WEBVTT - LISTEN | 2021 Jets Schedule Breakdown (5/12) 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:06.920 Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets podcast, The 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:09.879 Jets two TASM of twenty one schedule release, presented by 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:13.120 Jet Bluer here the bet MGM studio. Let's just start 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:17.040 up top the Jet season opener, A juicy one going 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.680 down to Charlotte, North Carolina and taken on Sam Donald 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:23.200 in the Carolina Panthers. The season is almost here. I 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:26.080 can't wait to see a lot of people at MetLife 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:30.240 Stadium next year. We're getting great news in terms of 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:35.440 the pandemic where we're at with the vaccinations. So last year, 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:38.040 at this time, we were wondering if we were going 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:42.400 to have an NFL season. Now as we approached one 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:47.520 NFL season, we're thinking about having the Green and White 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:51.159 Faithful back at MetLife Stadium. The season opens up on 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.800 the road. You mentioned the juicy storylines. Of course, the 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.880 Jets started April by sending Sam Donald to the Carolina 0:00:56.920 --> 0:01:00.720 Panthers in exchange for three draft picks they and April 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.880 by taking Zach Wilson at b y U. This will 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:07.679 be Robert Sala's first game as head coach of the 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:10.840 New York Jets. Yeah, I think that the storyline is 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:14.600 an NFL intriguing storyline. I kind of like you ripped 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:16.839 the band aid off when the Jets straight at Sam Donald, 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:18.960 they knew that they were gonna see him this year, 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.880 although he was traded outside of the conference. Having a 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:24.680 B week one, there's no time. Well, I guess you 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:26.600 would say there's no time for the storyline to be 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.080 built up. But you do have the preseason in training camp, 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:32.360 and I'm sure that a lot of analysts when the 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:36.040 schedule was released said, you know what, at a game 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.199 that most people are gonna circle and talk about now 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.360 in May. But having a B week one, I think 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:43.640 it's a Also when you think about where the Panthers 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:46.480 finished last year they were draft they drafted in the 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:49.680 top ten, number eight overall. I mean surprised on people 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:51.600 by taking J. C. Horne. A lot of people thought 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:55.640 they might still take a quarterback even after drafting for 0:01:55.720 --> 0:02:00.440 Sam after trading. Like matchups though, and generally speaking, I mean, 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.440 it's not like the Jets are gonna face let's say, 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:07.040 like last year at Buffalo. Buffalo had a great season 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:09.160 last year, and I would say that they are a 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.600 better team than the Panthers. Yeah, well, listen, the Panthers 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:15.639 do have a lot of talent to skill positions. I 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.760 like what the Jets are gonna throw at San Donald Company, 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:22.359 and it's starting with that defensive line. Daniel Jeremiah said 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:26.040 the other day that by the time this season has done, 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.560 you're gonna be talking about Quentin Williams being the second 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:33.240 best defensive tackle in football, with Aaron Donald having his 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:36.240 own room. But the Jets got better up front, so 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:40.200 they will be tough to contend with their in Week 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:44.640 one because Carl Lawson on the outside, Sheldon Rankins joins 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.720 the rotation on the inside, Vinny Curry gives you more 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:52.240 depth for the rotation at the opposite end position. So yeah, 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:57.400 it's gonna be fascinating. You know, you never knew obviously 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.280 before Schedule King came out, where was that NFL gonna 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:03.760 put this one? You thought week one was always a possibility, though, Yeah, 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:07.440 I mean I thought maybe Thursday Night had a possibility 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.320 to just because you want that storyline in prime time. 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.720 But I think Week one is prime time enough for 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:16.160 this storyline. And you know, there are a lot of 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.720 familiar faces down in Carolina, but like Robby Anderson, Pat Alfly, 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:23.400 Justin Burris, Trenton cannons on that roster as we speak. 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.360 And then after Week one, the Jets open up at 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.880 MetLife hopefully with fans in the stands. I know. Governor 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.400 Phil Murphy said that he's expecting or the hope is 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:37.040 to have close at MetLife Stadium. And then the Jets 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:40.080 host the New England Patriots, who have had a just 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:44.920 a totally atypical New England Patriot off season. Yeah, because 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:47.520 they spent a boatload and free agency and a lot 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:51.840 of guys going in there. They addressed the tight end position, 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.800 the linebacker position of former Jets defunts alignment actually ended 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.320 up there and Henry Anderson and all by the way 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.880 that they became the second team in the a f 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.600 C East at a quarterback in round one. Mac Jones 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:09.440 going to New England, it's anticipated. We anticipate Cam Newton 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:11.640 is going to be the guy in Week two. But 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.960 the Jets get a crack at their old nemesis in 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:18.000 week two. And speaking of the Patriots, they're gonna be 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.400 done with the Patriots here early this season because the 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:24.559 return matchup is October at Gilt Stadium. They will face 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:29.760 that Patriots twice before facing the Buffalo Bills or the 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.320 Miami Dolphins once. Yeah, and to that point, the Jets 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.640 are done with the Patriots after week seven. Week seven 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.240 is the return trip where the Jets go up to 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.359 Foxboro for the second match up there. But you know, 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:43.920 if we were to look at let's say the first 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.400 nine weeks of the season, the first eight games the 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:49.880 Buys week six, by the way, I think what stands 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:53.839 out is the strength of schedule because the Jets host 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:58.080 the Titans week four, and then week nine they traveled 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:00.880 to Indianapolis for Thursday night f ball. Those are the 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.320 only two teams in the first nine weeks who made 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:05.280 the playoffs in two thousand and twenty that the Jets 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:09.080 will face. Yeah. I wrote about this that six of 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.760 the jets first seven opponents last year they had a 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:16.080 combined record of thirty two sixty three and one to 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:20.479 combine winning percentage of thirty three point three. So why 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.360 is that relevant? Because the Jets are gonna have a 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.160 learning curve, They have a new head coach and they're 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.440 installing new systems on both sides of the ball. They 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:31.960 could have a rookie quarterback from the get Go week 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.600 one and Zach Wilson, so there will be bumps along 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:38.760 the way, but they're facing a lot of teams who 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:43.800 are in similar situations where they didn't have stellar records 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.960 last year and they want to build things themselves as well. Yeah, 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:52.080 I think, yeah, you're absolutely right. And also Week five 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.120 I think will be you know, there's gonna be a 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.400 lot of intrigue from Jets fans there because the Jets 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.760 are gonna go overseas to take on the Anna Falcons. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.919 And we've talked about this. The Jets have eight road games, 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:08.279 really seven right at a neutral site in being in London. Yeah, 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:12.080 seventeen games for the first time in National Football League history. 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:16.280 Nine home games this year, so get out to MetLife Stadium. 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:19.880 I think it's gonna be a raucous atmosphere because the 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:24.640 Jets are building something big here. Uh. Eight road games, 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:27.880 but I really think it's seven road games and one 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:31.320 neutral site game because this game against the Atlanta Falcons 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:35.480 in Week five in London in Tottenham, I think you're 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:39.159 probably gonna see more Green and White supporters overseas. And 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:42.080 this is a cool thing, a great thing for Jets 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:46.520 chairman Woody Johnson because most recently he served as the 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.760 U S ambassador to both Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.120 So now he's taking his team back there. And after 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.960 the London game, the Jets have a bye which you 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:59.120 know that that marries nicely because the Jets have a 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:03.720 have travel, heavy travel, heavy travel. They play nine thirty 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.680 in the morning Eastern Standard time. They come back, they 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.159 have the bye week, so things they get a little 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.320 extra rest, and then we've talked about this, they play 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.760 at New England and then they wrap up. That's late, 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.600 but in that same breath to your point earlier, in 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.280 the back half of the season, the Jets play Buffalo 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:23.960 and Miami four times total. You're skipping ahead of the 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.160 back half. How about the return matchups? Are some of 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.600 these guys you mentioned Tennessee, Yeah, alright, alright, I was 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.400 gonna do the return matchups as like a whole at 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.440 the end. No, I'll do that at no. But you're 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:37.880 right about the n FC East. You know it's the 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:41.080 Patriots flavor early and on the back half you have 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.760 that game mat is a Thursday night prime time game. 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.720 I know you're gonna get to that against the Indianapolis Colts, 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:50.240 but you have ten days to prepare for the Buffalo 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:54.280 Bills week nine at Life Stadium or Game nine at 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.920 Life Stadium, and then your tenth game is against the 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:01.280 Miami Dolphins. So that's possibly setting up is a critical 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:06.760 two game stretch inside a division where after you play 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.080 the Colts, you get a chance to make your market 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.720 inside the division and hopefully you at least gain a 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:15.840 split with the Patriots early on. We'll have to see 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.360 what happens. And also the Jets wrap up at Buffalo. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.600 That's gonna be a really cold game that is the 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.840 early part of January. But on the positive side of 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:26.800 the ledger, the past couple of years, the Jets have 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.520 been going down to Miami and the warmer climate, like 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:32.320 you know, October early November. Now they get a December 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.160 game at Miami, so that that'll be a nice little 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.240 break for the Jets, you know, assuming it's cold up 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.839 here and a little warmer down in South Florida. It's 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:43.079 always human down in South Florida. But yeah, break weatherwise. 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.319 The other thing that stands out as far as the 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:51.280 schedule down the stretch, not too many crazy cold weather 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:55.000 games unless it's a home game where you don't mind 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:58.199 if it's the New Orleans New Orleans Saints come in 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:03.680 your place and Jags, Yeah, having to face you inside 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.800 the elements per se, but going down to Miami late 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.800 in a year, it can be awfully humid and hot 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.480 in September, so you'll take that in December. But that 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:18.960 finishing stretches something else. If Tampa and Buffalo have UH 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.360 reason to play all their starters throughout the defending Super 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:26.079 Bowl champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers come in your place 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.040 the second last game in the season, then going to 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:31.400 Buffalo in Western New York. UH, the Bills thirteen and 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:35.760 three last year undefeated inside the a FC East. There 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.400 are teams will be reckoned with they are for certain. 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.920 And you mentioned the Colts game, the lone primetime game 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:46.640 as it stands on this slate right now. I don't 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.880 want to say I was surprised that was a Thursday 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:51.679 night game, but I would not have selected I would 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:53.880 not have guessed that that would have been the Thursday 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.080 night games. You wouldn't keep what you originally said as 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:58.320 far as you would not have selected it, will you 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.440 you would not have selected it. I I don't understand 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:06.040 the Thursday night intrigue between the Colts and the Jets. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:07.800 I don't know if there's like a storyline there, and 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:09.800 if you want like somewhat of a hook, why not 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.199 do Jets Jacks Thursday night? Potentially the number one and 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:16.360 number two overall picks going up against each other first 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:18.440 time head coaches like Dad has a little more appeal 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:23.200 to me than Colts Jets playoff team number two overall 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.480 pick or you know, two and fourteen team last year. 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.120 I don't understand it. You always can look at the 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.920 quarterbacks right and and the Colts I think they potentially 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.840 have upgraded the quarterback position. Philip Rivers finishes out his 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:38.840 career there, they trade for Carson Wentz. Uh. That roster 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:42.560 is built up pretty well. Rex Hogan, the Jets assistant 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.360 GM had a hand in building that roster. We're seeing 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.240 the Jets do that right now with Joe Douglas and 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.520 company at the helm. Uh, trying to build this thing 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.520 up front. Of course, the Jets draft McKay backed in 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.840 two thousand twenty. They come back this year. Uh, you know, 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.440 let's not overlook the fact that the Jets had two 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:06.240 first round picks this year and they take Elijah Vera Tucker. So, uh, 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:09.160 you know, didn't you write about this the other day, 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:13.520 former or USC head coach Clay Helton has compared Elijah 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:18.760 Vera Tucker to That article has not been posted on 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.240 New York Jets dot com, but a little bit of 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.640 sneak peaked there. Basically, he compared their versatility because he said, 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.520 both of those guys are very good at guard on 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.760 the interior and they can get you out of a 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.840 pinch if you need either one of those guys to 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:34.840 play tackle. Of course, Elijah Vera Tucker played guard at 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:37.559 USC before he kicked out to tackle. In two thousands 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.640 twenty won the Morris Trophy award, which goes to the 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.840 best Pack twelve offensive and defensive lineman as voted by 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.000 the players in the conference. So the defensive players in 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:51.520 the Pack twelve voted Elijah Vera Tucker as the best 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.760 offensive lineman in the conference, which is cool. I know 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:56.400 that's kind of off track there, but now he got 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.720 me going. So you were talking about the Colson Thursday nights. 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:02.520 Do you think I like? I get it, okay, But 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:05.240 do you consider the Colts the a f C self 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.680 favorite or do you consider the Tennessee Titans, whom the 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.120 Jets host early in the season. And I think that's 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:16.320 a great question. Um. I would say the Colts right now, 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:20.480 because I think the Titans lost some players where including 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.679 Corey Davis, and they lost the Dory Jackson. I believe 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:27.840 they let go of Malcolm Butler. The Colts got Carson Wentz, 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.760 who you know, we'll see what what Carson Wentz looks 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:35.040 like after a questionable last season in Philadelphia. They just 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:38.080 addressed the offensive line the other day, adding former Chiefs 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.920 tackle Eric Fisher. Yeah, and that that offensive line has 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:44.440 been good for a long time now. So and they 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.080 got continuity from top to bottom. I mean I think 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:53.120 that bottom here. Let's just circle back on the Thursday night. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:57.720 You have a New York market, you have a draw 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:01.880 on Robert Salam, you have potentially the number two overall 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.880 pick in the draft, and you have a playoff team 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.319 who could contend for the FC championship. If Zach Wilson 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:12.320 starts that game, you're looking at two quarterbacks elected number 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:16.040 two overall, both wearing number two. If Zach Wilson in 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.680 fact keeps number two, because I believe Carson Wentz is 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:24.840 now number two in Philadelphia after not wearing two in Philadelphia, 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:29.000 and then so let's move on here just looking at 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:30.400 the rest of the slate, I mean, not like a 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:32.320 whole lot of storylines, but the circle back what you 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.200 talked about before when you talk about guys playing former 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:38.959 teams and whatnot, and the storylines there. Obviously, there's Sam 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.760 Donald playing the Jets in week one, but then how 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:45.720 about Carl Lawson playing the Bengals in Week eight, Corey 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:49.120 Davis playing Tennessee in Week four. There's a lot of 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:53.920 that too. Jeff Albrick, the Jets defensive coordinator, coaching against 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:58.560 his former team last year in Week five in London. Yeah, 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:00.880 a lot of connections there. At Corey Davis nearly a 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:05.239 thousand yards receiving last season for the Titans. He considers 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:10.880 himself a number one receiver. He joins a wide receiver 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:13.520 group that got a lot better this offseason, and New 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.040 York Jets. And then on the other side of the 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:19.960 ball for Tennessee, thinking about a j Brown, right, and 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:24.600 the connections he has with Elijah Moore and Corey Davis. 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:29.280 So that's that's a cool storyline. Carl Lawson, he disropted 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.920 the cornerback as well as anybody in terms of hits 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:36.240 and prussures last season. Now he's gonna be targeting Joey Burrow. 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:40.640 Did the Cincinnati Bengals do enough to address their offensive line? 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:44.440 Remember Burrow went down early last season. You know Lawson 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.800 will be amped for that game. You mentioned Jeff Albrick, 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.200 who was calling to defensive shots for the Atlanta Falcons 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:53.480 down the stretch last year. Did a great job. Raheem 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.800 Morris was interim head coach. But I think all Brick 0:14:56.880 --> 0:15:00.240 really made his mark. He'll be contending with a group 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:04.000 that includes Matt Ryan, Julio Jones if he's still there 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:08.080 by the time the season starts. Kelvin Ridley and Kyle 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.080 Pitts the number four overall selection and the draft taking 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:16.960 two spots after Zack Wilson. Also Vinny Curry against the 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:22.200 Eagles like that one. Uh. Obviously Tom Brady against the Jets. 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.200 Let me tell you something about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:31.480 They've never won a road game at the Jets ever. Well, 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:34.680 I think Jets fans are crossing their fingers that remains 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:38.400 that record remains perfect. And also, the Jets have never 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:43.280 beaten the Philadelphia Eagles, who was added as the ninth 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.920 home game, and now that is Week thirteen, so the 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:49.560 Jets will host the Philadelphia Eagles old games seventeen. Alright, 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:55.720 so let's do something different here. Let's do early thoughts 0:15:55.760 --> 0:16:00.320 on each game. Run them down quick, Oh wow quick? 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:02.760 All right. Yeah, we're gonna have to rip through these. 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.480 So you wanna start Week one, alright? Week one, Jets 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:11.240 at Carolina. Everybody's gonna be talking about the quarterbacks, but 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:14.080 you're gonna have to contain Christian McCaffrey, who is one 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:17.360 of the top offensive talents in all football, and also 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:21.720 Robby Anderson and DJ More. They add Terroris Marshall, and 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.920 I think the Jets can give you some problems up 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:25.960 front with what they're doing on the defensive side of 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:29.320 the ball, and then on the opposite side. It's the 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.640 first time we'll get a chance to see Mike la 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:35.920 Fleur at the helm calling offensive shots for the first time. 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:40.360 And I think Carolina's defense we'll see home against New 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:46.680 England Patriots. Fascinating off season, one of the most intriguing 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:51.120 off seasons all throughout the National Football League. Bill Belichick 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:55.520 has said this is Cam Newton is the starting quarterback 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.840 of the New England Patriots. With that being said, I 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:02.520 think the environment and Life Stadium is gonna be off, 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:07.119 especially if the Jets are able to squeak out a 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:10.040 win in Week one against the Panthers. I think MetLife 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:13.040 will be rocking week two. Then the Jets head out 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:17.040 west to take on the Broncos in Week three. Bronco's 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:21.920 interesting tim took Patrick certain Uh Alabama cornerback of one 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.600 of the top defensive players in the entire draft class. 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.879 They have a lot of pieces there gonna be riding 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:32.080 for Drew lock or is it or is it Teddy Bridgewater? Well, 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:33.959 I don't know. I think that's part of the question. 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:38.680 I mean, I think whoever's name started week one will 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.919 be started week three, assuming there's no injury. But I 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:44.159 think you know that Denver's got some interesting pieces on 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:46.639 the outside. They drafted Javonte Williams. You will have a 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:51.720 nice Javonte Williams. Michael Carter, Uh, Hello, I guess whatever 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:54.200 you wanna call it. But they'll be playing against each 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:56.600 other for the first time ever because they played with 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.399 each other for many years down in North Carolina, and 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.800 the Jets got numbers and offensive backfield. Like you mentioned, 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:06.080 Michael Carter, you know you look about the production that 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.359 both him and Jamante had at the college level that 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.520 was really something else. But uh, the Jets going a 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.600 mile high, they're gonna have to make sure they get 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:18.200 their air UM four or five kickoff there early in 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.600 the season Eastern time, right, yep. And then Week four 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:24.920 the Jets host the Titans. My first thought is, what's 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:29.520 that offense gonna look like without Arthur Smith? Yeah, you know, 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:32.560 but for me, it starts with Derrick Henry. You know, 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:37.000 Ryan Tannehill has been awfully productive, but you're taking Corey 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:39.760 Davis out of the equation. Corey Davis now a New 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:43.200 York Jet, he will be amped for this game. Uh. 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:47.040 You know, if you can contain Henry, then I think 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:51.360 you can settle in and get after Tannehill and company. 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:54.200 On the other side of the ball. Um, They've got 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.720 some changes over there, but it's gonna be interesting to see, 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:59.760 Uh the Jets match up with his team. For my 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:01.960 mom any Tennessee has always been one of the most 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:04.760 physical ball clubs in the National Football League. Yeah, I 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.160 agree with that. And then Week five the Jets at 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:10.159 Atlanta technically, but it's really a neutral site game in 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:13.959 London Tottenham. That's gonna be so cool. A great experience. 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:19.040 Who's gonna handle that better? Going overseas, going overseas, going 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:24.720 across the pond Atlanta. You mentioned Arthur Smith before. What's 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:27.439 gonna happen Mett Ryan this season? They still got a 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:29.479 lot of weapons there in Atlanta. I like that all 0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:31.480 Prig has got a lot of intel on those guys. 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.480 I can't wait to see his game plan for them. Yeah. 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:36.960 I think the defense also another question mark. What's that 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:39.440 gonna look like this year? But then the Jets have 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:41.520 the buy in Week six, then they go to New 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:44.000 England in week seven. I mean, we talked about New England, 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:47.040 so I'm just gonna keep going here. Week eight, the 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:52.720 Jets host the Bengals. Joey Burrow Company coming here. Jamaar Chase, 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:57.480 great receiver. Uh, you know, what are the Jets gonna 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:01.440 do upfront with that new four three h uh defensive look? 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:03.960 And then on the other side of the ball. You know, 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:06.760 I think this will be a point of the season 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:10.320 where you're kind of getting a feel for what the 0:20:10.400 --> 0:20:14.040 Jets are offensively because it's that new system under the 0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:16.199 Fleur and they're gonna try to run the football and 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:18.840 use the boots and get the quarterback out of the 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:21.119 rollouts and try to attack you down the field. I 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:23.600 think the Jets have gotten so much better at receiver. 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:27.320 Not sound like a broken record, but you like what 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:29.959 you've seen out of Elijah Moore and that really small 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:34.359 sample size. These explosive player Corey Davis, Key Link Cole 0:20:34.880 --> 0:20:38.800 and you do have talent at the skill positions right now. Yeah, 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:41.560 And I think that for the Bengals defense, they lost 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:44.920 William Jackson, so I think that I think the Jets 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:46.879 could take advantage of that defense, and I think the 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:49.680 Jets defensive front could take advantage of the Bengals offensive 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:52.439 line as it currently stands. Then Week nine, I mean, 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:56.479 we talked about this at Indianapolis. Sure week, how you're 0:20:56.480 --> 0:20:58.760 gonna deal with it, right, I think that's basically what 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:01.080 it comes down to. Their And then the Jets host 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:05.280 the Bills for the first time in the season Week ten, 0:21:05.720 --> 0:21:08.480 first matchup, and just like how you're gonna deal with 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:10.320 the short week, the Jets now have ten days to 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:12.320 prepare for the a f C Each Champs. Yeah, and 0:21:12.359 --> 0:21:15.600 that's nice and nice little break um after that game 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:19.159 with the Colts and the Bills. What they addressed in 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:22.400 the offseason that stood out was they resigned a lot 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:25.760 of their guys and then they went defensive line because 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:28.760 they want to be able to get after guys like 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:32.360 Patrick Mahomes and company. So how can that Jets new 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:34.800 look offensive line? I say new look because you're adding 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:37.840 a big piece of equation. Elijah Vera Tucker deal with 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:39.640 what the Bills are gonna try to bring up front. 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:42.200 And then the Jets host the Dolphins. And the one 0:21:42.200 --> 0:21:44.840 thing I'll say about the Dolphins before you give your 0:21:44.880 --> 0:21:46.600 two cents, is I know that they were had a 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:49.240 good record last year. They had a Jalen Waddle too, 0:21:49.840 --> 0:21:52.280 you know, should be a better quarterback in his second season. 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:55.040 That defense let go of a lot of key pieces, 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:57.240 Kyle van Noy, Bobby McCaine. I mean, they let go 0:21:57.240 --> 0:22:00.159 of some good players and some captains on that team. Man. 0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:03.159 I know Brian Flores got some tricks up his sleeve, 0:22:03.240 --> 0:22:06.560 but I got some questions, how's that defense gonna look fair? 0:22:07.119 --> 0:22:10.120 But they are very good at the cornerback position, and 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:16.160 perhaps they got the top pass rushing talent and an 0:22:16.280 --> 0:22:19.399 entire draft class and Jayalen Phillips. Yeah, yeah, a good point. 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:22.000 So we'll see what that defense looks like because they 0:22:22.040 --> 0:22:25.240 did some shuffling as well. Then the Jets go and 0:22:25.240 --> 0:22:28.679