WEBVTT - The EA Podcast: Episode 14 with Chad Pennington 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.000 Hey, this is Ryan Fitzpatrick and you are listening to 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:06.200 the e A Podcast with Eric Allen. Take it away. 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:11.319 Thanks Fits. Now, let's bring in our weekly contributor here 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:14.320 on the e A Podcast, that of course is Chad Pennington. 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:18.800 We're gonna break this baby into segments today, Chad, as 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:24.520 November begins for the New York Jets, obviously against the 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:28.720 Cleveland Browns. A listless first half the Jets were trying 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.360 that came out and dominated in the second half. But 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:34.680 I don't even want to talk about that ball game 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:38.559 because right now, what I want to focus on is 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:46.000 Chad's favorite halftime speech during your playing career, because I 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:48.919 wanted to be a fly on the wall in Cleveland 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:53.080 at First Energy Stadium on Sunday to hear what Todd 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:55.920 Bowles and the players were saying. But you go back 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:58.600 to your playing career right now, and let's find out 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:03.800 Chad Pennington's favorite halftime speech, either as a pro or 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:09.440 even going back to college in high school days. Oh man, um, well, 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.399 d A, I think that one that comes to mind. 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:18.280 As a pro. We were playing in San Francisco. We're 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:20.440 five and oh and two thousand and four or four 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:25.080 and home maybe, and um we went into halftime down 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:30.319 fourteen a zero. So I remember that that halftime speech 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:34.600 was all about, you know, our offense not performing um 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.800 well at all, and you know, just talking about having 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.640 to step up and quit making excuses and stepping up 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:42.920 and making plays and quit leaving our defense hung out 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:46.080 the dry and be real and honest with each other 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:49.840 and you know, do what we need to do. Um. 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:52.400 So you know, I do remember that one now that 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:54.320 you asked me off the cuff here, I do remember 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.640 that speech. But you know, I looked back at that 0:01:56.720 --> 0:02:00.840 Cleveland game and I mean, you just this team just 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:04.040 teases you with what it's capable of being able to do. 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:05.640 But at the same time, I still think it's a 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:08.240 blue collar team. It's a team that has to play 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:12.600 hard nosed, it has to take advantage of its opponent's 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.920 mistakes that can't make very many mistakes to overcome those. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.000 And if they play boot blue collar and take care 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.160 of those little things, they certainly have a chance to 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.280 do well on the second half of the seear Yeah, 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.080 the Jets uh of a two game winning streak as 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:29.280 they had the Miami and face the Dolphins. Will preview 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:33.160 that game in a couple of moments, um, But what 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:37.000 is it like in a pro locker room at halftime? 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.160 Because people watch movies, you know, and we're all a 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.360 customed to seeing people come in with their the fire 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:47.560 and brimstone, the stuff that makes you get chill bumps 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.280 watching at home or in the movie theaters. But what 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.520 is a pro locker room like at halftime when you 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.640 guys actually go back in there? Is there a speech 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.600 from the head coach? Do you all break into positional 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:04.400 group and talk to your positional coach? Does the coordinators 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.880 do both? Court all three coordinators take their groups to 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:12.480 the side. Because we don't know, Chad, you've lived it well, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.639 it's very business like. Typically, it's very business like where 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:19.600 a lot of those things you mentioned happened. So you 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.799 have you know, the offense getting together talking with their 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:26.240 position coaches and then meeting together as a team talking 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:31.679 with the coordinator discussing halftime adjustments defensively doing the same thing. 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.440 Also have the head coach putting in a couple of 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.800 words just from an overall perspective, um, once he talks 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.160 with his staff. And then sometimes depending on the situation, 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.480 you may have a player too that has to get 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.200 emotional and talk to the team. Typically that's about effort 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.320 and attitude and making plays that may necessarily not be 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:56.200 about game plan stuff. So but for the most part, 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.400 it's a business like environment as far as um you know, 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:01.680 not a lot of craziness going on, just really trying 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:03.600 to focus in on what do we need to do 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:07.000 to either continue what we're doing or to change what 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:10.440 we're doing in the first half from an attitude and 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.160 a scheme standpoint, to do better in the second half. 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.800 But is there a point where the head coach gets 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:22.000 into the center of the room and everybody is glued 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:26.520 on him or that doesn't really happen. Typically, No, that 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.200 happens typically at the end, right before you go out 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:31.760 as a team to go back out on the field 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:34.080 and head coach and bring the team up, and they're 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.120 glued on him and what he has to say in 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.720 in in a minute or two just to bring everybody together. 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:42.160 You've got your adjustments, you've got your game plan. Now 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.760 bring everybody together here a couple of words from the 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:47.119 head coach moving forward, and then walked out as a team. 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.680 What about the Saturday night before the game when you 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:53.800 guys are at a hotel, whether that's on the road 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:58.840 or at home staying away from your family's Is that 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:04.279 the one what that basically really sets the tone for 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:08.000 what to come, for what is to come on Sunday? 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.680 And is that the time where you see maybe some 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:15.840 inspirational videos or some different speeches, different guys getting up 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:18.760 and things like that, because I know over the years 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.120 I've heard different things happen at that team meeting on 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:26.480 Saturday night before you guys actually go to bed and 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:33.560 UH and and have your final rest before Sunday. Each 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:37.000 team varies, but typically you could possibly see from a 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.400 coach who wants to bring in an inspirational motivational speaker, 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:45.400 depending on the situation. UM, you also have UH an 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.840 inspirational message from the coach maybe with the video played. 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.920 You also talk about team goals for that game, so 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:54.880 you understand as a team what you're trying to get 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:58.920 accomplished and how each facet of the team, special teams, office, 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:03.240 defense has to plug in to the victory. UM. And 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.520 then also you have your offensive, defensive and special teams 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:10.320 meetings where you're going over last minute reminders. You're maybe 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:14.159 looking at a couple of different plays or players that 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.440 you've got to make sure that you're aware of or 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:20.839 take up from an offensive, defensive, special teams standpoint. So 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.960 it's there's a lot of different moving parts, um, but 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:28.560 everything is centered around those team goals offensive, defensive and 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.560 special team goals that you know we're going to make 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.479 you successful and ultimately lead you to victory. You played 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:38.960 under a number of different guys with completely different personalities, 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.479 you know, going back to the days of al grow 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.880 and then you played under her mad Words, Eric Manginie, 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:50.760 Tony Sperano and a couple others in there as well. UM. 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:54.320 Can you talk about the not the differences in game 0:06:54.440 --> 0:07:00.000 day philosophies, but by the way they worked the room. Yeah, 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.040 I think. Uh. You know, Eric really enjoyed bringing in 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:08.080 He loved boxing and the perspective that boxing brings, and 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:12.320 so he loved bringing in people around the boxing world, 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.920 UH speakers and just talking about that competitive edge and 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:19.520 things like that. Uh. Coach Edwards, we all know his 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.520 UM strength is in motivation, and so he would do 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:27.040 a great job with his motivational talks and and and 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:30.960 talking to the team and preparing us to get ready 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:35.160 to play and enjoy the challenge. UM. Coach Rono was 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:39.240 very diplomatic, but he and he really liked using videos 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:43.080 and different tools too and stories to talk to the 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:47.280 team as far as preparing us. So you know, there's 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:50.080 different tactics that coaches like to use. A lot of 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:53.280 coaches have different tools in our toolback to try to 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.560 get the team motivated. It it's a long, grinding season, 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:01.080 and so head coaches have to be very creative and 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:05.239 very judicious and picking and choosing their times to talk 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.800 with the team to motivate the team, being creative in 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:12.080 the tools that they used to motivate the team and 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.160 keep the team focused. I mean, it's to be a coach, 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:18.640 you probably need your degree in psychology because that's what 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:22.480 you're dealing with, is that you know the psychology of players. 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:27.200 Very simply put, how do you explain what happened on Sunday? 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:31.080 As the Jets really had nothing in the first half, 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.560 they made a couple of plays. Blapo explodes for a touchdown, 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:39.040 Tohron Peak made a tremendous catch up the sideline. Uh 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:41.839 Brandon Marshall was trying to get that ball club going, 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:46.320 but there is nothing there mostly for the first thirty 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.000 minutes and the guys will tell you that, but then 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:53.880 they rebound have a twenty four point decisive run takedown 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:59.760 the Browns. But you just watching it on film and 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:04.280 as a guy who battled in between the white lines, 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:08.200 how do you explain it? Well, first of all, I 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.760 think you have to make sure that you understand the 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:15.480 difference between expectation and standard, and so I don't necessarily 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:17.840 think that the Jets were playing at a low standard. 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:21.280 I think the expectation of the Jets should roll in 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.880 there and beat an HO and seven team from start 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.240 to finish is probably a little bit unrealistic. Number One, 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:30.720 Cleveland has been in a lot of different games, and uh, 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.760 you know they have players too, and then they can 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.760 compete at a high level. So that's number one. I 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.240 think probably the most disappointing part of the first half 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.360 would be the last six minutes of the first half. 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.480 It's attend to seven game and then you know, by 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.920 the end of the first half it's twenty seven. That's 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:48.960 where it got away from the Jets. Other than that, 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.320 it was just kind of feeling your way out. If 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:54.000 there's anything that changed, it was the sense of urgency 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.000 of the team that the team brought a sense of 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:58.640 urgency to the second half because they were forced to. 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:01.160 Whereas you would like to see your team bring that 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.920 sense of urgency from the get and not have to 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:07.880 develop a sense urgency because of the lack of production 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.600 and the other team getting after. You'd like to bring 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:14.400 that off the bus and established that yourself and not 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:17.720 have the other team caused that sense urgency, because sometimes 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.760 just because the team calls it sense urgency doesn't mean 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.360 that you respond well, and so especially on the road. 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.840 But I will say when you look at the statistics, 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:31.360 you see winning statistics, and you see winning the turnover 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.840 battle zero to two. You see winning the time of 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:38.560 possession thirty three to twenty six. You see the running 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.360 game a hundred and seventy one yards, and so you 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.400 see winning statistics in there. It's just that it didn't 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:48.200 happen over four quarters. That actually happened more in the 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:51.760 last two quarters. What change for Ryan Fitzpatrick? That was 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:56.960 a near disastrous first half. He took a vicious shot 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:01.040 extending for the first down there holm the goals flying. 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:04.320 But god Fits is as tough as they come. Uh. 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.600 He plays it like a linebacker sometimes and that's scary. 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:11.439 But I could get nothing going in the passing game, 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.599 the three completions in the first half, but then he 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:17.480 came back, uh in the second half and really settled 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:23.240 in and played a decent ball game. Yeah, execution was 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:27.040 huge in the first half, or lack there of drop balls, 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.920 miss throws, um, you know, things like that, just not 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.440 very much continuity at all. And then in the second half, 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.800 I think what you saw early in the second half 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:41.119 was completions on first and second now, and that established 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:45.160 some rhythm and established some timing, gave Fitzpatrick as well 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:48.440 as the rest of the offense some energy and confidence, 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:51.000 and they were able to build on that for three 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:55.360 possessions in a row. And uh So, although we want 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:58.920 to sit here nitpick the first half, we also should 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:03.000 complement how the team played in the second half, um, 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.480 and how they came out and just played a really, 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:09.640 really high level and they executed. They took advantage of 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:13.200 their situations and opportunities. If I had to nick pick 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.600 the second half at all, it would be that when 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:20.760 you have a team down and you get two turnovers 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.280 like that, you've got to turn those into more points 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:26.319 than just three, especially when you get a turnover inside 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.080 their tent. That has to be a touchdown. That cannot 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.160 be a field goal in my opinion, especially when you 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:36.440 when you're playing better competition. That is putting the knife 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:40.000 uh and the dagger so called, into the back of 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:43.480 the opponent and really taking that game out of reach 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.560 instead of being thirty one to twenty. But if Cleveland 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:49.560 handles the clock a little bit better, they have even 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:51.520 a better shot to try to tie that game up 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:53.640 at the end. But they didn't handle the clock at 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.160 a very well at all at the end of the game. 0:12:56.520 --> 0:13:00.120 Let's go mid season Awards right now in the A 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:04.400 podcast with Chad Pennyton, Jets A three and five. They're 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:08.400 not where they want to be, but we're gonna look 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:13.520 at it their first eight games and say, chat, if 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:17.000 you had to say who is the team m v 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:21.840 P at the midway point, what would you say? Well, 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:26.120 here's here's what I say. Offensively. Um, sometimes I think 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:31.200 most valuable UH doesn't necessarily mean the most productive yet, 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.160 because sometimes your most valuable player just with his presence 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.319 on the field provides a lot of value even though 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:40.800 the stats are there. So I'm gonna stay away from 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:43.680 m v P and I will use the term most 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.000 productive and I really liked the production with the moon Law. 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:50.079 I think he has provided a spark when the offense 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.240 has needed it. He has really stepped into that role. 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:57.000 With with Eric Decker gone, I think the Jets should 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:00.679 be excited about his production and what he's been able 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.640 to do. He made some amazing plays on on the 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:07.079 Sunday and touchdown run was awesome and so and he's 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.800 done that throughout the year and so, uh, touch out 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.520 a catching run, I should say. But um, I think 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.680 I've been impressed with him, But I've also been impressed 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:19.480 with blal Powell and Matt Forte and and and some 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:21.600 of the other guys that have really pitched in. It 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.480 is truly I think it has been a team effort. 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.840 Uh from that standpoint, But I will have to give 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:31.520 the nod to Quincy and Noon Wa in that regard. Well, Noon, 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.560 what I'm paced actually for in a thousand yard receiving 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:37.080 season right now? I know it's early and we're just 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.200 the halfway point, but this is the e A podcast, 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:43.480 so I'm making the rules here. And Brandon Marshall, of 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.640 course I'm paced for another a thousand yards season. So 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:51.640 without Eric Ducker in the lineup, with Jets still could 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:55.440 have two a thousand yard receivers this year, which would 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.320 really be something. The emergence of a Noon from a 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:03.240 quarterbacks perspective, you spoke about him and you really like them. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:08.520 What stands out to you about his physicality, because the 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.680 good thing about a Noon was I think he still 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.280 has a ways to go because sometimes have a couple 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.080 of drops here and there and things like that, and 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:17.960 he's continuing to work on his hands and his concentration 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.120 and that stuff will openly talk about. But from a 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:24.160 physical skill set, what do you love about him as 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:30.360 a former quarterback? Well, uh, you said it. His physicality, 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.040 I think, and his versatility. Those will be the two 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:37.240 words that I use. Number one, really his physicality in 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.560 the run after the catch, in his ability to take 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.760 a ten yard gain and turn it into twenty five 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:46.600 or turning into a touchdown. Uh. And then his versatility 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:51.000 being able to work outside, inside, use as a tied end, 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:54.720 sometimes use as a slot receiver, all the different things 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:58.880 he creates, some matchup issues and and some personnel issues, 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:00.520 and so for him to be of the step to 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.600 the forefront and have the production that he has had 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.440 for me as a quarterback, I know I have Marshalls, 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.960 I know I have pal out the backfield. I need 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.480 that other guy with Decker gone, And to me, fitz 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.520 Patrick can go. He's my guy. He's my guy that 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.440 I can trust that if they take away Brandon Marshall, 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:21.960 one is gonna make a play for me. And I 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.800 think that is really huge from the quarterback. There are 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:27.240 a number of players inside the Jets locker room who 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.240 will tell you, hey, listen, I gotta play better. I 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.000 know to help this team win. But in your mind, 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.040 as we look at this team at the mid season point, 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:41.640 who is one player who really needs to step up 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:45.320 his game for the Green and White to get back 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:49.240 into this and continue this little mini ron New started 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:53.800 with a two game win streak. Well, uh, the first 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.360 thought would be the quarterback. I think I think that 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.240 fitz Patrick would tell you that he has to be 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.640 more consistent. It It doesn't necessarily mean he has to 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:07.200 have three hundred yard games games and three touchdowns every game. 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:09.720 That that's not what we're talking about. We're just talking 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:15.040 about really more or less avoiding disasters and disasters plays 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.840 and keeping your team away from those types of negative 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:22.720 things rather than creating more positive things. I think, Uh, 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:24.840 that's where it has to start. That's where it was 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.400 last year. That's where it has to be this year. 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.480 It starts with the quarterback, and he's starting to play 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.359 a little bit more consistent, um, But he has to 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:38.080 be as consistent as consistent can be throughout the second 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.000 half of the year for them to even have a 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.879 shot and making the playoffs. I mean, let's be honest, 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.680 the team has to go seven and one. That's that's 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:48.359 the bottom line. You have to set your mind on. 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.560 You have to win every game just you know, to 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.440 to have a chance to make it into the playoffs. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.160 And and you may get lucky at nine and seven, 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.240 but right now your mindset has to be you gotta 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:01.400 run seven out of eight, you just do. You don't 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.480 have any room for air here because of the way 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:07.919 the first half win, which is possible. I've been on 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:09.920 teams that have been able to do that one nine 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:12.159 out of ten or seven out of nine or whatever 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:16.840 it may be, and this team certainly has that opportunity, um, 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:19.119 but they have to capitalize on that. That starts at 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:24.119 a quarterback position. Secondly, I would say that although the 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:28.600 offensive line has shown, uh some good play and I 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:32.560 know they're dealing with a lot of different challenges, rotating guys, 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:36.159 in dealing with injuries and things. That's where it starts. Uh. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:40.200 After the quarterback would be just offensive line gaining consistency, 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:44.200 eliminating those penalties when you have big games, those types 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:47.439 of things, and just providing a little bit more consistency upfront, 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.520 especially in the passing game, which is difficult because the 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:53.919 coach Gaily likes to use those spread UH formations and 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:57.080 that provides more one on one opportunities for defensive alignment 0:18:57.119 --> 0:19:00.200 against offensive alignment. But if the offensive line can ain't 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:03.480 a little bit more consistency in the quarterback plays solidly 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.600 consistent winning football, Jets certainly have a chance to go 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:08.600 seven and one in the back half of the season. 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:10.560 On the defensive side of the ball, who do the 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.879 Jets need? Like you talked about the offensive side of 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:16.480 the ball, and you said it fits has to be 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:20.000 more consistent. You get more consistent play of the offensive line, 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:24.320 which uh, the one encouraging aspect of the line um 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:26.960 and you said it is that the depth has been 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:29.879 tested and guys have stepped up at times. Wesley Johnson 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.600 played really well at the center position, I've been really 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:36.240 encouraged by the guard play throughout a lot of season, 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:38.919 especially Brian Winners, who I think is breaking out. But 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.400 on the other side of the ball, I don't want 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:45.320 to ignore the defense. So is there a positional group 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:49.920 or player that you're gonna put the hat on and say, okay, 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.080 we need you to make strides for the Jets in 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.879 the second half. Yeah, absolutely, I think it's the secondary. 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:01.040 I think the secondary has to to make sure that 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:06.440 they eliminate the miscommunication, eliminate the busted coverages. If they 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:11.520 do that, uh, then that really completes the defense. Uh, 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:13.639 to make you know, as far as an opponent trying 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:16.080 to attack him, because that's what opponents are gonna do. 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:18.119 They're gonna say, look, we're not gonna be able to 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:20.520 run the vault ball very much. We need to throw 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:23.840 up forty five times a game. Well, as of the secondary, 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:26.359 you're gonna be challenged, You're gonna be tested. I think 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:29.879 teams are are no longer completely scared scared of the 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:32.680 rail reevers. They want to go after him and they 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:35.960 want him to prove that he can shut down one 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:40.760 side and and so as a team, Uh, defensively, the 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:44.200 coverage has to be more consistent. My one suggestion then 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:46.920 covers me more consistent is and I know that coach 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:50.280 bowls those Rodgers. They love the matchup coverages and the 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:53.520 main coverages. I'm not so sure sometimes that the defense 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:57.200 plays more spot zone coverages and kind of develops that 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:01.160 bend but don't break mentality sometimes and to be able 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:04.000 to eliminate some of these big plays, we turned some 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:06.640 of these touchdowns just in the field goals. I think 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:08.399 that would be important, which is a little bit of 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:13.040 a shift, uh and in thought process and scheme, But 0:21:13.119 --> 0:21:16.080 at the same time that may have to be implemented 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:18.960 just to kind of shut down some of those big 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:22.639 play opportunities and to eliminate this point. Yeah, and I 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:25.320 have to say this too. I know Buster has had 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.719 some ups and downs this season, but he is a 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:31.920 very valuable part of the secondary and when he's out 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:36.000 of the lineup, guys versatile. He's playing outside at corner 0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:39.439 and base, he moves inside in nicol when he's not 0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:42.320 in the lineup. That's a tough blow. And that's also 0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:45.119 a former Cleveland Brown. That dude wanted to be on 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:47.840 the field, Chad, So not having him in the lineup 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:50.480 after a bounce back game against the Baltimore Ravens. He 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:53.000 said he had to come back after being called for 0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:56.520 a number of penalties against Arizona Cardinals, and he he 0:21:56.600 --> 0:21:58.960 really wanted to be in that ballgame. So I think 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:00.639 it would be a shot and harm with the Jets 0:22:00.640 --> 0:22:04.639 get Buster back because he plays with the passion and 0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:07.399 he also gives his team some versatility as well. And 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:10.240 I know the defensive backfield has said some issues this year, 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:13.679 while documented issues and we all know that, but Buster 0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:17.120 Screen is one of their better players back there, and 0:22:17.200 --> 0:22:19.000 I think when he's not in the lineup, you can 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:23.159 see it well. And and these issues we're talking about 0:22:23.240 --> 0:22:26.040 aren't issues that can't be fit. These are issues that 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:29.440 on complete control of the defense and the defensive players, 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:32.120 and they can fix these issues, which should make them 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:34.640 really excited about the second half of the season. They 0:22:34.680 --> 0:22:37.760 continue to clean up the mistakes and clean up some 0:22:37.840 --> 0:22:41.639 of the miscommunication um and then you know, with the 0:22:41.680 --> 0:22:45.320 defensive line coming to the forefront providing a heavier pass 0:22:45.400 --> 0:22:48.360 rush with just four rushers, that really creates a lot 0:22:48.400 --> 0:22:51.679