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Speaker 1: Jets quarterback Sam Donald, thanks for coming all. Sound what's
Speaker 1: going on? Guys? Does it feel like it was yesterday
Speaker 1: you walked in across the street one jet stride number
Speaker 1: three overall selection in the two thousand and eighteen draft,
Speaker 1: and already you're three two years it's flying by man. Uh.
Speaker 1: It's funny, you know, after the game, after the good
Speaker 1: win that we had in Buffalo. Uh, with all the
Speaker 1: travel in between, we're all talking about how how crazy
Speaker 1: it is, how fast everything's flying by Uh. Talking with
Speaker 1: Jonathan Harrison and Trevor sont you know some of the
Speaker 1: guys that, um, we're next to me on the plane
Speaker 1: and in the bus. It was just crazy, you know,
Speaker 1: talking about how many years they've all been in the
Speaker 1: league and what year they're going into. I'm going into
Speaker 1: year three. It's uh, it's pretty crazy to think about.
Speaker 1: But uh, it's been a fun journey so far. You know,
Speaker 1: hopefully UM, more wins to come, for sure, but um,
Speaker 1: it's been fun so far. Yeah, I mean, and it
Speaker 1: does go by fast. Can you talk about the transition
Speaker 1: from the difference between year one and going into year two?
Speaker 1: What was the difference? Obviously you have more time to
Speaker 1: prepare and get acclimated to the league. What was that like?
Speaker 1: For sure? Yeah, it was it was awesome to be
Speaker 1: able to I mean, first of all, coming in as
Speaker 1: a rookie, it was it was tough, you know, trying
Speaker 1: to get acclimated and um, but the Jets made it
Speaker 1: super easy in terms of finding a place to live, UM,
Speaker 1: feeling comfortable there. Um had a great guy, Joshua Cown
Speaker 1: to be able to help me with a ton of stuff,
Speaker 1: UM in the off season and get ready to play
Speaker 1: football in the NFL. UM and then coming into year two,
Speaker 1: UM felt like it was just my whole off season
Speaker 1: was filled with learning the new offense. That was really it. Um.
Speaker 1: I didn't have to worry about anything else. So that
Speaker 1: was nice. Um, you know, felt like we took steps
Speaker 1: in the right direction, uh, towards the off season in
Speaker 1: terms of getting ready for the season. Obviously, the beginning
Speaker 1: of the season didn't go exactly the way that everyone
Speaker 1: thought it was gonna go. Uh, you know, getting sick
Speaker 1: and everything that happened in between, so uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it was it was a rough start to the season,
Speaker 1: but I thought we finished strong. So many things to
Speaker 1: get to with the Jets quarterbacks, Sam Donalds, who's joining
Speaker 1: us right off the top here on inside the Jets.
Speaker 1: You just mentioned the turnaround. Prior to yesterday's games, a
Speaker 1: hundred and eleven teams since nineteen seventy eight, not including
Speaker 1: the two strice shortened season had started one and seven.
Speaker 1: Only six teams had rebounded to finish at least seven
Speaker 1: and nine. Now you guys are one of them because
Speaker 1: you win six out of eight down the stretch. What
Speaker 1: was the key to the turnaround in the second half, Uh,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just resiliency you know throughout our whole team.
Speaker 1: That was really the key, um, great guys on the
Speaker 1: locker room to to be able to just keep our
Speaker 1: heads down every single you know, win or lose on Sunday,
Speaker 1: to just keep our heads down and go to work
Speaker 1: on Monday. Uh. You know, it can be tough when
Speaker 1: you start the season one and seven. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: some guys going to tank, other guys don't. You know,
Speaker 1: our whole team didn't. That wasn't the case with any
Speaker 1: of our guys. We all stayed up and um, locker
Speaker 1: rooms stayed positive. Um, you know, and you know there
Speaker 1: are those days though when you know, when you're one
Speaker 1: and seven, it's, uh, it's not easy, you know. But
Speaker 1: our guys, you know, the guys that we have in
Speaker 1: the locker room, it made it more fun than it
Speaker 1: should be. And with that being said, I think that
Speaker 1: had a lot to do with the turnaround. Um. You
Speaker 1: know it's uh again, it's hard to come back from
Speaker 1: one and seven season. We almost did it. Um, but
Speaker 1: hopefully you know, we get we get off to a
Speaker 1: little bit faster start next year and guys always talk
Speaker 1: about you know, winning and ended the season on a
Speaker 1: high note. To carry on into the off season. What
Speaker 1: does that do for you going six in two of
Speaker 1: your last eight games, what does that do for your
Speaker 1: off season goals and moving on in the future. UM, yeah,
Speaker 1: it definitely. You know, there there's something to be said
Speaker 1: for momentum going into the off season. UM. I think
Speaker 1: we we have found UM really, like I keep mentioning,
Speaker 1: I mean, there's great guys in the locker room, and
Speaker 1: that's what you want to continue to drive for. I mean,
Speaker 1: the more good guys you have in the locker room,
Speaker 1: the more you can deal with in terms of, um,
Speaker 1: just everything you know, because playing football, I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: there's so many things that you go through, whether it's injuries, UM,
Speaker 1: things happening off the field with guys. UM, there's so
Speaker 1: many different you know, UM things in different different adversity
Speaker 1: that you deal with. UM. And I think you know,
Speaker 1: just the guys in the locker room to be able
Speaker 1: to deal with it. UM. You know, can't speak highly
Speaker 1: enough of those guys. Where were your most significant improvements.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at your rookie numbers right now, twenty eight
Speaker 1: more than yards pass and seventeen touchdowns, fifteen interceptions, thirty
Speaker 1: six year two New City Tom again sixty pass or
Speaker 1: over three thousand yards for the first time in your career,
Speaker 1: nineteen touchdown passes, thirteen interceptions, and you were sacked thirty
Speaker 1: three times. Now, mind you you at nine different offensive
Speaker 1: line combinations in front of you, at eleven offensive line starters. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I think, uh, this year again, there was
Speaker 1: a lot of adversity that we dealt with as a team. Um,
Speaker 1: but I thought our guys dealt with it well. Um.
Speaker 1: You know. For me personally, UM, I don't get too
Speaker 1: caught up in the numbers. I mean, the only thing
Speaker 1: that really matters to me is wins and losses. Um,
Speaker 1: you know. But just uh with this offense, I mean,
Speaker 1: I feel like it is super easy to find completions,
Speaker 1: which is huge. You know, the more you can spit
Speaker 1: the ball out in the NFL and find guys um
Speaker 1: in the flats or um. Obviously, you want to take
Speaker 1: your shots. You want to be able to score touchdowns
Speaker 1: in this league and create explosive plays, but um, you
Speaker 1: gotta take them when they come to you. And that's
Speaker 1: the big thing in this offense is just um finding
Speaker 1: the completions. And you know, as long as you find completions,
Speaker 1: get the ball out of your hands fast. It creates um,
Speaker 1: you know, the defensive line doesn't play as fast, the
Speaker 1: dbs don't know what's going on when the ball is
Speaker 1: getting out so fast. So, um, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: different things and and you know, it's just again, it's
Speaker 1: just really fun to play in this offense with with
Speaker 1: how fast I can get the ball out. I love
Speaker 1: what you just said about stats and so our Jets fans,
Speaker 1: And he said, don't I think that matters wins the losses?
Speaker 1: What are you taking an account here that you were
Speaker 1: four and nine as the starter as a rookie. But
Speaker 1: Sam Donald when he was leading the Jets thirteen starts
Speaker 1: in two thousand, nineteen seven and six, Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's uh again, there's there's uh, there's some ways. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a long way to go. I think you know, um,
Speaker 1: we're not far off at the same time, but um,
Speaker 1: we would like to win more games in the future, obviously,
Speaker 1: but you know we're going in the right direction. That's
Speaker 1: what matters most. And Sam, you talked about getting getting
Speaker 1: the ball out quick, having that chemistry with your wide receivers. Um,
Speaker 1: what what the team? What is it like to build chemistry.
Speaker 1: You know, they always talk about it and how it
Speaker 1: takes time and how you have to get used to it.
Speaker 1: What is that process like, getting chemistry with all your receivers. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it does take time. I mean it's it's built throughout
Speaker 1: the off season too, you know, inviting the guys out, Um,
Speaker 1: whenever I get the chance, wherever we are, you know,
Speaker 1: as long as we can meet up, hang out. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, just I think that's the biggest thing, is
Speaker 1: just hanging out. You know, the more you get to
Speaker 1: know someone, the more chemistry you have with them. So um,
Speaker 1: on and off the field. So there's definitely a correlation there.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, we have a I think we
Speaker 1: have a ton of chemistry on offense, not just with
Speaker 1: the receivers, but tight ends, running backs, offensive line. I mean, um,
Speaker 1: we have a really good core unit right now. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, who knows if it's gonna change or not,
Speaker 1: but we have a really good thing going. I felt
Speaker 1: like we got really comfortable as the season went on. Um,
Speaker 1: and that's what matters the most. I Mean, we all
Speaker 1: love playing for one another. I think that's one of
Speaker 1: the biggest things in the NFL. If if you love
Speaker 1: playing for one another, it makes it easy to go
Speaker 1: out there every Sunday and put your body on the line.
Speaker 1: You have natural leadership qualities, There's no doubt about that.
Speaker 1: We've seen that from the Get. But did it become
Speaker 1: more of your team a little bit here in your
Speaker 1: two because Levian Belt was talking about it today he
Speaker 1: said you could see that Sam, he was taking more
Speaker 1: ownership and he was seeing things better Like you've talked
Speaker 1: about that. You know, the way Get defenses are trying
Speaker 1: to attack you a little bit more you were sliding protections.
Speaker 1: Did you just feel like naturally it became more of hey,
Speaker 1: this is this is my this is my team, and
Speaker 1: I'm gonna lead us. Well, the more I think, the
Speaker 1: more football that you see or more football that I see,
Speaker 1: the more comfortable I'm gonna get. The more you know,
Speaker 1: with more experience, you know, Um, the better I feel
Speaker 1: like I'm gonna play in the faster I'm gonna play
Speaker 1: than the quicker I'm gonna be able to just um
Speaker 1: uncovered defenses. So um, that's really it for me, is
Speaker 1: just understanding what a defense is doing before the play
Speaker 1: even happens. Um. But again, I think the more that
Speaker 1: you know I hang out or the more that you
Speaker 1: know we were talk in the locker room and all
Speaker 1: that stuff. I feel like the more UM comfortable I
Speaker 1: am to be able to make checks at the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and UM, even if I'm wrong, you know,
Speaker 1: we're all gonna be wrong together. And I think that's
Speaker 1: the biggest thing that UM. You know, I think during
Speaker 1: the last half of the season, I felt like, you know,
Speaker 1: we were all just really on the same page with everything, UM,
Speaker 1: even if someone was wrong, but if we're if we're
Speaker 1: gonna be wrong, that's the huge That's the the big
Speaker 1: thing is you know, making sure that we're all wrong
Speaker 1: together and that I get the ball out and make
Speaker 1: sure that I know where my problems are. UM. I
Speaker 1: felt like I had a really good job of that
Speaker 1: in the back half of the season. I felt like
Speaker 1: our offensive line UH did a great job in the
Speaker 1: back half with UM getting used to playing different positions
Speaker 1: than some guys UH weren't used to playing in the past.
Speaker 1: And again, can't can't speak highly enough of, you know,
Speaker 1: the attitude that everyone on the entire team had really
Speaker 1: um throughout the entire year with with all the different
Speaker 1: Adversely that we had to deal with, and you know,
Speaker 1: in the secondary we had this saying is if you're
Speaker 1: all wrong, then we're all right. You know, you can
Speaker 1: get through that down That communication is important. But going
Speaker 1: into this offseason, are there are some things that you
Speaker 1: already had figured out that you're gonna go work on
Speaker 1: for for the next year to try to improve on
Speaker 1: your game. Yeah, I think, you know, I can always
Speaker 1: continue to watch tape and myself understand what I need
Speaker 1: to work on. I think, uh, there's definitely some little
Speaker 1: fundamental things that I need to continue to work on. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, with the thumb injury, I wasn't able to
Speaker 1: um keep the ball as tight as I would have
Speaker 1: liked in some situations. Uh. But you know, I think
Speaker 1: always keeping two hands in the pocket is always going
Speaker 1: to be an emphasis for me moving forward. And there's
Speaker 1: a there's a bunch of different drills for that again.
Speaker 1: But you know, there's there's nothing like you can't really
Speaker 1: simulate live football. And that's the one thing is, you
Speaker 1: know with different sports like basketball, I mean, you can
Speaker 1: go up and play pick up basketball you want, but
Speaker 1: you can't really go out and play pick up football
Speaker 1: at any time. So uh, it can be tough, but
Speaker 1: at the same time, uh, just continue to get experience
Speaker 1: and whether it's practice, UM, preseason and regular see and games.
Speaker 1: You know, the more experience that I get, I feel
Speaker 1: like the better that I'll play. You're listening inside the Jets.
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Speaker 1: season finale today, Sam Donald, Sam, why did you guys make?
Speaker 1: Why was our instant chemistry there between you and Jamison Crowder?
Speaker 1: Game one coming out fourteen catches against the Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: and you end it yesterday in Buffalo ironically eight catches
Speaker 1: sixty six yards in a game winning score. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean there's a baller. He's a good player, MANU. Just
Speaker 1: his ability, his suddenness to be able to get open
Speaker 1: and find a find uh, you know, just you know,
Speaker 1: just the openness in the defense, especially in zones. I mean,
Speaker 1: he knows it's exactly where to sit he does. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's he's incredible with that. And even in man he's
Speaker 1: got a suddenness to be able to um pull apart
Speaker 1: from guys so create separation. So he's just a really
Speaker 1: good player, and um, glad we got him and Sam
Speaker 1: I got I would be wrong if I didn't ask
Speaker 1: about the defense. What what was it like watching that
Speaker 1: defense and the things that they were doing, the different
Speaker 1: blitz packages, the different looks Greg Williams created, and this
Speaker 1: this the overall dominant performance they put on in the
Speaker 1: second half of the season. Yeah, I mean they were dominant.
Speaker 1: Like you said, I mean, you can't credit those guys
Speaker 1: enough for what you know. Uh again, and they had
Speaker 1: their own adversity that they dealt with on defense too,
Speaker 1: So uh man, I can't can't say enough about those
Speaker 1: guys out there. Um, just the guys that were able
Speaker 1: to come in mid season and be able to learn
Speaker 1: Greg's uh scheme and be able to put it to
Speaker 1: put it to work, and and uh it was just fun.
Speaker 1: I mean going against him in training camp was crazy. Uh,
Speaker 1: those all those different looks and it was tough. Uh
Speaker 1: So you know it was a tough, tough training camp,
Speaker 1: but you know, it definitely made us better. And you know,
Speaker 1: I can see why some teams struggle against you know,
Speaker 1: that scheme looking back now and you'll have time to
Speaker 1: reflect in the my it's ahead, But can you believe
Speaker 1: the way the year opened for you, and you know,
Speaker 1: so much expectation you had that could um you you
Speaker 1: were in sync with your signal caller Adam Gaze, had
Speaker 1: a great training camp, and then the day before the
Speaker 1: season opener against the Bills, you're not feeling well. You
Speaker 1: still go out complete one, you lose a tough ballgame.
Speaker 1: You guys lose C J. Mosley in the process. A
Speaker 1: couple of days later, you're diagnosed with mono and you
Speaker 1: missed games two through four. Yeah, uh, it's uh, it
Speaker 1: was a little bit different, you know, a little bit
Speaker 1: different year than I'm used to. But we battled back
Speaker 1: from it. I mean we uh, you know, there was
Speaker 1: a there was a few games where we strugg I
Speaker 1: struggled personally, Uh, you know, New England, Miami, Jacksonville. Uh
Speaker 1: felt like, you know, I didn't play my best football. Um.
Speaker 1: But the Miami game, did you think when you turn
Speaker 1: in the corner there, because even though you had the
Speaker 1: red zone interception where maybe you were trying to make
Speaker 1: too much happen on on that play. And after that game,
Speaker 1: that's when you guys started turning the single around. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean you know again, I think the more opportunities
Speaker 1: that we got to play in the offense. You know,
Speaker 1: the more games that we actually experienced that I experienced, um,
Speaker 1: speaking for myself, the more comfortable that I felt with everything. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I love this offense. I know the guys do.
Speaker 1: And um, it's just really fun to play in two
Speaker 1: and especially when we get rolling and we start going
Speaker 1: up tempo and all that kind of stuff. So uh, again,
Speaker 1: it's just it's a fun offense to play in when
Speaker 1: we're rolling, and you know, we're just looking forward to
Speaker 1: more of that, uh in the coming year. Why have
Speaker 1: you Why did you guys have so much success in
Speaker 1: your opening drives this year? It seemed like would be
Speaker 1: a letdown if you're not most of the time you
Speaker 1: scoring touchdowns for a while there, but getting points on
Speaker 1: the board. Because yeah, yeah, even yesterday in Buffalo, you
Speaker 1: moved down to field. Unfortunately Levian can't get the third one,
Speaker 1: but he didn't have anywhere to go, and then you
Speaker 1: missed the field goal. But by and large, when you
Speaker 1: guys get the ball in that opening drive, you know
Speaker 1: you're gonna go right down the field. Yeah, I mean, uh,
Speaker 1: you know that's a credit to the game plan. Man.
Speaker 1: I mean what, uh what Adam and Dowell and you know,
Speaker 1: all of our our whole offensive staff what they're able
Speaker 1: to do throughout the week to get ready for that
Speaker 1: you know, opening series and uh really the whole entire game.
Speaker 1: But I mean it's it's incredible, you know what what
Speaker 1: what they're able to do there, and um us as players,
Speaker 1: we just gotta go out there and execute and uh man,
Speaker 1: it's uh, it was fun. You know. I feel like
Speaker 1: there were a lot of games in a row where
Speaker 1: we just scored every single time on the first drive,
Speaker 1: and uh, it was a fun stretch. There was a
Speaker 1: tough getting in that locker room yesterday, kind of bitter
Speaker 1: sweet you guys win another one, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: you're not playing another week because you guys had this
Speaker 1: thing going in the right direction. Yeah, um yeah, I
Speaker 1: kind of felt the same at the end of last year.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I just felt like we were kind of
Speaker 1: moving in the right direction. Um felt really felt a
Speaker 1: good rhythm. And then that's it. You know, we're seventeen.
Speaker 1: You're done. It is, um it is and so uh
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully this time next year we're getting ready
Speaker 1: to play um in the playoffs. But at the same
Speaker 1: time it really starts, Uh, it really does start, No
Speaker 1: t A s and then training camp. You really got
Speaker 1: to continue to uh continue with the process. You gotta
Speaker 1: be you gotta love the process in the NFL, because
Speaker 1: if if you, if you try to skip steps and
Speaker 1: uh try to move on to week one and really
Speaker 1: start thinking about the next season right now, Um, you
Speaker 1: can get caught up a little bit. So UM, it's
Speaker 1: been fun though. I mean I had to blast this year.
Speaker 1: Great teammates obviously, great coaches, Um, just the organization. I
Speaker 1: feel like it's really heading in the right direction and
Speaker 1: we couldn't be more excited. I'll tell you what, Eric,
Speaker 1: this guy does love the process. We take the Adam
Speaker 1: Gaye Show Tuesday mornings. In the Quarterbacks from room. Guy
Speaker 1: was always in the background trying to get in the door.
Speaker 1: That was Sam Donald, first guy in the building like that.
Speaker 1: You know they say that and people are wondering, Wall
Speaker 1: is that true. No, Sam's always trying to knock down
Speaker 1: in the door. But when we're taping hint the quarterbacks, right, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean and talking about that, you and Adam case
Speaker 1: have a different relationship than most quarterbacks and head coaches.
Speaker 1: You're you're really a big part of that the offense
Speaker 1: and in the progression. Can you talk about how much
Speaker 1: input he actually takes of yours and implementing into the
Speaker 1: game plan? How does that mean it? Uh? You know,
Speaker 1: it kind of just depends, you know, how I'm feeling
Speaker 1: in practice. Uh, if practices are running smooth, if I
Speaker 1: feel like, um, certain players aren't working you know, necessarily
Speaker 1: the way that I felt like they should be. And
Speaker 1: it's it's funny too, because usually whenever I would go
Speaker 1: with him, uh, or whenever I would talk to him
Speaker 1: about a certain play, um, he'd be like, wait ahead,
Speaker 1: you you know that play is already out. So um,
Speaker 1: it's funny how that usually worked. But UM, I'm definitely
Speaker 1: super open to him about what I like, what I
Speaker 1: don't like. Again, because you know, we're playing on the
Speaker 1: same team. We're all trying to win on Sunday. So um,
Speaker 1: the more that we can communicate together, um, the better
Speaker 1: we're gonna be. As Marty Lyons called Southern California, dude, yes,
Speaker 1: your day. But how much have you enjoyed playing in
Speaker 1: this area? The New York area and also the Jets
Speaker 1: fans because they're passionate they're out here in full force
Speaker 1: waiting for you to get off the set tonight. But
Speaker 1: New York and then your connection with these folks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: these people are awesome. I mean just uh from southern
Speaker 1: California coming in here and making you know, New Jersey,
Speaker 1: New York. Uh second home. It's been awesome, great food,
Speaker 1: great people. Uh. So I'm just I'm excited to be
Speaker 1: here and uh all the fans should be excited for
Speaker 1: years to come. Yeah, well said, uh about thirty seconds
Speaker 1: left here, Sam, what's your offseason shaping up? Like I'm
Speaker 1: not telling I'm not asking you to tell us. Yeah,
Speaker 1: exactly the plans. But what do you think now as
Speaker 1: you look ahead? Yeah, um, I'm just gonna hang out
Speaker 1: for a little bit, you know, kind decompress, Uh, just
Speaker 1: relax for for at least a couple of weeks here. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm staying here for the most part, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: for a solid month, just to hang out and then
Speaker 1: uh definitely gonna go home for a good while and
Speaker 1: hang out in southern California. Um. So yeah, that's pretty much.
Speaker 1: It won't get into too much detail, but uh yeah,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good offseason of just relaxing, but
Speaker 1: also getting better and continuing to get better with this offense. Well,
Speaker 1: we thank you so much for stopping by tonight. That
Speaker 1: is Jets quarterback Sam Donald. We will be right back
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Speaker 1: the show with the bang per se uh. Jets quarterbacks
Speaker 1: Sam Donald who I thought played awfully well over the
Speaker 1: season's final eight games. And you think about the adversity
Speaker 1: this team faced in two thousand nineteen, look no further
Speaker 1: than their quarterback diagnosed with mono after the season opener.
Speaker 1: Mrs those three and mrs three games, not just three
Speaker 1: games in the middle of the season or towards the
Speaker 1: end of the season, at the beginning of the season
Speaker 1: in a new system, with the new coach and a
Speaker 1: new play caller. So, um, he really beat this year.
Speaker 1: And and and he talked about his thumb. He took
Speaker 1: a beating at times behind an offensive line that was
Speaker 1: continually shuffled because of injuries. Uh, he worked with different
Speaker 1: people on the outside. And I'll tell you what he
Speaker 1: showed me a lot. And I think the futures, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's bright as well. And you talk about
Speaker 1: the start to that season, and you know, he comes,
Speaker 1: he plays the first game against Buffalo and it isn't
Speaker 1: feeling well, goes out with mono, and who knows how
Speaker 1: long it took for him to get his footing back.
Speaker 1: You know, I always know when you come off an
Speaker 1: injury and you they say that you're healthy enough to play,
Speaker 1: You're never a so uh, you know, I can only
Speaker 1: imagine how long that took him to get back to
Speaker 1: feeling like his old self. But he definitely got back
Speaker 1: to it towards the end of that season, you know,
Speaker 1: end of the season six and two leading the Jets. Uh,
Speaker 1: the defense played well, he played well, The team really
Speaker 1: started to click, and he become he became a better
Speaker 1: decision maker because he is so athletic that there are
Speaker 1: a few plays he can't make. With that being said,
Speaker 1: sometimes he can it yourself in trouble if you're trying
Speaker 1: to force the action, per se. And I thought he
Speaker 1: did a better job throughout the year of Okay, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna live the fight another day. Yeah, I mean he
Speaker 1: did make a lot better decisions, you know, instead of
Speaker 1: you know, putting himself in harm's way trying to force
Speaker 1: a pass. He started to learn at the end of
Speaker 1: the year, let me just throw this away, let me
Speaker 1: get to the next down. And that really helped the
Speaker 1: team and uh, you know, continue to help the defense
Speaker 1: as well. You know, when it's when it's a drive
Speaker 1: that that's not there, you know, put it away. Let's
Speaker 1: defense dominate, you know, That's how it works. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: this is our last show of two thousand nineteen. So
Speaker 1: I want to get to some calls and I'm gonna
Speaker 1: bring in Ira from Staten Island here just momentarily. It's
Speaker 1: one nine three seven seven six, so get your jets
Speaker 1: calls in inside. The jets will be here for about
Speaker 1: another half an hour. But I re was on hold already,
Speaker 1: so let's get him off. What's up? Ira? Hey, happy
Speaker 1: to Erica and Erica happy immediately, you guys, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know. It's amazing. Another season in the books. The
Speaker 1: guy did a great job and I totally agree with
Speaker 1: both me on Sam. I thought that he definitely showed
Speaker 1: improvement in many ways in his game. Um, I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if he was protecting himself or the coaches told
Speaker 1: him not to run, but a couple of times he
Speaker 1: did have some open spots. But you know, whatever the
Speaker 1: reason is, but you're right, the futures looked right with him.
Speaker 1: But you know you mentioned crowd earlier. I tell you
Speaker 1: man to me, no disrespect to anybody's He was the
Speaker 1: m v P on the offense. I mean, this guy
Speaker 1: was he flew onto the radar. He you know, he
Speaker 1: was like the catch machine where you end up with
Speaker 1: a close eighty catches about eight dred yards. So yeah,
Speaker 1: and you know they had, you know, whatever they're gonna
Speaker 1: do with Anderson, maybe he had something else to the outside.
Speaker 1: But the thing that I take out of this team,
Speaker 1: and Eric, you know I told you, is, um, I'm
Speaker 1: glad I turned out to guess way I thought they
Speaker 1: had a chance to finish seven and nine. They did
Speaker 1: the job, and you know, to go six and to
Speaker 1: the second hand for the year, I think that's a
Speaker 1: really good thing. You get to think back as a fan,
Speaker 1: you could do it. Um, what might happen if he
Speaker 1: didn't get sick. What might have happened if this guy
Speaker 1: did you get hurt? You know. But you know, going
Speaker 1: into next year, you know, you have to feel good
Speaker 1: and you have to have an optimistic view of where
Speaker 1: this team is headed. And now Joe Douglas is on
Speaker 1: the clock, and I think once he gets to work,
Speaker 1: and you know, he got the draft, you got free agency,
Speaker 1: he got some you know guys that are unsigned. He
Speaker 1: who who's going to bring back? Um, I think this
Speaker 1: team is gonna be a funkia to watch that year,
Speaker 1: and it's a good future going forward. Well said Listen.
Speaker 1: Joe Douglas is on the clock. But I want to
Speaker 1: remind people that, yes, the Jets haven't made the postseason
Speaker 1: in nine years, but Joe Douglas was hired in June,
Speaker 1: so now he is gonna put his imprint on the
Speaker 1: roster and he has plenty of decisions to make. I
Speaker 1: looked at the Jets unrestricted free agent lists is a
Speaker 1: long list. So not only do you have to take
Speaker 1: a look at what's out there on the free agent market,
Speaker 1: guys potentially springing free, but who fits here? Who do
Speaker 1: you want part of the program as you continue to
Speaker 1: build this thing? Yeah, I mean that's gonna be the
Speaker 1: interesting part is you know who stays here? Who who
Speaker 1: do they let go into free agency? And they have
Speaker 1: some tough decisions to make. I mean you look at
Speaker 1: guys like Jordan Jenkins, who had eight sacks this year
Speaker 1: and and played well in spurts. Uh really it was
Speaker 1: really really a steadfast player who developed here. He missed
Speaker 1: three games. He missed three games. So you know, there
Speaker 1: are a ton of players on this team that that
Speaker 1: have question marks about and there's guys out in free agency.
Speaker 1: There's a draft. There's so many things that Joe Douglas
Speaker 1: has to handle in this offseason. It's gonna be a
Speaker 1: big one. Yeah, it is. And he's going to address
Speaker 1: the media at One Jet Drive tomorrow, so we'll get
Speaker 1: an opportunity to hear from him. But when we get back,
Speaker 1: I'll actually read you hit list of unrestricted free agents.
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a look at what's in store for
Speaker 1: the Jets. In after the least amount of miles traveled
Speaker 1: in their franchise history, they're gonna have one of the most.
Speaker 1: They have their frequent yeah most most mileage trips. Uh trucks,
Speaker 1: I should say. In But we're gonna come right back
Speaker 1: for another segment on Inside Jets. You're listening to YESPN
Speaker 1: New York sucking down in Golden Side the one yard line.
Speaker 1: Donald play action again puts it in the end zone.
Speaker 1: Jamison Potter has got it. That's a Jet touchdown. Off
Speaker 1: the play action fake Sam Donald called little flip over
Speaker 1: the middle to Jamison Crowder. He makes the touchdown catch
Speaker 1: and the Jets take the lead back and they have
Speaker 1: scored the first touchdown of the game. About nineties seconds
Speaker 1: gone by on the fourth quarter. Welcome back the Inside
Speaker 1: the Jet. We're broadcasting Live and Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Sports and
Speaker 1: Spirits inside to win him in Hambletonton Park, Cotel Erica
Speaker 1: alongside Eric Coleman. Well, yeah, Jamison Crowder. What a year
Speaker 1: for the Green and White signing free agency um and
Speaker 1: he was as good as advertised. People talk about, Okay,
Speaker 1: he's slot receiver, but he also can make plays down
Speaker 1: the field, and we we saw that continually this season. Explosive,
Speaker 1: can beat guys man to man, but also had that
Speaker 1: natural feel against his zone of finding that right spot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was great. You know in the offseason and training camp,
Speaker 1: all you heard about was Jamison Crowder. You know how
Speaker 1: he and Sam have this great chemistry and he's making
Speaker 1: plays catches that you wouldn't believe. And and you watch
Speaker 1: him in the preseason, you watch him throughout the regular season,
Speaker 1: and one of the most intelligent guys that I've seen
Speaker 1: play the game. Because you have to be crafty, you
Speaker 1: have to understand leverage, you have to understand coverage when
Speaker 1: you play that slot physician, and he's one of the
Speaker 1: best I've seen at it and had to spectacle of
Speaker 1: a year for it. You were listening inside the Jets,
Speaker 1: you can call in eight, three, seven, seven six, Eric
Speaker 1: Allen alongside Eric Coleman, one of the jets notable unrestricted
Speaker 1: free agents, Robbie Anderson Robbie again for a second consecutive
Speaker 1: year with Sam Donald. He started getting going in December.
Speaker 1: It seems like every year once the weather gets cool,
Speaker 1: Robbie gets really warm. Uh. He's a unique ball player
Speaker 1: because I think a lot of people he thought for
Speaker 1: a while that he was just a vertical threat. He
Speaker 1: became more of a complete receiver this year, There's no
Speaker 1: doubt about that. We saw the Jets and Adam Gates
Speaker 1: use him more on crossing patterns than we've ever seen before,
Speaker 1: deep ends. He worked the middle of the field and
Speaker 1: became a more complete player. Yeah. I mean, and you
Speaker 1: have to give Robbie a ton of credit for polishing
Speaker 1: his game, you know, not being a one dimensional player
Speaker 1: who just comes in and runs deep routes. Robbie really
Speaker 1: worked on it, worked on it. He worked on his hands.
Speaker 1: He's making some spectacular catches, showed his toughness. He's not
Speaker 1: the biggest guy, but showed a lot of toughness and
Speaker 1: grit this year. And he's trying to make his case,
Speaker 1: was making his case all year that he is the
Speaker 1: number one receiver and he deserves to get paid that way.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be interesting when you get into free agency
Speaker 1: to see do the Jets value and his one? Uh?
Speaker 1: Do other teams value him as a one? And where
Speaker 1: does he fit along those lines. He's gonna get paid
Speaker 1: by somebody, no doubt about that. Listen, undrafted free agent
Speaker 1: to reach three thousand yards receiving in the first four
Speaker 1: yards of four years of his career. Excuse me, Robbie Anderson. Unbelievable,
Speaker 1: I mean, and that just just shows you that he's
Speaker 1: working on his craft, he's trying to get better, and
Speaker 1: he's a true pro. And you know, I give him
Speaker 1: all the credit in the world. You love to see
Speaker 1: guys like that who are underdogs, who come in undrafted
Speaker 1: free agents come in and work their tails off because
Speaker 1: you know it wasn't given to him, So you gotta
Speaker 1: give Robbie a lot of credit. Yeah, that's gonna be
Speaker 1: an interesting decision. You mentioned one of the guys I
Speaker 1: wanted to highlight as well, outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins, the
Speaker 1: Jets number two in the National Football League against the run,
Speaker 1: number seven overall in terms of yards per game. Jordan
Speaker 1: Jenkins missed three games, he still had eight sacks and
Speaker 1: he plays that all important position of edge center. So
Speaker 1: a lot of times Jordan Jenkins isn't making a tackle,
Speaker 1: but he might be turning that running back inside. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: Jordan is playing a lot of selfless football, you know,
Speaker 1: as you mentioned set in the edge, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: dominating getting that penetration. And he may not be getting
Speaker 1: the sacks, he may not be getting the tackles for losses,
Speaker 1: but he is making a big impact. You know, you
Speaker 1: don't become the first overall run defense in the NFL
Speaker 1: by not having a bunch of selfless guys who are
Speaker 1: willing to sacrifice. And his guys like Jordan Jenkins that
Speaker 1: helped his defense elevate. Throughout all the injuries, all the
Speaker 1: all the key players that were out during this season,
Speaker 1: they still were amongst the best in the league. What
Speaker 1: about Brian Pool, you know he became available, Atlanta moved on,
Speaker 1: Jets picked him up, and Greg Williams needs a certain
Speaker 1: player to play that all important nickel position and he
Speaker 1: filled it quite well. Physical dude who matched up well
Speaker 1: with guys on the inside. That's very difficult, but uh,
Speaker 1: he really brought an element of physicality like I talked about,
Speaker 1: because he'll come up and play the run and he
Speaker 1: gets after those receivers work in the middle of the field. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I talked about Jamison Crowder and how intelligent
Speaker 1: you have to be to play in that slot. Well,
Speaker 1: to cover him, you have to be equally as intelligent.
Speaker 1: You have to be able to cover. You have to
Speaker 1: be able to play, come up and hit like a safety.
Speaker 1: You have to be able to feel gaps like a linebacker.
Speaker 1: So you know, it's a really a special player who
Speaker 1: can play that nickel position. And in Pool really did
Speaker 1: a great job of stepping up this year, but when
Speaker 1: he was healthy, made a huge impact on this defense. Yeah.
Speaker 1: How about Nevil Hewitt. We talked about the injuries at
Speaker 1: the inside linebacker position. There's another unrestricted free agent and
Speaker 1: he's a guy who you thought might be a special
Speaker 1: team's contributor and backup in Avery Williamson or C. J. Moseley,
Speaker 1: But injuries across the board, Neville Hewitt uh pushed into
Speaker 1: a very important role and I thought he took a jump. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean Nevill, I mean, you talk about the injuries
Speaker 1: that happened in the team and his next man up.
Speaker 1: But you seldom talk about the guys who weren't gonna
Speaker 1: have the opportunity, who are going to be special teams
Speaker 1: players and role players on the team, having to step
Speaker 1: into that middle linebacker position, that inside linebacker called the defense,
Speaker 1: make the checks, be a leader. Nevill did a great
Speaker 1: job this year. He was consistent, he was physical, and
Speaker 1: it made it to where you didn't really miss the
Speaker 1: other players. You know, and there's no discredit to c. J.
Speaker 1: Mosley or Avery Williamson, but Nevill Hewitt did a great
Speaker 1: job of stepping up this year and being that impact
Speaker 1: player in the middle. You know what, something bothered me.
Speaker 1: People have been talking about the Jets using injuries as
Speaker 1: an excuse. But if you you were around the locker
Speaker 1: room at all this year and you talked to the guys,
Speaker 1: all the he said was next man up. It happens
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. The facts are twenty guys
Speaker 1: want on injury reserve. Funny thing is I'm in Buffalo
Speaker 1: in the press box talking to a couple of reporters
Speaker 1: yesterday and they're talking about the health of the Bills.
Speaker 1: Sam Donald started thirteen games this year for the New
Speaker 1: York Jets. Josh Allen, Yes, the Bills are going playing
Speaker 1: on wild Card weekend. He started sixteen games. C J. Mosley,
Speaker 1: big time linebacker, culture changer. He was limited to a
Speaker 1: couple of games. Tremaine Edmonds playing inside linebacker. He's a
Speaker 1: no c J. Mosley yet, but he plays in a
Speaker 1: very important position for the Buffalo Bills. He played sixteen games.
Speaker 1: Take a trade Avias White out of that lineup. They're saying,
Speaker 1: the point is, listen, you endured not only injuries, but
Speaker 1: a key positions at certain times. Yeah, I mean the
Speaker 1: guys down the middle of your your your team, you know,
Speaker 1: whether it be the quarterback, center, in middle, linebacker safe
Speaker 1: those are the talkers. They're the communicators and the leaders
Speaker 1: of that offense or defense. And not having them uh
Speaker 1: implemented on your team when you've been relying on them
Speaker 1: in the off season, when you've gone through training camp
Speaker 1: and really built your team around these players, to have
Speaker 1: them taken out of the lineup is a huge hit.
Speaker 1: And for the simple fact that the Jets were able
Speaker 1: to recover from that and continue to have success is
Speaker 1: a tremendous credit to the coaching staff. Greg Williams did
Speaker 1: a great job. Gains did a great job, Royer did
Speaker 1: a great job. In special teams. I mean, they were
Speaker 1: dominant this year as well. So you gotta give a
Speaker 1: ton of credit to these players as well as the coaches. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and the key point here and all this too, is
Speaker 1: this is year one of the system. A lot of
Speaker 1: these teams that are playing in the playoffs right now,
Speaker 1: or we see repeated times in the playoffs, they got
Speaker 1: continuity up top. And that's that's what I keep telling
Speaker 1: people about the organizations that are staples in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: You know, when you look at some of the other franchises,
Speaker 1: they've had their coach there for several years and they
Speaker 1: stay with them, and they have to give the coach
Speaker 1: an opportunity to to bring in those players that are
Speaker 1: that fit their scheme, that fit their character, and continue
Speaker 1: to build in mature players, free agents, undrafted free agents.
Speaker 1: You know, you you have to develop talent and have
Speaker 1: time to do that as a coach. All right, we're
Speaker 1: gonna come right back. You're listening to Inside the Jets
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Speaker 1: it's picked off by Molett and Molette returns it to
Speaker 1: the Buffalo forty two. He lopped it over the head
Speaker 1: of T. J. Yelden right into the arms of Arthur
Speaker 1: Mollett and the Jets get a takeaway that was a gift.
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Speaker 1: This is our final segment of the year here on
Speaker 1: inside the Jets and Jets this seven and nine a
Speaker 1: thirteen to six victory over the Buffalo Bills. Uh, closing
Speaker 1: the season out in style. Uh listen, sometimes it's ugly,
Speaker 1: but you'll take the victory. And I was there. Conditions
Speaker 1: weren't good. I don't care what anybody says downpour. Um. Yes,
Speaker 1: the Bills played their backups. They get paid to Um. Yeah, Uh,
Speaker 1: you don't apologize for one of the National Football League.
Speaker 1: I don't care when it comes no, absolutely not, you know,
Speaker 1: and anytime you can get a win, I don't care
Speaker 1: who it is. You know, these guys are all capable
Speaker 1: of stepping in and making an impact and uh and
Speaker 1: being key contributors to their team. And it was great
Speaker 1: to see the Jets win one of those ugly games,
Speaker 1: you know, one of one of those nasty games where
Speaker 1: the defense had to step up and make plays, you know,
Speaker 1: the offense had to be gritty and figure it out.
Speaker 1: It shows a lot about their characters. They actually did
Speaker 1: in the last two weeks. If you go back to
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh game when they took down the Steelers sixteen
Speaker 1: to ten. You know, defense dominates Greg Williams and in
Speaker 1: the offense does not have the killer mistake and they
Speaker 1: make enough plays happen to gain that victory. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: and that's why you always talk about, um, you know,
Speaker 1: kicking at the end of a drive, whether it be
Speaker 1: an extra point, whether it be a field goal or
Speaker 1: a punt. Just making sure that you don't hurt your
Speaker 1: team by turning over the football. Uh, taking care of
Speaker 1: that ball is so much more important, uh you winning
Speaker 1: that that time of possession, use me, not the time
Speaker 1: in possession. Winning that turnover battle is a huge thing
Speaker 1: for teams, and the Jets are one that they are
Speaker 1: going to take advantage of it. On defense, They're gonna
Speaker 1: force them on offense. If they can take care of
Speaker 1: the ball, they're gonna be in good hand. I think
Speaker 1: yesterday was a microcosm from what, uh, from what we've
Speaker 1: seen from this defense here throughout the entire season. James Burgess,
Speaker 1: inside linebacker, one of the team's leading tacklers. Another guy
Speaker 1: who came out of nowhere. This here comes up with
Speaker 1: this first career in reception, Arthur Mallett first career interception
Speaker 1: as well. We just heard Terrell Basham coming up with
Speaker 1: the phonal recovery on Jordan Jenkins, team leading eight sack
Speaker 1: and all. By the way, I don't know what the
Speaker 1: National Football League was thinking about that overturned call, because
Speaker 1: Basham should have had a strip sack. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know how the heck they took that one
Speaker 1: off the board. Jets happ three takeaways and all but
Speaker 1: contributors that you would have never picked before the season
Speaker 1: had started, that you would have said, these guys were
Speaker 1: coming up with the takeaways. Yeah, I mean, let's go
Speaker 1: back to that James Burdens interception, because that was phenomenal
Speaker 1: on several different levels. When I looked at the team,
Speaker 1: when I looked at the tape. It showed at the
Speaker 1: beginning of the snap, they had six guys that were blitzing.
Speaker 1: It looked like you have you have the cornerback blitzing
Speaker 1: off the side. It looked like six guys were blitzing.
Speaker 1: The two defensive tackles Quinnin Williams and Basham dropped back
Speaker 1: into coverage. You end up only rushing four. Burgess buzzes
Speaker 1: out to the flat. The quarterback throws it right to him.
Speaker 1: I've never seen a cornerback blitz uh that complicated and
Speaker 1: that in depth. And they only brought four and then
Speaker 1: brought and then showed, and one of the four was
Speaker 1: the cornerback outside, not the nickel corps. Kennedy came and
Speaker 1: Berkeley It's like, oh boy, I gotta get rid of
Speaker 1: the football. Yeah, you see the cornerback blitzing off the side.
Speaker 1: You're gonna go to your hot route. You're gonna go
Speaker 1: quick pass to your ex receiver. James Burgess buzzed out
Speaker 1: to the flat anticipating that, snapped his head around Condy interception,
Speaker 1: and then later in that game, the Mulette interception came
Speaker 1: again when Berkeley saying, I gotta get the football. T
Speaker 1: J Yelton is not looking for it. Well, that's right there.
Speaker 1: That's what happens when you get pressure. That's what happens
Speaker 1: when you get hits on the quarterback. When you're getting
Speaker 1: after them, they start to to to see things. They
Speaker 1: start to force the issue and start to throw the
Speaker 1: ball before receivers already. That's how you get turnovers with
Speaker 1: with those mistakes. And that's why Greg Williams is such
Speaker 1: a special coach and that's why these players have had success.
Speaker 1: And that's why guys love playing for Greg Williams. Because
Speaker 1: you just mentioned it looked like the Jets were sentenced
Speaker 1: X and the Burgess interception, but they're only sending for
Speaker 1: You never know where the pressure is coming from. We
Speaker 1: talked about fire zones all the time, and when we
Speaker 1: speak of Jamal Adams, and he was such an effective
Speaker 1: blitzer for this team, got it out the last couple
Speaker 1: of games. Because he's not a hundred percent whole, have
Speaker 1: a chance to heal himself up in the off season.
Speaker 1: But second consecutive team MVP for this guy. And I
Speaker 1: talked to a couple of people yesterday. They believe he
Speaker 1: should not only be yes a pro bowler, which he
Speaker 1: is he should be an All Pro. And he absolutely
Speaker 1: should be an All Pro, and I expect him to be.
Speaker 1: You know, he had a dominant year this year. You know,
Speaker 1: with the sacks, with the coverage, with with the open
Speaker 1: field tackles. He made big time impact plays, whether it
Speaker 1: be a turnover, forced fumbles. He was that guy who
Speaker 1: was a special player. Everyone, every team that played him
Speaker 1: understood where number thirty three was and he still was
Speaker 1: able to make an impact. That says a lot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And how about again, I keep on going back to
Speaker 1: the depth that we saw develop here, um even along
Speaker 1: the defensive line. Kyle Phillips, an undrafted free agent out
Speaker 1: at Tennessee. We saw Quinnon Williams, the number three overall
Speaker 1: pick in the draft. He started flashing down the stretch.
Speaker 1: Steve mcclennon old, reliable. Don't call him old because he's
Speaker 1: probably thrown around a six pound squad across the street
Speaker 1: right now. Off full Ofronzo Fatakasi, who joined us a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, was such a great story for
Speaker 1: this team. We talked about Jordan Jenkins, UH, Brandon Copeland
Speaker 1: got back into the mix UH this year as well.
Speaker 1: UH coming back off of that the suspension, and then
Speaker 1: we we mentioned the folks, all the guys they used
Speaker 1: it inside linebacker most notably at the end of the
Speaker 1: season and Burgess and Neville Hewitt and then what he
Speaker 1: was doing at the quarterback position. Uh. Credit cost de
Speaker 1: Marcus Mayad safety for becoming the first defensive back this season,
Speaker 1: the only defensive back this season start sixteen games at all.
Speaker 1: But you didn't know I was playing cornerback for this team.
Speaker 1: And they just plugged in and we're able to go
Speaker 1: out and get the job done. Absolutely, and you gotta
Speaker 1: get credit to these guys for their their uh persistence.
Speaker 1: You know, they continue to prepare. They never looked down
Speaker 1: on each other. They could have they could have went
Speaker 1: the tank at one in seven. You know, that's a
Speaker 1: that's a tough hole to come out of, and it's
Speaker 1: tough to stay positive and focus on your task. But
Speaker 1: the coaches did a great job of preparing guys. The
Speaker 1: players did a great job of stepping up and really
Speaker 1: they did it. They kept a tight locker room and
Speaker 1: that shows a lot moving forward. Here's the Jets truck
Speaker 1: road games against everybody in the division. We know that
Speaker 1: also Kansas City, the lah Chargers, Indianapolis, the l A
Speaker 1: rams in Seattle. So you're going out to California twice
Speaker 1: to play both l A teams. You're going out to
Speaker 1: Seattle and you're gonna see Patrick Mahomes at his home. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a lot of traveling next year. Hopefully
Speaker 1: some of those are back to back when they can,
Speaker 1: you know, have a trip where they stay over in California,
Speaker 1: they don't have to make that back and forth trip
Speaker 1: to the East coast. But I always had a lot
Speaker 1: of fun go out west. You know, maybe it's because
Speaker 1: I'm from out west, but whenever we went to traveled
Speaker 1: out West, we had a lot of success, whether it
Speaker 1: be Oakland, San Diego, it was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: And I think the Jets will have some success out there.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be tough playing in Arrowhead. That's one of
Speaker 1: the loudest stadiums I've ever played in. And uh, and
Speaker 1: they're gonna be routy with where the team is playing.
Speaker 1: And Sam Donald year three, and you gotta be excited
Speaker 1: after watching him what he was able to do here
Speaker 1: in the later stages of his second professional campaign. But uh,
Speaker 1: we're awfully thankful as we head into the new year.
Speaker 1: Kyrie has been helping us back at the station throughout
Speaker 1: the year, justin here, Um, Charles and Noah making sure
Speaker 1: that people are seeing us in New York, Jets dot Com,
Speaker 1: in the Jets app E. Coleman's family was in attendance tonight.
Speaker 1: We've had so many people, so much support throughout the
Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen season. It's been a pleasure. Happy New Year.
Speaker 1: Pleasure was online. Happy New Year, brother. That's it for us,
Speaker 1: another year inside that. That's Happy New Year.