Speaker 1: Welcome to Jets Audibles, Eric Allen, joined by my partner
Speaker 1: as always, Chad Pennington. Okay, Chad, we're gonna start off
Speaker 1: with the trivia question. Can you tell me the last
Speaker 1: quarterback before Ryan Fitzpatrick on Sunday? Last Jets quarterback who
Speaker 1: throw four touchdowns in a game with zero interceptions? Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I hope i'd be part of that answer. Um, I
Speaker 1: do remember having that type of game. I think it
Speaker 1: was against Detroit, wasn't it in two thousand, two thousand two?
Speaker 1: Beingo Chad Pennington, how about that. I'm not saying that
Speaker 1: because I'm conceded. I just was figuring you're trying to
Speaker 1: trick me and think about somebody else. I thought I'd
Speaker 1: thrown myself into the mix. Two. So, what did you
Speaker 1: think about Fitzpatrick's performance against the Miami Dolphins that the
Speaker 1: Jets got that much needed victory. Well, it was a
Speaker 1: I think it was a quintessential Ryan Dispatrick performance. And
Speaker 1: what we see from Ryan is he is an all
Speaker 1: in quarterback. He plays the game to do whatever it
Speaker 1: takes to get the next first down, the next yard,
Speaker 1: the next completion, and so you saw that from his
Speaker 1: play on Sunday where he ran for first downs, he
Speaker 1: threw for first down. Um, I don't think people really
Speaker 1: saw the magnificent play that he made, even though they
Speaker 1: saw the touchdown play Brandon Marshall for the first touchdown
Speaker 1: if you went, if you go back and look at
Speaker 1: that play, that was a heck of a quarterback play
Speaker 1: on his part where he was getting pressure, he threw
Speaker 1: the ball extremely early, had enough touch and accuracy on
Speaker 1: it to where it Brandon, you know, essentially had to
Speaker 1: make the hatch because it was such a perfect throw.
Speaker 1: That was a great quarterback play. So I think that, uh,
Speaker 1: from Ryan's standpoint, you know, that was a performance that
Speaker 1: from a fan and then watching quarterbacks that I was,
Speaker 1: I was glad to see and it was fun to watch. Chad.
Speaker 1: Did you like his patients? He said going into this
Speaker 1: game that, hey, listen, I haven't played really well lately,
Speaker 1: And then after this ball game he said, I didn't
Speaker 1: try to force things. I didn't put it pressure on
Speaker 1: myself to make a play. I took what was there.
Speaker 1: And I think that's this kind of the overall mindset
Speaker 1: for the whole offense. And I think that what we
Speaker 1: saw before this game leading up to this game was
Speaker 1: players such as Fitzpatrick or Brandon Marshall, Ary Becker trying
Speaker 1: to make too much out of something and putting too
Speaker 1: much pressure on themselves to make big plays to create
Speaker 1: a spark instead of just letting the game come to
Speaker 1: them naturally. And when that plays there to be made,
Speaker 1: they make it. And so I think that's the difference
Speaker 1: and what you saw on Sunday compared to the previous weeks.
Speaker 1: When plays were there to be made, they made them,
Speaker 1: but they didn't go looking for them. They just took
Speaker 1: what was there, and if it was a big play,
Speaker 1: they made it. If it was a small play to
Speaker 1: keep drive alive or just the completion play, whatever that
Speaker 1: play required at that particular moment, they made those plays.
Speaker 1: Was there anything scheme wise that Jan Gailey was doing
Speaker 1: attacking the Dolphins that might have been a little bit
Speaker 1: different than what we've seen of late, Well, I just
Speaker 1: think that the multiplicity and I think, uh, what you
Speaker 1: saw from a scheme standpoint, first of all, was that
Speaker 1: the running game was existent, you know, and had been
Speaker 1: u kind of non existent for the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: and it came back into the forefront from the very
Speaker 1: first play. It set the tone, it created, the energy,
Speaker 1: it created the spark and so um, it doesn't didn't
Speaker 1: mean that they had to rush for that they did
Speaker 1: rush for a hunter fifty yards or so because they
Speaker 1: did not. But it created some tempo plays and some
Speaker 1: tone setting plays, uh, to get to get the Jets
Speaker 1: off the ground, so to speak. And then the passing
Speaker 1: game then elevated the entire game and the entire team
Speaker 1: with the big play capability. The one great thing that
Speaker 1: I saw in the passing game, you finally saw some
Speaker 1: young players starting to make plays. And that's good to
Speaker 1: see because that takes a little bit of pressure awful
Speaker 1: guys like Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker. Yeah, what do
Speaker 1: you think that will do for Devin Smith's confidence? And
Speaker 1: not only had the touchdown which was a good throw
Speaker 1: by Fits again in the red zone and that's what
Speaker 1: we're accustomed to seeing, uh, Devin held out in traffic,
Speaker 1: simple post route, but he also made a play early
Speaker 1: in that ballgame when the Jets on the Jets first
Speaker 1: scorning drive Chad when they had a second along and
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick got a pass up to Devin Smith and he
Speaker 1: was able to convert with a long game do you
Speaker 1: think that should help him and this offense as we
Speaker 1: move forward over these next five games. Well, I certainly
Speaker 1: think it's a positive. It's a step in the right direction.
Speaker 1: Both of his catches were in critical moments of drives
Speaker 1: and that's important, and I think what is even more important.
Speaker 1: Number One, he gains confidence from that, but then he
Speaker 1: also sees that his quarterback is not scared to go
Speaker 1: to him in critical situations. You had a long artist
Speaker 1: situation where he was able to get the first down
Speaker 1: and keep a drive going. Then you have a two
Speaker 1: minute red zone, big time situation before the half and
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick goes to him for the touchdown catch. That was big.
Speaker 1: I thought that was a really big play in the game. Uh,
Speaker 1: to kind of leave the first half with that type
Speaker 1: of momentum was huge for the Jets. And so to
Speaker 1: know as a young receiver that, hey, my quarterback trust
Speaker 1: me in those situations, that has to be a confidence
Speaker 1: builder for him. What do you think about Brandon Marshall.
Speaker 1: We've come to expect great things from him, and just
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, it seemed like Brandon was
Speaker 1: really battling through injuries, but he had some popping his
Speaker 1: step and now Chad, he's only sixty nine yards uh
Speaker 1: shy of a thousand for the eight time in nine seasons. Well,
Speaker 1: he's tremendous. And Uh, what I saw Sunday was the
Speaker 1: same type of mindset that Fitzpatrick explained that he had.
Speaker 1: I saw a receiver that didn't try to force the issue,
Speaker 1: ran his routes. Chris. When the ball was there and
Speaker 1: the play was to be made, he made it. He
Speaker 1: didn't try to force anything, didn't try to get too
Speaker 1: cute um and just took the plays that were there.
Speaker 1: And when he does that, I mean he's an unstoppable
Speaker 1: force and he's a big time producer for an offense
Speaker 1: and he changes the game. And he certainly did that,
Speaker 1: and that it was it's actually an attitude where you
Speaker 1: have to think more is not always better, that you've
Speaker 1: got to think about quality, You've got to think about
Speaker 1: the opportunities, and you have to relax in those situations
Speaker 1: and just take advantage of the moment, not try to
Speaker 1: create the moment yourself. You think a questionably, this guy
Speaker 1: is a Hall of Famer, right, you're talking about now
Speaker 1: eight out of nine years where he's going to have
Speaker 1: a thousand yards. He's on pace at this point of
Speaker 1: his career, which is really remarkable for his second highest
Speaker 1: yard it's total. Uh, you know, looking back all the way, Well,
Speaker 1: there's no question he's putting up Hall of Fame statistics.
Speaker 1: I think what he would tell you he would like
Speaker 1: to see some opportunities and chances come in postseason. I
Speaker 1: think that's where Hall of Famer's then put the seal
Speaker 1: and the icing on the cake as far as their
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame career is being able to do some
Speaker 1: great things in the postseason. And I think that's some
Speaker 1: of the pressure that he's put on himself is probably unwarranted,
Speaker 1: but he feels that is that he wants to get
Speaker 1: to the post season, be able to make a difference
Speaker 1: for a team in the postseason, not just a regular season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what do you think's gone through both Fitzes and Brandon
Speaker 1: Marshall's minds as they start December? Because you uh had
Speaker 1: to said a couple of years, but boom, you caught
Speaker 1: fire in two thousand two and in your first year
Speaker 1: as a starter, lad the Jets to the playoffs. Where
Speaker 1: these guys have been in the league for more than
Speaker 1: a decade, each and they're still looking for their first
Speaker 1: playoff appearance. Well, I know exactly how they feel, as
Speaker 1: far as they veteran understanding that your time is limited.
Speaker 1: You don't know when you're last down will be as
Speaker 1: you get older, and so when you see some light
Speaker 1: at the end of the tunnel in an opportunity to
Speaker 1: play for a championship and be in that playoff run,
Speaker 1: I mean, you were chomping at the bit to get there,
Speaker 1: and you won it so badly, and so you know,
Speaker 1: that's what I see from those two guys. They see
Speaker 1: an opportunity of the where they're on a team that
Speaker 1: has a legitimate shot to go to the playoffs and
Speaker 1: play for a championship, and they want to be part
Speaker 1: of that. They want to make that happen. And that's
Speaker 1: from a veteran perspective, just being in the league as
Speaker 1: long as they have, knowing how difficult it is to
Speaker 1: make it to the playoffs and then how difficult it
Speaker 1: is to have a chance to play for championship. They
Speaker 1: see this opportunity now, not a few years down the road.
Speaker 1: How impressed have you been with this team in the
Speaker 1: red zone throughout the year. We know they had some
Speaker 1: struggles against the Buffalo Bills. But by and large, this
Speaker 1: has been the best red zone team in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. And you got Marshall there with nine touchdowns
Speaker 1: and Eric Decker with eight, and it seems like defenses
Speaker 1: cannot take away both of those guys consistent and consistently.
Speaker 1: When the Jets are inside of twenty, Well, you have
Speaker 1: two shorthanded receivers, which is really important. You have a
Speaker 1: physical running back which can get those extra tough yards
Speaker 1: in the red zone, which is extremely important. And then
Speaker 1: you've had a quarterback who has been extremely accurate in
Speaker 1: the red zone. When you're in the red zone, you
Speaker 1: have a lack of space, and it's important that your
Speaker 1: quarterback can hit his targets. Is not throwing not about
Speaker 1: throwing to the receiver in the red zones, about throwing
Speaker 1: to your targets and your receiver understanding where those targets are,
Speaker 1: where those landmarks are in the red zone that the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks trying to get to. And he's been extremely accurate
Speaker 1: in hitting his targets in his landmarks and the receivers
Speaker 1: have made place for him. How quickly can things change
Speaker 1: in the National Football League? But like you had said
Speaker 1: last week the Jets were descending, but now they get
Speaker 1: a win in convincing fashion where all three phases contribute.
Speaker 1: They've got to be feeling pretty good right now. Well,
Speaker 1: it just shows you how important a win is in
Speaker 1: this uh league. It's so uh devastating when you lose,
Speaker 1: especially mid to lay season. You see how much hard
Speaker 1: work is put in weekend and week out from the
Speaker 1: teams and trying to generate a win. And the one
Speaker 1: of the biggest things that I've learned and I watched
Speaker 1: over my career is that you don't even have time
Speaker 1: to enjoy the win because you've got to move on
Speaker 1: to the next one and you've got to keep, you know,
Speaker 1: putting wind on top of win to be able to
Speaker 1: make it into the playoffs. And this league, it's great
Speaker 1: when it comes to fandom and creating parity and creating
Speaker 1: these stories. Who would have thought after Week six with
Speaker 1: the Kansasee Chiefs being one in five, if they'd run
Speaker 1: off five straight and I'll be sitting in a wild
Speaker 1: card spot. You look at at Houston, Indianapolis, I mean, Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: the Jets. You have so many teams that are vuying
Speaker 1: for those spots. It just as a football fan, you've
Speaker 1: got to love this situation, all right, So let's talk
Speaker 1: about this situation. Seven teams chaid either have a six
Speaker 1: and five or five and six record in the a
Speaker 1: f C. The Jets right now would be the conference's
Speaker 1: seventh seed. That all doesn't matter, obviously, there's five games
Speaker 1: left to be played. But what do you see from
Speaker 1: this landscape when I throw at you the Jets at
Speaker 1: six and five, the Bills at five and six, the
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers at six and five, the Colts and the
Speaker 1: Houston Texans both at six and five, and then finally
Speaker 1: have the Kansas City Chiefs who you just mentioned and
Speaker 1: they've rattled off five wins in a row in our
Speaker 1: six and five and Oldland Raiders who are sitting there
Speaker 1: at five and six. Well, what you're seeing is you're
Speaker 1: seeing in a type playoff race that's gonna come down
Speaker 1: to who can finish ten and six. I think that's
Speaker 1: that's always been a magical number, and most of the
Speaker 1: time it stays pretty consistent. Very few times do you
Speaker 1: see where, um, you know you have to be eleven
Speaker 1: and five. Although I have been a part of that
Speaker 1: season where eleven and uh, didn't get a team into
Speaker 1: the playoffs. But I think this situation UM lends itself
Speaker 1: the same. Ten and six is your magical record to
Speaker 1: get into the playoffs, and in the division, what you're
Speaker 1: able to do with your divisional game UH is really
Speaker 1: really important because UH, these teams that are vying for
Speaker 1: these playoffs spots are also divisional opponents. When you look
Speaker 1: at Houston and Indie, UM, you look at the Jets
Speaker 1: and the Bills, you know, Kansas City in Oakland, those
Speaker 1: are all divisional opponents, and so what you do in
Speaker 1: the division even becomes more important. Do you see one
Speaker 1: or two of these teams getting to ten and six? Absolutely,
Speaker 1: I think it's it's it's it's definitely a possibility. I
Speaker 1: think the Jets have a great possibility and in getting
Speaker 1: to ten and six, UM, and and then you look
Speaker 1: at that the other teams, I think that probably Indianapolis
Speaker 1: and Houston, I think nine and seven will probably in
Speaker 1: that division. When you look at it, UM within probably
Speaker 1: beating up on each other UM within the A f C.
Speaker 1: And then and then out west, you know you may
Speaker 1: have to be at the tenant six may have to
Speaker 1: be the magical number for the chief or the Raiders
Speaker 1: thinking that never could then you know, can now press
Speaker 1: on and get that tense and eleventh win to separate themselves.
Speaker 1: What about Pittsburgh obviously, Uh, they were involved in a shootout,
Speaker 1: an old fashioned shootout in Seattle. Is that Seahawks defense
Speaker 1: just is not playing the same at at the same
Speaker 1: level if we've come to expect from them. But things
Speaker 1: changed quickly in the National Football League in a salary
Speaker 1: cap era. What do you see from the Steelers and
Speaker 1: now that they're facing Ben Roethlisberger, he reported, uh to
Speaker 1: the medical staff, but he was having some hot issues.
Speaker 1: They're so explosive on offense. They seem to give up
Speaker 1: a lot of on defunse at times where you think
Speaker 1: they stand when you look at the Steelers, well, they're
Speaker 1: extremely explosive. I watched them against the Seahawks and and man,
Speaker 1: those receivers that Ben Roethlisberger has, they make plays. They're fast. Uh,
Speaker 1: they have a big play capability at any time, any moment.
Speaker 1: And that's scary if you're playing them, because, um, you
Speaker 1: never know you can you can have a great drive,
Speaker 1: ten play drive against their defense, go up a touchdown
Speaker 1: and in one or two plays you're back to square
Speaker 1: at home because they scored a long touchdown, and so
Speaker 1: that's always something that that's scary when you're playing a
Speaker 1: team like that, regardless of how their defense playing or
Speaker 1: that you you know you're probably going to have to
Speaker 1: outscore to them, which Seattle was able to do. Um,
Speaker 1: But sometimes that can be very very difficult. And just
Speaker 1: when I just playing extremely well. He really filled in
Speaker 1: for lady on Bell and provided a spark there, uh,
Speaker 1: even with the Bell's injury. So I mean, they have
Speaker 1: just as good a chance as anybody because they have
Speaker 1: an experienced quarterback, super Bowl winning quarterback, and with the
Speaker 1: talent that he has around him, I mean they could
Speaker 1: make a serious run as well. Of the five and
Speaker 1: six teams, who do you think is most dangerous the
Speaker 1: Bills at five and six or the Raiders at five
Speaker 1: and six? Right now, I would get nod to the Raiders.
Speaker 1: I think probably that their quarterback is probably playing better
Speaker 1: than the Bills, So I would say Derek Carr is
Speaker 1: probably playing better and Tyrod Taylor. Um. I just think
Speaker 1: that the Bill's success relies too much upon their defense, UM,
Speaker 1: and teams are starting to see that, Hey, if we
Speaker 1: don't give the points by allowing their defense to set
Speaker 1: the tempo and try to force the offense to make plays,
Speaker 1: it becomes very difficult for Buffalo. Um They're they're winning
Speaker 1: formula is the defense set the timpo, create turnovers, and
Speaker 1: for the offense not to screw it up, and they
Speaker 1: win seventeen four seventeen. That's exactly how they beat the Jets.
Speaker 1: And so I just think that probably the Raiders get
Speaker 1: nod in that head to hit battle because their offense
Speaker 1: is a little bit more efficient. Although the Bills have
Speaker 1: some big complaymakers love watching Lashawn McCoy run the ball
Speaker 1: and Sammy Watkins a really good receiver, I just don't
Speaker 1: know if Tyrod Taylor has proven that he can make
Speaker 1: those places consistently. I'll tell you what, this final five
Speaker 1: weeks is going to be fascinating. And you hit the
Speaker 1: nail on the head when you talked about this could
Speaker 1: all come down the divisional tiebreakers because you have all
Speaker 1: these teams grouped together, and when you have a multi
Speaker 1: team tiebreaker scenario, you go to the division first to
Speaker 1: eliminate one of the teams. So if you have three
Speaker 1: teams who are at nine and seven or four teams
Speaker 1: who are a tenant six or whatever. You go to
Speaker 1: the division to eliminate a team and then you take
Speaker 1: the next step. So those divisional games are gonna be critical.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't it be something if that Bills match up with
Speaker 1: the Jets, you know, the Green and White going into
Speaker 1: Western New York, and they had a shot at the
Speaker 1: playoffs if they win that ballgame. But the Jets aren't
Speaker 1: really talking about playoffs as you would anticipate Jed taking
Speaker 1: up one game at a time. And before we talk
Speaker 1: about the next game, which is the New York Giants
Speaker 1: and Life Stadium. Your thoughts on the Denver Broncos and
Speaker 1: their situation. Obviously, a great victory over the New England Patriots,
Speaker 1: knocking the Patriots uh off their pedestal as an unbeaten team.
Speaker 1: But Brock os Oswiler now has come in for Peyton
Speaker 1: Manning led his team to a pair of victories. Where
Speaker 1: do you think they stand? Uh as far as their
Speaker 1: quarterback is concerned, and you see Peyton Manning coming back
Speaker 1: this year, well, I think it all depends on Peyton
Speaker 1: Manning's health. I don't think to look at this as
Speaker 1: a production type of decision. I think you look at
Speaker 1: this based upon Peyton Manning's health, and if he is
Speaker 1: healthy and he shows in practice that he can make
Speaker 1: all the throws, but he can be the Peyton Manning,
Speaker 1: not the Peyton Manning involved, but just the Peyton Mannings
Speaker 1: that we were accustomed to seeing in Denver, and and
Speaker 1: how he played in those first seven D eight games,
Speaker 1: then I think it's still Peyton Manning's ball club. And
Speaker 1: you just feel good about your young quarterback knowing that
Speaker 1: when Peyton Manning decides to call it quits, that you
Speaker 1: have a guy that can step in and has proven
Speaker 1: that he can be the leader of this team. There's
Speaker 1: no question that Oswaler has gained the confidence of his teammates.
Speaker 1: You can hear it when his teammates do interviews and
Speaker 1: talking about him. Uh, he's earned that and he's done
Speaker 1: it the right way. Being drafted in two thousand and twelve,
Speaker 1: he's learned under the greatest quarterback that's played this game,
Speaker 1: and so he's ready for the situation. But at the
Speaker 1: same time, paid Manny can still win football games and
Speaker 1: be very productive. It's all about his health. If his
Speaker 1: health is not there, then you don't risk it. And
Speaker 1: you know that you have a quarterback that can lead
Speaker 1: them to victory and brock Osweler. So I think it's
Speaker 1: a win win situation. I don't think this is a
Speaker 1: controversy order. I think it's that tough of a decision
Speaker 1: to make. It gonna be the keys to victory for
Speaker 1: the Jets this week. I think. I think Giants has
Speaker 1: struggled obviously when they've turned the ball over, and when
Speaker 1: that has happened, then that has really put them behind
Speaker 1: the eight ball. And so if the Jets can generate
Speaker 1: a few turnovers and stay away from the turnover bug themselves,
Speaker 1: I think that lends itself to Jeff victory. Um, it's
Speaker 1: it's going to be one of those where I think
Speaker 1: the secondary of the Jets will be tested, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. By the way, I was really impressed by
Speaker 1: the zone coverages of the Jets against the Dolphins. I
Speaker 1: think they incorporated some more zone coverages, especially in first
Speaker 1: and second down situations, and they were pretty effective. They
Speaker 1: they eliminated a lot of those big play opportunities that
Speaker 1: the Dolphins were looking for because of the zone coverages.
Speaker 1: They did give up a few, but not a lot,
Speaker 1: and and not in in game changing situations, and I
Speaker 1: think that was due to some of the zone coverages
Speaker 1: and the distenders of the Jeff's defense being in the
Speaker 1: right position and being disciplined in their job responsibility. So
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see if they try to use
Speaker 1: those same concepts against the Giants because they obviously have
Speaker 1: some explosive players in the passing game, and anytime you
Speaker 1: have a quarterback like Eli Manning who is very efficient,
Speaker 1: very productive regarding great thing about Eli Manning is regardless
Speaker 1: of what the previous game was, a good batter, ugly
Speaker 1: doesn't matter he's on the next one. He's been a
Speaker 1: true pro and being able to bounce back from adversity
Speaker 1: when it comes to his own play. So you're gonna
Speaker 1: get the best Eli Manning. I believe on Sunday, you're
Speaker 1: gonna get his best shot and Jets has to be
Speaker 1: ready for that. Listen, they should be able to win
Speaker 1: some matchups up front that the Giants offensive line is
Speaker 1: banged up a little bit. Do you think they should
Speaker 1: employ a lot of his own coverage against the Giants
Speaker 1: this week? And follow up to that is what do
Speaker 1: you think about Eli this year? Because I think he's
Speaker 1: played tremendous football throughout. I know he's struggled a little
Speaker 1: bit against the Redskins, but I think he's having a
Speaker 1: great year. He really has, and so the Jets are
Speaker 1: gonna be challenged. I agree with you. I think the
Speaker 1: four man pass rush for the Jets will be key.
Speaker 1: Can the Jets create a pass rush with those four
Speaker 1: defenders so they can still play some zones and mix
Speaker 1: those zones in with their man pressures, uh, to create
Speaker 1: a little bit more indecisiveness for ELI and to make
Speaker 1: sure that they're not leaving their corners and their defenders
Speaker 1: out on island when it comes trying to defend receivers
Speaker 1: such as Odell Beckham Jr. What do you anticipate it's
Speaker 1: gonna happen Sunday? Ultimately, you see this being a tight
Speaker 1: game in the fourth quarters. By a wild and wacky season,
Speaker 1: the Jets are six and five. The Giants, unbelievably are
Speaker 1: tied for first place in the NFC East with the
Speaker 1: five and six records, and a couple of weeks ago
Speaker 1: they nearly took down to New England Patriots. You never
Speaker 1: know what you're gonna get each week, and unpredictable NFL yeah,
Speaker 1: I completely agree. I don't see this being uh a
Speaker 1: blowout game game or even a two touchdown game. I
Speaker 1: see this thing going deep into the fourth quarter. It
Speaker 1: could come down to who has the ball last, who's
Speaker 1: gonna make the big defense to stop. Remember special teams
Speaker 1: as well, that was one thing I was pleased to
Speaker 1: see with the Jets with Curly's punt return on Sunday.
Speaker 1: That was really big and it was nice to see
Speaker 1: because it just you can see, it creates energy, it
Speaker 1: creates a spark, It just makes things a little easier,
Speaker 1: a little smoother, and that was one of the big
Speaker 1: plays in the game I thought for the Jets. So
Speaker 1: special teams, uh, one special team's play could truly make
Speaker 1: a difference. Look at last night's game with the Ravens
Speaker 1: and the Browns. That could be the difference all those
Speaker 1: coaches you don't want to think that it would be. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, and this, if they were able
Speaker 1: to beat the New York Giants, this really could propellum
Speaker 1: down the stretch. It's good to get a victory over Miami,
Speaker 1: get that win and feeling, but then you beat the Giants,
Speaker 1: you're starting to stack together wins. Let me set yourself
Speaker 1: up with the home date with the Tennessee Titans, and
Speaker 1: fans can look ahead and say, well, then you go
Speaker 1: to Dallas and you know the cow Cowboys have obviously
Speaker 1: endured a lot of injuries, most typically at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: You take your shots down there, and then you get
Speaker 1: New England at home, and you know you play them
Speaker 1: one at a time. But you could set yourself up
Speaker 1: very nicely if you win this ball game, no question
Speaker 1: about it. I think this is a playoffs game for
Speaker 1: both teams, uh for the Jets. If you can beat
Speaker 1: a playoff contending team, this gives you the confidence moving
Speaker 1: into the last quarter of your season. And when you
Speaker 1: look at the last quarter of your season, you're going
Speaker 1: to play two teams who have just really been beat
Speaker 1: up with injuries in the Patriots and the Cowboys. You've
Speaker 1: got a really tough team in Buffalo. So you've got
Speaker 1: the last quarter of the season that is not a gimme,
Speaker 1: but there's certainly a chance for the Jets to make
Speaker 1: headway and grab a wild card card spot. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: we're looking forward to sign My final question this week, Actually,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna turn the tables. We're gonna go to college football.
Speaker 1: Who will be the final four after this weekend. The
Speaker 1: game that I'm really paying attention to is the North
Speaker 1: Carolina Clemson game. I think North Carolina is one of
Speaker 1: the hottest teams in the country. Uh. This is gonna
Speaker 1: be an exciting game to watch, and I think this
Speaker 1: will really prove whether or not Clemson is for real
Speaker 1: if they come out with a victory in this one.
Speaker 1: You know, I think you feel really good as a
Speaker 1: Clemson fans. They've got a chance to take it all
Speaker 1: the way. North Carolina is gonna be a tough matchup,
Speaker 1: and I would love as kind of fan, you would
Speaker 1: love to see uh Carolina be able to win the
Speaker 1: game and then creep right into the top four. It
Speaker 1: will be interesting if Carolina does win, you know how
Speaker 1: that would all play out. I think the winner of
Speaker 1: the Big Ten obviously gets a spot. UM Alabama versus Florida.
Speaker 1: I don't think Florida has enough offense uh to beat Alabama.
Speaker 1: And so there's there. So there's some really really games
Speaker 1: to watch. And then you look at the Pack twelve.
Speaker 1: Even though they don't have UM, they're not gonna probably
Speaker 1: gonna have a playoff contender. Do you look at Stanford
Speaker 1: in the great game that they had against Notre Dame
Speaker 1: and then USC, how they've been able to bounce back.
Speaker 1: You think of all the adversities they faced early in
Speaker 1: the year, and now they made coach Helton the full
Speaker 1: time coach of the program. Uh, that's gonna be a
Speaker 1: nice team to watch as well. It's some big time games.
Speaker 1: This is a great week for football in general. When
Speaker 1: you talk about college and profecial football, it is so
Speaker 1: you think Alabama will be Florida, they would advance Oklahoma.
Speaker 1: You think they're safely in. I think Oklahoma is in. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think Oklahoma North Carolina are the two
Speaker 1: hottest teams in the country right now. But I think
Speaker 1: Oklahoma is in. You think Michigan State beats Iowa. I
Speaker 1: do think Michigan State beats Iowa. I don't think Iowa
Speaker 1: has enough um offense to Tom Peters Mischigan State. The
Speaker 1: way I will will beat Mischigan State is this, Mischigan
Speaker 1: State turns followers in. Iowa has a chance to win.
Speaker 1: But if not, I think Michigan State wins that one.
Speaker 1: Do you like Connor cook is pro prospect a chance
Speaker 1: to set him a lot, but I know he hasn't
Speaker 1: done some really really good things. Uh. He obviously had Catcher,
Speaker 1: So I'll pay attention to him more going down the
Speaker 1: stretch here to really see what this guy is all.
Speaker 1: All right, So you got the three teams. So finally
Speaker 1: is do you think North Carolina if they beat Clemson,
Speaker 1: they should be in based on them winning the a
Speaker 1: SEC and Ohio States there, but they would not have
Speaker 1: won the Big Time obviously, they have no shot on
Speaker 1: winning the Big Time and also Stanford, who possibly could
Speaker 1: win the pack with two losses. Would you put Carolina
Speaker 1: into the final four if they beat Clemson? I would.
Speaker 1: I would certainly put them in. I think they've earned it.
Speaker 1: They their first losser, their whole loss was the first
Speaker 1: game of the year. Crazy things happened in the first game.
Speaker 1: Everybody has different expectations, and now you've seen the work
Speaker 1: that they've put in from then on. I mean, they've
Speaker 1: they've been really impressive. And so if they knock off
Speaker 1: the undefeated number one team in the land, there's no
Speaker 1: question in my mind that they should go over a
Speaker 1: two lost team as as the a c C champions.
Speaker 1: All right, buddy, we'll be watching Saturday and then of
Speaker 1: course it's the big one at MetLife Stadium as the
Speaker 1: Jets in the Giants battle. We'll talk about it next week. Hey,