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Sound what's 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:47.120 going on? Guys? Does it feel like it was yesterday 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:50.120 you walked in across the street one jet stride number 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:52.640 three overall selection in the two thousand and eighteen draft, 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.760 and already you're three two years it's flying by man. Uh. 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.080 It's funny, you know, after the game, after the good 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.320 win that we had in Buffalo. Uh, with all the 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.840 travel in between, we're all talking about how how crazy 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:05.800 it is, how fast everything's flying by Uh. Talking with 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:07.840 Jonathan Harrison and Trevor sont you know some of the 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:10.399 guys that, um, we're next to me on the plane 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:12.240 and in the bus. It was just crazy, you know, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:13.840 talking about how many years they've all been in the 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.280 league and what year they're going into. I'm going into 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:19.160 year three. It's uh, it's pretty crazy to think about. 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.280 But uh, it's been a fun journey so far. You know, 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:24.959 hopefully UM, more wins to come, for sure, but um, 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:26.920 it's been fun so far. Yeah, I mean, and it 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.800 does go by fast. Can you talk about the transition 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.520 from the difference between year one and going into year two? 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:34.760 What was the difference? Obviously you have more time to 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.039 prepare and get acclimated to the league. What was that like? 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:39.560 For sure? Yeah, it was it was awesome to be 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:41.160 able to I mean, first of all, coming in as 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.360 a rookie, it was it was tough, you know, trying 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.160 to get acclimated and um, but the Jets made it 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.360 super easy in terms of finding a place to live, UM, 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.280 feeling comfortable there. Um had a great guy, Joshua Cown 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:52.720 to be able to help me with a ton of stuff, 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:54.640 UM in the off season and get ready to play 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:58.160 football in the NFL. UM and then coming into year two, 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.400 UM felt like it was just my whole off season 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.080 was filled with learning the new offense. That was really it. Um. 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:05.720 I didn't have to worry about anything else. So that 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.680 was nice. Um, you know, felt like we took steps 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.320 in the right direction, uh, towards the off season in 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.720 terms of getting ready for the season. Obviously, the beginning 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.280 of the season didn't go exactly the way that everyone 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.840 thought it was gonna go. Uh, you know, getting sick 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:22.200 and everything that happened in between, so uh, you know, 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.200 it was it was a rough start to the season, 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.160 but I thought we finished strong. So many things to 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:29.280 get to with the Jets quarterbacks, Sam Donalds, who's joining 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.040 us right off the top here on inside the Jets. 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:36.320 You just mentioned the turnaround. Prior to yesterday's games, a 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.959 hundred and eleven teams since nineteen seventy eight, not including 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:44.280 the two strice shortened season had started one and seven. 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:50.080 Only six teams had rebounded to finish at least seven 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:53.639 and nine. Now you guys are one of them because 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.120 you win six out of eight down the stretch. What 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:00.240 was the key to the turnaround in the second half, Uh, 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.040 I mean, it's just resiliency you know throughout our whole team. 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.840 That was really the key, um, great guys on the 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.280 locker room to to be able to just keep our 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:11.200 heads down every single you know, win or lose on Sunday, 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:12.799 to just keep our heads down and go to work 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:15.320 on Monday. Uh. You know, it can be tough when 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:18.040 you start the season one and seven. Uh, you know, 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.240 some guys going to tank, other guys don't. You know, 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:23.799 our whole team didn't. That wasn't the case with any 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:27.160 of our guys. We all stayed up and um, locker 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:30.440 rooms stayed positive. Um, you know, and you know there 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:32.280 are those days though when you know, when you're one 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.320 and seven, it's, uh, it's not easy, you know. But 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:37.240 our guys, you know, the guys that we have in 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.800 the locker room, it made it more fun than it 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.400 should be. And with that being said, I think that 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.520 had a lot to do with the turnaround. Um. You 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:47.560 know it's uh again, it's hard to come back from 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.360 one and seven season. We almost did it. Um, but 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.560 hopefully you know, we get we get off to a 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.440 little bit faster start next year and guys always talk 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:57.520 about you know, winning and ended the season on a 0:03:57.560 --> 0:03:59.760 high note. To carry on into the off season. What 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:01.520 does that do for you going six in two of 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.520 your last eight games, what does that do for your 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:07.360 off season goals and moving on in the future. UM, yeah, 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:09.360 it definitely. You know, there there's something to be said 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.280 for momentum going into the off season. UM. I think 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:16.040 we we have found UM really, like I keep mentioning, 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.000 I mean, there's great guys in the locker room, and 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:19.960 that's what you want to continue to drive for. I mean, 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:21.560 the more good guys you have in the locker room, 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:25.120 the more you can deal with in terms of, um, 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:28.120 just everything you know, because playing football, I mean, you know, 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.000 there's so many things that you go through, whether it's injuries, UM, 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:33.880 things happening off the field with guys. UM, there's so 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:38.400 many different you know, UM things in different different adversity 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:41.040 that you deal with. UM. And I think you know, 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:42.560 just the guys in the locker room to be able 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:44.760 to deal with it. UM. You know, can't speak highly 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.440 enough of those guys. Where were your most significant improvements. 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:53.360 I'm looking at your rookie numbers right now, twenty eight 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:57.880 more than yards pass and seventeen touchdowns, fifteen interceptions, thirty 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:03.440 six year two New City Tom again sixty pass or 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:06.120 over three thousand yards for the first time in your career, 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:10.479 nineteen touchdown passes, thirteen interceptions, and you were sacked thirty 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:14.760 three times. Now, mind you you at nine different offensive 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:19.160 line combinations in front of you, at eleven offensive line starters. Yeah, 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.040 you know, I think, uh, this year again, there was 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.800 a lot of adversity that we dealt with as a team. Um, 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.120 but I thought our guys dealt with it well. Um. 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.720 You know. For me personally, UM, I don't get too 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:31.240 caught up in the numbers. I mean, the only thing 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.000 that really matters to me is wins and losses. Um, 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.400 you know. But just uh with this offense, I mean, 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:39.920 I feel like it is super easy to find completions, 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.880 which is huge. You know, the more you can spit 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.240 the ball out in the NFL and find guys um 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:46.720 in the flats or um. Obviously, you want to take 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:48.440 your shots. You want to be able to score touchdowns 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.200 in this league and create explosive plays, but um, you 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.320 gotta take them when they come to you. And that's 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.000 the big thing in this offense is just um finding 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:59.080 the completions. And you know, as long as you find completions, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.640 get the ball out of your hands fast. It creates um, 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:03.760 you know, the defensive line doesn't play as fast, the 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:05.600 dbs don't know what's going on when the ball is 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.080 getting out so fast. So, um, there's a lot of 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.720 different things and and you know, it's just again, it's 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.640 just really fun to play in this offense with with 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:14.480 how fast I can get the ball out. I love 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.960 what you just said about stats and so our Jets fans, 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.680 And he said, don't I think that matters wins the losses? 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:23.280 What are you taking an account here that you were 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:25.560 four and nine as the starter as a rookie. But 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:29.360 Sam Donald when he was leading the Jets thirteen starts 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.640 in two thousand, nineteen seven and six, Yeah, I mean 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:37.160 it's uh again, there's there's uh, there's some ways. You know, 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:40.400 there's a long way to go. I think you know, um, 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.800 we're not far off at the same time, but um, 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.280 we would like to win more games in the future, obviously, 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.240 but you know we're going in the right direction. That's 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:50.919 what matters most. And Sam, you talked about getting getting 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.560 the ball out quick, having that chemistry with your wide receivers. Um, 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.560 what what the team? What is it like to build chemistry. 0:06:57.600 --> 0:06:58.960 You know, they always talk about it and how it 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.120 takes time and how you have to get used to it. 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:04.680 What is that process like, getting chemistry with all your receivers. Yeah, 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:06.960 it does take time. I mean it's it's built throughout 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.680 the off season too, you know, inviting the guys out, Um, 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.200 whenever I get the chance, wherever we are, you know, 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.120 as long as we can meet up, hang out. Um, 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.000 you know, just I think that's the biggest thing, is 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:18.480 just hanging out. You know, the more you get to 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.080 know someone, the more chemistry you have with them. So um, 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:24.240 on and off the field. So there's definitely a correlation there. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.920 But um, you know, we have a I think we 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.880 have a ton of chemistry on offense, not just with 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.880 the receivers, but tight ends, running backs, offensive line. I mean, um, 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.720 we have a really good core unit right now. And um, 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:38.320 you know, who knows if it's gonna change or not, 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:39.880 but we have a really good thing going. I felt 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.960 like we got really comfortable as the season went on. Um, 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:45.920 and that's what matters the most. I Mean, we all 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.200 love playing for one another. I think that's one of 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.120 the biggest things in the NFL. If if you love 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:51.640 playing for one another, it makes it easy to go 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:53.280 out there every Sunday and put your body on the line. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:56.200 You have natural leadership qualities, There's no doubt about that. 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:59.880 We've seen that from the Get. But did it become 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:04.600 more of your team a little bit here in your 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:07.680 two because Levian Belt was talking about it today he 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:11.600 said you could see that Sam, he was taking more 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.320 ownership and he was seeing things better Like you've talked 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.600 about that. You know, the way Get defenses are trying 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:20.720 to attack you a little bit more you were sliding protections. 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:26.320 Did you just feel like naturally it became more of hey, 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.240 this is this is my this is my team, and 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:30.240 I'm gonna lead us. Well, the more I think, the 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.520 more football that you see or more football that I see, 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.560 the more comfortable I'm gonna get. The more you know, 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:38.160 with more experience, you know, Um, the better I feel 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:39.880 like I'm gonna play in the faster I'm gonna play 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:42.640 than the quicker I'm gonna be able to just um 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:46.559 uncovered defenses. So um, that's really it for me, is 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.520 just understanding what a defense is doing before the play 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:53.480 even happens. Um. But again, I think the more that 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.880 you know I hang out or the more that you 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:57.679 know we were talk in the locker room and all 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.160 that stuff. I feel like the more UM comfortable I 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:02.839 am to be able to make checks at the line 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.440 of scrimmage and UM, even if I'm wrong, you know, 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:07.760 we're all gonna be wrong together. And I think that's 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:11.200 the biggest thing that UM. You know, I think during 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.000 the last half of the season, I felt like, you know, 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:17.000 we were all just really on the same page with everything, UM, 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.440 even if someone was wrong, but if we're if we're 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.360 gonna be wrong, that's the huge That's the the big 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.360 thing is you know, making sure that we're all wrong 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:25.800 together and that I get the ball out and make 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.120 sure that I know where my problems are. UM. I 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:29.560 felt like I had a really good job of that 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.360 in the back half of the season. I felt like 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.680 our offensive line UH did a great job in the 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:38.439 back half with UM getting used to playing different positions 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:41.960 than some guys UH weren't used to playing in the past. 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.400 And again, can't can't speak highly enough of, you know, 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.640 the attitude that everyone on the entire team had really 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:51.560 um throughout the entire year with with all the different 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.400 Adversely that we had to deal with, and you know, 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.560 in the secondary we had this saying is if you're 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.520 all wrong, then we're all right. You know, you can 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.320 get through that down That communication is important. But going 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:04.080 into this offseason, are there are some things that you 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.240 already had figured out that you're gonna go work on 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:08.280 for for the next year to try to improve on 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.960 your game. Yeah, I think, you know, I can always 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.559 continue to watch tape and myself understand what I need 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:17.120 to work on. I think, uh, there's definitely some little 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:20.640 fundamental things that I need to continue to work on. Um. 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:22.680 You know, with the thumb injury, I wasn't able to 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.840 um keep the ball as tight as I would have 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:29.400 liked in some situations. Uh. But you know, I think 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.360 always keeping two hands in the pocket is always going 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.120 to be an emphasis for me moving forward. And there's 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.480 a there's a bunch of different drills for that again. 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.200 But you know, there's there's nothing like you can't really 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:43.560 simulate live football. And that's the one thing is, you 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:45.480 know with different sports like basketball, I mean, you can 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.640 go up and play pick up basketball you want, but 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:49.840 you can't really go out and play pick up football 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.480 at any time. So uh, it can be tough, but 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.400 at the same time, uh, just continue to get experience 0:10:56.480 --> 0:11:00.480 and whether it's practice, UM, preseason and regular see and games. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:02.000 You know, the more experience that I get, I feel 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:04.600 like the better that I'll play. You're listening inside the Jets. 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:08.000 We are supported by Selective Insurance, be uniquely ensured. Eric 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.719 Ellen alongside Eric Coleman and our special guests on our 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:17.400 season finale today, Sam Donald, Sam, why did you guys make? 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:22.199 Why was our instant chemistry there between you and Jamison Crowder? 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:26.480 Game one coming out fourteen catches against the Buffalo Bills 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:31.079 and you end it yesterday in Buffalo ironically eight catches 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.880 sixty six yards in a game winning score. Yeah, I 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:37.640 mean there's a baller. He's a good player, MANU. Just 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:39.880 his ability, his suddenness to be able to get open 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:44.080 and find a find uh, you know, just you know, 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.640 just the openness in the defense, especially in zones. I mean, 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.560 he knows it's exactly where to sit he does. I mean, 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:51.880 he's he's incredible with that. And even in man he's 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.880 got a suddenness to be able to um pull apart 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.680 from guys so create separation. So he's just a really 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:00.760 good player, and um, glad we got him and Sam 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:02.800 I got I would be wrong if I didn't ask 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.520 about the defense. What what was it like watching that 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:08.040 defense and the things that they were doing, the different 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:11.960 blitz packages, the different looks Greg Williams created, and this 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.520 this the overall dominant performance they put on in the 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:16.760 second half of the season. Yeah, I mean they were dominant. 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.120 Like you said, I mean, you can't credit those guys 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.439 enough for what you know. Uh again, and they had 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.680 their own adversity that they dealt with on defense too, 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:28.040 So uh man, I can't can't say enough about those 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.040 guys out there. Um, just the guys that were able 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.880 to come in mid season and be able to learn 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.160 Greg's uh scheme and be able to put it to 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:39.800 put it to work, and and uh it was just fun. 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:42.400 I mean going against him in training camp was crazy. Uh, 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:46.040 those all those different looks and it was tough. Uh 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:49.360 So you know it was a tough, tough training camp, 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.040 but you know, it definitely made us better. And you know, 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.520 I can see why some teams struggle against you know, 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:58.640 that scheme looking back now and you'll have time to 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:02.400 reflect in the my it's ahead, But can you believe 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.800 the way the year opened for you, and you know, 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:09.160 so much expectation you had that could um you you 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.839 were in sync with your signal caller Adam Gaze, had 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.800 a great training camp, and then the day before the 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.680 season opener against the Bills, you're not feeling well. You 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:21.640 still go out complete one, you lose a tough ballgame. 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.520 You guys lose C J. Mosley in the process. A 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.760 couple of days later, you're diagnosed with mono and you 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:32.319 missed games two through four. Yeah, uh, it's uh, it 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:33.920 was a little bit different, you know, a little bit 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.959 different year than I'm used to. But we battled back 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.680 from it. I mean we uh, you know, there was 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:42.040 a there was a few games where we strugg I 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:46.839 struggled personally, Uh, you know, New England, Miami, Jacksonville. Uh 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.880 felt like, you know, I didn't play my best football. Um. 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:54.080 But the Miami game, did you think when you turn 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.080 in the corner there, because even though you had the 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:58.839 red zone interception where maybe you were trying to make 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:03.080 too much happen on on that play. And after that game, 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.600 that's when you guys started turning the single around. Yeah, 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:10.160 I mean you know again, I think the more opportunities 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:11.680 that we got to play in the offense. You know, 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:15.000 the more games that we actually experienced that I experienced, um, 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:19.360 speaking for myself, the more comfortable that I felt with everything. Uh, 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:21.160 you know, I love this offense. I know the guys do. 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:24.080 And um, it's just really fun to play in two 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:25.960 and especially when we get rolling and we start going 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:29.280 up tempo and all that kind of stuff. So uh, again, 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:31.560 it's just it's a fun offense to play in when 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.640 we're rolling, and you know, we're just looking forward to 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:36.760 more of that, uh in the coming year. Why have 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.080 you Why did you guys have so much success in 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.960 your opening drives this year? It seemed like would be 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.920 a letdown if you're not most of the time you 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:48.600 scoring touchdowns for a while there, but getting points on 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.280 the board. Because yeah, yeah, even yesterday in Buffalo, you 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:56.320 moved down to field. Unfortunately Levian can't get the third one, 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.400 but he didn't have anywhere to go, and then you 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:01.440 missed the field goal. But by and large, when you 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:03.360 guys get the ball in that opening drive, you know 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.920 you're gonna go right down the field. Yeah, I mean, uh, 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:07.720 you know that's a credit to the game plan. Man. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:11.280 I mean what, uh what Adam and Dowell and you know, 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.960 all of our our whole offensive staff what they're able 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:15.600 to do throughout the week to get ready for that 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:19.040 you know, opening series and uh really the whole entire game. 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.640 But I mean it's it's incredible, you know what what 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.640 what they're able to do there, and um us as players, 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.560 we just gotta go out there and execute and uh man, 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:29.720 it's uh, it was fun. You know. I feel like 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:31.280 there were a lot of games in a row where 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:33.120 we just scored every single time on the first drive, 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.520 and uh, it was a fun stretch. There was a 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:38.360 tough getting in that locker room yesterday, kind of bitter 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.240 sweet you guys win another one, but at the same time, 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:47.160 you're not playing another week because you guys had this 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:51.160 thing going in the right direction. Yeah, um yeah, I 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:52.960 kind of felt the same at the end of last year. 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:56.760 Uh yeah, I just felt like we were kind of 0:15:56.800 --> 0:16:00.280 moving in the right direction. Um felt really felt a 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.800 good rhythm. And then that's it. You know, we're seventeen. 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:07.440 You're done. It is, um it is and so uh 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.280 you know, hopefully this time next year we're getting ready 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:12.160 to play um in the playoffs. But at the same 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:15.480 time it really starts, Uh, it really does start, No 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:17.360 t A s and then training camp. You really got 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.960 to continue to uh continue with the process. You gotta 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.600 be you gotta love the process in the NFL, because 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:25.800 if if you, if you try to skip steps and 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:28.280 uh try to move on to week one and really 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:31.040 start thinking about the next season right now, Um, you 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:33.760 can get caught up a little bit. So UM, it's 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:35.880 been fun though. I mean I had to blast this year. 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:40.320 Great teammates obviously, great coaches, Um, just the organization. I 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.400 feel like it's really heading in the right direction and 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:44.360 we couldn't be more excited. I'll tell you what, Eric, 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:46.760 this guy does love the process. We take the Adam 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:50.680 Gaye Show Tuesday mornings. In the Quarterbacks from room. Guy 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.360 was always in the background trying to get in the door. 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.800 That was Sam Donald, first guy in the building like that. 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:59.760 You know they say that and people are wondering, Wall 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:02.640 is that true. No, Sam's always trying to knock down 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:05.560 in the door. But when we're taping hint the quarterbacks, right, yeah, 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:07.760 I mean and talking about that, you and Adam case 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.320 have a different relationship than most quarterbacks and head coaches. 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:13.120 You're you're really a big part of that the offense 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.280 and in the progression. Can you talk about how much 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.000 input he actually takes of yours and implementing into the 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.280 game plan? How does that mean it? Uh? You know, 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:22.879 it kind of just depends, you know, how I'm feeling 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:26.000 in practice. Uh, if practices are running smooth, if I 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:30.159 feel like, um, certain players aren't working you know, necessarily 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.359 the way that I felt like they should be. And 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.960 it's it's funny too, because usually whenever I would go 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.239 with him, uh, or whenever I would talk to him 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:39.639 about a certain play, um, he'd be like, wait ahead, 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.280 you you know that play is already out. So um, 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.639 it's funny how that usually worked. But UM, I'm definitely 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:47.280 super open to him about what I like, what I 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.199 don't like. Again, because you know, we're playing on the 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:52.040 same team. We're all trying to win on Sunday. So um, 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:55.120 the more that we can communicate together, um, the better 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:59.800 we're gonna be. As Marty Lyons called Southern California, dude, yes, 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:04.199 your day. But how much have you enjoyed playing in 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:08.040 this area? The New York area and also the Jets 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:12.040 fans because they're passionate they're out here in full force 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:15.320 waiting for you to get off the set tonight. But 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:20.000 New York and then your connection with these folks. Yeah, 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.840 these people are awesome. I mean just uh from southern 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.959 California coming in here and making you know, New Jersey, 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:30.760 New York. Uh second home. It's been awesome, great food, 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:33.600 great people. Uh. So I'm just I'm excited to be 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:36.119 here and uh all the fans should be excited for 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:44.560 years to come. Yeah, well said, uh about thirty seconds 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:49.120 left here, Sam, what's your offseason shaping up? Like I'm 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:53.000 not telling I'm not asking you to tell us. Yeah, 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.760 exactly the plans. But what do you think now as 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.760 you look ahead? Yeah, um, I'm just gonna hang out 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:01.840 for a little bit, you know, kind decompress, Uh, just 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:05.720 relax for for at least a couple of weeks here. Um, 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:08.560 I'm staying here for the most part, uh, you know, 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:11.359 for a solid month, just to hang out and then 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:14.000 uh definitely gonna go home for a good while and 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:18.639 hang out in southern California. Um. So yeah, that's pretty much. 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:22.360 It won't get into too much detail, but uh yeah, 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:24.439 it's gonna be a good offseason of just relaxing, but 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:27.880 also getting better and continuing to get better with this offense. Well, 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:30.440 we thank you so much for stopping by tonight. That 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:34.639 is Jets quarterback Sam Donald. We will be right back 0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:38.400 here for Inside the Jets at ESPN New York Dot 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:40.840 Gun for Bartley takes the snap, Keats bring a bliss. 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:44.680 Bartley under pressure pocket come up, the ball pops out. 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.160 The Jets force a bumble, then it's scooped up by 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:52.560 New York. The Jets with Nathan Shephard, Jamal Adams, Jordan Jenkins, 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:56.160 they were all over Matt Barkley. They knocked the ball 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.840 out at Terrell Bashop. He was able to recover the fumble. 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:03.680 The Jets get a takeaway with their three upping league 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:06.959 Welcome back, then said the Jets were broadcasting live from 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.080 Vanderbilt Sports and Spirits inside the Windham Hamiltons Park Hotel. 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:13.359 Remember Jets fans Againstream Inside the Jets live through the 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:16.000 Jets app presented by m in t Bank. Go to 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:18.840 the app store or Google Play Now and search Official 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:23.400 New York Jets. Eric Allen alongside Eric Coleman. We started 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:26.400 the show with the bang per se uh. Jets quarterbacks 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:32.000 Sam Donald who I thought played awfully well over the 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:35.000 season's final eight games. And you think about the adversity 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:39.720 this team faced in two thousand nineteen, look no further 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:43.760 than their quarterback diagnosed with mono after the season opener. 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:48.440 Mrs those three and mrs three games, not just three 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:50.240 games in the middle of the season or towards the 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:53.560 end of the season, at the beginning of the season 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:56.280 in a new system, with the new coach and a 0:20:56.320 --> 0:21:00.520 new play caller. So, um, he really beat this year. 0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:03.720 And and and he talked about his thumb. He took 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:07.560 a beating at times behind an offensive line that was 0:21:07.640 --> 0:21:12.439 continually shuffled because of injuries. Uh, he worked with different 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:15.919 people on the outside. And I'll tell you what he 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:18.360 showed me a lot. And I think the futures, yeah, 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.240 I think it's bright as well. And you talk about 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:22.040 the start to that season, and you know, he comes, 0:21:22.119 --> 0:21:24.840 he plays the first game against Buffalo and it isn't 0:21:24.840 --> 0:21:27.159 feeling well, goes out with mono, and who knows how 0:21:27.200 --> 0:21:28.840 long it took for him to get his footing back. 0:21:29.000 --> 0:21:30.320 You know, I always know when you come off an 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:32.440 injury and you they say that you're healthy enough to play, 0:21:32.480 --> 0:21:35.160 You're never a so uh, you know, I can only 0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:36.840 imagine how long that took him to get back to 0:21:36.880 --> 0:21:39.360 feeling like his old self. But he definitely got back 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:40.960 to it towards the end of that season, you know, 0:21:41.080 --> 0:21:44.120 end of the season six and two leading the Jets. Uh, 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:46.560 the defense played well, he played well, The team really 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:49.399 started to click, and he become he became a better 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:54.679 decision maker because he is so athletic that there are 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:58.359 a few plays he can't make. With that being said, 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:02.399 sometimes he can it yourself in trouble if you're trying 0:22:02.440 --> 0:22:06.199 to force the action, per se. And I thought he 0:22:06.280 --> 0:22:10.360 did a better job throughout the year of Okay, I'm 0:22:10.520 --> 0:22:12.840 gonna live the fight another day. Yeah, I mean he 0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:15.000 did make a lot better decisions, you know, instead of 0:22:15.119 --> 0:22:17.560 you know, putting himself in harm's way trying to force 0:22:17.560 --> 0:22:18.920 a pass. He started to learn at the end of 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:20.560 the year, let me just throw this away, let me 0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:22.440 get to the next down. And that really helped the 0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:24.719 team and uh, you know, continue to help the defense 0:22:24.760 --> 0:22:27.080 as well. You know, when it's when it's a drive 0:22:27.119 --> 0:22:28.960 that that's not there, you know, put it away. Let's 0:22:29.000 --> 0:22:31.600 defense dominate, you know, That's how it works. Yeah, and 0:22:31.720 --> 0:22:34.880 this is our last show of two thousand nineteen. So 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:38.040 I want to get to some calls and I'm gonna 0:22:38.040 --> 0:22:42.360 bring in Ira from Staten Island here just momentarily. It's 0:22:43.000 --> 0:22:46.560 one nine three seven seven six, so get your jets 0:22:46.600 --> 0:22:49.879 calls in inside. The jets will be here for about 0:22:49.920 --> 0:22:53.200 another half an hour. But I re was on hold already, 0:22:53.240 --> 0:22:57.440 so let's get him off. What's up? Ira? Hey, happy 0:22:57.440 --> 0:23:03.480 to Erica and Erica happy immediately, you guys, yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:23:03.920 --> 0:23:06.560 you know. It's amazing. Another season in the books. The 0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:09.040 guy did a great job and I totally agree with 0:23:09.119 --> 0:23:11.800 both me on Sam. I thought that he definitely showed 0:23:11.840 --> 0:23:15.359 improvement in many ways in his game. Um, I'm not 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:17.800 sure if he was protecting himself or the coaches told 0:23:17.840 --> 0:23:20.840 him not to run, but a couple of times he 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:23.720 did have some open spots. But you know, whatever the 0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:27.000 reason is, but you're right, the futures looked right with him. 0:23:27.280 --> 0:23:30.359 But you know you mentioned crowd earlier. I tell you 0:23:30.480 --> 0:23:34.359 man to me, no disrespect to anybody's He was the 0:23:34.480 --> 0:23:36.280 m v P on the offense. I mean, this guy 0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:38.879 was he flew onto the radar. He you know, he 0:23:38.960 --> 0:23:40.520 was like the catch machine where you end up with 0:23:40.560 --> 0:23:43.680 a close eighty catches about eight dred yards. So yeah, 0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:45.360 and you know they had, you know, whatever they're gonna 0:23:45.400 --> 0:23:47.720 do with Anderson, maybe he had something else to the outside. 0:23:48.200 --> 0:23:50.280 But the thing that I take out of this team, 0:23:50.280 --> 0:23:52.560 and Eric, you know I told you, is, um, I'm 0:23:52.600 --> 0:23:55.639 glad I turned out to guess way I thought they 0:23:55.640 --> 0:23:57.520 had a chance to finish seven and nine. They did 0:23:57.520 --> 0:24:00.040 the job, and you know, to go six and to 0:24:00.200 --> 0:24:02.159 the second hand for the year, I think that's a 0:24:02.200 --> 0:24:04.520 really good thing. You get to think back as a fan, 0:24:04.600 --> 0:24:07.480 you could do it. Um, what might happen if he 0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:09.480 didn't get sick. What might have happened if this guy 0:24:09.520 --> 0:24:11.720 did you get hurt? You know. But you know, going 0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:14.080 into next year, you know, you have to feel good 0:24:14.119 --> 0:24:17.240 and you have to have an optimistic view of where 0:24:17.280 --> 0:24:19.840 this team is headed. And now Joe Douglas is on 0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:22.280 the clock, and I think once he gets to work, 0:24:22.720 --> 0:24:25.160 and you know, he got the draft, you got free agency, 0:24:25.200 --> 0:24:28.240 he got some you know guys that are unsigned. He 0:24:28.560 --> 0:24:31.320 who who's going to bring back? Um, I think this 0:24:31.440 --> 0:24:33.640 team is gonna be a funkia to watch that year, 0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:38.200 and it's a good future going forward. Well said Listen. 0:24:38.440 --> 0:24:40.919 Joe Douglas is on the clock. But I want to 0:24:40.920 --> 0:24:44.480 remind people that, yes, the Jets haven't made the postseason 0:24:44.480 --> 0:24:48.240 in nine years, but Joe Douglas was hired in June, 0:24:48.480 --> 0:24:51.719 so now he is gonna put his imprint on the 0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:55.720 roster and he has plenty of decisions to make. I 0:24:55.800 --> 0:25:00.119 looked at the Jets unrestricted free agent lists is a 0:25:00.440 --> 0:25:04.600 long list. So not only do you have to take 0:25:04.640 --> 0:25:09.520 a look at what's out there on the free agent market, 0:25:09.560 --> 0:25:16.239 guys potentially springing free, but who fits here? Who do 0:25:16.280 --> 0:25:20.800 you want part of the program as you continue to 0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:22.840 build this thing? Yeah, I mean that's gonna be the 0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:25.080 interesting part is you know who stays here? Who who 0:25:25.080 --> 0:25:27.320 do they let go into free agency? And they have 0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:29.040 some tough decisions to make. I mean you look at 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:31.600 guys like Jordan Jenkins, who had eight sacks this year 0:25:31.880 --> 0:25:34.760 and and played well in spurts. Uh really it was 0:25:34.840 --> 0:25:37.880 really really a steadfast player who developed here. He missed 0:25:37.880 --> 0:25:40.600 three games. He missed three games. So you know, there 0:25:40.600 --> 0:25:42.680 are a ton of players on this team that that 0:25:43.040 --> 0:25:45.439 have question marks about and there's guys out in free agency. 0:25:45.480 --> 0:25:47.600 There's a draft. There's so many things that Joe Douglas 0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:49.639 has to handle in this offseason. It's gonna be a 0:25:49.640 --> 0:25:52.160 big one. Yeah, it is. And he's going to address 0:25:52.320 --> 0:25:55.640 the media at One Jet Drive tomorrow, so we'll get 0:25:55.640 --> 0:25:59.240 an opportunity to hear from him. But when we get back, 0:25:59.320 --> 0:26:04.480 I'll actually read you hit list of unrestricted free agents. 0:26:04.520 --> 0:26:07.000 We're gonna take a look at what's in store for 0:26:07.040 --> 0:26:11.560 the Jets. In after the least amount of miles traveled 0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:15.760 in their franchise history, they're gonna have one of the most. 0:26:15.960 --> 0:26:21.880 They have their frequent yeah most most mileage trips. Uh trucks, 0:26:21.920 --> 0:26:25.080 I should say. In But we're gonna come right back 0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:29.159 for another segment on Inside Jets. You're listening to YESPN 0:26:29.200 --> 0:26:35.000 New York sucking down in Golden Side the one yard line. 0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:38.440 Donald play action again puts it in the end zone. 0:26:38.520 --> 0:26:42.200 Jamison Potter has got it. That's a Jet touchdown. Off 0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:45.320 the play action fake Sam Donald called little flip over 0:26:45.359 --> 0:26:49.000 the middle to Jamison Crowder. He makes the touchdown catch 0:26:49.320 --> 0:26:51.520 and the Jets take the lead back and they have 0:26:51.640 --> 0:26:56.400 scored the first touchdown of the game. About nineties seconds 0:26:56.400 --> 0:26:59.560 gone by on the fourth quarter. Welcome back the Inside 0:26:59.600 --> 0:27:03.600 the Jet. We're broadcasting Live and Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Sports and 0:27:03.640 --> 0:27:06.920 Spirits inside to win him in Hambletonton Park, Cotel Erica 0:27:07.160 --> 0:27:12.600 alongside Eric Coleman. Well, yeah, Jamison Crowder. What a year 0:27:12.680 --> 0:27:16.359 for the Green and White signing free agency um and 0:27:16.480 --> 0:27:21.600 he was as good as advertised. People talk about, Okay, 0:27:21.720 --> 0:27:25.320 he's slot receiver, but he also can make plays down 0:27:25.359 --> 0:27:30.760 the field, and we we saw that continually this season. Explosive, 0:27:31.320 --> 0:27:33.879 can beat guys man to man, but also had that 0:27:34.359 --> 0:27:39.360 natural feel against his zone of finding that right spot. Yeah, 0:27:39.400 --> 0:27:41.920 it was great. You know in the offseason and training camp, 0:27:42.080 --> 0:27:44.080 all you heard about was Jamison Crowder. You know how 0:27:44.240 --> 0:27:46.320 he and Sam have this great chemistry and he's making 0:27:46.359 --> 0:27:49.240 plays catches that you wouldn't believe. And and you watch 0:27:49.320 --> 0:27:51.560 him in the preseason, you watch him throughout the regular season, 0:27:51.800 --> 0:27:53.880 and one of the most intelligent guys that I've seen 0:27:53.920 --> 0:27:56.239 play the game. Because you have to be crafty, you 0:27:56.280 --> 0:27:58.880 have to understand leverage, you have to understand coverage when 0:27:58.880 --> 0:28:00.960 you play that slot physician, and he's one of the 0:28:01.000 --> 0:28:02.960 best I've seen at it and had to spectacle of 0:28:03.000 --> 0:28:05.480 a year for it. You were listening inside the Jets, 0:28:05.640 --> 0:28:10.280 you can call in eight, three, seven, seven six, Eric 0:28:10.320 --> 0:28:15.120 Allen alongside Eric Coleman, one of the jets notable unrestricted 0:28:15.160 --> 0:28:20.440 free agents, Robbie Anderson Robbie again for a second consecutive 0:28:20.520 --> 0:28:25.880 year with Sam Donald. He started getting going in December. 0:28:25.920 --> 0:28:29.879 It seems like every year once the weather gets cool, 0:28:30.160 --> 0:28:34.400 Robbie gets really warm. Uh. He's a unique ball player 0:28:34.480 --> 0:28:38.160 because I think a lot of people he thought for 0:28:38.200 --> 0:28:40.440 a while that he was just a vertical threat. He 0:28:40.800 --> 0:28:43.400 became more of a complete receiver this year, There's no 0:28:43.440 --> 0:28:46.560 doubt about that. We saw the Jets and Adam Gates 0:28:46.720 --> 0:28:50.680 use him more on crossing patterns than we've ever seen before, 0:28:51.000 --> 0:28:54.120 deep ends. He worked the middle of the field and 0:28:54.160 --> 0:28:56.800 became a more complete player. Yeah. I mean, and you 0:28:56.840 --> 0:28:59.560 have to give Robbie a ton of credit for polishing 0:28:59.600 --> 0:29:01.720 his game, you know, not being a one dimensional player 0:29:01.720 --> 0:29:04.000 who just comes in and runs deep routes. Robbie really 0:29:04.000 --> 0:29:06.360 worked on it, worked on it. He worked on his hands. 0:29:06.400 --> 0:29:09.440 He's making some spectacular catches, showed his toughness. He's not 0:29:09.480 --> 0:29:11.520 the biggest guy, but showed a lot of toughness and 0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:14.120 grit this year. And he's trying to make his case, 0:29:14.480 --> 0:29:16.240 was making his case all year that he is the 0:29:16.320 --> 0:29:18.640 number one receiver and he deserves to get paid that way. 0:29:18.760 --> 0:29:21.080 It's gonna be interesting when you get into free agency 0:29:21.200 --> 0:29:23.680 to see do the Jets value and his one? Uh? 0:29:23.760 --> 0:29:26.120 Do other teams value him as a one? And where 0:29:26.120 --> 0:29:28.480 does he fit along those lines. He's gonna get paid 0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:33.680 by somebody, no doubt about that. Listen, undrafted free agent 0:29:34.320 --> 0:29:38.480 to reach three thousand yards receiving in the first four 0:29:38.560 --> 0:29:43.640 yards of four years of his career. Excuse me, Robbie Anderson. Unbelievable, 0:29:43.840 --> 0:29:45.480 I mean, and that just just shows you that he's 0:29:45.520 --> 0:29:47.480 working on his craft, he's trying to get better, and 0:29:47.480 --> 0:29:49.920 he's a true pro. And you know, I give him 0:29:49.920 --> 0:29:51.320 all the credit in the world. You love to see 0:29:51.320 --> 0:29:54.560 guys like that who are underdogs, who come in undrafted 0:29:54.560 --> 0:29:56.920 free agents come in and work their tails off because 0:29:56.920 --> 0:29:58.560 you know it wasn't given to him, So you gotta 0:29:58.560 --> 0:30:00.560 give Robbie a lot of credit. Yeah, that's gonna be 0:30:00.600 --> 0:30:03.440 an interesting decision. You mentioned one of the guys I 0:30:03.520 --> 0:30:08.240 wanted to highlight as well, outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins, the 0:30:08.320 --> 0:30:11.080 Jets number two in the National Football League against the run, 0:30:11.200 --> 0:30:16.160 number seven overall in terms of yards per game. Jordan 0:30:16.280 --> 0:30:19.680 Jenkins missed three games, he still had eight sacks and 0:30:19.720 --> 0:30:24.640 he plays that all important position of edge center. So 0:30:24.680 --> 0:30:27.640 a lot of times Jordan Jenkins isn't making a tackle, 0:30:27.960 --> 0:30:30.960 but he might be turning that running back inside. Oh yeah, 0:30:31.000 --> 0:30:33.200 Jordan is playing a lot of selfless football, you know, 0:30:33.280 --> 0:30:35.280 as you mentioned set in the edge, uh, you know, 0:30:35.360 --> 0:30:37.840 dominating getting that penetration. And he may not be getting 0:30:37.880 --> 0:30:40.240 the sacks, he may not be getting the tackles for losses, 0:30:40.240 --> 0:30:42.280 but he is making a big impact. You know, you 0:30:42.320 --> 0:30:45.960 don't become the first overall run defense in the NFL 0:30:46.240 --> 0:30:48.360 by not having a bunch of selfless guys who are 0:30:48.400 --> 0:30:51.040 willing to sacrifice. And his guys like Jordan Jenkins that 0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:54.040 helped his defense elevate. Throughout all the injuries, all the 0:30:54.120 --> 0:30:56.200 all the key players that were out during this season, 0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:58.400 they still were amongst the best in the league. What 0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:03.680 about Brian Pool, you know he became available, Atlanta moved on, 0:31:03.960 --> 0:31:07.720 Jets picked him up, and Greg Williams needs a certain 0:31:07.880 --> 0:31:11.560 player to play that all important nickel position and he 0:31:11.680 --> 0:31:16.200 filled it quite well. Physical dude who matched up well 0:31:16.280 --> 0:31:20.520 with guys on the inside. That's very difficult, but uh, 0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:24.880 he really brought an element of physicality like I talked about, 0:31:24.920 --> 0:31:28.000 because he'll come up and play the run and he 0:31:28.040 --> 0:31:30.920 gets after those receivers work in the middle of the field. Yeah, 0:31:30.960 --> 0:31:33.320 you know, I talked about Jamison Crowder and how intelligent 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:35.120 you have to be to play in that slot. Well, 0:31:35.160 --> 0:31:37.360 to cover him, you have to be equally as intelligent. 0:31:37.520 --> 0:31:38.960 You have to be able to cover. You have to 0:31:38.960 --> 0:31:41.120 be able to play, come up and hit like a safety. 0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:42.960 You have to be able to feel gaps like a linebacker. 0:31:43.160 --> 0:31:45.320 So you know, it's a really a special player who 0:31:45.320 --> 0:31:47.600 can play that nickel position. And in Pool really did 0:31:47.600 --> 0:31:49.480 a great job of stepping up this year, but when 0:31:49.480 --> 0:31:53.080 he was healthy, made a huge impact on this defense. Yeah. 0:31:53.120 --> 0:31:55.760 How about Nevil Hewitt. We talked about the injuries at 0:31:55.760 --> 0:32:00.480 the inside linebacker position. There's another unrestricted free agent and 0:32:00.720 --> 0:32:03.000 he's a guy who you thought might be a special 0:32:03.000 --> 0:32:07.640 team's contributor and backup in Avery Williamson or C. J. Moseley, 0:32:07.680 --> 0:32:11.920 But injuries across the board, Neville Hewitt uh pushed into 0:32:12.080 --> 0:32:16.000 a very important role and I thought he took a jump. Yeah, 0:32:16.000 --> 0:32:18.240 I mean Nevill, I mean, you talk about the injuries 0:32:18.280 --> 0:32:20.560 that happened in the team and his next man up. 0:32:20.840 --> 0:32:23.360 But you seldom talk about the guys who weren't gonna 0:32:23.360 --> 0:32:25.240 have the opportunity, who are going to be special teams 0:32:25.240 --> 0:32:27.720 players and role players on the team, having to step 0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:31.280 into that middle linebacker position, that inside linebacker called the defense, 0:32:31.320 --> 0:32:34.200 make the checks, be a leader. Nevill did a great 0:32:34.240 --> 0:32:36.880 job this year. He was consistent, he was physical, and 0:32:37.120 --> 0:32:39.600 it made it to where you didn't really miss the 0:32:39.680 --> 0:32:42.760 other players. You know, and there's no discredit to c. J. 0:32:42.880 --> 0:32:45.400 Mosley or Avery Williamson, but Nevill Hewitt did a great 0:32:45.440 --> 0:32:47.600 job of stepping up this year and being that impact 0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:49.840 player in the middle. You know what, something bothered me. 0:32:50.120 --> 0:32:52.719 People have been talking about the Jets using injuries as 0:32:52.760 --> 0:32:56.280 an excuse. But if you you were around the locker 0:32:56.400 --> 0:32:59.240 room at all this year and you talked to the guys, 0:32:59.680 --> 0:33:02.320 all the he said was next man up. It happens 0:33:02.320 --> 0:33:05.760 in the National Football League. The facts are twenty guys 0:33:05.800 --> 0:33:09.080 want on injury reserve. Funny thing is I'm in Buffalo 0:33:09.080 --> 0:33:11.160 in the press box talking to a couple of reporters 0:33:11.240 --> 0:33:14.520 yesterday and they're talking about the health of the Bills. 0:33:14.720 --> 0:33:17.560 Sam Donald started thirteen games this year for the New 0:33:17.640 --> 0:33:21.960 York Jets. Josh Allen, Yes, the Bills are going playing 0:33:21.960 --> 0:33:26.960 on wild Card weekend. He started sixteen games. C J. Mosley, 0:33:27.680 --> 0:33:31.719 big time linebacker, culture changer. He was limited to a 0:33:31.720 --> 0:33:35.240 couple of games. Tremaine Edmonds playing inside linebacker. He's a 0:33:35.280 --> 0:33:37.400 no c J. Mosley yet, but he plays in a 0:33:37.520 --> 0:33:42.480 very important position for the Buffalo Bills. He played sixteen games. 0:33:42.920 --> 0:33:46.480 Take a trade Avias White out of that lineup. They're saying, 0:33:46.520 --> 0:33:51.320 the point is, listen, you endured not only injuries, but 0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:53.840 a key positions at certain times. Yeah, I mean the 0:33:53.880 --> 0:33:56.440 guys down the middle of your your your team, you know, 0:33:56.440 --> 0:33:59.920 whether it be the quarterback, center, in middle, linebacker safe 0:34:00.080 --> 0:34:03.080 those are the talkers. They're the communicators and the leaders 0:34:03.240 --> 0:34:06.120 of that offense or defense. And not having them uh 0:34:06.200 --> 0:34:08.359 implemented on your team when you've been relying on them 0:34:08.360 --> 0:34:10.640 in the off season, when you've gone through training camp 0:34:10.800 --> 0:34:13.200 and really built your team around these players, to have 0:34:13.280 --> 0:34:15.359 them taken out of the lineup is a huge hit. 0:34:15.640 --> 0:34:17.839 And for the simple fact that the Jets were able 0:34:17.840 --> 0:34:20.560 to recover from that and continue to have success is 0:34:20.600 --> 0:34:23.359 a tremendous credit to the coaching staff. Greg Williams did 0:34:23.360 --> 0:34:26.719 a great job. Gains did a great job, Royer did 0:34:26.760 --> 0:34:28.400 a great job. In special teams. I mean, they were 0:34:28.400 --> 0:34:30.480 dominant this year as well. So you gotta give a 0:34:30.520 --> 0:34:33.239 ton of credit to these players as well as the coaches. Yeah, 0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:36.080 and the key point here and all this too, is 0:34:36.600 --> 0:34:40.000 this is year one of the system. A lot of 0:34:40.040 --> 0:34:43.080 these teams that are playing in the playoffs right now, 0:34:43.239 --> 0:34:48.160 or we see repeated times in the playoffs, they got 0:34:48.200 --> 0:34:51.680 continuity up top. And that's that's what I keep telling 0:34:51.680 --> 0:34:54.640 people about the organizations that are staples in the playoffs. 0:34:54.680 --> 0:34:56.799 You know, when you look at some of the other franchises, 0:34:56.960 --> 0:34:59.080 they've had their coach there for several years and they 0:34:59.120 --> 0:35:01.000 stay with them, and they have to give the coach 0:35:01.040 --> 0:35:03.440 an opportunity to to bring in those players that are 0:35:03.480 --> 0:35:06.480 that fit their scheme, that fit their character, and continue 0:35:06.520 --> 0:35:11.480 to build in mature players, free agents, undrafted free agents. 0:35:11.800 --> 0:35:13.880 You know, you you have to develop talent and have 0:35:14.000 --> 0:35:15.440 time to do that as a coach. All right, we're 0:35:15.440 --> 0:35:17.439 gonna come right back. You're listening to Inside the Jets 0:35:17.480 --> 0:35:22.680 and the ESPN New York Park props. Back to front 0:35:23.200 --> 0:35:26.800 HI and it's intercepted the airmailed as intended receiver and 0:35:26.960 --> 0:35:30.279 it's picked off by Molett and Molette returns it to 0:35:30.280 --> 0:35:33.319 the Buffalo forty two. He lopped it over the head 0:35:33.320 --> 0:35:37.040 of T. J. Yelden right into the arms of Arthur 0:35:37.160 --> 0:35:40.480 Mollett and the Jets get a takeaway that was a gift. 0:35:41.760 --> 0:35:44.799 Inside the Jets is presented by e Y Building a 0:35:44.880 --> 0:35:48.440 Better Working World. Eric Gillen alongside Eric Coleman. We are 0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:53.240 Vanderbilt's Sports and Spirits inside the Wyndham Hamilton's Park Hotel. 0:35:53.400 --> 0:35:57.360 This is our final segment of the year here on 0:35:57.640 --> 0:36:01.840 inside the Jets and Jets this seven and nine a 0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:06.680 thirteen to six victory over the Buffalo Bills. Uh, closing 0:36:06.719 --> 0:36:11.120 the season out in style. Uh listen, sometimes it's ugly, 0:36:11.480 --> 0:36:15.480 but you'll take the victory. And I was there. Conditions 0:36:15.480 --> 0:36:20.080 weren't good. I don't care what anybody says downpour. Um. Yes, 0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:25.600 the Bills played their backups. They get paid to Um. Yeah, Uh, 0:36:26.360 --> 0:36:28.560 you don't apologize for one of the National Football League. 0:36:28.600 --> 0:36:30.759 I don't care when it comes no, absolutely not, you know, 0:36:30.840 --> 0:36:32.879 and anytime you can get a win, I don't care 0:36:32.880 --> 0:36:34.640 who it is. You know, these guys are all capable 0:36:34.719 --> 0:36:37.759 of stepping in and making an impact and uh and 0:36:37.840 --> 0:36:40.200 being key contributors to their team. And it was great 0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:42.520 to see the Jets win one of those ugly games, 0:36:42.520 --> 0:36:44.239 you know, one of one of those nasty games where 0:36:44.280 --> 0:36:46.239 the defense had to step up and make plays, you know, 0:36:46.320 --> 0:36:48.760 the offense had to be gritty and figure it out. 0:36:49.320 --> 0:36:51.080 It shows a lot about their characters. They actually did 0:36:51.080 --> 0:36:52.759 in the last two weeks. If you go back to 0:36:52.800 --> 0:36:55.360 the Pittsburgh game when they took down the Steelers sixteen 0:36:55.400 --> 0:37:00.040 to ten. You know, defense dominates Greg Williams and in 0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:05.640 the offense does not have the killer mistake and they 0:37:05.680 --> 0:37:10.680 make enough plays happen to gain that victory. Yeah, I mean, 0:37:10.719 --> 0:37:12.680 and that's why you always talk about, um, you know, 0:37:13.200 --> 0:37:14.640 kicking at the end of a drive, whether it be 0:37:14.640 --> 0:37:16.440 an extra point, whether it be a field goal or 0:37:16.480 --> 0:37:18.839 a punt. Just making sure that you don't hurt your 0:37:18.840 --> 0:37:22.319 team by turning over the football. Uh, taking care of 0:37:22.320 --> 0:37:24.920 that ball is so much more important, uh you winning 0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:26.920 that that time of possession, use me, not the time 0:37:26.920 --> 0:37:29.799 in possession. Winning that turnover battle is a huge thing 0:37:29.840 --> 0:37:31.839 for teams, and the Jets are one that they are 0:37:31.840 --> 0:37:33.680 going to take advantage of it. On defense, They're gonna 0:37:33.719 --> 0:37:35.520 force them on offense. If they can take care of 0:37:35.520 --> 0:37:37.279 the ball, they're gonna be in good hand. I think 0:37:37.360 --> 0:37:41.279 yesterday was a microcosm from what, uh, from what we've 0:37:41.280 --> 0:37:45.640 seen from this defense here throughout the entire season. James Burgess, 0:37:46.200 --> 0:37:49.879 inside linebacker, one of the team's leading tacklers. Another guy 0:37:50.280 --> 0:37:53.120 who came out of nowhere. This here comes up with 0:37:53.120 --> 0:37:58.319 this first career in reception, Arthur Mallett first career interception 0:37:58.400 --> 0:38:01.920 as well. We just heard Terrell Basham coming up with 0:38:01.960 --> 0:38:06.120 the phonal recovery on Jordan Jenkins, team leading eight sack 0:38:06.280 --> 0:38:08.600 and all. By the way, I don't know what the 0:38:08.719 --> 0:38:13.160 National Football League was thinking about that overturned call, because 0:38:13.200 --> 0:38:15.400 Basham should have had a strip sack. I don't know. 0:38:15.920 --> 0:38:17.560 I don't know how the heck they took that one 0:38:17.600 --> 0:38:20.640 off the board. Jets happ three takeaways and all but 0:38:21.120 --> 0:38:25.760 contributors that you would have never picked before the season 0:38:26.040 --> 0:38:28.600 had started, that you would have said, these guys were 0:38:28.600 --> 0:38:32.120 coming up with the takeaways. Yeah, I mean, let's go 0:38:32.160 --> 0:38:34.640 back to that James Burdens interception, because that was phenomenal 0:38:34.960 --> 0:38:37.640 on several different levels. When I looked at the team, 0:38:37.680 --> 0:38:39.440 when I looked at the tape. It showed at the 0:38:39.440 --> 0:38:41.800 beginning of the snap, they had six guys that were blitzing. 0:38:41.840 --> 0:38:43.920 It looked like you have you have the cornerback blitzing 0:38:43.960 --> 0:38:46.080 off the side. It looked like six guys were blitzing. 0:38:46.400 --> 0:38:50.480 The two defensive tackles Quinnin Williams and Basham dropped back 0:38:50.480 --> 0:38:54.000 into coverage. You end up only rushing four. Burgess buzzes 0:38:54.000 --> 0:38:56.279 out to the flat. The quarterback throws it right to him. 0:38:56.280 --> 0:38:59.640 I've never seen a cornerback blitz uh that complicated and 0:38:59.719 --> 0:39:02.440 that in depth. And they only brought four and then 0:39:02.480 --> 0:39:05.239 brought and then showed, and one of the four was 0:39:05.280 --> 0:39:10.759 the cornerback outside, not the nickel corps. Kennedy came and 0:39:10.920 --> 0:39:13.800 Berkeley It's like, oh boy, I gotta get rid of 0:39:13.800 --> 0:39:16.000 the football. Yeah, you see the cornerback blitzing off the side. 0:39:16.000 --> 0:39:17.520 You're gonna go to your hot route. You're gonna go 0:39:17.680 --> 0:39:20.600 quick pass to your ex receiver. James Burgess buzzed out 0:39:20.600 --> 0:39:24.560 to the flat anticipating that, snapped his head around Condy interception, 0:39:24.719 --> 0:39:28.399 and then later in that game, the Mulette interception came 0:39:28.480 --> 0:39:32.840 again when Berkeley saying, I gotta get the football. T 0:39:33.040 --> 0:39:36.480 J Yelton is not looking for it. Well, that's right there. 0:39:36.920 --> 0:39:38.799 That's what happens when you get pressure. That's what happens 0:39:38.800 --> 0:39:40.960 when you get hits on the quarterback. When you're getting 0:39:41.000 --> 0:39:43.000 after them, they start to to to see things. They 0:39:43.000 --> 0:39:45.640 start to force the issue and start to throw the 0:39:45.640 --> 0:39:48.439 ball before receivers already. That's how you get turnovers with 0:39:48.440 --> 0:39:50.839 with those mistakes. And that's why Greg Williams is such 0:39:50.880 --> 0:39:53.680 a special coach and that's why these players have had success. 0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:56.799 And that's why guys love playing for Greg Williams. Because 0:39:56.840 --> 0:39:59.920 you just mentioned it looked like the Jets were sentenced 0:40:00.160 --> 0:40:03.040 X and the Burgess interception, but they're only sending for 0:40:03.600 --> 0:40:06.480 You never know where the pressure is coming from. We 0:40:06.560 --> 0:40:09.680 talked about fire zones all the time, and when we 0:40:09.840 --> 0:40:13.680 speak of Jamal Adams, and he was such an effective 0:40:13.719 --> 0:40:15.919 blitzer for this team, got it out the last couple 0:40:15.960 --> 0:40:18.319 of games. Because he's not a hundred percent whole, have 0:40:18.360 --> 0:40:21.360 a chance to heal himself up in the off season. 0:40:21.480 --> 0:40:26.440 But second consecutive team MVP for this guy. And I 0:40:26.520 --> 0:40:28.719 talked to a couple of people yesterday. They believe he 0:40:28.719 --> 0:40:31.920 should not only be yes a pro bowler, which he 0:40:32.120 --> 0:40:34.240 is he should be an All Pro. And he absolutely 0:40:34.280 --> 0:40:36.200 should be an All Pro, and I expect him to be. 0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:38.440 You know, he had a dominant year this year. You know, 0:40:38.600 --> 0:40:40.959 with the sacks, with the coverage, with with the open 0:40:41.000 --> 0:40:44.160 field tackles. He made big time impact plays, whether it 0:40:44.239 --> 0:40:46.520 be a turnover, forced fumbles. He was that guy who 0:40:46.560 --> 0:40:49.279 was a special player. Everyone, every team that played him 0:40:49.440 --> 0:40:52.400 understood where number thirty three was and he still was 0:40:52.680 --> 0:40:54.719 able to make an impact. That says a lot. Yeah, 0:40:54.920 --> 0:40:57.600 And how about again, I keep on going back to 0:40:57.680 --> 0:41:01.880 the depth that we saw develop here, um even along 0:41:02.000 --> 0:41:05.160 the defensive line. Kyle Phillips, an undrafted free agent out 0:41:05.160 --> 0:41:08.040 at Tennessee. We saw Quinnon Williams, the number three overall 0:41:08.120 --> 0:41:12.080 pick in the draft. He started flashing down the stretch. 0:41:12.120 --> 0:41:15.640 Steve mcclennon old, reliable. Don't call him old because he's 0:41:15.640 --> 0:41:19.280 probably thrown around a six pound squad across the street 0:41:19.440 --> 0:41:22.920 right now. Off full Ofronzo Fatakasi, who joined us a 0:41:22.920 --> 0:41:25.759 couple of weeks ago, was such a great story for 0:41:25.800 --> 0:41:29.400 this team. We talked about Jordan Jenkins, UH, Brandon Copeland 0:41:29.440 --> 0:41:32.960 got back into the mix UH this year as well. 0:41:33.200 --> 0:41:36.160 UH coming back off of that the suspension, and then 0:41:36.640 --> 0:41:39.719 we we mentioned the folks, all the guys they used 0:41:39.719 --> 0:41:42.520 it inside linebacker most notably at the end of the 0:41:42.560 --> 0:41:45.840 season and Burgess and Neville Hewitt and then what he 0:41:45.920 --> 0:41:49.279 was doing at the quarterback position. Uh. Credit cost de 0:41:49.320 --> 0:41:53.400 Marcus Mayad safety for becoming the first defensive back this season, 0:41:53.520 --> 0:41:56.800 the only defensive back this season start sixteen games at all. 0:41:57.120 --> 0:41:59.840 But you didn't know I was playing cornerback for this team. 0:42:00.080 --> 0:42:03.640 And they just plugged in and we're able to go 0:42:03.760 --> 0:42:06.959 out and get the job done. Absolutely, and you gotta 0:42:06.960 --> 0:42:09.680 get credit to these guys for their their uh persistence. 0:42:09.760 --> 0:42:12.160 You know, they continue to prepare. They never looked down 0:42:12.239 --> 0:42:13.680 on each other. They could have they could have went 0:42:13.760 --> 0:42:15.360 the tank at one in seven. You know, that's a 0:42:15.480 --> 0:42:17.200 that's a tough hole to come out of, and it's 0:42:17.239 --> 0:42:19.560 tough to stay positive and focus on your task. But 0:42:19.719 --> 0:42:21.840 the coaches did a great job of preparing guys. The 0:42:21.840 --> 0:42:24.080 players did a great job of stepping up and really 0:42:24.080 --> 0:42:26.400 they did it. They kept a tight locker room and 0:42:26.440 --> 0:42:28.680 that shows a lot moving forward. Here's the Jets truck 0:42:30.239 --> 0:42:32.560 road games against everybody in the division. We know that 0:42:33.080 --> 0:42:38.440 also Kansas City, the lah Chargers, Indianapolis, the l A 0:42:38.600 --> 0:42:41.600 rams in Seattle. So you're going out to California twice 0:42:41.600 --> 0:42:44.000 to play both l A teams. You're going out to 0:42:44.120 --> 0:42:49.080 Seattle and you're gonna see Patrick Mahomes at his home. Yeah, 0:42:49.120 --> 0:42:51.440 that's gonna be a lot of traveling next year. Hopefully 0:42:51.440 --> 0:42:52.799 some of those are back to back when they can, 0:42:52.960 --> 0:42:55.560 you know, have a trip where they stay over in California, 0:42:55.640 --> 0:42:57.600 they don't have to make that back and forth trip 0:42:57.640 --> 0:42:59.520 to the East coast. But I always had a lot 0:42:59.560 --> 0:43:01.440 of fun go out west. You know, maybe it's because 0:43:01.440 --> 0:43:03.880 I'm from out west, but whenever we went to traveled 0:43:03.880 --> 0:43:05.440 out West, we had a lot of success, whether it 0:43:05.440 --> 0:43:08.080 be Oakland, San Diego, it was a lot of fun. 0:43:08.120 --> 0:43:10.279 And I think the Jets will have some success out there. 0:43:10.360 --> 0:43:12.080 It's gonna be tough playing in Arrowhead. That's one of 0:43:12.120 --> 0:43:14.360 the loudest stadiums I've ever played in. And uh, and 0:43:14.400 --> 0:43:16.240 they're gonna be routy with where the team is playing. 0:43:16.280 --> 0:43:19.400 And Sam Donald year three, and you gotta be excited 0:43:19.480 --> 0:43:22.719 after watching him what he was able to do here 0:43:22.719 --> 0:43:27.279 in the later stages of his second professional campaign. But uh, 0:43:27.520 --> 0:43:30.399 we're awfully thankful as we head into the new year. 0:43:30.719 --> 0:43:35.200 Kyrie has been helping us back at the station throughout 0:43:35.200 --> 0:43:39.759 the year, justin here, Um, Charles and Noah making sure 0:43:39.800 --> 0:43:41.799 that people are seeing us in New York, Jets dot Com, 0:43:41.840 --> 0:43:45.680 in the Jets app E. Coleman's family was in attendance tonight. 0:43:45.760 --> 0:43:49.880 We've had so many people, so much support throughout the 0:43:49.880 --> 0:43:54.920 two thousand nineteen season. It's been a pleasure. Happy New Year. 0:43:55.000 --> 0:43:58.560 Pleasure was online. Happy New Year, brother. That's it for us, 0:43:58.640 --> 0:44:01.000 another year inside that. That's Happy New Year.