I certainly don't
Speaker 1: want to force the issue with a post route down
Speaker 1: the middle or or anything like that. Forcing and in
Speaker 1: the double coverage and really, you know, turning the tables
Speaker 1: on us as an offense only sixteen games and you
Speaker 1: playing a lot of them was my final deal is
Speaker 1: how big of a contest is this for the Jets,
Speaker 1: considering it is a divisional matchup, considering they started two
Speaker 1: and all, considering after this week they have a buy.
Speaker 1: You either go into that by three and one with
Speaker 1: the divisional road win or two and two after a
Speaker 1: two and all start. It's a big game for the Jets.
Speaker 1: It really is, uh Number one. I think it's a
Speaker 1: it's a big game because you just want to get
Speaker 1: that nasty taste out of your mouth of a loss
Speaker 1: against the Eagles, and and really a loss that you
Speaker 1: feel like as a team, you called that the Eagles
Speaker 1: didn't beat you. You lost to them, um, because the
Speaker 1: opportunity that you gave away. So any time you come
Speaker 1: off of a loss like that, man, you just you
Speaker 1: want to play the game. You're trying to get the
Speaker 1: Sunday as fast as you can to get that taste
Speaker 1: out of your mouth. With that being said, if they
Speaker 1: come back to and two, it's not the end of
Speaker 1: the world, um, so to speak. Although you'd like to
Speaker 1: be three and one with the one divisional win, there's
Speaker 1: no question about it, And you would like to create
Speaker 1: some separation. You would like to now be up there,
Speaker 1: um with with Buffalo and with New England um at
Speaker 1: at three and one. You know where New England could
Speaker 1: Plustble be four oh three and one and and Buffalo
Speaker 1: could be three and one as well. You want to
Speaker 1: create some separation. You want to try to stay up
Speaker 1: there at the top of the pack and not be
Speaker 1: in the middle of the pack. Because these early wins,
Speaker 1: although it's not um the end of the world, they
Speaker 1: really help out at the end of the season. They
Speaker 1: they do, and sometimes we forget about that, that these
Speaker 1: early winds and and they just kind to make things
Speaker 1: a little smoother once you move into the meat of
Speaker 1: the schedule. On the end of the schedule, well said Buddy,
Speaker 1: as usual. Well, I'm ready for my trip across the pond. Uh.
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Speaker 1: All right, Thanks Harry,