WEBVTT - The Chad Pennington Podcast 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:10.719 Welcome to the Jet Penny Tin Pod. Yet there again 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:16.280 and here joined as always by our star C P. Chad. 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:21.600 The Jets win a game in Dallas when they struggle 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:24.639 at times, overcame a lot of mistakes, but that's four 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:26.960 in a row, now is that a sign of a 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.680 good football team? Where hey, a lot of things went 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:34.479 against them early, a number of penalties, Randy Ballock the 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:39.760 new kicker, he struggled, missed extra point and a field goal, 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:43.400 and the Cowboys had success running against the Jets at 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.040 times darrenm fed and goes for over a hundred yards. 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.519 And with all that being said, the Jets found a 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:53.040 way to win in the fourth quarter. I think if 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:56.880 your cup is half full, that's certainly the way to 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:59.080 look at the game. If your cup is half empty, 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.720 there's certainly a lot of things that are concerns that 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:05.520 you want to get corrected. Moving into New England, my 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:09.399 impressions of the game, um was that as a player, 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:11.520 you get on the plane going while we want and 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.600 we feel good about that, but we do not feel 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:15.880 very good about how we want and how we played. 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.800 And I think when you're looking at a team that 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:22.160 you know it was on another quarterback hat four interceptions 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:26.920 um and was just struggling. Uh. From the Jets perspective, 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.280 they didn't do what they needed to do to put 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.360 the team away and to have a convincing victory. Now, 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.959 with that being said, you walk away as a victory, 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:38.000 which is a great feeling. Now you're moving into this week, 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.280 and maybe this is a good thing for the team 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.200 moving into this week with a little bit of edge 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.320 almost coming off of that game feeling like, you know what, 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.559 we didn't play very well, almost felt like a loss. 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.000 We've got to get some things corrected, and it gets 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.520 our attention moving into the New England week. What do 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:54.760 you think about Ryan Fitzpatrick's performance again when the game 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:56.960 was on the line, he got the Jets in position 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:00.400 to win. I certainly think, you know, the that's part 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:02.280 of the game was the last part of the game, 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:06.200 because when the team needed to uh put their foot 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.320 down and focus in and come away with points in 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.240 the victory, they were able to do that, and they 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.639 made some big plays and Ryan certainly at the forefront 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.120 of those big plays being made. And so that was 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.520 the biggest positive out of it, was that through all 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.880 the adversity and through the struggles in the game, They're 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.200 able to put that behind them on the road in 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:31.200 the fourth quarter and come up with ten major points, uh, 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.200 to be able to come away with the win. What's 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.360 the mindset you think this week? Now? The Jets host 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:40.560 the New England Patriots, and Todd Bulls set it here early. 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:43.959 He set the tone early said, it's a big game 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.680 because we have to win. It's not a big game 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:51.000 because it's the Patriots. I completely agree, it's a big 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:54.160 game because of the situation that they're in. UH. Certainly 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.400 doesn't have anything to do with the opponent. From a 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:00.359 fans perspective, it makes it even a little bit juicy 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:02.880 here because of the opponent. But from the team's respective 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:05.760 it's a big game because of the situation and the 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.440 fight that they are in. Uh in the playoff run 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:12.399 and so UH. What I expected Jets to really take 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:15.160 a hard look at this week based upon last week's 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:19.000 performance is the the play of the offensive line in 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:23.200 the trenches and how they need to protect the quarterback better. 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.600 I thought that the Cowboys got a solid pass rush 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:30.120 on Ryan Fitzpatrick, did some things to make him uncomfortable, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.960 make him move around, pull the ball down that can't 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.040 happen this week, and it's gonna be a tough task 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.360 because you're playing a Patriots team that's number one in 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:42.320 facts and they're built differently Defensively, This Patriots team is 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.440 compared to years in the past where they've had big, 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:49.880 solid linebackers, didn't move well in space, they stopped to 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:52.720 run really well. This team moves really well in space 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.880 and they have speed at these positions, and so this 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.680 is going to be quite the task and challenged for 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.720 the Jets offense. So how do you think Jean Gaily 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:05.520 attacks this matchup? We know what happened in the first meeting. 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:08.640 The Jets played a tough ball game, ultimately lost thirty 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:10.960 to twenty three, and we set at the time no 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:15.120 moral victories. But from an offensive perspective, the Patriots went 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.960 out of their way to take Brandon Marshall out of 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.480 the ball game, double teaming him in a big time way. 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.720 And then also Chris Ivory. They stacked the box as 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:30.320 we anticipated, and he got seventeen carries and managed forty 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:34.960 one yards in that matchup. Well, you're exactly right, Eric, 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.039 I think that number one. You have to go back 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.200 and look at how the Patriots attacked the Jets in 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:43.400 the first game, and that was certainly really obvious about 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:47.000 a double teaming bracket coverage on Brandon Marshall. There was 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:51.279 no disguising, no hiding what their plan was. It was 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.400 to take fifteen out of the ball game. So what 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:56.520 you have to do, I believe as an offense, you 0:04:56.640 --> 0:05:00.760 really gotta find ways for uh Decker and Power to 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:04.440 make big time plays in this game. When Brandon Marshall 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:06.799 does get single coverage, you want to make a point 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.760 to throw the ball his way. And when he gets 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.240 double coverage, that means that Pal and Deck are gonna 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:15.159 have single coverage. They need to be higher on the 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.920 priority list when that happens, and you just kind of 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:21.000 keep working those combos and building those plays to where 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.680 when you do have the opportunity to throw it to Brandon, 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:25.880 you do, But if they take it away, you've got 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.840 a great combination with the other two. I look forward 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:32.560 to seeing how much empty no running backs in the 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.839 backfield that the Jets use. I think that formation and 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:39.400 those types of spread formations may play to their advantage, 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.200 especially with how well below Poal was playing and what 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.320 he's been able to do both running and catching his football. 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.960 I mean, he's done an outstanding job and he is 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.320 certainly one of those players. Similar to how the Patriots 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:54.360 have used their running back use Pal and space to 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:57.400 UH to really create a lot of good yardage on 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.200 the offensive side, how do you think the Patriots try 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.480 to counter that if Chien does come out with a 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:07.360 lot of empty formations five wides, four wides, those kind 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:11.279 of sets on Sunday. I think one of the keys 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.320 to this game is going to be in game adjustments 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.880 by both sides. There's going to be a chess match 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.120 here to start in the first quarter to see how 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.520 each team is playing on each side, and then really 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.719 look for the end game adjustments second, third, and fourth 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.039 quarters to see how they adjust to the different formations 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.640 and the variations that each team gives itself. So UM, 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.120 I think that the Patriots will they've got to take 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:37.279 away fifteen and they have take away Brandon Marshas. You 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:40.200 can't let him beat you, And then you have to 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:44.040 mix up your coverages and and things like that, UH 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:47.520 to UH defend Decker and Pal. But the biggest way 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.680 and the best way to defend the passing game is 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:52.960 to get to the quarterback and any time that you've 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:56.799 seen Tom Brady struggle or the New England Patriots struggle 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.760 on offense, it's when the opponent has been able to 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.800 get to him quickly. It's the same way with this 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:06.040 Jets offense. Can they get the rhyme Fitzpatrick and make 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:09.279 him move around? Uh? To counteract that, one of the 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.280 things that Jets can do is use the quarterback movement plays, 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.880 the bootleg, the sprint out, the d play actions where 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.280 he's moving the pocket and the and the throwing point 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.360 is different from a typical drop back growing point. That's 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.720 the way you can counteract that. Is it important to 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:28.880 get i'veory started or not necessarily because, like we've talked 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:31.120 about before, you know what the Patriots want to do 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.640 and they want to take away your balance. But with 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.320 that being said, it seems like the Jets would be 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.520 comfortable coming out and spreading the field and putting the 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:43.200 ball in Fitzpatrick's hands. Yeah. I think I think it's 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.880 important maybe to think past to set up to run 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:49.160 this game and to kind of almost flip your mindset 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:53.200 and hopefully, uh, you're a successful in the passing game 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.320 and the play action game, which then we'll set up 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:58.559 Ivory later on in the game and let him wear 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.760 on them and beat up on their him in the 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.280 second half, and not just trying to come out and 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:07.080 established to run early. Because if that happens and you 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.600 don't succeed in that, and now you give um tom 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.840 Brady in the offense of the New England Patriots offense 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.680 and more chances on the field, that doesn't bode well 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.040 for the Jets as a team. So I think it's 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:20.480 going to have to be a mixture, but I think 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.240 it may be more of a set up the pass 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.800 first and then work to run second. Do you think 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:30.680 the Jets are a better team right now than the 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:35.720 one that went to New England and late October? I 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:37.920 think they are. I think they have found their stride. 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:41.400 I don't think they were completely in their stride so 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.600 to speak, when they went to New England earlier in 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.360 the year. I think they're a better team, They're more 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:50.840 complete team. I think that these uh last few games 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.320 has allowed certain players on each side of the ball 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:57.600 to come to the forefront and show their value. Calvin 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:02.079 Pryor showing his value. Um, you look on the Leonard 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:05.679 Williams showing his value. You look on the offensive side 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.920 of noon Law being able to make a few plays, 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:11.160 bilal Powe really coming to the forefront making play. So 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:15.640 they've been able to become a more complete team since 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.520 that first matchup. Give me a magic number? How many 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:23.160 points do the Jets have to score? In your mind 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:26.080 to win this ball game? I think this is a 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.440 thirty point game, no doubt about it. I think the 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.920 team who scores thirty win, whether it be a thirty 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.880 to twenty four or thirty to thirty to twenty seven 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.000 tight game. I think that magic number is somewhere around 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.440 the thirty point mark. All right, I asked you this 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.280 all the time. We talked about it off there on 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:48.199 their audio slow down Brady and Company. And he continues 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:54.439 to win despite being decimated by injuries. What a season. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:58.480 He's at thirty five touchdown passes, six interceptions each and 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:02.080 every week they're putting up number. Rob Gronkowski is still 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:06.320 a little bit banged up, sixty six sketches, eleven touchdowns. 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:10.200 But the Patriots could be without Danny Amendola was their 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.680 second leading receiver. We don't expect Julian edelt want to 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:15.880 be in the lineup. We know Dion Lewis has gone 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:19.800 out of the lineup for some time, and you know 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:21.880 you have to go all the way down and look 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.480 at a guy like James White to say that's your 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:28.959 fifth leading receiver. But Brady's still getting it done with 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.040 who overs out there on the field and guys like 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:35.480 Brandon lafallon outside as well. Yeah, I think it starts 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:38.240 with Gronkowski. I think the Jets really have to focus 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:41.920 on Gronkowski similar to how Patriots are going to focus 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:45.760 on Marshall. Uh, that's the guy. It's the guy, regardless 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.959 if if everybody's healthy or not. Gronk is the guy. 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:53.280 It centers around him and the matchups, the physicality that 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:57.240 he creates, the big playability he creates. He is the guy. 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.880 The Jets have to force James, why, Brandon las Fail, 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:04.600 Brandon Bolden, other players to win the game that they 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:09.120 cannot allow Gronk to control the game. Secondly, and probably 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.480 more important than Gronk is the pressure on Brady and 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.760 can the Jets be able to get used four and 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:19.520 five pass rushers to get the Brady fast create some 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:23.640 schemes where a guy comes free. Uh, Buffalo had success 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:25.920 with that. Other teams have had success. Pittsburgh had a 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.240 little bit of success earlier in the year creating getting 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.520 guys free to Brady moving him off his spot. That 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:35.439 as the two keys for the Jets defense. And then 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.280 the third thing I think be interesting to see how 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:42.120 do they use Derell Reevis in this mindset? Do they 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:46.080 um putting him on the second or third receiver and 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.280 use more double teams on Gronk with a safety in 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.920 the linebacker or there, you know, another corner to create 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:56.200 matchups that way? Do they use some more zones? Uh 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.319 that could be uh, you know, something that could uh 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.640 affect them as well. So be interesting to see how 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:04.240 the Jets use those matchups. It wouldn't be crazy talk 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:08.080 to put reevus Gronk a little bit and Brackett with 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:13.760 the Calvin Prior wouldn't be crazy at all. Um, But 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:16.120 I don't think you could major in that, you know. 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:17.800 I think you've got to be able to mix it up. 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:20.240 So it's gonna be interesting to see and we may 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.880 see some end game adjustment. We may see, Hey, we're 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.840 going into the game as a Jets defense with this mindset. 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:28.800 We've got two or seet three things that we have 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:32.319 in our back pocket if that first mindset doesn't work 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.240 and doesn't play to our advantage. So uh, the end 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:37.840 game adjustments is gonna be really interesting to see what 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.600 happened in the second, third, and fourth quarters. Well, you 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:42.600 said it, the Jets have to get to Brady, But 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:44.520 how do you get to him. I don't even care 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:48.040 what's happening up front from their line perspective, because he 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:52.000 still merches on. He's been sacked thirty four times this season. 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.080 But the ball comes out so quick, as you know, 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:58.680 and don't you anticipate that the Patriots come out with 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.319 a lot of spread. Look uh, spread looks themselves where 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.320 they're gonna try to stretch the Jets out and not 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:08.199 sit there in the box. Remember that first game, Brady, 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.440 who was the leading rusher with fifteen yards. They didn't 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.920 even try to run the football. Well, the great thing 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:18.480 about the Patriots system, they don't believe in just doing 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:22.160 what we do mentality and you have to stop us. 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:26.080 They believe in every week is a specific game plan 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.920 for that specific team, and if it calls for throwing 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.800 the ball fifty times and not running it, they're okay 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:35.160 with that. They're not interested in balance or any of 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.360 those statistical things that we get caught up in. They're 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.720 interested in what is going what it's going to take 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:45.120 to win the football game. So I certainly would imagine 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:49.040 that the Patriots use the spread formations and use the 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:53.760 empty packages, use the quick passing game UM and and 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:57.840 being able to get matchups against the Jet linebackers. So 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:01.680 you may have to see more Nickel and dimes schemes 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:05.760 from the Jets defense with five and six defensive back 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.920 to be able to UH to stand those spreads formations 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:13.240 and have the right matchups to cover the passing game. Yeah, 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.679 Nichols really the Jet space if you think about if 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.080 he's buster screens on the field so much, and then 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:22.000 like you're saying, you can throw out dime and dependent 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.800 on the package, you could have Marcus Williams out there, 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.120 who has been a tremendous this season, continues to be 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.720 a ball hawk. He's leading the team with six interceptions. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:34.720 You mentioned it before, the Jets had four interceptions early 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:39.760 UH last week. He gainst the Cowboys, but Brady doesn't 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:43.120 turn it over. How frustrating you think that can that 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:46.800 be for a defense? And how much patience do you 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.600 gotta have when you play against him, because even if 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.520 he's off most of the time, you're never gonna find 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:56.760 a ballgame where he's turning over two or three times. Right, 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:00.000 So what that means is you're tackling has to be tremendous, 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.800 and you know that he's going to make accurate throws. 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:06.000 You're gonna take away that big play capability with his 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.360 accuracy and limit him to making his underneath throws. And 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.880 when he does make those underneath throws, we've got to 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.440 have short tackling as a defense. That's what the Jets 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.280 are thinking. You've got to be able to tackle in 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:21.040 space and limit those yards after catch. If you do that, 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:25.080 I think that plays to your advantage. I mentioned prior before, 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.920 how good do you think he's buying in a second season, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:31.640 because I don't think a lot of people realize that 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:36.720 stretch when the Jets did it really struggle for the 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.800 only time in two thousand and fifteen, he went out 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:43.640 against the Patriots and we saw what gronkowski, the damage 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.400 he did late and the Jets after that game that 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.560 started a one and four slide where they want to 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:53.080 five and five before recovering. But that defense looks a 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:57.960 lot different to me on the field. Well, it does. 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:00.560 And I think what I've been impressed with the most 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:04.400 is his maturation process from year one to year two. 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:07.600 I think he had such a big expectations placed upon 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:11.280 him as a rookie and that's very difficult to handle. 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:14.240 And so he's been able to come back this year 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:17.040 and just you can just see the confidence that he's 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:21.280 playing with um the level of knowledge that he has 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:24.400 compared to year one, and being able to use that 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.600 knowledge to his advantage, along with his physicality and how 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.640 he plays the game. And so it's been nice to see. 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.200 I mean, this has been a great year for him. 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.640 He is playing aggressive, he's playing with confidence, and he's 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:41.360 making play. When you look at the FC right now, 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:46.480 three teams nine O five, the Jets, the Steelers, and 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:53.080 the Kansas City Chiefs, and do you think these teams, 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:56.560 all three of these teams could finish eleven and five? 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.680 Where do you see potentially a loss in there? Because 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:03.560 you around, you played this game, You've watched this game 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.760 for so many years, Chad, is that the chances of 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.040 And let's put Denver in there as well, because Denver, 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:14.280 now with four losses, could slip back. I can't imagine 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:17.600 all these teams are gonna finish eleven and five no 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:24.440 matter who they're playing. Well, the statistics say no, but um, 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.200 it would not surprise me Eric if it did happen, 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.119 which really does not mode well for the Jets, but 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.320 it would not surprise me. When you look at Kansas 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.080 City schedule, I think people feel like they should finish 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:41.920 eleven or five. Pittsburgh offensively, UH is extremely on fire 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:46.399 right now. They can play with anybody, outscore anybody, And 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.680 to be honest with you, it's it's you have three 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:52.000 teams fighting for these two wild card spots that maybe 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.600 three of the hottest teams in the league period and 0:17:55.640 --> 0:18:00.199 they're all vying in the same conference for two spots. Um, 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:03.640 So it certainly makes for great drama. But it can 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:07.160 certainly happen. I have seen it obviously with two eleven 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:11.399 and five teams, but with three would certainly UH be 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.520 something that hasn't I don't even know if it's been 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.840 done before. All Right, so here's the schedule right now, 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:19.960 Let's go through through Kansas City. UH. Cleveland is in 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:24.600 Kansas City this weekend, and then Casey stays at home 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:27.760 and they have a tremendous home field advantage there and 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:33.000 they faced the Raiders in weeks seventeen. I can see 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:35.760 the Silver and Black given them a running weeks seventeen, 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.560 but it's probably gonna be difficult to go in there 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.639 if the playoffs are on the line and beat a 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:45.520 Chiefs team who's won eight games in a row right now. 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:49.960 If they beat the Bronze this week, that's nine right. 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.040 I think the game to watch four of the week 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.879 seventeen Oakland Kansas City. That's gonna be there tough as 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:58.520 I don't see the brown being able to uh force 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:02.000 enough effort and production to be able to beat Kansas 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:03.879 City in Kansas City. Yeah, and then you look at 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:06.800 the Steelers. They're at Baltimore this week, and while it's 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:11.120 been really a disappointing season for the Ravens, and then 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:15.000 they're at Cleveland divisional matchup, and maybe the Browns can 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:17.639 provide some spunk, but they're gonna be heavily favorite in 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:21.800 both of those games. Don't you think Pittsburgh has a 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:25.000 similar road that Kansas City does? I think, um, I 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:29.240 don't think that Baltimore has enough firepower to be able 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.960 to keep up with the Steelers offense. And I think 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.359 you know Baltimore's defense is not the defensive old I 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:39.080 think both Steelers get that win in Baltimore, and and 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:42.040 you know, it would certainly take a tremendous effort by 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:44.880 the Browns to be able to beat uh, the Steelers. 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.359 But I've seen crazier things happen. If you remember in 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:51.000 two thousand, when the Jets are trying to make a 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.040 playoff run, and Buffalo came in at about two and 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:58.360 thirteen or two and twelve and week fourteen or fifteen 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:01.680 and and stole a victory in the Meadowland to help 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:04.240 knock the Jets out of playoffs. Contitchen, I mean, that 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:06.920 was one of those one of those times. So crazier 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.439 things have certainly happened before. All Right, So here's the 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:14.400 final team who is in the mix right now. They 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:18.119 are the a f C West leaders. But that was 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:22.320 a devastating loss for the Broncos in Pittsburgh, a seventeen 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:28.040 point lead over the Steelers. Dont Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:30.960 and company got hot and they just could not stop 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:33.840 them in the second half. So now you have a 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:39.600 Denver Broncos team who's tenant four and they host Cincinnati 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:43.520 on Monday Night, and then they host the San Diego 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:49.399 Chargers in week seventeen. This Monday night matchup could be 0:20:49.520 --> 0:20:52.240 huge for the Jets if they went out. Todd Bawls 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:55.159 has his team focused on the Patriots, but I'm just 0:20:55.200 --> 0:20:57.879 saying from a fans perspective, that's what we're looking at 0:20:57.920 --> 0:21:00.800 the sc landscape right now. Just from a as perspective, 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:06.040 if Cincinnati went into Denver and one on Monday Night, 0:21:07.040 --> 0:21:11.000 the Jets would hold a tiebreaker over the Broncos, and 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:17.040 that would mean the Chiefs would go into first place 0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:19.000 in the f C West if they win, and if 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:23.040 they lose, they'd have more losses than the Jets anyway, 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:27.879 So this Denver match up against the Cincinnati Bengals on 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:31.360 Monday Night could be huge for a Jets fan if 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:34.760 the Jets take care of business on Monday. On Sunday, 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:38.439 no question, two things. I think the Jets certainly have 0:21:38.560 --> 0:21:41.679 the toughest road um because they have to play the 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:44.920 division leader and the best team of football at home, 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:46.720 and then they have to go to Buffalo, which is 0:21:46.760 --> 0:21:50.480 extremely difficult to play late in the season or any 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:53.479 time for that fact. And then uh so that's that's 0:21:53.600 --> 0:21:57.359 Number one. And then number two, the smoothest or the 0:21:57.400 --> 0:21:59.399 best road for the Jets to get in would be 0:21:59.520 --> 0:22:03.080 to win out and never mess it up, because they 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:05.680 certainly have the toughest schedule out of those three teams 0:22:05.720 --> 0:22:08.399 that we're talking about, and you know, they're dealing with 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:13.440 some quarterback issues with with Peyton's injury and and then uh, 0:22:13.480 --> 0:22:16.720 you know, and but then again, Cincinnati's also dealing with 0:22:16.720 --> 0:22:19.800 with a quarterback issue as well, So it's going to 0:22:19.880 --> 0:22:22.240 be interesting. But I think that would be the way 0:22:22.280 --> 0:22:26.119