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Speaker 1: joined by Big Nose Tackles Steve McClendon, who had a

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Speaker 1: great weekend. He signs a contract extension on Saturday. And then, oh,

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Speaker 1: the big news of the weekend. The Green and White

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Speaker 1: finally get that elusive victory first three of two thousand nineteen.

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Speaker 1: It was beautiful with victory over the Dallas Cowboys. We've

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Speaker 1: been saying it for weeks. Let's press pause before we

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Speaker 1: make any declaration on what the New York Jets are.

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Speaker 1: They got their starting quarterback back and he felt good

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Speaker 1: like himself for the first time this season. He completes

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Speaker 1: twenty three and thirty two passes for three thirty eight yards,

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Speaker 1: has two scoring strikes, and he was fantastic. Sam Donald,

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Speaker 1: he's back, He is back, and it's great to see

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Speaker 1: him back. You know, Uh, not only the play. You know,

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Speaker 1: having your number one quarterback in there, back in the

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Speaker 1: by playout right now. First play of the game, seventeen

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Speaker 1: And you know what, that's I think that's the credit

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Speaker 1: get their first win, especially the rookies in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Some of the guys come from winning programs, like quinnin Um.

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Speaker 1: He's used to winning. So when he got that first one, man,

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Speaker 1: he was just super excited. And like I told him,

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Speaker 1: I said, man, just understand, this game is still played

431
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Speaker 1: the exact same you've been playing it all your life.

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Speaker 1: But you just have to remember, this is what this

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Speaker 1: feelings feels like. I said, just stacked days just like

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Speaker 1: this as men. Don't look too far ahead. Do not

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Speaker 1: get lost up into this women, because it's not a

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Speaker 1: super Bowl. I said, Man, this is just a win,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna treat it as such, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: move on and get ready for the next one. Steve,

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Speaker 1: how did the extension all come about? Because you're playing

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Speaker 1: at a high level. I talked to your that coach

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Speaker 1: about you last week in a film review. He's said,

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Speaker 1: Steve looks like he's getting younger every time he's out there.

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Speaker 1: On game day, you're thirty three years old. You could

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Speaker 1: have played it out, maybe tested free agency, seen what

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Speaker 1: kind of money you got out there, what kind of offers,

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Speaker 1: But instead you said I like it here and I

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Speaker 1: want to come back right. Uh. For me, it's just

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Speaker 1: when the coach of staff came in. I was already

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Speaker 1: excited because they all called me and asked me to

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Speaker 1: come back. You know, that's when you have a switch

451
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Speaker 1: like that. Most of the older guys are gone and

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Speaker 1: I understood that. I understand the business side of it,

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Speaker 1: um and when they called me and I was just

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Speaker 1: excited the contract it caught me by surprise as well.

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Speaker 1: So I'm just coming in to do my job every

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Speaker 1: single day. That doesn't change for me. I I harp

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Speaker 1: on the three things UH with the guys because they

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Speaker 1: stay focused. Stay focused absolutely every day. That's my number

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Speaker 1: one goal. When I wake up in the morning, I

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Speaker 1: say stay focused. My second one is just say stay driven.

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Speaker 1: I understand and why you're doing it, you know, just

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Speaker 1: stay driven, stay driven no matter what happens. Don't matter

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Speaker 1: what the score, boys is, no matter what the rick,

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Speaker 1: you stay driven. And understand the last part, you only

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Speaker 1: have one life to live, man, and just live that

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Speaker 1: to your best. A villages now, Steve, everybody. A lot

467
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Speaker 1: of people are surprised at UH. You know the fact

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Speaker 1: that you're getting older and you're continuing to play better.

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Speaker 1: But those people probably didn't see your off season workouts

470
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Speaker 1: like pulling, pulling mac trucks and pulling trucks across the

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Speaker 1: parking lot. Can talking about what you did in the

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Speaker 1: off season to prepare for this this year. So me

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Speaker 1: and Gregg talked before the season, I mean before the

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Speaker 1: season started. And you know Greg Williams, Yes, me and

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Speaker 1: him talking to in the O t s And he

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Speaker 1: asked me how do I feel? And I was like, Man,

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Speaker 1: if I'm getting down to three team gonna keep me

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Speaker 1: on the field, I'm gonna do it. I said, I'm

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Speaker 1: just gonna do whatever it takes. And he said, we'll see,

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Speaker 1: and I told him, I said, Greg, I'm gonna get down.

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Speaker 1: So what I started doing in the all season and

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Speaker 1: I just changed up everything. I changed up my diet.

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Speaker 1: I stopped eating candy, I stopped eating sweets, stopped drinking gatorade.

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Speaker 1: So I just pretty much drink water and and I

485
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Speaker 1: just do other things that have electro lights in them. Um.

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Speaker 1: I just changed up every absolutely everything, because I wanted

487
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Speaker 1: to look better. I wanted to feel better. I wanted

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Speaker 1: to be different, and I wanted to be more not

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Speaker 1: just for myself, because I when I trained, I don't

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Speaker 1: train with me in mind. I don't train with my

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Speaker 1: family mind I trained with my brothers. In mind, these

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Speaker 1: guys are who I'm going to battle with. I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to battle with my family, you know, I'm going

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Speaker 1: to battle with these guys every single day. So when

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Speaker 1: I train now, I'm gonna tell you the truth. My

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Speaker 1: level of training is different from everyone else. I train

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Speaker 1: twelve hours a day. It's because it's my job. Like

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Speaker 1: I don't have to go to school. Um, my class

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Speaker 1: work is in the weight room, is pulling trucks. And

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Speaker 1: and I just said, if I beat my body down now,

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Speaker 1: if I fail now when it comes to the season,

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Speaker 1: filium is not an option. So when I got into

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Speaker 1: training camp this year and I was just it's like, man,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be something much better. Do you feel physically

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Speaker 1: being three ten? I mean, I feel a lot better,

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Speaker 1: and I'm actually a lot stronger, a lot stronger, that's yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So you know, I take my head off to my nutritionists.

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Speaker 1: I take my head off to to the whole Jet staff,

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Speaker 1: everybody that was a part of my new my new transformation,

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Speaker 1: and I tell them thank you all the time because

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Speaker 1: without them and heaving me continue to go forward, I

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Speaker 1: probably wouldn't be where I met because man, I listened

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Speaker 1: very well. Um, I just want to be mad at

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Speaker 1: be better, and I also want to be more. Not

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Speaker 1: just for me, I want to be more for my team.

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Speaker 1: Jet strength and Conditioning coach Justice Galax says that Steve

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Speaker 1: mcleannen lives down there inside the weight room at one

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Speaker 1: Jet Strive but was always over. But yeah, and you

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Speaker 1: had your code always works. So whenever you're playing, career

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Speaker 1: ends because right now you're going in reverse order from

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Speaker 1: most of the guys who start off in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. Because you're getting better here in close to

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Speaker 1: your mid thirties. You want to open up a gym

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Speaker 1: or you're opening up a gym yourself down in the South,

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Speaker 1: aren't you. Yes, I have a gym and UM in

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Speaker 1: Georgia and fly brid and Georgia. It's called Team MVP. UM.

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Speaker 1: The whole thing is an acronym. UH. It means together,

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Speaker 1: everyone achieves more. McClinton vision performance. UM. We don't focus

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Speaker 1: just I put McClinton in because it's my gym. But

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Speaker 1: we don't focus on my vision. We vocus on the

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Speaker 1: vision of the athlete or the general population whomever comes

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Speaker 1: in their vision to help them perform at the best,

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Speaker 1: and that's what it's all about. I mean, I look

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Speaker 1: at it like this. I love what I do. I

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Speaker 1: love to work out, um, I love the results that

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Speaker 1: come from it. And I want other people to experience

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Speaker 1: the exact same feeling that I get every time I'm

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Speaker 1: going to year room. So like today we had big

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Speaker 1: squad there. You know what I did. I loaded it

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Speaker 1: up so and I got after it and and you know,

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Speaker 1: the guys were looking at me. He was like, man,

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Speaker 1: you know we just played a game. He's squating six

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Speaker 1: hundred at the game. I was like, man, this is

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Speaker 1: what's keeping me going, you know. And I would continue

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Speaker 1: to do this even when I finished playing. I would

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Speaker 1: continue to live, I would continue to run, I would

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Speaker 1: continue to keep my body in shape because sim a fact,

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Speaker 1: I want to live longer. And this is what it's

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Speaker 1: all about for me. And So when you have a

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Speaker 1: young guy looking at you, like Quentin Williams, because I'm

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Speaker 1: sure that he's probably looking at you like, I'm sure

552
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Speaker 1: I just played my first game and you over here

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Speaker 1: squad at six hundred pounds. What has it been like

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Speaker 1: kind of bringing him along the way, you know, from

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Speaker 1: training camp, from the time he was drafted to Now,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure he looks up to you as a as

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Speaker 1: a big brother kind of figure. One thing about quinnin

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Speaker 1: he's a smart player. He knows the game of football

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Speaker 1: um well coached at Alabamia. But it's it's just not him.

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Speaker 1: You know, all the young guys, foleys, Uh, Kyle and Leo.

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Speaker 1: Because I'm the oldest guy in the room, so and

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Speaker 1: all these guys listen and when we walk in our room,

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Speaker 1: it's just amazing the level of focus that these guys

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Speaker 1: have every single day. We're gonna we're gonna jump into

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Speaker 1: more of this because you have so much to add.

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Speaker 1: We're keeping Big Steve on for a second segment and

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Speaker 1: we'll be right back here. You are listening inside to

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Speaker 1: Jackson ESPN New York slot left, Crouder in the slot,

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Speaker 1: action props. The crush steps up. Can I see look

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Speaker 1: at the corn. They're not gonna touch him. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: Steve mccleannen is such a good guest. We're having a

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Speaker 1: the ficial community bank of your New York Jets. Before

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Speaker 1: we went to the break, Eric had asked you, Big

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Speaker 1: Steve about Quinnin and you were talking about his approach.

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Speaker 1: What what do you like so far in terms of

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Speaker 1: his work ethic and how he's trying to pick up

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Speaker 1: the finer details of the game. Just man, just the

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Speaker 1: way he studied, the way he started to feel like,

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Speaker 1: I tell I tell every guy, man, I want to

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Speaker 1: see how hard you'll work, how hard you are willing

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Speaker 1: to work. So I don't I don't care about any

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Speaker 1: of the other stuff. I said. I want to see

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Speaker 1: you how if I can fight with you, if I

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Speaker 1: can play with you in battle, you know. And so

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Speaker 1: when he comes in, he was like, Steve, I saw

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Speaker 1: this on film. I saw that on film. Um, this

592
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Speaker 1: guy can do this. This guy can't do this. He

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Speaker 1: was like, man, we can we can win with this.

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Speaker 1: He was like, I think we can stay here with this.

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Speaker 1: And that's good to hear coming from a rookie. You know,

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Speaker 1: that same thing I told him all them, him and

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Speaker 1: May when they first came in. UM, and same thing

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Speaker 1: with Foley this year. He's doing the exact same thing

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Speaker 1: they come to me. So by the time they come

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Speaker 1: to me, all I do is just look over my

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Speaker 1: notes and that we're all pretty much already saying the

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Speaker 1: same exact thing. So now I know the guys are

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Speaker 1: prepared and ready to play. And how does that we

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Speaker 1: talked about during the break, You talked about Greg Williams

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Speaker 1: and his accountability on the players. That kind of falls

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Speaker 1: in lines with your approach. How has that been throughout

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Speaker 1: the team on the defense? Uh? Is it challenging everybody

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Speaker 1: to be the best they can be? Yes? Every single day. Um,

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Speaker 1: the competition is always high, always and we know this

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Speaker 1: is a production business. So what Greg wants out of

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Speaker 1: everybody wants everybody to produce. And how you produce is

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Speaker 1: by your work at every single day you studying, UM,

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Speaker 1: you locked in you mentally there, you're living in the moment.

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Speaker 1: Do not do not look outside of what's going on now,

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Speaker 1: being where your feet are. And I think I can

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Speaker 1: said for me to see all these guys, every single guy,

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Speaker 1: every single day to come in with a level of

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Speaker 1: focus and willing and eager to win. It is better

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Speaker 1: than any other feeling full of runs of father Kazi

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Speaker 1: at four tackles against the Cowboys. You mentioned Kyle Phelips

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Speaker 1: before he was the only undrafted free agent to make

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Speaker 1: this team. He had seven tackles against the Cowboys. Quinnin

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Speaker 1: obviously gets a lot of tension, and rightfully so. But

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Speaker 1: what can you say about those two guys how they're

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Speaker 1: helping you that whole defensive line, the rotation. Like I

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Speaker 1: tell every guy, you're not a backup. You're not a backup.

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Speaker 1: Do not even prepare like a backup, as if you

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Speaker 1: prepare like a start up, because you never know when

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Speaker 1: you become. The story of my uncle told mean that

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Speaker 1: many years ago. He said, if you prepare and have

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Speaker 1: your mindsets hit to make the practice squad, that's what

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Speaker 1: you're gonna make. He said. If you if you prepare

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Speaker 1: and have your mindset just to get on the fift

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Speaker 1: three men roster, that's what you're gonna do, he said.

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Speaker 1: But if you prepare to be a starter and be great,

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Speaker 1: that's exactly what you would become. So that's the same

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Speaker 1: message that I have been given to every young guy

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Speaker 1: that come in this building, and so Steve, listen. I

639
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: know on the defense, you got your own set of

640
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: problems you have. You know, the the Cowboys offense, you

641
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: have to worry about Zeke, Elliott, Dak Prescott offensive line.

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Speaker 1: But what does it do for your confidence as a

643
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Speaker 1: defender when you look over and see fourteen throwing the

644
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: ball suit it up in a uniform. What does that

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Speaker 1: do for the morality of the defense man. It's always

646
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: good just to see your starting quarterback back. And like

647
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: I told everybody else, the guys, I was like, listen

648
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 1: to this man. The only reason why it's so good

649
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 1: to have him back, it's because he's been with us

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Speaker 1: through a t A s. He's been with us through

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00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: many camp He ending with us through training camp. You

652
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: know the other guys that came in and had to play.

653
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: Some of the guys weren't here, you know, so we

654
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 1: didn't know what they could do. So what we had

655
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: our mindsets said on every single week is score on

656
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Speaker 1: defense and you still can win a game. I mean,

657
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,959
Speaker 1: like I tell the guys every single Sunday or Monday, men,

658
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: they put on their pass just like we do. The top,

659
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 1: they shoot just like we do. They go home and

660
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: hug their family and kiss their kids, just like we do.

661
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 1: I said, they're no different from us, So why why

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00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 1: be intimidated or scared or nervous about anything? Man, you

663
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: have the same You have the same right to win

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00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: this game that that that they do. Absolutely, let's just

665
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: so go out there improve it. And that's what our

666
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 1: defense been trying to do. What do you guys have

667
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: to do against the Patriots? You just saw him a

668
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. This is a very unique situation,

669
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: very familiar with each other. But with that being said,

670
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: it's not many times in the National Football League where

671
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 1: you play the same opponent twice in less than a month.

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Speaker 1: All right, So I look at it like this. Everybody

673
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: knows who the Patriots are. Pagers play fast, they play hard,

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Speaker 1: but most of all, they play smart. Um. Since I've

675
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: been studying the game, those are three things that are

676
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: write down absolutely every day. Play fast, play hard, place

677
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 1: more the smartest team we'll win. It's not about the

678
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,280
Speaker 1: most physical team, because you can beat them up physically,

679
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 1: but all they're gonna do is way for you to

680
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: make one mistake and they're going to capitalize off of it.

681
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: So what we have to do we have to play

682
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 1: complimentary football all three phases and just play smart. Whatever

683
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: our game playing is, stick to it and executed to

684
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Speaker 1: the best of our abilities. So what is it about

685
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 1: your your approaching practice that helps instill that in the

686
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 1: young players? Because I know as a young player, you

687
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,759
Speaker 1: get excited, you know, to play against Tom Brady, You're

688
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: excited to go and you know to play in front

689
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: of your home crowd. You're playing in the NFL. How

690
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 1: do you keep the young guys focused on their responsibility,

691
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 1: staying in the moment and executing their game plan. Staying

692
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: in the moment. I'm letting them know this moment is

693
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Speaker 1: no different from the last. We understand that this is

694
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Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback and wait, we understand that.

695
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 1: I understand it, but it doesn't change if you understand

696
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 1: what your main goal is. No matter who comes and

697
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 1: try to knock you off that track, you just keep

698
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: going through it. Obscole is gonna come in life. That's

699
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,360
Speaker 1: the same thing with this game. It's an obscoole and

700
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 1: that's just the next one that's up. I don't I

701
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 1: don't get too high about the team we play. I

702
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: don't never get too low. I try to stay even

703
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: flow because him effect, Man, I know these guys are

704
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 1: no different from me. How much can you build off

705
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,359
Speaker 1: not just the victory, but the way you guys got

706
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: it out the victory, he took the lead, got off

707
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,439
Speaker 1: to a quick start. You had called them at bay,

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00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: and then you have to face some adversity in the

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00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: second half, and your head coach said, we needed that,

710
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 1: We needed to go through that, and it was like

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00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,799
Speaker 1: another step in our evolution. I just said, clean up

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00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 1: some things, clean up some things. Um me personally, I

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Speaker 1: take the run game seriously. So you know we gave

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Speaker 1: up I want to say, like a hundred and seventeen

715
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 1: yards to um to Zeke. Every hundred and seventeen yards

716
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: were earned. We didn't give him anything but the things.

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00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 1: When we went back and looked over film today, it

718
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,399
Speaker 1: was like, man, we if we just did our job

719
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Speaker 1: perfect not We know this game is not played by

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00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 1: perfect me and perfect me and don't play this game.

721
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: We understand that. But if we just do our job

722
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,800
Speaker 1: of the time, he probably wouldn't even got fifty yards.

723
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 1: Just about being where we're supposed to be. And that's

724
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: what you say, like staying in the moment um. Some

725
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 1: guys were just just just peeking here, peeking there, and

726
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: I just look at like this going forward, just play

727
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 1: a clean game, comple a menu and football three phases.

728
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:26,320
Speaker 1: Play fast, play hard, play more together for longer. Okay,

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00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: So if anyone at home wanting to know why this

730
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: guy is one of the Jets six captains, you can

731
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: play this back a couple of times because Steve McLennan

732
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:42,360
Speaker 1: provides the perspective and the knowledge debt helps out so

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Speaker 1: much inside the Jets locker room. Congratulations number one on

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00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 1: the extension, number two on getting the first win of

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Speaker 1: the year, and continue to success here where it comes

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Speaker 1: right back. You're listening to Inside the Jets on ESPN

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Speaker 1: New York shotcom for Prescott ze kellyot to his left.

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Speaker 1: Jets with Elliott now motioning to the left, come with plants.

739
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: Prescott off his back foot, hangs out, Hey complete, He

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Speaker 1: threw it at the feet of Whitneys and the Jets

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Speaker 1: get the stop. I'm a two point player. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to it. Said. Jets were broadcasting live from Vanderbilt Sports

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Speaker 1: to enter the code of Flag. Well e heck of

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Speaker 1: a segment when Big Steve mccleanen comes by. What a leader.

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00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:54,360
Speaker 1: He always provides the proper perspective. Just he sulks in

750
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,280
Speaker 1: every minute of life and takes advantage of every second

751
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: he hands. You understand why the team wanted to extend

752
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:04,239
Speaker 1: him and keep him around all these all these young

753
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,919
Speaker 1: players because he's a great example of a professional both

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00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,439
Speaker 1: on end off the field. Uh. He sets the tone.

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00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 1: He gives him like as you mentioned, he gives him

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00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,399
Speaker 1: perspective on the game, on how to prepare for the game,

757
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: the outlook of the game plan, and it just rubs

758
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: off with the rest of the team. And I think

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00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 1: he's a big part of why they're having so much

760
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: success on the defensive side of the ball. It was

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00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: fascinating to me when when and actually a break when

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00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: he talked about you know well, actually he said on air,

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00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: there's two things he says on air that the new

764
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: coaching staff they called me and said, we want you

765
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,720
Speaker 1: to be part of this Adam gaze, Greg Williams and company,

766
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: because a lot of new coaching staff are gonna look

767
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,439
Speaker 1: at a thirty two year all defensive alignement and say, nah,

768
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,399
Speaker 1: we're moving on. I gotta get my guys in. Yeah.

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00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: That does happen a lot where coaches will have their

770
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 1: guys that they coached, you know, from from the other organization.

771
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 1: They may want to bring them into to set the tone.

772
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: But I think that his reputation is known around this

773
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,320
Speaker 1: league and respected, and I think some of the leaders

774
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 1: on this team were like, Listen, McLendon is our guy.

775
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: He's not only the vocal leader, but he sets the tone.

776
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: He shows it. He comes to practice every day. I

777
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,479
Speaker 1: mean you if you go look at his social media,

778
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 1: you can see him pulling trucks. You know. He's he's dedicated,

779
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: he's you know, he's spiritual, you know, and he's a

780
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: really positive, uh positive attitude in that locker room as well.

781
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,359
Speaker 1: So he was telling me that one of the things

782
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: Greg williams solmom said, Listen, I know you've been two

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00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 1: gaping in the past and you've been the big nose

784
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Speaker 1: tackle and you're setting it up for the guys behind you.

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00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,240
Speaker 1: But yeah, sure, You're still gonna do some two gaping,

786
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 1: but I want you going up the field. You're just

787
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 1: not holding up. You're not holding guys up. You're getting

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Speaker 1: after it. Yeah, I mean, and that's a big difference.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you play a three four defense. You're used

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00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: to taking on two offensive lineman, holding your ground and

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00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: letting the letting the linebackers pick up and make the play.

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00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 1: He's behind you in this defense. He wanted them to

793
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: lose him weight and be more athletic, be more durable

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00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 1: and agile, and Steve took on that challenge, and you're

795
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: starting to see the rewards of him making that commitment

796
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 1: losing weight. Playing within this defense, he's reading all kinds

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00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: of havoc and other and other team's backfields. So now

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00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,280
Speaker 1: the Jets feel good about themselves for twenty four hours.

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00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 1: You got to turn the page Monday Night Football, the

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00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: New England Patriots. If the Jets, and I'm not saying

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00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:35,399
Speaker 1: they're gonna do this, but if the Jets could pull

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00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: out a win at Mattlife Stadium, because I don't think

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00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:41,359
Speaker 1: this Patriots team is gonna go on defeated. Okay, They're

804
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: gonna lose some time in the regular season, and in fact,

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Speaker 1: I think they'll probably lose a couple of games to

806
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Speaker 1: three games. Whatever, we'll see what happens. You never know

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Speaker 1: what happens regarding injuries. What would it mean for them

808
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,720
Speaker 1: going forward after we talked about what's on the horizon

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00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: for this team and their schedule. I mean, they would

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00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,440
Speaker 1: be a huge confidence boost, you know, understand ending if

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Speaker 1: with all all of our key components, if we believe

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Speaker 1: in the coaches, play within the game plan, then we

813
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,359
Speaker 1: can beat anybody. Because the Patriots being undefeated right now,

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Speaker 1: you know, they're at the top of the mountain, but

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Speaker 1: there are beautiful you know, as Steve said, if they

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00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: don't make mistakes, play within the scheme, Uh make plays

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00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,359
Speaker 1: when you're called upon state, you know, play within your role.

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00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,799
Speaker 1: The Jets can win this game. And I don't think

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00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: they're afraid of the Patriots coming in here. I mean,

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00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: you look at the last time they play the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: Luke Falk was coming off a practice squad, you know,

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Speaker 1: signed off practice squad Friday or the week before Friday,

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Speaker 1: and and starts against one of the best defenses in

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Speaker 1: the league. You know, he struggled. Sam Donald is not

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Speaker 1: gonna He's not gonna flinch, and I'm not that's no

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Speaker 1: no fault to Luke Falk. You know, there's just a

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Speaker 1: reason why Sam Donald was the number three pick in

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Speaker 1: the draft, why he was the starting quarterback for this team.

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Speaker 1: And I think you're starting to see that, you know,

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Speaker 1: especially when you look at last week's film. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's getting the ball out quick, he's accurate, he's confident,

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Speaker 1: he's leading the team, and that's because they trust him,

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00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 1: because of all the work he's put in. Patriots defense, No.

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Speaker 1: Were one of scoring, giving up about eight points a game,

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Speaker 1: number one in total yards allowed, number two in past defense,

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Speaker 1: number three in rush defense. Patriots offense number one in

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Speaker 1: the National Football League in scoring and almost thirty two

838
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Speaker 1: points a game, number nine total And for all the

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Speaker 1: talk about Tom Brady slowing down a little bit and

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00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,879
Speaker 1: still a top five passing offense in the National Football League. Yeah,

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00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 1: I mean to me, that sounds like a great set

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00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 1: up for an upset. You know, for the rest of

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00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 1: the for the rest of the world, you know, the

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Speaker 1: top team, they're they're playing great football all around, special

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Speaker 1: teams offense, defense, The Jets can play the just can

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Speaker 1: play with him any week. You know I think that.

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Speaker 1: You know, as you get Chris Herndon back, you start

848
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,320
Speaker 1: to get these key components back, and you play within yourselves.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be afraid. Okay, so Greg Williams, what's the

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Speaker 1: defensive game plan this week? You still got Julian Edelman there,

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Speaker 1: James White coming out of the back field, Brady loves

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Speaker 1: to go to him, Josh Gore, and Philip door Set.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about the injury status of Rex Burkhead,

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Speaker 1: but Adelman is the guy where it all starts. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it does. And Edelman does a great job of working

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the field. And you know, when

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Speaker 1: you play man and man coverage, is very difficult to

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Speaker 1: guard someone from the slot who can run across the

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Speaker 1: field away from all your leverage, away from your help.

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Speaker 1: You can bracken him and you can play what they

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Speaker 1: call a one hole coverage, where you play cover one.

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Speaker 1: Everyone is man and man with the free safety in

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Speaker 1: the middle, and then there's also a free linebacker in

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Speaker 1: the middle who's a low whole player. You have the

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Speaker 1: low whole player and the high whole player. The low

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Speaker 1: whole player takes takes all crossers. You know, you can

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Speaker 1: have a linebacker, someone athletic, like a cashman who can

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Speaker 1: pick him up, because when you play one man to

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Speaker 1: man coverage, you're outside leverage. So when he runs away

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Speaker 1: from you need someone to help you inside. So I

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Speaker 1: think they're gonna have to mix up some coverages, throw

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Speaker 1: some zones in because you know, let let Edelman run

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Speaker 1: to the defenders and then also heat him up. Get

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Speaker 1: the ball out of Tom Brady's hands. Blitz to keep

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Speaker 1: James White in the backfield so he's not able to

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Speaker 1: get out and catch the ball because he's such a

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Speaker 1: great receiver coming out of that backfield. I love this man.

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Speaker 1: You sounded like you're ready. You have the advanced scouting report.

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Speaker 1: Oh you know what you do? You just watch film

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Speaker 1: and you watch the Patriots and they've done the same

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Speaker 1: thing throughout the years. You know what they do is

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Speaker 1: they go They're gonna look at all the Jets film.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna see the big plays that they gave up,

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Speaker 1: and they're gonna install them in the game plan. So

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Speaker 1: another part of it is that Jets are gonna have

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Speaker 1: to look back at all their mistakes and correct them immediately,

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Speaker 1: correct him this week and practice because they will see

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Speaker 1: them on Monday night, well, the heck of a show.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens Monday night. We'll be back here

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Speaker 1: at Vanderbilt's next Tuesday. Thanks for listening Inside the Jets