Speaker 1: I hope you are enjoying the summer.
Speaker 2: Before the players left for the break, we had the
Speaker 2: chance to speak with a pair of veteran newcomers, Andre
Speaker 2: Cisco and Josh Reynolds during mandatory mini camp.
Speaker 1: That's coming up.
Speaker 2: We meet anybody in the world, and I think we're
Speaker 2: gonna win.
Speaker 3: Next Sunday, it's running.
Speaker 2: Can't wait.
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Speaker 2: Andre Cisco is celebrating a homecoming with the Jets. Born
Speaker 2: in Queens, Cisco grew up a Jets fan on Long
Speaker 2: Island and Valley Stream, and in March, he signed with
Speaker 2: the Green and White. After spending his first four NFL
Speaker 2: seasons in Jacksonville. Cisco, a rangy free safety was excellent
Speaker 2: ball skills, certainly stopped by the studio to talk about
Speaker 2: his new chapter.
Speaker 1: Andre, what's this all been?
Speaker 2: Like?
Speaker 1: A Valley Stream kid playing with the Jets?
Speaker 3: Now, it's been crazy, you know, and I try to
Speaker 3: think about, you know, how many people have had this
Speaker 3: opportunity that you know, I know, and it's very short
Speaker 3: list obviously, So for me to just continue to just
Speaker 3: embrace the opportunity hopefully be an inspiration to the kids
Speaker 3: that you know, know me from the area, and it's
Speaker 3: humbling for sure.
Speaker 1: Who are your teams growing up on longy Isla.
Speaker 3: My team's growing up NFL? Yeah, yeah, I was a
Speaker 3: Jets fan. I was a Jets fan through and through
Speaker 3: a little bit of a Saints fan when they were winning,
Speaker 3: but the Jets fan as a as a local kid
Speaker 3: was a team I rooted for.
Speaker 1: What players did you gravitate towards?
Speaker 3: I always say I always start with Mark Sanchez And
Speaker 3: sometimes people laugh, you know, because it's like as a dB,
Speaker 3: like you say Mark Sanchez, But he was just the
Speaker 3: head of it. So that's what I remember the most.
Speaker 3: Then obviously Drell Reeves, I remember the old line and
Speaker 3: Nick Mangol was one of the people that I always
Speaker 3: recognized when I came to games, and so just that
Speaker 3: you know, those legends for this place is kind of
Speaker 3: what rings the bell.
Speaker 1: So remember those playoff runs and No. Nine and ten?
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, it was sure were What was that like
Speaker 5: for you?
Speaker 2: As a fan of kid growing up in the area,
Speaker 2: the hometown team making a run.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was just I came home and watched NFL
Speaker 3: football every Sunday after my games, and so, you know,
Speaker 3: we get the local games, and so the Jets are
Speaker 3: going to be on, so to watch them just continue
Speaker 3: to win, and like even the regular seasons, they would
Speaker 3: have great records, so they were one of the better teams.
Speaker 3: And then watching them, you know, sometimes beat the Patriots.
Speaker 3: That was always great to see. So for us, it
Speaker 3: was just you know, embracing the you know, the hometown team.
Speaker 2: What were your expectations when free agency came around and stuff.
Speaker 3: Man, I was open to whatever guy had for me.
Speaker 3: And honestly, I had expectations that I would get an
Speaker 3: opportunity to start somewhere and just continue to grow. And
Speaker 3: so for me, I wasn't coming off with my best season,
Speaker 3: so I wanted to get somewhere start new, and the
Speaker 3: Jets came up. And once the Jets kind of came
Speaker 3: into the picture, I couldn't get it off my mind
Speaker 3: because just the idea of being back up north, which
Speaker 3: I just for me, it's just the air like I
Speaker 3: always spent my bye we coming to New York because
Speaker 3: I just love being back home and spelling the New
Speaker 3: York air, seeing New York people, and so to have
Speaker 3: the opportunity to come back full time was like, you know,
Speaker 3: it's a dream. So the minute came into the picture,
Speaker 3: it was you know, I tried to keep myself calm,
Speaker 3: let them kind of calm the waters to see what
Speaker 3: would finally happen. But once it came through, I was
Speaker 3: really really excited.
Speaker 1: Can you speak to that. What's different about the New York.
Speaker 5: Air compared to Florida.
Speaker 3: I mean, if we're talking technical, right, the humidity and
Speaker 3: things of that nature, but I mean something about just
Speaker 3: the atmosphere and also just like the architecture of the
Speaker 3: area I closely identified with, like New York suburbs and
Speaker 3: so New Jersey suburbs, whereas which you know where we're at,
Speaker 3: you know, just the neighborhood, the community, feel the people
Speaker 3: on how to interact. I love bagels, love pizza, and
Speaker 3: so I've been able to go to bagel shops on
Speaker 3: the weekends and just be normal and enjoy a good bagel.
Speaker 3: So those are the things that I value the most.
Speaker 3: What are your pizza spots Parsibanies best pizza has been
Speaker 3: my go to and then a B Bagels out and
Speaker 3: I think it's more sound Okay, yeah, yeah, they have
Speaker 3: a great big nugga cheese.
Speaker 2: When it became realistic that hey, this might be happening,
Speaker 2: what were your friends and family telling you at the time.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I made sure I told the right people as
Speaker 3: it was still kind of becoming a thing, because you know,
Speaker 3: it was a lot of excitement, So definitely told my
Speaker 3: close friends and my close family and we all started
Speaker 3: you know, fantasizing how, you know, what could happen if
Speaker 3: if that that you know falls through, And so when
Speaker 3: it did, you know, everyone was just super excited. And
Speaker 3: I think now that that's kind of calmed down, has
Speaker 3: become a reality, I've been able to, you know, learn
Speaker 3: more about myself and how to you know, navigate being
Speaker 3: back home and having you know, the opportunity to kind
Speaker 3: of be who who you were when you grew up
Speaker 3: right like some of the old habits and things of
Speaker 3: that nature just continue to work through. That has been
Speaker 3: one of my biggest focuses but also been a sign
Speaker 3: of maturity for me to come back home be able
Speaker 3: to kind of grow out of old habits in that way.
Speaker 3: So for me, it's been a lot to learn in
Speaker 3: a short amount of time, what the.
Speaker 2: Situation like, what's the environment like when you walk into
Speaker 2: a building that the head coach he played cornerback at
Speaker 2: a very high level.
Speaker 1: He was a three time pro bowler. And Aaron Glenn.
Speaker 2: You got Steve Wilkes who's got head coaching experience but
Speaker 2: has led some very elite defenses, easier defensive coordinator. You
Speaker 2: got Chris Harris there, one of the position position coaches.
Speaker 1: And dre Bli as well.
Speaker 3: Yes, like you said, a list of guys that you know,
Speaker 3: holding are holding me accountable each and every day, and
Speaker 3: I feel like I owe them my best on each
Speaker 3: and every day because they give me the opportunity to
Speaker 3: continue to grow here and be a part of the
Speaker 3: you know what we're trying to get done. So you know,
Speaker 3: I look at them each and every day for whether
Speaker 3: it's just insight, just corrections, and really just growing that relationship.
Speaker 3: You know, you hope that these relationships last longer than
Speaker 3: just a few years that you spend together, and so
Speaker 3: I appreciate that we'll all be able to, you know,
Speaker 3: continue to ride this thing out and when you win,
Speaker 3: you know, you remember the guys that you did it around.
Speaker 3: So you know, as we continue to grow, I'm just
Speaker 3: soaking it all in, said Wilkes. Has been a great leader,
Speaker 3: setting a tone for us each and every day as well,
Speaker 3: and so I'm just yeah, like I said, soaking it in.
Speaker 2: How do you go about being central command back there?
Speaker 2: Because one thing Ag said early on is that he
Speaker 2: likes your leadership ability.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I mean for me, it's just being myself and so
Speaker 3: I've always been vocal on the field. I think certain
Speaker 3: things of Second Nation for me, other things I'm continue
Speaker 3: to grow in as a leader, and so I'm trying
Speaker 3: to embrace both sides, you know, things I'm uncomfortable with
Speaker 3: and the things I'm comfortable with. And then central command
Speaker 3: on the field is just me doing my job, you know,
Speaker 3: as long as I've been the right position and making
Speaker 3: the right making the right calls and also working with
Speaker 3: my counterpart, you know, with with Tony Adams and Isaiah Oliver,
Speaker 3: so far as I continue to work with them, just
Speaker 3: continue to understand our chemistry and what goes on saying
Speaker 3: what doesn't. And we've been getting a lot better.
Speaker 1: What's it been like working with ta and Isaiah.
Speaker 5: It's been great.
Speaker 3: We're really close around the building, which is what I
Speaker 3: love about both of them is that, you know, we
Speaker 3: able to not just be on the field and communicate,
Speaker 3: but we go into the meat rooms together, work out together,
Speaker 3: stretch together, eat together, all the things from the morning
Speaker 3: until we leave here. So things like that, when you
Speaker 3: notice that within the building, you can't just skip over it.
Speaker 3: Because I've been around teams with really close groups and
Speaker 3: that's always been a great part of our success.
Speaker 2: How about the young buck Malchai Moore coming in or
Speaker 2: from Alabama?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I love his game, bro. You know, I always
Speaker 3: heard about him, you know, just college football, Alabama dB
Speaker 3: all you hear about guys like that. So being able
Speaker 3: to work with him has been awesome. And I've been
Speaker 3: able to even learn from him because he has so
Speaker 3: many great you know, spent a lot of time at
Speaker 3: a high level in college, so he knows a lot
Speaker 3: of the game plays it very naturally, has a great pace,
Speaker 3: and so he's been picking up on things really fast.
Speaker 3: And you always see guys like that come from those
Speaker 3: programs usually do pick some certain stuff up fast. Compared
Speaker 3: to myself, I feel like it takes me. It took
Speaker 3: me a little bit longer, and so I think he'll
Speaker 3: have a great career.
Speaker 2: But what do you specifically like about the physical skill set?
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's uh, he can run really well. He can cover.
Speaker 3: He can also play safety, so he can cover in
Speaker 3: the slob also play safety. You could just tell that
Speaker 3: he's very confident and you know his ability to move
Speaker 3: footwork wise, and so that puts you in a position
Speaker 3: where you could make a lot of plays in different positions.
Speaker 3: So I think his versatilities was gonna give him opportunity
Speaker 3: play earlier.
Speaker 2: What's he like in the meeting room because he was
Speaker 2: looked upon as a leader on that Alabama defense. Now
Speaker 2: you walk into a room much like you did a
Speaker 2: few years back from Syracuse, and the installations are coming
Speaker 2: at you and you're sitting alongside guys like Andre Cisco.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so install wise, he's been doing great, just picking
Speaker 3: up on the defenses. He'll ask questions sparingly, just making
Speaker 3: sure like is this what I think it is? And
Speaker 3: so you when you have that mindset, you know he's
Speaker 3: thinking football the right way and then he has no
Speaker 3: issues asking vets questions which you'd like to see as well,
Speaker 3: although sometimes you know, it could be competition within the
Speaker 3: room in a healthy way. Just being able to lean
Speaker 3: on the vets. We've been able to help him and
Speaker 3: string him along. So yeah, he's definitely leader in his
Speaker 3: own right, just in terms of carrying himself the right way,
Speaker 3: and he can continue to be prepared on the field.
Speaker 1: What stood out to you about number one?
Speaker 3: So's he's a I think the what I've learned the most,
Speaker 3: he's a he's a character.
Speaker 5: He's a funny dude.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 3: He brings a lot of energy to the meeting room
Speaker 3: to practice, and so it's been fun to play alongside
Speaker 3: him so far and just continue to see, you know,
Speaker 3: how I can continue to help him and him help
Speaker 3: me and just grow that chemistry.
Speaker 2: How unique is he in terms of how big he is,
Speaker 2: but also you can be physical off the line. He's
Speaker 2: comfortable playing man, he's comfortable playing zone, and he's so rangy.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, I think that that was what initially surprised me,
Speaker 3: is how twitchy and and quick he was for his
Speaker 3: size and just being able to get in and out
Speaker 3: of breaks. Sometimes a guy like that, because you're longer,
Speaker 3: it takes a little bit more time. To sink your
Speaker 3: hips and things of that nature. But for him, it's
Speaker 3: it's more receiver as kind of the way he moves
Speaker 3: and so that's why you know, that's a well covering
Speaker 3: those guys. So yeah, it's it's been it's been cool
Speaker 3: to watch.
Speaker 2: Have you and envisioned what it's going to be like
Speaker 2: on game day playing with a guy like Sauce because
Speaker 2: you cover a lot of field yourself. Anybody who's watched
Speaker 2: your game and you been knowing to take the ball away?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think just early on we've had some some
Speaker 3: opportunities and practice continue to take the ball away, and
Speaker 3: you know, when we work together, that's kind of what's
Speaker 3: going to be able to happen. We're gonna be able
Speaker 3: to at least, you know, close windows fast and continue
Speaker 3: to get our hands on ball. So like when we're
Speaker 3: on the same side of the field, we're able to
Speaker 3: communicate whether it's him sinking in the cover two or
Speaker 3: or sinking in the cover four, things of that nature
Speaker 3: that we're able to continue to work on. You know,
Speaker 3: that's how you close the windows and you know, invite
Speaker 3: the quarterback to throw it. But we're both able to
Speaker 3: close fast.
Speaker 2: Yeah, what about some of those other guys playing in
Speaker 2: the cornerback position, maybe like a Michael Carter is one
Speaker 2: of the better nickels right in the NFL. You got
Speaker 2: Brand and Stevens who comes over from Baltimore of course,
Speaker 2: and then you got an interesting young big corner and
Speaker 2: Az Thomas as well.
Speaker 5: Yeah, great group, great group, Michael, Michael Carter.
Speaker 3: I've been able to learn I've heard about learn more
Speaker 3: about that since I got here, and very high level
Speaker 3: nickel back. Like you said, I was just able to
Speaker 3: do it all when it comes to fitting a run
Speaker 3: and and cover guys. So just being able to play
Speaker 3: off of him even you know, as we continue to
Speaker 3: grow communicate with him has been great. Just that's cohesiveness
Speaker 3: for the back end. Asy, I love Brand teams. I
Speaker 3: also love always been a fan of B Steve. We
Speaker 3: came in together, me and Michael Carter and B Steve
Speaker 3: came in the same year, So you usually know the
Speaker 3: guys that you come in with. And then Aasy, I'm
Speaker 3: just excited. I'm really excited about his future, just mindset
Speaker 3: wise and how he approaches the game and when you
Speaker 3: come in, you know, with a lot of humility, although
Speaker 3: you're extremely talented, it usually works well.
Speaker 2: Can you speak to the emphasis and take ways that
Speaker 2: you're hearing from the coaching staff and how that's going
Speaker 2: to be right up your alley.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's that's you. We got to live and die
Speaker 5: by them.
Speaker 3: And that's what in the past has been able to
Speaker 3: separate the defenses I've been on is just guys, you know,
Speaker 3: being those type of guys that just at least tip
Speaker 3: the ball in the air for somebody else, you know.
Speaker 3: And so we've been able to as we continue to
Speaker 3: learn the defense, understand when you're gonna have the opportunity
Speaker 3: to get your eyes on the quarterback and roam and
Speaker 3: be free, and then other other times when just just
Speaker 3: knowing when it's your time to make your play, that's
Speaker 3: the biggest thing. And so, like you said, coach has
Speaker 3: been emphasizing that will.
Speaker 2: How much do you enjoy that aspect of at the
Speaker 2: cat and mouse game playing the safety position and how
Speaker 2: you have to work against the cornerback and know when
Speaker 2: to take your chances.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that's been the biggest thing I honestly want
Speaker 3: to take my next step on in my game. Just
Speaker 3: understanding how much you know the offense is dictating what
Speaker 3: they want to do off of my positioning. So as
Speaker 3: I continue to learn that, I'll be able to, you know,
Speaker 3: continue to, like you said, kind of play that cat
Speaker 3: and mouse game and invite quarterbacks to make bad decisions.
Speaker 2: All right, let's get you out of here with this one.
Speaker 2: Plans for the summer and how excited are you for
Speaker 2: training camp?
Speaker 3: Yeah, plans for the summer. Once we finish up here,
Speaker 3: I'll be heading on a mission trip with my church
Speaker 3: and so we'll be going to South Africa and Zimbabwe
Speaker 3: and visiting the churches that we have there already plans it.
Speaker 3: So this will be my second year in a row going,
Speaker 3: So I'm excited. And so I just get to see
Speaker 3: a different side of life. Obviously, we get a chance
Speaker 3: to pray for people, provide some food for people that
Speaker 3: are less fortunate, and just do some things that you know,
Speaker 3: you don't get the opportunity to do while being in
Speaker 3: New Jersey in America. And so it'll be super cool
Speaker 3: experience there for about ten to eleven days and against
Speaker 3: some working and then I'll come back and I'll be
Speaker 3: in New Jersey. And I'm just really excited for training
Speaker 3: camp because we've We've had an opportunity to get really better,
Speaker 3: a lot better this offseason, and so I no whe's
Speaker 3: training camp comes around, we're all gonna be super hungry
Speaker 3: and fired up.
Speaker 1: Appreciate you, Tom, Yeah, thank you.
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Speaker 2: slash season tickets. Josh Reynolds is one of a handful
Speaker 2: of Jets who celebrated a thirtieth birthday. We'll find himself
Speaker 2: in a mix competing for time opposite star Garrett Wilson
Speaker 2: at training camp. After surviving his shooting that took place
Speaker 2: in Denver last October, Reynalds said he's moved past it
Speaker 2: and is ready to get going in Jersey. We caught
Speaker 2: up with Josh during mandatory camp. What's the transition been
Speaker 2: like so far?
Speaker 6: That's been as miss mooved?
Speaker 4: You know, plays are you know a lot a lot
Speaker 4: similar to to Detroit, So you know, it's more just
Speaker 4: kind of getting my my memory back back going with them,
Speaker 4: But uh, I mean other than that, man the guys
Speaker 4: are great out here, the coaches are great.
Speaker 6: You know, it's it's been a smooth transition.
Speaker 1: How did it all come together? You landing here with
Speaker 1: the Jets?
Speaker 4: Honestly, I you know, I wasn't even sure about him,
Speaker 4: and then in my agent's kind of like, you know,
Speaker 4: well i've seen a you know, a g get get
Speaker 4: get signed. I was like, oh, that's a good pickup
Speaker 4: for him. And my agent comes and you know, it
Speaker 4: was like, you know, hey, you know, just they're interested.
Speaker 6: I was like, hear him out, you know, and so,
Speaker 6: you know, just just.
Speaker 4: Loved with with what they were, like the culture that
Speaker 4: they were gonna bring. You know, I knew the culture
Speaker 4: they were gonna bring here was gonna be awesome. You know,
Speaker 4: it's gonna be great for the for the guys here,
Speaker 4: and I just I just wanted to be a part
Speaker 4: of it. So, you know, ag got me on board.
Speaker 2: And what was your relationship like with Aaron in Detroit?
Speaker 2: Obviously he's on the other side of su coordinated.
Speaker 4: You know, it's good as good as any offensive defense,
Speaker 4: soo good, you know, good get used to but nah,
Speaker 4: I mean our ties kind of go a little longer
Speaker 4: with with a and m ties and stuff. So I
Speaker 4: mean just I mean since I got there, he just
Speaker 4: he was just one of those guys that you can
Speaker 4: go to and and he's gonna he's gonna tell you
Speaker 4: real stuff, you know, whether it be football or just
Speaker 4: be real life.
Speaker 6: And so.
Speaker 4: You know, it's always just kind of been that, you know,
Speaker 4: that that mentor kind of uh, kind of leadership from him.
Speaker 4: You know, no matter what what side of the ball,
Speaker 4: he's on you, whether you're on offense or defense. And so,
Speaker 4: you know, I think that's gonna be real good for
Speaker 4: this team.
Speaker 2: He talked today about the emphasis of discipline, details and
Speaker 2: competes and that this group is starting to take steps
Speaker 2: in that direction.
Speaker 1: Are you seeing that?
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, oh yeah, a lot faster than I kind
Speaker 4: of expected, you know, and uh, you know, for for
Speaker 4: a younger team, I mean it's it's you know, you
Speaker 4: can't ask for anything more, you know, because like you
Speaker 4: want to you want to hit, you want to hit,
Speaker 4: you want to hit the ground running, you know, when
Speaker 4: that when that time comes, and so it ain't gotta
Speaker 4: be perfect now, but it's got to be the preparations
Speaker 4: leading to that perfection, you know.
Speaker 6: And that's and that's a lot of.
Speaker 4: What he's what he's talking about as far as the details,
Speaker 4: the you know, jumping just everything, and so I mean,
Speaker 4: it's it's it's been awesome to see, man, these guys
Speaker 4: have grown a lot since uh, since first day of
Speaker 4: O t as.
Speaker 2: Why were you guys able to flip it in Detroit?
Speaker 1: He spoke about culture before and what ag is trying
Speaker 1: to instill here.
Speaker 4: I think it is culture, culture and guys buying into
Speaker 4: the culture, because you can have a culture but nobody
Speaker 4: buying in, you know. And I think the biggest part
Speaker 4: is just having the guys buy in. And then at
Speaker 4: that point the culture is ingrain and so now you
Speaker 4: got the guys that are implementing the culture instead of
Speaker 4: the cultures implement it. And once that, once that happens,
Speaker 4: it's a dangerous team.
Speaker 2: What can you tell us about Tanner because he was
Speaker 2: your PA game coordinator there with the Lions and now
Speaker 2: he's the first time offensive coordinator in the National Football League.
Speaker 6: Ten has always been been smart, man. You know.
Speaker 4: Well, shoot, when I got to Detroit, he was he was,
Speaker 4: you know, a tight ends coach, you know, and so
Speaker 4: he just he quickly rolls up the ranks and so,
Speaker 4: I mean, and you can tell, you know, you sit
Speaker 4: down with them, you talk football with him, you just
Speaker 4: you know he's got it, you know, and uh, I'm
Speaker 4: excited to kind of see what what he dies up
Speaker 4: this season and uh, you know what kind of creative
Speaker 4: stuff he can he can throw out there.
Speaker 1: You're still a very young man by just appreciate it.
Speaker 6: Yeah, man, you don't get a lot of that one.
Speaker 7: But but you're thirty years old, So is it is
Speaker 7: it weird? Can you talk about, Hey, I'm one of
Speaker 7: the older guys on this roster. There are many guys
Speaker 7: in this roster with the three.
Speaker 6: After it's definitely a new you know, definitely new for me.
Speaker 4: You know, I was out, I mean I was a
Speaker 4: little bit older and uh in Denver as well, but
Speaker 4: there were still some you know, some your seven year
Speaker 4: eight guys that were kind of complimenting me and stuff.
Speaker 6: But you know, just kind of being you know, having
Speaker 6: that three you know, going.
Speaker 4: In the year nine, it's you know, it's it's I mean,
Speaker 4: it's it's it's blessing for sure, you know, but it
Speaker 4: definitely humbles you when when you're getting around here and
Speaker 4: all these guys are like, you know, two thousand and two,
Speaker 4: really two thousand and fours, like I'm getting a little.
Speaker 1: Old, Yeah, but you don't feel that way. So Sean Jefferson,
Speaker 1: what's he like in that room? And how much is
Speaker 1: he leaning on you?
Speaker 2: Because there's a lot of familiarity there when you're talking
Speaker 2: about Tanner and Aaron oh.
Speaker 6: Man, that's Jays. He he's a character.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a great dude. He's gonna bring that energy
Speaker 4: every day. You know, he's gonna he's gonna he's gonna
Speaker 4: expect the best from you every day. And and just
Speaker 4: having somebody who has done it, you know, for a
Speaker 4: long time, has played as well as coached. I mean
Speaker 4: it's you know, it don't get any better.
Speaker 6: You know, he o G.
Speaker 1: You know, yeah, he's o G.
Speaker 6: So, but yeah, he leans a.
Speaker 4: Lot on me on just being able to kind of
Speaker 4: you know, as far as details techniques and stuff like,
Speaker 4: you know, because i mean, once those installs go, we
Speaker 4: get going. So a lot of the stuff gets you know,
Speaker 4: a lot of stuff gets missed, and so it you know,
Speaker 4: from the build to kind of just lean on me
Speaker 4: about you know, how did y'all kind of run this?
Speaker 4: You know, and you know, it helps a lot, and
Speaker 4: so you know, I'm just I'm here to help however
Speaker 4: I can.
Speaker 2: Can you speak to the mantra in the room about, Hey,
Speaker 2: if you don't block, you're not getting the rock?
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, yeah, that's football.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's football. That got that got lost in the
Speaker 4: way a little bit. You know a lot of these,
Speaker 4: a lot of these younger guys kind of you know,
Speaker 4: used to not having a block, but still gonna get
Speaker 4: get get the ball, you know, and so uh, you know,
Speaker 4: it's it's a.
Speaker 6: Little rude awakening. Not in the NFL, man, because you
Speaker 6: gotta block.
Speaker 4: You know, there's three you know, three things you got
Speaker 4: to do in NFL that that it's not gonna change.
Speaker 4: It's going you gotta run, you gotta block, and you
Speaker 4: gotta tackle, you know. And so not anywhere does it
Speaker 4: say catching, but you know, you know your receiver you
Speaker 4: got to catch, but you got to block.
Speaker 1: How much do you love the physicality aspect of the game.
Speaker 6: I love it. You know. I should have been a safety. Really,
Speaker 6: I played a little safety when I was in high school.
Speaker 6: But uh, but no, I mean I love the contact.
Speaker 6: You know, that's football to me.
Speaker 4: You know, I just love putting my hands on somebody.
Speaker 4: So if I can do that, you know, especially if
Speaker 4: I'm not getting getting the ball, I'm gonna I'm gonna
Speaker 4: make myself felt in this game somehow.
Speaker 2: So you take equal pride in the run game when
Speaker 2: the guys are hitting the edge and they're coming behind you.
Speaker 6: For sure, Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2: Karl Wilson, he's enter in year four. Obviously he's accomplished
Speaker 2: a lot already in the National Football League. What have
Speaker 2: you thought of him so far? Just practice seeing alongside him.
Speaker 4: He's a gamer, he makes plays, man, you know, he's
Speaker 4: he's still he's still picking up the offense. You know,
Speaker 4: they got him, They got him all over the place.
Speaker 4: So you know, I'm sure his brain's a little scrambled,
Speaker 4: but he's he's been picking up nicely, you know. And uh,
Speaker 4: you know, the more he can do that, the more
Speaker 4: he's gonna he's you know, they're gonna be able to
Speaker 4: put him in positions too to get a lot more balls,
Speaker 4: you know, a lot more catches, and you know, ultimately
Speaker 4: that's what you want to do.
Speaker 6: You want to get the ball. What do you like?
Speaker 1: What do you like about his physical skill set?
Speaker 4: He's got great hands, great natural hands and you know,
Speaker 4: his his routes are excellent. You know, the sticks he
Speaker 4: can he can do, I mean it. You know, it
Speaker 4: gets me a little jealous with the needs sometimes, but
Speaker 4: now he does his thing, man, and uh, you know,
Speaker 4: I'm I'm excited to see you see you know how
Speaker 4: he develops this year.
Speaker 2: So not too long ago, like we were talking about
Speaker 2: you were coming out of Texas saying that Aaron Smith
Speaker 2: coming out of Georgia right now, what's key for him
Speaker 2: early on because he hasn't even taken his first training camp, right.
Speaker 6: I think it's taking care of that body.
Speaker 4: You know, if if you're not you're not available. You know,
Speaker 4: it's tough to be out there to make your mark,
Speaker 4: you know. And so uh, I think the biggest thing
Speaker 4: is just more of taking care of your body, because
Speaker 4: I mean everything else is gonna flow. He's got the
Speaker 4: he's got all the physical attributes. He's he's fast, he's
Speaker 4: got good hands. Uh, he can run routes, and so.
Speaker 6: Uh, you know.
Speaker 4: It's more of that that body taking care of because
Speaker 4: it gets you know, the season gets long, you know,
Speaker 4: like was it an extra like you know, five six
Speaker 4: weeks from when they they be done, right, you know,
Speaker 4: and so you know that rookie wall, that rookie wall
Speaker 4: is real.
Speaker 2: Yeah, can be eye opening for gods, right, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: And so yeah, what changes once you do put the
Speaker 2: pads on? Because we're here final week of OTAs and
Speaker 2: Aaron likes where you guys are sunding to.
Speaker 1: But for you guys on the outside, what's gonna change?
Speaker 4: Oh, I think just the blocking aspect of it now,
Speaker 4: you know. Yeah, it'll get a little more physical as
Speaker 4: far as you know, releases and all that, but that
Speaker 4: doesn't really too much change. And so it's it's more
Speaker 4: of now like now you can get your head in
Speaker 4: there on the on the run blocks and stuff, and so.
Speaker 6: I think that'd be the biggest change.
Speaker 2: So I wanted to ask you about your quarterback too,
Speaker 2: justin fields and you can talk about ty Rod too,
Speaker 2: because yeah, there's another event much like yourself, got a
Speaker 2: tremendous experience, and justin about his skill set. Was it
Speaker 2: like playing with the guy who is, Hey, he's got
Speaker 2: a big arm. It's explosive, he can get it anywhere
Speaker 2: on the field. But at the same time, there can
Speaker 2: be a second play because he can extend.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll tell you what for for the most part.
Speaker 4: It's pretty new for me in my career, you know,
Speaker 4: in the in the NFL, and so it's you know,
Speaker 4: it's a little adjustment period. You know, I come out
Speaker 4: the break and I see him taking off that whole
Speaker 4: dang you let me turn around and block, you know.
Speaker 6: So No, it's he's uh, he's he's real smart.
Speaker 4: You know, he's real smart. He's been picking up this, uh,
Speaker 4: this playbook like that, you know. And I mean the
Speaker 4: more he just gets comfortable with it, comfortable, uh calling
Speaker 4: the plays and and just knowing where everybody's at, you know,
Speaker 4: I think he's gonna have a big year.
Speaker 2: How much fun are you having? Let's get out with
Speaker 2: this one. How much fun are you.
Speaker 6: Having right now? I'm having a great time.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yes, great time as long as I can be
Speaker 4: out here playing the game.
Speaker 6: I love running around with all these guys. Man. I'm ecstatic, you.
Speaker 1: Know, new home, New York home.
Speaker 4: You know, I haven't been out to the East coast yet,
Speaker 4: and so you know, I'm excited.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 1: Appreciate your time, sir, Thank you.
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Speaker 2: extra point. From the start of this new regime under
Speaker 2: GM Darren Mougy and head coach Aaron Glenn, the Jets
Speaker 2: said they were on the hunt for smart, tough, aggressive
Speaker 2: and resilient players. And Andre Cisco the Jets are getting
Speaker 2: a big man with really good ball skills who.
Speaker 1: Is going to be one of the leaders of the secondary.
Speaker 2: And Josh Reynolds the Jets are getting an outstanding blocker
Speaker 2: who can help in the run game and he can
Speaker 2: win against man coverage that he figures to see a
Speaker 2: lot with Garrett Wilson commanding attention on a young team.
Speaker 2: Cisco and Reynolds also figure to play critical roles.
Speaker 1: In the locker room.
Speaker 2: As Glenn says, culture is about having the right people.
Speaker 1: We'll catch you all next week.