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Speaker 1: Jonathan Harrison. But the Jets fall to four and ten
Speaker 1: on the season with a twenty nine to twenty two
Speaker 1: loss to the Houston Texans. I don't want to talk
Speaker 1: about score right now. I want to lead by talking
Speaker 1: about the twenty one year old quarterback who is leading
Speaker 1: this offense right now. We're watching him develop in front
Speaker 1: of our own eyes. He became the youngest quarterback in
Speaker 1: NFL history to lead a game winning drive in Buffalo.
Speaker 1: He followed that up against a good Houston Texans defense,
Speaker 1: and you can make the argument that was his best
Speaker 1: performance as a pro. Twenty four thirty eight two fifty
Speaker 1: three yards, two touchdowns through the air. He also used
Speaker 1: his feet e six rushes thirty five yards and he
Speaker 1: earned a lot of praise for that performance. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: mean he's he's really grown these last two weeks. You know,
Speaker 1: you've seen Sam Donald uh sit back and grow as
Speaker 1: a quarterback. He's being more efficient, he's more precise, that
Speaker 1: he's decisive with his throws, and uh really attacking the
Speaker 1: field vertically and which I think is loosening things up
Speaker 1: underneath for him. Uh. I think those those couple of
Speaker 1: weeks with the injury, we're a big step for him.
Speaker 1: He was able to sit back, watch Josh McCown or
Speaker 1: run things, watch watch how defenses are attacking him. Uh,
Speaker 1: just to understand the small nuances of the game. I
Speaker 1: think it really helped him to step back because he's
Speaker 1: come back a different player. To win long term in
Speaker 1: the National Football League, you have to have good play
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. This guy has all the tools.
Speaker 1: I've been here since two thousand one. Is a New
Speaker 1: York Jets employee. The guy that I think of when
Speaker 1: I watched Donald, not from a plane perspective in terms
Speaker 1: of the way they play their styles, but is Chad Pennington.
Speaker 1: In two thousand two that was his first year starting.
Speaker 1: Actually after sitting and watching Vinny Testaverdi for a couple
Speaker 1: of years, Sam Donald has been put into the fire
Speaker 1: here early in his rookie season. We didn't know how
Speaker 1: he was going to respond when he went down with
Speaker 1: the strained right foot against the Miami Dolphins November four.
Speaker 1: Then he had a month off and he has come
Speaker 1: back and like you said, he really benefited from watching
Speaker 1: Josh mccowney. Talked about that today on the conference call.
Speaker 1: How a veteran quarterback at thirty nine year old like
Speaker 1: McCown orchestrates the practice, goes through the game week, the preparation,
Speaker 1: and how decisive he was with the reads even though
Speaker 1: the offense really wasn't working very efficiently as far as
Speaker 1: how much how many points there were. School warn Eric
Speaker 1: he learned a lot by watching McCollum. Yeah. I mean,
Speaker 1: and you can see, you know, from the way he's
Speaker 1: he's playing the game, he's making great decisions. He and
Speaker 1: Robby Anderson seemed to have reconnected. Uh. He's taking a
Speaker 1: lot of shots with him and I think he's gained
Speaker 1: some of the he's gained more trust from the coaching
Speaker 1: staff because now they're just starting to attack the field vertically.
Speaker 1: They're starting to take more shots. It's not just checkcounts,
Speaker 1: it's not just quick screens. They're opening things up for
Speaker 1: it for Sam and he's proven that he can handle
Speaker 1: the load. You know, leading that that two minute drive
Speaker 1: to come back against Buffalo was a huge step. You know,
Speaker 1: that's not easy. You know, when you talk about elite quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: I always consider listen, it's two minutes left, you need
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Does this quarterback strike fearing you? And Sam
Speaker 1: Donald showed that he can be that quarterback that can
Speaker 1: lead his team down the field, no matter how far
Speaker 1: it is, no matter what the circumstance, and get a
Speaker 1: touchdown for this team. There were three instances against the
Speaker 1: Houston Texans Saturday night where Donald used his feet and
Speaker 1: you were wondering, is he just gonna talk it and
Speaker 1: run it. Number one was the touchdown asked to Robbie
Speaker 1: Anderson right before the end of the half. He the
Speaker 1: presence of mind to go right up to the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and then find his crossing receiver for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Then there were a couple of connections with Chris Herndon
Speaker 1: where he rolled left. One time rolled right in other
Speaker 1: time and again kept his eyes down the field. That's
Speaker 1: what you see veteran quarterbacks do because you know it
Speaker 1: better than anybody. You as a former guy who played
Speaker 1: in the back end. A lot of young quarterbacks who
Speaker 1: feel the pressure their eyes go down. His eyes are
Speaker 1: staying off, yeah, you know. And that's what's so impressive
Speaker 1: about Sam. When I was a rookie, I came into
Speaker 1: the league with Ben Roethlisberger, and he was known for
Speaker 1: having one read. If if his initial read wasn't open,
Speaker 1: he was gonna tuck it and run. And what Sam
Speaker 1: has done, He's able to scramble, keep the play alive,
Speaker 1: keep his eyes down the field, and it makes things
Speaker 1: so difficult for for a guy covering the receivers. You know,
Speaker 1: you have to cover the initial route, but then once
Speaker 1: those receivers uncover and things start to just you know,
Speaker 1: go go, go off the script, so to speak. It
Speaker 1: makes it very tough, especially with the guy with the
Speaker 1: big arm like Sam, who can throw the ball vertically
Speaker 1: on the run inside the jets is supported by selective
Speaker 1: insurance responses everything. How about some of the designs we're
Speaker 1: seeing with Donald Now, there was a play early on
Speaker 1: I believe in the second half where you saw him spin,
Speaker 1: move to his left and then throw a dart to
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson for twenty yards. That's a big time throw. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it is a big time throw. Typically, as a defense,
Speaker 1: you're expecting that quarterback to roll out to your left
Speaker 1: and to see Sam roll out the opposite way to
Speaker 1: have a design play. Uh, it just speaks to to
Speaker 1: what he can do. You know, there's not a lot
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks who can throw the ball as accurate as
Speaker 1: he does running to his left. It takes a lot
Speaker 1: of skill set. You know. You have to get your
Speaker 1: shoulders across, you have to get your feet set, drive
Speaker 1: the ball at the right velocity. And Sam has all
Speaker 1: those tools. And it's exciting to see what he's doing
Speaker 1: right now because he's showing glimpses of being great and
Speaker 1: I think his potential, you know, the sky's the limit.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a great quarterback in this
Speaker 1: league as long as he continues to progress. And that's
Speaker 1: something exciting. If you're a Jets fan, Hi, what does
Speaker 1: it mean to you when your peers are talking about
Speaker 1: you the way they did this week? Uh? The week
Speaker 1: proceeding in the game. And then after the game when J. J.
Speaker 1: Watt goes up to Sam Donald says, you're gonna be
Speaker 1: a great player in this league. When Bill O'Brien talks
Speaker 1: about you the way he did, what what does that
Speaker 1: say about the respect he's getting around the National Football League? Now?
Speaker 1: That speaks volumes because they don't have to say that,
Speaker 1: They don't have to say anything to him. They can
Speaker 1: tell him good game, keep it moving, talk about what
Speaker 1: they did as a team. But for them to take
Speaker 1: time out and talk about Sam Donald and his progress
Speaker 1: and how his skill set has continued to grow and
Speaker 1: how he's going to be a star. That that goes
Speaker 1: that goes far, you know, especially from a guy like J. J. Watt.
Speaker 1: You know, he's a three time Defensive Player of the Year, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, multiple Pro Bowls and just probably one of
Speaker 1: the best players to play D line in the league
Speaker 1: in some time. For him to go out of his
Speaker 1: way and to give praise to Sam Donald, he has
Speaker 1: to be doing something right. Inside the Jets is presented
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Speaker 1: Harrison later tonight. Um he went down fighting too. There
Speaker 1: was a fourth and fifteen play where the Jets had
Speaker 1: to have it and again he's scrambling and he threw
Speaker 1: a dart up the Robbie Anderson that was nearly completed. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean that was an impressive throw, you know, to
Speaker 1: throw that ball on the run again, to give Robby
Speaker 1: Anderson a chance to make that play and to extend
Speaker 1: the drive. If he makes that catch, who knows what
Speaker 1: would have happened. But at the same time, Sam made
Speaker 1: the smart play. He made an accurate pass, and you know,
Speaker 1: you would like to have seen Robbie come up with it,
Speaker 1: but I understand why he couldn't because that was a
Speaker 1: very difficult play. And it seems fool hardy now to
Speaker 1: think about. There were some people actually externally, some fans,
Speaker 1: and why even put him in there with the Jets offense.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get killed out there down the stretch. Look
Speaker 1: at what is happening and the way these guys are
Speaker 1: developing because we much and Robbie Anderson, well, they're developing
Speaker 1: rhythm and chemistry that they can carry over to two
Speaker 1: thousand nineteen and oh, by the way, number eighty nine,
Speaker 1: Chris Hernon, a fourth round pick out of Miami. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be a big time player in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: And watch that connection between fourteen and eighty nine, not
Speaker 1: only for the final two games and two thousand and eighteen,
Speaker 1: but for years to come. Yeah, I mean Chris Herndon
Speaker 1: is leading all rookie tight ends and receiving, you know,
Speaker 1: and that just shows that this kid has a lot
Speaker 1: of talent to grow. Uh. He has a great rapport
Speaker 1: with with Sam Donald. You know, we had him on
Speaker 1: the show earlier in the year and he was talking
Speaker 1: about how they were roommates and how there wasn't a
Speaker 1: lot of talking between them, but on the field they
Speaker 1: started to understand one another. And I think it takes that,
Speaker 1: you know, taking takes a quarterback getting to know his receivers,
Speaker 1: getting to know his tight ends to gain that trust
Speaker 1: and and it really is going to be exciting. What
Speaker 1: you're watching right now is this team grow. It's a
Speaker 1: young team. They need as many reps as possible. So
Speaker 1: why you say, oh, they're not going to the playoffs.
Speaker 1: These reps are aren't valuable. You know, they need to
Speaker 1: get his many reps together to continue to grow, learn
Speaker 1: how to win those close games, learn how to how
Speaker 1: to fight through tough times. I think that's what you're
Speaker 1: seeing in this team, and they're getting better for it.
Speaker 1: What are you seeing as a guy inside the locker
Speaker 1: room when you watch him play? Because I asked Ramain
Speaker 1: Johnson about him after the game and the media scrum,
Speaker 1: he said he's special. Jamal Adams was asked about him
Speaker 1: in the media scrum, he said he's a bad man. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean listen, as a as a safety in the NFL,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. There's weeks where you go into
Speaker 1: the defensive back meetings, you watch film on the quarterback,
Speaker 1: and everybody as a group says, listen this week at
Speaker 1: this quarterback goes over a hundred fifty yards. Everybody in
Speaker 1: here is getting fined. There are times where you look
Speaker 1: at quarterbacks and you just see that they can't get
Speaker 1: it done with Sam Donald. This guy, I'm telling you,
Speaker 1: he strikes fear in the defense. He makes it so
Speaker 1: you have to respect every every route run, um, every
Speaker 1: time he gets out of the pocket. You have to
Speaker 1: play it from the top down and respect what he
Speaker 1: can do. As a player. Yes, at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the season, he was one into a couple of mistakes,
Speaker 1: but he's learned from his mistakes and he every week
Speaker 1: you're seeing him continue to get better. And that's that's
Speaker 1: saying a lot for a rookie who started every game.
Speaker 1: And the Jets have a lot of financial flexibility in
Speaker 1: the off season to add some more pieces around Sam
Speaker 1: Thornald and we'll see how they address those moves in
Speaker 1: the spring. But in the meantime, they had two games
Speaker 1: to play. This is their final home game this weekend.
Speaker 1: As Aaron Rodgers comes to town. What do you think
Speaker 1: that's gonna be like for the rookie quarterback when he
Speaker 1: stares across the sideline and sees one of the best
Speaker 1: who's ever played the game. And it's funny. People in
Speaker 1: Green Bear saying Aaron Rodgers are struggling this season. Well,
Speaker 1: I'd like to struggle with those kind of numbers completing
Speaker 1: about his passes. But he's got twenty three touchdowns in
Speaker 1: two interceptions. Yeah, I mean, he's playing lights out. He
Speaker 1: doesn't have the talent that he used to have, you know,
Speaker 1: back in the day, but Aaron Rodgers is very dangerous.
Speaker 1: You know I faced him in Atlanta in the playoffs
Speaker 1: when you know we were were division chaps. We had
Speaker 1: the first round by they were a wild, hard team.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers caught fired. They ran through the league and
Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl. So he can catch fire at anytime.
Speaker 1: But for Sam Donald to sit and watch on the
Speaker 1: other side of the sideline and see a guy like
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, I'm sure it has to get him excited.
Speaker 1: He probably grew up watching him throughout high school through
Speaker 1: college as one of those great quarterbacks. Probably molded a
Speaker 1: little bit of his game after him because he does
Speaker 1: throw a well on the run, just like Sam does.
Speaker 1: And it's it's probably gonna get those competitive uses going,
Speaker 1: because if you can outplay Sam Donald, you're doing it right. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Yeah, both California kids, And obviously Sam Donald
Speaker 1: watched a lot of Aaron Rodgers coming up. But oh,
Speaker 1: by the way, look at what happened Aaron Rodgers. He
Speaker 1: sat behind Brett Farv for a couple of seasons. Again,
Speaker 1: Donald's coming in at He's seen a lot of things.
Speaker 1: He's progressing in front of our eyes. There is reason
Speaker 1: to be excited. Nobody in the organizations happy about the
Speaker 1: four and ten record, nor should they be, But it
Speaker 1: looks like you found your long term answer at the
Speaker 1: most important position and professional sports. Yeah, you know when
Speaker 1: when Sam, when you when you start him from week one,
Speaker 1: you understand that you're gonna go through your lumps as
Speaker 1: a team. You know they're gonna be some good days
Speaker 1: and some bad days. But at the same time, are
Speaker 1: you continuing to get better as a team? You know,
Speaker 1: I think you're seeing it on the defense. They're playing
Speaker 1: great football. Uh. You see it offensively, starting to find
Speaker 1: their identity running the football, throwing play action, taking shots
Speaker 1: down the field, starting to find out who we are
Speaker 1: as a team. And that's great to see because, Uh,
Speaker 1: a lot of young players, a lot of youth, a
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of free agent money to spend
Speaker 1: and add additions to this team. And I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a good thing. Um, let's flip to the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball real quick. Uh. The good
Speaker 1: in the bed, the pass rush. Uh, the Jets really
Speaker 1: brought it against DeShawn Watson. We thought they might be
Speaker 1: able to exploit the Texans offensive line, and they sure did. Uh.
Speaker 1: The week before Deshaun Watson sacked five times. When any
Speaker 1: any Indianapolis colts again in the New York Jets, he
Speaker 1: sacked six times. And Henry Anderson, who you got for
Speaker 1: a seventh round pick on draft weekend, picks up three
Speaker 1: sacks and now he has six on the two thousand
Speaker 1: eighteen season. Yeah, I mean, and I was excited to
Speaker 1: watch Henry get after Deshaun Watson. And when he was
Speaker 1: on the show, he was talking about how he's just
Speaker 1: now learning how to pass rush. He's learning the techniques,
Speaker 1: he's getting his bag of goods, bag of tricks ready
Speaker 1: for for the pass rush. You're starting to see a
Speaker 1: show on the field. He's mixing things up. He's always
Speaker 1: had a great motor. He's always been strong at the
Speaker 1: point of attack. But now he's starting to to to
Speaker 1: use his his different moves and it's great to see
Speaker 1: because he's taking some of the pressure off of Leonard Williams,
Speaker 1: He's taking some of the pressure off McClinton and uh
Speaker 1: and this defensive line can be good, you know, if
Speaker 1: they continue to grow like this and these guys start
Speaker 1: to make plays that he designed. Jordan Jenkins, because you
Speaker 1: got a sack against the Texans and you increased your
Speaker 1: team lead to seven, but Henry Anderson is right behind
Speaker 1: you with six. So that's gonna be an interesting battle
Speaker 1: to watch the sack race inside the Jets locker room.
Speaker 1: But DeAndre Hopkins, he got off against the Jets. Uh,
Speaker 1: Todd Bowl set it on Sunday that listen, we didn't
Speaker 1: want to move corner across the field in this case,
Speaker 1: probably Tremaine Johnson because the Texans move DeAndre Hopkins all
Speaker 1: over the place. Yeah, you know, it's tough to to
Speaker 1: match up a receiver with a corner with the receiver
Speaker 1: because one you give up your disguise. You know, if
Speaker 1: if DeAndre Hopkins is lined up in the slot and
Speaker 1: Tremaine Johnson follows him in the slot, guess what they know?
Speaker 1: You're playing man to man. Uh, you know, it depends
Speaker 1: on wherever he goes, you know. And plus I think
Speaker 1: Chris Morris Clayborne has a tremendous skill set. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a couple of plays that Hopkins made where I
Speaker 1: don't care who you are at corner, he was making
Speaker 1: the catch and that's what kind of He's an unbelievable
Speaker 1: ball player. We're often running here on inside the Jets.
Speaker 1: We will be right back from Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits.
Speaker 1: Donald and the Shotgun McGuire too was right, takes the snap,
Speaker 1: three man rush, looks left, fires left, ends up for Roberts.
Speaker 1: He's got it. That's a Jet touchdown. Sam Turtle comes
Speaker 1: back soon and Andrea Roberts hauls it in for the score.
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Speaker 1: Hotel um E. What is in store for Sam Donald
Speaker 1: this weekend against the Packers in terms of uh, Mike
Speaker 1: Petton led defense. This is a pupil of Rex Ryan
Speaker 1: and Petton was here for a number of years as well. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna see a lot of pressures. And
Speaker 1: I think that's a good thing. I think Sam he
Speaker 1: excels when team's pressure room. You know, it makes things.
Speaker 1: I think it simplifies things for him. He's athletic enough
Speaker 1: to break the pocket whenever he does get that pressure,
Speaker 1: and that's when you see him improvising. When you can
Speaker 1: see that pressure, so it's gonna be a good matchup
Speaker 1: for him. I like, you know, the matchups with Robby
Speaker 1: Haderson on the perimeter. I like the matchups at the
Speaker 1: skill positions. And I think there are some weaknesses that
Speaker 1: the Jets can expose. I was talking to Bart Scott
Speaker 1: about this today and he said that, hey, put a
Speaker 1: lot of screens into the game plan this week, and
Speaker 1: that's this defense. Why would that be effective? Well, you
Speaker 1: know when when the team pressures a lot when they blitz,
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of help. You know that when
Speaker 1: when you're in the all out blitz, the corners the
Speaker 1: safeties have to play from eight nine yards off just
Speaker 1: because they don't have any help. So that sets up
Speaker 1: a screen very well. Well, if you can get a
Speaker 1: hat on the hat on the screen, you have an
Speaker 1: opportunity to have a lot of big plays. When you
Speaker 1: match up a screen versus all out blitz, you anticipate
Speaker 1: some cloud formations where the defense is that it looks
Speaker 1: like they're just standing up and everybody like and we've
Speaker 1: seen this from Rext and Putting before, where you don't
Speaker 1: know how to identify times or it might confuse you
Speaker 1: a little bit because of what they're what they're doing
Speaker 1: up front. Yeah, you know, we did that as well
Speaker 1: with with Mangini. And the great thing about that is
Speaker 1: sometimes when you bring all out blitz from that look
Speaker 1: or you back out into his own you can confuse
Speaker 1: the quarterback. But the negative side is if that offensive
Speaker 1: line points out the center of the of the of
Speaker 1: the blitz and they're able to pick it up, you
Speaker 1: expose yourself to some big place. So you know, I
Speaker 1: don't expect to see a lot of it, because again
Speaker 1: the Jets have shown they will take a deep shot,
Speaker 1: they will take throw the ball down the field, and
Speaker 1: if they do that and hit the Packers a few times,
Speaker 1: that will get them out of that defense. Quick. What
Speaker 1: do you expect from the Packers now five eight and one,
Speaker 1: this is unfamiliar territory and they let Mike McCarthy go
Speaker 1: in season. Joe Philbin right now the interim head coach.
Speaker 1: They just lost the games the Chicago Bears. The Bears
Speaker 1: just clinched the NFC North. So uh, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a very interesting how this Packers team comes out over
Speaker 1: these final two games. Yeah, I mean they should be motivated.
Speaker 1: You know the fact that the organization fired their head
Speaker 1: coach shows them that you aren't playing well, we will
Speaker 1: get rid of you. So guys are gonna be playing
Speaker 1: for their jobs. It's gonna I expect some trick plays.
Speaker 1: I expect them to leave no stone unturned trying to
Speaker 1: defeat the Jets. You know, you may see an onside kick,
Speaker 1: you may see some gadget plays, but you are gonna
Speaker 1: get their best effort. You're gonna see their You're gonna
Speaker 1: get their best punch early if they if the Jets
Speaker 1: can weather that storm, then they're gonna be fine. They're
Speaker 1: gonna be if they can continue to run the ball,
Speaker 1: stick to the run, hit the open receivers in the
Speaker 1: passing game. I think things will be good because this
Speaker 1: defense matchup wise, can cover the receivers of the Packers. Okay,
Speaker 1: we'll get in the matchup more in a second. UH
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl rosters will be released Tuesday night. Is second
Speaker 1: year safety Jamal Adams deserving of the NOD this year.
Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely. When you when you watch Jamal play, when
Speaker 1: you watch the Jets defense play, he's playing at another
Speaker 1: level then everyone on the field and both defenses. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, he plays a high intensity. He plays the
Speaker 1: game the right way. He makes great tackles, he's been
Speaker 1: getting after the quarterback. He's really doing it all as
Speaker 1: a safety. Everything you could ask for in the safety
Speaker 1: Jamal is doing it. He's leading the team. Uh. And
Speaker 1: I think he is a special player and and one
Speaker 1: of those one of those guys that that no matter
Speaker 1: what team you're watching, you're gonna notice thirty three on
Speaker 1: the field. So I definitely think that he deserves the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl nod. If not, I understand why the team
Speaker 1: hasn't been winning. You know, typically these these awards go
Speaker 1: to teams that are successful and they're having winning seasons.
Speaker 1: But he's gonna be a Pro Bowler for a very
Speaker 1: long time playing the way he does. As a guy
Speaker 1: who played the position in the National Football League, what
Speaker 1: stands out to you most athletically about what he can
Speaker 1: do on the field, Well, you know, he's he's he
Speaker 1: has it all. You know, he's a he's a very
Speaker 1: physical safety, but he can cover, he can support in
Speaker 1: the run game. He's an excellent blitzer. Um. He makes
Speaker 1: great open field tackles and when the tough part about
Speaker 1: the open field tackle, the enemy of any tackle is space,
Speaker 1: and Jamal closes space than any safety that I've seen
Speaker 1: in a long time. You know, it's seldom that you
Speaker 1: see him get shook in the middle of the field.
Speaker 1: And if he does miss the tackle, guess what that
Speaker 1: runner is going back to the cavalry, where that defensive
Speaker 1: line is coming, where the linebackers are coming from. And
Speaker 1: you seldom see him give up a big play. He's
Speaker 1: so wonderfully gifted. But where does the NonStop motor come from?
Speaker 1: They think, because even in the facility, he never stops talking,
Speaker 1: he never stops moving. It's always go and people sometimes
Speaker 1: you're wondering, what is this fabricated? No, this this is
Speaker 1: who the guy is. Yeah, T T G. He's trained
Speaker 1: to go. You know that that's a guy who you know,
Speaker 1: you can tell he takes this game very seriously. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's more than than about the money. It's it's
Speaker 1: more than than a lot of the material things that
Speaker 1: come with this game. Jamal plays the game like he
Speaker 1: loves it. You know, he has a passion for it.
Speaker 1: He bleeds it, and you can tell by the way
Speaker 1: he plays. He didn't have to say anything about his
Speaker 1: feelings towards a game. You can see it when you
Speaker 1: turn on that tape. He's high intensity, he cares. You
Speaker 1: can see him holding his teammates accountable when they make mistakes.
Speaker 1: You can see him pray us in him great leader,
Speaker 1: and he definitely leaves by example. He took a lot
Speaker 1: of pride entering this season about his coverage ability because
Speaker 1: there are a few plays that happened as rookie season
Speaker 1: where maybe he was an inch off or maybe a
Speaker 1: Gronkowski made a catch right over him. He went into
Speaker 1: this season, I think on a mission to say I
Speaker 1: can cover, I can I can play in the back end.
Speaker 1: Because he talked after the New England game, when again
Speaker 1: he neutralized Gronkowski for a second consecutive game, he said that,
Speaker 1: you know, people aren't respecting me out here, you know,
Speaker 1: and like he took a personal yeah, as he should.
Speaker 1: You know, he's a privaful player. He takes his game serious.
Speaker 1: And I love that he came out and played particularly
Speaker 1: well against Gronkowski. I matched up that that they were
Speaker 1: exposing last last year as a rookie. You know, as
Speaker 1: a rookie, you see a lot of things that you
Speaker 1: that you've never seen before. The different wrinkles and routes. Uh,
Speaker 1: the coverage is different. You can't contact the receivers down
Speaker 1: the field, and these big, strong tight ends that can run,
Speaker 1: they can expose you a little bit. And I think
Speaker 1: it took that year to to make Jamal focus on
Speaker 1: his cover skills. I think he's a better player because
Speaker 1: of it. And uh and he's going to continue to
Speaker 1: grow from all of his weaknesses this year. Okay, so
Speaker 1: all the guys say, and this is the coaching term,
Speaker 1: his eyes are better. What does that mean? Well, as
Speaker 1: a safety, you know, there's a rule you can if
Speaker 1: you see too much, then you see nothing. You have
Speaker 1: to focus on your your particular keys and that will
Speaker 1: take you to the ball every time. You know, as
Speaker 1: the middle of the field safety, you know, I'm looking
Speaker 1: at the uncovered lineman, you know, to get my run
Speaker 1: pass read initially, then you have to look at your threats,
Speaker 1: your vertical threats, and those things kind of take you
Speaker 1: to those plays. That was one thing that helped me
Speaker 1: play as many years as I did because I wasn't
Speaker 1: the biggest, I wasn't the fastest, but I could read
Speaker 1: my keys. I had good eyes and then enabled me
Speaker 1: to get to the play. Jamal being a superior player,
Speaker 1: being a great athlete with those great with that great eye, discipline,
Speaker 1: sky's a limit. He seems to be naturally strong too.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he doesn't put it in the work
Speaker 1: and the way him, but you just mentioned it. He's
Speaker 1: such a sure tackler and when he hits people, he
Speaker 1: makes him feel it. Yeah. He he has a great
Speaker 1: uh six in punch, you know. That's that's what we
Speaker 1: call it is when you get up to that ball
Speaker 1: carrier and you roll your hips through the player. You
Speaker 1: can't teach that. That's something that's natural. That's something that
Speaker 1: that he was born with. He he takes space well
Speaker 1: and once he gets to the point of contact, he
Speaker 1: rolls those hips and explodes through every tackle. And that's
Speaker 1: what makes it fun to see. You know, every once
Speaker 1: in a while he may miss one, but nine times
Speaker 1: out of ten he's gonna make that ball carrier pay.
Speaker 1: So the hope is from a jet perspective, that you
Speaker 1: get Marcus May back next year. He was just limited
Speaker 1: to six games in two thousand and eighteen. Because he's
Speaker 1: a guy who I think can really flourish with Adams
Speaker 1: and we should not forget about him when we're thinking
Speaker 1: about the future of this Jets team. Yeah, he's that.
Speaker 1: He's that solid player that you can depend on to
Speaker 1: be in the middle of the field, to be in
Speaker 1: the right place to cover that post, to make that
Speaker 1: open field tackle. You know, when I look at Jamal
Speaker 1: that Marcus May, I get a little bit glimpse of
Speaker 1: Troy Paulamalu and Ryan Clark. Ryan Clark is a sure
Speaker 1: tackler who's always gonna be where he's supposed to be
Speaker 1: make those open field tackles. Troy Paulamalo is gonna be
Speaker 1: all over the field making splash plays. That's what I
Speaker 1: see out of Jamal. Well, how much freedom does the
Speaker 1: coaching staff give Jamal, like you said, because in Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: I remember we go there and sometimes you'd wonder how
Speaker 1: much was Troy going within the game plan and how
Speaker 1: much was paula Mala just doing his deal? And we're
Speaker 1: gonna cover for what he does because he's such a
Speaker 1: great player. Yeah, well, Troy, Troy circumstances different than any
Speaker 1: other safety that I've ever seen. You know, I played
Speaker 1: against Troy Polamala when I was I was a true
Speaker 1: freshman in college and there was a time where he
Speaker 1: was at SC he was moving around. He lined up
Speaker 1: at nose tackle and actually rushed the passer and there
Speaker 1: was nobody in the middle of the field, but they
Speaker 1: got through the down. He's one of those players that
Speaker 1: that's special. I don't think Jamal has that much freedom.
Speaker 1: I don't think he needs that much freedom. He's just
Speaker 1: he makes big plays within the defense and that's what's important.
Speaker 1: But do you give him more freedom because he is
Speaker 1: a freak athlete and he's such a productive player for you,
Speaker 1: and he can do more things than other people in
Speaker 1: the football. Yeah, he does. He can do more. And
Speaker 1: you can tell that he studies a film, so if
Speaker 1: he's going to break on something, it's because he saw
Speaker 1: a tendency in that film. Study is because they gave
Speaker 1: up a play or that they showed their hand in
Speaker 1: a play where he's going to make the play. I
Speaker 1: think the more he plays, the more he gets experienced,
Speaker 1: the more you give him freedom. You know, he's got
Speaker 1: to be pumped up about this one because it's Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers coming. Yeah, you know, yeah, but he plays Tom
Speaker 1: Brady twice a year and he's gotten his feet wet
Speaker 1: with him now. But Aaron Rodgers another one that he
Speaker 1: can check off. The list. Yeah, when when you're when
Speaker 1: you're a great player, you want to play against the
Speaker 1: best and see how you match up with the best players.
Speaker 1: Playing against Tom Brady, playing against Aaron Rodgers, you get
Speaker 1: to see where you are as a player. You know,
Speaker 1: if you can make some plays against Aaron Rodgers, if
Speaker 1: you can limit him to to you know, not going
Speaker 1: off and throwing a bunch of touchdowns, then it shows
Speaker 1: you that you are a very good player. And I
Speaker 1: think the best players want to play against those best competitions.
Speaker 1: So the Pro Bowl rosters will be revealed tomorrow night.
Speaker 1: We'll see if Jamal Adams gets the NOD for the
Speaker 1: first time in his NFL career. I want to anticipate
Speaker 1: he'll be going to the NFL Pro Bowl a number
Speaker 1: of times throughout his career. I think Jason Myers, who
Speaker 1: had a tough night the other night, missing a couple
Speaker 1: of extra points, but he has had a great season
Speaker 1: as worthy as well. And Andre Roberts has had the
Speaker 1: best return season anybody in the National Football League bar not.
Speaker 1: We will be right back after this. On Inside the Jets,
Speaker 1: Darnald of the Shotgun takes the snap, drops back, looks
Speaker 1: right scrambles, gets to the five yard blond pop passed
Speaker 1: back at the end zone that's caught for a Jet
Speaker 1: touchdown by Robbie Anderson. Sam Darnald improvising in the pocket
Speaker 1: a little chump pass to Robbie Anderson. Thirty seconds to
Speaker 1: go before halftime and the Jets have their first touchdown
Speaker 1: of the night. Welcome back to Inside the Jets. We
Speaker 1: are broadcasting live from Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits inside the
Speaker 1: Windham Hamilton Hamilton's Park Hotel. Eric Allen alongside Eric Coleman,
Speaker 1: and we talked a little bit about it earlier in
Speaker 1: the show about the Jets decision to play size against
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, who you couldn't make the argument right now
Speaker 1: that Hopkins is as good as any receiver in the
Speaker 1: National Football League. But this week they have a decision
Speaker 1: to make with Davante Adams because he is Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: number one target. He all already hit thirt dred yards receiving.
Speaker 1: Do you do the same thing or do you consider
Speaker 1: moving because maybe Green Bay plays him to a certain
Speaker 1: side and doesn't move him as much as DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I haven't looked at the game film
Speaker 1: it just yet. Yeah, you know, uh, he's a great player,
Speaker 1: Davante Adams and you know he's a very good player.
Speaker 1: And Aaron Rodgers, you know, makes receivers I think a
Speaker 1: little better than that they are just because of his
Speaker 1: skill set. I don't think he's of the caliber of
Speaker 1: the DeAndre yea so so I think the Jets will
Speaker 1: play it true. You know, Tremaine Johnson and Moclaymore are
Speaker 1: are more than capable of covering receivers. Yes, I when
Speaker 1: you play a guy like DeAndre Hopkins, he's gonna get
Speaker 1: his He's gonna get you know, his close to a
Speaker 1: hundred yards and you just have to contain him and
Speaker 1: limit try to limit everybody else, which I think that
Speaker 1: Jets did a pretty good job of. When it comes
Speaker 1: to Davante Adams, I think I think these corners more Claiborn,
Speaker 1: Tremaine Johnson, buster, if he's in the slot, can can
Speaker 1: hold him down. Let's talk about the holding car Moul Claiborne.
Speaker 1: A lot was discussed about that after the game. That
Speaker 1: was the eventual game winning drive for the Houston Texans
Speaker 1: where they cashed in with the DeAndre Hopkins touchdown. But
Speaker 1: is the third down play, the Shawn Watson throws it
Speaker 1: up and threw the ball out of bounds. There was
Speaker 1: some hand fighting more Claiborne called for holding. I didn't
Speaker 1: see it. I don't like it. You know. Obviously, I'm
Speaker 1: a defensive back, so I'm gonna fight a lot of plays.
Speaker 1: But there has to be a point where you have
Speaker 1: to be able to keep your ground. If he hits me,
Speaker 1: I can hit you back, just to maintain your position.
Speaker 1: And for them to call that play at that junction
Speaker 1: of the game, you have to have it, just like
Speaker 1: you guys on the field when you were a player.
Speaker 1: I think you have to have a feel for the game.
Speaker 1: And I know these guys have tough jobs. I just
Speaker 1: thought that was a tough point of the ball. You're
Speaker 1: gonna call that. If you're gonna call it, then why
Speaker 1: not call the sent the tone early and let let
Speaker 1: the corners know we're gonna call those plays. We're gonna
Speaker 1: call those Tiki tech fouls. You see it in basketball
Speaker 1: all the time when when the referees to be in
Speaker 1: the game, all right, we're gonna blow those. You know,
Speaker 1: we're gonna blow the whistle on that one that didn't happen.
Speaker 1: All game and then all of a sudden it's a
Speaker 1: it's a third down to five at a crucial point
Speaker 1: in the game. And you told the fact, it's a
Speaker 1: tough call. And d Hop is a physical receiver himself,
Speaker 1: so a lot of times when he's running routes, it's
Speaker 1: not just him receiving contact, he's dishiving, right, Yeah, a
Speaker 1: lot of looks. I mean, they're pushing off, they're grabbing jerseys,
Speaker 1: they're trying to do whatever they can to get their leverage,
Speaker 1: to get the advantage. And for a defensive back who's
Speaker 1: already at the disadvantage playing backwards, running backwards, reacting off
Speaker 1: the receiver, you know, it's it makes it very difficult
Speaker 1: to play that because Asian and you know, you kind
Speaker 1: of feel for the corners nowadays. You know, they definitely
Speaker 1: earned their money out there playing that position. Is there
Speaker 1: anything you can do differently inside the red zone the
Speaker 1: game when he touched Morris Claiborne hits remendous coverage, do
Speaker 1: you try to scheme it up differently in terms they
Speaker 1: have making sure that you got a safety over or
Speaker 1: it's it's tough, you know, because I mean you could
Speaker 1: say that, you know, let's double team him down there.
Speaker 1: But then you leave the middle of the field wide over.
Speaker 1: You know, then you leave you're susceptible to Watson and
Speaker 1: running the football, extending the plays. I thought Mo claiborne
Speaker 1: played that textbook, you know, I watched it from the beginning.
Speaker 1: His technique from from that press coverage. He shadowed him,
Speaker 1: got hands on him, was running with him, was in
Speaker 1: perfect phase. DeAndre Hopkins just as a big boy, you know.
Speaker 1: And they call that theft ball, you know. And DeAndre
Speaker 1: Hopkins has such strong hands and he's such a great
Speaker 1: athlete that that he's gonna make those plays more than
Speaker 1: fifty percent of the time. How is Aaron Rodgers gonna
Speaker 1: put stress on the defense? He put stress on the
Speaker 1: defense similar to what Sam is doing. That he can
Speaker 1: break the once the initial players oken. He improvises probably
Speaker 1: the best out of any quarterback in the league. You know,
Speaker 1: when he gets out of the pocket, he's not just
Speaker 1: throwing deep comebacks. He's not throwing crossing routes. He can
Speaker 1: throw go routes. He can throw post routes while on
Speaker 1: the run. Because he has such a big arm, he
Speaker 1: is limited a little bit with that knee injury that's
Speaker 1: been nagging him all season. But Aaron Rodgers has a
Speaker 1: huge arm, He's very confident, and he has that he
Speaker 1: has that that cockiness where he's gonna throw and try
Speaker 1: to get into a side space. So we talked about
Speaker 1: Jamal for a long time tonight. What do the Jets
Speaker 1: safeties have to do against a guy like a rod
Speaker 1: Because Darryl Roberts went out with a sprain toe against
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, we'll have to see about his availability
Speaker 1: later in the week. That was run test mile, so
Speaker 1: he's finishing the game for the Jets. But um, what
Speaker 1: do they have to do? What are the points of
Speaker 1: emphasis against a guy like that? Because he's so athletic
Speaker 1: and he can make any throw. Uh, one of the
Speaker 1: most unique players we've ever seen. Yeah, you know, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, you have to play things from the top down.
Speaker 1: Can't give up big plays to and Rodgers. You have
Speaker 1: to make him beat you methodically down the field because
Speaker 1: as great as he is, he does make mistakes and
Speaker 1: he'll throw you a few if given the opportunity. So
Speaker 1: you have to play him from top down, don't give
Speaker 1: up the big plays, allow him to throw those those
Speaker 1: short ones. Make the tackle. You know, the Green Bay
Speaker 1: offense has been you know, based on catching run, catching
Speaker 1: run for all these years, Randall cob Jordy Nelson, catching
Speaker 1: slant routes and running. If they can tackle well in
Speaker 1: the open field, limit the big plays. I think that's
Speaker 1: the game plan for the jett But do you think
Speaker 1: he's taking the less shots in the past, because, like
Speaker 1: we muched before, guy is only three interceptions. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: definitely uh, you know, not taking as many chances as
Speaker 1: he did in the past. And I think that's because
Speaker 1: his confidence in his receivers. You know, he doesn't have
Speaker 1: a full confidence in the whole crew. You know. Before
Speaker 1: you know, he had a you didn't know these guys
Speaker 1: a couple of years back. But then Jordy Nelson started
Speaker 1: to develop, Randall Cobbs started to develop, and you started
Speaker 1: seeing these players great EXCUMEI Jennings started to develop. He
Speaker 1: how don't think he has that rapport, you know, and
Speaker 1: I think he's a little nervous with the injuries he's had.
Speaker 1: He doesn't want to take the shots like he did
Speaker 1: in the past, and so you're not seeing them take
Speaker 1: as many chances as he used to. What does it
Speaker 1: mean to you as a player, the final home game
Speaker 1: in the season, and and and and wanting to go
Speaker 1: out on a high note in front of the home
Speaker 1: faithful as a guy who was in that position, like
Speaker 1: a lot of those guys who are gonna exit the
Speaker 1: tunnel of that life this weekend, well it means a lot, because,
Speaker 1: first of all, you want to reward your fans for
Speaker 1: their dedication, for for coming through the tough weather, sticking
Speaker 1: sticking with you through thick and thin. Uh. And you
Speaker 1: always want to go into the off season on a
Speaker 1: positive note, you know, leaving leaving a good taste in
Speaker 1: your fans mouth, leaving a good taste in your mouth.
Speaker 1: You know you you gained that momentum going into the
Speaker 1: off season, and it gives you something to work for.
Speaker 1: You know, yes, you know we want our last two games.
Speaker 1: You know we we have the momentum. You know, if
Speaker 1: we can just continue to put that together not beat ourselves,
Speaker 1: who knows what happens then the off season you go
Speaker 1: with your goals. You know you you you play smart football.
Speaker 1: You don't beat yourself. You know you make big play
Speaker 1: and you and you have something to work on going
Speaker 1: into the off season. So I think it's very important
Speaker 1: that the Jets in their in their season at home
Speaker 1: on a high note. Inside the Jets is supported by
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Speaker 1: New York Jets. Eric Allen and Eric Coleman here at
Speaker 1: Vanderbilts Sports and Spirits. As a defensive back, when you
Speaker 1: look at the schedule and you see that you're ending
Speaker 1: with Aaron Rodgers and then Tom Brady, what do you feel?
Speaker 1: You love? You love the challenge. You know you gotta
Speaker 1: end the season on a high note. You're playing against
Speaker 1: the best of the best. Let's show the world what
Speaker 1: I can do against them of the great quarterbacks of
Speaker 1: the game. You know, if you're a defensive lineman, let
Speaker 1: me get let me get my staffs, let me get
Speaker 1: a sack against Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers. Let's go out
Speaker 1: and beat these giants. Let's slay these giants at the
Speaker 1: end of the year, ruining their season. You know, I
Speaker 1: know that Tom Brady is trying to fight for a
Speaker 1: home field advantage right now. I'm trying to ruin whatever
Speaker 1: I can for the Patriots if I'm the Jets. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know Aaron Rodgers, you know he's been the best,
Speaker 1: probably the best quarterback the game has seen in the
Speaker 1: last ten years. You know, been playing great football. You know,
Speaker 1: show show the league that you can compete against these guys.
Speaker 1: You if you play as a team, don't make mistakes,
Speaker 1: don't beat yourself, you play with anybody. Donald has been
Speaker 1: one of the primary reasons, no doubt about that. But
Speaker 1: what has been the difference of the New York Jets
Speaker 1: since after Buffalo came to MetLife Stadium in Week ten
Speaker 1: and one forty one to ten, because it's been a
Speaker 1: different team who went to Tennessee, was a different team
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, and most recently they didn't get to win
Speaker 1: against the Houston Texans. But I thought the effort was
Speaker 1: tremendous throughout. You know, I think you have to give
Speaker 1: a lot of the credit to the offensive line play.
Speaker 1: They've been very consistent. They set the tone running the football,
Speaker 1: They protected Sam in the passing game, and also when
Speaker 1: you look out in the perimeter, Robby Anderson to start
Speaker 1: to step up. You know, he had eleven targets last week.
Speaker 1: The beginning of the year, he wasn't getting those targets.
Speaker 1: He wasn't getting open like he is now. He's starting
Speaker 1: to find his rhythm. He's starting to catch those difficult
Speaker 1: passes and has given Sam more confidence in him. That's
Speaker 1: very impressive what you're saying about the offensive line, because
Speaker 1: you've got Jonathan Harrison who's playing center. He was a reserve.
Speaker 1: Were you a former Indianapolis colt who's come in and
Speaker 1: take over for Spencer Long. Spencer Long, he takes over
Speaker 1: for James Carpenter, a fine interior player for you, one
Speaker 1: of your team captains. And then really tough break for
Speaker 1: one of the nicest guys on his roster. Brandon Shell
Speaker 1: goes down with an injury against the Houston Texans and
Speaker 1: he was carted off the field. So now the Jets
Speaker 1: might be lining up with Brent Quality at right tackle
Speaker 1: for these final two games. Yeah, you know, it shows.
Speaker 1: It shows a lot. First of all, you have a
Speaker 1: great offensive line coach, you know, and then second, you
Speaker 1: have great chemistry in that room where everyone has a
Speaker 1: good relationship with one another. There's trust in the man
Speaker 1: next to you and that you're on the same page
Speaker 1: when it comes to making those calls for the protection. Uh,
Speaker 1: you're setting the tone offensively running the football. I think
Speaker 1: it's a credit to the chemistry of that group, and
Speaker 1: you need your offensive line to set the tone if
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a successful game. I like Harrison's athleticism
Speaker 1: has long opened your eyes. What he's been able to
Speaker 1: do with guard. Yeah, I mean, his versatility is great.
Speaker 1: You know, I know that he did start his career
Speaker 1: off at guard, but he's brought here to play center
Speaker 1: and to show his versatility and be able to move
Speaker 1: to slide over to the next position is a tough task.
Speaker 1: You know, you get used to. We're all creatures of habit.
Speaker 1: You know. If you're a left corner, you used to
Speaker 1: playing on the left side. If you're a center, used
Speaker 1: to snapping the ball and then blocking, you know, to
Speaker 1: go over there and play the left guard, have to
Speaker 1: communicate you're playing in more space. It's difficult and you
Speaker 1: have to give a lot of credit to Spencer Long
Speaker 1: from making that adjust And I'll tell you what, he's
Speaker 1: done a nice job and that's where he started his career.
Speaker 1: But he was brought here to be this team's center.
Speaker 1: But when KRP went down, he moves over and Jonathan
Speaker 1: Harrison has done a real fine job at the center position. Well,
Speaker 1: we got one more segment, but we gotta take one
Speaker 1: final break. Will be right back here on inside the Jets.
Speaker 1: Fourth and one at the Texans Yards. Sam Donald in
Speaker 1: the shotgun into its right, take the snap, drop the
Speaker 1: throp looks right, bros. Right, Robbie Anderson hold out of
Speaker 1: the football. He rolled off sil that makes the first
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Speaker 1: holiday shopping taking care of? E? Coleman? You know what?
Speaker 1: For the most part, I do. I got got my
Speaker 1: wife for a couple of gifts. I can maybe get
Speaker 1: her another one. But my kids are taken care of
Speaker 1: thanks to Amazon. Oh yeah, it makes it easy. And
Speaker 1: you took care of the kids shopping. I took care
Speaker 1: of most of it. I'm proud this year because typically
Speaker 1: my wife doesn't. She went and got the clothes and
Speaker 1: outfits and everything like that. But but I got the toys.
Speaker 1: Santa got the toys I'm sorry, did your wife know?
Speaker 1: I mean, do you know what your wife wanted? Or
Speaker 1: you did that on your own? You know what I
Speaker 1: keep I have. I have notes on my phone. So
Speaker 1: whenever during the year she like mentions, Oh I like that,
Speaker 1: I'll take a little note and try to, you know,
Speaker 1: try to surprise her with some of the gifts. All right,
Speaker 1: you are a good man, and you look sharp tonight.
Speaker 1: I like the coach handkerchief. It's solid as well. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: next week we are going to be here at Vannerable
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Speaker 1: will be breaking down the Jets and the Green Bay Packers,
Speaker 1: and we'll preview the jets final game in the two
Speaker 1: thousand eighteen season against the New England Patriots. Uh. What
Speaker 1: do you see as far as the FC landscape right now? Um?
Speaker 1: Who is the best team in this conference? Because I
Speaker 1: watched some games Sunday after we got a little bit
Speaker 1: of a break after the Jets and the Texans played
Speaker 1: Saturday night, and I can't get off feel for any
Speaker 1: of this right now. Yeah, I mean, the playoffs scenario
Speaker 1: is gonna be crazy, you know once the playoffs start,
Speaker 1: because you know, any given Sunday, as they say, but
Speaker 1: when you look at you know, the records, you look
Speaker 1: at the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, you gotta
Speaker 1: throw the Patriots in there, and all these teams have
Speaker 1: shown that they can be beat any given Sunday. You know,
Speaker 1: you look at the Chiefs, their defense slacks a lot.
Speaker 1: You look at the Chargers, they're inconsistent. And the Patriots
Speaker 1: have shown that they can get beatn you know, they
Speaker 1: got shut out by the Jacksonville Jaguars, So uh, everything
Speaker 1: is up for graphs. And there's such a fine line
Speaker 1: between the teams that don't make the playoffs and the
Speaker 1: teams that are winning divisions. Listen, the Patriots are the
Speaker 1: king of the FCS. There's no doubt about that. Now
Speaker 1: they've wanted ten consecutive years, and all the power to them.
Speaker 1: They should get all the praise and acculates. But with
Speaker 1: that being set, are you seeing the Patriots in a
Speaker 1: different lens than you've had in the past, Because when
Speaker 1: I watched the Patriots, I say, not a lot of
Speaker 1: explosion in terms of offensive plays. Sometimes they struggled this
Speaker 1: This guy is an all time great at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: And I've taken nothing away from the Patriots, but defensively
Speaker 1: they seem middle of the pack right now. This doesn't
Speaker 1: look like the same team that we've seen in the past. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're not. You know, they're not the big bullies anymore.
Speaker 1: You know, people aren't afraid of him. It's kind of
Speaker 1: like when when Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas and and Buster
Speaker 1: Douglas hit him in the mouth. Yeah, and it changed,
Speaker 1: It changed the way his career went. You know, I
Speaker 1: think you're starting to see that with the Patriots. You
Speaker 1: know Tom Brady, Yes, he's a great quarterback, you know,
Speaker 1: arguably one of the best to do it. Um, he's
Speaker 1: starting to sew down a little bit. You're starting to
Speaker 1: see some inaccuracies. He's starting to overthrow receivers. He doesn't
Speaker 1: have the talent around him as he used to in
Speaker 1: the past and the run games, so I think that
Speaker 1: their time is limited. They've had a heck of a run,
Speaker 1: you know, done a great job of being consistent throughout
Speaker 1: the years, but at the end. At the end of
Speaker 1: the day, it's got to end at some point, and
Speaker 1: I think you're starting to see the other teams in
Speaker 1: the a f C East gear up to take over
Speaker 1: that spot. Do you think the Jets and the Buffalo
Speaker 1: Bills and the Miami Dolphins. Miami is kind of in
Speaker 1: a different kind of uh. I look at them in
Speaker 1: a different kind of perspective. I see a lot of
Speaker 1: parallels between the Jets and the Bills. Right now, they
Speaker 1: had their young quarterbacks in place. You've got Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: You've got Josh Allen, you got some defensive pieces in place,
Speaker 1: and you have a lot of money to spend in
Speaker 1: the off season. Do you see both of those teams
Speaker 1: potentially taking a step forward next year? Yeah? Well, you know,
Speaker 1: the first thing that you have to have to to
Speaker 1: win a division is a great quarterback. And I think
Speaker 1: both teams have young quarterbacks who are showing a lot
Speaker 1: of promise. I like I like the Jets quarterback personally.
Speaker 1: You know, I think Josh Allen has a lot of
Speaker 1: you know, athleticism and some but he has some things
Speaker 1: to work on. Sam Donald is a very complete quarterback.
Speaker 1: He's gonna I feel like he's gonna be there, He's
Speaker 1: gonna be available. He's not gonna put his body on
Speaker 1: the line as much as Josh Allen. So I think
Speaker 1: that he's the quarterback to lead the Jets to the
Speaker 1: top of the a f C East. And when you
Speaker 1: look at when you look at the playoffs scenario, when
Speaker 1: you see the a f C, the championship in the
Speaker 1: NFC Championship is typically four great quarterbacks playing against one another.
Speaker 1: You've got to have a great quarterback to to be
Speaker 1: in the competition, and the Jets have it along with
Speaker 1: a very good defense. They can put some more pieces
Speaker 1: around it. Who knows what's gonna happen. Yeah, because it
Speaker 1: proved to be anomaly last year with the Jacksonville Jaguars
Speaker 1: because Blake bols He played pretty well down the stretch
Speaker 1: and a lot of people were thinking, oh, Jacksonville is
Speaker 1: gonna be in the mix again. Well, every once in
Speaker 1: a while, a team with a great defense makes that step.
Speaker 1: You see with the Baltimore Ravens. You know, you've seen
Speaker 1: it throughout the years. Every couple of years. A great
Speaker 1: defense helps propel that quarterback and and a good running
Speaker 1: game helps out as well. But I like what I
Speaker 1: see with the Jets because they do have a great defense,
Speaker 1: they're gonna add on that and they have a great quarterback.
Speaker 1: So you know, that's why you have to be confident.
Speaker 1: You have to be patient with the process. I think
Speaker 1: the Jets are shown taking strides to become that great
Speaker 1: team and it's just gonna be a matter of time before.
Speaker 1: And listen, you should go to Mountlife Stadium on Sunday
Speaker 1: because it's the Jets and the Packers. They don't come
Speaker 1: here very often. That's Aaron Rodgers, and you get a
Speaker 1: chance to see Sam Donald for the final time in
Speaker 1: two thousand eighteen at home anyway, and he continues to
Speaker 1: send we do as well here on inside the Jets.
Speaker 1: Thanks to everybody for coming out tonight. Remember next week.
Speaker 1: We'll be back in December.