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Speaker 1: but it's gonna be a great day. They're gonna be
Speaker 1: a lot of legends in attendance that include Joe Namath,
Speaker 1: Curtis Martin, Un Maynard, and a lot more. To celebrate
Speaker 1: Mr Kevin Mwai's induction into the Jets Ring of Honor
Speaker 1: at halftime, fan you'll also receive a commemorative Kevin Mway
Speaker 1: white out rally towel. That's right, it's a white out.
Speaker 1: This Sunday, and if you want tickets, make sure to
Speaker 1: call one eight hundred four six nine Jets once again
Speaker 1: one eight hundred four six nine j e t s
Speaker 1: be a part of history, Greens. I mean Kevin Mway
Speaker 1: had the privilege of covering him um during his tenure
Speaker 1: with the Jets. Uh he played here eight seasons, eight
Speaker 1: of his sixteen seasons, made six Pro Bowls here, had
Speaker 1: the great honor of taking him on a tour of
Speaker 1: the new facility here. Boy was he jealous of what
Speaker 1: the players have now. But he he's a guy really
Speaker 1: uh changed the game because nobody played center like Kevin
Speaker 1: Mwai did. He was more wasn't Uh. He was so
Speaker 1: athletically talent. And he likes to say that I helped
Speaker 1: Curtis Martin get to the Hall of Fame. Ten thousands
Speaker 1: of Curtis's fourteen thousand career rushing yards were behind one
Speaker 1: of the greatest polling centers in history, the National Just
Speaker 1: to jump off that, I did some research earlier this week.
Speaker 1: Out of the eight seasons that Mawai and Martin overlapped
Speaker 1: here in the Green and White, Martin rushed for over
Speaker 1: a thousand yards. Seven of those and the last one
Speaker 1: was the only time he did not rush for a
Speaker 1: thousand was his last season here. So a tremendous resume.
Speaker 1: A great guy. And just to be clear, you took
Speaker 1: him on his tour of the first time he's ever
Speaker 1: been in the building. I just want to make that
Speaker 1: crystal clear that he had never been at one Jets
Speaker 1: Drive in Flora Park, New Jersey before you showed him around. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, and he was impressed, like I said, But
Speaker 1: from Kevin, from a playing perspective, he was as smart
Speaker 1: as they came. He knew where everybody was supposed to be.
Speaker 1: He worked so well with Vinny Testaverdi and then Chad
Speaker 1: pennyton Is Pennington came on board with this team, and
Speaker 1: uh uh, you know, and he played through the whistle. God,
Speaker 1: he was tough to play against. Spark Scott was talking
Speaker 1: about it and and some people would say, you know,
Speaker 1: he played beyond the whistle. And Kevin gave you everything
Speaker 1: every single week. A tenacious ball player. And the Jets
Speaker 1: don't have a center in the ring honor. You need
Speaker 1: a center on your team, So why not number sixty eight?
Speaker 1: Did you know? I found this out a couple of
Speaker 1: days ago. From the man himself, Kevin Y, that he
Speaker 1: started the home of the Jets chant Yes, against Kansas City.
Speaker 1: I guess he knows his stuff, that's a fact. Yes,
Speaker 1: But hey, Jets Jaguars Sunday, Jets got a chance to
Speaker 1: even their record at the quarter mark at two and
Speaker 1: two at Jacksonville. Team A lot of people think very
Speaker 1: highly of you know, a Leonard four nets there. But
Speaker 1: to fund tofully is what has really stood out to
Speaker 1: me so far about the Jaguars. They are playing some
Speaker 1: tough defense number one in the NFL. Past defense number
Speaker 1: one sas number three overall in terms of total yards greens.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, just to jump off that, I was kind
Speaker 1: of flabbergacid when I googled Joe Flacco's stats his game
Speaker 1: and I was looking at his game log because last
Speaker 1: week the Jags played the Ravens in London rashed him
Speaker 1: for seven Joe Flacco through a pair of picks, which
Speaker 1: is which is fine. You know that that's not abnormal.
Speaker 1: How about the fact that he threw for twenty eight yards.
Speaker 1: I didn't even realize that. That's like, that's unbelievable. Ryan Mallett,
Speaker 1: the Flacco's backup, eventually came in the game for a
Speaker 1: little bit there. And the Jaguars defense, I mean it's
Speaker 1: third overall in the NFL. Their past defense is tremendous.
Speaker 1: And we'll touch on Jalen Ramsey and A. J. Booyer
Speaker 1: throughout this game preview. Yeah, becaust John Oscher from Jaguars
Speaker 1: dot Com. I'm just joining us. We also have Rich
Speaker 1: so MEETI coming in here from dot com. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: Champ Pennington will be back in the lineup this week.
Speaker 1: But uh, those are the two corners you keep on
Speaker 1: talking about. Green's that's a great name, a guy from
Speaker 1: the Houston, Texas who Houston wanted to resign but he
Speaker 1: went to Jacksonville got a lucrative deal. And Jalen Ramsey
Speaker 1: A lot of people think that he is the game's
Speaker 1: next great corner. All right, let's bring in John Oshure
Speaker 1: from Jaguars dot Com. John, first off, how was your
Speaker 1: trip overseas to London. It was a very successful one
Speaker 1: for the organization because that score Sunday morning was amazing.
Speaker 1: We're sitting there in the press box myself and Green's
Speaker 1: here at Mattlife Stadium and we just keep seeing that
Speaker 1: score of rise and rise and rise, and ultimately Jacksonville
Speaker 1: came home with a forty four to seven trashing of
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ramos. Well, you guys know from making a trip,
Speaker 1: it's a long trip and a where. Uh you know,
Speaker 1: when you're following a team, it's always there. When you
Speaker 1: have a game like that, you don't expect that. Did you?
Speaker 1: Wards have played well over there and they've been up
Speaker 1: the last two years and they won both games. But
Speaker 1: you know seven where you're at one point it was
Speaker 1: it was seven team first down to one. You don't
Speaker 1: expect that in the NFL. It was truly a game
Speaker 1: where everything broke right. All right. So this is the
Speaker 1: first time I believe, John, that you have not followed
Speaker 1: up with the by after going over to London. How
Speaker 1: do you think that will ultimately impact the team this
Speaker 1: week as they come north for just a couple of
Speaker 1: hour plane ride. H So here in New Jersey. If
Speaker 1: you'd ask me that question, uh, two or three years
Speaker 1: ago after you know, I've been with the organizations since
Speaker 1: they've been going to London and it's been two thousands thirteen.
Speaker 1: If you had asked me for a couple of years,
Speaker 1: I would have thought there's no way you could play
Speaker 1: a game after a lone if you're just to drain
Speaker 1: your body costs off. Uh. The last year I kind
Speaker 1: of started thinking differently, and to be honest with you,
Speaker 1: talking to players and even talking to other staffords because
Speaker 1: you guys know it affect everybody the organization. Where could
Speaker 1: come back on the trips like that. It hasn't. I
Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna be as big of an issue
Speaker 1: as I think they originally anticipated. By Wednesday, coming back,
Speaker 1: your body conk is pretty well adjusted. Uh. Not that
Speaker 1: just similar to a normal West Coast game. If you
Speaker 1: follow me. They got back here at two am on
Speaker 1: Monday morning, and the players were off. They were off Monday,
Speaker 1: they were off Tuesday. By the time you got back
Speaker 1: to Wednesday, London is sort of in the rear views.
Speaker 1: So uh, I'm not gonna say it won't be a
Speaker 1: factor at all, but not as big of a drain
Speaker 1: on the body as I might have bought a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago. John, When you look at this Jaguars team,
Speaker 1: it's pretty it's pretty hard to not bring up the
Speaker 1: secondary right now sits atop the NFL as the best
Speaker 1: past defense with Jalen Ramsey, a j Bowyer, Barry church
Speaker 1: A J. Boo and Jalen Ramsey a pair of picks
Speaker 1: in London. But my question to you is just how
Speaker 1: different is this secondary from a year ago and what
Speaker 1: has made them so effective so far early in two
Speaker 1: thousands seventeen. Well, it's different in the sense of a
Speaker 1: couple of things. Dalen Ramsey and his second year compared
Speaker 1: to his first, he was very good last year. Honestly,
Speaker 1: he's going to be Uh. You know, if you think
Speaker 1: about the Jets comparison Eagle Leonard Williams and he's Jamal Adam.
Speaker 1: He's just an ultra talent. There's a reason he was
Speaker 1: taking in the top five. He's that guy. And adding
Speaker 1: him to the secondary. Boy was a guy that there's
Speaker 1: a free agent that was out there, but his team
Speaker 1: was him back. Being a Houston Texans tried really hard
Speaker 1: to get him back, and everybody wanted this guy. Um.
Speaker 1: I'm usually skeptical when it comes to free agency. I've
Speaker 1: seen it not work too often. But Boy is the
Speaker 1: real deal now. So all of a sudden, you've got
Speaker 1: two corners who can really lock down and cover. Uh.
Speaker 1: John Gibson's been to a pro bowling pring safety very
Speaker 1: church short of the prototypical wise old vettery has been
Speaker 1: playing a long time. UM more than that, to be
Speaker 1: honest with you, the secondary very very good. They cover,
Speaker 1: but the past rush they have thirteen sacks this year.
Speaker 1: Even when they're not back in the quarterback, they're getting pressured.
Speaker 1: So obviously on defense it all has to work together.
Speaker 1: The secondary is good enough to take advantage of wanting
Speaker 1: to really improve pastor speaking a pass rush. Klaiss Campbell
Speaker 1: four and a half sacks and like you said, Jacksonville
Speaker 1: leads the NFL and sacks. Um how they've been using Klaiss.
Speaker 1: So I think he's listed a defensive end, but a
Speaker 1: lot of times he's lined up inside, hasn't he one
Speaker 1: Lee Jackson Yeah, in passing situations they'll kick those guys
Speaker 1: inside and first and second down lay at a strong
Speaker 1: side and in his scheme in the weak side end
Speaker 1: strong side ends. Um Clays has been a dimentioned free agency.
Speaker 1: Have been around long enough to see a lot of
Speaker 1: free agents not coming and make an impact. Laiss impact
Speaker 1: is he's one of these guys that truly as impactful
Speaker 1: off the field is on. He is your veteran who
Speaker 1: is changing the culture. You know, usually your free agents
Speaker 1: never become core guys. They never become guys to truly
Speaker 1: influenced the entire organization. Uh, they're not around long enough
Speaker 1: there later in their career. This guy is different. So
Speaker 1: switching sides of the ball here, let's touch on Leonard
Speaker 1: for Nett. Obviously a lot of Jaguars and Jets fans
Speaker 1: have their eyes on Leonard for Net. Jamal Adams the
Speaker 1: former Bayou Bengals, and yesterday Jamal Adams said that Leonard
Speaker 1: for Nett d m him on Instagram asked to swap
Speaker 1: jerseys after the game. They agree to it. But for Net,
Speaker 1: believe correct me if I'm wrong, is the first Jaguar
Speaker 1: to rush for three touchdowns in his first three games,
Speaker 1: and so I just kind of wanted to know from
Speaker 1: an inside perspective, what kind of impact has he out
Speaker 1: on this offense? Well, his impact, Um, it's kind of funny.
Speaker 1: We've been talking about this this week amongst you know,
Speaker 1: some of the staff people. You know, if you look
Speaker 1: at the stats, you look at it, I think you've
Speaker 1: got right right around a hundred yard the three touchdowns,
Speaker 1: you're under four yard the carry. Do you think, well,
Speaker 1: is he having this impact that people are talking about.
Speaker 1: What the answer is, yes, because he's this guy. When
Speaker 1: you watch him run on Sunday, your fid um always
Speaker 1: falls forward, always gets the most out of her run.
Speaker 1: If it's there, there's prevented the confidence on the coaches
Speaker 1: and the players that whatever they blocked for this guy,
Speaker 1: he's going again. Let me ask you about a four,
Speaker 1: A couple of former Jets there in the backfield. I'm
Speaker 1: watching tape of the Jaguars this week, and it's old school.
Speaker 1: You gotta fullback in there on a few of those plays.
Speaker 1: Tommy Bohannon and then Chris Ivory is not a bad
Speaker 1: b option behind four, not, is he? Well, it's that
Speaker 1: touchdown Tommy here, so uh, you know this is the
Speaker 1: last couple of years and not had to pull back,
Speaker 1: which a lot of a lot of teams go in
Speaker 1: that direction. Now, uh, with this offensive way this team
Speaker 1: wants to run. Tom Doug Mone, Tom Coffin got here.
Speaker 1: It has been clear it's gonna be run. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be old school. I think that's what their personnel did.
Speaker 1: Date Bohannon has been a big part of that. Chris
Speaker 1: Ivory running very well. He's had a great complimence at Cornet. Uh,
Speaker 1: they think he's again a big reason why whatever success
Speaker 1: that had offensively has been with grounded out then that
Speaker 1: whole thing and he is going to get all the headlines.
Speaker 1: But I've president, I've read yards. His ability to do
Speaker 1: what you guys don't do has been really big when
Speaker 1: they've had offences grown and pond which Greeds. We haven't
Speaker 1: heard that in a couple of years around here. John,
Speaker 1: So what have you seen from Blake Bortles, Because this
Speaker 1: is someone that was a top pick a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago, was very successful two years ago, and then
Speaker 1: earlier in the preseason was battling with Chad Henny for
Speaker 1: the starting job. And since he's you know, led the
Speaker 1: Jaguars through two in one record, tied for the a
Speaker 1: f C South lead, and through for four touchdowns last week, Well,
Speaker 1: he's come off his best game. I mean, there's no
Speaker 1: uh if bandser buts about that. Uh, the book is
Speaker 1: very much out on place. He some of last year.
Speaker 1: He's always showed us an interception. There have been signed
Speaker 1: in the last three games, and he even dating that
Speaker 1: the last four games, the last few that he may
Speaker 1: be starting to get past. He got I believe three
Speaker 1: in the last seven games, which for him is by
Speaker 1: fartscues he's had on that track. Uh. His body of
Speaker 1: works indicates the interceptions during issues, it's probably surely to
Speaker 1: say it's behind them. If it's behind him, the kids
Speaker 1: got a chance. He's got a big arm, he's a
Speaker 1: dynamic player. He has a great pocket presence. His big
Speaker 1: issue has been interceptions. He seeds to be buying into
Speaker 1: what they're selling in terms of home Uh. Always in
Speaker 1: the series and the kicker, that's the kind of quarter
Speaker 1: event they wanted to be right. He did that last
Speaker 1: week and really a huge key for this team. They
Speaker 1: have a defense, they have a running up. Can Blake
Speaker 1: Bortles see that guy for the next third teen games.
Speaker 1: I don't know the answer to the question. I've seen
Speaker 1: growth Blake boarders so far. The one we saw last
Speaker 1: week is a very good SiGe for historianization and what
Speaker 1: he can do it again. How has the loss of
Speaker 1: Alan Robbins and affected this passing game? Um, it hasn't
Speaker 1: affected it much yet because of the way they play
Speaker 1: me they run the ball so much, you're not gonna
Speaker 1: be a wide receiver based offense. At the same time,
Speaker 1: Allen Robinsons never one receiver. He's a big guy, he
Speaker 1: high points the ball, he's good in the red zone,
Speaker 1: all those things. This kind of offense is eventually gonna
Speaker 1: miss not having that guy. All Right, John, thank you
Speaker 1: so much. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Yeah wait, thanks for all right? That was John Osher
Speaker 1: phenomenal from Jaguars dot Com. As always e A, the
Speaker 1: formula for this week should be the same as last
Speaker 1: week for this Jets defense that performed tremendously well last
Speaker 1: week against the Dolphins. The Dolphins only had thirty yards
Speaker 1: on the ground. Jag I finished to day with sixteen
Speaker 1: yards rushing, which is the same amount that he finished
Speaker 1: the first half with. So the Jets defense was phenomenal.
Speaker 1: You have to expect. I would have assume that the
Speaker 1: Jets are gonna try to take away Leonard for Nette,
Speaker 1: his impact on this office. You know one thing that
Speaker 1: Miami did and Adam Gates was not a happy character
Speaker 1: after that ball game, a couple of profanities, I guess
Speaker 1: in that postgame news conference. One thing that Dolphins did
Speaker 1: that I don't want anticipate Jacksonville does is they went
Speaker 1: away from the run like you said the carries in
Speaker 1: the yards, it just got so out of whack. And
Speaker 1: if you look at the numbers themselves, you would have
Speaker 1: thought the Jets at a twenty point lead at halftime
Speaker 1: the way Miami came out in the second half. If
Speaker 1: Jacksonville's downten, they're not going away from Leonard Fournette. I
Speaker 1: look at the Jets defense and say, hey, if tomorrow
Speaker 1: Davis can play like he did against the Miami Dolphins,
Speaker 1: the Jets could be in very good shape against the run.
Speaker 1: And it'll be interesting to see what happens with ron
Speaker 1: Tes Miles comes back because he practiced yesterday or he's
Speaker 1: been practicing this week from an eye injury. I love
Speaker 1: the Jet safeties. I mean, if Miles gets back into
Speaker 1: the mix, you have to love the Jets safety. I'm
Speaker 1: not looking at every duth chart in the National Football League,
Speaker 1: but if you think about Jamali Adams, Marcus May, Terence Brooks,
Speaker 1: and then you get the Tasmanian Devil, the Tasmanian Devil
Speaker 1: back to the crew. Love the Jet safeties all right.
Speaker 1: Eight Time to bring in a fellow Syracuse along, rich
Speaker 1: Smini from ESPN dot com. Rich, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: For joining us here on the Official Jets Podcast. Always
Speaker 1: a pleasure to talk football with you two guys, and
Speaker 1: you're in studio for the first time. I didn't even
Speaker 1: know that. Very very impressive studio here. I you gotta
Speaker 1: invite me more often. We will certainly take you up
Speaker 1: on your board, all right, Rich, So, Jets obviously coming
Speaker 1: off a win against the Dolphins, the defense was very impressed,
Speaker 1: But offensively, what were you most impressed with? Well, I
Speaker 1: think with the offense. I think they show improvement each week,
Speaker 1: and really that's what you want to see because they
Speaker 1: were starting over on offense this year. They have a
Speaker 1: new coordinator, news system, a lot of new players. Uh So,
Speaker 1: I think each week you're seeing a little bit more.
Speaker 1: The deep ball came to fruition this week with the
Speaker 1: long past to Robby Anderson. I think Josh McCown is
Speaker 1: doing a really good job of managing the games. I
Speaker 1: think it's completion percentage is seventies. Yeah, so I'm just
Speaker 1: really impressed. In fact, I mentioned that Josh yesterday. According
Speaker 1: to our ESPN stats, he's got the second quickest release
Speaker 1: time in the league. It's two point two seconds. Only
Speaker 1: Derek carr is faster, and Josh has never been known
Speaker 1: as a quick release guy. He's usually in the high twos.
Speaker 1: So he you know, he thinks that some has to
Speaker 1: do with the system, some of it has to do
Speaker 1: with Jeremy Bates, you know, tweaking his mechanics a little bit.
Speaker 1: So I was impressed with Josh. What do you think
Speaker 1: about Morton, a guy who was a long time NFL
Speaker 1: assistant under the likes of Sean Payton, John Gruen, Jim Harbaugh,
Speaker 1: and Pete Carroll. He's working with a lot of different pieces,
Speaker 1: and he's got mccomplain at a high level, and he's
Speaker 1: doing a real nice job with this entire unit. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think it's too big for him.
Speaker 1: I see, you see a little creative wrinkles. They used
Speaker 1: Lawrence Thomas as fullback, which was he's actually pretty good.
Speaker 1: I mean, he did play fullback in college at Michigan State.
Speaker 1: I think he caught seven passes in college block block
Speaker 1: fill avan bell. Uh. You know, anytime you can get
Speaker 1: a two ninety pound fullback in there, and he almost
Speaker 1: scored a touchdown. So and then you know, a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago, they had no tight ends, so they
Speaker 1: you in Oakland, they were able to use the extra
Speaker 1: offensive lineman. So you see him adjusting. I mean, let's
Speaker 1: you know, they don't have the it's not the greatest
Speaker 1: show on turf in terms of in terms of the
Speaker 1: talent levels. So he's he's making do with what he
Speaker 1: has a lot of new pieces too, that's not easy
Speaker 1: to incorporate. Guys like Jermaine Curse came in and Curly
Speaker 1: came in late. So that's you know, he's done a
Speaker 1: pretty solid job. All right, Let's talk about the backfield
Speaker 1: for a second. Here. The past couple of weeks, John
Speaker 1: Morn has employed this running back by committee approach. Just
Speaker 1: what you think of the committee approach and do you
Speaker 1: think it's something that the Jets should stick to as
Speaker 1: they move on here? Yeah, I think it's good. I
Speaker 1: think maybe at times you want to stick. I mean
Speaker 1: the three guys, basically Blow and and Matt are getting
Speaker 1: equal reps. I mean that the snap counts of virtual equal,
Speaker 1: and then McGuire is getting a little bit a little
Speaker 1: taste every week, maybe about eight to ten snaps. I'd
Speaker 1: like to see more of McGuire. I think he brings
Speaker 1: you a speed element there that the other two guys
Speaker 1: may not have. Uh, you know, I I think it's
Speaker 1: the three things. Their three headed monsters, so to speak,
Speaker 1: is good. I think sometimes you gotta let it go
Speaker 1: a little longer with one guy. If you get the
Speaker 1: hot hand, just let it ride a little bit longer.
Speaker 1: So looking forward to this week, we won't know about
Speaker 1: math four days availability likely until Sunday. I would imagine
Speaker 1: he's got the turf toe and the Jets picked up
Speaker 1: picked up Trevarus Cadet, a guy who is known for
Speaker 1: his pass catching frawless out of the backfield, also his
Speaker 1: return ability. What do you think about the match specifically
Speaker 1: here against Jacksonville, who leads the NFL in past defense.
Speaker 1: I think they ranked numbers the number three overall and
Speaker 1: also leads the NFL in terms of sex. And I
Speaker 1: know Green's over here is very high. On the corners
Speaker 1: A J. Bouyer and Jalen Ramsey looks like a budding star. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I was talking to a scout yesterday from another team
Speaker 1: and we were talking about Ramsey and he thinks Ramsey
Speaker 1: is like the the premier corner in the league right
Speaker 1: now and will just be like a Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: type guy. Like a Durell ReBs kind of late two
Speaker 1: thousand's kind of kind of dominance. He's really that good.
Speaker 1: I think the Jets are gonna have a hard time
Speaker 1: throwing to their wide receivers in this game. That's why
Speaker 1: I think the running backs, which we just talked about,
Speaker 1: will be important because I think the weakness of the
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Dee deepest is their second level. The linebackers. I
Speaker 1: think you can if you can get That's why I
Speaker 1: think McGuire could be a factor this week. You can
Speaker 1: get him in space in the passing game on one
Speaker 1: of those lineback because I think you can make plays.
Speaker 1: I also think Austin Cinfarie and Jakins this week could
Speaker 1: be a factor. I just think it's gonna be really
Speaker 1: hard for the wide receivers to get open because they're
Speaker 1: going up against two really good corners, So you have
Speaker 1: to kind of manage manufacture opportunities elsewhere. You talked about
Speaker 1: the Jaguars leading the NFL and sacks, So what kind
Speaker 1: of what do you want to see from this Jets
Speaker 1: offensive line that right now is a little banged up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Brandon Shell was a question mark uh in practice yesterday.
Speaker 1: So I think what we talked about earlier, quick throws,
Speaker 1: get the ball out fast, and just try to neutralize
Speaker 1: those guys up front because it is a good line,
Speaker 1: and you know they have Calais Campbell has four and
Speaker 1: a half sacks. I mean he did get four in
Speaker 1: the opener when I think everyone was getting sacks in
Speaker 1: that game against Euston. Houston was struggling without their left tackle,
Speaker 1: Dwayne Brown. But uh so they can get after it.
Speaker 1: They'll push the pocket from the middle because they have
Speaker 1: Malik Jackson and Calais Campbell. So that's gonna be really
Speaker 1: tough for the Jet that this offensive line has a
Speaker 1: really tall order this week. The Jets defense was by
Speaker 1: far the best it's been last week against Miami and
Speaker 1: stopping JGI only sixteen yards on the day. Do you
Speaker 1: think that's a formula that's gonna be echoed against Leonard
Speaker 1: for Nett and that rushing offense. Yeah, I mean, because
Speaker 1: I think there's similar types of I mean, Shady McCoy
Speaker 1: was a totally different running back because he was in
Speaker 1: East West. I mean that that brings in different kinds
Speaker 1: of defensive principles. But last week they faced a North
Speaker 1: South guy and a GI who was very good yards
Speaker 1: after contact. He was one of the leaders in the league.
Speaker 1: They stopped him. I don't know the numbers off handed
Speaker 1: with something rerediculing what sixteen yards I think carry something
Speaker 1: something crazy like that and four nets. I talked to
Speaker 1: Marcus May yesterday and I asked him, I said, Jamal
Speaker 1: Adams his old college teammate, of course with four NETT?
Speaker 1: I said, did he give you any tips inside or
Speaker 1: knowledge on four net? He says, you just gotta hit
Speaker 1: him before he gets a head of steam going. You know,
Speaker 1: you gotta hit him as early as you can, because
Speaker 1: he does have speed. For a big man for Net
Speaker 1: can run and he's gonna I think the Jets will
Speaker 1: play an eight man box the whole game. I think
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams will be in there. As a linebacker for
Speaker 1: Net has faced more eight man boxes than any running
Speaker 1: back in the league right now, according to our stats people.
Speaker 1: So I think that will be the formula eight men
Speaker 1: in the box. Key on four NET with this change,
Speaker 1: what you thought about the Jets maybe a few weeks
Speaker 1: ago if they came out with a victory here, You know,
Speaker 1: that's that's a really really good question. And I think
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think back to what I had my predictions.
Speaker 1: I think I might have had it starting out two
Speaker 1: and three, so I did have them winning a couple um,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. It depends how they If
Speaker 1: they win, you know, do they do it convincingly? Like
Speaker 1: last week? Like I said, this is gonna be a
Speaker 1: close game. These two teams are really evenly matched. I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a low scoring, defensive struggle,
Speaker 1: all right. And then lastly, Rich before he let you go,
Speaker 1: here is just what's the singular matchup that most peaks
Speaker 1: your interest for this Sunday Jets Jaguars. Mm hmm. That's
Speaker 1: a tough I mean, there's really that's a tough It's
Speaker 1: a tough one. Let me see, you know, I'm just fascinated.
Speaker 1: And I wrote about this, you know this morning. The
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams and Leonard Forbett, I just think it's gonna
Speaker 1: be really key because he'll be the eighth guy in
Speaker 1: the box. Jamal and he and Leonard you know, go
Speaker 1: back uh two thousand fourteen. They were both freshmen at
Speaker 1: l s U, both five star recruits. Leonard was the
Speaker 1: number one recruiting the country. Jamal was number thirty one.
Speaker 1: So these were the elite of the elite recruits and
Speaker 1: they went at it in practice. So I think although
Speaker 1: they're not on each other like like a one on
Speaker 1: one matchup, I do think there will be a lot
Speaker 1: of collisions between those two guys. So that's one matchup.
Speaker 1: I'm really interested loaded topic, and we can talk about
Speaker 1: this one for hours, but I just wanted to get
Speaker 1: your thoughts. Eve been covering the Jets and the National
Speaker 1: Football League for decades. Um were an interesting spot here
Speaker 1: in this country's history. Well, what we saw last week
Speaker 1: on as far as the Jets coming out, uh, they
Speaker 1: want to be want to be unified. We saw Christopher Johnson,
Speaker 1: the team's CEO, flanked by both they forementioned, Jamal Adams
Speaker 1: and Josh McCown and Todd Bowles has said, hey, listen,
Speaker 1: this should not be about talk. It should be about solutions.
Speaker 1: But what do you anticipate happening at MetLife on Sunday
Speaker 1: and then throughout the league? Yeah, they said they haven't
Speaker 1: decided what they're going to do yet. I could see
Speaker 1: a scenario where they do the same thing. I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't know if Christopher Johnson will be there every
Speaker 1: week but I could see the players doing something like that.
Speaker 1: I think with that, um, I think it was good
Speaker 1: that they were unified because you saw a lot of
Speaker 1: teams that had some guys kneeling. The Cowboys kneeled and
Speaker 1: then locked. You know, they covered all their bases. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, some teams were doing their own things. So
Speaker 1: it was I think from a Jet fan perspective, if
Speaker 1: I were a fan sitting in the stands, um, look,
Speaker 1: not everyone's gonna be happy that they even locked arms.
Speaker 1: This is a very polarizing issue. I've seen on Twitter
Speaker 1: and fans you know, they didn't even like that. But
Speaker 1: I think I think, to me, I was okay with
Speaker 1: that because it was a gesture of unity. Um. As
Speaker 1: a football fan, I just want to I just want
Speaker 1: to write about football. I just want to cover football.
Speaker 1: I think fans just football is an escape. I mean,
Speaker 1: you don't want to go to a game on a
Speaker 1: Sunday and be like, deal with all this heavy stuff.
Speaker 1: And this is very and serious stuff too. I'm not
Speaker 1: I'm not minimizing what's what's at stake here, but I
Speaker 1: think I just want to you know, football, it should
Speaker 1: be fun, it should be entertaining and hopefully we could
Speaker 1: get back to that. Yeah. Well, said ESPN's Rich Somini
Speaker 1: in the studio for the first time on the Jets
Speaker 1: Official podcast Network. Thanks so much, Thanks, appreciate it all right.
Speaker 1: As always, Rich to Meini a wonderful job. Next week,
Speaker 1: I believe the chat Pennington will be back on the
Speaker 1: Official Jet Podcast game preview. Rich. Always lovely to have
Speaker 1: him on the show. But something that I want to
Speaker 1: ask you, you know, well, you know the Syracuse guy.
Speaker 1: You gotta give him a something I do. House connection
Speaker 1: is stronger than ever that that is a fact. Anyway,
Speaker 1: Something that I asked Rich, that I'd like to ask
Speaker 1: you is what is the single matchup that you're most
Speaker 1: interested on seeing on Sunday when the Jets try to
Speaker 1: even up their record at two and two, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go to Josh McCown against the Jaguars number one NFL
Speaker 1: ranked secondary ken McCown keep it going, spread the field,
Speaker 1: play turnover free, and give the Jots jetson opportunity to
Speaker 1: be in a fourth quarter game against Jacksonville. Would be
Speaker 1: great if they blow them out, But let's just say
Speaker 1: if it's a tight game. Because I like having McCown
Speaker 1: here operating the controls for this offense against the Jacksonville
Speaker 1: team who has not played a close game in two
Speaker 1: thousand seventeen. Things operate a little bit differently when you're
Speaker 1: in a tight game House jack and we're going to
Speaker 1: react to that. But this is a great challenge for
Speaker 1: Josh McCown and John Morton and company. But I am
Speaker 1: so thoroughly impressed by the Jet Veterans signal caller John Morton,
Speaker 1: which Rich talked about, and then quarterback coach Jeremy Bates
Speaker 1: as well. You mentioned something that I'm gonna tie into,
Speaker 1: weave into my point here is that the Jaguars have
Speaker 1: not played in a close game in two thousand seventeen. Conversely,
Speaker 1: I'm going to maybe not conversely, I'm gonna say in turn,
Speaker 1: I'm curious. I was curious about this last week with
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, and the same thing. Votes for the Jaguars
Speaker 1: Ken Blake Bordles lead this team to victory through the air.
Speaker 1: No Allen Robinson, which means Alan Herns and Mark Easley
Speaker 1: are the top options. Mercedes Lewis, of course, you mentioned
Speaker 1: his vertical or his red zone threat six six. I'm
Speaker 1: curious to see who lines up on Mercedes Lewis, Is
Speaker 1: it Damario Davis? Is it Darren Lee? Is it Jamal Adam? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think it's one and you could double team and
Speaker 1: at times too write. So I'm very curious to see,
Speaker 1: let's say again the Jets formulas to stop for net
Speaker 1: it comes to fruition ken Blake Borders, who only through
Speaker 1: for two forty yards last week. Mind you, he had
Speaker 1: four touchdowns. Can he lead the Shacksonville Jaguars team to
Speaker 1: victory in a close matchup. I'm very curious whoever's plays better,
Speaker 1: you know, rightfully. So we're focused on number on games
Speaker 1: on both teams because both teams want to have some balance.
Speaker 1: But I agree with you, what quarterback is gonna have
Speaker 1: a better afternoon? That's gonna tell you who wins this
Speaker 1: ball game at the end of the day. We'll see
Speaker 1: what happens on Sunday when the Jets try to even
Speaker 1: up their record at two and two against the Jaguars.
Speaker 1: But you gotta remember that's Sunday halftime. Kevin Y Jets
Speaker 1: legends will be in attendance. That includes Joe Namath, Curtis Martin,
Speaker 1: Don Maynard, many more. Kevin Y well deserved and getting
Speaker 1: sixty eight up there in the Ring of Honor. And
Speaker 1: if you're going to the game, you're gonna receive a
Speaker 1: commemorative Kevin Y white out rally towel. Also a good
Speaker 1: time to remind you to where your white The Jets
Speaker 1: were green and white, but where your white jerseys? It
Speaker 1: is a white out. You want tickets, make sure to
Speaker 1: call one eight hundred four or six nine Jets once
Speaker 1: again one night hundred four six nine j e t s.
Speaker 1: Before we let you all right here e a final question.
Speaker 1: What is your favorite Kevin Mawai memory? I mean, I've
Speaker 1: asked poetically about what may was able to do on
Speaker 1: the football field, how he revolutionized the center position, how
Speaker 1: tremendously athletic he was, how he was a waller, but
Speaker 1: he wasn't a guy who stood in one place. He
Speaker 1: was a guy the Jets used to get out on
Speaker 1: the edge and spring Curtis Martin free on the perimeter.
Speaker 1: So let me go off the field. I'll go to
Speaker 1: Kevin and talk about him as a leader and my memories.
Speaker 1: My first year with the Jets was two thousand one
Speaker 1: September eleven, but everybody rallied together and one thing that
Speaker 1: I remember Kevin is that he staunchly got up in
Speaker 1: front of the media and said, it's not right for
Speaker 1: us to play this week. It's not right for us
Speaker 1: to go out there and play an NFL football game,
Speaker 1: and he put himself at the front of that. I
Speaker 1: thought that was the proper um tone, the way he
Speaker 1: dressed the situation. Our city was devastated, and it just
Speaker 1: showed me Kevin his connection to people, and he was
Speaker 1: also so tremendous off the field with his charitable works
Speaker 1: as well. But for me, it was September eleven, two
Speaker 1: thousand one, and how the Jets reacted and how May
Speaker 1: as a leader reacted, and that guy will be inducted
Speaker 1: into the Jets rain model this Sunday once again. Eric
Speaker 1: Allen and Ethan Greenberg here on the Official Jets Podcast
Speaker 1: game preview. Make sure Sunday again Jets Jags one o'clock.
Speaker 1: Make sure to wear your white. Make sure to eat
Speaker 1: your food not at halftime, because that's when Kevin will
Speaker 1: be inducted into halfway. Make sure to get your stuff
Speaker 1: from forehand. We'll see you Sunday in your wife