WEBVTT - EA Podcast: Episode 8 Featuring Chad Pennington 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.000 Hey, this is Ryan Fitzpatrick and you are listening to 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:06.200 the e A Podcast with Eric Allen. Take it away. 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:12.440 Thanks fits well. Chad Pennyton is in our studio. He 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.160 came up all the way up from the South. Uh 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:18.120 got the late a little bit today, but we're happy 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:24.279 you're here for a special Friday installment of the podcasting. Yeah, 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:26.280 how about that on Friday? I think it's the first. 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:30.400 Yeah it is. I don't remember us doing any Fridays 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:34.360 last year. Jets Seahawks? What brings you into town? We 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:39.720 know it's a special a weekend when e'uroupe north Well obviously. Uh. 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.080 I love coming up here and visiting sweet partners for 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:46.560 the Jets and thanking them for their support and being 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:49.000 part of game day operations. Talking with you on the 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:52.959 podcast is always fun. And then also doing some entertaining 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:57.360 myself with a group of three couples from Lexington, Kentucky 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.840 who are having a New York Gicks experience. They've been 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:04.479 to Seth Meyers or going to Yankees game, They're going 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:06.679 to the Jets game. They're going to do a facility tour, 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.600 so part of that experience for them as well, do 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.520 they have Yankees tickets for tonight because right now the 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.759 Soaker I don't think that game is gonna take place. 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:19.600 I know it's not looking to U dry, but they 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.240 do have Yankees tickets for tonight Friday night game. Well, 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:24.800 you're doing something pre game with the organization too. It's 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:28.440 a special white eye. I'm hearing you're doing something for 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:33.520 the team right. Well, typically we hang out with our 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:36.520 jet fans in the green room and then we take 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:40.319 them down to pre game on the field. Let him 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:44.160 much warm ups, talk to them there. Um, but there 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:47.240 may be something else there is Chad's gonna be on 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.600 the field. We're gonna have to find out the exact 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.960 details on that. There's something about a new air raid 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.320 air raid, Yes, yes, okay, I got yes, that's right, 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.560 air raid. I'm all over it. So you're gonna be 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.320 down there money your ear plus. Yeah, I know. It's 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.280 gonna be my first experience with the air raid. So 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:07.840 I don't know what to expect really. So last weekend 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.160 at Marshall, we gotta follow up with that. You weren't 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:15.440 talked it into the school's journalism Hall of Fame down there. 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.520 How did your event go? Well? It went really well. Um, 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:23.440 the w. Page Pit School of Journalism and Mass Communications 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:27.200 Hall of Fame. Uh, did you have a speech, had 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.120 a little bit of a speech. I just rolled with it, 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.240 you know, just talked about how special of the place 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:35.680 Marshall is and has always been. UM. And then we 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.920 went to the Louisville game. You know, our quarterback was 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.200 down out with a concussion, so we had to start 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.840 a true freshman against the likes of Lamar Jackson. So 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.920 you can only imagine how that went. UM. But it 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:49.560 was a great experience that the crowd was electrifying. It 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.400 was a great, great time there. It got a chance 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:57.000 to meet country music singer Craig Morgan. Uh, really talented artist. 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:02.160 Unfortunately for Craig, his son I had had planned on 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.760 coming to Marshall to play football, to walk on, and 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:08.920 he died in a tragic boating accident all summer. But 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.840 so he was up there, great family, uh and really 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:14.920 good people. So that was neat. I've always been a 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:19.600 Craig Morgan fan. Now the game itself, I was watching 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:21.840 the bottom line because he told me you were there, 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.359 and there were a couple other games. I actually we 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.399 were in Kansas City, so I was watching Stanford and 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.280 u C l A. I think, oh, at et Saturday night, 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.079 I've seen a score come through in the bottom of 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:37.120 the screen. How did it get away from them so quickly? Well, 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.680 it's the defense was actually playing well. It's just the 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:44.680 offense had at one time six straight three and outs 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.320 and the defense just couldn't hold. It got to to 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:51.800 seven with thirty five seconds left going into the halftime 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.640 in Louisville went eighty yards and thirty five seconds and 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.440 made it thirty five to seven. That was pretty much 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.920 the game. Marshall's chances were slim and one, especially with 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.640 their quarterback out um and and the defense held on 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.080 as long as they could. But they're they're very explosive. 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:10.520 The Clemson Louisville game is gonna be really interesting this 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.760 week in Death Valley. I'm interested to see that. Then 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.240 you get a chance to talk to Lamar Jackson. I 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.280 did not. I did not. We had numerous people we 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:21.840 were entertaining, uh there in Huntington's so and and then 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.120 we also had flag football games on Sunday that we 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.200 had to get back to. So I did not get 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:29.040 a chance to talk to Lamar. Alright, so break it down. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.040 What do you think is gonna happen when Louisville goes 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:36.719 into Death Valley to play Clemson, because a lot of 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.719 folks right now we're saying, hey, maybe Louisville's got it 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.000 this year. They got the quarterback, like you just muntioned, 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:47.560 just they're playing defense. And that's one thing that I 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.680 don't think people understand about this Cardinal team is it's 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:54.960 more than just Bobby Petrino's offense. They are talented. This 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:57.760 is a huge test. It is extremely difficult to play 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.200 in Death Valley. I have played in Death Valley before 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:04.599 and came out victorious, but it's it's extremely difficult. And 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:08.280 so for a true sophomore quarterback, this is a huge 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:13.120 test for Lamar Jackson. Just the emotion of it. Um, 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:18.440 and then also I did yes, yes, and uh, it's 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.000 you and Randy Moss in your back pocket. No, Randy 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.880 was gone already, it was and he was gone. It 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:31.240 was Terry No Tommy Mawden's first year Clemson, Rich Rodriguez 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:36.200 was the offensive coordinator. But um, it's a great place 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.760 to play. But it's gonna be interesting. I think Clemson 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.760 will try to force Lamar Jackson to be a pocket passer. 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:43.760 That's where I think he struggles right now in his 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.560 young career. Wants to get out and run around and 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:50.240 play backyard ball, and they're gonna try to force him. 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.000 It's a great matchup between Watson and Jackson. Do you 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.599 see the same thing in Watson as you do in 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.720 Jackson as far as more athletic than a pastor or 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:01.960 you think at this stage of his career he's a 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.680 little bit more advanced than Jackson in the pocket, No question, 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:12.200 Watson is more advanced as a passer, more groomed and seasoned. 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:16.160 Um he can operate in the pocket. Um, so yes, 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:20.800 he there's a distinct difference there. Um. Jackson may be 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:25.960 more athletic just as far as raw talent, but Watson 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.680 has come into his own nicely. As far as a 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.400 quarterback is concerned, I think Jackson is learning how to 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.520 be a quarterback. If you're a Houston Cougar fan, you 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:36.800 have to be a rooted for Louisville because you get 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:40.440 Louisville in your place later in the season. And Greg 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:44.640 Wards speaking about great athletes who played a quarterback position, 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:49.919 he's another one. Well exactly in Houston now the American Conference, 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:53.800 I mean they are that is awesome to see and 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:55.560 to be able to see what they've been able to 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.840 do and coming off that huge Bowl win last year 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:04.520 against Florida Stay and beating Oklahoma early in the season. Um, yeah, 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.200 they're they're very interested because that just makes their game 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:11.880 with Louisville even bigger if Louisville beats Clemson in Death Valley. 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.280 What do you think about Houston's first The Big twelve 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:18.040 is concerned and a lot of people talking about Big 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:23.600 twelve expansion. Folks in Oklahoma don't want Houston in the 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:29.080 Big twelve because that's part of UH their area where 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:32.160 they're taking a lot of recruits from. So they gotta 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.880 be in the competing with all these Texas schools to 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.080 begin with. Now, if Houston goes from the American to 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.040 the Big twelve, watch out. Do you think Houston should 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.520 be in the Big twelve? Well, Houston can be in 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.720 the Big twelve because financially they have the support to 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:48.840 do that. That's what it boils down to now in 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:53.200 college athletics is can can you produce the financial support 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.800 to hang with the Power fives? Houston? Can? They have 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.000 the alumni base, they have the money, the oil money, 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.840 have all of that to be able to compete financially 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.440 and obviously the big twelve nees Houston. Now. Teams like 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:09.960 Oklahoma may not want Houston in there, but um, it 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.160 would be a good move for Houston because the way 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.400 college football is going unfortunately, you're going to have the 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.800 haves and the have nots, and you need to be 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:20.560 if you're going to be on that big stage, you 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.360 need to be in the group with the halves. And 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:25.320 Houston can't. They can do that, they have the ability 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.440 to do that. Do you get disappointed when you see 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:31.559 a school like l s U remove Less Miles after 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:33.920 four games? I know he's been there for a long time, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:37.440 but just the climate of it, it's just it's tough 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:40.840 to see from an outsider's perspective, sure it is. It's 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.920 very disappointing. I think it's a Black Island college football 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.920 because we have taken an amateur sport and made it 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:51.760 a professional style sport in a free market that is 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.719 not a free market. Um. You have student athletes who 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.600 are getting scholarships to to play and coaches being paid 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.840 millions of dollars, and then if a booster is not 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:06.880 entertained enough, he can help pull the trigger on getting 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.959 the coach fired. You've fired a coach who over eleven 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:13.880 seasons average over ten wins a year, and and and 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:18.200 most programs you're very very happy with that. So backflips 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:23.239 at places like per New, no question. So it's disappointing. 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:26.400 I think it's bad for college football and I hate 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:31.160 to see it. All Right, Jets, Chiefs, you went through 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.360 the tape. I don't think there's really too much to 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.959 review other than miss opportunities. We know that. But looking 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:42.120 ahead the Seattle, this team, the New York Jets this 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:45.560 week coming to the ball game one and two offensively 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.600 and then finished last week. We talked about it. They 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.640 moved the ball up and down at times, but now 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:54.120 they're missing one of their key parts. And Eric Ducker, 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:58.240 if you're Ryan Fitzpatrick, how does that impact you? Is 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.600 you going to this ballgame chat? Well? I still think 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:05.440 for Ryan it's about decision making, and regardless of who 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.280 you have out there at the skill positions, you still 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:13.200 have to make solid decisions. And uh, typically when you 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:18.040 have players like Eric Decker and Brandon Marshall, you typically 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.680 tend to make a decision once or twice that you 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.800 wouldn't make with most receivers because you trust him so much. 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.120 So with a guy like Eric Decker out now, you 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:31.079 really have to focus on the decisions you are making 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:36.200 and really evaluate the risk versus reward um because the 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.520 reward is not going to be good enough for the 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:41.600 risk that you're taking when you don't have an Eric 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:44.760 Decker out there to make that play. So obviously he 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.560 has to rely upon Brandon Marshall. He's got to rely 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:50.800 upon his two running backs, uh Quincy and Noon. One 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.360 was gonna He's gonna be a huge factor. I think 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.839 his development has now allowed the Jets at least to 0:10:56.880 --> 0:11:00.400 feel comfortable that when something likes that this happens, they 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.560 can count on him to be a number two. Now 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.800 he has earned that right to step into that role 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:07.280 and do some of those things. But it's going to 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:10.120 be different, there's no doubt about it. You mentioned the 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:14.280 Noon and his development. Now you can see him play 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.200 outside in the numbers that just have been doing this already, 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.240 or you can use them inside against Seattle. We know 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:25.120 what that secondary has Earl Thomas Range free safety. He's 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:29.240 a playmaker. Cam Chancellor, He's the guy seems like he 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:32.240 gets it all gone for them. He gets them all pumped, 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.880 big hitter, always looking for the knockout shot. Then you 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:41.240 got Richard Sherman on one side. Jeremy Lane is back 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.200 with the Seahawks this year. But when you think about 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:48.240 that secondary, if you're if you're a quarterback and it's 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.400 a team that plays a lot of Cover three, Um, 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:55.720 what does it mean to you when you're facing that 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.040 kind of talent in a secondary? Well, I think, first 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.439 of all, when you mentioned cover three, typically that means 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:06.040 three deep, four under, and that also means one on 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:10.320 one coverage. Fortunately for the Seahawks on the outside, they've 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.600 been able to win those one on one matchups because 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:16.120 of Richard Shermon and Browner when he was there, and 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.720 and those type of players. Um. So when you see that, 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.280 you'd like to think trying to work inside. Now you 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.520 have to deal with an extra player inside because now 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:29.319 you have four underneath and not three. So I think 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:31.600 that is it will still be a mix. I think 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:33.560 Brandon Marshall still feels like he can go out and 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:38.080 compete with Richard Sherman because of his physicality. Um, but 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.800 they're gonna be judicious on that. You still have to 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:42.920 give him respect and realize that you're just not gonna 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.520 make a living out there. Um, and you need to 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:47.960 work inside. You need to get the linebackers, you need 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.320 even even need to get Cam Chancellor on one on 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.160 one situations. I don't think pass coverage would be his 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:58.520 cup of tea exactly. So UM, this is UH. This 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:02.600 is a game where chain Ailey UH will be very creative, 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:06.600 will be very judicious on his shots and where he 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:08.720 and Ryan they have to be on the same page 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.319 and making sure that they do everything they can to 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.880 get the Jets to the fourth quarter, UH, in front 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.320 of a home crowd with a chance to win. That 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:20.000 that's the key, is the playbook? Scale back, How does 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.440 it work when you develop a game plan throughout the week. 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.800 Because the Jets new Eric Decker was banged up. They 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:28.680 didn't know he'd be out until Friday, but they practiced 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:32.560 the entire week without Deckers, so they knew this could 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:36.880 be likely that he's out of the lineup. Then Jalen Marshall, 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.600 the rookie who's had his ups and downs here Earlin 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:42.520 this season. He tores labor m so the Jets knew 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.800 they'd be dealing without him. So now to your top 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.120 four receivers here early in the season or out of 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.839 the lineup. So how does that impact when you're devising 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:55.400 a game plan? How does that impact the offensive coordinator 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:57.800 of the game, the quarterback during the week. Well, I 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:01.439 don't think scale back is probably in the necessary phrase. 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:06.240 I think different. It's gonna look different, Um, it's gonna 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:10.160 feel different. I think some of the similar concepts that 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.840 the Jets like to run will just be run by 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:16.520 different people with different looks, different personnel groups, different formations. 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:21.240 Let's remember the number one receiver is still there, the 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.080 top two running backs are still there. A Noon whir 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.440 who we could say is a number two. Now he's 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:30.040 earned that I think is there. Well, most teams will 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:31.920 be happy to go with their number one, number two 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:33.880 and or top two running backs. They would feel pretty 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.800 good about that. So the coverage not empty by no 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:40.600 stretch of imagination. It's just that it's gonna look different, 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.240 and they're gonna be players that are gonna be caught 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.760 upon to do some different things that you may have 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:49.440 not seen yet. How do you neutralize Russell Wilson. Here's 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:53.800 a guy who's got the second old time the highest 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:57.400 passer rating in NFL history, I know he's playing for 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:01.480 a ton of years, but he's a gamer who's accurate 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:05.280 with the football, doesn't make a ton of mistakes, is 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.200 not the biggest guy, and he's been hearing that all 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:13.480 throughout his life. But he just makes plays, and especially late, 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:17.240 it seems like when the Seahawks need a play, he 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:21.080 delivers sure. And I think that probably what we have 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:25.640 overlooked over the last few years for Russell Wilson's success 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:29.240 is the success of their running game. And so with 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.480 Rawls out, with obviously Marshawn Lance being retired, I think 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.120 that's why you've seen a little bit of lack of 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.640 production in their offense as far as scoring the ball 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:40.080 um where they've relied more on field goals and things 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.640 until this past week against San Francisco. So I think 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.680 uh Number one is stop the run and and make 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:52.000 Russell Wilson drop back. Because if you stop the run, 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:55.840 the play action and the half rolls, the half bootlegs, 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.800 those aren't as effective because the run is not there. 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.360 So now if you make him more of a dropback 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:05.200 passer instead of a quarterback movement passer where he can 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:08.080 get out on the edge, now that really plays into 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:11.520 the hands of the Jets defensive pass rush. Huge week 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:15.440 for the Jets outside linebackers. I would imagine when you 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:19.200 think about whether they're playing sub or base. Guys like 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.120 Jordan Jenkins, a rookie out of Georgia who made his 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:27.640 pro debut last week, Lorenzo Malden in his second year, 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.960 UM Mike Catta panel, if he's up, if he's active. 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.920 Those guys who play the outside linebacker spot, they gotta 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.320 set that edge because you know, the Jets can bring 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.760 the heat on the interior, and I think there's a 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:44.840 lot of mismatches up front, man for man when you're 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:49.120 thinking about guys like Wolkerston, Richardson, Williams and company. But 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:51.280 those guys on the edge, whether you run on four 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.360 three or three four in the Jets are multiple in 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.880 their fronts. They gotta set it well. And then that's 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.120 the key is to set the edge. And so when 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.000 you're rushing the passer, when you're rushing a quarterback like 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:06.159 Russell Wilson off the edge, you're not necessarily rushing to 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:10.520 sack him. You're rushing to contain him and make him 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:14.480 stay on his spot. A lot of dropback passers, you're 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:17.760 trying to move them off of their spot. You want 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:21.159 Russell Wilson to stay on his spot because of his 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.440 lack of size and because of his running ability. So 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:26.600 you have to understand that as a pass rusher, that's 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:30.560 situational awareness that's gained preparation. Though I can't just rush 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.879 him to sack him. I rushed to contain him, and 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.200 then if we have a chance to sack him after 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:37.880 we've contained him in the pocket, we do that make 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.680 him a passer, create multiple decisions for him. This guy 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.040 has been hampered by injuries here early in season. I 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.640 think you had a sprained ankle in Week one and 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:50.679 then uh most recently against the forty Niners, suffered a 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:56.679 niece brain. Now Wilson behind this offensive line, which on 0:17:56.840 --> 0:18:00.280 paper should have all sorts of problems with the Jets 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:03.639 defensive line, you got a banged up quarterback. Do the 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:08.880 Seahawks do what they do or even with Russell maybe 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.240 not a pcent even though the Jets are treating I'm like, 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.479 it's because they know what kind of compositor he is. 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:18.760 Do they move the pocket roll? Well, I think they 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:21.960 experiment with the quick passing game. I think teams have 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:25.000 had success with that that. Teams have also had success 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:29.240 with crossing routes. Kansas City had really good success against 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:32.920 the Just defense with crossing routes tight ends and receivers 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:35.879 on those shallow five the six yard crossing routes that 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.480 actually turned into fifteen to twenty yard gains because the 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:42.399 defenders now behind or they did not pass it off 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:46.359 in time. So I think to help them with the 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:49.400 running game, you're gonna see short passing game, you're gonna 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:52.040 see ball out of his hand quickly. You can move 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:55.199 him and get him on the edge. But I just 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:58.480 think that the crossing routes and the quick outs and 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:01.160 things like that with their receiver is probably the way 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:03.439 to go in the passing games and then add the 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:05.680 down the field shot off the play actions. So judge, 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:09.520 fans have been asking me this, in your eyes, what's 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.080 been the problem with the crossing routes, And we talked 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.320 about Kelsey last week. Bart Scott said, Hey, this is 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:19.200 uh simple communication. The guys just got to communicate better. 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:23.159 As far as those a lot of the little rubs 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.960 you're getting there on the inside and creating space for 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:29.879 the Titans and the receivers. I think it's communication number 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.680 one and then number two, and probably just as important 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:36.359 as communication is anticipation, you know, really going back and 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:38.600 looking at the first three games and seeing how teams 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:42.199 are attacking you and anticipate those type of routes and 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:46.080 force the opponent to run something different. Uh, So you're 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:49.639 jumping those crossers, You're jumping all those different ways that 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:53.800 they're trying to create those rub actions with picks and 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:56.320 things like that because of the man coverage. You need 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.280 to anticipate that, force them to use another part of 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.600 their game plan, and then once they choose to do that, 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.760 to prove that they can do that, then you make 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:06.760 the adjustment. But right now, there's been no reason not 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:10.000 to continue to do crossing routes. They're there and they've 0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:13.359 been successful, So I think Seattle will do the same thing. Yeah. 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:17.479 And then lastly, as far as the defense match up 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:23.679 here with the Seahawks, is you mentioned Russell likes to 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:25.680 get the ball down the field. Don't They have the 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:29.080 prototypical number one receiver, But Doug Baldwin already has twenty 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:32.600 catches this year. Jimmy Graham's starting up here on the radar, 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:38.199 a guy who really didn't fit with them and and 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:41.359 didn't have any chemistry frankly with Wilson last year. And 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:44.879 you guys got a guy like Curse and also lock it. 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:48.359 But Wilson likes to throw the ball down the field. 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:52.359 Kansas City was an offense where it's in there for 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:55.800 them to take shots. But Alex Smiths more of a guy, 0:20:55.960 --> 0:20:58.440 is gonna be more conservative with the football, make sure 0:20:58.440 --> 0:21:01.040 he doesn't make any mistakes. This is a different team 0:21:01.080 --> 0:21:04.520 they'll when you're facing Seattle right because they will take 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:07.159 their vertical shots well. And the reason that they do 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:09.840 is because they trust their defense, and their defense is 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:13.240 being able to back them up when they may not 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:17.080 be as e fishing offensively because of their vertical shots. Also, 0:21:17.160 --> 0:21:19.760 their vertical shots have also come off of their run 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:22.960 actions and where the running game has been successful in 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:27.600 the past. So that's why stopping the run early and 0:21:27.680 --> 0:21:30.720 making them more one dimensional was really important. But there's 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:32.960 no doubt because Seattle is gonna look at those first 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:35.320 two games and see all those big plays that were 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:38.720 happening in the Buffalo and Cincinnati. The Jet did do 0:21:38.760 --> 0:21:43.120 a good job of eliminating the big play against Kansas City, 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:45.680 where in the first two games they did not, So 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:49.440 Seattle will try the big shot and the big play 0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:52.240 because they're going to make sure that the Jets proved 0:21:52.680 --> 0:21:55.000 that they can still stop that. Rivas said it was 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:57.200 a must win in the locker room this week. This 0:21:57.320 --> 0:21:59.280 is the fourth game of the season, and you've been 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:01.280 on the field, you been in a locker room before. 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:05.960 How would you characterize this game in terms of it's 0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:12.600 a it's a it's a the importance of it. Well, um, 0:22:12.800 --> 0:22:15.560 I think I think Vas talking about it being a 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:18.840 must win is more about the sense of urgency that 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:22.560 the team needs to have and to erase the memory 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:25.120 of Kansas City more than it is saying, hey, if 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:28.320 we lose this, it's over. I don't think that's the case. 0:22:28.440 --> 0:22:30.840 I just think that the team needs to have a 0:22:30.880 --> 0:22:33.480