Speaker 1: Welcome to the official Pod. Eric Ellen here in studio
Speaker 1: with Jets assistant GM Rex Hogan Rex, What is this
Speaker 1: week like from your perspective, because you've got to get
Speaker 1: down to fifty three and then you look at waivers
Speaker 1: and then you have to assemble a practice squad. I
Speaker 1: gotta be quite busy. Yeah, it's wild, it's it's fun.
Speaker 1: It's a we call it the second draft, so to speak,
Speaker 1: because you're getting another opportunity the waiver wire. They're gonna
Speaker 1: they flood it with you know, several hundred thousand players
Speaker 1: and names that are out there, and and our our
Speaker 1: pro staff does a tremendous job, starting with Chat Alexander
Speaker 1: and Greg Nasuma and the rest of our pro scouts
Speaker 1: getting things organized and evaluating and putting it all together
Speaker 1: for us to be able to to condense the list
Speaker 1: downs and work through it. So last night not a
Speaker 1: lot of sleep, and uh, you know, it's tough. You're
Speaker 1: going through making the cutdowns and it's really tough and challenging,
Speaker 1: especially the way that the roster has grown. And we've
Speaker 1: grown the roster and developed the players. So it's been wild.
Speaker 1: So what are those meetings like? And Joe Douglas just
Speaker 1: talked about it with you downstairs addressing the media here
Speaker 1: at one Jets Drive. Where is you got position coaches
Speaker 1: talking about they can't have enough players, right You got
Speaker 1: brand Boyer, who is looking from a special team's perspective, Rightley,
Speaker 1: So you got you guys who've either had a hand
Speaker 1: and bringing these guys in or help scout early on.
Speaker 1: And obviously the coaching staff Robert sala Uh, juts, GM,
Speaker 1: Joe Douglas, everybody's got to say, what are those meanings? Like? Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's really a running dialogue. After each one of the
Speaker 1: preseason games, we get together with the player personnel staff
Speaker 1: and the coaching staff and we go through their rankings
Speaker 1: of the players, how we see the players on the
Speaker 1: practice few how they see it, and then leading up
Speaker 1: to the game, how they performed in the game. So
Speaker 1: each week of the three preseason games, we they kind
Speaker 1: of build this, you know, vision in our mind of
Speaker 1: of who's progressing, who needs to make some improvements, And
Speaker 1: by the time you get to the those final meetings,
Speaker 1: it's not just a total download of information. We we've
Speaker 1: worked up to it and and have kind of in
Speaker 1: our minds which direction we're gonna go do you guys
Speaker 1: as a staff early on know that, hey, we do
Speaker 1: have really good depth here. This roster has been transformed
Speaker 1: and in a few weeks this is gonna this is
Speaker 1: gonna be tough. Yeah, we felt really good about the
Speaker 1: competition we created each level of the team and so
Speaker 1: and in each one of the positions as well. So
Speaker 1: we knew, you know, we we could feel it, we
Speaker 1: could see it that, you know, the roster is getting better,
Speaker 1: the tough and as the roster gets better, the decisions
Speaker 1: and the cuts get harder. And this was you know,
Speaker 1: by far, the toughest we've had since we've been here
Speaker 1: in the twenty nineteen season, since the twenty nineteen season. So,
Speaker 1: you know, kudos to our our player personnel department overall
Speaker 1: for identifying the players um our coaches have given us
Speaker 1: great profiles. We're all on the same page of what
Speaker 1: they want in each position, and our coaches have done
Speaker 1: a great job of developing the players and making them
Speaker 1: candidates to have options after here. And you know, we,
Speaker 1: like we've talked about, we had, you know, seven guys
Speaker 1: claimed today. There were four other guys claimed in the
Speaker 1: past couple of weeks when we released and in addition
Speaker 1: to Eddie Piniero signed with Carolina. So that's twelve guys
Speaker 1: off of our training camp roster who are now with
Speaker 1: other teams, which is, you know, it's cool and it,
Speaker 1: but it's tough for us at the same time because
Speaker 1: we've you know, we've selected him, we brought him in,
Speaker 1: developed him, but wish him the best. How many years
Speaker 1: in the National Football League? Is this for you right now?
Speaker 1: This is your twenty twentie season coming up? Okay, so
Speaker 1: this is your twenty experience with this? Yeah? Yeah, Ever
Speaker 1: having experience where you start training camp and you put
Speaker 1: a number of guys on waiver, is where at the
Speaker 1: end of trainee camp twelve with those guys another town
Speaker 1: we've it's the most I've had, and especially at the cutdown,
Speaker 1: that's it's the most that I've had in in one
Speaker 1: given moment. It's something else and I'm not gonna ask
Speaker 1: you what was the conversation that had longest on. Let's
Speaker 1: start with a couple of guys who actually made the
Speaker 1: teams undrafted free agents, Zonovan bam Knight and Tony Adams.
Speaker 1: Let's start with t A first, because I think bam
Speaker 1: Knight he gets the ball in his hands, so people
Speaker 1: are a little bit familiar with him. What stood out
Speaker 1: to you about Adams throughout camp? But also take me
Speaker 1: back to why you signed him following the draft. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but our guys didn't in terms of draft did a
Speaker 1: great job of identifying him and for draft consideration. Ultimately, ultimately, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we ran out of picks, but through the
Speaker 1: trade ups, but we always had had identified Tony is
Speaker 1: a guy that we wanted on our roster, whether or
Speaker 1: not was through the draft or signing and free agency.
Speaker 1: And we're fortunate enough for him to slide through and
Speaker 1: get him and recruit him to come here. And our
Speaker 1: coaching staff as well as the player personnel staff did
Speaker 1: a great job of recruiting him after the draft. But
Speaker 1: once once Tony got here, he you know, he he
Speaker 1: had background as being a corner and a safety at Illinois,
Speaker 1: and so when we got here, our numbers were a
Speaker 1: little bit down at corner with some injuries. He hopped
Speaker 1: right in and o t a s at corner and
Speaker 1: was ultimate team guy because he was he was brought
Speaker 1: here to play safety. But I think it really helped
Speaker 1: him just in terms of his development be able to
Speaker 1: see start out half the field and then when he
Speaker 1: made the transition to safety for training camp, ultimately that's
Speaker 1: where we saw him going once we solidified the corner
Speaker 1: position and it really helped him in terms of stages.
Speaker 1: And you know, both Tony Ow did and Marquand did
Speaker 1: an awesome job with getting him up to speed and
Speaker 1: quickly making the transition from corner to safety. Here. So
Speaker 1: with that position, flex would he be kind of like
Speaker 1: an emergency maybe nickel guy, more inside guy or the
Speaker 1: outside and you know, potentially, you know, we like guys
Speaker 1: who have that have that value, have that asset, or
Speaker 1: have those traits, and so we see it as an
Speaker 1: asset with him and having that value. I remember the
Speaker 1: Green and White scrimmage. Every time there was a play
Speaker 1: out there and he was on the field, twenty two
Speaker 1: was thumping. Do you like his activity level? Love he's
Speaker 1: got you know, he's active, he's energetic, he's always got
Speaker 1: a smile on his face, and he came in with
Speaker 1: this mindset of I'm gonna take a job and it
Speaker 1: comes out in his emotions how he plays, and just
Speaker 1: like you're saying, is his activity and energy and he
Speaker 1: plays with urgency, intensity, exactly the way we want him to. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the safety position. Joe just talked about it. He thought
Speaker 1: at the end of this process that you guys had
Speaker 1: six players that you can make the argument that they
Speaker 1: should be on a fifty three man roster somewhere. Yeah. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: And you know, we're lucky enough to get Will Park's
Speaker 1: back on the practice squad. But really felt like, you know,
Speaker 1: the way Will performed during training camp and in the
Speaker 1: preseason games that he too was a definite fifty three
Speaker 1: man consideration. So we're fortunate to get him back. Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's talk about Bam Knight, a guy who went undrafted.
Speaker 1: When you start making those calls because you guys were
Speaker 1: done in the fourth round, you were done early this year.
Speaker 1: But when you start making those calls during the draft
Speaker 1: and say, hey, hey, Bam, if it doesn't happen for
Speaker 1: you in the draft, we're gonna come calling. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: after the draft, we were really focused on on him
Speaker 1: and the value he brought. Jonathan Stiegel did a great
Speaker 1: job of of recruiting and post draft, and and then
Speaker 1: it came a you know, became a collaboration with all
Speaker 1: of us. In addition to Taylor Embury. Uh, it's because
Speaker 1: we go back and forth as a group, and you know,
Speaker 1: we do it together, and you know, Bam saw the
Speaker 1: vision that we had for him, and you know, we
Speaker 1: talked about his his path and his ability to earn
Speaker 1: his way to the fifty three and he bought into
Speaker 1: that and came in and performed. So it was really cool.
Speaker 1: What can you say about his return ability? Obviously can
Speaker 1: carry the football and he had a nice score and
Speaker 1: run against the Eagles when he wasn't going to be denied.
Speaker 1: But does that put a guy like that over the top. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, coming out of out of college at NC State,
Speaker 1: he led the country as in kick return yards and
Speaker 1: we saw that on tape and you know, Brandt was
Speaker 1: excited about it and we were excited about it. You know,
Speaker 1: it's kind of icing on the cake for what else
Speaker 1: he did in terms of as a runner and receiver.
Speaker 1: And you know, when you have a guy who can
Speaker 1: do that and not only provide core value on special teams,
Speaker 1: it really helps project him how he's gonna make our roster.
Speaker 1: And then the kick return he had and against Philly
Speaker 1: set us up for the game short, short field and
Speaker 1: game winning drive by streff. Let's talk about the Lawrence
Speaker 1: Cager project. Uh, what went into the position switch for him?
Speaker 1: And then how is he a different player than maybe
Speaker 1: the the guy you got your hands on a free
Speaker 1: years ago. Yeah, so a couple of years ago, you know,
Speaker 1: he goes undrafted and has an injury where he breaks
Speaker 1: his leg and his grad transfer a year from Miami
Speaker 1: to to Georgia. Um, you know, unfortunate for him in
Speaker 1: that regard. If not, he's probably a draft pick. And
Speaker 1: we saw him as a draft pick. We saw him
Speaker 1: as a big bodied outside receiver. But we always saw
Speaker 1: that frame and he's he's got long arms, he's brought shoulder,
Speaker 1: he's well built, and you know, he could bounce anywhere
Speaker 1: from two seventeen to two thirty. And you saw the
Speaker 1: growth potential in him. And we had talked to him
Speaker 1: about it last year and about going into O T
Speaker 1: A S and making the transition and his return to
Speaker 1: to hey, you know you might be able to make this,
Speaker 1: make this jump. You you got to buy in, and
Speaker 1: he really he bought into the offseason training, his body
Speaker 1: continued to grow. He's he's around two forty, if not
Speaker 1: north at two forty now and he's maintain his speed
Speaker 1: and he's maintained his receiving value and it probably improved
Speaker 1: it because of the f tight end value. And he's
Speaker 1: really improved as a blocker. And it's a testament to
Speaker 1: what Ron Middleton has done with him and the coaching
Speaker 1: staff's done. Yeah, what does that say about him as
Speaker 1: a guy? That he probably looked at himself and rightfully
Speaker 1: so listen, I would be as successful a wide receiver.
Speaker 1: I'm on playing this for a long time. But that
Speaker 1: he bought in and now he's gotten to this point
Speaker 1: where he's on the fifty three man roster. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: sure he had a moment of you know, some adversity
Speaker 1: like we all do, and he looked himself in the
Speaker 1: mirror and said, what else can I do different? How
Speaker 1: can I change my path and change my future? Because
Speaker 1: he bounces from our practice squad to a couple other
Speaker 1: practice squads as a receiver, and you know, it's a
Speaker 1: humbling experience when you get cut and then have to realize, man,
Speaker 1: I've got to I got to find a different way.
Speaker 1: So really proud of of Cage accepting that and then
Speaker 1: you know, having the self awareness that I'm gonna be
Speaker 1: able to do this. He's in a pretty cool room now.
Speaker 1: But what do you think about the transformation that you
Speaker 1: guys have done at tight end because Cajar joins a
Speaker 1: group that includes obviously c J, Usama, Tyler Cochland. I
Speaker 1: had one of the best camps out there bar none.
Speaker 1: I think here this summer at one Jets Drive and
Speaker 1: then of course you guys draft Jeremy Rutgers as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's a really cool room and we feel like
Speaker 1: it it had a lot of similarities to that safety room.
Speaker 1: You know, um made a tough decision on West Go
Speaker 1: love love what west Code brings in terms of his
Speaker 1: toughness and his blocking and soft hands. And again that's
Speaker 1: that's another room where we felt like they're those are
Speaker 1: six NFL fifty three caliber tight ends. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we were fortunate to get Kenny a Boa back on
Speaker 1: our practice squad and we'll see Kenny continue to develop
Speaker 1: and contribute like he did last year. And so in
Speaker 1: the addition of you know, Rutgert and c J and Conk,
Speaker 1: we feel like we've got all those guys who are
Speaker 1: different and all going to contribute in their own way.
Speaker 1: You guys study seven every day out of the year.
Speaker 1: But Robert Sala called Conkling a pleasant surprise. Well, you
Speaker 1: expecting again, games are on Sundays, We're gonna have to
Speaker 1: see what the production is. But when you watched him
Speaker 1: day after day, was there something that came to mind,
Speaker 1: maybe that you didn't see on film. No. I think
Speaker 1: what we saw was a guy who was a little
Speaker 1: bit under the radar because he he produced in his
Speaker 1: role in Minnesota. He produced with targets, and he's got
Speaker 1: unbelievable hands. He's a he's a former Division three basketball player,
Speaker 1: so you see his body control. You see the way
Speaker 1: he can tempo routes and change speeds, and there's a
Speaker 1: lot of cuts that look like he's making when he's
Speaker 1: on the basketball court, and how he how he sets
Speaker 1: up those routes and changes the speeds and uses you know,
Speaker 1: burst or gear down, and and then he's got the
Speaker 1: body control when he leaves the ground. So you know,
Speaker 1: he was a little under the radar in terms of
Speaker 1: free agency across the board, but man, we felt like
Speaker 1: adding him with c J, that those two guys would
Speaker 1: really complement each other and and be a great addition
Speaker 1: to the tight end, room, burst gear, body control. When
Speaker 1: you start describing the cockling a little bit, I start
Speaker 1: thinking about Garrett Wilson. Uh so, uh, what do you
Speaker 1: think about his transition to date um Because he's made
Speaker 1: a lot of plays on the practice field. Nothing seems
Speaker 1: too big for him. And he also seems like a
Speaker 1: guy who's fitting in well with his teammates that he's
Speaker 1: continuing to absorb things. Yeah, the you know, like you said,
Speaker 1: he's got an infectious personality. You know, guys are naturally
Speaker 1: drawn to him, and he invests in people in relationships
Speaker 1: and you can see it and how the camaraderie of
Speaker 1: that room first and foremost has grown. But the similarities
Speaker 1: of him being a bas having a basketball background and
Speaker 1: former D one offers and how he was if you
Speaker 1: want to turn on his highlight tape from from high school,
Speaker 1: it's pretty impressive. But you can see when he leaves
Speaker 1: the ground his ability to adjust, uh he's doing He's
Speaker 1: catching oops and punching on people in the lane, and
Speaker 1: you see his ability to elevate in his body control
Speaker 1: and catch the passes and the way he changes speeds
Speaker 1: with his routes too. So it's really cool when you
Speaker 1: can see those guys in terms of the movement they
Speaker 1: have on the basket ball court and how transitions to football.
Speaker 1: The last few years here, Jameson Crowter was the leading
Speaker 1: receiver for this team. Can you speak to what you
Speaker 1: have in the middle now because you resigned Burials, Garrett Wilson,
Speaker 1: Scott Um experience of both outside inside, Elijah More can
Speaker 1: play inside as well, and Jeff Smith probably can play
Speaker 1: inside for you too, he has in the past. And
Speaker 1: you know, I think all those guys, the way Mike
Speaker 1: la Fleur moves guys around within this offense and the
Speaker 1: value of them having versatility to play X two, play Z,
Speaker 1: to play F and each one of those guys has
Speaker 1: a unique skill set that they can play inside, they
Speaker 1: can play outside and set up mismatches. How about the
Speaker 1: speed at the skill positions. I mean, we can talk
Speaker 1: about on the defensive side of ball, but let's focus
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball. How much of
Speaker 1: of that was an emphasis and offseason? How much is
Speaker 1: that coming to light now? The possible explosive options that
Speaker 1: you guys have head tight end in the backfield. I mean,
Speaker 1: anybody talk about Bruce Hall and company. Obviously Michael Carter
Speaker 1: leading away there and at the wide receiver position. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's been cool and and it was an emphasis
Speaker 1: for us. And you talk about just on the offensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball. What we added with with Garrett
Speaker 1: in the first round with his speed and and Breece
Speaker 1: with his speed and being a sub four or four
Speaker 1: guy at his size. Is how unique that is. You know,
Speaker 1: when you look at what he did at the combine
Speaker 1: and how he tested, He's up there with what say
Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley, what did what Jonathan Taylor did at that
Speaker 1: size and speed, which those are three pretty unique guys.
Speaker 1: And so adding them those two guys, and then you
Speaker 1: know add Ruckert who has some sneaky speed too and
Speaker 1: shows up on GPS and in the way he was
Speaker 1: able to stretch the field Ohio State. And he's still
Speaker 1: you know, working his way back to full after his injury,
Speaker 1: but would really really been, you know, pleased with his progress.
Speaker 1: Let's flip, let's flip into the cornerback position. You draft
Speaker 1: on my gardener number four overall wasn't target at all
Speaker 1: in the preseason. That that's pretty rare for a rookie.
Speaker 1: I mean, people are gonna they'll take he's gonna be
Speaker 1: seeing a few passes I would imagine a regular season play.
Speaker 1: But um, just what did you think of his camp?
Speaker 1: I think he's been had a great camp so far.
Speaker 1: He's been everything we thought he would be. Uh. You
Speaker 1: see that the height, the length, the athleticism, But what
Speaker 1: people don't see is the absolute love of the game.
Speaker 1: How he's the first one on the field, how he's
Speaker 1: constantly asking teammates on the defensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: teammates on the offensive side of the ball. When we
Speaker 1: had the joint practices, he's talking to the guys who
Speaker 1: we went against and just looking for tips. And he's
Speaker 1: an absolute sponge to take in everything and learn and
Speaker 1: he wants to grow and he carries it over to
Speaker 1: the field. It's been awesome to watch. Do you like
Speaker 1: that dynamic at quarter cornerback? You got the big, long,
Speaker 1: lanky guy and then d J. Reid who doesn't have
Speaker 1: the height, but he plays like he's a football I
Speaker 1: like to say. And then yeah, Brandon Uncles got that
Speaker 1: starting experience last year Bryce Hall of course. And then
Speaker 1: at the nickel position. I think Michael Carter reminded people
Speaker 1: in that last preseason game that Hey I'm here. I'm
Speaker 1: pretty good too, and I can man that nickel spot
Speaker 1: for you exactly of a pick. It was awesome play,
Speaker 1: you know, coming off his guy and Tyrod trying to
Speaker 1: hit the corner route behind him, so Or got out
Speaker 1: of the pocket and tried to hit somebody on the sideline.
Speaker 1: But it was cool, and it's been cool to see
Speaker 1: MC to continue to progress after a strong rookie year.
Speaker 1: But you know that the dynamics of that room is
Speaker 1: different with the two guys who have legit height and
Speaker 1: size in both Bryce and Sauce. And then even though
Speaker 1: the other two guys are a little bit shorter in stature,
Speaker 1: you know they've they've done a great job in the
Speaker 1: weight room. Our player performance staff has done a great
Speaker 1: job of of improving eccl's body and building him up
Speaker 1: and continue to improve his speed. So it's a good
Speaker 1: room overall. How tough is it gonna be for teams
Speaker 1: and you guys in third and long situations. So we
Speaker 1: saw a taste of it against the Giants. That was
Speaker 1: like the first time we saw the starters out there
Speaker 1: for extended time. But we're gonna see that against Baltimore
Speaker 1: and everybody, And I know you can say that with
Speaker 1: everybody in the NFL, you don't want to be in
Speaker 1: third and long. But just looking at the pass rushers,
Speaker 1: especially the depth and the numbers you have at the
Speaker 1: defensive end position and what you guys did in the
Speaker 1: off season there, yeah, it starts to to get them
Speaker 1: to third and long. We have to play well on
Speaker 1: on rundowns or early downs, and Brick talks about that,
Speaker 1: and Robert talks about that, and you know, winning in
Speaker 1: the early downs and being able to put and put
Speaker 1: us in a situation where we can be successful on
Speaker 1: third and long. But you know, Aaron why Cotton has
Speaker 1: done a tremendous job with that defensive line and the
Speaker 1: way it's built to come in waves. And we've got
Speaker 1: ten guys on on that group right now who we
Speaker 1: feel good about. Who are who are going to come
Speaker 1: in waves. Obviously they're not all gonna be active on
Speaker 1: game day, but but they're all gonna be fighting to
Speaker 1: be active throughout the week. And it's a good problem
Speaker 1: to half. I know everybody's looking forward to see Carl
Speaker 1: Lawson in game action, no doubt about that. He hasn't
Speaker 1: played a regular season game yet for the Jets. What
Speaker 1: about somebody you talk about flying onto the radar. Obviously
Speaker 1: we talk a lot about the draft picks, and rightfully
Speaker 1: so Jermaine and Michael Clemens, who has just been all
Speaker 1: out effort since the day walked in the building. But
Speaker 1: how about Jacob Martin. Yeah, Jacob was a great addition
Speaker 1: for us. You know, we're excited about him. He he's
Speaker 1: he's played right in, he's played left in. He's played
Speaker 1: in in defenses where they have him standing up. But
Speaker 1: we saw him down in Houston last year against US,
Speaker 1: and as a guy as a as a right in
Speaker 1: who can really get off the ball when you need
Speaker 1: to put him on left, he can do that. He's
Speaker 1: he's got length, he has speed, he's got a motor.
Speaker 1: You know, he brings a new approach as a little
Speaker 1: bit more fastball approach, uh than than Carl or jfm
Speaker 1: on as those guys. And so when you go bring
Speaker 1: him in as the third, brings a different look and
Speaker 1: a different body type, kind of a change up, if
Speaker 1: you will, for the for the tackle he's going against.
Speaker 1: So what are your thoughts now a week out from
Speaker 1: the beginning of two thousand twenty two season, You're feeling
Speaker 1: pretty good about the roster, but just like your emotions
Speaker 1: to see it all come together and finally in action, excited.
Speaker 1: There's no other, no other way to put it for
Speaker 1: me other than excited what we can what we can
Speaker 1: do coming up this season and with the competition we've
Speaker 1: created throughout the roster and how it's been finalized, and
Speaker 1: to watch this group jel over the next week ten
Speaker 1: days as they come together and practice in preparation for Baltimore.
Speaker 1: This nothing more I can say than they excited about.
Speaker 1: You talked just before about the relationship of Joe Douglas
Speaker 1: and Robert Sala being a lock step. Robert says something
Speaker 1: earlier today that struck me and it speaks to what
Speaker 1: you guys are trying to do here. I want to
Speaker 1: get your thoughts on it. He said, This roster is
Speaker 1: pretty cool. It's being built, not bought. So it's a
Speaker 1: great way to describe it because we've gone out and
Speaker 1: obtained guys in so many different fashions with it, whether
Speaker 1: it's through the draft, undrafted, uh, free agency trades. Claims
Speaker 1: like these guys have have come from you know, different
Speaker 1: different obviously different teams and different backgrounds, but have been
Speaker 1: acquired through different venues, and these guys have jelled together
Speaker 1: because we're looking for the guys with the same common
Speaker 1: common goal of being teammates, putting the team first, but
Speaker 1: playing with the effort, intensity, violence, and technique at the
Speaker 1: coaching staff wants. And we found a group that really
Speaker 1: want to do that well. And here I know no
Speaker 1: timeline on zech Wilson's return, and we'll get the word
Speaker 1: from either Robert Sala or Joe Douglas. But with that
Speaker 1: being said, I don't want to say a luxury, but
Speaker 1: how nice is it just to have a guy like
Speaker 1: Flackle if you have to give them the ball here
Speaker 1: to start the season for a game, two games, whatever
Speaker 1: it may be. Yeah, it's very comforting because of the
Speaker 1: success Joe's had throughout his career um, but not only
Speaker 1: as a starter, but seeing how he's developed this relationship
Speaker 1: and connection with Zack and Mike White and Strev and
Speaker 1: how strong of a bond that room has and how
Speaker 1: they get along even though you know, Joe jokes that
Speaker 1: he's he's the dad and catches the dad jokes of
Speaker 1: the group being fourteen years or fifteen years older, whatever
Speaker 1: the exact number is. But it's really comforting to know
Speaker 1: that this guy has has seen pretty much every rush
Speaker 1: that's been brought anywhere, every blitz or every coverage, and
Speaker 1: he's got this just certain calmness and demeanor that hey, guys,
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna be all right. Everything's gonna be okay.
Speaker 1: And he can still throw the ball like he did
Speaker 1: fifteen years ago or fourteen years ago when he came
Speaker 1: in the league. Yeah, I think FLA was gonna be
Speaker 1: able to throw up when he's the guy you want
Speaker 1: on your team. And then everybody we joke about it
Speaker 1: looks like every ball that comes out of his hand
Speaker 1: looks like a shot out of a jugs machine, no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. Hey, listen, hopefully you get some rest
Speaker 1: this week. It would be nice get back after enjoyed
Speaker 1: it as always appreciated m