Speaker 1: Let's start off. What do you see in the Jets
Speaker 1: team over the last three games on their current win streak. Oh,
Speaker 1: I just think they're a really good team. If you
Speaker 1: go across uh you know their personnel, offense, defense, and
Speaker 1: kicking game. They've got a lot of really good players,
Speaker 1: a very good offensive line, the ability to run the football,
Speaker 1: playmaking receivers, outside quarterback who's playing really really well. Defensively,
Speaker 1: excellent front seven, excellent on the back end scheme they
Speaker 1: believe in. They stop the run, they defend the pass,
Speaker 1: and pressure the quarterback, just do a lot of good things.
Speaker 1: And they make some play in the kicking game. So
Speaker 1: you know, they're they're they're they're a good football team.
Speaker 1: I think you see it in all phases of their team.
Speaker 1: Be a great challenge for our team on Saturday. Is
Speaker 1: there a specific phase of their game that that you
Speaker 1: look to attack that you say, that's where we can go,
Speaker 1: That's where I feel confident in. Well, I think that's
Speaker 1: what makes them a really good football team is it's
Speaker 1: hard to find stuff that you say, okay, boy, that's
Speaker 1: a weakness and we've got to go attack that. From
Speaker 1: a personnel standpoint, it's hard to find that from a
Speaker 1: scheme standpoint, it's hard to find that. And uh, it
Speaker 1: certainly played very very well throughout the year. They played
Speaker 1: particularly well these last three weeks. Coach, what's it been
Speaker 1: like missing Tony Romo for most of the season. Well,
Speaker 1: it's just it's it's part of our our the National
Speaker 1: Football League. You know, sometimes, you know, you have players
Speaker 1: who are reporting to your team aren't available to you,
Speaker 1: and you have to put the next guy in there,
Speaker 1: and you have to rally around him, and you know, somehow,
Speaker 1: some way, you know, figure out a way to win
Speaker 1: ball games. Nonetheless, and you know, we've had a couple
Speaker 1: of different quarterbacks playing. Brandon Weed played first and the
Speaker 1: Matt Castle has been playing most recently. And you know,
Speaker 1: as a football team, we haven't been able to do
Speaker 1: what's necessary to win, and we've been closing a lot
Speaker 1: of games. I think our team is battling and fighting
Speaker 1: and scratching and clawen and we're playing with the right
Speaker 1: kind of relentless spirit, but haven't done the things necessary
Speaker 1: to win a lot of these games, particularly late in
Speaker 1: the game. So we have to find a way to
Speaker 1: do that. And again, that just would be a great
Speaker 1: challenge for us on Saturday night. In your opinion, how
Speaker 1: has Matt Castle played for your team this season? I
Speaker 1: think Matt's done some good things and there's some some
Speaker 1: areas where he certainly has to play better, and he'd
Speaker 1: be the first one to tell you that. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we haven't been as consistent, uh throwing the footballs we've
Speaker 1: been in the past. We haven't been as explosive offensively
Speaker 1: are we haven't scored enough points in games, put too
Speaker 1: much pressure on the other parts of our team. We
Speaker 1: have been a lot of these games late and he's
Speaker 1: done a good job giving us a chance to win
Speaker 1: Layton ball games, but ultimately we haven't gotten the job done.
Speaker 1: And you know that's not only bad, but that's everybody
Speaker 1: in offense, defense, in the kicking game as coaches and
Speaker 1: players are all a part of it. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we've got to keep trying to make the corrections, trying
Speaker 1: to get better, and again, a great challenge for us
Speaker 1: on Saturday night against the Jets. Correct me if I'm
Speaker 1: if I'm wrong, but I don't believe you guys are
Speaker 1: out of playoff contention yet. What what are you telling
Speaker 1: your team right now as you're moving full we're uh
Speaker 1: coming up to this matchup. Yeah, I think the biggest
Speaker 1: thing for us is to focus on us and focus
Speaker 1: on our preparation and and not be real concerned about
Speaker 1: what's going on outside our building. And you know a
Speaker 1: lot of people get caught up in the standings and
Speaker 1: what other teams are doing and where we are, and
Speaker 1: what we need to do is focus on us and
Speaker 1: getting better. And there are a lot of good things
Speaker 1: to build on. We gotta build on him and and
Speaker 1: certainly we have to make the corrections of the things
Speaker 1: that aren't, you know, up to the standard of our play.
Speaker 1: And we'll work on that this week. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: our focuses on one game and do whatever thing we
Speaker 1: can to player best football Saturday night against the Jets. Coach,
Speaker 1: what have you seen o Ryan Fitzpatrick over recent weeks? Oh?
Speaker 1: It was just a really good player. Has been a
Speaker 1: good player in this league for a long time and
Speaker 1: certainly has a comfort level playing in that system. He's smart,
Speaker 1: he's tough, you can really throw the ball anywhere. He
Speaker 1: knows how to use the weapons. You know, he competes,
Speaker 1: He runs and makes plays with his feet, He stands
Speaker 1: in there and makes tough throws, and he just played
Speaker 1: very well, a lot of little plays for them and
Speaker 1: made a lot of big plays and has been really
Speaker 1: doing that all year long and has played particularly well
Speaker 1: these last few weeks. Is there a specific way that
Speaker 1: you can get him off this game early in the
Speaker 1: game or the girl always trying to affect the opposing
Speaker 1: team's quarterback. I think everybody has that objective every week,
Speaker 1: and you know, you do that by rushing your down
Speaker 1: guys or bringing some pressures or you know, whatever you
Speaker 1: do defensively to somehow some way make that guy uncomfortable.
Speaker 1: So no different this week for us, and they're going
Speaker 1: to try to do the same thing to our quarterback.
Speaker 1: It's it's it's really one of the most critical parts
Speaker 1: of the game. But he's certainly playing with a lot
Speaker 1: of confidence, you know. I think he understands that system
Speaker 1: really well. He understands where his weapons are and does
Speaker 1: a great job getting the wall. You touched on it
Speaker 1: a bit earlier. UM, with three games left, you have
Speaker 1: the Jets, Bills and Redskins. Whether you fall out of
Speaker 1: playoff contention or not, what do you want to see
Speaker 1: out of your team moving forward? UM? As the offseason approaches. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're really not thinking about about that. We're thinking about,
Speaker 1: you know, playing our best football on Saturday night. And and
Speaker 1: and that's really where our focus has to be. And
Speaker 1: it's a short week for us, and you know, today's
Speaker 1: a Wednesday, and players are coming in here shortly, and
Speaker 1: you know, we'll get in front of them and we'll
Speaker 1: clean up the game from Green Bay and again build
Speaker 1: on some of the positives and correct and the things
Speaker 1: that weren't you know, good enough, and we'll get our
Speaker 1: eyes forward on the Jets very quickly. And uh, excited
Speaker 1: about this opportunity, and that's really where our focus is.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, we believe that if you do that,
Speaker 1: you put good days on top of each other, that's
Speaker 1: when you're gonna play your best football. Is there something
Speaker 1: special about playing Saturday night football? Oh, it's exciting. It's
Speaker 1: exciting to play on Saturday night. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: anytime you play one of these off schedule games, whether
Speaker 1: it's Thanksgiving or Monday night or Saturday night, you know,
Speaker 1: it's a great opportunity for your team. So you have
Speaker 1: to embrace it and treat it as such. And and and
Speaker 1: that's certainly what our team is gonna do,