Speaker 1: Welcome to another installment of Jets Audibles. Eric Allen here
Speaker 1: with my partner Chad Pennington. Well, Chad, you saw it
Speaker 1: in person and then you went back down to Kentucky
Speaker 1: and checked out the Jets dismantling of the Tennessee Titans
Speaker 1: by a thirty to eight score. What stood out to
Speaker 1: you about the way the Green and White won their
Speaker 1: third straight game. Well, Eric, first of all, I think
Speaker 1: it's important to know that a winning team did what
Speaker 1: a winning team was supposed to do, and a losing
Speaker 1: team did what a losing team normally does. And that's
Speaker 1: what happened in this game. The winning team being the Jets,
Speaker 1: and having trying to make a playoff push, did what
Speaker 1: winners were supposed to do, and that's make plays that
Speaker 1: were there, take advantage of opportunities, not allow a team
Speaker 1: that is struggling to stay in the game. And the
Speaker 1: Jets were able to do that with zero halftime leave
Speaker 1: That was really important. I was impressed with the efficiency.
Speaker 1: First of all, the Jets offense only three punts and
Speaker 1: all of them those came I believe in the second half.
Speaker 1: I'm not so sure that they even had a three
Speaker 1: and ount um if they did it was in the
Speaker 1: drive that didn't matter. They even when they didn't score point, uh,
Speaker 1: they were moving the football effectively and they had a
Speaker 1: nice combination of the run in the past, the flash
Speaker 1: and game came in big time for them as an offense. Defensively,
Speaker 1: they were a solid uh four sacks. Wilkerson with three sacks,
Speaker 1: did a lot of really good things coverage wise. So
Speaker 1: I think we are seeing a team in the last
Speaker 1: three weeks UM that is really coming together and starting
Speaker 1: to put together complete games, and they're hitting their stride,
Speaker 1: which is extremely important in these last three weeks of
Speaker 1: trying to make them playoff run in your mind, chat,
Speaker 1: was that the most complete thirty minutes of football the
Speaker 1: Jets have played this year? It was complete. As far
Speaker 1: as the result, there were certainly a couple of plays
Speaker 1: that need to be corrected, uh in the defensive side
Speaker 1: where the Titans just flat out did not make the play.
Speaker 1: They dropped the ball and didn't make the play, and
Speaker 1: so that needs to be corrected. But as far as
Speaker 1: the result and what you're trying to get accomplished in
Speaker 1: a half football, no question about it. Howard Couraged, are
Speaker 1: you by the run game and what the Jets were
Speaker 1: able to do and put up nearly two hundred yards
Speaker 1: against a tough Titans front, and Chris Ivory reaches a
Speaker 1: hundred yards for the third time the season, and now
Speaker 1: he's closing in on a thousand yards well the first time.
Speaker 1: Impressed by the effort all three running backs are giving
Speaker 1: in the running game. You watch all three of these guys,
Speaker 1: they run similar I think that is because of the
Speaker 1: way Chris Ivory runs the football in the example that
Speaker 1: he sets running the football. All three of these running
Speaker 1: backs Ivory pal and really they run in a similar
Speaker 1: fashion meme. They run um, not recklessly, but passionately. They
Speaker 1: run with a purpose. They're not running just to get
Speaker 1: tackled or to go out of bounds or fighting for
Speaker 1: that extra yard. That's important in your running game as
Speaker 1: you move through the season because defenders start to wear
Speaker 1: down and that physicality of your running game becomes a
Speaker 1: tone center. And so I thought that the Jets offensive
Speaker 1: line did a really good job of taking care of
Speaker 1: the eighth element when the Titans were trying to defend
Speaker 1: the run, and they were still creating holes even when
Speaker 1: they were outnumbered and giving the running back some daylight
Speaker 1: and not allowing quick penetration early in the run played
Speaker 1: where the running backs get started and they weren't having
Speaker 1: to make their first cut or their first move until
Speaker 1: they penetrated the line of scrimp. Can you imagine it before?
Speaker 1: Were the game when we're in the coaches club that
Speaker 1: you wanted to see the special teams step up? And
Speaker 1: I thought they really did, especially early. The Jets kept
Speaker 1: on scoring, but their kickoff coverage was a lot better.
Speaker 1: I thought they had improved in that area on Sunday.
Speaker 1: I agree there weren't any true explosive plays, but there
Speaker 1: weren't any major negative plays either, and there weren't any
Speaker 1: game changing place from a negative side with kick coverage
Speaker 1: and and mistakes and mental air. So that's certainly an
Speaker 1: improvement something that they can expand upon and build upon
Speaker 1: for these next three weeks. What do you think about
Speaker 1: the way Bulls and Casey Rodgers continue to attack on
Speaker 1: third down? Because Tomorio Davis told me, uh this this
Speaker 1: week that, A, you know, these guys have a tremendous package,
Speaker 1: and they really opened things up on third down showing
Speaker 1: different looks, and the Green and White continue to get
Speaker 1: off the field right now. Well, First of all, they're
Speaker 1: doing a good job. They're solid in first and second
Speaker 1: down production to create the third down situations that they want,
Speaker 1: so they can use their schemes to their advantage. When
Speaker 1: you're behind the change as a defense, it's it's difficult
Speaker 1: to implement those schemes because you're on your heels and
Speaker 1: you're just trying to stop the bleeding. And so they're
Speaker 1: able to eliminate the first and second down production and
Speaker 1: now be ahead of the game and ahead of the
Speaker 1: sticks from a defensive standpoint to be able to implement
Speaker 1: some of these schemes. The one thing that I saw
Speaker 1: that they've started to implement and do uh An add
Speaker 1: to their package is their matchup zone where it's similar
Speaker 1: to the game of basketball where you're playing zone, but
Speaker 1: you're matching up and when the offender comes into your area,
Speaker 1: now you have him man and that that makes it
Speaker 1: difficult because that's a mixture of zone and man, and
Speaker 1: when you have those things oiled up, it can be
Speaker 1: very effective for defense. Gives you another tool in your
Speaker 1: toolbox to use. So not only are they using zone,
Speaker 1: not only are they using straight man. Now they're using
Speaker 1: matchup zones, which gives them a lot of different tools
Speaker 1: and weapons to use in their coverage schemes. And you
Speaker 1: think the Jets are creating matchups up front, one on
Speaker 1: one matchups that they've been able to exploit. You mentioned
Speaker 1: the sack totals they had five and all against the Titans,
Speaker 1: and Mariota is an elusive quarterback and we can get
Speaker 1: out of the pocket. But the Jets did their job
Speaker 1: is staying in their rush lanes and none they got
Speaker 1: to the quarterback. Well on what they're doing a really
Speaker 1: good job of their testing the rules of past protections
Speaker 1: of these teams. Every offensive scheme and every team they
Speaker 1: have specific rules to pass protect and protect the quarterback with.
Speaker 1: And you have rules that are running back has, you
Speaker 1: have rules that tight ends have and that the five
Speaker 1: offensive linemen have, and all those rules work hand in hand,
Speaker 1: and everybody has to understand the rules and who has
Speaker 1: what gap, who's responsible for what defender, who's responsible for gap,
Speaker 1: and certain things happen. We have to make an adjustment
Speaker 1: on the fly based upon our rules and what um
Speaker 1: the defense is doing in the scheme that they're using.
Speaker 1: As the Jets defenses are using, they're testing those rules
Speaker 1: and they're creating hesitancy in an offensive line. They're creating
Speaker 1: um lack of aggression with the quarterback and trying to
Speaker 1: and they're just creating a lot of communication problems. And
Speaker 1: so that's that's really important because sometimes it's not about
Speaker 1: whether or not you can get a guy free on
Speaker 1: the quarterback. It's just testing those rules to create an
Speaker 1: edge and be able to get one of your best
Speaker 1: one on one players in a position to win his
Speaker 1: one on one matchup. And then conversely on the other
Speaker 1: side of the ball. I know you have to be
Speaker 1: enjoying the way Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jan Gaily continue to
Speaker 1: be in sync because this offense is operating with high
Speaker 1: efficiency so far, and they continue to get better the
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. You look get fits now over
Speaker 1: the past three games, the Jets three game winning streak
Speaker 1: here the first of the Top Bowls ERA nine touchdowns,
Speaker 1: zero interceptions. Well, that's the word um efficiency and Van
Speaker 1: Hitting used to always talk to us as quarterbacks about
Speaker 1: being effective, efficient, and consistent, and that's what Ryan Fitzpatrick
Speaker 1: is doing right now. He's being effective in the passing game,
Speaker 1: meaning executing the place correctly. He's being efficient in the
Speaker 1: passing game meaning that when the big play or the
Speaker 1: big completion is not there, he's finding his check down,
Speaker 1: finding his secondary routes. And because of those two things,
Speaker 1: he's now being consistent in the passing game, and it's
Speaker 1: something that the team can rely on that they're not
Speaker 1: just using the passing game to get a big chunk
Speaker 1: of yards. They're using the passing game as an extension
Speaker 1: of the running game. I think what has happened to
Speaker 1: now that the running game is picking back up. You
Speaker 1: saw the evidence in play action from the gun from
Speaker 1: underneath and being able to draw up the linebackers and
Speaker 1: creating space between the linebackers and the secondary. With the
Speaker 1: play action game which has allowed Decker and Marshall to
Speaker 1: uh do some really good things downfield. Fitz doesn't really
Speaker 1: seem to ever get rattled. And you gotta like that
Speaker 1: as a former quarterback, the way you approach the game
Speaker 1: yourself and just thinking about Gaily and him in the
Speaker 1: red zone. You know that first touchdown the other day,
Speaker 1: Brandon Marshall, he was on the sideline and what fits
Speaker 1: did their play action to Chris Ivory, like you mentioned,
Speaker 1: that was out of the gun, A little play action
Speaker 1: he freezes a safety just long enough where Eric Decker
Speaker 1: has well one on one matchup games inside leverage and
Speaker 1: Fitz makes it look easy. But it's all the little
Speaker 1: things that Jets are doing right now. And he even
Speaker 1: picked up a block from Ivory after the play action
Speaker 1: well right, And it takes everybody to execute a play
Speaker 1: in another's a cliche, but it's truly does the difference
Speaker 1: between the offensive football and defensive football. And defense sometimes
Speaker 1: you can have a mistake and somebody makes a great
Speaker 1: tackle or makes up for it. Normally, in an offense,
Speaker 1: if everybody's not clicking on the same page and making
Speaker 1: them right the season at the same time, disaster happens
Speaker 1: and you have a lack of production. And so you're
Speaker 1: getting more consistency with everybody across the offensive side doing
Speaker 1: their job and doing it effectively. And and you know,
Speaker 1: the touchdown, the first touchdown to Decker was a great
Speaker 1: example of that, with the past protection, the play action fake,
Speaker 1: the freeze of the safety to keep him from moving
Speaker 1: to the right side of the field to allow a
Speaker 1: Decker to run his post route. Uh, there's some really
Speaker 1: good what I call high level football. There was some
Speaker 1: high level football going on with that play. As well
Speaker 1: as with the Jets in general. When it comes to offense,
Speaker 1: the Decker and Marshall, are you surprised by this kind
Speaker 1: of production? You play with Brandon, you knew he was
Speaker 1: a terrific receiver, but these guys have never played gather
Speaker 1: with this quarterback before, and they've combined for twenty touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Ducker is on pace to reach a thousand yards as well.
Speaker 1: The twenty touchdowns ties a franchise season high for two receivers. Well,
Speaker 1: when you look at their individual capabilities, I'm not surprised
Speaker 1: at their production. I'm surprised that it's been able to come,
Speaker 1: like you said, so quickly, knowing that, uh, their teammates
Speaker 1: for the first time together. Uh, they have a quarterback
Speaker 1: that they're working for the first time that doesn't happen,
Speaker 1: and so that that is a tribute to them as
Speaker 1: receivers as well as Ryan as a Venter quarterback. And
Speaker 1: the work that they're putting in, the communication and the
Speaker 1: talks that they're having trying to learn each other and
Speaker 1: to get better. I think that's been most impressive. When
Speaker 1: you look at the passage, what do you think about
Speaker 1: this ballgame coming up? You've got a short week. Dallas
Speaker 1: has struggled mightily this year. Four and nine, I think
Speaker 1: they still might mathematically be alive, but there are even
Speaker 1: two games behind in the NFC East. They are just
Speaker 1: one in five at home so far this season. And
Speaker 1: the number that stands out to me about the Cowboys
Speaker 1: right now last in the NFL in turnover margin. They've
Speaker 1: had only I believe eight takeaways this season. Well, this
Speaker 1: is a what we would call a wounded animal so
Speaker 1: to speak. That, um, you certainly don't want to breathe
Speaker 1: life into uh. And right there is your number one
Speaker 1: point to this game, Eric is the turnover ratio and
Speaker 1: the ability of being able to cause turnovers you do
Speaker 1: not want to get. This is a complete turnover game
Speaker 1: for the Jets. They've got to make sure that they
Speaker 1: do not breathe life into the Cowboys by having turnovers
Speaker 1: and and being able to give the Cowboys a short
Speaker 1: field momentum, a spark. You have to to try to
Speaker 1: see if Matt Castle can prove to you that he
Speaker 1: can beat you straight up with no easy ones and
Speaker 1: no help. And if they do that, I think the
Speaker 1: Jets will will win this game. If if they make
Speaker 1: Matt Castle and the Cowboys play as solid four quarters
Speaker 1: without any help from either side. Are you somewhat surprised
Speaker 1: by the Cowboys lack of offense production? I know Tony
Speaker 1: Romo is elite quarterback and he's outstanding, and obviously that's
Speaker 1: a big time blow. With that being said, castles by
Speaker 1: effective at times in the National Football League. They still
Speaker 1: have some weapons there, Darren mcvadden, you think about Jason Witten,
Speaker 1: one of the better UH receiving tight ends in football.
Speaker 1: Does Brian is still an outstanding receiver in his own right.
Speaker 1: Have you been surprised their struggles so much, how much
Speaker 1: they've struggled without Romo the lineup I have, I would
Speaker 1: think with all of the players that you have mentioned
Speaker 1: that they would shouldn't be around the six and seven range,
Speaker 1: off the four nine range when it comes to records,
Speaker 1: and so I have been surprised. Um, but you know,
Speaker 1: it's difficult and you're dealing with injuries. You you take
Speaker 1: a big time I think it shows the value that
Speaker 1: Tony Romo brings to that team. And maybe there's a
Speaker 1: self evaluation to say, maybe we put too much on
Speaker 1: Tony Romo. Maybe maybe we you know, we I think
Speaker 1: a lot of times he gets um the short end
Speaker 1: of the stick as far as criticism, but you are
Speaker 1: seen he his true value to that organization and he
Speaker 1: means a lot to that organization. And maybe as an organization,
Speaker 1: you've got to look at and say, well, how do
Speaker 1: what do we do to give him the best chance
Speaker 1: to even be better than what he is? Maybe we've
Speaker 1: put too much on him, because it certainly has shown
Speaker 1: itself this year with his absence. It's almost like they
Speaker 1: can't function without him. No, and how much confidence? How
Speaker 1: much confidence do you have in this Jets team now
Speaker 1: by what they've shown you the last three games, especially
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, because you know the way the
Speaker 1: media is a lot of people who put it in
Speaker 1: the players minds that hey, potentially this might be a
Speaker 1: trap game after an emotional comeback victory over the Giants.
Speaker 1: But the Jets, I thought, really displayed the maturity last week.
Speaker 1: So moving forward, how do you anticipate they'll come out
Speaker 1: here Saturday night as they continue to try to make
Speaker 1: a push. Well, I hope they come out energized, fired up,
Speaker 1: realizing the opportunity that they have. This game reminds me
Speaker 1: of the Monday night game into the Bigs against the
Speaker 1: Dolphins where we have to win that game as a
Speaker 1: Jet team to continue our playoff push. That's certainly one
Speaker 1: of those type of games that the Jets are in
Speaker 1: right now. Um, they have a great momentum and energy
Speaker 1: behind them with the three game winning streak that they
Speaker 1: have created, but it will be a tough game until
Speaker 1: you have to take the mindset that Cowboys aren't going
Speaker 1: to go away. You have to put the m away
Speaker 1: as a team. You can't expect any type of breaks
Speaker 1: going your way. You have to earn everything and you
Speaker 1: really have to play close to the vest and realizing
Speaker 1: that we cannot give them any daylight, that we cannot
Speaker 1: give them any line at the end of the tunnel
Speaker 1: as a team to create that spark to make them
Speaker 1: think that they can squeak out a win. Alright, Jets
Speaker 1: fans are in for a treat this weekend because it's
Speaker 1: Saturday night prime time. They can watch that ball game.
Speaker 1: Hopefully the Jets can secure their fourth consecutive win and
Speaker 1: move to nine and five. Then on Sunday, a lot
Speaker 1: of Jets Nation will turn to Pittsburgh in Denver, the
Speaker 1: Steelers hosting the Denver Broncos. The Steelers of course eight
Speaker 1: and five right now, the Kansas City Chiefs eight and
Speaker 1: five as well. When you look at that ball game,
Speaker 1: what fascinates you about that matchup? Well, I think that
Speaker 1: the Steelers are like a shot and bloody water right now. Um,
Speaker 1: with the injury to Andy Dawton. Uh, you're talking about
Speaker 1: having life to a team realizing that you actually have
Speaker 1: a chance to win a division and uh, whereas before
Speaker 1: you were just trying to hold onto your wild card
Speaker 1: plane life and now you actually have a chance to
Speaker 1: possibly steal a division, which is huge. And so I
Speaker 1: think this is a huge game for both teams. Uh,
Speaker 1: Steelers having a chance to try to win the a
Speaker 1: f C North, the Broncos trying to secure a first
Speaker 1: round by which is huge. So this is the biggest
Speaker 1: game of the week when it comes to the a
Speaker 1: f C playoff picture. And uh, right now, to be honest,
Speaker 1: I think the Steelers have the edge, I really do.
Speaker 1: And how they're playing, uh, their offense, this is gonna
Speaker 1: be a great match to watch. A very explosive Todd
Speaker 1: Haley orchestrated offense with Pittsburgh against a Denver defense that
Speaker 1: that's extremely stinging and so it will be a really
Speaker 1: good matchup to watch from a football same point, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I think Jets Nation is definitely gonna be rooting
Speaker 1: for the Denver Broncos here is Sunday. Obviously, Pittsburgh's eight
Speaker 1: and five. But conversely, you just mentioned the Broncos and Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: Both those teams have ten and three marks. They play
Speaker 1: each other in two weeks, So if Pittsburgh did beat
Speaker 1: Denver this week, that would mean the Broncos are ten
Speaker 1: and four, and then all of a sudden, the division
Speaker 1: might be in play for the Kansas City Chiefs as well.
Speaker 1: So when everybody's trying to break down these wild cards scenarios,
Speaker 1: it's awfully difficult because there are three games remaining and
Speaker 1: some of these teams are still gonna play each other well,
Speaker 1: and that's what this year has been extremely exciting in
Speaker 1: in that element, as far as we thought we had
Speaker 1: a good vibe about what would happen at the division leaders,
Speaker 1: and with the wild card spots, it look like that
Speaker 1: the division leaders were taking care of business other than
Speaker 1: the a f C South, which is completely up for
Speaker 1: grabs and you're only going to get one team coming
Speaker 1: out of that division. But now You're exactly right. Not
Speaker 1: only do you have your wild card spots up for grabs,
Speaker 1: you maybe possibly have two division spots up for grabs
Speaker 1: as well, which a couple of weeks ago looked like
Speaker 1: that was completely out of a question, and now it's
Speaker 1: completely in the question. Yeah, because who's gonna make the
Speaker 1: push here? Because that Pittsburgh Dunver game is huge across
Speaker 1: the board speaking about two divisions and the wild card race,
Speaker 1: because if Pittsburgh wins, obviously maybe they can make a
Speaker 1: move on Cincinnati. Conversely, if Dunver wins that, I mean,
Speaker 1: if Dunver wins that ball game, then your talk and
Speaker 1: about you're talking about I'm looking at the standings right now.
Speaker 1: So Pittsburgh wins, they're going to nine and five. Cincinnati, Um,
Speaker 1: Cincinnati's ten and three. But let's let's move to the
Speaker 1: FC West real quick. So if Denver wins, then Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: would drop to eight and six and the Jets could
Speaker 1: have a chance to move ahead of Pittsburgh no matter
Speaker 1: what happens, just based on record. And then you have
Speaker 1: the Broncos sitting here. If they lose Kansas City, the
Speaker 1: division comes and play for them, because Kansas City is
Speaker 1: at nine and five, Chad and Denver would be ton
Speaker 1: and four, and if they ever got a chance where
Speaker 1: they even up there, they would move past Denver because
Speaker 1: they have a better divisional record. Yeah, here's the bottom
Speaker 1: line for the Jets. They need both division leaders um
Speaker 1: to win and they need the two hald card spot
Speaker 1: teams to lose because if the wild card spot teams
Speaker 1: continue to win and the division leaders lose, the problem
Speaker 1: with that the Jets have is that these division leaders
Speaker 1: already have ten wins and so it would get really
Speaker 1: dicey at the end. Knowing that they already have can win.
Speaker 1: All they need is one win out the last three
Speaker 1: games to get to eleven, which really makes it difficult
Speaker 1: for the Jets. But if you have a flip flop
Speaker 1: in division leaders, those division leaders then probably become the
Speaker 1: wild card spots and the wild card spots become the
Speaker 1: division leaders. That's probably the worst scenario for the Jets.
Speaker 1: Whereas if the division leaders stay the division leaders in
Speaker 1: Cincinnati in Denver and the wild card spots continue to lose,
Speaker 1: that bodes well for the Jets and securing that wild
Speaker 1: card position. The bottom line is, we'll see what happens
Speaker 1: and Todd Bull said, hey, I'm just rooting for our
Speaker 1: team right now, and we'll lift up We'll lift up
Speaker 1: our hide at that end of the season. But with
Speaker 1: all that being said, you know, the way this league works,
Speaker 1: funny and strange things happen. I think if the Jets
Speaker 1: went out, they'll get in. I'm not saying I haven't
Speaker 1: gone through any scenarios and went through oh this has
Speaker 1: to happen or that has to happen, or things like that.
Speaker 1: I just think if you want out and you got
Speaker 1: to eleven, history tells you that's gonna earn your playoff berth.
Speaker 1: No question. I have witnessed where eleven and five did
Speaker 1: not get a team two and eight. There's no question
Speaker 1: about it. Um the Jets, they continue to win. They
Speaker 1: not only put put themselves in a good position, they
Speaker 1: put pressure on the other team. And and you're you're
Speaker 1: taking your your fade into your own hands, which that's
Speaker 1: what you want. And you know, lastly here what I
Speaker 1: like is that this is a short week, so the
Speaker 1: Jets don't even have to worry about the Patriot talk
Speaker 1: to you know, right now they're getting more questions about
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and Kansas City than they are in New England.
Speaker 1: And that's good because two weeks the Jets will face
Speaker 1: the Patriots at home. Are you ready for a couple
Speaker 1: of questions? Absolutely? All right. Let's take our first call, Chad, Eric,
Speaker 1: how you doing. It's Erica Jets found down here in Miami.
Speaker 1: You got a question for you guys. With Devin Smith
Speaker 1: potentially out for the rest of the year, who do
Speaker 1: you see picking up the slack? Either Curly and his
Speaker 1: migraines or Kemberal Tompkins coming off to that connective list.
Speaker 1: Thank you have a great day, guys. All right, Chead,
Speaker 1: that's a good question, obviously, Uh, tough blow for the rookies.
Speaker 1: Battled injuries throughout his first professional season, Todd Bull said
Speaker 1: it's likely that Smith will be placed on injured reserve.
Speaker 1: Who do you see stepping up now for the Jets? Well,
Speaker 1: I actually think, um the biggest factor in this is
Speaker 1: below Powell. I think he is actually becoming the third
Speaker 1: option in the passing game for the Jets, which is
Speaker 1: is unique number one because he's a run back, but
Speaker 1: number two. It really creates some mismatches and some great
Speaker 1: opportunities for the Jets offense. It's really similar to how
Speaker 1: New England uses uses their running backs to do the
Speaker 1: same thing. From the receiver standpoint, it's just going to
Speaker 1: be by committee on who shows up, whether it be
Speaker 1: Curly or noon Law, any one of those guys that
Speaker 1: just show up and make a play or two in
Speaker 1: each game. I don't think it's gonna be just one guy.
Speaker 1: I think that third option, in that third element to
Speaker 1: the passing game really centers around below Pale and I
Speaker 1: agree with you there. And my final point before call
Speaker 1: her number two is noon Y Miss. Four games you
Speaker 1: were suspended. Now you see him come back, and the
Speaker 1: Jets love his blocking ability and all by the way,
Speaker 1: the Jets are starting to run the football a little
Speaker 1: bit better. Let's take call number two. Hey, guys, I
Speaker 1: just wanted to ask, what is it gonna take to
Speaker 1: actually the New England Patriots whenever they come to my life? Um,
Speaker 1: you know the last games he played against them? Um,
Speaker 1: you know I've always been close. You know, the games
Speaker 1: are always Mary and Tans and very physical. Um, I mean,
Speaker 1: but what was it gonna take to it to finally
Speaker 1: beat them? You know we play them that meant live stadium. Um,
Speaker 1: you know there's a lot of there's a lot of
Speaker 1: states for us in these Glass three games. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: the fan is asking about next week's ball game, the
Speaker 1: Jets and the Patriots, and you know it, Chad, You're
Speaker 1: anticipating a tough ball game and Dallas this week. But
Speaker 1: so the Jets gotta get through that first. But the
Speaker 1: keys for this team to beat the Patriots. I think
Speaker 1: the key lines in the offense of the Jets versus
Speaker 1: the Patriots defense. I don't think from my standpoint, um,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady versus the Jets defense, it is what it is.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be some places that the Jets makes, They're
Speaker 1: gonna be some places that the Patriots make. I think
Speaker 1: the key is the Jets offense, uh and being a
Speaker 1: to sustained drives, not have three an ounce and really
Speaker 1: put the pressure on the Patriots defense. That's where the
Speaker 1: game lies because you're going to have to score thirty point.
Speaker 1: That's just the way that it is. Um. The Patriots
Speaker 1: will have some key players back into the fold, which
Speaker 1: will be important for them and create some mismatches for
Speaker 1: any defense, but it will lie in the efficiency and
Speaker 1: effectiveness of the Jets offense. And I agree with you,
Speaker 1: and we'll go We're gonna get into that matchup big
Speaker 1: time next week. There'll be plenty of time for that.
Speaker 1: The thing that stands out to me about this Patriots
Speaker 1: team is the defense is playing better than I've seen
Speaker 1: it in a long time. That's a legit unit and
Speaker 1: one of the better units in the National Football League defensively.
Speaker 1: So they're more than just Brady Gakowski, Ottoman Amadola and
Speaker 1: all those guys whoever is playing running back. This team
Speaker 1: is the complete ball team. We'll talk more about that
Speaker 1: matchup next week. And I finally got one more call.
Speaker 1: Ye hey, this messages for Chad. I wanted to know
Speaker 1: if he was running the offense right now, what would
Speaker 1: he do differently or what does he think that Fitzpatrick
Speaker 1: is being exceptionally well? Thank you all right, Chad. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't do anything different right now. I think that they
Speaker 1: are completely dialed in as an offensive staff as well
Speaker 1: as players in what they want to get accomplished and
Speaker 1: being able to accomplish it. I think the one thing
Speaker 1: that has stuck out in my mind with Fitzpatrick over
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, when he hasn't had the
Speaker 1: big playthrow, he has done a really good job of
Speaker 1: finding his his checkdowns and being able to get positive
Speaker 1: yards when the defense has actually covered Brandon Marshall or
Speaker 1: Eric Decker or his one or number two options. He
Speaker 1: has found his number three and number four options uh
Speaker 1: and very consistently, which has kept drives alive and keep
Speaker 1: them in manageable third down situation. Has done a really
Speaker 1: good job of that. Secondly, he's been impressive and when
Speaker 1: things break down being able to extend and play with
Speaker 1: his feet get a couple of yards to get down
Speaker 1: and protect himself. And he stayed away from that disaster
Speaker 1: decision that can create momentum for the opponent. He's done
Speaker 1: a really good job in eliminating those type of decisions
Speaker 1: and played very effective, very efficient, and very consistent. Well done.
Speaker 1: As always, you have a good weekend, partner. We'll talk
Speaker 1: to you next week and we'll preview that big Jets
Speaker 1: Patriots matchup. Hopefully the Green and White are nine and
Speaker 1: five and hey, maybe Sunday they get a little bit
Speaker 1: of help. Absolutely. Thanks Eric,