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What's 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:27.280 going on Ethan Greenberg and Eric Allen here on the 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:31.920 Official Jets Podcast Game Preview Jets Dolphins Week seven this Sunday. 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:34.280 We have a great show for you in store today. 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:38.240 Joining us today we got James Walker ESPN, NFL Nation 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:41.400 writer for the Miami Dolphins, and of course we got 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:44.920 Chad Pennington as always Buddy A Blood's dive in Jets 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.440 Dolphins the rematch from Week three, the Jets one in 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.360 wire to wire fashion twenty to six, that Dolphins scored 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:55.560 on the final play from regulation, so close to a shutout. 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.400 So you know that the Dolphins are gonna be coming 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.640 in hot this weekend. Throw it all out the window 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.040 what we saw in Week three, because that was the 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:08.040 Jets team still trying to find themselves. Obviously, they lost 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:13.160 a week before in convincing fashion to the Oakland Raiders, 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.440 but to a man, everybody talked about how they were 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:19.880 accountable for themselves at halftime. So what happened was the 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:23.000 Jets came home and they started a three game win streak. 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.880 Unfortunately for the Green and White, that streak snapped against 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:31.400 the Patriots and a tough, hard fought game seventeen lost 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:34.160 last week at MetLife Stadium. Jets did a lot of 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:38.600 good things in that game. The players were asked countless 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:43.440 times about a controversial reviewing that game, nausin Safarian Jenkins 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:45.479 was ruled a touchdown on the field. We all know 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:50.720 what happened. We talked about it and nauseam overturned. You know, 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.760 you're supposed to be indisputable evidence. The league says it 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:57.160 was indisputable. Todd Bull said, we're not gonna cry about 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:01.440 it this week because otherwise we'll end up losing to 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:06.480 the Dolphins because we're looking behind us. Conversely, this is 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.720 a Miami team who may have just found themselves down 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:13.440 seventeen and nothing on the road. In Atlanta team we're 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.880 representing the end of seeing the Super Bowl and they 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:18.360 come back and win, so they'll be feeling good, and 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:21.880 you're right, they won't like the way they played and 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.960 that will show on tape because the Jets dominated them 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:27.960 a week three already, it's time to bring in James Walker. 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:31.760 You can follow him on Twitter at James Walker NFL. James, 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.639 thanks so much for coming on the Official Jet Podcast 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.600 game preview, and you can follow them on Facebook at 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.880 the same handle, the same handle, so make sure to 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.320 get James on both platforms there. I appreciate that so 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.640 much the Saint since the last time that the Dolphins 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.880 and Death played it, it it feels like almost a cheat 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:50.480 and ago, even though it's just a few weeks ago. 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.679 That is a great point. So just jumping off right 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:57.880 there is from your perspective, what's changed in South Florida 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.720 for this Dolphins team since Week three? Well, a lot 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.720 has changed. For one, um, it looks like they finally 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.320 got their offense jump started, and that was something that 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.320 was a season long issue for them. They were last 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.520 in the league UH in yards per game, they were 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.000 last in the league and scoring UH entering last weeks 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.040 went over the Atlanta Falcons. But something clicked at at 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.800 halftime for for the Dolphins in that Falcons game, where 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:22.280 their tempo was good, all of a sudden they were 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.519 able to move the ball better. They got j Gi going. 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:27.000 I'm sure that's gonna be a topic probably discussed a 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:28.600 little later because the Jet set him down a few 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:31.680 weeks ago. But when they have a balanced offense with 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.480 the with the skill players that they have, they could 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:35.920 really be dangerous. It was just up until that point 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.480 we just hadn't seen it. But they scored twenty unanswered 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.040 points at Atlanta. Uh, you know, a team that went 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.320 to the Super Bowl last year. Not very easy to do. 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.800 But it looks like the Dolphins finally put it together. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.000 So they're going into this week with a lot more 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.760 confidence now, um, after really struggling over the past two 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:55.160 or three games leading up to that point. Yeah, James, 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:59.080 do you think that club now under Adam Gates has 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.960 its mojo back? Because, like you mentioned, we saw him 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.120 at MetLife Stadium way back in Week three and the 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.360 Jets dominated that game from wire to wire. And what 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.640 was even more surprising to me, James, was what followed 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.920 where the Dolphins go across the pond and they play 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:17.880 a New Orleans Saints team that has known for its 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:21.880 prolific offensive attack. But the Dolphins were shut out there. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:28.600 So you mentioned the offensive struggles. What actually happened offensively 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:33.560 last week? And is this something that you really think 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.800 that this team can build upon? Yeah? You you mentioned 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.920 those two games. They were basically set out in both 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:42.160 games because they scored on a pretty much a garbage 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.760 touchdown late to DeVante Parker against the Jets on on 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.479 the last play of the game. Uh to to get 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.440 that final touchdown. So really uh in my eyes anyway, 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:53.000 was back to back shutouts against the Jets in the 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.080 Saints in that game. But in terms of what's changed, look, 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:58.560 it's no secret with the Dolphins. When they have j 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:01.360 j going at running back, that's really the difference in 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:03.720 their offense. This the offensive line they have, it's a 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.680 run blocking offensive line. Primarily, there are a bunch of flowers. 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.000 They're average path blockers, sometimes a little bit below average 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.360 path blockers. But when they have the running game going, 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:14.200 they can play action, they can feed off of all 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.160 those things. And in the past two seasons, the Dolphins 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.320 are six and oh when Jag goes over a hundred yards, 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.039 and there's been a couple of two hundred yard games 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.440 and that spanned as well, um including this season where 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.040 the two and oh this season when Jag goes over 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.440 a hundred yards. So it's really no secret what their 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.680 formula is. I think the Dolphins were experimenting a little 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.520 bit too much. They got in Julius Thomas. Uh, they 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.640 played primarily three wide receivers with Landry Kenny Steele's and 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.680 Davante Parker. Um Jay Cutler came in, So I think 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.320 they were experimenting a little too much in the first 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.920 month of the season, maybe trying to pass more than 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.240 they should. Um you know, they felt with Jay Cutler 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.640 they can open up deep ball a little more, stretched 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:55.360 the field and do those kind of things. But this 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.080 team is a run first team. I mean that's what 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.400 really got them to the Dance last year when they 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:00.880 won team game and they gave the ball to j 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:03.440 Ji and let him control the clock. That helped the 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.080 defense as well. And I think they finally got back 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.400 to that um last week with a gi going for 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.880 a hundred thirty yards against the Falcons. That really helped 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.599 them dictate the tempo. And even when they fell behind 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:16.680 against the Falcons last week, they stuck to the running game. 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.520 That's something that they haven't done, um, you know, earlier 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.160 this year. So I think more than anything, that's been 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:25.280 the huge difference that when Jed gets going and look, 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:27.080 the opponent knows that as well. So it's just a 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.640 matter of Okay, Uh, you know, if they stacked the box, 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:31.920 what are they gonna do? Um? But yeah, I mean 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.160 if j j gets going, I think that gives them 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.719 a much better chance to win not only against the Jets, 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.680 but really pretty much every game this season. Recently you 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.880 wrote about that a heavy dose of Jedi is good 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.559 for the Dolphins, and last week he had over twenty 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:49.520 five carries. If I'm not mistaken, but do you think 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:55.280 that this team could Obviously, last week the team came 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.960 from behind, and you said that they stuck with a 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:02.680 gie on the ground. But let's a hypothetically if the 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:04.960 team falls behind again. Let's say this week, do you 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:08.480 think that Jay Cutler has the necessary weapons to try 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.960 to get back in the game through the air. I 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.240 think he has the weapons. I'm not sure he's the 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:19.120 same quarterback, um, that's able to do that. And that's 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.400 really been regardless of whether it was Cutler under center 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.160 or Ryan Tannehill at center, this hasn't really been a 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.720 good come from behind team. Uh. You know, especially you 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.440 know in last two seasons with Adam Gates, they're the time. 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.080 They're the kind of team that is really good in 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.800 the fourth quarter. They win close games they've they've set 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.400 a team record. They've won eleven straight games, uh in 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:43.440 games decided by seven points or left. Yeah, I mean 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.120 that not a lot of teams can do that, But 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.080 that tells me that they're very mentally tough and they 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.800 can win close games. But most of their wins are close. 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:54.200 They either get blown out or they keep games close 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.280 and win. So that's really been their formula for success. 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.880 They're not the kind of team that uh usually if 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.000 they fall behind by two touchdowns and things like that, 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.160 they throw their way back into it. Uh. And I 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.480 thought last week was an interesting example because when they 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.200 fell behind seventeen nothing to Atlanta, they came out ran 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.240 the ball. It was like, Okayle's taking one drive at 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.120 a time. They got an early touchdown, and all of 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.440 a sudden, it's it's seventeen uh seven. And they even 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:17.880 though they were playing from behind, they didn't necessarily play 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.200 like they were down by double digits. They played like 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.040 they were only down three or seven, and before you 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.000 know it, they scored on four straight drives, either a 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:25.960 touchdown a field goal, and all of a sudden, you 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.520 got twenty on answer points. So I think that's more 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:31.040 so they're successful formulas. I mean they know it as 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.720 a coaching staff and as a team. Uh that anytime, 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:35.040 you know, if Jay Color is gonna go out and 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.800 throw forty four times like he did in Week three 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.560 against the Jets, Uh, that's probably not a formulas for success. 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:41.079 They're better off giving day a jalety of the ball 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.440 twenty five times, keeping the opposing offense off the field 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:48.280 while controlling the clock. James Walkers joining us an official 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:55.760 Jets podcast preview Jets Dolphins, hard Rock Stadium, South Florida, Sunday. 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:57.840 We've been talking a lot about the offense, but we 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:02.200 got to talk about this deep pants. I grew up, James, 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:05.840 I grew up. I grew up watching Dan Marino and 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:09.880 all over the years. When I grew up in Orchard Park, 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.600 New York, it was all about that dolphense passing game. 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:16.719 And now you look at this defense and it has 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:20.120 not given up more than twenty points per game the season. 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.240 Last year they struggled against the run. Now they're giving 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.160 up about eighty yards per game in the ground, fourth 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.440 in the NFL. Also amongst the league leaders in terms 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:34.280 of points allowed, around seventeen points per game. How legit 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:39.199 is this unit and also tell me something other than 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.840 the Domincans Sue and Cameron Wake are getting it done. 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.280 Because we know that. Who are the other guys who 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.719 have really stepped up here in two thousand seventeen. Well, 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.439 you gotta look at their linebacker play and this was 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:54.240 an area that was atrocious last year. Um. The defensive 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.480 line was up and down, but they had some good games, 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.880 but it just seems like every game the linebackers were 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.960 missing tackled. They couldn't cover slot receivers, they couldn't cover 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:06.400 tight end. The addition of Lawrence Timmans and uh raymondo 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:09.240 Luga have have made a big difference. It's a veteran unit. 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:11.440 They know how to play, they know how to play physical. 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.120 They both come from the NFC North Division where it's 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:17.120 a physical brand of football, and they've really added that 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.839 to the Dolphins defense. As you mentioned, the run defense 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.160 has been a top five UM, you know in the 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.760 league points allowed, they've been I think top seven or 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:26.760 eight for for most of the lead. They don't give 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.040 up a lot of points. And against the Falcons, when 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:30.920 the Falcons punched them in the mouth early last week 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.400 with those two early touchdowns, they pretty much held in 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.720 the three points and the final three quarters not allowed 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:37.880 the Dolphins offense to get back in the game. So 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.320 I saw signs of this way back as early as 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.800 Week one or week two, that even when the offense 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:45.640 was going three and out, they were punting, they were 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.040 losing time of possession, they kept they couldn't really stay 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:49.680 on the field, they were terrible on third down. The 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.559 defense kept playing at a very good level, very good 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.080 energy level. They were still playing hard, and they weren't 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:56.800 giving up a ton of points even at that point. 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.040 So you just knew that if the offense can just 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:00.680 help a little bit, if they just get a couple 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:03.280 of touchdowns, stay on the field a little longer, convert 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.520 on third down a little better, the defense could really, 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:07.920 uh you know, really do some damage. And I think 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.480 you saw that um last week. So uh yeah, So 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.760 the defense has been playing well all year. It's just 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:14.600 been a matter of can the offense helped them out 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.160 at least a little bit, you know, give them a 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.200 little bit of a breather, give them a little bit 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:20.080 of a lead um as opposed to the team playing 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.360 from behind all season, And you saw that a little 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.800 bit of that last week. So both sides, you know, 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.400 have been complementary of each other. They talked about each other. 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:29.760 I asked some defensive players, how do you keep that 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:31.880 energy level up, you know when the offense are struggling 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:33.640 as much as they did. They said, look, you know, 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:35.720 they know the weapons they have on offense that eventually 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:37.600 they'll have to turn around. They can't play poorly for 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:39.880 this long. So it looks like they may have finally 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.040 turned the corner. Um in that game. We'll see what 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.319 happens this week, you know, against against the solid Jets team. Um, 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.160 you know, in that respect, but it looks like they're 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.240 finally playing some complementary football. Um, you know, on both 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.640 sides of the ball. The other guy always pops out 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.520 to me when I'm watching film is forty seven keep 0:11:55.559 --> 0:12:00.000 going lin soo uh instinctive linebacker. A lot of speed, 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:01.880 there's a lot of ground, and he's in at in 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.680 on a lot of tackles. He's just always around the ball. 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.480 It feels like, James, what do you think about the 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:13.240 rematch here between these two clubs, as far as do 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:16.679 you think this is a pride game for the Dolphins 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.040 or they're not even thinking that way. They're thinking that 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.120 they're a different ball club at this point. No, I 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.720 think it absolutely is a pride game. And talking to 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:27.360 the players in the locker room after that, after that 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.760 Week three lost the Jets, the feeling I got was 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.439 that they felt that they were a better team. They 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.120 did they didn't lose to a better team. They felt 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.320 that they just played poorly. So I think there is 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:40.480 a level of pride now after you get swept by 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.880 the Jets, uh, to see, then there's no denying you 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:44.760 can't say that you're a better team that obviously the 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.920 Jets swept them in two games this year, than they're 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.080 a better team this year. But the feeling I got 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:50.800 from the players in the locker room was that, you know, 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:52.720 they were upset that they just didn't show up in 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.840 the game. They didn't play with energy, they didn't execute, 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:57.040 and but they didn't feel like they got beat by 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.720 better teams. So I think there's definitely some pride there. Uh. 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:02.600 There's obviously the long standing rivalry. It's a division game, 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.400 which is big because they haven't won a division game 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:07.160 this year. Um, you know up until this point. Uh, 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.400 so they know that that, you know, based on what 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.839 happened uh in Week three. You know, I think they're 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:14.640 gonna show up, you know, ready to play. They know 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:16.480 that they can't just uh, you know, just show up 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.040 on the field at home and just uh, you know, 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.920 against anybody and just play well. So yeah, I think 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.560 there's definitely a pride element involved. You know. I'm gonna 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.120 talk to the players probably in the next couple of 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:27.880 hours or so here to kind of see what they 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:31.000 think about this rematch. But I'm I'm basing my answer 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.080 based on uh, you know a few weeks ago when 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:34.439 I spoke to him in the locker room after the 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:36.360 Jets loss that you know, I think they're gonna be 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:37.920 fired up to this game, and I think they're gonna 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:39.960 be alert. I don't think they're gonna sleep on the team, 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.400 uh you know, a rivalry team that that they got 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.640 pretty much spanked by by two touchdowns in the previous meeting. 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:50.559 And and finally for me, is that h Green's mentioned 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:54.760 this before. James, that the gy E eleven carry sixteen yards. 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.280 You mentioned his struggles on the ground against the Jets. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:02.920 Do you think at home game number two, the way 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:06.400 he ran the ball last week, what they're finding out 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:11.200 about themselves identity wise? On offense. Would you go to 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.040 the bank and say, hey, listen, I'll put my mortgage 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.320 down on this guy's gonna get more than eleven carries 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:20.920 this week. I'm not putting my mortgage down on anything. Um, 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:23.920 the game plan is. I think the game plan is 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:26.120 going to be pretty clear that they're gonna try, you know, 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.080 to to run the ball. And now whether or not 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:29.640 they can do it. They only had one point five 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.440 yards per carry against the Jets in the previous meeting. 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.040 If if that clip stayed the same, then obviously they 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.680 can't give him the ball fifteen uh twenty times. But 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:41.040 I think the Dolphins expect to have more success than that, 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.560 at least, um, you know, with with j J. So look, 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:46.400 both teams know it. You know, the Jets are gonna 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.200 get up against the run just like they did in 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:50.280 the previous meeting, and the Dolphins are gonna try to run. 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:51.960 So I think it's gonna be one of those things 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.400 where it's just gonna be one of those ugly, you know, 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:56.480 grind them out games to see, you know, who can 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:58.840 you know, who blinks first. The Doctors are gonna try 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:00.360 to run it as much as they can. I think 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:02.640 a GI is probably gonna get fifteen twenty carries in 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:05.360 this game, and the Jets are gonna get up against 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.080 the running and see if the Dolphins can beat them 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.320 through the air. So so it'd be an interesting matchup 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.480 in nest standpoint, it will be a physical matchup, but 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:14.520 I think, uh, you know, whoever wins that particular matchup 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.720 is gonna be a long way. It's gonna go a 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:19.400 long way to see who determines the winner in this game. 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:24.920 Well that's ESPN's NFL Nation reporter James Walker again followed 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:31.280 him on Twitter at James Walker and on Facebook James 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:35.440 Walker Greens. I'm looking forward to going down the South 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.520 Florida myself because it's getting a little bit cool up here, 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:42.800 and forecasts on Sunday. I'll look for you in the 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:46.920 press fix. James has always we appreciate it, all right, guys. 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.080 Always fun and I'll talk to you, so see you 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:52.280 on Sunday, all right, Green. So what I take out 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.880 of that is, we know James Walker is not a 0:15:54.880 --> 0:16:00.800 gambling manure, but we were sure, but we would anticipate 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:04.520 seeing a lot more of j J. I e. The 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.840 Dolphins are gonna try to get the run game established 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:12.400 against the Jets, and listen, this is a different Miami 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:17.560 team because this is really good defense stout. They don't 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:21.000 give up much. You know, Bart Scotta always says this, 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.200 and he said this this week on Inside the Jets, 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:27.040 which is also repurposed on the Official Jets podcast. So 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.479 make sure to look out for that again every Monday, 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:33.400 seven to eight at Vanderbilt Sports and spirits at the Windows. 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.440 There you go. You can watch it on Facebook and 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:37.360 New York Jets dot Com. Did I get that right? 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.640 You got it. That's because I'm an avid follower of 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.360 Inside the Jets. But nonetheless, Bart Scott said this, and 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.040 it's stuck with me is that j j I is 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:49.400 a volume runner. And what I think he means is 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.560 that as the game goes on and as he gets 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.720 more touches, he just gets better and he blossoms. In 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:58.040 Week three, only eleven carries against the Jets defense. We 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:01.040 mentioned that, but that's because Tomorio Davis and company did 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:04.560 a phenomenal job at stopping the run. So if you 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:08.159 think that j G I is gonna get eleven carries 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:10.159 and used to you as James Walker, I think that 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.320 you're crazy, because last the Jets can get out to 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.520 a fourteen nothing lead like they did exactly the Patriots, 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.800 which would be great to see. But even so, James 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:24.320 Walker said that the Dolphins stuck with the run last 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.080 week against Atlanta, which is how they got back in 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:30.600 the game. So knowing that, knowing that j j I 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.760 didn't really have a lot of carries in the second 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:36.199 half in the first matchup between these two teams, what 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.320 does this Jets defense need to do in order to 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.840 bottle up a gi once again? Because you know, if 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:46.520 there's anyone that's gonna be coming in hotter than anyone else, 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:50.240 it's probably j Jecks. I thought tomorrow Davis was outstanding 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:54.359 in that first game, and if memory serves me correctly, 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.760 he had like three tackles for loss, and the Jets 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:02.440 kept on winning an early downs and Miami I think 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:08.240 finished around one of twelve on third down conversions. But 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:14.320 I look at this Miami statue chart. GI E has 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:17.479 a hundred and two carries, and then you look at 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:22.320 the receivers, Jarvis Lantry thirty eight receptions. Then it goes 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:27.639 Davante Parker's nineteen and Kenny Still's fourteen. This offense still 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.639 is predicated on a Gi E and Jarvis Lantry. You 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.520 bottle those two up, you're gonna be in good shape. 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:37.240 Jet said some options in the secondary, how they wanted 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:41.600 to defend Jarvis Lantry, but Demario Davis, for my money, 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:45.160 he was outstanding that first game. If they can get 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:47.080 another big game out of him, that's gonna go a 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.879 long way towards winning. The Jets also set the tone 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.920 very early in week three. On the first player, Gi 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:55.359 takes a handoff off the left tackle and who comes 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:57.960 up and flips them up and upends them basically is 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.359 Jamal Adams and to come out coming out party in 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:02.399 the n He did. He did. He had a sack 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:06.560 and a past defense in consecutive plays where Jamal was 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:11.200 in coverage and Jay Cutler tried to find DeVante Parker 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:14.320 up the sideline, in Jamal Adams came flying across for 0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:17.840 a dive in deflection. Also just on DeVante Parker real quick. 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:20.320 He missed last week's game, so we have to keep 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:22.920 an eye on his status for this week if will 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:27.080 play with an ankle injury, because he's probably their biggest 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:29.879 receiver in the sense that Jarvis Landry and Kenny Stills. 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:33.320 Kenny Stills is a speed sir, Jarvis Landry is an 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:35.679 underneath guy. That's what Casey Roger said is you have 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:38.760 Kenny Stills that goes deep, you have DeVante Parker who's 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:41.560 their big, tall threat, and then you have Jarvis Landry 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.640 kind of runs around. And something that you mentioned four 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:47.600 weeks ago is that you really have to tackle these 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:50.480 guys when you get the chance, especially the juice. Jarvis 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:52.640