Speaker 1: Welcome to the Jet Penny Tin Pod. Yet there again
Speaker 1: and here joined as always by our star C P. Chad.
Speaker 1: The Jets win a game in Dallas when they struggle
Speaker 1: at times, overcame a lot of mistakes, but that's four
Speaker 1: in a row, now is that a sign of a
Speaker 1: good football team? Where hey, a lot of things went
Speaker 1: against them early, a number of penalties, Randy Ballock the
Speaker 1: new kicker, he struggled, missed extra point and a field goal,
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys had success running against the Jets at
Speaker 1: times darrenm fed and goes for over a hundred yards.
Speaker 1: And with all that being said, the Jets found a
Speaker 1: way to win in the fourth quarter. I think if
Speaker 1: your cup is half full, that's certainly the way to
Speaker 1: look at the game. If your cup is half empty,
Speaker 1: there's certainly a lot of things that are concerns that
Speaker 1: you want to get corrected. Moving into New England, my
Speaker 1: impressions of the game, um was that as a player,
Speaker 1: you get on the plane going while we want and
Speaker 1: we feel good about that, but we do not feel
Speaker 1: very good about how we want and how we played.
Speaker 1: And I think when you're looking at a team that
Speaker 1: you know it was on another quarterback hat four interceptions
Speaker 1: um and was just struggling. Uh. From the Jets perspective,
Speaker 1: they didn't do what they needed to do to put
Speaker 1: the team away and to have a convincing victory. Now,
Speaker 1: with that being said, you walk away as a victory,
Speaker 1: which is a great feeling. Now you're moving into this week,
Speaker 1: and maybe this is a good thing for the team
Speaker 1: moving into this week with a little bit of edge
Speaker 1: almost coming off of that game feeling like, you know what,
Speaker 1: we didn't play very well, almost felt like a loss.
Speaker 1: We've got to get some things corrected, and it gets
Speaker 1: our attention moving into the New England week. What do
Speaker 1: you think about Ryan Fitzpatrick's performance again when the game
Speaker 1: was on the line, he got the Jets in position
Speaker 1: to win. I certainly think, you know, the that's part
Speaker 1: of the game was the last part of the game,
Speaker 1: because when the team needed to uh put their foot
Speaker 1: down and focus in and come away with points in
Speaker 1: the victory, they were able to do that, and they
Speaker 1: made some big plays and Ryan certainly at the forefront
Speaker 1: of those big plays being made. And so that was
Speaker 1: the biggest positive out of it, was that through all
Speaker 1: the adversity and through the struggles in the game, They're
Speaker 1: able to put that behind them on the road in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter and come up with ten major points, uh,
Speaker 1: to be able to come away with the win. What's
Speaker 1: the mindset you think this week? Now? The Jets host
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots, and Todd Bulls set it here early.
Speaker 1: He set the tone early said, it's a big game
Speaker 1: because we have to win. It's not a big game
Speaker 1: because it's the Patriots. I completely agree, it's a big
Speaker 1: game because of the situation that they're in. UH. Certainly
Speaker 1: doesn't have anything to do with the opponent. From a
Speaker 1: fans perspective, it makes it even a little bit juicy
Speaker 1: here because of the opponent. But from the team's respective
Speaker 1: it's a big game because of the situation and the
Speaker 1: fight that they are in. Uh in the playoff run
Speaker 1: and so UH. What I expected Jets to really take
Speaker 1: a hard look at this week based upon last week's
Speaker 1: performance is the the play of the offensive line in
Speaker 1: the trenches and how they need to protect the quarterback better.
Speaker 1: I thought that the Cowboys got a solid pass rush
Speaker 1: on Ryan Fitzpatrick, did some things to make him uncomfortable,
Speaker 1: make him move around, pull the ball down that can't
Speaker 1: happen this week, and it's gonna be a tough task
Speaker 1: because you're playing a Patriots team that's number one in
Speaker 1: facts and they're built differently Defensively, This Patriots team is
Speaker 1: compared to years in the past where they've had big,
Speaker 1: solid linebackers, didn't move well in space, they stopped to
Speaker 1: run really well. This team moves really well in space
Speaker 1: and they have speed at these positions, and so this
Speaker 1: is going to be quite the task and challenged for
Speaker 1: the Jets offense. So how do you think Jean Gaily
Speaker 1: attacks this matchup? We know what happened in the first meeting.
Speaker 1: The Jets played a tough ball game, ultimately lost thirty
Speaker 1: to twenty three, and we set at the time no
Speaker 1: moral victories. But from an offensive perspective, the Patriots went
Speaker 1: out of their way to take Brandon Marshall out of
Speaker 1: the ball game, double teaming him in a big time way.
Speaker 1: And then also Chris Ivory. They stacked the box as
Speaker 1: we anticipated, and he got seventeen carries and managed forty
Speaker 1: one yards in that matchup. Well, you're exactly right, Eric,
Speaker 1: I think that number one. You have to go back
Speaker 1: and look at how the Patriots attacked the Jets in
Speaker 1: the first game, and that was certainly really obvious about
Speaker 1: a double teaming bracket coverage on Brandon Marshall. There was
Speaker 1: no disguising, no hiding what their plan was. It was
Speaker 1: to take fifteen out of the ball game. So what
Speaker 1: you have to do, I believe as an offense, you
Speaker 1: really gotta find ways for uh Decker and Power to
Speaker 1: make big time plays in this game. When Brandon Marshall
Speaker 1: does get single coverage, you want to make a point
Speaker 1: to throw the ball his way. And when he gets
Speaker 1: double coverage, that means that Pal and Deck are gonna
Speaker 1: have single coverage. They need to be higher on the
Speaker 1: priority list when that happens, and you just kind of
Speaker 1: keep working those combos and building those plays to where
Speaker 1: when you do have the opportunity to throw it to Brandon,
Speaker 1: you do, But if they take it away, you've got
Speaker 1: a great combination with the other two. I look forward
Speaker 1: to seeing how much empty no running backs in the
Speaker 1: backfield that the Jets use. I think that formation and
Speaker 1: those types of spread formations may play to their advantage,
Speaker 1: especially with how well below Poal was playing and what
Speaker 1: he's been able to do both running and catching his football.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's done an outstanding job and he is
Speaker 1: certainly one of those players. Similar to how the Patriots
Speaker 1: have used their running back use Pal and space to
Speaker 1: UH to really create a lot of good yardage on
Speaker 1: the offensive side, how do you think the Patriots try
Speaker 1: to counter that if Chien does come out with a
Speaker 1: lot of empty formations five wides, four wides, those kind
Speaker 1: of sets on Sunday. I think one of the keys
Speaker 1: to this game is going to be in game adjustments
Speaker 1: by both sides. There's going to be a chess match
Speaker 1: here to start in the first quarter to see how
Speaker 1: each team is playing on each side, and then really
Speaker 1: look for the end game adjustments second, third, and fourth
Speaker 1: quarters to see how they adjust to the different formations
Speaker 1: and the variations that each team gives itself. So UM,
Speaker 1: I think that the Patriots will they've got to take
Speaker 1: away fifteen and they have take away Brandon Marshas. You
Speaker 1: can't let him beat you, And then you have to
Speaker 1: mix up your coverages and and things like that, UH
Speaker 1: to UH defend Decker and Pal. But the biggest way
Speaker 1: and the best way to defend the passing game is
Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback and any time that you've
Speaker 1: seen Tom Brady struggle or the New England Patriots struggle
Speaker 1: on offense, it's when the opponent has been able to
Speaker 1: get to him quickly. It's the same way with this
Speaker 1: Jets offense. Can they get the rhyme Fitzpatrick and make
Speaker 1: him move around? Uh? To counteract that, one of the
Speaker 1: things that Jets can do is use the quarterback movement plays,
Speaker 1: the bootleg, the sprint out, the d play actions where
Speaker 1: he's moving the pocket and the and the throwing point
Speaker 1: is different from a typical drop back growing point. That's
Speaker 1: the way you can counteract that. Is it important to
Speaker 1: get i'veory started or not necessarily because, like we've talked
Speaker 1: about before, you know what the Patriots want to do
Speaker 1: and they want to take away your balance. But with
Speaker 1: that being said, it seems like the Jets would be
Speaker 1: comfortable coming out and spreading the field and putting the
Speaker 1: ball in Fitzpatrick's hands. Yeah. I think I think it's
Speaker 1: important maybe to think past to set up to run
Speaker 1: this game and to kind of almost flip your mindset
Speaker 1: and hopefully, uh, you're a successful in the passing game
Speaker 1: and the play action game, which then we'll set up
Speaker 1: Ivory later on in the game and let him wear
Speaker 1: on them and beat up on their him in the
Speaker 1: second half, and not just trying to come out and
Speaker 1: established to run early. Because if that happens and you
Speaker 1: don't succeed in that, and now you give um tom
Speaker 1: Brady in the offense of the New England Patriots offense
Speaker 1: and more chances on the field, that doesn't bode well
Speaker 1: for the Jets as a team. So I think it's
Speaker 1: going to have to be a mixture, but I think
Speaker 1: it may be more of a set up the pass
Speaker 1: first and then work to run second. Do you think
Speaker 1: the Jets are a better team right now than the
Speaker 1: one that went to New England and late October? I
Speaker 1: think they are. I think they have found their stride.
Speaker 1: I don't think they were completely in their stride so
Speaker 1: to speak, when they went to New England earlier in
Speaker 1: the year. I think they're a better team, They're more
Speaker 1: complete team. I think that these uh last few games
Speaker 1: has allowed certain players on each side of the ball
Speaker 1: to come to the forefront and show their value. Calvin
Speaker 1: Pryor showing his value. Um, you look on the Leonard
Speaker 1: Williams showing his value. You look on the offensive side
Speaker 1: of noon Law being able to make a few plays,
Speaker 1: bilal Powe really coming to the forefront making play. So
Speaker 1: they've been able to become a more complete team since
Speaker 1: that first matchup. Give me a magic number? How many
Speaker 1: points do the Jets have to score? In your mind
Speaker 1: to win this ball game? I think this is a
Speaker 1: thirty point game, no doubt about it. I think the
Speaker 1: team who scores thirty win, whether it be a thirty
Speaker 1: to twenty four or thirty to thirty to twenty seven
Speaker 1: tight game. I think that magic number is somewhere around
Speaker 1: the thirty point mark. All right, I asked you this
Speaker 1: all the time. We talked about it off there on
Speaker 1: their audio slow down Brady and Company. And he continues
Speaker 1: to win despite being decimated by injuries. What a season.
Speaker 1: He's at thirty five touchdown passes, six interceptions each and
Speaker 1: every week they're putting up number. Rob Gronkowski is still
Speaker 1: a little bit banged up, sixty six sketches, eleven touchdowns.
Speaker 1: But the Patriots could be without Danny Amendola was their
Speaker 1: second leading receiver. We don't expect Julian edelt want to
Speaker 1: be in the lineup. We know Dion Lewis has gone
Speaker 1: out of the lineup for some time, and you know
Speaker 1: you have to go all the way down and look
Speaker 1: at a guy like James White to say that's your
Speaker 1: fifth leading receiver. But Brady's still getting it done with
Speaker 1: who overs out there on the field and guys like
Speaker 1: Brandon lafallon outside as well. Yeah, I think it starts
Speaker 1: with Gronkowski. I think the Jets really have to focus
Speaker 1: on Gronkowski similar to how Patriots are going to focus
Speaker 1: on Marshall. Uh, that's the guy. It's the guy, regardless
Speaker 1: if if everybody's healthy or not. Gronk is the guy.
Speaker 1: It centers around him and the matchups, the physicality that
Speaker 1: he creates, the big playability he creates. He is the guy.
Speaker 1: The Jets have to force James, why, Brandon las Fail,
Speaker 1: Brandon Bolden, other players to win the game that they
Speaker 1: cannot allow Gronk to control the game. Secondly, and probably
Speaker 1: more important than Gronk is the pressure on Brady and
Speaker 1: can the Jets be able to get used four and
Speaker 1: five pass rushers to get the Brady fast create some
Speaker 1: schemes where a guy comes free. Uh, Buffalo had success
Speaker 1: with that. Other teams have had success. Pittsburgh had a
Speaker 1: little bit of success earlier in the year creating getting
Speaker 1: guys free to Brady moving him off his spot. That
Speaker 1: as the two keys for the Jets defense. And then
Speaker 1: the third thing I think be interesting to see how
Speaker 1: do they use Derell Reevis in this mindset? Do they
Speaker 1: um putting him on the second or third receiver and
Speaker 1: use more double teams on Gronk with a safety in
Speaker 1: the linebacker or there, you know, another corner to create
Speaker 1: matchups that way? Do they use some more zones? Uh
Speaker 1: that could be uh, you know, something that could uh
Speaker 1: affect them as well. So be interesting to see how
Speaker 1: the Jets use those matchups. It wouldn't be crazy talk
Speaker 1: to put reevus Gronk a little bit and Brackett with
Speaker 1: the Calvin Prior wouldn't be crazy at all. Um, But
Speaker 1: I don't think you could major in that, you know.
Speaker 1: I think you've got to be able to mix it up.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be interesting to see and we may
Speaker 1: see some end game adjustment. We may see, Hey, we're
Speaker 1: going into the game as a Jets defense with this mindset.
Speaker 1: We've got two or seet three things that we have
Speaker 1: in our back pocket if that first mindset doesn't work
Speaker 1: and doesn't play to our advantage. So uh, the end
Speaker 1: game adjustments is gonna be really interesting to see what
Speaker 1: happened in the second, third, and fourth quarters. Well, you
Speaker 1: said it, the Jets have to get to Brady, But
Speaker 1: how do you get to him. I don't even care
Speaker 1: what's happening up front from their line perspective, because he
Speaker 1: still merches on. He's been sacked thirty four times this season.
Speaker 1: But the ball comes out so quick, as you know,
Speaker 1: and don't you anticipate that the Patriots come out with
Speaker 1: a lot of spread. Look uh, spread looks themselves where
Speaker 1: they're gonna try to stretch the Jets out and not
Speaker 1: sit there in the box. Remember that first game, Brady,
Speaker 1: who was the leading rusher with fifteen yards. They didn't
Speaker 1: even try to run the football. Well, the great thing
Speaker 1: about the Patriots system, they don't believe in just doing
Speaker 1: what we do mentality and you have to stop us.
Speaker 1: They believe in every week is a specific game plan
Speaker 1: for that specific team, and if it calls for throwing
Speaker 1: the ball fifty times and not running it, they're okay
Speaker 1: with that. They're not interested in balance or any of
Speaker 1: those statistical things that we get caught up in. They're
Speaker 1: interested in what is going what it's going to take
Speaker 1: to win the football game. So I certainly would imagine
Speaker 1: that the Patriots use the spread formations and use the
Speaker 1: empty packages, use the quick passing game UM and and
Speaker 1: being able to get matchups against the Jet linebackers. So
Speaker 1: you may have to see more Nickel and dimes schemes
Speaker 1: from the Jets defense with five and six defensive back
Speaker 1: to be able to UH to stand those spreads formations
Speaker 1: and have the right matchups to cover the passing game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Nichols really the Jet space if you think about if
Speaker 1: he's buster screens on the field so much, and then
Speaker 1: like you're saying, you can throw out dime and dependent
Speaker 1: on the package, you could have Marcus Williams out there,
Speaker 1: who has been a tremendous this season, continues to be
Speaker 1: a ball hawk. He's leading the team with six interceptions.
Speaker 1: You mentioned it before, the Jets had four interceptions early
Speaker 1: UH last week. He gainst the Cowboys, but Brady doesn't
Speaker 1: turn it over. How frustrating you think that can that
Speaker 1: be for a defense? And how much patience do you
Speaker 1: gotta have when you play against him, because even if
Speaker 1: he's off most of the time, you're never gonna find
Speaker 1: a ballgame where he's turning over two or three times. Right,
Speaker 1: So what that means is you're tackling has to be tremendous,
Speaker 1: and you know that he's going to make accurate throws.
Speaker 1: You're gonna take away that big play capability with his
Speaker 1: accuracy and limit him to making his underneath throws. And
Speaker 1: when he does make those underneath throws, we've got to
Speaker 1: have short tackling as a defense. That's what the Jets
Speaker 1: are thinking. You've got to be able to tackle in
Speaker 1: space and limit those yards after catch. If you do that,
Speaker 1: I think that plays to your advantage. I mentioned prior before,
Speaker 1: how good do you think he's buying in a second season,
Speaker 1: because I don't think a lot of people realize that
Speaker 1: stretch when the Jets did it really struggle for the
Speaker 1: only time in two thousand and fifteen, he went out
Speaker 1: against the Patriots and we saw what gronkowski, the damage
Speaker 1: he did late and the Jets after that game that
Speaker 1: started a one and four slide where they want to
Speaker 1: five and five before recovering. But that defense looks a
Speaker 1: lot different to me on the field. Well, it does.
Speaker 1: And I think what I've been impressed with the most
Speaker 1: is his maturation process from year one to year two.
Speaker 1: I think he had such a big expectations placed upon
Speaker 1: him as a rookie and that's very difficult to handle.
Speaker 1: And so he's been able to come back this year
Speaker 1: and just you can just see the confidence that he's
Speaker 1: playing with um the level of knowledge that he has
Speaker 1: compared to year one, and being able to use that
Speaker 1: knowledge to his advantage, along with his physicality and how
Speaker 1: he plays the game. And so it's been nice to see.
Speaker 1: I mean, this has been a great year for him.
Speaker 1: He is playing aggressive, he's playing with confidence, and he's
Speaker 1: making play. When you look at the FC right now,
Speaker 1: three teams nine O five, the Jets, the Steelers, and
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs, and do you think these teams,
Speaker 1: all three of these teams could finish eleven and five?
Speaker 1: Where do you see potentially a loss in there? Because
Speaker 1: you around, you played this game, You've watched this game
Speaker 1: for so many years, Chad, is that the chances of
Speaker 1: And let's put Denver in there as well, because Denver,
Speaker 1: now with four losses, could slip back. I can't imagine
Speaker 1: all these teams are gonna finish eleven and five no
Speaker 1: matter who they're playing. Well, the statistics say no, but um,
Speaker 1: it would not surprise me Eric if it did happen,
Speaker 1: which really does not mode well for the Jets, but
Speaker 1: it would not surprise me. When you look at Kansas
Speaker 1: City schedule, I think people feel like they should finish
Speaker 1: eleven or five. Pittsburgh offensively, UH is extremely on fire
Speaker 1: right now. They can play with anybody, outscore anybody, And
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, it's it's you have three
Speaker 1: teams fighting for these two wild card spots that maybe
Speaker 1: three of the hottest teams in the league period and
Speaker 1: they're all vying in the same conference for two spots. Um,
Speaker 1: So it certainly makes for great drama. But it can
Speaker 1: certainly happen. I have seen it obviously with two eleven
Speaker 1: and five teams, but with three would certainly UH be
Speaker 1: something that hasn't I don't even know if it's been
Speaker 1: done before. All Right, so here's the schedule right now,
Speaker 1: Let's go through through Kansas City. UH. Cleveland is in
Speaker 1: Kansas City this weekend, and then Casey stays at home
Speaker 1: and they have a tremendous home field advantage there and
Speaker 1: they faced the Raiders in weeks seventeen. I can see
Speaker 1: the Silver and Black given them a running weeks seventeen,
Speaker 1: but it's probably gonna be difficult to go in there
Speaker 1: if the playoffs are on the line and beat a
Speaker 1: Chiefs team who's won eight games in a row right now.
Speaker 1: If they beat the Bronze this week, that's nine right.
Speaker 1: I think the game to watch four of the week
Speaker 1: seventeen Oakland Kansas City. That's gonna be there tough as
Speaker 1: I don't see the brown being able to uh force
Speaker 1: enough effort and production to be able to beat Kansas
Speaker 1: City in Kansas City. Yeah, and then you look at
Speaker 1: the Steelers. They're at Baltimore this week, and while it's
Speaker 1: been really a disappointing season for the Ravens, and then
Speaker 1: they're at Cleveland divisional matchup, and maybe the Browns can
Speaker 1: provide some spunk, but they're gonna be heavily favorite in
Speaker 1: both of those games. Don't you think Pittsburgh has a
Speaker 1: similar road that Kansas City does? I think, um, I
Speaker 1: don't think that Baltimore has enough firepower to be able
Speaker 1: to keep up with the Steelers offense. And I think
Speaker 1: you know Baltimore's defense is not the defensive old I
Speaker 1: think both Steelers get that win in Baltimore, and and
Speaker 1: you know, it would certainly take a tremendous effort by
Speaker 1: the Browns to be able to beat uh, the Steelers.
Speaker 1: But I've seen crazier things happen. If you remember in
Speaker 1: two thousand, when the Jets are trying to make a
Speaker 1: playoff run, and Buffalo came in at about two and
Speaker 1: thirteen or two and twelve and week fourteen or fifteen
Speaker 1: and and stole a victory in the Meadowland to help
Speaker 1: knock the Jets out of playoffs. Contitchen, I mean, that
Speaker 1: was one of those one of those times. So crazier
Speaker 1: things have certainly happened before. All Right, So here's the
Speaker 1: final team who is in the mix right now. They
Speaker 1: are the a f C West leaders. But that was
Speaker 1: a devastating loss for the Broncos in Pittsburgh, a seventeen
Speaker 1: point lead over the Steelers. Dont Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: and company got hot and they just could not stop
Speaker 1: them in the second half. So now you have a
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos team who's tenant four and they host Cincinnati
Speaker 1: on Monday Night, and then they host the San Diego
Speaker 1: Chargers in week seventeen. This Monday night matchup could be
Speaker 1: huge for the Jets if they went out. Todd Bawls
Speaker 1: has his team focused on the Patriots, but I'm just
Speaker 1: saying from a fans perspective, that's what we're looking at
Speaker 1: the sc landscape right now. Just from a as perspective,
Speaker 1: if Cincinnati went into Denver and one on Monday Night,
Speaker 1: the Jets would hold a tiebreaker over the Broncos, and
Speaker 1: that would mean the Chiefs would go into first place
Speaker 1: in the f C West if they win, and if
Speaker 1: they lose, they'd have more losses than the Jets anyway,
Speaker 1: So this Denver match up against the Cincinnati Bengals on
Speaker 1: Monday Night could be huge for a Jets fan if
Speaker 1: the Jets take care of business on Monday. On Sunday,
Speaker 1: no question, two things. I think the Jets certainly have
Speaker 1: the toughest road um because they have to play the
Speaker 1: division leader and the best team of football at home,
Speaker 1: and then they have to go to Buffalo, which is
Speaker 1: extremely difficult to play late in the season or any
Speaker 1: time for that fact. And then uh so that's that's
Speaker 1: Number one. And then number two, the smoothest or the
Speaker 1: best road for the Jets to get in would be
Speaker 1: to win out and never mess it up, because they
Speaker 1: certainly have the toughest schedule out of those three teams
Speaker 1: that we're talking about, and you know, they're dealing with
Speaker 1: some quarterback issues with with Peyton's injury and and then uh,
Speaker 1: you know, and but then again, Cincinnati's also dealing with
Speaker 1: with a quarterback issue as well, So it's going to
Speaker 1: be interesting. But I think that would be the way
Speaker 1: for the Jet to get in. If never stubbs, it's toe,
Speaker 1: Jets continue to win and then Kansas City becomes the
Speaker 1: division winner in the act. Yeah, and I don't know,
Speaker 1: I know you're not breaking down those teams films, but
Speaker 1: how do you think Cincinnati does match up with Denver?
Speaker 1: To me, that's a fascinating ball game because both sides
Speaker 1: of the ball one day night are gonna have a
Speaker 1: lot of talent on the field. I was impressed with
Speaker 1: Denver early. They just couldn't sustain it and offensively got nothing,
Speaker 1: nothing in the second half against Pittsburgh. But you know,
Speaker 1: like you're saying a J. McCarron, brock Swidler Cincinnati is
Speaker 1: gonna have a lot to play for because they're sitting
Speaker 1: there with three losses. Of course they want to first
Speaker 1: round by so there's plenty of steak in that ball game. Conversely,
Speaker 1: if Dunver wins, they could be aligned for first round
Speaker 1: by no question that that may be the game of
Speaker 1: the week, um, no question about it. With the Jets
Speaker 1: Patriots being right there in a close second. And when
Speaker 1: you look at it, Cincinnati, um where they're a little
Speaker 1: bit I think they're a little bit stronger defensively than
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's defense. Um. But where Pittsburgh had success in the
Speaker 1: second half of that game against the Broncos was with
Speaker 1: his pass rush and being able to get to bronck
Speaker 1: Oswalder and shut down the running game and really move
Speaker 1: make him move around and make plays, not allow his
Speaker 1: big six six s frame to just sit in the
Speaker 1: pocket and dissect you where in the first half they
Speaker 1: couldn't get to him at all. So they were really efficient.
Speaker 1: So it needs to be a great defensive effort from Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: And then you're looking at two backup quarterbacks that are
Speaker 1: being asked to manage the game properly. Hit the open guys,
Speaker 1: allow the running games to come to fruition. So it's
Speaker 1: going to be one of those chess matches, and it
Speaker 1: should be one of those games. Is going to come
Speaker 1: down to the fourth quarter bar in any crazy special
Speaker 1: teams plays or or turnovers, and which backup quarterback and
Speaker 1: lead his team to victory. Well, let's hope that means
Speaker 1: something for the Jets. Now fast forward again back to
Speaker 1: MetLife Stadium. What do you anticipate from the Jets fans
Speaker 1: this week? Their team comes home on a four game
Speaker 1: win streak, the Patriots are in town. Usually that means
Speaker 1: a little bit of a different feel. But I said
Speaker 1: it last night on the radio that it doesn't matter
Speaker 1: who the Jets are playing this week, whether it's the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans, of Miami Dolphins, the San Diego Charges, Oakland Raiders,
Speaker 1: they just gotta win. Well, I hope that Jeff fans
Speaker 1: and I know that they will. They should be extremely
Speaker 1: fired up for this game. They should be extremely raucous. Uh.
Speaker 1: This is uh some of the most excitement that this
Speaker 1: organization has experienced since the OH nine in two thousands,
Speaker 1: ten years with the a f C championship runs. Uh,
Speaker 1: this reminds me of that run that we had in
Speaker 1: two thousands two those last few weeks. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: going in and not knowing exactly what could happen, but
Speaker 1: knowing you have a shot and experiencing that energy in
Speaker 1: that field that I've experienced as a player, that was
Speaker 1: really really special, one of the best moments of my career.
Speaker 1: And I expected to be the same uh this week
Speaker 1: with Jet fans and MetLife Stadium, because this is one
Speaker 1: of those special moments, a fan appreciation day. Uh. The
Speaker 1: team is giving out white rally tiles. I anticipate the
Speaker 1: place will be packed. It's gonna be a great atmosphere.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, I gotta wish you'd marry Christmas. This
Speaker 1: is your podcast. What do you and your family have
Speaker 1: planned over uh this week? Well, for my wife and I,
Speaker 1: it's certainly uh one of those weeks and and a
Speaker 1: few of those days that is action packed and trying
Speaker 1: to see both sides of the family as well as
Speaker 1: making sure that kids have a great Christmas morning. But
Speaker 1: we always enjoy it because we enjoy seeing the smiles
Speaker 1: and the grins and the the excitement on our kids
Speaker 1: faces and be able to hopefully relax and catch a
Speaker 1: Jet win on Sunday and and maybe even a Marshall
Speaker 1: Bowl win on Saturday. So it should be a great
Speaker 1: weekend for family, a great weekend for football. I'm excited
Speaker 1: for the Jets team and this is what you play for,
Speaker 1: and I think it should be. It's one of those
Speaker 1: games that's really important for the organization to beat the
Speaker 1: Patriots and to really having a statement win. It's one
Speaker 1: of those games that could really uh, you know, regardless
Speaker 1: of what happens with the rest of the year, this game,
Speaker 1: I think is an important win for Jet fans, important
Speaker 1: game for Jet fans as well as the organization as
Speaker 1: a whole moving forward. All right, well, we wish you
Speaker 1: Robin and the boys, and merry Christmas, and hopefully next
Speaker 1: week we'll get a chance to catch up once again
Speaker 1: after Jets win and possibly a little bit of help,
Speaker 1: so maybe they'll control their own destiny. Heading to Buffalo
Speaker 1: in week seventeen is gonna be fascinating. Also, Partner, you
Speaker 1: have to study the big balls because we're gonna look
Speaker 1: at the New Year's Eve Eve showdowns, uh Michigan State
Speaker 1: Alabama next week. We're gonna go over that real quick
Speaker 1: as well as clumbson in Oklahoma, and I might throw
Speaker 1: in a couple of other bulls, and myself and you
Speaker 1: are gonna give our Bowl predictions, and then we'll break
Speaker 1: down everything as we had into the National Football League's
Speaker 1: final regular season week. Nice. I like the homework. I
Speaker 1: have got homework up for Christmas. I like you think
Speaker 1: all right, yead take care maker A fun