Speaker 1: All right, let's bring in our quarterback, Chad Pennington. Chad.
Speaker 1: Bryce Petty made its second NFL started against the San
Speaker 1: Francisco forty Niners. Admitted he was nervous early through an
Speaker 1: interception on his first pass out on the West Coast.
Speaker 1: Was sacked four times in the first half, six times overall.
Speaker 1: But I'll tell you what, he was gritty in the
Speaker 1: end as the Jets overcame an eleven point fourth quarter deficit.
Speaker 1: What did you like most about pettis start as the
Speaker 1: Jets moved to fort nine Leric, I was happy to
Speaker 1: see the intangibles. I think the intangibles are things that
Speaker 1: as a staff their hearts to evaluate and and and
Speaker 1: certainly not only evaluate, but uh teach and coach. You
Speaker 1: can't coach those intangibles. And so you can coach fundamentals,
Speaker 1: you can coach scheme XS and the host. You can't
Speaker 1: coach intangibles. And so I was really proud to see
Speaker 1: how Bryce Petty fought through the adversity and fought through
Speaker 1: the ugly art um. The game couldn't have done any
Speaker 1: worse for the Jets as a team or for him.
Speaker 1: It reminded you of the Monday Night game against the
Speaker 1: Colt But Bryce showed moxie, he showed fire, he showed grid,
Speaker 1: he showed determination, and I think that energy and synergy
Speaker 1: from Bryce bled over into the team late into the
Speaker 1: game that allowed the Jets to come back and and
Speaker 1: score the victory, which I think is important. Yes, therefore
Speaker 1: and nine, Yes they're not going to the playoffs, but
Speaker 1: right now, from evaluation purposes, you want to see what
Speaker 1: your team has made up and how they're facing adversity.
Speaker 1: And it was good to see Bryce and the team
Speaker 1: face adversity and overcoming. I think that's a really big
Speaker 1: positive to build on. Everybody's got a different definition for it.
Speaker 1: But what does it mean? Do you want a guy
Speaker 1: a young quarterback says he was nervous? Is that just
Speaker 1: meaning uh, he wasn't seeing things very well they're early
Speaker 1: in the game because uh, emotionally he was on such
Speaker 1: a high and you wanted to do so many good things.
Speaker 1: I think, first of all, nerves come from the desire
Speaker 1: to play well and to impress. Bryce knows that he's
Speaker 1: on an audition right now and that his lifeline as
Speaker 1: a Jet quarterback, Uh is on audition, and and he's
Speaker 1: being evaluated for that, and so, uh, you have those
Speaker 1: nerves because first of all, you want to play well.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's something that where you're scared. You
Speaker 1: just want to play well. And sometimes having those nerves
Speaker 1: can make you tentative. Um, it can cause you to
Speaker 1: make a bad decision here or there because you're a
Speaker 1: little bit hesitant or your second guessing yourself. And then
Speaker 1: once you get into the flow of it, now you're
Speaker 1: just reacting and playing. And that's what happened to him.
Speaker 1: The newness of another start game day. It's all different.
Speaker 1: It's completely different than preseason, completely different than practice. It's
Speaker 1: just different because the adrenaline's pumping it now really really
Speaker 1: means something, and you're on the road for the first
Speaker 1: time as a starter. So all of those things just
Speaker 1: part of being a human being learning how to deal
Speaker 1: with those things and trying to settle down as quickly
Speaker 1: as possible and just realize that it's just another football
Speaker 1: game and it's just about executing your job. Where is
Speaker 1: he right now? In terms of pocket awareness, you know,
Speaker 1: when people say six secks, a lot of folks are
Speaker 1: just gonna say, well, it was offensive lines fault. You know,
Speaker 1: as a guy who's been out there, and I know
Speaker 1: since I've been in a locker room for so long,
Speaker 1: is that you know blocking extends beyond that guy's got
Speaker 1: to get open. The tight ends are part of this deal.
Speaker 1: So are the running backs and then ultimately the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: responsible for getting the ball out on time. What did
Speaker 1: you see from Patty in terms of pocket awareness? Well,
Speaker 1: from my perspective, I think those six secs were um
Speaker 1: combination of factors. Sometimes they recovered sacks, sometimes they were
Speaker 1: offensive line issues, sometimes they were quarterback issues. So uh,
Speaker 1: they all went hand in hand to produce a total
Speaker 1: of six sacks um. His ability to escape, we were
Speaker 1: able to see that he made some big plays, not
Speaker 1: necessarily with his feet down the field, but escaping the
Speaker 1: pocket and extending the play being able to make down
Speaker 1: the field throws. That was good to see. His pocket
Speaker 1: awareness for the most part, Uh, was good. It wasn't excellent,
Speaker 1: but it wasn't poor or terrible either. Some of those
Speaker 1: times that he was sacked, he didn't have a chance
Speaker 1: because it happened so fast and your your eyes are
Speaker 1: down the field. And the good thing is is that
Speaker 1: some of those sacks I would be more concerned if
Speaker 1: he was running away from those sacks early because I
Speaker 1: know that his eyes would not be down the field.
Speaker 1: Some of those sacks happened because it happens to you
Speaker 1: so quickly. Where you're focused down the field, you don't
Speaker 1: have a chance to react. And so when he's making
Speaker 1: a sack, because his eyes are down the field, he's
Speaker 1: really honed in on his read. That's okay to me.
Speaker 1: That's where the protection has to be better. That's where
Speaker 1: the route running has been better, uh, for the quarterback
Speaker 1: to get the ball out of his hands. So I
Speaker 1: did not see that as a glaring weakness. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about two plays here. Uh, how impressed were you by
Speaker 1: the running the two point conversion run Jets down seventeen
Speaker 1: twelve late in the ball game. Of course, they go
Speaker 1: for two and they ended up needing that because Nick
Speaker 1: Folks fifty yard or sent this game into overtime. But blah,
Speaker 1: Paul told Bryce before the snap, babe, you might have
Speaker 1: to be ready to tuck it here, and he certainly did.
Speaker 1: He got in. And then when we talk about Maxie,
Speaker 1: how about the throne overtime to Robby Anderson. Where As
Speaker 1: you just mention, if you watch the replay, Petty kept
Speaker 1: his eyes down the field the whole time, so when
Speaker 1: he's rolling left, he never took his is off the field.
Speaker 1: He never looked down rolls left. A lot of people
Speaker 1: staid threw across his body, but actually he threw it
Speaker 1: across his body a little bit. But he squared up
Speaker 1: when he threw that ball and on one on one
Speaker 1: situation to a guy he trust, and Robbie Anderson. I
Speaker 1: think that if that's a veteran making that play, everyone
Speaker 1: feels a little bit more comfortable. When it's a younger
Speaker 1: player making that play, they get nervous. I agree it
Speaker 1: was not technically a complete across the body, across the
Speaker 1: field throw. Bryce Petty's on the left sideline. That throws
Speaker 1: completed around the left numbers. That's only about twelve yards
Speaker 1: from sideline to number, So, um, that's not that big
Speaker 1: of a deal. I was impressed that he ended the
Speaker 1: play and then going to his left, he got his
Speaker 1: shoulders back around, set his feet and made an accurate
Speaker 1: throw to obviously a receiver that he trust. We've seen
Speaker 1: that now with the Rice band under center. He trust
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson, and that's important, um. And that's where you
Speaker 1: can see. Uh, the game of football is about that
Speaker 1: trust that you have in your teammates. It's not about
Speaker 1: necessarily the exs and ohs. Sometimes it's just about I
Speaker 1: know this guy is going to make a play. And
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson has made plays for Bryce and you can
Speaker 1: see that he trust him in that instance. Um, the
Speaker 1: other thing you're talking about with the two point conversion,
Speaker 1: that's the grit, that's the determination, that's the fire in
Speaker 1: your belly, so to speak. Um, that you have to have.
Speaker 1: And and he showed that and that was nice to see.
Speaker 1: And let's not forget Nick, folks that that was a
Speaker 1: big time field goal. Uh. To be able to make
Speaker 1: that in San Francisco with a game where most fans
Speaker 1: don't think that it matters, to be able to go
Speaker 1: on there and make that kick and put that game
Speaker 1: into overtime. Uh, you know, kudos to him for making
Speaker 1: that kick. Yeah, Putty made a number of plays that
Speaker 1: jumped out to me. I think in the first half
Speaker 1: his best throw was actually a little out route to
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson where Chatty threw the ball before the receiver
Speaker 1: broke And as you know, that's what you have to
Speaker 1: do in the National Football League, uh is, get that
Speaker 1: ball out and have trust that your guys gonna be there.
Speaker 1: And as he settled into that ball game on that
Speaker 1: key drive when they were down seventeen to six, well
Speaker 1: before Bilal Paul gotten into the Enzo on the first
Speaker 1: time and Petty cashed in with the two point conversion.
Speaker 1: There was a third down, third and three where he
Speaker 1: picks up three to Robbie Anderson Dunner was the fourth
Speaker 1: down play that I think a lot of people forget
Speaker 1: that that pocket was closing in on him and he
Speaker 1: kind of used his feet, didn't panic and found tehron
Speaker 1: peak for a big fourth down conversion. And then finally,
Speaker 1: how about the Jets had five catches from their tight
Speaker 1: ends of Patty's twenty three completions, including that one on
Speaker 1: that same drive to Austin Sofari and Jacobs where he
Speaker 1: told me in the locker room, that'say, you know, I
Speaker 1: was mad I didn't score, but he actually converted a
Speaker 1: second and twelve. So I just threw a lot at
Speaker 1: you there. But there were there were a number of
Speaker 1: plays from Rice that I think you can look at
Speaker 1: and say, well, they stand out, and that has the
Speaker 1: looks of something you can build off of. It does.
Speaker 1: And the reason that it does is because it wasn't
Speaker 1: about the scheme or the xs and ohs. The fourth
Speaker 1: down play that was an extension play play and over
Speaker 1: time was an extension play. Um the grittiness with the
Speaker 1: two point play, all of those things. Uh. San Francisco
Speaker 1: had good defense on all of those plays. Yet Rice
Speaker 1: and his teammates were able to still make plays, and
Speaker 1: so that's important. That's what you're trying to find when
Speaker 1: you're evaluating the quarterback is can he help us out?
Speaker 1: Can he bail us out in situations where quite frankly,
Speaker 1: the defense does have us covered. They shouldn't in that down,
Speaker 1: but they don't because of the athleticism and the moxie
Speaker 1: of the quarterback. And that's what separates as you get
Speaker 1: older as a quarterback, that's what separates the great ones
Speaker 1: from the not so great ones. And so, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: no one including my self, is ready to crown him
Speaker 1: next year's starter or saying that he can play another
Speaker 1: ten years in this league. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: you were excited about what you did see a little
Speaker 1: bit in the in the in the game to be
Speaker 1: able to bring the Jets back to week. What do
Speaker 1: you want to see from him this week? Is he
Speaker 1: makes his third start now second at home against the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. Chan Gailey, the Jets offensive coordinator, was asked
Speaker 1: about it yesterday, and you won't be surprised by this. Uh.
Speaker 1: He said, I want to get more comfortable, get more confident,
Speaker 1: read better basically, and then he said everything. So obviously
Speaker 1: that's where a coach is at. And Bryce would be
Speaker 1: the first one to tell you I can improve in
Speaker 1: every area, but specifically Chad. For Jets fan and the
Speaker 1: way you watch a game, what do you want to
Speaker 1: see from him now? Is he takes another step forward.
Speaker 1: I want to see two things. First of all, I
Speaker 1: want to see um Vice and the offense get off
Speaker 1: to a better start, because that will tell me that
Speaker 1: he is getting more comfortable. Uh. And then he is
Speaker 1: making progress and improvement on making those reads and and
Speaker 1: being in sync with the things he's being asked to do.
Speaker 1: UM that happen. If that happens earlier, now you can
Speaker 1: really see the progress being made. Secondly, I want to
Speaker 1: see him make more passes and not throws. You alluded
Speaker 1: to the one pass where he's let it go early
Speaker 1: through the Anderson on an out route. I want to
Speaker 1: see more of those type passes because that is a
Speaker 1: pass a throw and somebody's wide open, they've already broken,
Speaker 1: They're sitting down in a hole. Uh, even I can
Speaker 1: still get there. But a pass is one that has
Speaker 1: thrown on time with accuracy, may have to be over
Speaker 1: a defender early and the and the receiver comes into
Speaker 1: the whole. The anticipation of it all. Uh, taking a
Speaker 1: little bit of mustard off the ball and handing to
Speaker 1: some fit and some touch. All those little things that
Speaker 1: you want to see. That our true passes, and it's
Speaker 1: something that you have to be able to do as
Speaker 1: a quarterback to survive and throve in the NFL. Fascinating
Speaker 1: matchup this weekend as the Dolphins come to town Saturay night.
Speaker 1: They're in the playoff hunt. They're now going to matt
Speaker 1: More because Ryan Tannehill suffered knee injury and he's gonna
Speaker 1: be out at least a couple of weeks. We'll have
Speaker 1: to see if he's able to return this season. But
Speaker 1: the Jets feel like they let one slip away from
Speaker 1: them in Miami early in the year. But this is
Speaker 1: a totally different ball game. Both teams are playing different quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: with Bryce Petty and Matt Moore now the controls. Ironically, Chad,
Speaker 1: this is Matt Moore's first start since the final game
Speaker 1: of two thousand and eleven season. Who At that time
Speaker 1: he Matt Moore was playing for Miami Dolphins led team
Speaker 1: uh by Jets head coach Todd Bowls. It was an
Speaker 1: interim head coach in Miami two thousand eleven, and then
Speaker 1: earlier that season, uh Matt Moore actually started at MetLife Stadium.
Speaker 1: The Jets beat him twenty four to six. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: won that last game. But this guy hasn't started a
Speaker 1: ball game in uh five years. Todd Bowls definitely has
Speaker 1: a lot of respect for Matt More, like I said,
Speaker 1: lined up with him back in two thousand and eleven. UM.
Speaker 1: But before we talk about more, because you'll have some
Speaker 1: insight on him, I want to ask you about Blah
Speaker 1: Paul unbelievable game. No Denine a hundred forty five yards
Speaker 1: on ground, two touchdowns UM obviously the game winner and overtime.
Speaker 1: He also helped out on the receiving end. Right now,
Speaker 1: he's got seventy eight carry's on the year. He's averaging
Speaker 1: five point eight yards of pop and he's just teams
Speaker 1: the Jets third leading receiver in terms of receptions with
Speaker 1: forty two. What do you make of a lot of
Speaker 1: people now fancy and this guy is great. We got
Speaker 1: to get him the ball more. Well, he is great.
Speaker 1: Will not deny that at all, but I think you
Speaker 1: have to be very careful uh and underestimate the punishment
Speaker 1: that running backs take throughout their career. And the reason
Speaker 1: that he's been able to be so successful for the
Speaker 1: Jets for six years is because of the limited touches.
Speaker 1: And it's similar to Darren Sprowls, where you want to
Speaker 1: have just enough of Darren Sprowls, but not too much,
Speaker 1: not only for himself but also for who you're playing.
Speaker 1: Because the more you see of a player, the more
Speaker 1: accustomed and acclimated they get to that player. And so
Speaker 1: that's part of the X factor that a guy likes
Speaker 1: Rolls or pal brings to the table is that you
Speaker 1: don't see him every down, but when you look at
Speaker 1: his touches, his touches are extremely effective. You know, close
Speaker 1: to a hundred touches and rushing forty up in receptions
Speaker 1: and he's playing even more than that. That's just touches alone.
Speaker 1: So his presence is certainly being felt. He's been extremely productive,
Speaker 1: but you just cannot overuse a player like bal Plow
Speaker 1: because then you lose his productivity and effectiveness and you
Speaker 1: you use him up too quickly. Uh what do you
Speaker 1: anticipate we're gonna see from Matt Moore? And how you
Speaker 1: approach this if your tie bowls? You know this guy
Speaker 1: very well. Uh, he's a consummate professional and that's why
Speaker 1: he's been able to stay in the league for so long.
Speaker 1: But he is making a first start in five years, well,
Speaker 1: no question. Uh. You know, Matt Moore has been a
Speaker 1: staple in Miami for quite some time now, and he
Speaker 1: has actually provided some stability there with turnover and staff.
Speaker 1: He's been able to help Tanny Hill in the quarterback room,
Speaker 1: provides stability there as they went through different coordinators and coaches,
Speaker 1: and so that's that's been very important for the Dolphins
Speaker 1: and Matt Moore has brought that to the Dolphins. I
Speaker 1: think playing him that more, you have to understand that
Speaker 1: you're not going in playing against the young guy. Uh,
Speaker 1: You're not going to just completely confuse him or do
Speaker 1: any of that that you would against the young player.
Speaker 1: You have two approach as if you were playing against
Speaker 1: an everyday starter. But with Matt Moore, you know that
Speaker 1: he does have a gun fingerman talent. He may take
Speaker 1: a couple more chances than Ryan tanney Hill would take,
Speaker 1: and so the defense will have an opportunity to make
Speaker 1: some plays and possibly get some turnovers. And that's one
Speaker 1: thing that I'm looking for from the defense is to
Speaker 1: have a few turnovers. The turnover barrel has been dry,
Speaker 1: uh for the last few weeks and really for the
Speaker 1: entire season has not meant where you would want it
Speaker 1: to be, and so you would like to see that
Speaker 1: happen this week. Is there anything the high coach can do?
Speaker 1: You mentioned it with Patty. You want to see him
Speaker 1: in the offense come out and start faster. Well, both
Speaker 1: sides of the ball and special teams for that matter,
Speaker 1: got to start faster. If you're tied bowls who've seen
Speaker 1: it all as both as a player and as an assistant.
Speaker 1: Now he's in the second year as an NFL head coach.
Speaker 1: Is there anything you can say to the guys beyond
Speaker 1: repeating the importance of it. Is there anything you can
Speaker 1: do to help that process along. Absolutely. I think the
Speaker 1: focus this week is is building on the victory in
Speaker 1: San Francisco and showing consistency, not showing the roller coaster
Speaker 1: ride that this season has been. And these last four
Speaker 1: games can show uh, some of that consistency and and
Speaker 1: have players proved to the staff that they deserve to
Speaker 1: be there and that they're getting better, They're improving, they're
Speaker 1: creating more consistent play and a better product on the field.
Speaker 1: That to me, is what this game, as well as
Speaker 1: the next two after this game is all about. Is
Speaker 1: it's not even about me and a professional football player.
Speaker 1: It's just about being a man and men a professional
Speaker 1: and being as consistent as you can, be improved as
Speaker 1: much as you can, and not let any opportunity flip
Speaker 1: by to get a win. It's extremely important to win
Speaker 1: football games. Um. That builds confidence, it breeds success at
Speaker 1: builds momentum, and quite frankly, it puts good film out
Speaker 1: there for you as an individual. That is a good
Speaker 1: thing all the way around, even if you're not going
Speaker 1: to be a jet. So I think that's what this
Speaker 1: boils down to, and you would like to see this
Speaker 1: team capitalize upon the momentum that they gained in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter against the forty Niners and take that into
Speaker 1: this game against the Dolphins and come away with a win. You,
Speaker 1: as a player, do you really think to yourself, it's
Speaker 1: somewhere in the back of your mind with the preparation
Speaker 1: and after the good feelings of getting a victory over
Speaker 1: the forty Niners and looking ahead so hopefully getting your
Speaker 1: second consecutive win, is it on your mind to knock
Speaker 1: the Dolphins out of this playoff phrase? Um? I think
Speaker 1: it's just on your mind to win. Um. Who cares
Speaker 1: about the other team or what they have going on.
Speaker 1: It's just on your mind and to win. It's just
Speaker 1: such a better feeling for the team, for yourself as
Speaker 1: an individual to come in Monday morning after a win
Speaker 1: and actually feels good about the hard work that you
Speaker 1: put in. It's so deflating to work so hard from
Speaker 1: Monday to Saturday and then you have to come back
Speaker 1: in the following Monday morning with the result that you
Speaker 1: didn't want. That's just deflating, and that's difficult for anybody
Speaker 1: to deal with, especially in the NFL, because that's all
Speaker 1: it is about, is wins and losses. We're talking about livelihoods.
Speaker 1: We're talking about families being fed here, and so you
Speaker 1: want to win and you want to have that feeling.
Speaker 1: And you know my argument here is I hosted Inside
Speaker 1: the Jets with Larry Harristy on ESPN Radio Monday night.
Speaker 1: We do that each and every week and we also
Speaker 1: stream a live in New York just dot com, and
Speaker 1: one of our guests was Quincy and Norta. I looked
Speaker 1: at the camera and I said, hey, and I look
Speaker 1: back Quincy. I say, Quincy, what round were you drafted it?
Speaker 1: And he said sixth And I'm like yeah, and you've
Speaker 1: going to copy for right and you went on a
Speaker 1: practice squad. So my point was the two captains, did
Speaker 1: you find it symbolic? The two captains he had out
Speaker 1: Todd Bowls had out in San Francisco were both a
Speaker 1: four mention Quincy Una and then Mike mccagnum's first overall pick,
Speaker 1: which was Leonard Williams. Of course, because those guys figure
Speaker 1: to be corner stones or your future, and they also
Speaker 1: bring a professional approach and their young players. But my
Speaker 1: point about the draft, uh bit to bring this all
Speaker 1: the way around is who cares about your draft order?
Speaker 1: Right now? You have to continue to develop guys like
Speaker 1: Quincy and Nona. Who is the next Quincy and Nona
Speaker 1: on this team? And I'm excited a little bit. I
Speaker 1: gotta tell you to be honest with you when I'm
Speaker 1: watching guys out there like Darrenly make some mistakes on
Speaker 1: some of those gashes early against the forty Niners, the
Speaker 1: first round pick last year. But he comes back in
Speaker 1: the game and he's learning from his mistakes. Uh, tremendous athleticism.
Speaker 1: Jordan Jenkins picked up his first career half sacked last week.
Speaker 1: A third round pick out at Georgia. Justin Burris got
Speaker 1: his first extended action on defense. He's also a draft pick,
Speaker 1: a guy who they want to see more this week, Chad.
Speaker 1: Then you go on the offensive side of the ball. Uh.
Speaker 1: You can talk about all these young guys who have
Speaker 1: been forced into action this year because the Jets have
Speaker 1: dealt with injuries. But now we're seeing some of them developed.
Speaker 1: Wass Lee Johnson playing at center doing a fine job.
Speaker 1: I think we might have to see Brandon Shell. He
Speaker 1: could start. He's a fifth round pick. He could start
Speaker 1: at right tackle this week and then at the wide
Speaker 1: receiver position. The Jets carried three rookies this year. Robby
Speaker 1: Anderson is the guy getting the big numbers right now.
Speaker 1: But don't forget about Peak, who made the fourth dunk conversion.
Speaker 1: So my point, then I've being a long winded and
Speaker 1: I have a lot of enthusiasm here is player development
Speaker 1: can come from a first round pick like Leonard Williams,
Speaker 1: wh was considered the top overall guy on many people's
Speaker 1: draft boards, but also can come from Quincy and Noonaw
Speaker 1: and it also can come from an undrafted free agent
Speaker 1: like Robbie Anderson. So these games are all important. And
Speaker 1: I don't think if you're a fan right now, there
Speaker 1: is no Andrew Luck coming out in the draft. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's just my opinion, you guy. You just got to
Speaker 1: enjoy it watching these guys now and then we'll handle
Speaker 1: the draft in April. Well exactly. And the draft only
Speaker 1: matters to two people. It matters to the personally undrafted
Speaker 1: because that is a difference in money, and it managed
Speaker 1: to the owner who has to pay the money. Other
Speaker 1: than that, when it comes to evaluation, the great thing
Speaker 1: about the NFL doesn't matter where you were picked, where
Speaker 1: you went in the draft, whether or not you were
Speaker 1: a free that has no thing to do with anything.
Speaker 1: It is about production, that is it. And so that's
Speaker 1: why you're a complete evaluation process is so important. And um,
Speaker 1: when you're talking about rookies, you know, most of the
Speaker 1: time in this league, when you do draft these rookies,
Speaker 1: you're only really expecting some quality uh production, but really
Speaker 1: you're hoping that they avoid disasters more than that they
Speaker 1: produced for you as rookies, because you know, it's such
Speaker 1: a high learning curve. The only two rookies you've heard
Speaker 1: about this year essentially in the NFL are two people,
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott and th Ki Elliott. That's it. You really
Speaker 1: haven't heard about other rookies so to speak on a
Speaker 1: consistent basis, because most of the time rookie performances are
Speaker 1: up and down and that's to be expected. And so
Speaker 1: for organizations when they have these high price rookies, they
Speaker 1: want to they make sure that uh they set the
Speaker 1: expectation level correctly, that they want to make sure that
Speaker 1: their solid production there. But most importantly, we don't have
Speaker 1: complete disasters and we see that we have a foundation
Speaker 1: to build upon, and so that that's important. So your
Speaker 1: whole evaluation process, really your evaluation process is more important
Speaker 1: for your third, fourth, fifth, six, seventh round draft picks
Speaker 1: and your free agent more than it is with the
Speaker 1: first and second round. Those guys scrutinized so much. You
Speaker 1: could pick anybody and have a have a decent player,
Speaker 1: or have a shot of having a decent player. But
Speaker 1: you're later round. God, that's where the depth of your
Speaker 1: team and your quality of your team comes from. Well, said,
Speaker 1: enjoyed it. We're getting some snow up north. I hope
Speaker 1: you guys are staying warm themselves. We we are cold.
Speaker 1: We are cold, and we are kind of mimicking your
Speaker 1: weather except for the snow, so I will not be
Speaker 1: bringing any warm weather with me this weekend. Said, uh,
Speaker 1: we look forward to seeing that not. Let's stay