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Speaker 1: with my longtime partner in crime, Bart Scott. April twenty fourth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, the Jets come to an agreement acquiring
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers. Of course a
Speaker 1: couple particulars have to be worked out, but it appears
Speaker 1: that deal is imminent. As far as dot nives crossing
Speaker 1: the tees your thoughts.
Speaker 2: I mean, it's it was, you know, sweet music, right.
Speaker 2: We've been waiting for this to happen. We anticipated was
Speaker 2: going to happen. We knew it was going to happen.
Speaker 2: We understand that, you know, when you think about Dill's
Speaker 2: deadline breeds action and the fact that we had assault
Speaker 2: our first actual salt deadline, which is you know, the
Speaker 2: starter drive on Thursday. But then our hard day was
Speaker 2: probably the second day on Friday, as Green Bay was
Speaker 2: probably adamant and making sure that they get compensation this
Speaker 2: year so that they can improve their football team.
Speaker 3: It is what we really thought it was. I know,
Speaker 3: we can get.
Speaker 2: Around the semantics and you know the nuance of the deal,
Speaker 2: but basically they gave up a second second round pick
Speaker 2: this year in the first conditional first next year you
Speaker 2: can get into.
Speaker 3: Okay, they moved from thirteen to fifteen.
Speaker 2: I feel like anybody that the Jets want, you know,
Speaker 2: and I think they'll be targeting an offensive lineman.
Speaker 3: It's still there.
Speaker 2: The only issue I have is the fact that if
Speaker 2: the New England Pagers want to go to build their line,
Speaker 2: they can potentially take, you know, a lineman that the
Speaker 2: Jets covet. But I think that it's four linemen you
Speaker 2: know in this draft that I think is the A side.
Speaker 2: And I think because of you know, quarterbacks getting over
Speaker 2: evaluated and overdrafted, that you know it's going to be
Speaker 2: maybe three, probably four and then a run on the
Speaker 2: big guys in.
Speaker 3: Corner and stuff like that.
Speaker 2: I can't see for lineman getting picked in the first
Speaker 2: fifteen picks, So.
Speaker 4: You think somebody's going to be there.
Speaker 1: Okay, a draft compensation aside Aaron Rodgers coming to the Jets,
Speaker 1: What does this do for this organization? We saw the
Speaker 1: Jets take steps forward last year obviously four wins and
Speaker 1: Robert Solad's first season when they went to a complete
Speaker 1: youth movement.
Speaker 4: Then they knock it out of the park.
Speaker 1: In last year's draft, get the offensive Rookie of the
Speaker 1: Year and Garrett Wilson Defensive Rookie of the Year and
Speaker 1: saw Us Gardner. That draft also included Breest Hall. Of course,
Speaker 1: we saw this team take a lot of steps forward,
Speaker 1: almost doubled its win total in twenty twenty two seven wins.
Speaker 1: If health had stayed for the Jets over the course
Speaker 1: of those last games, are probably a playoff team. You
Speaker 1: add Aaron Rodgers to this roster right now, what does
Speaker 1: this make the Jets?
Speaker 2: It makes them formidable, makes them a true truth contender
Speaker 2: for this division. And you think about, okay, what the
Speaker 2: Jets would have been with just a little bit better play.
Speaker 3: Now, it's still some holes here.
Speaker 2: Because that they that they had that they didn't have
Speaker 2: last year, and it's more depth at the defensive line position.
Speaker 2: You know, the fact that you lost Sheldon Rankings, and
Speaker 2: you know you have some you know, some some holes
Speaker 2: to fill there. But you feel confident that now you
Speaker 2: have the powder drive. And let's see if Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 2: alters this deal to make it more cap friendly to
Speaker 2: go out and be able to you know, get some
Speaker 2: other talent much like Tom Brady did, uh, he can
Speaker 2: he can ease the salary cap so he can go
Speaker 2: out there and bring in a Randall Cobb missing out
Speaker 2: on O'Dell Beckham. You know, and this gives to Jets
Speaker 2: the ability to focus on the draft and the secondary
Speaker 2: free agent in June second. I happen to wait to
Speaker 2: after June second to see if you know, green Baby's
Speaker 2: going to pick up the the the option to have
Speaker 2: to pay it. I think, you know, this gives them
Speaker 2: the ability to focus on the draft, to be able
Speaker 2: to make moves and future moves. Right you think about
Speaker 2: the Jets and where they are being able to kind
Speaker 2: of solidify the quarterback position. Now you have to build
Speaker 2: around Aaron Rodgers. You've done a great job with Mkole Harmon,
Speaker 2: You've got Alan Lazard, you have Garrett Wilson. You know,
Speaker 2: we'll figure out what else happens because the Jets have
Speaker 2: an abundance of receivers right now. And you know, you
Speaker 2: think about Corey Davis still been there, and you know,
Speaker 2: you think about opportunities for the Jets to make moves
Speaker 2: if the if certain certain players dropping the draft, being
Speaker 2: able to move back into the first round. I think
Speaker 2: this also gives the ability to say, you know what,
Speaker 2: and it gives Green Bay the ability to say, you
Speaker 2: know what, we have a conditional pick and now they
Speaker 2: can't really move that. I mean, now I inticipate Aaron
Speaker 2: Rodgers is going to play more than sixty five percent
Speaker 2: of the snaps.
Speaker 3: You know. I think that he's going to be healthy.
Speaker 2: He's been a road warrior for the last five years,
Speaker 2: not missing the game on the game that he missed
Speaker 2: was due to the COVID suspension.
Speaker 3: But he's been durable.
Speaker 2: He's a guy that knows how to protect himself, get
Speaker 2: the ball out of his hands.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: I expect the Jets to go get him protection as well,
Speaker 2: to be able to have more depth on the offensive line,
Speaker 2: because that's the only weak spot, you know, when you
Speaker 2: look at the depth that Max Mitchell brings.
Speaker 3: Always says his name wrong, Herbick. I always said, I
Speaker 3: just said, funny.
Speaker 4: He's signed with Pittsburgh.
Speaker 3: Actually Herbert Okay, Herbick.
Speaker 2: So, I mean, I think the sign of Theconnor McGovern
Speaker 2: was a tremendous signing. Being able to have some continuity,
Speaker 2: a guy that knows the system, of guy that they're
Speaker 2: familiar with, you know, and now that allows them to say,
Speaker 2: you know what, if we need to get some more
Speaker 2: depth on the offensive guard. They think about a guy
Speaker 2: coming in and Becting's healthy, if Dwayne Brown's healthy, you
Speaker 2: can go out and get a guy that plays tackle,
Speaker 2: but that can play guard as well. And you think
Speaker 2: about the kid from Georgia who has the same type
Speaker 2: of size to be able to move outside and inside.
Speaker 2: And you know a lot of people don't realize guys
Speaker 2: like Jonathan Ogden came in the league as a tackle
Speaker 2: but played guard their first year. You got Bear Tucker,
Speaker 2: who gives you more security on the outside, proven that
Speaker 2: he can play left tackle or right tackle. You know,
Speaker 2: so now you go out there and draft somebody. Now
Speaker 2: you have a guy. Now you have two guys that
Speaker 2: can play garden attack. You got Beer Tucker in a
Speaker 2: pinch that showed he can play at a high level. Hell,
Speaker 2: he can do anything at a high level. And then
Speaker 2: you bring in a rookie, you coach him up and
Speaker 2: he can play at that level as well. I can't
Speaker 2: wait to see what the Justs do in the draft,
Speaker 2: but also I can't wait to see what they do
Speaker 2: in the secondary free agent market, which is June twid.
Speaker 2: When you have guys that's going to be designated to
Speaker 2: be released after your team see what they got in
Speaker 2: the draft.
Speaker 4: You're getting way ahead of me right now.
Speaker 1: What does Rogers bring to the table as far as
Speaker 1: physically at this point in his career. You're a guy
Speaker 1: who played against him. What makes him so special? Why
Speaker 1: has he been able to do this at an elite
Speaker 1: level for eighteen years?
Speaker 2: He's cerebral right when you think about the guys that
Speaker 2: have played latent to their career and flourished, and he's
Speaker 2: one of them. You talk about less than four hundred
Speaker 2: days or five hundred days ago, he was the reigning MVP,
Speaker 2: you know, and won the War as the best football
Speaker 2: player in all of football because the game is less physical.
Speaker 2: You hear Tom Brady speak about it as well, that
Speaker 2: the game has become easier because of the rules are
Speaker 2: slided in the offensive way. So maybe he's not you know,
Speaker 2: the Aaron Rodders is going to get out and run
Speaker 2: for four hundred and five hundred yards, make you pay
Speaker 2: every time you play cover one.
Speaker 3: But he's still a guy that can manipulate the defense.
Speaker 2: He's a guy that knows all the tricks, he can
Speaker 2: smoke you out, and I think he still has a
Speaker 2: lot of athleticism back and he becomes, you know, one
Speaker 2: of the most athletic quarterbacks that we've had, you know,
Speaker 2: under center, with the combination of being able to beat
Speaker 2: you with his mind and his body when need be.
Speaker 2: He still has to, in my opinion, a lot more
Speaker 2: juice left in his body than say a Peyton Manning
Speaker 2: had at this time when he was starting to win
Speaker 2: a Super Bowl. He's always going to have more athleticism
Speaker 2: than Tom Brady because he was a super athletic quarterback
Speaker 2: that can do things physically that those two guys were
Speaker 2: more stationary. He's a mobile quarterback that may have lost
Speaker 2: a step, but it's still more mobile than the drop
Speaker 2: back passers. So he still can hurt you in the
Speaker 2: numerous amount of ways, his mind being the most deadly.
Speaker 2: And we know he's a guy that doesn't turn traditionally
Speaker 2: turned the ball over. You know, he had more turnovers
Speaker 2: last year than he had in like his career since
Speaker 2: his rookie year. But you know, considering he was playing
Speaker 2: with younger receivers and also you know, a depleted offensive
Speaker 2: line last year, you you expect Aaron Rodgers and even
Speaker 2: with that, that still was a great year for most quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: It would have been one of the best single seasons
Speaker 1: in Jets franchise history. If you line his stats against
Speaker 1: any Jet quarterback.
Speaker 2: Would have broken hand. So yeah, so you asked me,
Speaker 2: how excited I am I about this. I'm extremely excited
Speaker 2: because the Jets have all the other pieces now they
Speaker 2: have to come together. He brings some instant credibility. He also,
Speaker 2: you know, gives them the belief that you know that
Speaker 2: they can play at a high level. And he also
Speaker 2: raises young players level because you don't want to be
Speaker 2: the person that's holding this team back. So I think,
Speaker 2: you know, when you think about it, you know that
Speaker 2: the Jets are going for going for it right now,
Speaker 2: and they're not rebuilding, They're not waiting for a young
Speaker 2: quarterback to develop. They're saying, hey, the pieces that we
Speaker 2: have on this team is good enough to compete for
Speaker 2: a championship. So this is a winning play. And you know,
Speaker 2: if you say, hey, you got the you got Aaron
Speaker 2: Rodgers for a second round and a late first round
Speaker 2: the following year, you would probably say that is a
Speaker 2: pretty damn good deal.
Speaker 3: Being that he was an.
Speaker 2: MVP less than four hundred, four hundred days ago. Just
Speaker 2: let that sink and forget the age you got. You
Speaker 2: got an MVP for a second round draft pick and
Speaker 2: a low first round draft pick right after. We know
Speaker 2: everything that Russell Wilson just went for. We know everything
Speaker 2: that Deshaun Watson went for. The reality is you got
Speaker 2: the better of all of both deals, and you you
Speaker 2: gave up limited compensation, and because you drafted so well,
Speaker 2: your team is so young, you can absorb the salary
Speaker 2: cap no problem.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and we'll have to look at the finer details
Speaker 1: of the contract when that all comes out, if there
Speaker 1: is a restructure here. But let me ask you this,
Speaker 1: what do you think about the pairing of him and
Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett. It's not just Aaron Rodgers walking in the
Speaker 1: door and he's leading the Jets. It's Aaron Rodgers walking
Speaker 1: in the door and he's reunited with the guy that
Speaker 1: you keep on talking about was the MVP the National
Speaker 1: Football League four hundred and five hundred days ago, and
Speaker 1: not only was the MVP in twenty twenty one, he's
Speaker 1: the MVP in twenty twenty as well. And the guy
Speaker 1: who's the offensive coordinator who he loves. He's on the
Speaker 1: record and saying that repeatedly is Nathaniel Hackett.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean you talk about the parent, you talk about
Speaker 2: also the ability to hit the ground running. You know,
Speaker 2: you have Alan Lazard to try and be a teacher
Speaker 2: to the receiving corps. You know you have Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 2: also being able to be somebody. Usually when you have
Speaker 2: quarterbacks that destinations, they have to learn a new offense.
Speaker 2: Remember Peyton Manning going to Denver and having to merge
Speaker 2: what his beliefs were with Gary Kubiak. Remember Tom Brady
Speaker 2: having to have the same adjustment payod having to learn
Speaker 2: new verbis, new system and try and pair what he
Speaker 2: believes in with Bruce Aaron. Well, the beliefs are already
Speaker 2: in the line. The communication ares in line. The nuance
Speaker 2: of being able to make checks and adjustments already there.
Speaker 2: It's for everybody else to pick up, not the quarterback.
Speaker 2: And the quarterback is the one that needs to know
Speaker 2: it better because he's the one who's going to be
Speaker 2: communicating with these guys to get him in the right play.
Speaker 2: I mean, when's the last time that you've ever seen
Speaker 2: a Jet quarterback rush to the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 3: Catch people with twelve minute on the field get a
Speaker 3: free play.
Speaker 2: When's the last time you've seen some I know, the
Speaker 2: artistry of being able to work the Kadians count. The
Speaker 2: Jets get a Jedi right now, he gets a guy
Speaker 2: that is so sophisticated and so advanced as a quarterback
Speaker 2: and the nuance of playing the position that it's going
Speaker 2: to catapault them to the top of this division. I
Speaker 2: still work to be done, but this, you know, this
Speaker 2: gives them more than a fighters chance to win. You know,
Speaker 2: you think about you know, they've already they already plus
Speaker 2: two twenty five to win. And it's before the draft.
Speaker 2: And if Joe Douglas knocks the draft out of the
Speaker 2: park like he did the previous year.
Speaker 3: In my pinion, the year.
Speaker 2: Before, I mean, we got a lot to celebrate in
Speaker 2: this New York Area era. And you know we can say, hey,
Speaker 2: this was the beginning of the turnaround for New York
Speaker 2: sports and the Jets, you know season as far as
Speaker 2: being able to get back into playoffs, and a guy
Speaker 2: like Aaron Rodgers attracts young players that you know, it's
Speaker 2: still a bunch of talented, talented players still out there
Speaker 2: and it's going to be more added. But if you say, hey,
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers out there, people are saying, you know, and listen,
Speaker 2: I wonder what DeAndre Hopkins feels now, right. I remember
Speaker 2: what he said when when they asked me about the
Speaker 2: teams there.
Speaker 3: Now you got that bad man there.
Speaker 2: I wonder how you feel because you can't say that
Speaker 2: Josh Allen is a better quarterback than can't say to
Speaker 2: a tongue of by lowd is a better quarterback than
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers. You damn sure can't say, you know, mc
Speaker 2: and cheese is a better quarterback than Aaron Rodgers. So
Speaker 2: if he felt like that before about going to Buffalo,
Speaker 2: what does he feel about the Jets now? And that's
Speaker 2: still something that's obtainable. I mean, you talk about Corey
Speaker 2: Davis being there, You talk about, you know, DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 2: not wanting to adjust this contract. We were in the
Speaker 2: running for Ordell Beckham. We had a deal out there
Speaker 2: for him. You know, if you can afford O'Dell Beckham,
Speaker 2: then you know, I don't think Jet fans would be
Speaker 2: upset if the second round pick was used for DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: You're a Detroit kid, You started your career in Baltimore.
Speaker 4: You loved it there.
Speaker 1: You came to the Jets and you not only thrived,
Speaker 1: but you embrace the culture of the organization and this
Speaker 1: area so much so in fact, that you're living here
Speaker 1: to this day. What do you think about Rogers coming
Speaker 1: to this organization one and to the New York area.
Speaker 2: Well, first of all, I'm a little I'm a little
Speaker 2: pissed off, right because I saw a list done by
Speaker 2: S and Y and they had the ten most popular
Speaker 2: who owns this city?
Speaker 3: Stuff?
Speaker 2: And not one Jet was on there. It's two giants,
Speaker 2: a bunch of Knicks, right, New Knicks too, like Jalen Brunson,
Speaker 2: you know, Julius Randall. Yes, I understand, how the hell
Speaker 2: was can you not have Breist Hall or I can
Speaker 2: you not have Garrett Wilson or Sauce Gardener even on there?
Speaker 3: Right?
Speaker 2: But you got Daniel Jones. So if Daniel Jones, I'm
Speaker 2: expecting that list to be hit the refreshed button like tomorrow,
Speaker 2: and I expect A a Ryan to be on there
Speaker 2: because I believe he becomes the biggest star in New York.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's proven, he's certified. Right, No, No, none,
Speaker 2: of those other guys are certified. None of those other
Speaker 2: guys have MVPs other than Aaron Judge. None of those
Speaker 2: other guys have a championship. So I'm gonna need the
Speaker 2: refresh button. I'm gonnaed a whole lot of respect put
Speaker 2: on the Jets name name, and I want to applaud
Speaker 2: Joe Douglas for making sure that it's the right deal, right,
Speaker 2: And he didn't get fleeced. He didn't give up this
Speaker 2: year's one. He swapped once right, and that's a big difference.
Speaker 2: And the fact that he stood strong and he knew
Speaker 2: that the day was going to come where he was
Speaker 2: going to be able to close the deal. It just
Speaker 2: wasn't on the timing of the fans in the media,
Speaker 2: but it was right on time because it's right before
Speaker 2: the draft and they still have an opportunity to go
Speaker 2: to their draft board and accomplish everything that they want.
Speaker 1: Well, okay, so get back to the question, though, what
Speaker 1: do you think of Rogers is going to think about
Speaker 1: this organization in this area. I know, as far as
Speaker 1: the pantheon, you said, as far as current athletes, you
Speaker 1: put Rogers to the top, But what do you think
Speaker 1: about his second act per se being on Broadway, and
Speaker 1: also him coming here to an organization that's starving for
Speaker 1: a winner, but has great leadership structure in place. You
Speaker 1: mentioned Joe Douglas obviously the connection that he has with
Speaker 1: Robert Salah. Those guys totally revamped this roster over the
Speaker 1: last couple of years where they've put it in position
Speaker 1: now Bart where you can have a winner immediately walking
Speaker 1: in the door.
Speaker 3: Well, I think he's gonna feel right at home.
Speaker 2: I think he's going to see a lot of similarities
Speaker 2: between the Jets organization and the and the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 3: Right. You talk about a legacy organization.
Speaker 2: The Jets, you know, is originally from the AFL, you know,
Speaker 2: but they're still an original kind of core team.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 2: This is a brand name. This isn't an expansion team.
Speaker 2: This is a team with a long history, a rich history, right.
Speaker 2: And I think he's going to find that when he
Speaker 2: when he walks around he sees the passion of the fans,
Speaker 2: He's going to find that he's gonna see a lot
Speaker 2: of similarities between the affection that teams and generation generations
Speaker 2: of fans and you know, fathers with their grandfathers with
Speaker 2: their kids, all being Jet fans and season ticket holders.
Speaker 2: So I think he'll feel a sense of tradition. You know,
Speaker 2: the first time he hears the Jets sound when he
Speaker 2: comes out of the tunnel, he's going to think, you know,
Speaker 2: he's going to see that Jet fans are obsessed, much
Speaker 2: like I believe Jalen Brunton saw yesterday when they played
Speaker 2: in the Garden and how these guys acted in the
Speaker 2: fans acted after the game, you know, flooding seventh, seventh Avenue.
Speaker 2: The Jets are going to bring that same type of energy,
Speaker 2: the hysteria, the pandemonium. I think he's going to find
Speaker 2: itself in very comfortable situations. I think people are going
Speaker 2: to respect this privacy. He's gonna understand that too, that
Speaker 2: he can blend in because everybody's a star out here.
Speaker 2: He's not just one of one team. He's going to
Speaker 2: be able to blend in. I can see him having
Speaker 2: the great balance right, being able to, you know, live
Speaker 2: wherever he wants to live, whether he wants to live
Speaker 2: out in the country rather he wants to live, you know,
Speaker 2: on Fifth Avenue and take a helicopter in.
Speaker 3: You know, we know Brandon Marshall lived in Brooklyn. Right.
Speaker 2: We know that t Rich lived in Queen's Long Island City,
Speaker 2: so he'll be able to get whatever he he's into it. However,
Speaker 2: he feels whatever he wants his experience here, He'll be
Speaker 2: able to enjoy yourself on the field and off the field.
Speaker 2: I think he'll feel a love, respect and passion and
Speaker 2: understand that. You know, he's gonna have a little bit
Speaker 2: more things to do to heal than he had in
Speaker 2: Green Bay. I mean, I know Green Bay has a
Speaker 2: great Applebee's and cheese curds, but I think New York
Speaker 2: has a little bit more to offer than that.
Speaker 1: You always have brought the swagger to the table, whether
Speaker 1: it was inside the locker room or your post playing career.
Speaker 1: What do you think about the swag that he brings.
Speaker 1: We saw the Jets and the Young Corps last year
Speaker 1: really develop. It was fun, whether it was Sauce Gardener
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball or Garrett Wilson
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball. But what do
Speaker 1: you think about the aura that he provides, Not just
Speaker 1: the physical skill set, not just the mentality the cerebral assassin,
Speaker 1: but the kind of aura that's he's going to bring
Speaker 1: to that locker room.
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what I mean. I've experienced this. I
Speaker 2: experienced this in Baltimore when Steve McNair came over. Right,
Speaker 2: you know, you knew what he had been. He had
Speaker 2: been a fish competitor. And listen, let's not underestimate the
Speaker 2: practice week that the Jets had when they played Green
Speaker 2: Bay and he was able to watch how this organization
Speaker 2: moved the class act that it was, the young players
Speaker 2: and really get to see where they're going. He's no dummy, right,
Speaker 2: He could have had an opportunity to go anywhere. He
Speaker 2: could have said, I wanted to go to Tennessee. Tennessee
Speaker 2: is a place that could have offered the same thing
Speaker 2: he lives there. But he saw that the Jets are
Speaker 2: a team that are ascended, that has the flexibility to
Speaker 2: go out and get more assets, and also, you know,
Speaker 2: a team that's on the uprise. And you know, he
Speaker 2: figuring that you add that MVP type of you know,
Speaker 2: you know talent, they're going to be in every game,
Speaker 2: right and with this defense, and his defense has a
Speaker 2: lot to own up to it.
Speaker 3: But you know, I love Chuck Clark. I love the
Speaker 3: swag brought over there.
Speaker 2: You know all, like I said, all, I think they
Speaker 2: needed some big fatties, I know, pulling the forward still
Speaker 2: out there. I've been a proponent of bringing the big
Speaker 2: fatty over here, you know what I'm saying. I know
Speaker 2: they try with Kalais Campbell, but you got a big,
Speaker 2: you know, fatty right there, and I trust and I
Speaker 2: think that everybody trusts.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 2: You know Joe Douglas, you know, you talk about his vision.
Speaker 2: You know, you talk about rebuilding the roster, young talented,
Speaker 2: you know player players brought in players that are young
Speaker 2: that you know, you don't have to worry about their
Speaker 2: contracts for a couple of years.
Speaker 3: You know what I mean.
Speaker 2: You got guys that you know, you get to, you know,
Speaker 2: you get to you get to go out and go
Speaker 2: get higher guns. Right, we watched Philadelphia, which we think
Speaker 2: you know, Roseman, who Joe Douglas learned from, is one
Speaker 2: of the best in the business. He's always one step ahead, right,
Speaker 2: he always has a good player. Then he always has
Speaker 2: a backup to plug in.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 2: He got you know, got Davis, Jordan Davis right there,
Speaker 2: got you know, Deane and then he still has two
Speaker 2: first round draft picks. So even at fifteen I could
Speaker 2: see the Jets moving back right if they they if
Speaker 2: they find their players slip that bad, they move back
Speaker 2: get more assets.
Speaker 3: Hey man, I believe in Joe. We've seen him move
Speaker 3: up and nothing down the board.
Speaker 2: We've seen him move back in the first round, move
Speaker 2: up back in the second round to get Brits Hall.
Speaker 3: We've seen him move up to go get a Vera Tucker. Right.
Speaker 2: So I'm just so excited to see what moves are
Speaker 2: going to be paid out, and what that draft board
Speaker 2: looks like, and what that free agency board looks like,
Speaker 2: because I think now the biggest thing that Aaron Rodger
Speaker 2: gives you is the ability for guys who have done
Speaker 2: made a lot of money in his league to say, hey,
Speaker 2: it's more about winning right now than it is about
Speaker 2: the money. We've seen it when Rex was here, Guys
Speaker 2: like Jason Taylor coming up, guys like Trevor Price coming over.
Speaker 2: We've seen it, right, and I know that's what happens,
Speaker 2: you know, the confidence and the Jets and everybody you know,
Speaker 2: you know was making fun of same old Jets. But
Speaker 2: the Jets are right where they need to be, and
Speaker 2: right now it's people clamoring, wishing and hoping that the
Speaker 2: Jets give them that call that last year, you know
Speaker 2: it would have put their nose up to it.
Speaker 1: Thanks brother, It's always great catching up and for Jets fans,
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are gonna be actually
Speaker 1: seeing you Thursday night at met Life Stadium, and that
Speaker 1: place is gonna be a Rockets environment because I'll tell
Speaker 1: you what, Mettlife Stadium is gonna be placed to be
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three a lot of primetime games, right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, that's that's a good, good and bad part.
Speaker 2: That means that I'm be you know, up at twelve o'clock,
Speaker 2: but I'll do it for a full opportunity to do
Speaker 2: some playoff football, you know what I'm saying. I'll go
Speaker 2: ahead and take the four o' clocks in eight o'clock,
Speaker 2: but that comes with the territory. And I tell you what,
Speaker 2: it'd be great that maybe if AA Ron is announced
Speaker 2: and he's on the big board, you know, maybe who knows,
Speaker 2: maybe they can work that out for the draft. Make
Speaker 2: sure the A A RN pulls up, you know what
Speaker 2: I mean, because it should be about time when he
Speaker 2: has to be introduced.
Speaker 3: Makes sense, Make it happen.
Speaker 4: Captain sounds good, Matt Becker about pleasure man.
Speaker 3: Talk to you later.
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Speaker 1: It's a momentous day here at one Jets Drive and
Speaker 1: I'd be remiss if I didn't bring Lejay Dousable on
Speaker 1: the official pod. Leje your thoughts on this trade finally happening,
Speaker 1: the Jets and the Packers agreeing on a deal that
Speaker 1: will bring four time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers to the
Speaker 1: Green and White.
Speaker 6: It's amazing, EA, right this is what the Jets, you know,
Speaker 6: have been talking about for a while in regards to
Speaker 6: training for Aaron Rodgers. We all thought that this potentially
Speaker 6: could happen all the way back in March in April.
Speaker 6: I mean, we're still in April. But now it's late
Speaker 6: April draft week, and then the news comes down. I
Speaker 6: think news had broke earlier this week that the two
Speaker 6: teams have gotten back together and started renegotiating, and it
Speaker 6: seems like a deal came together quite quickly.
Speaker 7: Now. To be honest with ya, it's a bit steep.
Speaker 6: I'm not even gonna lie to you because when you
Speaker 6: look at it, right, you know, people are saying it's
Speaker 6: two first round picks, but it's essentially a first round
Speaker 6: swap this year in twenty twenty three, just have to
Speaker 6: move back two spots from thirteen to fifteen. They give
Speaker 6: up the number forty two pick, also a sixth round pick,
Speaker 6: but they receive a fifth round pick. But the thing
Speaker 6: that steeped to me, ea, I would have been fine
Speaker 6: with all the rest of that, right, but the protection
Speaker 6: for if Aaron Rodgers decides not to play after this year,
Speaker 6: it's not really there for the Jets, right, So it's
Speaker 6: like next year, no matter what, because we all assume
Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers is going to play sixty five percent of
Speaker 6: the snaps, the Jets are giving up on one next
Speaker 6: year to the Green Bay Packers. So I mean, I
Speaker 6: understand it from the standpoint because Joe Douglass understands this roster.
Speaker 6: He feels like he has a ready made team. The
Speaker 6: one thing that they were missing was a quarterback. So
Speaker 6: I get it from that standpoint because unless you have
Speaker 6: a signal caller under center, you don't have a chance
Speaker 6: in the NFL. And him making this aggressive trade to
Speaker 6: get Aaron Rodgers puts them in the position not only
Speaker 6: to win the division, but make a true run at
Speaker 6: a Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: You just hit the right note right there that this
Speaker 1: puts the Jets in position not only to win the division,
Speaker 1: but win a Super Bowl. Can you believe where we're
Speaker 1: at right now in late April compared to where we
Speaker 1: were in October when the Jets went to Green Bay
Speaker 1: and took down Aaron Rodgers. If I would have told
Speaker 1: you on add Sunday that Rogers was going to be
Speaker 1: a Jet in twenty twenty three, what would you have said.
Speaker 7: Look at us, look at us. Who would have thought
Speaker 7: who would have thought? Right?
Speaker 6: And the funny thing isa around that time, the Jets
Speaker 6: were one of the hottest teams in the league right,
Speaker 6: one of the hottest teams in the AFC. A lot
Speaker 6: of people thought they could potentially fight for the AFC
Speaker 6: East Crown that year because they went into Green Bay
Speaker 6: and essentially beat down the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 7: The game wasn't even close.
Speaker 6: I mean, you talk about physicality on both sides of
Speaker 6: the line of scrimmage, offensive line, defensive line. They won
Speaker 6: the battle in the trenches that day and literally took
Speaker 6: the heart out of the Green Bay Packers. So if
Speaker 6: you're looking at it from this standpoint, we have ever
Speaker 6: in our wildest dreams thought Aaron Rodgers the following year
Speaker 6: would be a New York Jet. Everybody would say no,
Speaker 6: especially like you talked about in October, because the team
Speaker 6: was playing so well. They thought that this young team
Speaker 6: could potentially make a run. We knew we had a
Speaker 6: top five defense at the time, and they finished the
Speaker 6: season as a top five defense.
Speaker 7: So I don't think anybody thought in October.
Speaker 6: That this would be an outcome going into the twenty
Speaker 6: three season. But towards the back half of the season,
Speaker 6: the Jets weren't able to finish, wasn't able to get
Speaker 6: into the playoffs, and then subsequently we knew there were
Speaker 6: struggles at the quarterback position. So if you have an
Speaker 6: opportunity to get a four time MVP Super Bowl winning quarterback.
Speaker 7: You go out and do that.
Speaker 6: And not only that, Ea, this is a guy that's
Speaker 6: familiar with his offense when he was playing MVP type football.
Speaker 6: It was this same offensive coordinator the Jets haveing Nathaniel Ackett,
Speaker 6: so it only made sense. Again, was a steep price,
Speaker 6: but it doesn't matter if the Jets win the division
Speaker 6: and make a run at the super Bowl.
Speaker 1: How about the potential with the second team? Dudes, we
Speaker 1: saw Tom Brady, after an illustrious run with the Patriots,
Speaker 1: go to Tampa win a Super Bowl in his first
Speaker 1: year there. How about Peyton Manning with the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 1: Of course, he finds a second home with the Broncos.
Speaker 1: He goes out on top. I'm not putting Matt Stafford
Speaker 1: in the category. Oh no, right yet, But my point
Speaker 1: is a very accomplished quarterback who goes from Detroit to
Speaker 1: the Rams wins the championship.
Speaker 4: So We've seen this done.
Speaker 1: There is a blueprint out there for teams who are
Speaker 1: sending and ready to take the next step, and all
Speaker 1: they need is an elite quarterback.
Speaker 4: Oh, here you go.
Speaker 1: You have the Jets and then sending young team who
Speaker 1: just needed that missing piece, enter Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 6: It's funny, right, because it's almost like a copycat league.
Speaker 6: What did the Denver Broncos do, right? They traded for
Speaker 6: Russell Wilson because they thought that was the missing piece
Speaker 6: for them to win the Super Bowl. They knew they
Speaker 6: had a top five defense, They felt like they had
Speaker 6: the playmakers on the outside. They felt like the only
Speaker 6: thing that they truly needed was a quarterback to push
Speaker 6: them over the top. You just stated some other quarterbacks.
Speaker 6: Tom Brady leaving New England going to Tampa Bay. Now,
Speaker 6: when he chose Tampa Bay, I think a lot of
Speaker 6: people were scratching their heads because of what Tampa Bay
Speaker 6: had did in previous years. Now we knew what Tom Bowles,
Speaker 6: they had a good defense, and we know they had
Speaker 6: playmakers on the outside. But when Tom Brady came there,
Speaker 6: as Dion Sender said, he brought us some luggage with him, right,
Speaker 6: he was able to get Antonio Brown to come.
Speaker 7: He was able to get Gronk to come over there, right.
Speaker 6: I think they drafted you know, wharfs at tackle, so
Speaker 6: they had some pieces around. But also when you have
Speaker 6: Tom Brady, you get guys like Leonard Fournette that want
Speaker 6: to sign on and play with Tom Brady. Essentially the
Speaker 6: same thing that's happened with the Jets. And you know
Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers, O'Dell Beckham was flirting with coming to play
Speaker 6: for the New York Jets, but ultimately Baltimore offered him
Speaker 6: a deal that he couldn't refuse. He ended up going there.
Speaker 6: But we already see that guys are willing to come
Speaker 6: and play with Aaron Rodgers. No, Allen Azar that was
Speaker 6: a big thing for him on wanting to sign with
Speaker 6: the New York just a familiarity not only with Nathaniel Hackett,
Speaker 6: but his quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who's one of his closest friends.
Speaker 7: So when you have a guy like Aaron Rodgers, you talked.
Speaker 6: About it, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and I think the
Speaker 6: difference between Aaron Rodgers and those guys is Aaron is
Speaker 6: familiar with this system. He's been running this system, right,
Speaker 6: and the Hackett was with Laflour in Green Bay. He's
Speaker 6: coming to essentially the same offense. Will the terminology be
Speaker 6: slightly different? Maybe maybe it changes because Hackett comes in
Speaker 6: and Aaron Rodgers just picks up where he left off
Speaker 6: in that twenty one season.
Speaker 7: That's what the Jets are, right.
Speaker 6: You get a pissed off Aaron Rodgers who felt like
Speaker 6: he may have been done wrongly in Green Bay. He's
Speaker 6: motivated now to come to the New York Jets. And
Speaker 6: I guarantee you right now, Jet Nation is ecstatic about
Speaker 6: this trade.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they have reason to be celebrating right now
Speaker 1: because the weights. It's been a long wait for Jets fans,
Speaker 1: the anticipation, and now you're feeling that collective sense of
Speaker 1: relief and euphoria at the same time. Where is this
Speaker 1: guy physically at this point in his career. He battled
Speaker 1: a number of injuries last year. Dude, he's thirty nine,
Speaker 1: He's going to turn forty. As far as his physical
Speaker 1: skill set, something that stood out to me in the past,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady said, Aaron Rodgers is the best thrower of
Speaker 1: the football in the history of our game.
Speaker 4: Where do you think he's at right now.
Speaker 6: First and foremost, the most talented guy I've ever faced
Speaker 6: without nine ever I missed. I played against Mahomes in preseason.
Speaker 6: I didn't really get to see him during the season
Speaker 6: because he was a rookie. He didn't play his rookie year,
Speaker 6: but I played him in preseason. But as far as
Speaker 6: just pure talent, and I agree with Tom Brady one
Speaker 6: hundred percent, there's nobody that can throw the ball better
Speaker 6: than Aaron Rodgers. I mean, and you know, people are
Speaker 6: saying he's getting older. He was a little beat up
Speaker 6: last year. One throw that comes to mind was him
Speaker 6: drifting to the left versus Miami Dolphins and finding Marcedes
Speaker 6: Lewis down the sideline with a flick of the wrist.
Speaker 6: The ball went like fifty yards in the air with
Speaker 6: a flick.
Speaker 3: Ea.
Speaker 7: It shows that this guy still has all the arm
Speaker 7: strength in the world.
Speaker 6: Saw a picture and video of him and Allan was
Speaker 6: are working out together, kind of playing around, running some sprints.
Speaker 6: So again it seems like mentally he's in it this year.
Speaker 6: He's motivated, he's ready to play. And let's not forget
Speaker 6: the last time he was in this situation was the
Speaker 6: first year Lafour was there and people thought he was done.
Speaker 6: What did he do after that back to back MVP years?
Speaker 6: You want to take Jordan Love in the first round,
Speaker 6: let me show you why. I'm a future Hall of Famer,
Speaker 6: first ballot Hall of Famer, and I think that's the
Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers the Jets are going to get this year.
Speaker 1: How about him as a decision maker, something that's overlooked.
Speaker 1: I think throughout his career best touchdown interception ratio of
Speaker 1: anybody who's ever played this game. So we think in
Speaker 1: rogers in terms of gunsling are oftentimes, but he's protected
Speaker 1: the football throughout his career.
Speaker 6: Yeah, and I'm glad you brought that up, EA, because
Speaker 6: since two thousand and eight, the Jets quarterbacks have the
Speaker 6: worst touchdown in interception ratio and the guy that you
Speaker 6: just talked about is number one in that span since
Speaker 6: two thousand and eight. And a guy that takes care
Speaker 6: of the football. Even with twelve interceptions last year, that
Speaker 6: is like it might be his high.
Speaker 7: For his career, like he rarely I think the year
Speaker 7: before he was thirty.
Speaker 3: Seven and four.
Speaker 6: EA, that is just absurd to have only four interceptions
Speaker 6: in a calendar season, right four months seventeen games only
Speaker 6: four interceptions. That's crazy. So even in a down year
Speaker 6: last year, we threw for nearly thirty seven hundred yards,
Speaker 6: twenty six touchdowns and only twelve interceptions over two to
Speaker 6: one ratio. The Jets had that ea, they were probably
Speaker 6: been a Division A round with a chance to go
Speaker 6: to the AFC Championship game last year. So if you
Speaker 6: just put that into perspective, that was quote unquote a
Speaker 6: down year for Aaron Rodgers. So that's been an important
Speaker 6: thing for the Jets being able to take care of
Speaker 6: the football because we know how good the defense is.
Speaker 7: As long as you don't turn it over, your defense
Speaker 7: is going to give you a chance to win games.
Speaker 6: Now, with Aaron Rodgers, you know, being familiar with this offense,
Speaker 6: you would think the Jets defens will get a little
Speaker 6: bit more rest because the offense would be more efficient
Speaker 6: this year. So now, and we kind of saw this
Speaker 6: towards the back half of the season, I felt like
Speaker 6: the defense was wearing down a little bit. If you
Speaker 6: look at the Detroit game, the Jaguars game, that last
Speaker 6: game versus the Miami Dolphins, that defense was tired. Now
Speaker 6: with Aaron Rodgers in the fold, you would think that
Speaker 6: they would get more rest and be more fresh at
Speaker 6: the end of the game, which in turn will help
Speaker 6: them towards the end of the season when you really
Speaker 6: need to have your pass rust going and your defense
Speaker 6: really needs to be playing at an elite level. They'll
Speaker 6: be a little bit more fresher this year.
Speaker 1: As the guys suited up in the room multiple times,
Speaker 1: whether it's for practice or games, over the course of
Speaker 1: your career, and you played for more than a decade, dudes,
Speaker 1: what's it gonna be like for these guys when Rogers
Speaker 1: walks into the locker room with d swagger, the guy
Speaker 1: discount double check with the belt, the guy who has
Speaker 1: done so much throughout his NFL career, wanted to be here,
Speaker 1: wanted to be a Jet, wanted to help this team
Speaker 1: go to the next level. What is the feeling gonna
Speaker 1: be like in the room when he enters.
Speaker 6: I think guys are just gonna be excited. I mean
Speaker 6: you kind of see it on Twitter already. Brest Hall
Speaker 6: has changed his profile pick to Aaron Rodgers when he
Speaker 6: was at Kyle Berkeley, Right, that's the excitement these guys have.
Speaker 6: Garrett Wilson couldn't be more excited. You see Makay Beckton
Speaker 6: tweeting out different things. Jermaine Johnson put the spoof up
Speaker 6: there of the office saying it's gonna happen, It's gonna happen,
Speaker 6: It's finally happening.
Speaker 7: So excited.
Speaker 6: And again that doesn't just radiate on the offensive side,
Speaker 6: that radiates on the defensive side as well. Ea, because again,
Speaker 6: now you have a quarterback you can go out there
Speaker 6: and believe in and you know, right, even when you're
Speaker 6: maybe not having your best day, because he's a four
Speaker 6: time MVP year, because he's a former Super Bowl champ,
Speaker 6: he can pick you guys up on days you don't
Speaker 6: have it your best on defense, and that's important, right
Speaker 6: because I know a lot of people talked about this
Speaker 6: last year and they kind of got on the defense
Speaker 6: late in the season. But I'm like, hey, this defense
Speaker 6: is still giving up like less than nineteen points a game.
Speaker 6: That's winning football. Like, if you give up less than
Speaker 6: twenty points a game, you still should have an opportunity
Speaker 6: to win. If the Jets scored at least twenty one
Speaker 6: in five other games, they would have been twelve.
Speaker 7: They would have had twelve wins.
Speaker 6: Twelve wins a ya, that would have put them in
Speaker 6: contention to potentially win the division. So I look at
Speaker 6: it like I said, it's not just gonna radiate between
Speaker 6: the offense. Some of that's gonna come over to the
Speaker 6: defense and they're gonna be more enthused now because they know,
Speaker 6: right they don't have to be on pins and needles.
Speaker 7: We have a guy back there at quarterback.
Speaker 6: If we're not having our best day, and the plan
Speaker 6: is always to have our best day, but if we're not,
Speaker 6: he can pick us up and lift us up.
Speaker 1: How about Roger's second act coming on Broadway, him just
Speaker 1: coming to New York. How big that is as far
Speaker 1: as a sporting transaction. There's few things you probably can
Speaker 1: compare this to as far as this big of a name,
Speaker 1: This guy at this point of his career. Obviously he's
Speaker 1: on the second nine, he's towards the end of his career,
Speaker 1: but he still can play at an elite level and
Speaker 1: coming to New York.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's big.
Speaker 6: And I know a lot of people maybe concerned just
Speaker 6: because of you know, what he dealt with in the
Speaker 6: media sometimes in Green Bay. But I think Aaron Rodger
Speaker 6: is cerebral, right, he understands what it is. And I
Speaker 6: don't think this New York market or media market will
Speaker 6: be too much for him because he just wants to
Speaker 6: go out there in ball, right, he could care less
Speaker 6: what people say about him, and it's been proven, it's documented. Right,
Speaker 6: we saw what he did on Pat McAfee in regards
Speaker 6: to the front office with Green Bay, Like, he.
Speaker 7: Doesn't let that affect him.
Speaker 6: Now in some form of manner, does it affect you
Speaker 6: when people say things about you?
Speaker 3: Essentially?
Speaker 6: Yes, right, But I think he's played enough football and
Speaker 6: played at an elite level for so long that he'll
Speaker 6: be able to bounce back. I don't think that the media,
Speaker 6: the New York media market will be too much for
Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers. And you're talking about coming to you know, Broadway,
Speaker 6: I mean Broadway. Joe Joe Namath already came out and
Speaker 6: said he's willing to let him use number twelve. I mean,
Speaker 6: that's something big. This is the greatest quarterback in Jets history.
Speaker 6: For him to essentially unretire his number to let another
Speaker 6: future Hall of Famer use his number kind of lets
Speaker 6: you know the importance of this trade for the New
Speaker 6: York Jets.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll have to see where that goes in the
Speaker 1: hours aheat. I know Schefter initially reported the deal and
Speaker 1: the compensation, and he had Rogers out there in a
Speaker 1: number eight. Of course, he wore number eight at cal Berkeley,
Speaker 1: so maybe that's the future for him here with the
Speaker 1: Green and White. You mentioned something and I want to
Speaker 1: end Tier with you, dudes, you think the Jets are
Speaker 1: gonna get a pissed off Aaron Rodgers as far as
Speaker 1: the way it ended in Green Bay. And also, he's
Speaker 1: so highly competitive. What do you think this is going
Speaker 1: to mean to him as far as this final chapter
Speaker 1: and the potential as far as his legacy is concerned,
Speaker 1: Because you're talking about a Jets team that won a
Speaker 1: championship in nineteen sixty eight January twelfth, nineteen sixty nine,
Speaker 1: hasn't been in the playoffs since twenty ten, has a
Speaker 1: lot of pieces there. But the potential if you're if
Speaker 1: you're Rogers right now, not only maybe being pissed off
Speaker 1: as far as the doubters are concerned, but also the
Speaker 1: potential of what this marriage ultimately can be.
Speaker 6: I don't think he's just pissed off. I think he's
Speaker 6: highly motivated. And we kind of talked about this earlier.
Speaker 6: The last time he was dismotivated was the year after
Speaker 6: Mike You know, Matt Lafleur got the job at Green Bay.
Speaker 6: He didn't have quote unquote his best year. A lot
Speaker 6: of people thought he was done, he didn't have it anymore.
Speaker 7: What they do.
Speaker 6: They traded up. They didn't just take Jordan Love in
Speaker 6: the first round. Yea, They traded up to get him,
Speaker 6: essentially saying this is gonna be your replacement. And then
Speaker 6: we saw Aaron Rodgers play at a astronomical level the
Speaker 6: next two years and became back to back MVPs. I
Speaker 6: think that's something that we're gonna get from Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 6: right now. You talk about the legacy being able not
Speaker 6: to only do that in Green Bay, which is one
Speaker 6: of the meccas of NFL football, right but to be
Speaker 6: able to do it in New York No City. It's
Speaker 6: better to win in EA, I'm telling you, when you're
Speaker 6: winning in New York City. I think that's all in
Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers mind. And he also wants to stick it
Speaker 6: to the front office at Green Bay. Like you thought
Speaker 6: I was done before I proved you wrong. Was time
Speaker 6: for me for these next two years to prove you
Speaker 6: wrong again. Not only am I going to play at
Speaker 6: an elite level, I'm gonna go out there and try
Speaker 6: to win MVP, but then bring my team along with
Speaker 6: me and try to make a run at this Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: How does this impact Douglas as far as the draft
Speaker 1: is concerned.
Speaker 4: Now he's got the fifteenth pick. We saw the swap
Speaker 4: of the first rounders.
Speaker 1: Obviously you talked about the compensation before, but we figured
Speaker 1: that this trade was gonna happen at some point, whether
Speaker 1: it's Monday, Thursday, or Friday. But now that you know
Speaker 1: the compensation, you also know what the Jets did recently
Speaker 1: with the signings of Connor McGovern. You're felling a knee
Speaker 1: before the draft. The Quentin Jefferson. We talked about that
Speaker 1: the last podcast. But overall, look, as far as the
Speaker 1: draft is concerned, now that you know Rogers has done,
Speaker 1: that chapter is about to begin. But as far as
Speaker 1: worrying about the deal, you don't have to worry about
Speaker 1: that right now, Where should the focus be for the
Speaker 1: jetson in twenty twenty three draft.
Speaker 6: Yeah, we talked about this earlier about a few weeks
Speaker 6: ago on the podcast, right, and I think I said
Speaker 6: that Joe Douglass had a plan if Aaron Rodgers got
Speaker 6: traded before the draft, and then one just in case
Speaker 6: he hadn't been traded. Right now they can throw away
Speaker 6: that plan in regards to Aaron Rodgers not being traded
Speaker 6: before the draft, because that has happened. I'm glad you
Speaker 6: brought up Cotton McGovern because I think that is an
Speaker 6: underlying signing that is big for the Jets. One because
Speaker 6: we know Aaron Rodgers and how he feels about rookies
Speaker 6: at times. Right now you got a guy that has
Speaker 6: played a solid football for the Jets in this same
Speaker 6: system that Aaron Rodgers is coming from, that he's been
Speaker 6: familiar with with Nathaniel Hackett. So now you got a
Speaker 6: veteran signal caller at center, right, you bring him back.
Speaker 6: He's played a lot of good football. That doesn't mean
Speaker 6: the Jets won't potentially take an interior Alfittson lineman in
Speaker 6: the draft, but now you don't have to make it
Speaker 6: mandatory that you take it with one of those first
Speaker 6: two picks. The one concern that we kind of talked
Speaker 6: about this off Camerya is will one of the top
Speaker 6: four officive tackles be there at fifteen Now that you've
Speaker 6: moved back two spots, And that's what I meant when
Speaker 6: I talked about it being a little steep, right, because
Speaker 6: two spots in the draft can be monumental, right in
Speaker 6: regards to that, because Peter Skowarnsky, Paris Johnson, you talk
Speaker 6: about Darnell right, and then Proderick Jones, they could potentially
Speaker 6: be off the board. So if that happens, do the
Speaker 6: Jets potentially move back? Do they take Jackson Smith and
Speaker 6: Jig Bat the number fifteen spot if he's even there? Right, So,
Speaker 6: there's so many things to really work through. I think
Speaker 6: defensive tackle becomes a bigger need at forty three potentially.
Speaker 6: Keanu Benton is a guy that we've talked about that
Speaker 6: I really like. Out of bar Ray from Northwestern is
Speaker 6: another guy I really like. The thing with Robert Salah
Speaker 6: when it comes to defensive line. He likes guys that
Speaker 6: have foot speed and strained and both of those guys
Speaker 6: give you that interior pass Russ guys that are strained
Speaker 6: in the run game inside. So I think if you
Speaker 6: look at the draft board there, that is something that
Speaker 6: Joe Douglas is gonna be watching carefully because if those
Speaker 6: offensive tackles start fining off the board, I think the
Speaker 6: Jets potentially could start taking some calls to potentially move back,
Speaker 6: can get some more draft capital to make some more
Speaker 6: moves in the second and third round because moving to
Speaker 6: spots back.
Speaker 7: I think thirteenth that a lot of guys felt comfortable
Speaker 7: did they.
Speaker 6: Get one of the top four tackles, But at fifteen
Speaker 6: I don't feel ass comfortable on them getting the one
Speaker 6: of the top four tackles.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, the draft is about seventy two hours away.
Speaker 1: After hitting a grand slam in the twenty twenty two
Speaker 1: NFL Draft, almost a year later, on April twenty fourth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, Joe Douglas strikes going the trade route,
Speaker 1: bringing Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 4: To New York.
Speaker 1: Dudes, it's been a momentous day, potential game changer here
Speaker 1: for the New York Jets. Thanks for joining us as always,
Speaker 1: of course,