WEBVTT - 2022 Jets Roster Breakdown with Assistant GM Rex Hogan (9/1) 0:00:04.240 --> 0:00:07.200 Welcome to the official Pod. Eric Ellen here in studio 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:12.600 with Jets assistant GM Rex Hogan Rex, What is this 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:16.120 week like from your perspective, because you've got to get 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:20.440 down to fifty three and then you look at waivers 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:22.640 and then you have to assemble a practice squad. I 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:25.720 gotta be quite busy. Yeah, it's wild, it's it's fun. 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:28.720 It's a we call it the second draft, so to speak, 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:31.560 because you're getting another opportunity the waiver wire. They're gonna 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:35.559 they flood it with you know, several hundred thousand players 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:37.959 and names that are out there, and and our our 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:41.720 pro staff does a tremendous job, starting with Chat Alexander 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:44.639 and Greg Nasuma and the rest of our pro scouts 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:49.400 getting things organized and evaluating and putting it all together 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:51.840 for us to be able to to condense the list 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:55.000 downs and work through it. So last night not a 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:57.680 lot of sleep, and uh, you know, it's tough. You're 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:02.160 going through making the cutdowns and it's really tough and challenging, 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:05.119 especially the way that the roster has grown. And we've 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:08.800 grown the roster and developed the players. So it's been wild. 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.880 So what are those meetings like? And Joe Douglas just 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.280 talked about it with you downstairs addressing the media here 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:20.640 at one Jets Drive. Where is you got position coaches 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.199 talking about they can't have enough players, right You got 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:28.520 brand Boyer, who is looking from a special team's perspective, Rightley, 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:32.480 So you got you guys who've either had a hand 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:36.600 and bringing these guys in or help scout early on. 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:42.200 And obviously the coaching staff Robert sala Uh, juts, GM, 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:46.680 Joe Douglas, everybody's got to say, what are those meanings? Like? Yeah, 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:49.400 there's really a running dialogue. After each one of the 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:52.559 preseason games, we get together with the player personnel staff 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:56.560 and the coaching staff and we go through their rankings 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.400 of the players, how we see the players on the 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:01.360 practice few how they see it, and then leading up 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.440 to the game, how they performed in the game. So 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:07.360 each week of the three preseason games, we they kind 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.760 of build this, you know, vision in our mind of 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:14.639 of who's progressing, who needs to make some improvements, And 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.360 by the time you get to the those final meetings, 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:21.359 it's not just a total download of information. We we've 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:23.440 worked up to it and and have kind of in 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.680 our minds which direction we're gonna go do you guys 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:31.359 as a staff early on know that, hey, we do 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:35.720 have really good depth here. This roster has been transformed 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:39.480 and in a few weeks this is gonna this is 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:42.480 gonna be tough. Yeah, we felt really good about the 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:46.520 competition we created each level of the team and so 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:48.919 and in each one of the positions as well. So 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.200 we knew, you know, we we could feel it, we 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.519 could see it that, you know, the roster is getting better, 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.480 the tough and as the roster gets better, the decisions 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:58.880 and the cuts get harder. And this was you know, 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.880 by far, the toughest we've had since we've been here 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.640 in the twenty nineteen season, since the twenty nineteen season. So, 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.800 you know, kudos to our our player personnel department overall 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:11.960 for identifying the players um our coaches have given us 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.480 great profiles. We're all on the same page of what 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.079 they want in each position, and our coaches have done 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.320 a great job of developing the players and making them 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.840 candidates to have options after here. And you know, we, 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.680 like we've talked about, we had, you know, seven guys 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.720 claimed today. There were four other guys claimed in the 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:31.800 past couple of weeks when we released and in addition 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.880 to Eddie Piniero signed with Carolina. So that's twelve guys 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.200 off of our training camp roster who are now with 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.720 other teams, which is, you know, it's cool and it, 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:41.520 but it's tough for us at the same time because 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.640 we've you know, we've selected him, we brought him in, 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:46.000 developed him, but wish him the best. How many years 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.240 in the National Football League? Is this for you right now? 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:52.080 This is your twenty twentie season coming up? Okay, so 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:54.800 this is your twenty experience with this? Yeah? Yeah, Ever 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.560 having experience where you start training camp and you put 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:00.440 a number of guys on waiver, is where at the 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:04.320 end of trainee camp twelve with those guys another town 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:08.760 we've it's the most I've had, and especially at the cutdown, 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:11.560 that's it's the most that I've had in in one 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:15.160 given moment. It's something else and I'm not gonna ask 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:19.479 you what was the conversation that had longest on. Let's 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:21.359 start with a couple of guys who actually made the 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:27.440 teams undrafted free agents, Zonovan bam Knight and Tony Adams. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.719 Let's start with t A first, because I think bam 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.360 Knight he gets the ball in his hands, so people 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:37.640 are a little bit familiar with him. What stood out 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:42.440 to you about Adams throughout camp? But also take me 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:46.240 back to why you signed him following the draft. Yeah, 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:48.479 but our guys didn't in terms of draft did a 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:53.840 great job of identifying him and for draft consideration. Ultimately, ultimately, uh, 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:56.720 you know, we ran out of picks, but through the 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:00.520 trade ups, but we always had had identified Tony is 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:02.520 a guy that we wanted on our roster, whether or 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.039 not was through the draft or signing and free agency. 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.360 And we're fortunate enough for him to slide through and 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.160 get him and recruit him to come here. And our 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.280 coaching staff as well as the player personnel staff did 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.479 a great job of recruiting him after the draft. But 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.640 once once Tony got here, he you know, he he 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:21.400 had background as being a corner and a safety at Illinois, 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:23.560 and so when we got here, our numbers were a 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.279 little bit down at corner with some injuries. He hopped 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.200 right in and o t a s at corner and 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.160 was ultimate team guy because he was he was brought 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.640 here to play safety. But I think it really helped 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:37.120 him just in terms of his development be able to 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:39.760 see start out half the field and then when he 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.840 made the transition to safety for training camp, ultimately that's 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.760 where we saw him going once we solidified the corner 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:49.600 position and it really helped him in terms of stages. 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.360 And you know, both Tony Ow did and Marquand did 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.080 an awesome job with getting him up to speed and 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.840 quickly making the transition from corner to safety. Here. So 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.600 with that position, flex would he be kind of like 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.080 an emergency maybe nickel guy, more inside guy or the 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:07.040 outside and you know, potentially, you know, we like guys 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.719 who have that have that value, have that asset, or 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.520 have those traits, and so we see it as an 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:15.720 asset with him and having that value. I remember the 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:19.200 Green and White scrimmage. Every time there was a play 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:21.080 out there and he was on the field, twenty two 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.520 was thumping. Do you like his activity level? Love he's 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.280 got you know, he's active, he's energetic, he's always got 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.800 a smile on his face, and he came in with 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:33.000 this mindset of I'm gonna take a job and it 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.760 comes out in his emotions how he plays, and just 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.040 like you're saying, is his activity and energy and he 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:42.160 plays with urgency, intensity, exactly the way we want him to. Yeah, 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.520 the safety position. Joe just talked about it. He thought 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:50.640 at the end of this process that you guys had 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.320 six players that you can make the argument that they 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.880 should be on a fifty three man roster somewhere. Yeah. Absolutely, 0:06:57.920 --> 0:06:59.919 And you know, we're lucky enough to get Will Park's 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:03.000 back on the practice squad. But really felt like, you know, 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.000 the way Will performed during training camp and in the 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:09.520 preseason games that he too was a definite fifty three 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:12.680 man consideration. So we're fortunate to get him back. Okay, 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:16.000 so let's talk about Bam Knight, a guy who went undrafted. 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:19.080 When you start making those calls because you guys were 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.400 done in the fourth round, you were done early this year. 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:25.720 But when you start making those calls during the draft 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.640 and say, hey, hey, Bam, if it doesn't happen for 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.960 you in the draft, we're gonna come calling. Yeah, you know, 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:35.240 after the draft, we were really focused on on him 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.200 and the value he brought. Jonathan Stiegel did a great 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.360 job of of recruiting and post draft, and and then 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:44.600 it came a you know, became a collaboration with all 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.480 of us. In addition to Taylor Embury. Uh, it's because 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:49.720 we go back and forth as a group, and you know, 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.840 we do it together, and you know, Bam saw the 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:54.840 vision that we had for him, and you know, we 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:57.560 talked about his his path and his ability to earn 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.240 his way to the fifty three and he bought into 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.960 that and came in and performed. So it was really cool. 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.720 What can you say about his return ability? Obviously can 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.560 carry the football and he had a nice score and 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.000 run against the Eagles when he wasn't going to be denied. 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.560 But does that put a guy like that over the top. Yeah, 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.240 you know, coming out of out of college at NC State, 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.600 he led the country as in kick return yards and 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:22.880 we saw that on tape and you know, Brandt was 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.280 excited about it and we were excited about it. You know, 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.080 it's kind of icing on the cake for what else 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:29.480 he did in terms of as a runner and receiver. 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:31.400 And you know, when you have a guy who can 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:34.240 do that and not only provide core value on special teams, 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.920 it really helps project him how he's gonna make our roster. 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:41.079 And then the kick return he had and against Philly 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:43.679 set us up for the game short, short field and 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.520 game winning drive by streff. Let's talk about the Lawrence 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:53.480 Cager project. Uh, what went into the position switch for him? 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:57.640 And then how is he a different player than maybe 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.160 the the guy you got your hands on a free 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.840 years ago. Yeah, so a couple of years ago, you know, 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.520 he goes undrafted and has an injury where he breaks 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.000 his leg and his grad transfer a year from Miami 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.080 to to Georgia. Um, you know, unfortunate for him in 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.320 that regard. If not, he's probably a draft pick. And 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.200 we saw him as a draft pick. We saw him 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.040 as a big bodied outside receiver. But we always saw 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:20.760 that frame and he's he's got long arms, he's brought shoulder, 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:24.079 he's well built, and you know, he could bounce anywhere 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.360 from two seventeen to two thirty. And you saw the 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.480 growth potential in him. And we had talked to him 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.839 about it last year and about going into O T 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.760 A S and making the transition and his return to 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.480 to hey, you know you might be able to make this, 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.520 make this jump. You you got to buy in, and 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:44.160 he really he bought into the offseason training, his body 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.960 continued to grow. He's he's around two forty, if not 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.600 north at two forty now and he's maintain his speed 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:54.200 and he's maintained his receiving value and it probably improved 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:56.920 it because of the f tight end value. And he's 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.360 really improved as a blocker. And it's a testament to 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:01.400 what Ron Middleton has done with him and the coaching 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.160 staff's done. Yeah, what does that say about him as 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:08.120 a guy? That he probably looked at himself and rightfully 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.920 so listen, I would be as successful a wide receiver. 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:12.880 I'm on playing this for a long time. But that 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.160 he bought in and now he's gotten to this point 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:17.760 where he's on the fifty three man roster. Yeah, I'm 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.760 sure he had a moment of you know, some adversity 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:22.840 like we all do, and he looked himself in the 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.520 mirror and said, what else can I do different? How 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.920 can I change my path and change my future? Because 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.559 he bounces from our practice squad to a couple other 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.319 practice squads as a receiver, and you know, it's a 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.559 humbling experience when you get cut and then have to realize, man, 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:39.120 I've got to I got to find a different way. 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.400 So really proud of of Cage accepting that and then 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:44.880 you know, having the self awareness that I'm gonna be 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.920 able to do this. He's in a pretty cool room now. 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:51.160 But what do you think about the transformation that you 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:54.960 guys have done at tight end because Cajar joins a 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:59.160 group that includes obviously c J, Usama, Tyler Cochland. I 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.240 had one of the best camps out there bar none. 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.400 I think here this summer at one Jets Drive and 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.480 then of course you guys draft Jeremy Rutgers as well. Yeah, 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.320 it's it's a really cool room and we feel like 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.960 it it had a lot of similarities to that safety room. 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.480 You know, um made a tough decision on West Go 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:19.680 love love what west Code brings in terms of his 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:23.080 toughness and his blocking and soft hands. And again that's 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.360 that's another room where we felt like they're those are 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:29.760 six NFL fifty three caliber tight ends. And uh, you know, 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.079 we were fortunate to get Kenny a Boa back on 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:35.360 our practice squad and we'll see Kenny continue to develop 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.320 and contribute like he did last year. And so in 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.040 the addition of you know, Rutgert and c J and Conk, 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.920 we feel like we've got all those guys who are 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.480 different and all going to contribute in their own way. 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.440 You guys study seven every day out of the year. 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:56.320 But Robert Sala called Conkling a pleasant surprise. Well, you 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:59.800 expecting again, games are on Sundays, We're gonna have to 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.959 see what the production is. But when you watched him 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:07.360 day after day, was there something that came to mind, 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.280 maybe that you didn't see on film. No. I think 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:11.680 what we saw was a guy who was a little 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.760 bit under the radar because he he produced in his 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.520 role in Minnesota. He produced with targets, and he's got 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:22.240 unbelievable hands. He's a he's a former Division three basketball player, 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:24.679 so you see his body control. You see the way 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.640 he can tempo routes and change speeds, and there's a 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:29.920 lot of cuts that look like he's making when he's 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.040 on the basketball court, and how he how he sets 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.960 up those routes and changes the speeds and uses you know, 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:37.280 burst or gear down, and and then he's got the 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.720 body control when he leaves the ground. So you know, 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:41.559 he was a little under the radar in terms of 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.880 free agency across the board, but man, we felt like 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:47.920 adding him with c J, that those two guys would 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.600 really complement each other and and be a great addition 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.920 to the tight end, room, burst gear, body control. When 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.840 you start describing the cockling a little bit, I start 0:12:56.920 --> 0:13:02.120 thinking about Garrett Wilson. Uh so, uh, what do you 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:07.439 think about his transition to date um Because he's made 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.080 a lot of plays on the practice field. Nothing seems 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.360 too big for him. And he also seems like a 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.719 guy who's fitting in well with his teammates that he's 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:18.240 continuing to absorb things. Yeah, the you know, like you said, 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.760 he's got an infectious personality. You know, guys are naturally 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.079 drawn to him, and he invests in people in relationships 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.200 and you can see it and how the camaraderie of 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:31.400 that room first and foremost has grown. But the similarities 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.160 of him being a bas having a basketball background and 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.480 former D one offers and how he was if you 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:39.960 want to turn on his highlight tape from from high school, 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.600 it's pretty impressive. But you can see when he leaves 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:46.160 the ground his ability to adjust, uh he's doing He's 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.160 catching oops and punching on people in the lane, and 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.960 you see his ability to elevate in his body control 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:54.720 and catch the passes and the way he changes speeds 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.160 with his routes too. So it's really cool when you 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.360 can see those guys in terms of the movement they 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:01.920 have on the basket ball court and how transitions to football. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:04.800 The last few years here, Jameson Crowter was the leading 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:08.880 receiver for this team. Can you speak to what you 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:14.120 have in the middle now because you resigned Burials, Garrett Wilson, 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:19.680 Scott Um experience of both outside inside, Elijah More can 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.520 play inside as well, and Jeff Smith probably can play 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.080 inside for you too, he has in the past. And 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.280 you know, I think all those guys, the way Mike 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.480 la Fleur moves guys around within this offense and the 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:35.040 value of them having versatility to play X two, play Z, 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.720 to play F and each one of those guys has 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.600 a unique skill set that they can play inside, they 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:45.080 can play outside and set up mismatches. How about the 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.480 speed at the skill positions. I mean, we can talk 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:49.720 about on the defensive side of ball, but let's focus 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.880 on the offensive side of the ball. How much of 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.400 of that was an emphasis and offseason? How much is 0:14:55.440 --> 0:15:00.800 that coming to light now? The possible explosive options that 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:04.120 you guys have head tight end in the backfield. I mean, 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:07.560 anybody talk about Bruce Hall and company. Obviously Michael Carter 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:11.080 leading away there and at the wide receiver position. Yeah, 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:13.400 it's it's been cool and and it was an emphasis 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.200 for us. And you talk about just on the offensive 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.440 side of the ball. What we added with with Garrett 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.720 in the first round with his speed and and Breece 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.160 with his speed and being a sub four or four 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.960 guy at his size. Is how unique that is. You know, 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:28.080 when you look at what he did at the combine 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.480 and how he tested, He's up there with what say 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.400 Kwon Barkley, what did what Jonathan Taylor did at that 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.640 size and speed, which those are three pretty unique guys. 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:40.520 And so adding them those two guys, and then you 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:44.160 know add Ruckert who has some sneaky speed too and 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.680 shows up on GPS and in the way he was 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.920 able to stretch the field Ohio State. And he's still 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:53.440 you know, working his way back to full after his injury, 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:57.280 but would really really been, you know, pleased with his progress. 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.360 Let's flip, let's flip into the cornerback position. You draft 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:04.640 on my gardener number four overall wasn't target at all 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:07.640 in the preseason. That that's pretty rare for a rookie. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.640 I mean, people are gonna they'll take he's gonna be 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.840 seeing a few passes I would imagine a regular season play. 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:17.800 But um, just what did you think of his camp? 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.320 I think he's been had a great camp so far. 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.840 He's been everything we thought he would be. Uh. You 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:27.400 see that the height, the length, the athleticism, But what 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.680 people don't see is the absolute love of the game. 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.160 How he's the first one on the field, how he's 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:36.560 constantly asking teammates on the defensive side of the ball, 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:38.920 teammates on the offensive side of the ball. When we 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:41.560 had the joint practices, he's talking to the guys who 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.120 we went against and just looking for tips. And he's 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:48.000 an absolute sponge to take in everything and learn and 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.240 he wants to grow and he carries it over to 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:52.640 the field. It's been awesome to watch. Do you like 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.960 that dynamic at quarter cornerback? You got the big, long, 0:16:56.040 --> 0:17:00.600 lanky guy and then d J. Reid who doesn't have 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.440 the height, but he plays like he's a football I 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:05.879 like to say. And then yeah, Brandon Uncles got that 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:09.399 starting experience last year Bryce Hall of course. And then 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.320 at the nickel position. I think Michael Carter reminded people 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:15.240 in that last preseason game that Hey I'm here. I'm 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.400 pretty good too, and I can man that nickel spot 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:20.520 for you exactly of a pick. It was awesome play, 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:23.080 you know, coming off his guy and Tyrod trying to 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.840 hit the corner route behind him, so Or got out 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:27.840 of the pocket and tried to hit somebody on the sideline. 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.000 But it was cool, and it's been cool to see 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:33.200 MC to continue to progress after a strong rookie year. 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:35.919 But you know that the dynamics of that room is 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:39.600 different with the two guys who have legit height and 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:43.640 size in both Bryce and Sauce. And then even though 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.040 the other two guys are a little bit shorter in stature, 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.119 you know they've they've done a great job in the 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:50.320 weight room. Our player performance staff has done a great 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:54.080 job of of improving eccl's body and building him up 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.800 and continue to improve his speed. So it's a good 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.840 room overall. How tough is it gonna be for teams 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:03.240 and you guys in third and long situations. So we 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.639 saw a taste of it against the Giants. That was 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:08.120 like the first time we saw the starters out there 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.399 for extended time. But we're gonna see that against Baltimore 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:13.959 and everybody, And I know you can say that with 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:15.680 everybody in the NFL, you don't want to be in 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:17.800 third and long. But just looking at the pass rushers, 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:19.960 especially the depth and the numbers you have at the 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:22.480 defensive end position and what you guys did in the 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.600 off season there, yeah, it starts to to get them 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:27.320 to third and long. We have to play well on 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:30.639 on rundowns or early downs, and Brick talks about that, 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:32.639 and Robert talks about that, and you know, winning in 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:34.800 the early downs and being able to put and put 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:36.919 us in a situation where we can be successful on 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:39.119 third and long. But you know, Aaron why Cotton has 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:42.159 done a tremendous job with that defensive line and the 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:45.480 way it's built to come in waves. And we've got 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.000 ten guys on on that group right now who we 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:49.880 feel good about. Who are who are going to come 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:52.159 in waves. Obviously they're not all gonna be active on 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.840 game day, but but they're all gonna be fighting to 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:57.040 be active throughout the week. And it's a good problem 0:18:57.119 --> 0:18:59.200 to half. I know everybody's looking forward to see Carl 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.440 Lawson in game action, no doubt about that. He hasn't 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.119 played a regular season game yet for the Jets. What 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:07.800 about somebody you talk about flying onto the radar. Obviously 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:09.800 we talk a lot about the draft picks, and rightfully 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:13.720 so Jermaine and Michael Clemens, who has just been all 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:16.080 out effort since the day walked in the building. But 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.640 how about Jacob Martin. Yeah, Jacob was a great addition 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.200 for us. You know, we're excited about him. He he's 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.679 he's played right in, he's played left in. He's played 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:27.160 in in defenses where they have him standing up. But 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:29.959 we saw him down in Houston last year against US, 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:31.960 and as a guy as a as a right in 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.159 who can really get off the ball when you need 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:36.000 to put him on left, he can do that. He's 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:38.919 he's got length, he has speed, he's got a motor. 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:42.280 You know, he brings a new approach as a little 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:46.639 bit more fastball approach, uh than than Carl or jfm 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:49.000 on as those guys. And so when you go bring 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:51.159 him in as the third, brings a different look and 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:53.159 a different body type, kind of a change up, if 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.680 you will, for the for the tackle he's going against. 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:58.440 So what are your thoughts now a week out from 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:02.200 the beginning of two thousand twenty two season, You're feeling 0:20:02.240 --> 0:20:04.840 pretty good about the roster, but just like your emotions 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:08.840 to see it all come together and finally in action, excited. 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:11.679 There's no other, no other way to put it for 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:14.280 me other than excited what we can what we can 0:20:14.320 --> 0:20:17.800