WEBVTT - Inside the Jets with Andre Roberts & Henry Anderson (10/22) 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.960 Vive from vetter Bill Sports and Spirits inside the Windham 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:11.000 Hamilton's Park Hotel. It's Inside the Jets, brought to you 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:14.960 by e Y Building a Better Working World and by 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:18.079 M and T Bank, the official community bank of your 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:22.239 New York Jets. No, here's Eric Allen and Eric Coleman. 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:26.000 Welcome Inside the Jets were broadcasting live from Vanderbilt Sports 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:29.800 and Spirits inside the Windham Hamilton's Park Hotel, Eric Allen 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:33.520 and Eric Coleman. Here. We will be joined tonight by 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:37.599 both Andre Roberts and Henry Anderson. But as we kick 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:42.400 off here on our opening segment, E Coleman or Postmortem. 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.920 The Jets went into a ballgame against the Minnesota Vikings 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:49.320 with an opportunity to sweep a three game homestand and 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.239 moved to four and three. Unfortunately, they couldn't get it 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:55.520 done against a very good football team. The Vikings take 0:00:55.600 --> 0:01:00.840 home a thirty seven to seventeen triumph. For me, the 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:04.080 Jets did a lot of good things yesterday even though 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.360 they lost by twenty points. But the bottom line is 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:11.200 this team has been living off a takeaways. Defensively, had 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:14.840 entered that ball game with fifteen takeaways on the year 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.360 that was second in the National Football League Day zero 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:21.920 against the Vikings. The Vikings conversely had four. The Jets 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:25.319 did some good things defensively, got off the field on 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:28.440 third down, and handled that Vikings run game in the 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.920 first half. What we saw in the second half, though, 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.960 was the Vikings got a couple of big plays from 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:40.319 Lottavius Murray and the Jets just couldn't overcome their own 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.679 miscuse too many self inflicted wounds to beat a very 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.360 good football team in the Minnesota Vikings. Yeah, you know, 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.160 I agree with you. I thought the Jets came off 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.639 and started off well, you know, playing against the Vikings, 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:52.960 a team who a lot of people before the season 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:56.120 had up for, you know, super Bowl contenders, and they're 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.280 starting to play that way now. You know, obviously a 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:00.840 lot of talent on that Vikings team. But at the 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.080 same time, the Jets did have a couple of self 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.960 inflicted wounds that kept him from winning that game. You know, 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:08.839 the score was there's a big margin, but the game, 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:10.600 you know, there were a couple of plays that if 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:12.400 they would have went the Jets way the game, the 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.400 whole game would have been different. So, you know, I 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.560 thought that a lot of players stepped up and played 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:19.160 some good ball yesterday. But there were a lot of 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.160 miscuse you know. There were some drop passes, there were 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.640 some uh, you know, the two runs by Latavia's Murray, 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.280 a couple of misfits by the by the defense. Um, 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:27.920 you know, those are things that can't happen, you know. 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:31.240 And and obviously the turnover battle. When you lose the 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.400 turnover batt or four to nothing, it's gonna be tough 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.280 to get anybody in the National Football League. You could 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.040 be playing the Bills, you could be playing the Colts. 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.880 If you lose the turnover battle four to zero, you're 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.320 most likely not gonna win. This just happened to be 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:47.800 a very good football team. The Jets in the locker 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.240 room after the game, they were not lamning entries. But 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:54.640 the bottom line here is the Jets were banked up 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:56.760 squad going into that game. And you have a rookie 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.680 quarterback who is going to be a very good player 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.519 in this league. But when you ask him to put 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.480 the ball up forty two times, it's gonna be tough 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:08.320 to win. And oh, by the way, his top weapon, 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:12.280 Quincy and Noona is out. Terrell Prior was released from 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.680 the team on Saturday, he has a groin injury, so 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:20.480 that puts people in different spots. And then offensively as well, 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.000 you're talking about bel Paul. He is one of the 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:26.200 team's top offensive weapons. He goes down with the neck injury. 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:30.520 On the defensive side of the ball, that secondary tremendously 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:34.079 banged up. Tremaine Johnson still dealing with that quad issue. 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.280 You got Buster Screen with the concussion. He's been out, 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:40.320 and then Marcus. You lined up without Marcus May at 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:43.560 safety and Doug Middleton went down yesterday. Yeah, you know, 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.640 the injuries are our reality in the NFL. You know, 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.240 it's a long season, sixteen game season. By the end 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:51.520 of the year, everybody's playing through some sort of injury 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.360 and teams have to adjust to it. You know, you 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:56.800 saw offensively, it was it's kind of that next man 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.440 up mentality where you have uh, you know, the receiver 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.160 stepping up. You have big playmakers coming up. Cannon had 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.600 a couple of big plays at the running back position yesterday. Defensively, 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:08.640 in the secondary, that's the group I've been most impressed with. 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:11.560 You know, they lose three starters in the secondary and 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.440 don't really miss a beat, you know, they gave up 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:15.640 a couple of big plays, but you look at Darrel 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.440 Roberts his place, stepping up and making some big plays. 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:21.960 You know that group is the next man up mentality. Uh. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.760 You know, they believe in you were only as good 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.400 as our weakest link. And they that group really prepares 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.080 themselves to play well. You know. I think the adversity 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:31.800 is something that this team is gonna have to go through, 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:34.880 as every team will, and it makes it especially difficult 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.000 for a team with the rookie quarterback missing some key components. 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.560 It makes it tough for him to succeed without many 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.080 of their weapons. A credit to Vikings the defense of 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.279 the game plan, because they took away the jets bread 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.800 and butter. This team is all about having balance offensively, 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:54.080 getting it going with the run game, and what we 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:58.240 saw Sunday too off and the Jets weren't third and long, 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:02.120 third and seven, and Minnesota entered that ball game number 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.520 one in the National Football League in terms of third 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:08.120 down efficiency. What they were able to do is play 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:12.000 too high safety, so they did not commit an extra 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:14.360 guy to the box. They took care of the run game, 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:16.440 and then they were able to take care of the 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.800 receivers down in the field. What did you think of 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:23.480 Donald's performance? Again, he's another one who said, Okay, listen, 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:26.240 I gotta play better. It doesn't matter who's playing with 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:30.279 me or around me. The chemistry is fine. And that 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.040 was the first time you probably played in conditions like that. 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:35.920 I was down on the field pregame with Anti Anthony 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:40.000 Beck our pregame Central Show, which is broadcasting all Jets 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.360 platforms at eleven am, uh four home games proborly to 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.120 one o'clock game, And it was cold and the wing 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.920 gusts were probably around twenty miles par Yeah, I mean, 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.240 you know, it's cold for everybody out there. Yeah, and 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.720 you have to make adjustments. But Minnesota has lived for 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.400 several years off of playing that cover to defense, having 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.880 a strong front for a front seven, and having those 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.440 owners attacking the run game. So you know, I think 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.680 they were They did do a great job of making 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.919 the Jets play left hand and taken away what they do, 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.200 which is the run game, and compliment that with the 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.720 play action game. When you can't run, the ball is 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.720 tough to run. The play action game's tough to uh, 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:18.120 you know, keep teams off balance offensively, so Minnesota taking 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.560 away that run, put the ball in Sam Donald's hands, 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.080 made him throw the ball forty two times, which this 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:26.200 team is not built for. There There rarely are there 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:31.840 teams that can have success with their quarterbacks. The last 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:33.880 couple of times, the last couple of games, he's been 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.320 throwing the ball fifty, you know, fifty five times a 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.479 game and they have not been winning. You know, only 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:40.360 Drew Brees can do that. Tom Brady can do it 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:42.800 on occasion. You know, you're you're not built to throw 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.159 the ball around the park, especially with his many injuries 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.880 to the receivers. All right, So offensively, I continue to 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.360 like what I've seen out of Chris Herndon, a fourth 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.720 round pick out of Miami, and Sam Donald's getting more 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.600 and more confident with him each week. We saw him 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.680 with a touchdown reception against Indianapolis Colts, he had a 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.680 touch reception against the Vikings. He had one called back. 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:08.520 But that connection could be one that flourishes for years 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.720 to come. Yeah, you know, I was excited to see 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:12.840 that connection. You know, Chris hern and a guy who 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.040 who came in and when Scott saw him, he didn't 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:16.520 get to run a forty so not a lot of 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:18.840 people had a forty time for They didn't realize the 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.360 speed that this guy has. You know, a great route runner. 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.640 You know, he's getting better at blocking. You know, he 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:25.680 has some tough guys to block against in practice, so 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.600 he's getting better continuously with that and he and he 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.640 and Sam Donald are starting to get a nice rapport. 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.120 So you'd like to see the Jets starting to use 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.600 that tight end position, a position that's been abandoned for 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.360 the last couple of years. Hopefully, blow Paul is okay 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:42.080 because he is such an integral part of this football team. 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.400 But Trent and Cannon got his feet wet and that 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.760 was good to see as well, because he has speed 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.280 to burn. You put him out and they had a 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:53.080 beautiful explosion completion in terms of the wheel route in 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:56.720 the first half there. So, uh, Cannon getting very valuable 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:58.720 reps as well. Yeah, you know, Cannon is a guy 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.800 who made some great plays during the preseason. A young 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:05.320 player or dynamic speed can make guys miss, you know. 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:07.240 I always say for the running backs that the toughest 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.360 part is learning how to pass block, you know, because 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.520 you can't play if you can't you know, adjust to 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.000 the blitz. Uh, you know, pass and you're probably not 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:17.800 plass blocking a lot of Virginia states. Yeah, they're getting 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:19.800 you the ball. And he's a playmaker. You know, he's 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.680 a guy who can develop into a great playmaker, similar 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:24.400 to a Bala Pal one of those guys when he 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.280 kept when he gets the ball to the backfield, he 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:27.800 has an opportunity to hit his head on the field 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:29.760 goal post whenever he gets the ball, all right. You know, 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.400 like you mentioned, the Jets had opportunities. As a ball game. 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:35.040 It was ten of seven at halftime, seventeen of seven 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:37.920 early in the third quarter. When Donald makes one of 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.120 his mistakes. They're one of his glaring mistakes where he 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.280 throws the Robby Anderson and he admitted after the game 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:48.400 that just a bad reed because Robbie was covered there 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:52.600 and the safety Harrison Smith was all all over the top. Yeah, 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:54.679 I mean, listen, those plays are gonna happen. You know, 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.320 you're gonna make mistakes, and that's the that's what you 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.840 get when you come in with the rookie quarterback. You know, 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:01.600 a lot of times when the rookies get to sit 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.160 back and watch, they can learn from others mistakes. But 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.640 playing against his Minnesota Vikings defense. They have one of 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.360 the top secondaries in the league. Harrison Smith is all pro. 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.760 You know, Trey Waynes is a phenomenal player. Xavier Rhodes 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:14.520 is a pro bowler. You know, this is the This 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.439 is not your average secondary that he was playing against. 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.240 He made things tough on the receivers and they're gonna 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.560 do that to teams throughout the rest of the year. Yeah, 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.200 and then you can even look later in the game. 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:26.560 It's twenty to seven and Andre Roberts, who is going 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.600 to join us on the show as a tremendous kickoff 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.760 return to get the Jets in the plus territory. And 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:37.160 no fault on the rookie here, Sam Donald. He throws 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:41.040 a couple nice check downs one did Isaiah Croal and 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.080 also he moves his legs to get out of the 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.480 pocket and he finds Eric Thomlinson and those guys just 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.760 gotta make those catches. Yeah, you know, you have to 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:51.440 come through, especially when you're struggling offensively. You need some 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:54.040 players to come through, make those routine catches and move 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:57.200 the chains, get that momentum going, because when you're having 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.679 a tough game offensively, all it takes sometimes is one 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:01.839 or two big plays to get your momentum, to get 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:03.960 everyone's confidence going, and next thing you know, you're back 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:07.920 in that game. And then another opportunity. It's twenty seven seventeen. 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.280 I know a lot of people left Mountlife Stadium at 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:13.800 that point after the Vikings had taken that seventeen point lead. 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.360 But Donald comes back and it's a ten point game 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:20.360 with ten minutes remaining, and the Jets had the ball 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:24.160 out close to midfield and Donald's looking for Andre Roberts. 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:28.439 I thought the traffic at his feet affected him, impacted 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.520 him where he couldn't step into the throw, and unfortunately 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:35.080 that ball was picked and eventually the Vikings put it away. Yeah, 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.679 you know, sometimes you get those those balls where you're 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.640 throwing the dig routes and the ball sales on you. 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.120 Minnesota does a great job of playing that zone coverage 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.120 where you have defenders underneath, guys coming over the top, 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:47.880 where it's a short window, you know, and those mistakes 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.599 are gonna be made. But again, another opportunity that the 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:52.880 Jets had that they kind of shoot themselves in the foot, 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.200 or if they don't make that mistake, maybe they're in 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:56.920 the game, you know, there's three or four plays in 0:10:56.920 --> 0:11:00.280 this game that Jets were that the Jets didn't or 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:02.200 if they did make, they'd be right in there. And 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.960 that's exactly the point. People wake up Monday morning. They 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:08.560 don't watch the game and say the Jets, we're not 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.240 in that ball game. They lose by twenty points. If 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.640 you watch the game and you bring it back, the 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.880 three or four plays could be a different outcome. But 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.800 that is life in the National Football League, and the 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:23.520 Jets bottom line is stepped up in class yesterday. Beating 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.440 the Colts is one thing. Beating the Broncos on a 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.600 short week is one thing. But the Vikings they're on 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.000 another level. Yeah, you know, you know, like I said 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:33.920 at the beginning of the show, they're a team that's 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.360 gonna be up to win the NFC North. You know, 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.679 they're they're they're up there with the Green Bay Packers 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.520 of the of the NFC. I think they have a 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.319 phenomenal talent. You know, they went with the wind now mentality, 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:47.319 getting Kirk Cousins, you know, quarterback who who's a gun slinger. 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.800 He has some great weapons out there. And Stefind Diggs 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:53.000 and Adam Feeling, who's about who has been setting records, 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:56.000 you know since he started playing. You know, he phenomenal talent. 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:59.080 Latavia's Murray stepped up big time yesterday and you know 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.280 they were missing down Cook. But Latavius has been a 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:04.360 phenomenal player his whole career, even when he was back 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.640 in Oakland. All right. 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Inside the 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:50.520 Jets is presented by e Y Building a Better Working World. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:55.680 Eric Eric Ellen and Eric Coleman here alongside Andre Roberts, 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.760 Art player Guest segment is presented by M ANDT Bank, 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.640 the official community bank of your New York Jets so 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:05.400 we're just talking about Andre before you joined us. How 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.920 tough were those conditions at My Life Stadium. It reminded 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.240 me of the old Metal Lands. Yeah, it was pretty crazy. Um, 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:15.439 the worst I've ever played in. UM. Last year when 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.280 we played here in Atlanta was kind of like a 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:20.680 tropical storm. Yeah, and it was. It was kind of windy, 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:24.520 but it wasn't anything like what I experienced last game. Now, Andre, 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:26.280 in a day and age where it seems like they're 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:28.880 trying to get rid of the kickoff and make special 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:32.280 teams almost obsolete, how have you continue to thrive and 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.080 be so successful in your career. It's interesting they're trying 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.959 to take out that that return specialist thing. Um, But 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.719 you know, when you have guys back there that could 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.920 be explosive, that can be dynamic, especially guys that can 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.280 do both kickoff and palm return, I think it could 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.560 be pretty special. So you after the game, Andre described 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:52.840 your day as up and down. There were a couple 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.360 of field goals I mean fumbles. Uh, Fortunately you guys 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.959 didn't give up points after those were able to recall 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.120 over those. And then you had a fifty three yard 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:04.760 kickoff return that led to a field goal. And a 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.160 forty two yard return that led to a touchdown in 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.240 the fourth quarter. Yeah, um, almost two yards. And the 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.560 kickoff return game, which you really like it was a 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:15.439 huge UM. But in the punt return game, but not 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:18.920 much going on the muff punt. Unfortunately we got that back. 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.880 But you know, that's the kind of up and down 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:26.080 I was thinking about, UM, but special teams in general. Uh, 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.320 you know, we had kind of a messed up snap there. Um, 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.040 some of our punts were kind of but it was 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.680 a windy game, and uh, we kind of take it 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.440 with a grain assault and understand what the elements were 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:38.920 what we had to deal with. But we also understand that, 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.400 you know, we're gonna have some windy games coming up soon. 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:45.920 All the games uh so far, I mean going out 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:47.960 to the end of the season are all outside. So 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.320 we're gonna we're gonna have some win and we got 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:51.920 to deal with it right way. Do you put that 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:55.040 on yourself to provide this team a spark because they're 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.600 in the second half. You almost single handedly put this 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.200 team right back in the ball given you have that 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:05.280 fifty three yard to return most definitely UM kick return 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.880 or a punt return. UM. I feel like when I 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.360 do get a good opportunity, have a chance to either 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:12.760 take it to the house or I have a big return. 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.680 So I think my teammates that expect that out of me, 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:18.280 especially now, and I try to provide that every time 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:21.200 I took the ball. Now. Now, coming into playing the Vikings, 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:24.920 they're typically known for their their very good special teams units. 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:27.200 Do you guys take that as a challenge upon yourself? 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:29.360 Is you know this week we're playing the Vikings, we 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:31.360 have to win their special teams battle if we're gonna 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:33.600 have an opportunity to win this game. You take it 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:36.440 as a challenge every week. Um, you don't take any 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:39.680 team lightly, regardless of what they did last week or 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:43.720 what they did last year or you know who they have, so, um, 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.480 we don't take any team lightly. We take everybody like 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.640 they're the best special teams. We gotta beat them all. 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:52.280 But how difficult was it whether you're feeling a punt 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:57.320 yesterday or or a kickoff when that wind is swirling 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:59.320 like it was, because you can't get a beat on 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:03.080 the ball some times because it can be in midflight 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:08.160 and either hang off or slightly changed directions on you. Yeah, 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.880 I did that a couple of times. Um, it's one 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.000 of those things where we kind of do practice in 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:16.920 the wind from time to time. We practice outside. Obviously 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.360 last week if you're outside at all, it was windy 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.600 all week, so we got a little bit of work 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.320 with that. But um, like I said before, I put 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:26.280 that on myself, I have to practice that, get better 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:29.320 with that, and um, sometimes it's a little inconsistent with 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.600 the wind. You never know what, especially when disgusting like 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.880 it was on Sunday. But I gotta catch them all. Now, 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:37.720 now can we talk. We're gonna talk injuries now, Quincy 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:39.840 and done walked down. You know you lose, you lose 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.080 prior you gets released after an injury. A lot of 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:46.600 opportunities in the receiving room. How do you take advantage of, 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:49.000 you know, both being the head guy on special teams 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:52.360 and preparing yourself offensively to come in and play at 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:56.040 that receiver positions. Well, I've been preparing every week, um, 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.240 as if I was gonna play and as if I 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:02.240 was gonna start. So obviously, Um, being behind those guys, 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.679 you don't get the same reps. Just like a backup 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:06.520 quarterback or a backup par it back, you won't get 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:09.520 the same amount of reps as those starters. But um, 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:11.399 I always prepare like a little bit of starter, and 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:13.639 you know, myself and others have to step up in 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:18.080 the place of q Andre seventeen and the fourth Donald 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:20.880 tried to go to you. But what did you see 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.879 as far as from your perspective on the route and 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.399 what was the thought processor? Um, it was just a 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:32.400 dagger out a fifteen yard in and uh looking at 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.320 the film especially, Uh Sam met a lot of pressure 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:37.480 in his face, so he expected me to roll out 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:40.679 of it, Uh sooner than later. And uh we just 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:43.840 didn't connect. Uh. Those are kind of the nuances that 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.520 you get from practicing, being able to get those reps 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.280 in practice as opposed to just having to watch and 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.560 and get mental reps and you know, run your routes 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.880 after practice not getting those reps. Um, well we practiced 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.560 that and um, you know, and practice it's a little 0:17:57.600 --> 0:17:59.680 bit slower when you don't have a pass rush coming 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:01.880 after quarterback because you know, in practice, our guys can't 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.160 hit the quarterback. So UM, that's one of those things 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:05.880 we kind of need to speed up a little bit more, 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:09.359 um and understand in game time situation, especially in the 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:12.040 fourth quarter. Uh, you know you're gonna have to be 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:14.280 a little bit faster in those situations. Is that something 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.720 you take care of on Monday or can you take 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:20.080 care of that immediately after when you guys go to 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.440 the bench because there's so many things going on. Um, 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:26.240 that's something you take care of after the game. Yeah, yeah, UM. Okay. 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:30.040 So Andre, you're a free agent before coming here to 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:31.840 the Green and White in the spring, what was the 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.600 process like and how did you land here? As a Jet? 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.520 Free agency is always fun you get to come back 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.919 to the table. Um. But there were some teams. Uh, 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:45.399 obviously I was looking forward to uh meeting and and 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.119 going to and UM at the end of the process, 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:51.480 Uh that Jets had the best opportunity for me at 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:54.919 the receiver position and the return position. Obviously, UM, I 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.320 did some good things in Atlanta, Detroit and the return games, 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:59.880 so they wanted me to come here and be exposed 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:02.920 for them in that aspect. But when I got here, 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.040 you know, I said, earned my job and they saw 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:07.320 some good things in me as a returner and the receiver, 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:11.439 so I stuck. Now that as a special teamer, there's 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:14.679 obviously a sense of pride and being that guy on 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:17.400 special teams, in the kickoff game, in the punt game. 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:19.840 Do you pride yourself on being that person that gets 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.679 double teams every time? You know? Because when when when 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:24.639 I back, when I played on special teams, it was 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.080 always you know what, you gotta watch up for this guy? 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:29.120 Do you take pride to being that person? I take 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:31.560 a lot of pride in that. Um One thing about 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:36.160 being a returner is different from offense, where everybody knows 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:38.000 you're gonna get the ball as you as a punt 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:40.560