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Speaker 1: and Eric Coleman. Welcome to Inside the Jets. Were broadcasting
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Speaker 1: my partner Eric Coleman. Later in the show will be
Speaker 1: joined by Big Nose Tackles Steve McClendon, who had a
Speaker 1: great weekend. He signs a contract extension on Saturday. And then, oh,
Speaker 1: the big news of the weekend. The Green and White
Speaker 1: finally get that elusive victory first three of two thousand nineteen.
Speaker 1: It was beautiful with victory over the Dallas Cowboys. We've
Speaker 1: been saying it for weeks. Let's press pause before we
Speaker 1: make any declaration on what the New York Jets are.
Speaker 1: They got their starting quarterback back and he felt good
Speaker 1: like himself for the first time this season. He completes
Speaker 1: twenty three and thirty two passes for three thirty eight yards,
Speaker 1: has two scoring strikes, and he was fantastic. Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: he's back, He is back, and it's great to see
Speaker 1: him back. You know, Uh, not only the play. You know,
Speaker 1: you talked about the passes, the deep shots that he completed,
Speaker 1: but the leadership, you know that, that attitude that he
Speaker 1: brought to the team. Uh, the agility in the pocket.
Speaker 1: Talk about we talked, everyone's been talking about this offensive
Speaker 1: line all year and then when Sam Donald gets back there,
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, all the issues are solved. You
Speaker 1: got a quarterback who can get the ball out quick,
Speaker 1: he's agile, he can move around in the pocket and
Speaker 1: deliver the ball, and everything is solved. So you know,
Speaker 1: having your number one quarterback in there, back in the
Speaker 1: fold does a lot for this team. And it gained
Speaker 1: him a lot of confidence. And I'm excited to see
Speaker 1: what's happened down the stretch. So I'm getting to play
Speaker 1: by playout right now. First play of the game, seventeen
Speaker 1: yards strike to the Marius Thomas and right there Donald said,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, it's gonna be a good day. What's on?
Speaker 1: And you know what, that's I think that's the credit
Speaker 1: to Sam. He's been working for the last two weeks
Speaker 1: with the number ones, getting to feel his receivers, you know,
Speaker 1: whether it be in practice or a game. He got
Speaker 1: the feel for his receivers. And he didn't miss a beat.
Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned his first time being full speed.
Speaker 1: That first week he had Mono, he didn't even know it,
Speaker 1: and then he misses the next four games. And it
Speaker 1: was so great to see him out there with the
Speaker 1: energy that he was playing with, the accuracy he was
Speaker 1: delivering the ball with and uh, and just the confidence
Speaker 1: of the whole team was great to see. Okay, so
Speaker 1: he might have not have the arm of brutt Farv
Speaker 1: and he might not throw it out of the stadium
Speaker 1: like like Josh Allen, but this guy has elite arm
Speaker 1: strength and he can throw it from different angles, so
Speaker 1: that makes it easier for him to find passing lanes.
Speaker 1: And wow, this guy has magical feet in the pocket.
Speaker 1: I'm not putting him in the Hall of Fame just yet,
Speaker 1: but I'm saying when you watch him play, just no
Speaker 1: reason not to be excited. Oh no, you know, because
Speaker 1: he does a great job at delivering the ball on
Speaker 1: the run. As you mentioned in the pocket, he can
Speaker 1: move around the maneuver around the defenders. He did. It
Speaker 1: was a first and ten in the third quarter. When
Speaker 1: he converted a pass to Jamison Crowder. He was moving
Speaker 1: to his left through it to his right. Crowder makes
Speaker 1: him one handed catch, I mean, And it just showed
Speaker 1: the agility of Sam Donald, the accuracy he waited, you know,
Speaker 1: he waited for Jamison Crowder to find the hole in
Speaker 1: his own. Uh. He's accurate, He anticipates his receivers. Really
Speaker 1: a special player. This offense is only gonna get better
Speaker 1: because Chris Herndon is going to return. And remember he
Speaker 1: was second on the Jets last year in terms of receptions,
Speaker 1: receiving yards and touchdowns. But everybody was getting involved yesterday
Speaker 1: to Mary's Thomas, he had a few catches. Robbie Anderson
Speaker 1: five catches for a hundred twenty five yards. Robbie Anderson
Speaker 1: had eleven catches through the is four games. And we
Speaker 1: had talked about him developing into a better route runner.
Speaker 1: Well against the Cowboys, we saw it on display. Yeah, Robbie,
Speaker 1: you know he can do it all. He could run
Speaker 1: every route in the route tree. He had that ninety
Speaker 1: two yard touchdown on the stutter and go. Great route
Speaker 1: by him, great delivery by Sam Donald, just just providing
Speaker 1: big plays. But it was great to see Sam hit
Speaker 1: all these different receivers. I think on the first couple
Speaker 1: of drives he had seven different receivers, eight receivers and
Speaker 1: all I believe eight receivers and that would you know
Speaker 1: what that shows me that he's taken with the defense
Speaker 1: gives him. He's scanning the field. He's not favoring one player,
Speaker 1: He's he's finding the open man, taking his time, and
Speaker 1: I gotta give a lot of credit to him for that.
Speaker 1: He's decisive in the pocket too. He goes through his
Speaker 1: reads quickly. You don't see him wait too long. He knows, okay,
Speaker 1: if one's not there, I'm coming off of it. And
Speaker 1: he makes instant decisions. Yeah, I mean, and that's what
Speaker 1: it takes playing quarterback in this league. Everyone is so
Speaker 1: athletic in the secondary at the lineback position that the
Speaker 1: coverage is tight, you have to throw your wide receivers open.
Speaker 1: You can't sit there and wait for a guy to
Speaker 1: get open and then throw it, because then it's too
Speaker 1: late or you're getting sacked. You have on that fifth step.
Speaker 1: On a five step drop, the ball has to be
Speaker 1: coming out on the third step. You know, the ball
Speaker 1: has to come out quick. You have to understand where
Speaker 1: the ball is supposed to be placed, only where your
Speaker 1: receiver can catch it. And Sam did an amazing job
Speaker 1: of that last week. And I'm excited to see how
Speaker 1: he progresses because that's just the beginning and it's just
Speaker 1: gonna get better. Of course, next week he plays a
Speaker 1: tough defense. Yeah, we'll get to the pictures later. And
Speaker 1: he didn't make the cardinal mistake of taking points off
Speaker 1: the board when the Jets could have put the hammer
Speaker 1: on the nail there in the second half, he's going
Speaker 1: for Jamison crowd and said inside the time yard line instead,
Speaker 1: that's intercepted. That leaves the door open for the Cowboys
Speaker 1: and the name mounted the church. Yeah, he tried to
Speaker 1: force a slant route into Jamison Crowder. But those things
Speaker 1: are gonna happen. You know what, quarterbacks, whether it be
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, uh Tom Brady, they're gonna give you a
Speaker 1: couple of opportunities. Chances are maybe not so much Tom Brady,
Speaker 1: but most quarterbacks are gonna give you one or two
Speaker 1: chances to get an interception as a defender, so you
Speaker 1: just have to take advantage of it. And fortunately for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, they took advantage of it, and the Jets
Speaker 1: were able to, you know, continue to to They put
Speaker 1: enough points on the board where it didn't really matter
Speaker 1: at the end. Everybody was talking about the usage of
Speaker 1: Levan Bawler earlier, saying, oh, well, maybe you're giving this
Speaker 1: guy too many touches. Well, no, because what happened Sunday
Speaker 1: against the Dallas Cowboys was the Jets were so effective
Speaker 1: with the play action passed absolutely and the linebackers I
Speaker 1: saw several times Jalen Smith and and Sean Lee biting
Speaker 1: on the play action. They had to really honor it.
Speaker 1: And when you give the ball, when you're stubborn running
Speaker 1: the football, when you have a Levian Bell back there,
Speaker 1: you have to respect that run. The safeties are gonna
Speaker 1: be tighter and that opens up the play action shots
Speaker 1: that Robby Anderson, the Marius Thomas going across the field.
Speaker 1: Play action sets all that stuff up, and it starts
Speaker 1: with y and crowd is such an explosive weapon from
Speaker 1: the slot. What we saw a few weeks ago when
Speaker 1: the Jets played New England's first time was Jamison Crowder
Speaker 1: was playing outside. Now you really have your offense starting
Speaker 1: to come together because your quarterbacks back to Mary's Thomason
Speaker 1: the outside, Robbie Anderson's on the outside, Jamison Crowder's in
Speaker 1: the slot, and oh, by the way, Chris Hernan's coming back,
Speaker 1: and it's gonna start to open up for Levy on Bell.
Speaker 1: How do you think the offensive line responded, because they
Speaker 1: got fourteen behind them. He's gonna make those quick decisions.
Speaker 1: He's also gonna shuffle in the pocket by himself time
Speaker 1: and get the ball out quick. But again yesterday, starting
Speaker 1: left guard Alex Lewis, right tackle Chiumadoga, and all by
Speaker 1: the way, left tackle Calvin Beacham goes out in the fourth,
Speaker 1: so you have to bring in Brandon Show who was
Speaker 1: your starter right tackle at the beginning of the season.
Speaker 1: He's your left tackle, and they had to hold up
Speaker 1: and the Jets when they had to respond on remember
Speaker 1: they went down the field and they kicked in an
Speaker 1: important field goal. Yeah, you know, the offensive line really
Speaker 1: did a great job of coming together, communicating, being on
Speaker 1: the same page, and of course it helps to have
Speaker 1: Sam Donald getting the ball out quick. But the running
Speaker 1: game compliments that as well. And I think that as
Speaker 1: they continue to get players back healthy, as they continue
Speaker 1: to get the starters back, it's just gonna get better.
Speaker 1: You know, they're gonna start running the football. Well, Lean's
Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna pa He's gonna get over a hundred
Speaker 1: yards rushing, and that's just gonna make things easier for
Speaker 1: all the receivers. For Sam Donald, you add Chris Herndon
Speaker 1: into the fold. Those are mismatches across the board. The
Speaker 1: turning point in this game, second quarter, Jets up seven three,
Speaker 1: You got Dallas driving. I got a third and one
Speaker 1: right around the ten yard line, get a stuff and
Speaker 1: run stuff there for Alonzo. Fakasi was one of the
Speaker 1: big fellas in there on that stuff. That is fourth
Speaker 1: and two Dallas instead of kicking the field goal, they
Speaker 1: go for. Prescott tries to maneuver outside, Terrell bash him,
Speaker 1: sets the edge and here you go. Everybody's flowing to
Speaker 1: the football. Leonard Williams had a good push and Quinn
Speaker 1: and Williams showed his lateral ability. Everybody wanted to know,
Speaker 1: why is this rookie special? Well, he can move side
Speaker 1: to side and for a big guy. That's really unique.
Speaker 1: And then you had to finish your Jamal Adams, he
Speaker 1: makes they combined on the tackle next play ninety two
Speaker 1: yards play action to Robbie. And that's the importance of
Speaker 1: playing great team defense. Eleven has to the ball. You know,
Speaker 1: run like your hair is on fire. If you if
Speaker 1: you're not in the play, you might you might be
Speaker 1: in the play, someone may miss a tackle. And I
Speaker 1: think that that urgency, that passion for the ball game
Speaker 1: is what helped get the Jets over the top. You know,
Speaker 1: you talk about that fourth and one, there were several
Speaker 1: players in on that play, Dak Prescott running behind arguably
Speaker 1: one of the best offensive lines in football. They were
Speaker 1: missing too tackles, they were missing two tackles, but still,
Speaker 1: you know, with that being said, they're still we're running
Speaker 1: behind a great offensive line. The Jets defense, they penetrated,
Speaker 1: they pursued, they held the gap, they helped their their contained.
Speaker 1: Everyone did their job. Nobody's you know, trying to be
Speaker 1: a superman. Everyone just does their job and plays within
Speaker 1: their role, and that's how you win games. Inside the
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Speaker 1: Later we're gonna be joined by nose tackle Steve McClendon.
Speaker 1: So the Cowboys make that run in the second half
Speaker 1: after the turnover, they calmed down. Prescott scores with under
Speaker 1: a minute remaining. It's two and it's a two point
Speaker 1: conversion time. If they make it, you probably had it
Speaker 1: overtime or maybe that sets up for some more Donald dramatics.
Speaker 1: But Greg Williams sends the house. Six guys coming in all.
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams has been such an effect of Blitzer for
Speaker 1: this team, and once again he got to the quarterback. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was a great play call by Greg Williams to
Speaker 1: bring the house. I thought Marcus made did an excellent
Speaker 1: job in coverage, not giving ground on Jason on Jason Witten.
Speaker 1: You know, as a safety, I gotta talk about my
Speaker 1: safety and of course, because it's not it's not an
Speaker 1: easy thing to do, you know. Jason Witten is probably
Speaker 1: six sixty pounds and he outweighs and he's taller than
Speaker 1: Marcus May. But he did a great job of holding
Speaker 1: his leverage and the defensive line got penetration. Jamal Adams
Speaker 1: found the crack. You know, he's a former running back
Speaker 1: to you know, they find holes and he does an
Speaker 1: excellent job of finding those holes. Was able to get
Speaker 1: pressure on deck and forced the errant throw and they
Speaker 1: were off the field. That's how you do it. Just
Speaker 1: how sudden is he as a blitzer because you know,
Speaker 1: the big guys, they're supposed to pick up their man
Speaker 1: their defensive alignment, but they got to keep their eyes
Speaker 1: on who's coming. It seems like every time thirty three
Speaker 1: is coming, nobody can get a hand on him. Well,
Speaker 1: they can't get a hand on him because they got
Speaker 1: their hands full with the defensive Linda, I mean you
Speaker 1: talk about Steve McClinton, Quinnon, Williams, you know, Leonard Williams,
Speaker 1: all these guys. You can't just block them with one
Speaker 1: hand and then let me let me go, let me
Speaker 1: go get this safety was coming in. Blitz You got
Speaker 1: your hands full, and that's that's what's really opened up
Speaker 1: the gap. The aggressiveness, the athleticism of the defensive line.
Speaker 1: The linebackers are are blitzing with passion and really just
Speaker 1: the effort of the defense. Really taking on Greg Williams
Speaker 1: attitude is what's rubbing off from this team. So you
Speaker 1: had to give you a shot out to your safety.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about the play from Marcus May's vanished point.
Speaker 1: He got very physical with Witten. He's within a few
Speaker 1: yards of the line of scrimmage. What goes through your
Speaker 1: mind in coverage there? Make sure that hey, he doesn't
Speaker 1: complete the ball, but also I don't get a penalty. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well down there in the red zone. Listen, he's not
Speaker 1: running past you. You have to find a point as
Speaker 1: a safety when that tight ends coming off the ball
Speaker 1: and find your leverage point. Am I gonna be outside leverage?
Speaker 1: Inside leverage? You have to pick a side on on
Speaker 1: that time. Uh, Marcus chose outside leverage. He stood his ground.
Speaker 1: Jason Witten was looking to contact him and then kind
Speaker 1: of box him out, but with the pressure, Doc had
Speaker 1: to throw the ball quick. He threw low. Marcus didn't
Speaker 1: back up. You know, a lot of a lot of
Speaker 1: defensive backs will make that mistake in the red zone
Speaker 1: of backing up. And then they catched the ball right
Speaker 1: at the goal line. Marcus did a great job of
Speaker 1: standing at the goal line, standing strong, and Uh, it
Speaker 1: was just a great play overall by the whole defense. Yeah, Whitten,
Speaker 1: if you watch them run routes yesterday. He's throwing the
Speaker 1: arm far out there like he's trying to create I
Speaker 1: didn't do that all the time. I can't stand. It's
Speaker 1: almost like a power forward and basketball dropping down on
Speaker 1: the blocks. Right. Uh So what did you make of
Speaker 1: the defense's effort. That's the first time in two thousand
Speaker 1: nineteen they've given up more than a hundred yards to
Speaker 1: a running back in Ezekiel Alliott. He earned it. I
Speaker 1: think they held him about three point eight yards to carry.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys converted on third down. But what the defense
Speaker 1: did very well I thought he was they held up
Speaker 1: in the red zone. Yeah, I mean that's important. You
Speaker 1: have to hold up in the red zone force teams
Speaker 1: the field goals. But it's just complimentary football. The defense
Speaker 1: has been playing lights out all season. Now you have
Speaker 1: the offense and points on the board, and it makes
Speaker 1: the game a little different. You know, you're not, uh,
Speaker 1: you're not stopping the run. You're not gearing up just
Speaker 1: to stop the run. And then they hit you with
Speaker 1: a play action because because you're playing from behind. When
Speaker 1: you play with the lead, it's a completely different game.
Speaker 1: You're able to opin your ears back get after the quarterback. Uh,
Speaker 1: play more aggressive, and I think that's the kind of
Speaker 1: defense this team wants to play. You know, you play
Speaker 1: with the cushion, play with a little bit of lead
Speaker 1: and makes things totally different. Jordan Jenkins is back in
Speaker 1: the lineup, came up with a sack yesterday, set an edge.
Speaker 1: I thought he was a physical force. You saw Brandon
Speaker 1: Copeland back in the lineup, and I think this defense
Speaker 1: is only gonna get better because c J. Mosley is
Speaker 1: nearing a return. What are your expectations for this group
Speaker 1: once fifty seven gets back? That is a four time
Speaker 1: Pro bowler, one of the top inside linebackers, if not
Speaker 1: the top inside linebacker on all football. I mean it's
Speaker 1: only gonna get better. You know, when you have a
Speaker 1: player of c. J. Mosley's caliber to have him on
Speaker 1: the defense from a leadership standpoint, from a athleticism stand
Speaker 1: a point, Uh, you know he's a physical tackler. He
Speaker 1: does a good job in the past game and and
Speaker 1: what they've done over these last couple of games is
Speaker 1: at a depth. You know, they've got Cashman, they got
Speaker 1: double Huett, all kinds of reps that they would have
Speaker 1: normally wouldn't normally get you know, if Avery Williamson or
Speaker 1: steam of C. J. Williams is uh is healthy. So
Speaker 1: they got more depth on the team. That's gonna make
Speaker 1: them better. They're gonna push one another and it's over overall,
Speaker 1: it's gonna help out. We had you at on the
Speaker 1: show last week. What do you make about what he's
Speaker 1: brought to this team in terms of being a physical
Speaker 1: presence on the inside and taking that responsibility head on
Speaker 1: being the mic linebacker, because again we thought he was
Speaker 1: filling in just for Avery Williamson and not not taking
Speaker 1: a shot at Avery. But when you're the weak side linebacker,
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit less responsibility in terms of being
Speaker 1: central command. Even though you're helping out mic linebacker. You
Speaker 1: gotta make sure everybody's on the same page. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I mean it's and it's also different when you're out
Speaker 1: there next to c. J. Mosley. You know, you're next
Speaker 1: to a guy who's calling the shots and and running
Speaker 1: the show. Now all of a sudden, you have to
Speaker 1: be them and running the show, and you have a
Speaker 1: rookie next to you. It's it's a different game, you know,
Speaker 1: because you're responsible for him. You have to make sure
Speaker 1: your communication, make sure you're on the same page and
Speaker 1: it's a different ballgame. But I think nevill has done
Speaker 1: a great job. He was he was excellent in pass
Speaker 1: coverage yesterday on on Jason Witting on some vertical routes,
Speaker 1: uh covering Zeke out of the backfield. I thought they
Speaker 1: both did a great job in there. And yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean when we keep saying it, but special teams played well.
Speaker 1: The offense made big plays, and the defense has played
Speaker 1: the same way they've been playing all year. The depth
Speaker 1: of the defensive line stands out to me. Kyle Phillips
Speaker 1: is undrafted free agent out of Tennessee Heat about seven tackles.
Speaker 1: On Sunday, we mentioned Fatakasi and his development, and I
Speaker 1: can't wait to talk to Steve mcclennan about it because
Speaker 1: I think mcclennon is a great role model for some
Speaker 1: of these young guys consider considering his story. Undrafted free
Speaker 1: agent out of Troy. Now he's thirty three years old
Speaker 1: and he's still playing at a high level, playing better
Speaker 1: than he than he has in the past. I mean,
Speaker 1: you get better with age, and that just is a
Speaker 1: tribute to his professionalism, you know, working hard in the offseason,
Speaker 1: preparing his body, uh, reading this guy and report, understanding
Speaker 1: his opponent, and then that all comes. The game kind
Speaker 1: of slows down as you get older, and I think
Speaker 1: you're seeing Steve take advantage of that and really starting
Speaker 1: to play at the top of his game. Okay, So
Speaker 1: New England's up first, and we're gonna break down that
Speaker 1: matchup again here later on on inside the Jets. But
Speaker 1: let's take a peek at the schedule, okay, because after
Speaker 1: the Patriots, you're at Jacksonville they're two and four. Then
Speaker 1: you go to Miami they're on five. Then you're home
Speaker 1: to the Giants, they're two and four. Then you're at
Speaker 1: Washington they're one and five. They just got their first
Speaker 1: victory over there four mentioned Miami Dolphins. Then you're at
Speaker 1: home to the Oakland Raiders, who are an improved bunch
Speaker 1: at three and two right now, at Cincinnati oh and six,
Speaker 1: and then home to Miami oh and five. That stretching games.
Speaker 1: That's two three, that's seven games combined. Mark those teams
Speaker 1: eight and thirty one. The team that I saw in
Speaker 1: the field Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys is going to
Speaker 1: do some damage up ahead. I mean, the schedule does
Speaker 1: a very favorable, especially when you look at the first
Speaker 1: five games that they've the first six games that they're playing,
Speaker 1: and they have to be excited for that. But you know,
Speaker 1: as a as a young team, they have to remember that.
Speaker 1: You know, when you start having success, it doesn't breed success,
Speaker 1: it breeds complacency. So it's gonna take the veteran players
Speaker 1: on the team to keep those players fired up, keep
Speaker 1: them motivated to go out there and dominate opponents. Don't
Speaker 1: beat yourself and play to your potential because if they
Speaker 1: don't do that, then they're gonna lose more games. But
Speaker 1: if they do, and then it's gonna be a nice
Speaker 1: streak for the Jets. Yeah, and the Patriots coming up next,
Speaker 1: and they just continue to win. Off to an undefeated
Speaker 1: start once again. I'm gonna talk to Adam Gates about
Speaker 1: it when we tape for the Adam Gaze Show, which
Speaker 1: air Sunday morning's the CBS thirty also New York Sets
Speaker 1: Common Jets app upa plug, Gotta put it out there.
Speaker 1: But if I'm him, I throw out the game film
Speaker 1: in terms of offensively, unless I want to take a
Speaker 1: look at the Patriots defense because my offense is completely different. Now, yeah,
Speaker 1: it is. It is a different offense. You have different
Speaker 1: players out there on the field. So I mean, although
Speaker 1: they've played in such a short span, is two different teams,
Speaker 1: you know. And I think the Jets have matured a lot,
Speaker 1: They've learned from their mistakes and they're continuing to grow.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, big Steve mclenn is here and we're
Speaker 1: gonna come right back with him. You are listening to
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Speaker 1: York Jets. Now, Steve McLendon joins us, thank you so
Speaker 1: much for coming by. I gotta say most about an
Speaker 1: unbelievable weekend to sign a contract extension on Saturday, and
Speaker 1: then your team goes out and plays its most complete
Speaker 1: game of the season and you get that first victory. Well,
Speaker 1: first and foremost, I just want to say thank you
Speaker 1: for having me on and uh it is very exciting
Speaker 1: weekend for me and my family as well. Um. We
Speaker 1: needed that first win that that was a must for us.
Speaker 1: Um we said it early in the week. Everybody, and
Speaker 1: I mean everybody from the top to the bottom, prepare
Speaker 1: like we're gonna win. Let's win this game way before
Speaker 1: we touched the field. Mohammad at least said it best.
Speaker 1: Let's win the game way before we touched the field.
Speaker 1: And we did that. We won the game in the classroom,
Speaker 1: we won the game, um, and walk throughs, we won
Speaker 1: the game in practice. Then just the level of focus
Speaker 1: going throughout the week transpired overto the game. Steve, Now,
Speaker 1: you've had a lot of success in your career, but
Speaker 1: what was it like seeing those young guys celebrate after
Speaker 1: the game after all the hard work that you guys
Speaker 1: have put in to see it pay off on Sunday?
Speaker 1: What was it like to see them get their first win? Oh? Man,
Speaker 1: It's always exciting. It's always exciting to see somebody to
Speaker 1: get their first win, especially the rookies in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Some of the guys come from winning programs, like quinnin Um.
Speaker 1: He's used to winning. So when he got that first one, man,
Speaker 1: he was just super excited. And like I told him,
Speaker 1: I said, man, just understand, this game is still played
Speaker 1: the exact same you've been playing it all your life.
Speaker 1: But you just have to remember, this is what this
Speaker 1: feelings feels like. I said, just stacked days just like
Speaker 1: this as men. Don't look too far ahead. Do not
Speaker 1: get lost up into this women, because it's not a
Speaker 1: super Bowl. I said, Man, this is just a win,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna treat it as such, and we're gonna
Speaker 1: move on and get ready for the next one. Steve,
Speaker 1: how did the extension all come about? Because you're playing
Speaker 1: at a high level. I talked to your that coach
Speaker 1: about you last week in a film review. He's said,
Speaker 1: Steve looks like he's getting younger every time he's out there.
Speaker 1: On game day, you're thirty three years old. You could
Speaker 1: have played it out, maybe tested free agency, seen what
Speaker 1: kind of money you got out there, what kind of offers,
Speaker 1: But instead you said I like it here and I
Speaker 1: want to come back right. Uh. For me, it's just
Speaker 1: when the coach of staff came in. I was already
Speaker 1: excited because they all called me and asked me to
Speaker 1: come back. You know, that's when you have a switch
Speaker 1: like that. Most of the older guys are gone and
Speaker 1: I understood that. I understand the business side of it,
Speaker 1: um and when they called me and I was just
Speaker 1: excited the contract it caught me by surprise as well.
Speaker 1: So I'm just coming in to do my job every
Speaker 1: single day. That doesn't change for me. I I harp
Speaker 1: on the three things UH with the guys because they
Speaker 1: stay focused. Stay focused absolutely every day. That's my number
Speaker 1: one goal. When I wake up in the morning, I
Speaker 1: say stay focused. My second one is just say stay driven.
Speaker 1: I understand and why you're doing it, you know, just
Speaker 1: stay driven, stay driven no matter what happens. Don't matter
Speaker 1: what the score, boys is, no matter what the rick,
Speaker 1: you stay driven. And understand the last part, you only
Speaker 1: have one life to live, man, and just live that
Speaker 1: to your best. A villages now, Steve, everybody. A lot
Speaker 1: of people are surprised at UH. You know the fact
Speaker 1: that you're getting older and you're continuing to play better.
Speaker 1: But those people probably didn't see your off season workouts
Speaker 1: like pulling, pulling mac trucks and pulling trucks across the
Speaker 1: parking lot. Can talking about what you did in the
Speaker 1: off season to prepare for this this year. So me
Speaker 1: and Gregg talked before the season, I mean before the
Speaker 1: season started. And you know Greg Williams, Yes, me and
Speaker 1: him talking to in the O t s And he
Speaker 1: asked me how do I feel? And I was like, Man,
Speaker 1: if I'm getting down to three team gonna keep me
Speaker 1: on the field, I'm gonna do it. I said, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna do whatever it takes. And he said, we'll see,
Speaker 1: and I told him, I said, Greg, I'm gonna get down.
Speaker 1: So what I started doing in the all season and
Speaker 1: I just changed up everything. I changed up my diet.
Speaker 1: I stopped eating candy, I stopped eating sweets, stopped drinking gatorade.
Speaker 1: So I just pretty much drink water and and I
Speaker 1: just do other things that have electro lights in them. Um.
Speaker 1: I just changed up every absolutely everything, because I wanted
Speaker 1: to look better. I wanted to feel better. I wanted
Speaker 1: to be different, and I wanted to be more not
Speaker 1: just for myself, because I when I trained, I don't
Speaker 1: train with me in mind. I don't train with my
Speaker 1: family mind I trained with my brothers. In mind, these
Speaker 1: guys are who I'm going to battle with. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to battle with my family, you know, I'm going
Speaker 1: to battle with these guys every single day. So when
Speaker 1: I train now, I'm gonna tell you the truth. My
Speaker 1: level of training is different from everyone else. I train
Speaker 1: twelve hours a day. It's because it's my job. Like
Speaker 1: I don't have to go to school. Um, my class
Speaker 1: work is in the weight room, is pulling trucks. And
Speaker 1: and I just said, if I beat my body down now,
Speaker 1: if I fail now when it comes to the season,
Speaker 1: filium is not an option. So when I got into
Speaker 1: training camp this year and I was just it's like, man,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be something much better. Do you feel physically
Speaker 1: being three ten? I mean, I feel a lot better,
Speaker 1: and I'm actually a lot stronger, a lot stronger, that's yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So you know, I take my head off to my nutritionists.
Speaker 1: I take my head off to to the whole Jet staff,
Speaker 1: everybody that was a part of my new my new transformation,
Speaker 1: and I tell them thank you all the time because
Speaker 1: without them and heaving me continue to go forward, I
Speaker 1: probably wouldn't be where I met because man, I listened
Speaker 1: very well. Um, I just want to be mad at
Speaker 1: be better, and I also want to be more. Not
Speaker 1: just for me, I want to be more for my team.
Speaker 1: Jet strength and Conditioning coach Justice Galax says that Steve
Speaker 1: mcleannen lives down there inside the weight room at one
Speaker 1: Jet Strive but was always over. But yeah, and you
Speaker 1: had your code always works. So whenever you're playing, career
Speaker 1: ends because right now you're going in reverse order from
Speaker 1: most of the guys who start off in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. Because you're getting better here in close to
Speaker 1: your mid thirties. You want to open up a gym
Speaker 1: or you're opening up a gym yourself down in the South,
Speaker 1: aren't you. Yes, I have a gym and UM in
Speaker 1: Georgia and fly brid and Georgia. It's called Team MVP. UM.
Speaker 1: The whole thing is an acronym. UH. It means together,
Speaker 1: everyone achieves more. McClinton vision performance. UM. We don't focus
Speaker 1: just I put McClinton in because it's my gym. But
Speaker 1: we don't focus on my vision. We vocus on the
Speaker 1: vision of the athlete or the general population whomever comes
Speaker 1: in their vision to help them perform at the best,
Speaker 1: and that's what it's all about. I mean, I look
Speaker 1: at it like this. I love what I do. I
Speaker 1: love to work out, um, I love the results that
Speaker 1: come from it. And I want other people to experience
Speaker 1: the exact same feeling that I get every time I'm
Speaker 1: going to year room. So like today we had big
Speaker 1: squad there. You know what I did. I loaded it
Speaker 1: up so and I got after it and and you know,
Speaker 1: the guys were looking at me. He was like, man,
Speaker 1: you know we just played a game. He's squating six
Speaker 1: hundred at the game. I was like, man, this is
Speaker 1: what's keeping me going, you know. And I would continue
Speaker 1: to do this even when I finished playing. I would
Speaker 1: continue to live, I would continue to run, I would
Speaker 1: continue to keep my body in shape because sim a fact,
Speaker 1: I want to live longer. And this is what it's
Speaker 1: all about for me. And So when you have a
Speaker 1: young guy looking at you, like Quentin Williams, because I'm
Speaker 1: sure that he's probably looking at you like, I'm sure
Speaker 1: I just played my first game and you over here
Speaker 1: squad at six hundred pounds. What has it been like
Speaker 1: kind of bringing him along the way, you know, from
Speaker 1: training camp, from the time he was drafted to Now,
Speaker 1: I'm sure he looks up to you as a as
Speaker 1: a big brother kind of figure. One thing about quinnin
Speaker 1: he's a smart player. He knows the game of football
Speaker 1: um well coached at Alabamia. But it's it's just not him.
Speaker 1: You know, all the young guys, foleys, Uh, Kyle and Leo.
Speaker 1: Because I'm the oldest guy in the room, so and
Speaker 1: all these guys listen and when we walk in our room,
Speaker 1: it's just amazing the level of focus that these guys
Speaker 1: have every single day. We're gonna we're gonna jump into
Speaker 1: more of this because you have so much to add.
Speaker 1: We're keeping Big Steve on for a second segment and
Speaker 1: we'll be right back here. You are listening inside to
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Speaker 1: the ficial community bank of your New York Jets. Before
Speaker 1: we went to the break, Eric had asked you, Big
Speaker 1: Steve about Quinnin and you were talking about his approach.
Speaker 1: What what do you like so far in terms of
Speaker 1: his work ethic and how he's trying to pick up
Speaker 1: the finer details of the game. Just man, just the
Speaker 1: way he studied, the way he started to feel like,
Speaker 1: I tell I tell every guy, man, I want to
Speaker 1: see how hard you'll work, how hard you are willing
Speaker 1: to work. So I don't I don't care about any
Speaker 1: of the other stuff. I said. I want to see
Speaker 1: you how if I can fight with you, if I
Speaker 1: can play with you in battle, you know. And so
Speaker 1: when he comes in, he was like, Steve, I saw
Speaker 1: this on film. I saw that on film. Um, this
Speaker 1: guy can do this. This guy can't do this. He
Speaker 1: was like, man, we can we can win with this.
Speaker 1: He was like, I think we can stay here with this.
Speaker 1: And that's good to hear coming from a rookie. You know,
Speaker 1: that same thing I told him all them, him and
Speaker 1: May when they first came in. UM, and same thing
Speaker 1: with Foley this year. He's doing the exact same thing
Speaker 1: they come to me. So by the time they come
Speaker 1: to me, all I do is just look over my
Speaker 1: notes and that we're all pretty much already saying the
Speaker 1: same exact thing. So now I know the guys are
Speaker 1: prepared and ready to play. And how does that we
Speaker 1: talked about during the break, You talked about Greg Williams
Speaker 1: and his accountability on the players. That kind of falls
Speaker 1: in lines with your approach. How has that been throughout
Speaker 1: the team on the defense? Uh? Is it challenging everybody
Speaker 1: to be the best they can be? Yes? Every single day. Um,
Speaker 1: the competition is always high, always and we know this
Speaker 1: is a production business. So what Greg wants out of
Speaker 1: everybody wants everybody to produce. And how you produce is
Speaker 1: by your work at every single day you studying, UM,
Speaker 1: you locked in you mentally there, you're living in the moment.
Speaker 1: Do not do not look outside of what's going on now,
Speaker 1: being where your feet are. And I think I can
Speaker 1: said for me to see all these guys, every single guy,
Speaker 1: every single day to come in with a level of
Speaker 1: focus and willing and eager to win. It is better
Speaker 1: than any other feeling full of runs of father Kazi
Speaker 1: at four tackles against the Cowboys. You mentioned Kyle Phelips
Speaker 1: before he was the only undrafted free agent to make
Speaker 1: this team. He had seven tackles against the Cowboys. Quinnin
Speaker 1: obviously gets a lot of tension, and rightfully so. But
Speaker 1: what can you say about those two guys how they're
Speaker 1: helping you that whole defensive line, the rotation. Like I
Speaker 1: tell every guy, you're not a backup. You're not a backup.
Speaker 1: Do not even prepare like a backup, as if you
Speaker 1: prepare like a start up, because you never know when
Speaker 1: you become. The story of my uncle told mean that
Speaker 1: many years ago. He said, if you prepare and have
Speaker 1: your mindsets hit to make the practice squad, that's what
Speaker 1: you're gonna make. He said. If you if you prepare
Speaker 1: and have your mindset just to get on the fift
Speaker 1: three men roster, that's what you're gonna do, he said.
Speaker 1: But if you prepare to be a starter and be great,
Speaker 1: that's exactly what you would become. So that's the same
Speaker 1: message that I have been given to every young guy
Speaker 1: that come in this building, and so Steve, listen. I
Speaker 1: know on the defense, you got your own set of
Speaker 1: problems you have. You know, the the Cowboys offense, you
Speaker 1: have to worry about Zeke, Elliott, Dak Prescott offensive line.
Speaker 1: But what does it do for your confidence as a
Speaker 1: defender when you look over and see fourteen throwing the
Speaker 1: ball suit it up in a uniform. What does that
Speaker 1: do for the morality of the defense man. It's always
Speaker 1: good just to see your starting quarterback back. And like
Speaker 1: I told everybody else, the guys, I was like, listen
Speaker 1: to this man. The only reason why it's so good
Speaker 1: to have him back, it's because he's been with us
Speaker 1: through a t A s. He's been with us through
Speaker 1: many camp He ending with us through training camp. You
Speaker 1: know the other guys that came in and had to play.
Speaker 1: Some of the guys weren't here, you know, so we
Speaker 1: didn't know what they could do. So what we had
Speaker 1: our mindsets said on every single week is score on
Speaker 1: defense and you still can win a game. I mean,
Speaker 1: like I tell the guys every single Sunday or Monday, men,
Speaker 1: they put on their pass just like we do. The top,
Speaker 1: they shoot just like we do. They go home and
Speaker 1: hug their family and kiss their kids, just like we do.
Speaker 1: I said, they're no different from us, So why why
Speaker 1: be intimidated or scared or nervous about anything? Man, you
Speaker 1: have the same You have the same right to win
Speaker 1: this game that that that they do. Absolutely, let's just
Speaker 1: so go out there improve it. And that's what our
Speaker 1: defense been trying to do. What do you guys have
Speaker 1: to do against the Patriots? You just saw him a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. This is a very unique situation,
Speaker 1: very familiar with each other. But with that being said,
Speaker 1: it's not many times in the National Football League where
Speaker 1: you play the same opponent twice in less than a month.
Speaker 1: All right, So I look at it like this. Everybody
Speaker 1: knows who the Patriots are. Pagers play fast, they play hard,
Speaker 1: but most of all, they play smart. Um. Since I've
Speaker 1: been studying the game, those are three things that are
Speaker 1: write down absolutely every day. Play fast, play hard, place
Speaker 1: more the smartest team we'll win. It's not about the
Speaker 1: most physical team, because you can beat them up physically,
Speaker 1: but all they're gonna do is way for you to
Speaker 1: make one mistake and they're going to capitalize off of it.
Speaker 1: So what we have to do we have to play
Speaker 1: complimentary football all three phases and just play smart. Whatever
Speaker 1: our game playing is, stick to it and executed to
Speaker 1: the best of our abilities. So what is it about
Speaker 1: your your approaching practice that helps instill that in the
Speaker 1: young players? Because I know as a young player, you
Speaker 1: get excited, you know, to play against Tom Brady, You're
Speaker 1: excited to go and you know to play in front
Speaker 1: of your home crowd. You're playing in the NFL. How
Speaker 1: do you keep the young guys focused on their responsibility,
Speaker 1: staying in the moment and executing their game plan. Staying
Speaker 1: in the moment. I'm letting them know this moment is
Speaker 1: no different from the last. We understand that this is
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback and wait, we understand that.
Speaker 1: I understand it, but it doesn't change if you understand
Speaker 1: what your main goal is. No matter who comes and
Speaker 1: try to knock you off that track, you just keep
Speaker 1: going through it. Obscole is gonna come in life. That's
Speaker 1: the same thing with this game. It's an obscoole and
Speaker 1: that's just the next one that's up. I don't I
Speaker 1: don't get too high about the team we play. I
Speaker 1: don't never get too low. I try to stay even
Speaker 1: flow because him effect, Man, I know these guys are
Speaker 1: no different from me. How much can you build off
Speaker 1: not just the victory, but the way you guys got
Speaker 1: it out the victory, he took the lead, got off
Speaker 1: to a quick start. You had called them at bay,
Speaker 1: and then you have to face some adversity in the
Speaker 1: second half, and your head coach said, we needed that,
Speaker 1: We needed to go through that, and it was like
Speaker 1: another step in our evolution. I just said, clean up
Speaker 1: some things, clean up some things. Um me personally, I
Speaker 1: take the run game seriously. So you know we gave
Speaker 1: up I want to say, like a hundred and seventeen
Speaker 1: yards to um to Zeke. Every hundred and seventeen yards
Speaker 1: were earned. We didn't give him anything but the things.
Speaker 1: When we went back and looked over film today, it
Speaker 1: was like, man, we if we just did our job
Speaker 1: perfect not We know this game is not played by
Speaker 1: perfect me and perfect me and don't play this game.
Speaker 1: We understand that. But if we just do our job
Speaker 1: of the time, he probably wouldn't even got fifty yards.
Speaker 1: Just about being where we're supposed to be. And that's
Speaker 1: what you say, like staying in the moment um. Some
Speaker 1: guys were just just just peeking here, peeking there, and
Speaker 1: I just look at like this going forward, just play
Speaker 1: a clean game, comple a menu and football three phases.
Speaker 1: Play fast, play hard, play more together for longer. Okay,
Speaker 1: So if anyone at home wanting to know why this
Speaker 1: guy is one of the Jets six captains, you can
Speaker 1: play this back a couple of times because Steve McLennan
Speaker 1: provides the perspective and the knowledge debt helps out so
Speaker 1: much inside the Jets locker room. Congratulations number one on
Speaker 1: the extension, number two on getting the first win of
Speaker 1: the year, and continue to success here where it comes
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Speaker 1: a segment when Big Steve mccleanen comes by. What a leader.
Speaker 1: He always provides the proper perspective. Just he sulks in
Speaker 1: every minute of life and takes advantage of every second
Speaker 1: he hands. You understand why the team wanted to extend
Speaker 1: him and keep him around all these all these young
Speaker 1: players because he's a great example of a professional both
Speaker 1: on end off the field. Uh. He sets the tone.
Speaker 1: He gives him like as you mentioned, he gives him
Speaker 1: perspective on the game, on how to prepare for the game,
Speaker 1: the outlook of the game plan, and it just rubs
Speaker 1: off with the rest of the team. And I think
Speaker 1: he's a big part of why they're having so much
Speaker 1: success on the defensive side of the ball. It was
Speaker 1: fascinating to me when when and actually a break when
Speaker 1: he talked about you know well, actually he said on air,
Speaker 1: there's two things he says on air that the new
Speaker 1: coaching staff they called me and said, we want you
Speaker 1: to be part of this Adam gaze, Greg Williams and company,
Speaker 1: because a lot of new coaching staff are gonna look
Speaker 1: at a thirty two year all defensive alignement and say, nah,
Speaker 1: we're moving on. I gotta get my guys in. Yeah.
Speaker 1: That does happen a lot where coaches will have their
Speaker 1: guys that they coached, you know, from from the other organization.
Speaker 1: They may want to bring them into to set the tone.
Speaker 1: But I think that his reputation is known around this
Speaker 1: league and respected, and I think some of the leaders
Speaker 1: on this team were like, Listen, McLendon is our guy.
Speaker 1: He's not only the vocal leader, but he sets the tone.
Speaker 1: He shows it. He comes to practice every day. I
Speaker 1: mean you if you go look at his social media,
Speaker 1: you can see him pulling trucks. You know. He's he's dedicated,
Speaker 1: he's you know, he's spiritual, you know, and he's a
Speaker 1: really positive, uh positive attitude in that locker room as well.
Speaker 1: So he was telling me that one of the things
Speaker 1: Greg williams solmom said, Listen, I know you've been two
Speaker 1: gaping in the past and you've been the big nose
Speaker 1: tackle and you're setting it up for the guys behind you.
Speaker 1: But yeah, sure, You're still gonna do some two gaping,
Speaker 1: but I want you going up the field. You're just
Speaker 1: not holding up. You're not holding guys up. You're getting
Speaker 1: after it. Yeah, I mean, and that's a big difference.
Speaker 1: I mean, you play a three four defense. You're used
Speaker 1: to taking on two offensive lineman, holding your ground and
Speaker 1: letting the letting the linebackers pick up and make the play.
Speaker 1: He's behind you in this defense. He wanted them to
Speaker 1: lose him weight and be more athletic, be more durable
Speaker 1: and agile, and Steve took on that challenge, and you're
Speaker 1: starting to see the rewards of him making that commitment
Speaker 1: losing weight. Playing within this defense, he's reading all kinds
Speaker 1: of havoc and other and other team's backfields. So now
Speaker 1: the Jets feel good about themselves for twenty four hours.
Speaker 1: You got to turn the page Monday Night Football, the
Speaker 1: New England Patriots. If the Jets, and I'm not saying
Speaker 1: they're gonna do this, but if the Jets could pull
Speaker 1: out a win at Mattlife Stadium, because I don't think
Speaker 1: this Patriots team is gonna go on defeated. Okay, They're
Speaker 1: gonna lose some time in the regular season, and in fact,
Speaker 1: I think they'll probably lose a couple of games to
Speaker 1: three games. Whatever, we'll see what happens. You never know
Speaker 1: what happens regarding injuries. What would it mean for them
Speaker 1: going forward after we talked about what's on the horizon
Speaker 1: for this team and their schedule. I mean, they would
Speaker 1: be a huge confidence boost, you know, understand ending if
Speaker 1: with all all of our key components, if we believe
Speaker 1: in the coaches, play within the game plan, then we
Speaker 1: can beat anybody. Because the Patriots being undefeated right now,
Speaker 1: you know, they're at the top of the mountain, but
Speaker 1: there are beautiful you know, as Steve said, if they
Speaker 1: don't make mistakes, play within the scheme, Uh make plays
Speaker 1: when you're called upon state, you know, play within your role.
Speaker 1: The Jets can win this game. And I don't think
Speaker 1: they're afraid of the Patriots coming in here. I mean,
Speaker 1: you look at the last time they play the Patriots.
Speaker 1: Luke Falk was coming off a practice squad, you know,
Speaker 1: signed off practice squad Friday or the week before Friday,
Speaker 1: and and starts against one of the best defenses in
Speaker 1: the league. You know, he struggled. Sam Donald is not
Speaker 1: gonna He's not gonna flinch, and I'm not that's no
Speaker 1: no fault to Luke Falk. You know, there's just a
Speaker 1: reason why Sam Donald was the number three pick in
Speaker 1: the draft, why he was the starting quarterback for this team.
Speaker 1: And I think you're starting to see that, you know,
Speaker 1: especially when you look at last week's film. You know,
Speaker 1: he's getting the ball out quick, he's accurate, he's confident,
Speaker 1: he's leading the team, and that's because they trust him,
Speaker 1: because of all the work he's put in. Patriots defense, No.
Speaker 1: Were one of scoring, giving up about eight points a game,
Speaker 1: number one in total yards allowed, number two in past defense,
Speaker 1: number three in rush defense. Patriots offense number one in
Speaker 1: the National Football League in scoring and almost thirty two
Speaker 1: points a game, number nine total And for all the
Speaker 1: talk about Tom Brady slowing down a little bit and
Speaker 1: still a top five passing offense in the National Football League. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean to me, that sounds like a great set
Speaker 1: up for an upset. You know, for the rest of
Speaker 1: the for the rest of the world, you know, the
Speaker 1: top team, they're they're playing great football all around, special
Speaker 1: teams offense, defense, The Jets can play the just can
Speaker 1: play with him any week. You know I think that.
Speaker 1: You know, as you get Chris Herndon back, you start
Speaker 1: to get these key components back, and you play within yourselves.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be afraid. Okay, so Greg Williams, what's the
Speaker 1: defensive game plan this week? You still got Julian Edelman there,
Speaker 1: James White coming out of the back field, Brady loves
Speaker 1: to go to him, Josh Gore, and Philip door Set.
Speaker 1: I don't know about the injury status of Rex Burkhead,
Speaker 1: but Adelman is the guy where it all starts. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it does. And Edelman does a great job of working
Speaker 1: in the middle of the field. And you know, when
Speaker 1: you play man and man coverage, is very difficult to
Speaker 1: guard someone from the slot who can run across the
Speaker 1: field away from all your leverage, away from your help.
Speaker 1: You can bracken him and you can play what they
Speaker 1: call a one hole coverage, where you play cover one.
Speaker 1: Everyone is man and man with the free safety in
Speaker 1: the middle, and then there's also a free linebacker in
Speaker 1: the middle who's a low whole player. You have the
Speaker 1: low whole player and the high whole player. The low
Speaker 1: whole player takes takes all crossers. You know, you can
Speaker 1: have a linebacker, someone athletic, like a cashman who can
Speaker 1: pick him up, because when you play one man to
Speaker 1: man coverage, you're outside leverage. So when he runs away
Speaker 1: from you need someone to help you inside. So I
Speaker 1: think they're gonna have to mix up some coverages, throw
Speaker 1: some zones in because you know, let let Edelman run
Speaker 1: to the defenders and then also heat him up. Get
Speaker 1: the ball out of Tom Brady's hands. Blitz to keep
Speaker 1: James White in the backfield so he's not able to
Speaker 1: get out and catch the ball because he's such a
Speaker 1: great receiver coming out of that backfield. I love this man.
Speaker 1: You sounded like you're ready. You have the advanced scouting report.
Speaker 1: Oh you know what you do? You just watch film
Speaker 1: and you watch the Patriots and they've done the same
Speaker 1: thing throughout the years. You know what they do is
Speaker 1: they go They're gonna look at all the Jets film.
Speaker 1: They're gonna see the big plays that they gave up,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna install them in the game plan. So
Speaker 1: another part of it is that Jets are gonna have
Speaker 1: to look back at all their mistakes and correct them immediately,
Speaker 1: correct him this week and practice because they will see
Speaker 1: them on Monday night, well, the heck of a show.
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens Monday night. We'll be back here
Speaker 1: at Vanderbilt's next Tuesday. Thanks for listening Inside the Jets