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Speaker 1: Official Jets Podcast Game Preview Jets Dolphins Week seven this Sunday.
Speaker 1: We have a great show for you in store today.
Speaker 1: Joining us today we got James Walker ESPN, NFL Nation
Speaker 1: writer for the Miami Dolphins, and of course we got
Speaker 1: Chad Pennington as always Buddy A Blood's dive in Jets
Speaker 1: Dolphins the rematch from Week three, the Jets one in
Speaker 1: wire to wire fashion twenty to six, that Dolphins scored
Speaker 1: on the final play from regulation, so close to a shutout.
Speaker 1: So you know that the Dolphins are gonna be coming
Speaker 1: in hot this weekend. Throw it all out the window
Speaker 1: what we saw in Week three, because that was the
Speaker 1: Jets team still trying to find themselves. Obviously, they lost
Speaker 1: a week before in convincing fashion to the Oakland Raiders,
Speaker 1: but to a man, everybody talked about how they were
Speaker 1: accountable for themselves at halftime. So what happened was the
Speaker 1: Jets came home and they started a three game win streak.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately for the Green and White, that streak snapped against
Speaker 1: the Patriots and a tough, hard fought game seventeen lost
Speaker 1: last week at MetLife Stadium. Jets did a lot of
Speaker 1: good things in that game. The players were asked countless
Speaker 1: times about a controversial reviewing that game, nausin Safarian Jenkins
Speaker 1: was ruled a touchdown on the field. We all know
Speaker 1: what happened. We talked about it and nauseam overturned. You know,
Speaker 1: you're supposed to be indisputable evidence. The league says it
Speaker 1: was indisputable. Todd Bull said, we're not gonna cry about
Speaker 1: it this week because otherwise we'll end up losing to
Speaker 1: the Dolphins because we're looking behind us. Conversely, this is
Speaker 1: a Miami team who may have just found themselves down
Speaker 1: seventeen and nothing on the road. In Atlanta team we're
Speaker 1: representing the end of seeing the Super Bowl and they
Speaker 1: come back and win, so they'll be feeling good, and
Speaker 1: you're right, they won't like the way they played and
Speaker 1: that will show on tape because the Jets dominated them
Speaker 1: a week three already, it's time to bring in James Walker.
Speaker 1: You can follow him on Twitter at James Walker NFL. James,
Speaker 1: thanks so much for coming on the Official Jet Podcast
Speaker 1: game preview, and you can follow them on Facebook at
Speaker 1: the same handle, the same handle, so make sure to
Speaker 1: get James on both platforms there. I appreciate that so
Speaker 1: much the Saint since the last time that the Dolphins
Speaker 1: and Death played it, it it feels like almost a cheat
Speaker 1: and ago, even though it's just a few weeks ago.
Speaker 1: That is a great point. So just jumping off right
Speaker 1: there is from your perspective, what's changed in South Florida
Speaker 1: for this Dolphins team since Week three? Well, a lot
Speaker 1: has changed. For one, um, it looks like they finally
Speaker 1: got their offense jump started, and that was something that
Speaker 1: was a season long issue for them. They were last
Speaker 1: in the league UH in yards per game, they were
Speaker 1: last in the league and scoring UH entering last weeks
Speaker 1: went over the Atlanta Falcons. But something clicked at at
Speaker 1: halftime for for the Dolphins in that Falcons game, where
Speaker 1: their tempo was good, all of a sudden they were
Speaker 1: able to move the ball better. They got j Gi going.
Speaker 1: I'm sure that's gonna be a topic probably discussed a
Speaker 1: little later because the Jet set him down a few
Speaker 1: weeks ago. But when they have a balanced offense with
Speaker 1: the with the skill players that they have, they could
Speaker 1: really be dangerous. It was just up until that point
Speaker 1: we just hadn't seen it. But they scored twenty unanswered
Speaker 1: points at Atlanta. Uh, you know, a team that went
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl last year. Not very easy to do.
Speaker 1: But it looks like the Dolphins finally put it together.
Speaker 1: So they're going into this week with a lot more
Speaker 1: confidence now, um, after really struggling over the past two
Speaker 1: or three games leading up to that point. Yeah, James,
Speaker 1: do you think that club now under Adam Gates has
Speaker 1: its mojo back? Because, like you mentioned, we saw him
Speaker 1: at MetLife Stadium way back in Week three and the
Speaker 1: Jets dominated that game from wire to wire. And what
Speaker 1: was even more surprising to me, James, was what followed
Speaker 1: where the Dolphins go across the pond and they play
Speaker 1: a New Orleans Saints team that has known for its
Speaker 1: prolific offensive attack. But the Dolphins were shut out there.
Speaker 1: So you mentioned the offensive struggles. What actually happened offensively
Speaker 1: last week? And is this something that you really think
Speaker 1: that this team can build upon? Yeah? You you mentioned
Speaker 1: those two games. They were basically set out in both
Speaker 1: games because they scored on a pretty much a garbage
Speaker 1: touchdown late to DeVante Parker against the Jets on on
Speaker 1: the last play of the game. Uh to to get
Speaker 1: that final touchdown. So really uh in my eyes anyway,
Speaker 1: was back to back shutouts against the Jets in the
Speaker 1: Saints in that game. But in terms of what's changed, look,
Speaker 1: it's no secret with the Dolphins. When they have j
Speaker 1: j going at running back, that's really the difference in
Speaker 1: their offense. This the offensive line they have, it's a
Speaker 1: run blocking offensive line. Primarily, there are a bunch of flowers.
Speaker 1: They're average path blockers, sometimes a little bit below average
Speaker 1: path blockers. But when they have the running game going,
Speaker 1: they can play action, they can feed off of all
Speaker 1: those things. And in the past two seasons, the Dolphins
Speaker 1: are six and oh when Jag goes over a hundred yards,
Speaker 1: and there's been a couple of two hundred yard games
Speaker 1: and that spanned as well, um including this season where
Speaker 1: the two and oh this season when Jag goes over
Speaker 1: a hundred yards. So it's really no secret what their
Speaker 1: formula is. I think the Dolphins were experimenting a little
Speaker 1: bit too much. They got in Julius Thomas. Uh, they
Speaker 1: played primarily three wide receivers with Landry Kenny Steele's and
Speaker 1: Davante Parker. Um Jay Cutler came in, So I think
Speaker 1: they were experimenting a little too much in the first
Speaker 1: month of the season, maybe trying to pass more than
Speaker 1: they should. Um you know, they felt with Jay Cutler
Speaker 1: they can open up deep ball a little more, stretched
Speaker 1: the field and do those kind of things. But this
Speaker 1: team is a run first team. I mean that's what
Speaker 1: really got them to the Dance last year when they
Speaker 1: won team game and they gave the ball to j
Speaker 1: Ji and let him control the clock. That helped the
Speaker 1: defense as well. And I think they finally got back
Speaker 1: to that um last week with a gi going for
Speaker 1: a hundred thirty yards against the Falcons. That really helped
Speaker 1: them dictate the tempo. And even when they fell behind
Speaker 1: against the Falcons last week, they stuck to the running game.
Speaker 1: That's something that they haven't done, um, you know, earlier
Speaker 1: this year. So I think more than anything, that's been
Speaker 1: the huge difference that when Jed gets going and look,
Speaker 1: the opponent knows that as well. So it's just a
Speaker 1: matter of Okay, Uh, you know, if they stacked the box,
Speaker 1: what are they gonna do? Um? But yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: if j j gets going, I think that gives them
Speaker 1: a much better chance to win not only against the Jets,
Speaker 1: but really pretty much every game this season. Recently you
Speaker 1: wrote about that a heavy dose of Jedi is good
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins, and last week he had over twenty
Speaker 1: five carries. If I'm not mistaken, but do you think
Speaker 1: that this team could Obviously, last week the team came
Speaker 1: from behind, and you said that they stuck with a
Speaker 1: gie on the ground. But let's a hypothetically if the
Speaker 1: team falls behind again. Let's say this week, do you
Speaker 1: think that Jay Cutler has the necessary weapons to try
Speaker 1: to get back in the game through the air. I
Speaker 1: think he has the weapons. I'm not sure he's the
Speaker 1: same quarterback, um, that's able to do that. And that's
Speaker 1: really been regardless of whether it was Cutler under center
Speaker 1: or Ryan Tannehill at center, this hasn't really been a
Speaker 1: good come from behind team. Uh. You know, especially you
Speaker 1: know in last two seasons with Adam Gates, they're the time.
Speaker 1: They're the kind of team that is really good in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. They win close games they've they've set
Speaker 1: a team record. They've won eleven straight games, uh in
Speaker 1: games decided by seven points or left. Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: that not a lot of teams can do that, But
Speaker 1: that tells me that they're very mentally tough and they
Speaker 1: can win close games. But most of their wins are close.
Speaker 1: They either get blown out or they keep games close
Speaker 1: and win. So that's really been their formula for success.
Speaker 1: They're not the kind of team that uh usually if
Speaker 1: they fall behind by two touchdowns and things like that,
Speaker 1: they throw their way back into it. Uh. And I
Speaker 1: thought last week was an interesting example because when they
Speaker 1: fell behind seventeen nothing to Atlanta, they came out ran
Speaker 1: the ball. It was like, Okayle's taking one drive at
Speaker 1: a time. They got an early touchdown, and all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, it's it's seventeen uh seven. And they even
Speaker 1: though they were playing from behind, they didn't necessarily play
Speaker 1: like they were down by double digits. They played like
Speaker 1: they were only down three or seven, and before you
Speaker 1: know it, they scored on four straight drives, either a
Speaker 1: touchdown a field goal, and all of a sudden, you
Speaker 1: got twenty on answer points. So I think that's more
Speaker 1: so they're successful formulas. I mean they know it as
Speaker 1: a coaching staff and as a team. Uh that anytime,
Speaker 1: you know, if Jay Color is gonna go out and
Speaker 1: throw forty four times like he did in Week three
Speaker 1: against the Jets, Uh, that's probably not a formulas for success.
Speaker 1: They're better off giving day a jalety of the ball
Speaker 1: twenty five times, keeping the opposing offense off the field
Speaker 1: while controlling the clock. James Walkers joining us an official
Speaker 1: Jets podcast preview Jets Dolphins, hard Rock Stadium, South Florida, Sunday.
Speaker 1: We've been talking a lot about the offense, but we
Speaker 1: got to talk about this deep pants. I grew up, James,
Speaker 1: I grew up. I grew up watching Dan Marino and
Speaker 1: all over the years. When I grew up in Orchard Park,
Speaker 1: New York, it was all about that dolphense passing game.
Speaker 1: And now you look at this defense and it has
Speaker 1: not given up more than twenty points per game the season.
Speaker 1: Last year they struggled against the run. Now they're giving
Speaker 1: up about eighty yards per game in the ground, fourth
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Also amongst the league leaders in terms
Speaker 1: of points allowed, around seventeen points per game. How legit
Speaker 1: is this unit and also tell me something other than
Speaker 1: the Domincans Sue and Cameron Wake are getting it done.
Speaker 1: Because we know that. Who are the other guys who
Speaker 1: have really stepped up here in two thousand seventeen. Well,
Speaker 1: you gotta look at their linebacker play and this was
Speaker 1: an area that was atrocious last year. Um. The defensive
Speaker 1: line was up and down, but they had some good games,
Speaker 1: but it just seems like every game the linebackers were
Speaker 1: missing tackled. They couldn't cover slot receivers, they couldn't cover
Speaker 1: tight end. The addition of Lawrence Timmans and uh raymondo
Speaker 1: Luga have have made a big difference. It's a veteran unit.
Speaker 1: They know how to play, they know how to play physical.
Speaker 1: They both come from the NFC North Division where it's
Speaker 1: a physical brand of football, and they've really added that
Speaker 1: to the Dolphins defense. As you mentioned, the run defense
Speaker 1: has been a top five UM, you know in the
Speaker 1: league points allowed, they've been I think top seven or
Speaker 1: eight for for most of the lead. They don't give
Speaker 1: up a lot of points. And against the Falcons, when
Speaker 1: the Falcons punched them in the mouth early last week
Speaker 1: with those two early touchdowns, they pretty much held in
Speaker 1: the three points and the final three quarters not allowed
Speaker 1: the Dolphins offense to get back in the game. So
Speaker 1: I saw signs of this way back as early as
Speaker 1: Week one or week two, that even when the offense
Speaker 1: was going three and out, they were punting, they were
Speaker 1: losing time of possession, they kept they couldn't really stay
Speaker 1: on the field, they were terrible on third down. The
Speaker 1: defense kept playing at a very good level, very good
Speaker 1: energy level. They were still playing hard, and they weren't
Speaker 1: giving up a ton of points even at that point.
Speaker 1: So you just knew that if the offense can just
Speaker 1: help a little bit, if they just get a couple
Speaker 1: of touchdowns, stay on the field a little longer, convert
Speaker 1: on third down a little better, the defense could really,
Speaker 1: uh you know, really do some damage. And I think
Speaker 1: you saw that um last week. So uh yeah, So
Speaker 1: the defense has been playing well all year. It's just
Speaker 1: been a matter of can the offense helped them out
Speaker 1: at least a little bit, you know, give them a
Speaker 1: little bit of a breather, give them a little bit
Speaker 1: of a lead um as opposed to the team playing
Speaker 1: from behind all season, And you saw that a little
Speaker 1: bit of that last week. So both sides, you know,
Speaker 1: have been complementary of each other. They talked about each other.
Speaker 1: I asked some defensive players, how do you keep that
Speaker 1: energy level up, you know when the offense are struggling
Speaker 1: as much as they did. They said, look, you know,
Speaker 1: they know the weapons they have on offense that eventually
Speaker 1: they'll have to turn around. They can't play poorly for
Speaker 1: this long. So it looks like they may have finally
Speaker 1: turned the corner. Um in that game. We'll see what
Speaker 1: happens this week, you know, against against the solid Jets team. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, in that respect, but it looks like they're
Speaker 1: finally playing some complementary football. Um, you know, on both
Speaker 1: sides of the ball. The other guy always pops out
Speaker 1: to me when I'm watching film is forty seven keep
Speaker 1: going lin soo uh instinctive linebacker. A lot of speed,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of ground, and he's in at in
Speaker 1: on a lot of tackles. He's just always around the ball.
Speaker 1: It feels like, James, what do you think about the
Speaker 1: rematch here between these two clubs, as far as do
Speaker 1: you think this is a pride game for the Dolphins
Speaker 1: or they're not even thinking that way. They're thinking that
Speaker 1: they're a different ball club at this point. No, I
Speaker 1: think it absolutely is a pride game. And talking to
Speaker 1: the players in the locker room after that, after that
Speaker 1: Week three lost the Jets, the feeling I got was
Speaker 1: that they felt that they were a better team. They
Speaker 1: did they didn't lose to a better team. They felt
Speaker 1: that they just played poorly. So I think there is
Speaker 1: a level of pride now after you get swept by
Speaker 1: the Jets, uh, to see, then there's no denying you
Speaker 1: can't say that you're a better team that obviously the
Speaker 1: Jets swept them in two games this year, than they're
Speaker 1: a better team this year. But the feeling I got
Speaker 1: from the players in the locker room was that, you know,
Speaker 1: they were upset that they just didn't show up in
Speaker 1: the game. They didn't play with energy, they didn't execute,
Speaker 1: and but they didn't feel like they got beat by
Speaker 1: better teams. So I think there's definitely some pride there. Uh.
Speaker 1: There's obviously the long standing rivalry. It's a division game,
Speaker 1: which is big because they haven't won a division game
Speaker 1: this year. Um, you know up until this point. Uh,
Speaker 1: so they know that that, you know, based on what
Speaker 1: happened uh in Week three. You know, I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna show up, you know, ready to play. They know
Speaker 1: that they can't just uh, you know, just show up
Speaker 1: on the field at home and just uh, you know,
Speaker 1: against anybody and just play well. So yeah, I think
Speaker 1: there's definitely a pride element involved. You know. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: talk to the players probably in the next couple of
Speaker 1: hours or so here to kind of see what they
Speaker 1: think about this rematch. But I'm I'm basing my answer
Speaker 1: based on uh, you know a few weeks ago when
Speaker 1: I spoke to him in the locker room after the
Speaker 1: Jets loss that you know, I think they're gonna be
Speaker 1: fired up to this game, and I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: be alert. I don't think they're gonna sleep on the team,
Speaker 1: uh you know, a rivalry team that that they got
Speaker 1: pretty much spanked by by two touchdowns in the previous meeting.
Speaker 1: And and finally for me, is that h Green's mentioned
Speaker 1: this before. James, that the gy E eleven carry sixteen yards.
Speaker 1: You mentioned his struggles on the ground against the Jets.
Speaker 1: Do you think at home game number two, the way
Speaker 1: he ran the ball last week, what they're finding out
Speaker 1: about themselves identity wise? On offense. Would you go to
Speaker 1: the bank and say, hey, listen, I'll put my mortgage
Speaker 1: down on this guy's gonna get more than eleven carries
Speaker 1: this week. I'm not putting my mortgage down on anything. Um,
Speaker 1: the game plan is. I think the game plan is
Speaker 1: going to be pretty clear that they're gonna try, you know,
Speaker 1: to to run the ball. And now whether or not
Speaker 1: they can do it. They only had one point five
Speaker 1: yards per carry against the Jets in the previous meeting.
Speaker 1: If if that clip stayed the same, then obviously they
Speaker 1: can't give him the ball fifteen uh twenty times. But
Speaker 1: I think the Dolphins expect to have more success than that,
Speaker 1: at least, um, you know, with with j J. So look,
Speaker 1: both teams know it. You know, the Jets are gonna
Speaker 1: get up against the run just like they did in
Speaker 1: the previous meeting, and the Dolphins are gonna try to run.
Speaker 1: So I think it's gonna be one of those things
Speaker 1: where it's just gonna be one of those ugly, you know,
Speaker 1: grind them out games to see, you know, who can
Speaker 1: you know, who blinks first. The Doctors are gonna try
Speaker 1: to run it as much as they can. I think
Speaker 1: a GI is probably gonna get fifteen twenty carries in
Speaker 1: this game, and the Jets are gonna get up against
Speaker 1: the running and see if the Dolphins can beat them
Speaker 1: through the air. So so it'd be an interesting matchup
Speaker 1: in nest standpoint, it will be a physical matchup, but
Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know, whoever wins that particular matchup
Speaker 1: is gonna be a long way. It's gonna go a
Speaker 1: long way to see who determines the winner in this game.
Speaker 1: Well that's ESPN's NFL Nation reporter James Walker again followed
Speaker 1: him on Twitter at James Walker and on Facebook James
Speaker 1: Walker Greens. I'm looking forward to going down the South
Speaker 1: Florida myself because it's getting a little bit cool up here,
Speaker 1: and forecasts on Sunday. I'll look for you in the
Speaker 1: press fix. James has always we appreciate it, all right, guys.
Speaker 1: Always fun and I'll talk to you, so see you
Speaker 1: on Sunday, all right, Green. So what I take out
Speaker 1: of that is, we know James Walker is not a
Speaker 1: gambling manure, but we were sure, but we would anticipate
Speaker 1: seeing a lot more of j J. I e. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins are gonna try to get the run game established
Speaker 1: against the Jets, and listen, this is a different Miami
Speaker 1: team because this is really good defense stout. They don't
Speaker 1: give up much. You know, Bart Scotta always says this,
Speaker 1: and he said this this week on Inside the Jets,
Speaker 1: which is also repurposed on the Official Jets podcast. So
Speaker 1: make sure to look out for that again every Monday,
Speaker 1: seven to eight at Vanderbilt Sports and spirits at the Windows.
Speaker 1: There you go. You can watch it on Facebook and
Speaker 1: New York Jets dot Com. Did I get that right?
Speaker 1: You got it. That's because I'm an avid follower of
Speaker 1: Inside the Jets. But nonetheless, Bart Scott said this, and
Speaker 1: it's stuck with me is that j j I is
Speaker 1: a volume runner. And what I think he means is
Speaker 1: that as the game goes on and as he gets
Speaker 1: more touches, he just gets better and he blossoms. In
Speaker 1: Week three, only eleven carries against the Jets defense. We
Speaker 1: mentioned that, but that's because Tomorio Davis and company did
Speaker 1: a phenomenal job at stopping the run. So if you
Speaker 1: think that j G I is gonna get eleven carries
Speaker 1: and used to you as James Walker, I think that
Speaker 1: you're crazy, because last the Jets can get out to
Speaker 1: a fourteen nothing lead like they did exactly the Patriots,
Speaker 1: which would be great to see. But even so, James
Speaker 1: Walker said that the Dolphins stuck with the run last
Speaker 1: week against Atlanta, which is how they got back in
Speaker 1: the game. So knowing that, knowing that j j I
Speaker 1: didn't really have a lot of carries in the second
Speaker 1: half in the first matchup between these two teams, what
Speaker 1: does this Jets defense need to do in order to
Speaker 1: bottle up a gi once again? Because you know, if
Speaker 1: there's anyone that's gonna be coming in hotter than anyone else,
Speaker 1: it's probably j Jecks. I thought tomorrow Davis was outstanding
Speaker 1: in that first game, and if memory serves me correctly,
Speaker 1: he had like three tackles for loss, and the Jets
Speaker 1: kept on winning an early downs and Miami I think
Speaker 1: finished around one of twelve on third down conversions. But
Speaker 1: I look at this Miami statue chart. GI E has
Speaker 1: a hundred and two carries, and then you look at
Speaker 1: the receivers, Jarvis Lantry thirty eight receptions. Then it goes
Speaker 1: Davante Parker's nineteen and Kenny Still's fourteen. This offense still
Speaker 1: is predicated on a Gi E and Jarvis Lantry. You
Speaker 1: bottle those two up, you're gonna be in good shape.
Speaker 1: Jet said some options in the secondary, how they wanted
Speaker 1: to defend Jarvis Lantry, but Demario Davis, for my money,
Speaker 1: he was outstanding that first game. If they can get
Speaker 1: another big game out of him, that's gonna go a
Speaker 1: long way towards winning. The Jets also set the tone
Speaker 1: very early in week three. On the first player, Gi
Speaker 1: takes a handoff off the left tackle and who comes
Speaker 1: up and flips them up and upends them basically is
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams and to come out coming out party in
Speaker 1: the n He did. He did. He had a sack
Speaker 1: and a past defense in consecutive plays where Jamal was
Speaker 1: in coverage and Jay Cutler tried to find DeVante Parker
Speaker 1: up the sideline, in Jamal Adams came flying across for
Speaker 1: a dive in deflection. Also just on DeVante Parker real quick.
Speaker 1: He missed last week's game, so we have to keep
Speaker 1: an eye on his status for this week if will
Speaker 1: play with an ankle injury, because he's probably their biggest
Speaker 1: receiver in the sense that Jarvis Landry and Kenny Stills.
Speaker 1: Kenny Stills is a speed sir, Jarvis Landry is an
Speaker 1: underneath guy. That's what Casey Roger said is you have
Speaker 1: Kenny Stills that goes deep, you have DeVante Parker who's
Speaker 1: their big, tall threat, and then you have Jarvis Landry
Speaker 1: kind of runs around. And something that you mentioned four
Speaker 1: weeks ago is that you really have to tackle these
Speaker 1: guys when you get the chance, especially the juice. Jarvis
Speaker 1: Landry's right, All right, let's switch to the other side
Speaker 1: of the ball, bringing our quarterback Jet Jets three and three.
Speaker 1: Now after six games, do you like where this team
Speaker 1: is headed as they moved forward? Got another divisional game
Speaker 1: this weekend in Miami, Erica. I'll be honest with you,
Speaker 1: I like as a fan, I like the product that
Speaker 1: I'm seeing, meaning that I'm seeing a competitive team. I'm
Speaker 1: seeing a versatile team. I'm seeing a team offensively that
Speaker 1: spread the ball around more than anybody in the league
Speaker 1: other than maybe the Patriots. Um everyone's in the in
Speaker 1: the action, involved in the success. And you just see
Speaker 1: a team that that plays hard and they play with passion,
Speaker 1: and I think that's important. And as a fan, even
Speaker 1: though you may not like the results, sometimes you at
Speaker 1: least like the direction of your team is heading. You
Speaker 1: know it because you played so long. We're successful in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. Uh, Jets Patriots, big game, UM
Speaker 1: and Todd Bowls. Has been steady throughout Chad saying, hey, listen,
Speaker 1: we played the Pats and it's a big game because
Speaker 1: it's the next game. But now for the Jets, the
Speaker 1: next game is the Miami Dolphins. Do you think bulls steadiness,
Speaker 1: his approach is going to be key this week as
Speaker 1: the Jets hope to turn the page quickly because they
Speaker 1: have to because they want to get back to over
Speaker 1: five again. With the four and three mark, they can
Speaker 1: even the rocker inside the division. And on Monday's when
Speaker 1: this team comes back, they look at the film and say, Okay,
Speaker 1: we did this right, we did this wrong. We got
Speaker 1: to improve on this. How much do you think Bulls
Speaker 1: comes into play this week as the Jets look ahead?
Speaker 1: Well he he certainly his demeanor in mindset. He reminds
Speaker 1: me of how many test the Birdies handled situations when
Speaker 1: I would watch him. Um, they're very even killed. Um,
Speaker 1: never too high, never too low, And that always provided
Speaker 1: success for our teams. And I think that's what's provided
Speaker 1: ability for this Jets team and seeing all the changes
Speaker 1: that have happened in the off season and the negativity
Speaker 1: around the team from the outside, Todd Bowls demeanor and
Speaker 1: his mindset has has provided that stabilization and stability, and
Speaker 1: so that's important. Now that doesn't ensure you wins, but
Speaker 1: it at least keeps your team even killed where you
Speaker 1: now have a chance to win, because this is easily
Speaker 1: a game that you can go to Miami thinking what
Speaker 1: we've already beat him, basically beat him up, and the
Speaker 1: first time we played him twenty six, coming off this
Speaker 1: emotional loss, we're still thinking about what could have been
Speaker 1: against Patriots. Now we as a team, we're going to
Speaker 1: go down there just lay an egg. And so I
Speaker 1: think with Todd Bowls and his demeanor and how he
Speaker 1: looks at things, he will have the Jets ready to play. Uh,
Speaker 1: he will have his team ready to play. And quite frankly, uh,
Speaker 1: this is a big game for both teams. Uh. This
Speaker 1: is a game where Miami has experienced a little success,
Speaker 1: big win over Atlanta and now they can right the
Speaker 1: ship with the horrible losses that they've had in the
Speaker 1: horrible office that they had against the Jet with how
Speaker 1: they played and now get a leg up and really
Speaker 1: start to press New England. As far as this a
Speaker 1: f C East, you can see that this a f
Speaker 1: C East has really turning out to be quite the
Speaker 1: competition through the first half of the season, and it
Speaker 1: was gonna make interesting for a second half. You talked
Speaker 1: about Miami beating Atlanta, they were down seventeen points. They
Speaker 1: were a playoff team last year. How, in your opinion,
Speaker 1: how do you think the Jets should go about attacking
Speaker 1: this Dolphins team that quite frankly is probably looking for
Speaker 1: a bit of payback because the Jets dominated them in
Speaker 1: Week three. Yeah. I don't think that there needs to
Speaker 1: be special schemes or anything like that. I don't think
Speaker 1: that Dolphins do anything out of the ordinary or have
Speaker 1: any out of the ordinary players that you do, like, wow,
Speaker 1: um really really scared of. I think what you have
Speaker 1: to do is you have to let J Cutler be
Speaker 1: J Cutler in that you know he's gonna give you
Speaker 1: a couple opportunities, uh to steal the ball away, and
Speaker 1: you've got to steal it away. And this has got
Speaker 1: to be a game of turnovers and build position um
Speaker 1: and it's also got to be a game of physicality
Speaker 1: and intensity, because that's basically what happened in the first game,
Speaker 1: and the Jets just outplayed him more, more intense, more physical,
Speaker 1: and and basically shut them down in all phases. And
Speaker 1: that's what it's going to buil down to. It's not
Speaker 1: going to pull down to specific plays or players. He's
Speaker 1: going to pull down to intensity and physicality and that
Speaker 1: turnover battle. I really believe that that turnover battle is
Speaker 1: gonna be huge in this game. What do you think
Speaker 1: about this defense right now? I thought Buster Screen had
Speaker 1: his finest performance as a Jet, and I'm not just
Speaker 1: talking about the two takeaways. He easily could have had three.
Speaker 1: What I thought he was really physical. He had three
Speaker 1: p d s and all I A Morris A Borne
Speaker 1: has given this team a huge boost on the outside
Speaker 1: at cornerback. Brady completed only fifty two percent of his passes,
Speaker 1: albeit and the win. So that's my first part of
Speaker 1: the question. The second part is how does the defense
Speaker 1: manufacturer pressure. I know it's not just about sacks, but
Speaker 1: people externally are looking at the defensive line saying there
Speaker 1: are no there have been no sacks by any defensive
Speaker 1: alignment so far, and Leonard Williams and more Wilkerson both
Speaker 1: deal with some injuries right now. Surprisingly, I think the
Speaker 1: Jets past defense has outplayed its run defense, and we
Speaker 1: haven't said that in a lot of years. Uh. And
Speaker 1: so what was surprising to me was if you look
Speaker 1: at the game Sunday, New England established the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage with this run game and that was their plan.
Speaker 1: And so I would be concerned as a defensive staff
Speaker 1: that what we thought was our strength is not our
Speaker 1: strength right now. Our strength is not our run defense
Speaker 1: as uh as the Jets defensive when they look at
Speaker 1: it um because you look at over a hundred yards
Speaker 1: by by three different running backs. It wasn't a huge
Speaker 1: performance by one guy. I think they had a hundred
Speaker 1: nineteen yards combined, and they were very very effective in
Speaker 1: their running. Uh. James White average over seven yards to carry.
Speaker 1: The other two running backs and Gillis Lee, Uh, they
Speaker 1: they over average over four yards right now. To your point, Lewis,
Speaker 1: that was concerning to me. To your point, the Jets
Speaker 1: are ranked against the rush right now. Yeah, and that
Speaker 1: was one thing we went into the season, and the
Speaker 1: Jets have always gone into EEP season feeling really good.
Speaker 1: About that, and so that has to be addressed. Uh,
Speaker 1: and Miami's gonna take a look at that, and they're
Speaker 1: going to get a steady diet of it. The Jett
Speaker 1: defense will get a steady diet of J J I
Speaker 1: and in that running game. And then you know, because
Speaker 1: if you don't stop that running game, that plays and
Speaker 1: pass and those short passes, it becomes much more difficult
Speaker 1: to stop because you're so focused in on the run.
Speaker 1: So that's gotta be it's gonna be addressed, Chad. How
Speaker 1: did the Jets go about fixing their struggles on third
Speaker 1: and short last week? They were very successful on third
Speaker 1: down as a whole fifty, but we're only three of
Speaker 1: nine on third and fourth down from four yards or less.
Speaker 1: That's about establishing controls the line of scrimmage, and so
Speaker 1: that starts up front with your five interior a linement,
Speaker 1: being able to eliminate penetration um and then also be
Speaker 1: efficient in the passing game, be able to make those
Speaker 1: plays in the passing game, because sometimes there's going to
Speaker 1: be passes called in that down in distance because you
Speaker 1: know you're getting man coverage and so you have to
Speaker 1: win on the outside and you have to be able
Speaker 1: to throw and catch. But most importantly, it's going to
Speaker 1: start with the five interior being able to decrease the
Speaker 1: penetration and make sure that at least when the running
Speaker 1: back has to make a cut, he doesn't have a
Speaker 1: free defender in his face and he can choose the
Speaker 1: hole to try to get those extra yards. You mentioned
Speaker 1: the FC East before. What do you make of it?
Speaker 1: Thus far? Patriots a top the division which we've seen
Speaker 1: for most of the last two decades. There four and two,
Speaker 1: But then you look at the rest of these clubs.
Speaker 1: Miami now suddenly is three and two, feeling a little
Speaker 1: bit better about themselves. Defensively, they've been really stingy so
Speaker 1: far this year, haven't given up more than twenty points,
Speaker 1: and in a ballgame there I believe they're just allowing
Speaker 1: seventeen points a game. Conversely, that offense that features J. J. I. E.
Speaker 1: Who you mentioned, Chad and Jarvis Landry Landry continues uh
Speaker 1: to try to find its way because they're only averaging
Speaker 1: twelve points a game. You look at Buffalo, they're coming
Speaker 1: off of by the three and two right now. Defensively,
Speaker 1: they played really well. They got a couple of guys
Speaker 1: that offense runs through and lash McCoy and Tyrod Taller
Speaker 1: and they're hoping they get Charles Clay back in the
Speaker 1: lineup and then New England. While they are a top
Speaker 1: that division, you see some holes defensively and without Julian Odelman.
Speaker 1: Brady is still fantastic, but the Jets limited him to
Speaker 1: completion rate last week and you gotta go back a
Speaker 1: ways to see Brady have games like that. So what's
Speaker 1: your take on the division right now? Well, my take
Speaker 1: is the Patriots turn control and they have the advantage
Speaker 1: because of the experience and they know how to win.
Speaker 1: And what you saw Sunday and what you will see
Speaker 1: throughout the year in this division, you'll see one thing.
Speaker 1: And here's the deal. Either the other three teams, Jets, Dolphins,
Speaker 1: and Bills will find ways not to lose the Patriots
Speaker 1: and find ways to beat them, or the Patriots will
Speaker 1: just allow these teams teams to lose to them. Because
Speaker 1: right now, based upon the Patriots performance as well as
Speaker 1: their injury situation, you can see their game plan has changed.
Speaker 1: Their game plan has changed to use the running game,
Speaker 1: control the clock a little bit, try to eliminate three
Speaker 1: and ounce offensively. Because they don't want to put their
Speaker 1: defense in bad situations, and so they'll they'll they're okay
Speaker 1: with completion percentage or UH winning ugly games because that
Speaker 1: they know that's how they need to win and have
Speaker 1: to win right now based upon their injury situation. So
Speaker 1: they they are the team that's finding ways to win.
Speaker 1: These other teams must eliminate finding ways to lose. Uh.
Speaker 1: This week, what do you expect the slugfest in Miami?
Speaker 1: I mean, you look at these two teams that first
Speaker 1: meeting the Jets wire to wire as you mentioned before
Speaker 1: and Green's mentioned, and say, listen, this Miami team probably
Speaker 1: comes into this game with a lot of confidence. Overcoming
Speaker 1: a seventeen point road deficit against a team who just
Speaker 1: appeared in the Super Bowl last year. It's got to
Speaker 1: give them a little bit juice, and I'm sure they'll
Speaker 1: they're looking to make amends for that beat down they
Speaker 1: suffer here at MetLife Stadium. But when you look at
Speaker 1: this game, these teams know each other so well, you
Speaker 1: think this is gonna be a low scoring slug fist.
Speaker 1: All things considered, it should be a back and forth
Speaker 1: seventeen fourteen seventeen game, all things considered, I think the
Speaker 1: key to this game is quarterback play. Um. I think
Speaker 1: it's between the McCown and Cutler and whoever eliminates his
Speaker 1: mistakes and avoid those disasters, that's the team that will
Speaker 1: win this game. Uh color is gonna push the ball
Speaker 1: down the field. Jets secondary will have a chance to
Speaker 1: make some plays on the ball down the field, and
Speaker 1: I love what the Jets offense is doing as far
Speaker 1: as spreading the ball around. Everyone's involved. You really can't
Speaker 1: just hone in on one, uh particular player, and so
Speaker 1: it's about decision making from a out and making sure
Speaker 1: that he eliminates those disaster plays. That's what it comes
Speaker 1: down to in this game, I believe, because all things considered,
Speaker 1: it's pretty even across the board. Good to have you
Speaker 1: back in our huddle chat and we'll talk to you
Speaker 1: next week. Okay, thank you guys. All right, Green's what
Speaker 1: Chad said early here is something that should not get lost.
Speaker 1: This team is playing a fun brand of football right now.
Speaker 1: And if you're a fan, you gotta be excited because
Speaker 1: this team has talked about chemistry and accountability and all that,
Speaker 1: but you're seeing it all takes shape on Sundays this offense,
Speaker 1: John Morton, the way he's using different pieces. Pennington is
Speaker 1: so impressed from a quarterbacks perspective, How who are you
Speaker 1: going to defend? They're going They're getting a ball to everybody.
Speaker 1: And conversely, for me on the defensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: I'm so impressed with that secondary um, the young safeties. Yes,
Speaker 1: the experience in some bumps along the way, but teams
Speaker 1: are not thrown over their heads. I'm not gonna get
Speaker 1: into the referees too much. I said I wouldn't. Chad
Speaker 1: did it for you? Yeah, and I thought Adam said,
Speaker 1: very good coverage on the one play and he was
Speaker 1: flagged him whatever, but screed. If he can duplicate that performance,
Speaker 1: Morris Clayborne can keep on playing the way he's been playing.
Speaker 1: You get the contributions from guys like Daryl Roberts along
Speaker 1: the way. This secondary is really coming into its own too,
Speaker 1: so you should be encouraged. This is a monster game
Speaker 1: for the Jets, though. Can they put the past behind them,
Speaker 1: which they've able they've been able to do so far
Speaker 1: and take this Miami challenge head on and secure fourth
Speaker 1: victory because if they do, I think people around the
Speaker 1: league aren't gonna be sleeping on this team anymore. There
Speaker 1: are a couple of things I want to hit on
Speaker 1: here is that one thing that I really like about
Speaker 1: this passing approach is not who's on the field, but
Speaker 1: who's off the field. And when I say that, I
Speaker 1: mean I really like that our Darius Stewart and Chad
Speaker 1: Hanson are able to get their feet under them again
Speaker 1: both rookies third and fourth round selections in the seventeen draft,
Speaker 1: and they can learn from pros like Jermaine Curse, Jeremy Curly,
Speaker 1: and Coach Bowl said that they will slowly be incorporated
Speaker 1: more and more. We saw that last week or Arias
Speaker 1: Stewart had a jet suite and Chad Hanson was on
Speaker 1: for a significant Yeah. I wonder if we look back
Speaker 1: that was that was probably Hanson's most reps and I
Speaker 1: would say so based on the eye test. So I
Speaker 1: like that, and I like that he's taking slow approach
Speaker 1: and getting these guys accustomed with the offense, and then
Speaker 1: hopefully later in the season they'll get more reps where
Speaker 1: they can be more times a completion percentage, not only
Speaker 1: the Curly because we were talking about that. Of course,
Speaker 1: he can't sleep on that or curse. Now you have
Speaker 1: Austin Sefarion Jenkins's played foign games. He's got twenty three receptions.
Speaker 1: It's a career high. The next step evolution for a
Speaker 1: s J is they're gonna hit one or two down
Speaker 1: the field because he can get down. Yeah, and he
Speaker 1: I'd say that he's shown his speed on one play
Speaker 1: against Cleveland when a SJA needed to get out of
Speaker 1: bounds before the fifty seven yard field goal from Captain Arrow,
Speaker 1: and he booked it. And we haven't seen the speedster
Speaker 1: version of a SJA. Not saying he's blown by anyone,
Speaker 1: but I agree with you and that he can definitely
Speaker 1: stretch the field. Let's see if the Jets can get
Speaker 1: more balanced offensively this week. John Morton says, whatever it
Speaker 1: takes to win. Last week, the Jets passed the ball
Speaker 1: a lot, fifty four dropbacks from Josh McCown who was
Speaker 1: very effective pass on the ball. But I would imagine
Speaker 1: they want to get some more things going on the ground. Well,
Speaker 1: to see the health of running back. It's good to
Speaker 1: get mad Fote back in the lineup. And Eli McGuire
Speaker 1: continues to contribute, and you kind of sold my thunder there,
Speaker 1: but Matt fourth I had eight receptions last game. I
Speaker 1: ask you this question, and I'm gonna question as of
Speaker 1: late has been what's the matchup we're looking forward to.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna ask that, Adam that your go to
Speaker 1: it is my go to. I'm gonna switch it up
Speaker 1: a little bit because this is a rematch, Okay. Is
Speaker 1: what do the Jets need to do in this matchup
Speaker 1: in particular to ensure a victory. I know you say
Speaker 1: it's a big game, and before you answer that, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna throw this out there so you don't steal
Speaker 1: my thunder is that I'm really looking forward to the
Speaker 1: ground game, and you mentioned it. I'm very much looking
Speaker 1: forward to see what happens with Matt Forte, Eli McGuire,
Speaker 1: who flashed against Jacksonville with a sixty nine yard touchdown
Speaker 1: and since has been kind of quiet. Powell hopefully coming
Speaker 1: back this week. We'll have to monitor his health status.
Speaker 1: But I'm really excited to see what these three guys
Speaker 1: can do because it's been a while since all three
Speaker 1: of them have been in the mix. And when you're
Speaker 1: on the road, in order to neutralize the crowd, to me,
Speaker 1: you want to eat up the clock and you want
Speaker 1: to use these three guys, I'm gonna steal pint Thunner.
Speaker 1: I think the quarterback was more effective on Sunday, when's
Speaker 1: the game that's McCown versus Jay Cutler. To date, McCown
Speaker 1: has been a far more effective player here in the
Speaker 1: early going. With that being said, and Jets said too
Speaker 1: early takeaways against the Patriots, unfortunately they finished from minus one.
Speaker 1: Stay at least even in the turnover department. You're gonna
Speaker 1: be fine, and don't blank in the fourth quarter because
Speaker 1: the stat about the Dolphins that jumps out more than
Speaker 1: any one is that James Walker told us again today
Speaker 1: about it. Eleven straight games decided by seven points or fewer.
Speaker 1: They've won every one of those games. That's that's very impressive.
Speaker 1: So don't blank late, stay even in the turnover department,
Speaker 1: and have your quarterback continue to do what he's doing
Speaker 1: in the Jets will be four and three, and right
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